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Chose this because it was interesting. I think it means that when you die you can only leave your name behind, so it's what you're known for. I think that this wants us to consider how much our names means to us, and also others as well. How many years until my name is forgotten?

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Chose this because it was interesting. I think it means that when you die you can only leave your name behind, so it's what you're known for. I think that this wants us to consider how much our names means to us, and also others as well. How many years until my name is forgotten?

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It means that you name will always follow you or that what you'll be known for, even if you change your name, one way or another its gonna follow you.

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It means that you name will always follow you or that what you'll be known for, even if you change your name, one way or another its gonna follow you.

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I choose because  it’s true because your story belongs to you. You create your own story when people ask they know you

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We all have identities that we need to preserve.

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cause your name somthing that can't change

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cause your name somthing that can't change

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I chose this also because it was interesting. I think that it means even though we all have the same name as somebody else, you each have very different personalities. I think that this makes us consider how we act, and also how we choose to do something. I wonder how many people in the world have my name right now, and how their personality differs from mine.

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I chose this also because it was interesting. I think that it means even though we all have the same name as somebody else, you each have very different personalities. I think that this makes us consider how we act, and also how we choose to do something. I wonder how many people in the world have my name right now, and how their personality differs from mine.

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Names are our general social security numbers.Those around you know who you are and can tell them a lot about who you are. I think this quote portrays the idea that through our actions our names could become our "record labels."

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People are identified by names while tigers leave their skins because they're identified by that.

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Your name makes you, you and you have the power to make it whatever you want

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we all are our own person

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Names are to specify you, and who you are not someone else.

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The name is a permanet thing that you will leave the world with but then what if you have a nickname like stinky joe and that might be the name you have on your grave instead of james

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1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was uponthe face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of thewaters.1:3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.1:4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the lightfrom the darkness.1:5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night.And the evening and the morning were the first day.1:6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters,and let it divide the waters from the waters.1:7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which wereunder the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament:and it was so.1:8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and themorning were the second day.1:9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered togetherunto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.1:10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together ofthe waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.1:11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yieldingseed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed isin itself, upon the earth: and it was so.1:12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed afterhis kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, afterhis kind: and God saw that it was good.1:13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.1:14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavento divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and forseasons, and for days, and years: 1:15 And let them be for lights inthe firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it wasso.1:16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day,and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.1:17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give lightupon the earth, 1:18 And to rule over the day and over the night, andto divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.1:19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.1:20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the movingcreature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in theopen firmament of heaven.1:21 And God created great whales, and every living creature thatmoveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind,and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.1:22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fillthe waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.1:23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.1:24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature afterhis kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after hiskind: and it was so.1:25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattleafter their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth afterhis kind: and God saw that it was good.1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowlof the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and overevery creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God createdhe him; male and female created he them.1:28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, andmultiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominionover the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over everyliving thing that moveth upon the earth.1:29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed,which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the whichis the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.1:30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air,and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there islife, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.1:31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it wasvery good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.2:1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host ofthem.2:2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; andhe rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.2:3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because thatin it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.2:4 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth whenthey were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and theheavens, 2:5 And every plant of the field before it was in the earth,and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had notcaused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till theground.2:6 But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the wholeface of the ground.2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, andbreathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a livingsoul.2:8 And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there heput the man whom he had formed.2:9 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that ispleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in themidst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.2:10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thenceit was parted, and became into four heads.2:11 The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth thewhole land of Havilah, where there is gold; 2:12 And the gold of thatland is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.2:13 And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it thatcompasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.2:14 And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it whichgoeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.2:15 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden ofEden to dress it and to keep it.2:16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of thegarden thou mayest freely eat: 2:17 But of the tree of the knowledgeof good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thoueatest thereof thou shalt surely die.2:18 And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should bealone; I will make him an help meet for him.2:19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of thefield, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to seewhat he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every livingcreature, that was the name thereof.2:20 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air,and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found anhelp meet for him.2:21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and heslept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh insteadthereof; 2:22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, madehe a woman, and brought her unto the man.2:23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of myflesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.2:24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shallcleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.2:25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were notashamed.3:1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field whichthe LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said,Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?  3:2 And the woman saidunto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:3:3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden,God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lestye die.3:4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: 3:5For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shallbe opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.3:6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and thatit was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make onewise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also untoher husband with her; and he did eat.3:7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that theywere naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselvesaprons.3:8 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden inthe cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from thepresence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.3:9 And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where artthou?  3:10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I wasafraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.3:11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eatenof the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?3:12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, shegave me of the tree, and I did eat.3:13 And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hastdone? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.3:14 And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast donethis, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of thefield; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all thedays of thy life: 3:15 And I will put enmity between thee and thewoman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head,and thou shalt bruise his heel.3:16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow andthy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thydesire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.3:17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voiceof thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee,saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake;in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; 3:18 Thornsalso and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat theherb of the field; 3:19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread,till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: fordust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.3:20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the motherof all living.3:21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats ofskins, and clothed them.3:22 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, toknow good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take alsoof the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: 3:23 Therefore theLORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the groundfrom whence he was taken.3:24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the gardenof Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keepthe way of the tree of life.4:1 And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, andsaid, I have gotten a man from the LORD.4:2 And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper ofsheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.4:3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of thefruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.4:4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and ofthe fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to hisoffering: 4:5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect.And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.4:6 And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thycountenance fallen?  4:7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not beaccepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And untothee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.4:8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, whenthey were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother,and slew him.4:9 And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And hesaid, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?  4:10 And he said, Whathast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me fromthe ground.4:11 And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened hermouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand; 4:12 When thoutillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee herstrength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.4:13 And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I canbear.4:14 Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of theearth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive anda vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every onethat findeth me shall slay me.4:15 And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain,vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a markupon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.4:16 And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in theland of Nod, on the east of Eden.4:17 And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and hebuilded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of hisson, Enoch.4:18 And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: andMehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech.4:19 And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah,and the name of the other Zillah.4:20 And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents,and of such as have cattle.4:21 And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all suchas handle the harp and organ.4:22 And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of everyartificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.4:23 And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice;ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man tomy wounding, and a young man to my hurt.4:24 If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy andsevenfold.4:25 And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called hisname Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed insteadof Abel, whom Cain slew.4:26 And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called hisname Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.5:1 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that Godcreated man, in the likeness of God made he him; 5:2 Male and femalecreated he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in theday when they were created.5:3 And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in hisown likeness, and after his image; and called his name Seth: 5:4 Andthe days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years:and he begat sons and daughters: 5:5 And all the days that Adam livedwere nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.5:6 And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos: 5:7 AndSeth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, andbegat sons and daughters: 5:8 And all the days of Seth were ninehundred and twelve years: and he died.5:9 And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan: 5:10 And Enos livedafter he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sonsand daughters: 5:11 And all the days of Enos were nine hundred andfive years: and he died.5:12 And Cainan lived seventy years and begat Mahalaleel: 5:13 AndCainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years,and begat sons and daughters: 5:14 And all the days of Cainan werenine hundred and ten years: and he died.5:15 And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared: 5:16And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirtyyears, and begat sons and daughters: 5:17 And all the days ofMahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.5:18 And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begatEnoch: 5:19 And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years,and begat sons and daughters: 5:20 And all the days of Jared were ninehundred sixty and two years: and he died.5:21 And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah: 5:22And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundredyears, and begat sons and daughters: 5:23 And all the days of Enochwere three hundred sixty and five years: 5:24 And Enoch walked withGod: and he was not; for God took him.5:25 And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begatLamech.5:26 And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eightyand two years, and begat sons and daughters: 5:27 And all the days ofMethuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.5:28 And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat ason: 5:29 And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfortus concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the groundwhich the LORD hath cursed.5:30 And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and fiveyears, and begat sons and daughters: 5:31 And all the days of Lamechwere seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.5:32 And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham,and Japheth.6:1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of theearth, and daughters were born unto them, 6:2 That the sons of God sawthe daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives ofall which they chose.6:3 And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, forthat he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twentyyears.6:4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that,when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they barechildren to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men ofrenown.6:5 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, andthat every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evilcontinually.6:6 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and itgrieved him at his heart.6:7 And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from theface of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, andthe fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.6:8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.6:9 These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfectin his generations, and Noah walked with God.6:10 And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.6:11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filledwith violence.6:12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; forall flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.6:13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me;for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, Iwill destroy them with the earth.6:14 Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in theark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.6:15 And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The lengthof the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fiftycubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.6:16 A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thoufinish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the sidethereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.6:17 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon theearth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from underheaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.6:18 But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt comeinto the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wiveswith thee.6:19 And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shaltthou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall bemale and female.6:20 Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, ofevery creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sortshall come unto thee, to keep them alive.6:21 And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shaltgather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.6:22 Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so didhe.7:1 And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into theark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.7:2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the maleand his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male andhis female.7:3 Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; tokeep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.7:4 For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earthforty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I havemade will I destroy from off the face of the earth.7:5 And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him.7:6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters wasupon the earth.7:7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wiveswith him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.7:8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls,and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth, 7:9 There went in twoand two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God hadcommanded Noah.7:10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of theflood were upon the earth.7:11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month,the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountainsof the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.7:12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.7:13 In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth,the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sonswith them, into the ark; 7:14 They, and every beast after his kind,and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing thatcreepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind,every bird of every sort.7:15 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of allflesh, wherein is the breath of life.7:16 And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, asGod had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.7:17 And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the watersincreased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.7:18 And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon theearth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.7:19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all thehigh hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.7:20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountainswere covered.7:21 And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, andof cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepethupon the earth, and every man: 7:22 All in whose nostrils was thebreath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.7:23 And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the faceof the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and thefowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noahonly remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.7:24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fiftydays.8:1 And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all thecattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass overthe earth, and the waters asswaged; 8:2 The fountains also of the deepand the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven wasrestrained; 8:3 And the waters returned from off the earthcontinually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days thewaters were abated.8:4 And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day ofthe month, upon the mountains of Ararat.8:5 And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in thetenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of themountains seen.8:6 And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened thewindow of the ark which he had made: 8:7 And he sent forth a raven,which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from offthe earth.8:8 Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters wereabated from off the face of the ground; 8:9 But the dove found no restfor the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, forthe waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth hishand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.8:10 And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth thedove out of the ark; 8:11 And the dove came in to him in the evening;and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew thatthe waters were abated from off the earth.8:12 And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove;which returned not again unto him any more.8:13 And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in thefirst month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up fromoff the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked,and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.8:14 And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of themonth, was the earth dried.8:15 And God spake unto Noah, saying, 8:16 Go forth of the ark, thou,and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee.8:17 Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, ofall flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thingthat creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in theearth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.8:18 And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons'wives with him: 8:19 Every beast, every creeping thing, and everyfowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, wentforth out of the ark.8:20 And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every cleanbeast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on thealtar.8:21 And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in hisheart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; forthe imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will Iagain smite any more every thing living, as I have done.8:22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold andheat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.9:1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Befruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.9:2 And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beastof the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that movethupon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand arethey delivered.9:3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as thegreen herb have I given you all things.9:4 But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shallye not eat.9:5 And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand ofevery beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand ofevery man's brother will I require the life of man.9:6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for inthe image of God made he man.9:7 And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly inthe earth, and multiply therein.9:8 And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, 9:9 AndI, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed afteryou; 9:10 And with every living creature that is with you, of thefowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; fromall that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.9:11 And I will establish my covenant with you, neither shall allflesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shallthere any more be a flood to destroy the earth.9:12 And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I makebetween me and you and every living creature that is with you, forperpetual generations: 9:13 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shallbe for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.9:14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth,that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: 9:15 And I will remember mycovenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of allflesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy allflesh.9:16 And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, thatI may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every livingcreature of all flesh that is upon the earth.9:17 And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, whichI have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.9:18 And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, andHam, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.9:19 These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earthoverspread.9:20 And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:9:21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncoveredwithin his tent.9:22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father,and told his two brethren without.9:23 And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both theirshoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of theirfather; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father'snakedness.9:24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son haddone unto him.9:25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he beunto his brethren.9:26 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall behis servant.9:27 God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents ofShem; and Canaan shall be his servant.9:28 And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.9:29 And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: andhe died.10:1 Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, andJapheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.10:2 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, andTubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.10:3 And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.10:4 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, andDodanim.10:5 By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands;every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.10:6 And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.10:7 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah,and Sabtechah: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.10:8 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.10:9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said,Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.10:10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, andAccad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.10:11 Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and thecity Rehoboth, and Calah, 10:12 And Resen between Nineveh and Calah:the same is a great city.10:13 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,10:14 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) andCaphtorim.10:15 And Canaan begat Sidon his first born, and Heth, 10:16 And theJebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite, 10:17 And the Hivite,and the Arkite, and the Sinite, 10:18 And the Arvadite, and theZemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of theCanaanites spread abroad.10:19 And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comestto Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, andAdmah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.10:20 These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after theirtongues, in their countries, and in their nations.10:21 Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, thebrother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.10:22 The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud,and Aram.10:23 And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.10:24 And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber.10:25 And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; forin his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan.10:26 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, andJerah, 10:27 And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah, 10:28 And Obal, andAbimael, and Sheba, 10:29 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all thesewere the sons of Joktan.10:30 And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar amount of the east.10:31 These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after theirtongues, in their lands, after their nations.10:32 These are the families of the sons of Noah, after theirgenerations, in their nations: and by these were the nations dividedin the earth after the flood.11:1 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.11:2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that theyfound a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.11:3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burnthem thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they formorter.11:4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whosetop may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we bescattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.11:5 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which thechildren of men builded.11:6 And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have allone language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will berestrained from them, which they have imagined to do.11:7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, thatthey may not understand one another's speech.11:8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face ofall the earth: and they left off to build the city.11:9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD didthere confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did theLORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.11:10 These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred yearsold, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood: 11:11 And Shemlived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons anddaughters.11:12 And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah: 11:13And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years,and begat sons and daughters.11:14 And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber: 11:15 And Salahlived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sonsand daughters.11:16 And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg: 11:17 AndEber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, andbegat sons and daughters.11:18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu: 11:19 And Peleglived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sonsand daughters.11:20 And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug: 11:21 AndReu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begatsons and daughters.11:22 And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor: 11:23 And Seruglived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons anddaughters.11:24 And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah: 11:25And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years,and begat sons and daughters.11:26 And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, andHaran.11:27 Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram,Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.11:28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of hisnativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.11:29 And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wifewas Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter ofHaran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.11:30 But Sarai was barren; she had no child.11:31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son'sson, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and theywent forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land ofCanaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.11:32 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terahdied in Haran.12:1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country,and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that Iwill shew thee: 12:2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and Iwill bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be ablessing: 12:3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse himthat curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth beblessed.12:4 So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot wentwith him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departedout of Haran.12:5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and alltheir substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they hadgotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan;and into the land of Canaan they came.12:6 And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, untothe plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.12:7 And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will Igive this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, whoappeared unto him.12:8 And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel,and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east:and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the nameof the LORD.12:9 And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.12:10 And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down intoEgypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.12:11 And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt,that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art afair woman to look upon: 12:12 Therefore it shall come to pass, whenthe Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife:and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.12:13 Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well withme for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.12:14 And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, theEgyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.12:15 The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her beforePharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.12:16 And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, andoxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses,and camels.12:17 And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plaguesbecause of Sarai Abram's wife.12:18 And Pharaoh called Abram and said, What is this that thou hastdone unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?  12:19Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me towife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.12:20 And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent himaway, and his wife, and all that he had.13:1 And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that hehad, and Lot with him, into the south.13:2 And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.13:3 And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, untothe place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel andHai; 13:4 Unto the place of the altar, which he had make there at thefirst: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.13:5 And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, andtents.13:6 And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwelltogether: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwelltogether.13:7 And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle andthe herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzitedwelled then in the land.13:8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee,between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we bebrethren.13:9 Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee,from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right;or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.13:10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan,that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodomand Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt,as thou comest unto Zoar.13:11 Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyedeast: and they separated themselves the one from the other.13:12 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in thecities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.13:13 But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORDexceedingly.13:14 And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated fromhim, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou artnorthward, and southward, and eastward, and westward: 13:15 For allthe land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed forever.13:16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if aman can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also benumbered.13:17 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in thebreadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.13:18 Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain ofMamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.14:1 And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar,Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king ofnations; 14:2 That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and withBirsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king ofZeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.14:3 All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which isthe salt sea.14:4 Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth yearthey rebelled.14:5 And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings thatwere with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and theZuzims in Ham, and the Emins in Shaveh Kiriathaim, 14:6 And theHorites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which is by the wilderness.14:7 And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which is Kadesh, andsmote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, thatdwelt in Hazezontamar.14:8 And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah,and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela(the same is Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale ofSiddim; 14:9 With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal kingof nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar;four kings with five.14:10 And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings ofSodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fledto the mountain.14:11 And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all theirvictuals, and went their way.14:12 And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom,and his goods, and departed.14:13 And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew;for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, andbrother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.14:14 And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, hearmed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred andeighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.14:15 And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, bynight, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on theleft hand of Damascus.14:16 And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again hisbrother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.14:17 And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return fromthe slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, atthe valley of Shaveh, which is the king's dale.14:18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: andhe was the priest of the most high God.14:19 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most highGod, possessor of heaven and earth: 14:20 And blessed be the most highGod, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave himtithes of all.14:21 And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, andtake the goods to thyself.14:22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine handunto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,14:23 That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, andthat I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say,I have made Abram rich: 14:24 Save only that which the young men haveeaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol,and Mamre; let them take their portion.15:1 After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in avision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceedinggreat reward.15:2 And Abram said, LORD God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I gochildless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?15:3 And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo,one born in my house is mine heir.15:4 And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, Thisshall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine ownbowels shall be thine heir.15:5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now towardheaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and hesaid unto him, So shall thy seed be.15:6 And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him forrighteousness.15:7 And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Urof the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.15:8 And he said, LORD God, whereby shall I know that I shall inheritit?  15:9 And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old,and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and aturtledove, and a young pigeon.15:10 And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst,and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not.15:11 And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove themaway.15:12 And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram;and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.15:13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall bea stranger in a land that is not their's, and shall serve them; andthey shall afflict them four hundred years; 15:14 And also thatnation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall theycome out with great substance.15:15 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buriedin a good old age.15:16 But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: forthe iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.15:17 And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it wasdark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed betweenthose pieces.15:18 In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying,Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto thegreat river, the river Euphrates: 15:19 The Kenites, and theKenizzites, and the Kadmonites, 15:20 And the Hittites, and thePerizzites, and the Rephaims, 15:21 And the Amorites, and theCanaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.16:1 Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had anhandmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.16:2 And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrainedme from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I mayobtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.16:3 And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, afterAbram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to herhusband Abram to be his wife.16:4 And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she sawthat she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.16:5 And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given mymaid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I wasdespised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee.16:6 But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thine hand; doto her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, shefled from her face.16:7 And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in thewilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.16:8 And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence camest thou? and whitherwilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.16:9 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress,and submit thyself under her hands.16:10 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thyseed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.16:11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art withchild and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; becausethe LORD hath heard thy affliction.16:12 And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man,and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presenceof all his brethren.16:13 And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, ThouGod seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him thatseeth me?  16:14 Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold,it is between Kadesh and Bered.16:15 And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son's name,which Hagar bare, Ishmael.16:16 And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bareIshmael to Abram.17:1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appearedto Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me,and be thou perfect.17:2 And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and willmultiply thee exceedingly.17:3 And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying, 17:4As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be afather of many nations.17:5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy nameshall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.17:6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nationsof thee, and kings shall come out of thee.17:7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seedafter thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be aGod unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.17:8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the landwherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for aneverlasting possession; and I will be their God.17:9 And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore,thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.17:10 This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you andthy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.17:11 And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shallbe a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.17:12 And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you,every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, orbought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed.17:13 He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thymoney, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in yourflesh for an everlasting covenant.17:14 And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin isnot circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hathbroken my covenant.17:15 And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt notcall her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.17:16 And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, Iwill bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peopleshall be of her.17:17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in hisheart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old?and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?  17:18 And Abrahamsaid unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!  17:19 And Godsaid, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt callhis name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for aneverlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.17:20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessedhim, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly;twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.17:21 But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shallbear unto thee at this set time in the next year.17:22 And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.17:23 And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in hishouse, and all that were bought with his money, every male among themen of Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin inthe selfsame day, as God had said unto him.17:24 And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he wascircumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.17:25 And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he wascircumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.17:26 In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael hisson.17:27 And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought withmoney of the stranger, were circumcised with him.18:1 And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he satin the tent door in the heat of the day; 18:2 And he lift up his eyesand looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, heran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward theground, 18:3 And said, My LORD, if now I have found favour in thysight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant: 18:4 Let a littlewater, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselvesunder the tree: 18:5 And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfortye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye cometo your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.18:6 And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Makeready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakesupon the hearth.18:7 And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good,and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it.18:8 And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed,and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and theydid eat.18:9 And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said,Behold, in the tent.18:10 And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to thetime of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarahheard it in the tent door, which was behind him.18:11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and itceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.18:12 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxedold shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?  18:13 And the LORDsaid unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of asurety bear a child, which am old?  18:14 Is any thing too hard forthe LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according tothe time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.18:15 Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid.And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.18:16 And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: andAbraham went with them to bring them on the way.18:17 And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which Ido; 18:18 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mightynation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?18:19 For I know him, that he will command his children and hishousehold after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to dojustice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that whichhe hath spoken of him.18:20 And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah isgreat, and because their sin is very grievous; 18:21 I will go downnow, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry ofit, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.18:22 And the men turned their faces from thence, and went towardSodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.18:23 And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy therighteous with the wicked?  18:24 Peradventure there be fiftyrighteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare theplace for the fifty righteous that are therein?  18:25 That be farfrom thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with thewicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be farfrom thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?  18:26 Andthe LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city,then I will spare all the place for their sakes.18:27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon meto speak unto the LORD, which am but dust and ashes: 18:28Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thoudestroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find thereforty and five, I will not destroy it.18:29 And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure thereshall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty'ssake.18:30 And he said unto him, Oh let not the LORD be angry, and I willspeak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, Iwill not do it, if I find thirty there.18:31 And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto theLORD: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, Iwill not destroy it for twenty's sake.18:32 And he said, Oh let not the LORD be angry, and I will speak yetbut this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, Iwill not destroy it for ten's sake.18:33 And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing withAbraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.19:1 And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in thegate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowedhimself with his face toward the ground; 19:2 And he said, Behold now,my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarryall night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go onyour ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street allnight.19:3 And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him,and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bakeunleavened bread, and they did eat.19:4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men ofSodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the peoplefrom every quarter: 19:5 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him,Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them outunto us, that we may know them.19:6 And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door afterhim, 19:7 And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.19:8 Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; letme, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is goodin your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came theyunder the shadow of my roof.19:9 And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellowcame in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we dealworse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man,even Lot, and came near to break the door.19:10 But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the houseto them, and shut to the door.19:11 And they smote the men that were at the door of the house withblindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves tofind the door.19:12 And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son inlaw, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in thecity, bring them out of this place: 19:13 For we will destroy thisplace, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of theLORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.19:14 And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which marriedhis daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORDwill destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sonsin law.19:15 And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot,saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here;lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.19:16 And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and uponthe hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORDbeing merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set himwithout the city.19:17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad,that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither staythou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.19:18 And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my LORD: 19:19 Behold now,thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thymercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannotescape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die: 19:20Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one:Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shalllive.19:21 And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning thisthing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thouhast spoken.19:22 Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thoube come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.19:23 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.19:24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone andfire from the LORD out of heaven; 19:25 And he overthrew those cities,and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and thatwhich grew upon the ground.19:26 But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became apillar of salt.19:27 And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where hestood before the LORD: 19:28 And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah,and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smokeof the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.19:29 And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain,that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of theoverthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.19:30 And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and histwo daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dweltin a cave, he and his two daughters.19:31 And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, andthere is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner ofall the earth: 19:32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and wewill lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.19:33 And they made their father drink wine that night: and thefirstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not whenshe lay down, nor when she arose.19:34 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said untothe younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make himdrink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that wemay preserve seed of our father.19:35 And they made their father drink wine that night also: and theyounger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she laydown, nor when she arose.19:36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.19:37 And the first born bare a son, and called his name Moab: thesame is the father of the Moabites unto this day.19:38 And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his nameBenammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto thisday.20:1 And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, anddwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.20:2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: andAbimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.20:3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him,Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken;for she is a man's wife.20:4 But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, LORD, wilt thouslay also a righteous nation?  20:5 Said he not unto me, She is mysister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in theintegrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.20:6 And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didstthis in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee fromsinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.20:7 Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, andhe shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore hernot, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that arethine.20:8 Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all hisservants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men weresore afraid.20:9 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thoudone unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought onme and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me thatought not to be done.20:10 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thouhast done this thing?  20:11 And Abraham said, Because I thought,Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me formy wife's sake.20:12 And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of myfather, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.20:13 And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from myfather's house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thoushalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me,He is my brother.20:14 And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, andwomenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah hiswife.20:15 And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell whereit pleaseth thee.20:16 And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother athousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of theeyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she wasreproved.20:17 So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and hiswife, and his maidservants; and they bare children.20:18 For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house ofAbimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.21:1 And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did untoSarah as he had spoken.21:2 For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, atthe set time of which God had spoken to him.21:3 And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him,whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.21:4 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, asGod had commanded him.21:5 And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was bornunto him.21:6 And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hearwill laugh with me.21:7 And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah shouldhave given children suck? for I have born him a son in his old age.21:8 And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a greatfeast the same day that Isaac was weaned.21:9 And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had bornunto Abraham, mocking.21:10 Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and herson: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, evenwith Isaac.21:11 And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because ofhis son.21:12 And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sightbecause of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarahhath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thyseed be called.21:13 And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation,because he is thy seed.21:14 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and abottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder,and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered inthe wilderness of Beersheba.21:15 And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the childunder one of the shrubs.21:16 And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off,as it were a bow shot: for she said, Let me not see the death of thechild. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.21:17 And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God calledto Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar?fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.21:18 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I willmake him a great nation.21:19 And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and shewent, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.21:20 And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in thewilderness, and became an archer.21:21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took hima wife out of the land of Egypt.21:22 And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol thechief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with theein all that thou doest: 21:23 Now therefore swear unto me here by Godthat thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with myson's son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee,thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.21:24 And Abraham said, I will swear.21:25 And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, whichAbimelech's servants had violently taken away.21:26 And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing; neitherdidst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to day.21:27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech;and both of them made a covenant.21:28 And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.21:29 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambswhich thou hast set by themselves?  21:30 And he said, For these sevenewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness untome, that I have digged this well.21:31 Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there theysware both of them.21:32 Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba: then Abimelech rose up,and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into theland of the Philistines.21:33 And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there onthe name of the LORD, the everlasting God.21:34 And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days.22:1 And it came to pass after these things, that God did temptAbraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.22:2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thoulovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there fora burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.22:3 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass,and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clavethe wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the placeof which God had told him.22:4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw theplace afar off.22:5 And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass;and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.22:6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it uponIsaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and theywent both of them together.22:7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: andhe said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood:but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?  22:8 And Abraham said, Myson, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so theywent both of them together.22:9 And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abrahambuilt an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac hisson, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.22:10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slayhis son.22:11 And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, andsaid, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.22:12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thouany thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thouhast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.22:13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behindhim a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and tookthe ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of hisson.22:14 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it issaid to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.22:15 And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven thesecond time, 22:16 And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD,for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son,thine only son: 22:17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and inmultiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, andas the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possessthe gate of his enemies; 22:18 And in thy seed shall all the nationsof the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.22:19 So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up andwent together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.22:20 And it came to pass after these things, that it was toldAbraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thybrother Nahor; 22:21 Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, andKemuel the father of Aram, 22:22 And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash,and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.22:23 And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor,Abraham's brother.22:24 And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah,and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.23:1 And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: thesewere the years of the life of Sarah.23:2 And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same is Hebron in the land ofCanaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.23:3 And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto thesons of Heth, saying, 23:4 I am a stranger and a sojourner with you:give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury mydead out of my sight.23:5 And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him, 23:6Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice ofour sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee hissepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.23:7 And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of theland, even to the children of Heth.23:8 And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that Ishould bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me toEphron the son of Zohar, 23:9 That he may give me the cave ofMachpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field; for asmuch money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of aburyingplace amongst you.23:10 And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron theHittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, evenof all that went in at the gate of his city, saying, 23:11 Nay, mylord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, Igive it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee:bury thy dead.23:12 And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.23:13 And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of theland, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I willgive thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my deadthere.23:14 And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him, 23:15 My lord,hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver;what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.23:16 And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephronthe silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth,four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.23:17 And the field of Ephron which was in Machpelah, which was beforeMamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the treesthat were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, weremade sure 23:18 Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of thechildren of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.23:19 And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of thefield of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land ofCanaan.23:20 And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure untoAbraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth.24:1 And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD hadblessed Abraham in all things.24:2 And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruledover all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh: 24:3And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the Godof the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of thedaughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell: 24:4 But thou shaltgo unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my sonIsaac.24:5 And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not bewilling to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son againunto the land from whence thou camest?  24:6 And Abraham said untohim, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again.24:7 The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father's house, andfrom the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that swareunto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall sendhis angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son fromthence.24:8 And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thoushalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again.24:9 And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham hismaster, and sware to him concerning that matter.24:10 And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, anddeparted; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and hearose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.24:11 And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a wellof water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go outto draw water.24:12 And he said O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, sendme good speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master Abraham.24:13 Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters ofthe men of the city come out to draw water: 24:14 And let it come topass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, Ipray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will givethy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointedfor thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewedkindness unto my master.24:15 And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold,Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife ofNahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.24:16 And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither hadany man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled herpitcher, and came up.24:17 And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee,drink a little water of thy pitcher.24:18 And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down herpitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.24:19 And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will drawwater for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.24:20 And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ranagain unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels.24:21 And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether theLORD had made his journey prosperous or not.24:22 And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that theman took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two braceletsfor her hands of ten shekels weight of gold; 24:23 And said, Whosedaughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee: is there room in thy father'shouse for us to lodge in?  24:24 And she said unto him, I am thedaughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor.24:25 She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provenderenough, and room to lodge in.24:26 And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the LORD.24:27 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, whohath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I beingin the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren.24:28 And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother's house thesethings.24:29 And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ranout unto the man, unto the well.24:30 And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets uponhis sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister,saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and,behold, he stood by the camels at the well.24:31 And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the LORD; whereforestandest thou without? for I have prepared the house, and room for thecamels.24:32 And the man came into the house: and he ungirded his camels, andgave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet,and the men's feet that were with him.24:33 And there was set meat before him to eat: but he said, I willnot eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on.24:34 And he said, I am Abraham's servant.24:35 And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is becomegreat: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold,and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.24:36 And Sarah my master's wife bare a son to my master when she wasold: and unto him hath he given all that he hath.24:37 And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wifeto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:24:38 But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred, andtake a wife unto my son.24:39 And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will notfollow me.24:40 And he said unto me, The LORD, before whom I walk, will send hisangel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife formy son of my kindred, and of my father's house: 24:41 Then shalt thoube clear from this my oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and ifthey give not thee one, thou shalt be clear from my oath.24:42 And I came this day unto the well, and said, O LORD God of mymaster Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go: 24:43Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, thatwhen the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me,I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink; 24:44 And she sayto me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels: let thesame be the woman whom the LORD hath appointed out for my master'sson.24:45 And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekahcame forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down untothe well, and drew water: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I praythee.24:46 And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder,and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: so I drank,and she made the camels drink also.24:47 And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And shesaid, the daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bare unto him:and I put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.24:48 And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the LORD, and blessedthe LORD God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right wayto take my master's brother's daughter unto his son.24:49 And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tellme: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to theleft.24:50 Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedethfrom the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.24:51 Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her bethy master's son's wife, as the LORD hath spoken.24:52 And it came to pass, that, when Abraham's servant heard theirwords, he worshipped the LORD, bowing himself to the earth.24:53 And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels ofgold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to herbrother and to her mother precious things.24:54 And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him,and tarried all night; and they rose up in the morning, and he said,Send me away unto my master.24:55 And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide withus a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go.24:56 And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the LORD hathprospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master.24:57 And they said, We will call the damsel, and enquire at hermouth.24:58 And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go withthis man? And she said, I will go.24:59 And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, andAbraham's servant, and his men.24:60 And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art oursister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seedpossess the gate of those which hate them.24:61 And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon thecamels, and followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah, and wenthis way.24:62 And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahairoi; for he dweltin the south country.24:63 And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: andhe lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels were coming.24:64 And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, shelighted off the camel.24:65 For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walkethin the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It is my master:therefore she took a vail, and covered herself.24:66 And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done.24:67 And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and tookRebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac wascomforted after his mother's death.25:1 Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah.25:2 And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, andIshbak, and Shuah.25:3 And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan wereAsshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.25:4 And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abidah,and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.25:5 And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.25:6 But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abrahamgave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived,eastward, unto the east country.25:7 And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which helived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years.25:8 Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, anold man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.25:9 And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave ofMachpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, whichis before Mamre; 25:10 The field which Abraham purchased of the sonsof Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.25:11 And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessedhis son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahairoi.25:12 Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whomHagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham: 25:13 Andthese are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, accordingto their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar,and Adbeel, and Mibsam, 25:14 And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa, 25:15Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah: 25:16 These are the sonsof Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by theircastles; twelve princes according to their nations.25:17 And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred andthirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; and wasgathered unto his people.25:18 And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, asthou goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all hisbrethren.25:19 And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abrahambegat Isaac: 25:20 And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekahto wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sisterto Laban the Syrian.25:21 And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she wasbarren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wifeconceived.25:22 And the children struggled together within her; and she said, Ifit be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of the LORD.25:23 And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and twomanner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the onepeople shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shallserve the younger.25:24 And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, therewere twins in her womb.25:25 And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; andthey called his name Esau.25:26 And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold onEsau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescoreyears old when she bare them.25:27 And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of thefield; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.25:28 And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: butRebekah loved Jacob.25:29 And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he wasfaint: 25:30 And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with thatsame red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom.25:31 And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.25:32 And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profitshall this birthright do to me?  25:33 And Jacob said, Swear to methis day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright untoJacob.25:34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he dideat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised hisbirthright.26:1 And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine thatwas in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of thePhilistines unto Gerar.26:2 And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt;dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of: 26:3 Sojourn in thisland, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, andunto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform theoath which I sware unto Abraham thy father; 26:4 And I will make thyseed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seedall these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of theearth be blessed; 26:5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and keptmy charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.26:6 And Isaac dwelt in Gerar: 26:7 And the men of the place asked himof his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, Sheis my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me forRebekah; because she was fair to look upon.26:8 And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, thatAbimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw,and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.26:9 And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she isthy wife; and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said untohim, Because I said, Lest I die for her.26:10 And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one ofthe people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldesthave brought guiltiness upon us.26:11 And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheththis man or his wife shall surely be put to death.26:12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year anhundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.26:13 And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until hebecame very great: 26:14 For he had possession of flocks, andpossession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistinesenvied him.26:15 For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in thedays of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, andfilled them with earth.26:16 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art muchmightier than we.26:17 And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley ofGerar, and dwelt there.26:18 And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had diggedin the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stoppedthem after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after thenames by which his father had called them.26:19 And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there awell of springing water.26:20 And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdmen,saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek;because they strove with him.26:21 And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and hecalled the name of it Sitnah.26:22 And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and forthat they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and hesaid, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitfulin the land.26:23 And he went up from thence to Beersheba.26:24 And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I amthe God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and willbless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake.26:25 And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of theLORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged awell.26:26 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of hisfriends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.26:27 And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing yehate me, and have sent me away from you?  26:28 And they said, We sawcertainly that the LORD was with thee: and we said, Let there be nowan oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make acovenant with thee; 26:29 That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have nottouched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and havesent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of the LORD.26:30 And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.26:31 And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one toanother: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him inpeace.26:32 And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came,and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said untohim, We have found water.26:33 And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city isBeersheba unto this day.26:34 And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith thedaughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon theHittite: 26:35 Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.27:1 And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes weredim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and saidunto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.27:2 And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of mydeath: 27:3 Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiverand thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison; 27:4And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that Imay eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.27:5 And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau wentto the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.27:6 And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thyfather speak unto Esau thy brother, saying, 27:7 Bring me venison, andmake me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the LORDbefore my death.27:8 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which Icommand thee.27:9 Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids ofthe goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father, such ashe loveth: 27:10 And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he mayeat, and that he may bless thee before his death.27:11 And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother isa hairy man, and I am a smooth man: 27:12 My father peradventure willfeel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring acurse upon me, and not a blessing.27:13 And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: onlyobey my voice, and go fetch me them.27:14 And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: andhis mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.27:15 And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, whichwere with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son:27:16 And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands,and upon the smooth of his neck: 27:17 And she gave the savoury meatand the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.27:18 And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said,Here am I; who art thou, my son?  27:19 And Jacob said unto hisfather, I am Esau thy first born; I have done according as thou badestme: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul maybless me.27:20 And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found itso quickly, my son? And he said, Because the LORD thy God brought itto me.27:21 And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I mayfeel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not.27:22 And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, andsaid, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.27:23 And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as hisbrother Esau's hands: so he blessed him.27:24 And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am.27:25 And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son'svenison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him,and he did eat: and he brought him wine and he drank.27:26 And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me,my son.27:27 And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell ofhis raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is asthe smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed: 27:28 Therefore Godgive thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, andplenty of corn and wine: 27:29 Let people serve thee, and nations bowdown to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bowdown to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be hethat blesseth thee.27:30 And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end ofblessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence ofIsaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.27:31 And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto hisfather, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of hisson's venison, that thy soul may bless me.27:32 And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, Iam thy son, thy firstborn Esau.27:33 And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is hethat hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of allbefore thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall beblessed.27:34 And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with agreat and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me,even me also, O my father.27:35 And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken awaythy blessing.27:36 And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hathsupplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and,behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou notreserved a blessing for me?  27:37 And Isaac answered and said untoEsau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have Igiven to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustainedhim: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son?  27:38 And Esau saidunto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, evenme also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.27:39 And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thydwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heavenfrom above; 27:40 And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt servethy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have thedominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.27:41 And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith hisfather blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourningfor my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.27:42 And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: andshe sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold,thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing tokill thee.27:43 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; arise, flee thou to Labanmy brother to Haran; 27:44 And tarry with him a few days, until thybrother's fury turn away; 27:45 Until thy brother's anger turn awayfrom thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him: then I willsend, and fetch thee from thence: why should I be deprived also of youboth in one day?  27:46 And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of mylife because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of thedaughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of theland, what good shall my life do me?  28:1 And Isaac called Jacob, andblessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take awife of the daughters of Canaan.28:2 Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother'sfather; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughers of Laban thymother's brother.28:3 And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiplythee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people; 28:4 And give theethe blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thoumayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gaveunto Abraham.28:5 And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padanaram unto Laban,son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau'smother.28:6 When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away toPadanaram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed himhe gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of thedaughers of Canaan; 28:7 And that Jacob obeyed his father and hismother, and was gone to Padanaram; 28:8 And Esau seeing that thedaughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father; 28:9 Then went Esauunto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath thedaughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be hiswife.28:10 And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.28:11 And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there allnight, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of thatplace, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place tosleep.28:12 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and thetop of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascendingand descending on it.28:13 And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORDGod of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thouliest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed; 28:14 And thy seedshall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to thewest, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in theeand in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.28:15 And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all placeswhither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for Iwill not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken tothee of.28:16 And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORDis in this place; and I knew it not.28:17 And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this isnone other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.28:18 And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone thathe had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oilupon the top of it.28:19 And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name ofthat city was called Luz at the first.28:20 And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and willkeep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, andraiment to put on, 28:21 So that I come again to my father's house inpeace; then shall the LORD be my God: 28:22 And this stone, which Ihave set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thoushalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.29:1 Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of thepeople of the east.29:2 And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, therewere three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well theywatered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well's mouth.29:3 And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled thestone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stoneagain upon the well's mouth in his place.29:4 And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And theysaid, Of Haran are we.29:5 And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And theysaid, We know him.29:6 And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well:and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.29:7 And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that thecattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go andfeed them.29:8 And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gatheredtogether, and till they roll the stone from the well's mouth; then wewater the sheep.29:9 And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father'ssheep; for she kept them.29:10 And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Labanhis mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother,that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, andwatered the flock of Laban his mother's brother.29:11 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.29:12 And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother, and thathe was Rebekah's son: and she ran and told her father.29:13 And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob hissister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissedhim, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things.29:14 And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. Andhe abode with him the space of a month.29:15 And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother,shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thywages be?  29:16 And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elderwas Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.29:17 Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and wellfavoured.29:18 And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven yearsfor Rachel thy younger daughter.29:19 And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than thatI should give her to another man: abide with me.29:20 And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed untohim but a few days, for the love he had to her.29:21 And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days arefulfilled, that I may go in unto her.29:22 And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made afeast.29:23 And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah hisdaughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her.29:24 And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for anhandmaid.29:25 And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah:and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not Iserve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?29:26 And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to givethe younger before the firstborn.29:27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the servicewhich thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.29:28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachelhis daughter to wife also.29:29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to beher maid.29:30 And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel morethan Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.29:31 And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb:but Rachel was barren.29:32 And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his nameReuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction;now therefore my husband will love me.29:33 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because theLORD hath heard I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son also:and she called his name Simeon.29:34 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this timewill my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons:therefore was his name called Levi.29:35 And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now willI praise the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah; and leftbearing.30:1 And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachelenvied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else Idie.30:2 And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am Iin God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?30:3 And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and sheshall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.30:4 And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went inunto her.30:5 And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.30:6 And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard myvoice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.30:7 And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a secondson.30:8 And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with mysister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.30:9 When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah hermaid, and gave her Jacob to wife.30:10 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son.30:11 And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.30:12 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son.30:13 And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call meblessed: and she called his name Asher.30:14 And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and foundmandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. ThenRachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.30:15 And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast takenmy husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also? AndRachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son'smandrakes.30:16 And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah wentout to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely Ihave hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her thatnight.30:17 And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacobthe fifth son.30:18 And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have givenmy maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.30:19 And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.30:20 And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will myhusband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and shecalled his name Zebulun.30:21 And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.30:22 And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and openedher womb.30:23 And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken awaymy reproach: 30:24 And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORDshall add to me another son.30:25 And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacobsaid unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, andto my country.30:26 Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee,and let me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done thee.30:27 And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour inthine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the LORD hathblessed me for thy sake.30:28 And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.30:29 And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, andhow thy cattle was with me.30:30 For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is nowincreased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee since mycoming: and now when shall I provide for mine own house also?  30:31And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt notgive me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will againfeed and keep thy flock.30:32 I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thenceall the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle amongthe sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of suchshall be my hire.30:33 So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when itshall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckledand spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall becounted stolen with me.30:34 And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thyword.30:35 And he removed that day the he goats that were ringstraked andspotted, and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted, andevery one that had some white in it, and all the brown among thesheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons.30:36 And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob: andJacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.30:37 And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel andchesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the whiteappear which was in the rods.30:38 And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in thegutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, thatthey should conceive when they came to drink.30:39 And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forthcattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.30:40 And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of theflocks toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock ofLaban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not untoLaban's cattle.30:41 And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle didconceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle inthe gutters, that they might conceive among the rods.30:42 But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so thefeebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's.30:43 And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, andmaidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.31:1 And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath takenaway all that was our father's; and of that which was our father'shath he gotten all this glory.31:2 And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it wasnot toward him as before.31:3 And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thyfathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.31:4 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto hisflock, 31:5 And said unto them, I see your father's countenance, thatit is not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been withme.31:6 And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.31:7 And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times;but God suffered him not to hurt me.31:8 If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all thecattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall bethy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstraked.31:9 Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and giventhem to me.31:10 And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, thatI lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams whichleaped upon the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled.31:11 And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob:And I said, Here am I.31:12 And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams whichleap upon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for Ihave seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.31:13 I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, andwhere thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from thisland, and return unto the land of thy kindred.31:14 And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet anyportion or inheritance for us in our father's house?  31:15 Are we notcounted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devouredalso our money.31:16 For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that isours, and our children's: now then, whatsoever God hath said untothee, do.31:17 Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels;31:18 And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which hehad gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten inPadanaram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.31:19 And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen theimages that were her father's.31:20 And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that hetold him not that he fled.31:21 So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed overthe river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead.31:22 And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.31:23 And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him sevendays' journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead.31:24 And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and saidunto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.31:25 Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in themount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead.31:26 And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou haststolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captivestaken with the sword?  31:27 Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly,and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sentthee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?31:28 And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thouhast now done foolishly in so doing.31:29 It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God ofyour father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed thatthou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.31:30 And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sorelongedst after thy father's house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen mygods?  31:31 And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I wasafraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thydaughters from me.31:32 With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live: beforeour brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee.For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them.31:33 And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and intothe two maidservants' tents; but he found them not. Then went he outof Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.31:34 Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel'sfurniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, butfound them not.31:35 And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that Icannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women is upon me. And hesearched but found not the images.31:36 And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answeredand said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hastso hotly pursued after me?  31:37 Whereas thou hast searched all mystuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? set it herebefore my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt usboth.31:38 This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy shegoats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I noteaten.31:39 That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I barethe loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen byday, or stolen by night.31:40 Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost bynight; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.31:41 Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served theefourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle:and thou hast changed my wages ten times.31:42 Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear ofIsaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. Godhath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked theeyesternight.31:43 And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are mydaughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle are mycattle, and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this dayunto these my daughters, or unto their children which they have born?31:44 Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; andlet it be for a witness between me and thee.31:45 And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.31:46 And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they tookstones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.31:47 And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.31:48 And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee thisday.Therefore was the name of it called Galeed; 31:49 And Mizpah; for hesaid, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one fromanother.31:50 If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take otherwives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witnessbetwixt me and thee.31:51 And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold thispillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee: 31:52 This heap bewitness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over thisheap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and thispillar unto me, for harm.31:53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of theirfather, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his fatherIsaac.31:54 Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called hisbrethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all nightin the mount.31:55 And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons andhis daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned untohis place.32:1 And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.32:2 And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and hecalled the name of that place Mahanaim.32:3 And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto theland of Seir, the country of Edom.32:4 And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lordEsau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, andstayed there until now: 32:5 And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, andmenservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, thatI may find grace in thy sight.32:6 And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thybrother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred menwith him.32:7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided thepeople that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels,into two bands; 32:8 And said, If Esau come to the one company, andsmite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.32:9 And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my fatherIsaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and tothy kindred, and I will deal well with thee: 32:10 I am not worthy ofthe least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hastshewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan;and now I am become two bands.32:11 Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from thehand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and themother with the children.32:12 And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seedas the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.32:13 And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which cameto his hand a present for Esau his brother; 32:14 Two hundred shegoats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams, 32:15Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls,twenty she asses, and ten foals.32:16 And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every droveby themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, andput a space betwixt drove and drove.32:17 And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brothermeeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whithergoest thou? and whose are these before thee?  32:18 Then thou shaltsay, They be thy servant Jacob's; it is a present sent unto my lordEsau: and, behold, also he is behind us.32:19 And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all thatfollowed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau,when ye find him.32:20 And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. Forhe said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, andafterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me.32:21 So went the present over before him: and himself lodged thatnight in the company.32:22 And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his twowomenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.32:23 And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent overthat he had.32:24 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with himuntil the breaking of the day.32:25 And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touchedthe hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out ofjoint, as he wrestled with him.32:26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, Iwill not let thee go, except thou bless me.32:27 And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.32:28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel:for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hastprevailed.32:29 And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name.And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And heblessed him there.32:30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seenGod face to face, and my life is preserved.32:31 And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and hehalted upon his thigh.32:32 Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew whichshrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: becausehe touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank.33:1 And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came,and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah,and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.33:2 And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leahand her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.33:3 And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the groundseven times, until he came near to his brother.33:4 And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck,and kissed him: and they wept.33:5 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children;and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which Godhath graciously given thy servant.33:6 Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and theybowed themselves.33:7 And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves:and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.33:8 And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? Andhe said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord.33:9 And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hastunto thyself.33:10 And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace inthy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I haveseen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wastpleased with me.33:11 Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; becauseGod hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And heurged him, and he took it.33:12 And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I willgo before thee.33:13 And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children aretender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if menshould overdrive them one day, all the flock will die.33:14 Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and Iwill lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me andthe children be able to endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir.33:15 And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk thatare with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find grace in thesight of my lord.33:16 So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir.33:17 And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and madebooths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is calledSuccoth.33:18 And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in theland of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched his tentbefore the city.33:19 And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent,at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for an hundredpieces of money.33:20 And he erected there an altar, and called it EleloheIsrael.34:1 And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, wentout to see the daughters of the land.34:2 And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of thecountry, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.34:3 And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he lovedthe damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.34:4 And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me thisdamsel to wife.34:5 And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now hissons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace untilthey were come.34:6 And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to communewith him.34:7 And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it:and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he hadwrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter: which thingought not to be done.34:8 And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechemlongeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.34:9 And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us,and take our daughters unto you.34:10 And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you;dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.34:11 And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let mefind grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give.34:12 Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give accordingas ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.34:13 And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his fatherdeceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:34:14 And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give oursister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us:34:15 But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be,that every male of you be circumcised; 34:16 Then will we give ourdaughters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we willdwell with you, and we will become one people.34:17 But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then willwe take our daughter, and we will be gone.34:18 And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son.34:19 And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he haddelight in Jacob's daughter: and he was more honourable than all thehouse of his father.34:20 And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city,and communed with the men of their city, saying, 34:21 These men arepeaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and tradetherein; for the land, behold, it is large enough for them; let ustake their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them ourdaughters.34:22 Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us,to be one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they arecircumcised.34:23 Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast oftheir's be our's? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwellwith us.34:24 And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that wentout of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all thatwent out of the gate of his city.34:25 And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, thattwo of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took eachman his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.34:26 And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of thesword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out.34:27 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city,because they had defiled their sister.34:28 They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and thatwhich was in the city, and that which was in the field, 34:29 And alltheir wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took theycaptive, and spoiled even all that was in the house.34:30 And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to makeme to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanitesand the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gatherthemselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed,I and my house.34:31 And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot?35:1 And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there:and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thoufleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.35:2 Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were withhim, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, andchange your garments: 35:3 And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; andI will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of mydistress, and was with me in the way which I went.35:4 And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in theirhand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hidthem under the oak which was by Shechem.35:5 And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the citiesthat were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons ofJacob.35:6 So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is,Bethel, he and all the people that were with him.35:7 And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel:because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of hisbrother.35:8 But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneathBethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth.35:9 And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram,and blessed him.35:10 And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not becalled any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called hisname Israel.35:11 And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful andmultiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, andkings shall come out of thy loins; 35:12 And the land which I gaveAbraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after theewill I give the land.35:13 And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him.35:14 And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him,even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and hepoured oil thereon.35:15 And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him,Bethel.35:16 And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little wayto come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.35:17 And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that themidwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.35:18 And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for shedied) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called himBenjamin.35:19 And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which isBethlehem.35:20 And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar ofRachel's grave unto this day.35:21 And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower ofEdar.35:22 And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reubenwent and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard it.Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: 35:23 The sons of Leah; Reuben,Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, andZebulun: 35:24 The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin: 35:25 And thesons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali: 35:26 And thesons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid: Gad, and Asher: these are the sons ofJacob, which were born to him in Padanaram.35:27 And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the cityof Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.35:28 And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years.35:29 And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto hispeople, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buriedhim.36:1 Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom.36:2 Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughterof Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughterof Zibeon the Hivite; 36:3 And Bashemath Ishmael's daughter, sister ofNebajoth.36:4 And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel; 36:5 AndAholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these are the sons ofEsau, which were born unto him in the land of Canaan.36:6 And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and allthe persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and allhis substance, which he had got in the land of Canaan; and went intothe country from the face of his brother Jacob.36:7 For their riches were more than that they might dwell together;and the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them becauseof their cattle.36:8 Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.36:9 And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomitesin mount Seir: 36:10 These are the names of Esau's sons; Eliphaz theson of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife ofEsau.36:11 And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, andKenaz.36:12 And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son; and she bare toEliphaz Amalek: these were the sons of Adah Esau's wife.36:13 And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, andMizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath Esau's wife.36:14 And these were the sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah thedaughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife: and she bare to Esau Jeush, andJaalam, and Korah.36:15 These were dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz thefirstborn son of Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz,36:16 Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Amalek: these are the dukesthat came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these were the sons of Adah.36:17 And these are the sons of Reuel Esau's son; duke Nahath, dukeZerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah: these are the dukes that came ofReuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Bashemath Esau'swife.36:18 And these are the sons of Aholibamah Esau's wife; duke Jeush,duke Jaalam, duke Korah: these were the dukes that came of Aholibamahthe daughter of Anah, Esau's wife.36:19 These are the sons of Esau, who is Edom, and these are theirdukes.36:20 These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land;Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, 36:21 And Dishon, and Ezer,and Dishan: these are the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seirin the land of Edom.36:22 And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan'ssister was Timna.36:23 And the children of Shobal were these; Alvan, and Manahath, andEbal, Shepho, and Onam.36:24 And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: thiswas that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed theasses of Zibeon his father.36:25 And the children of Anah were these; Dishon, and Aholibamah thedaughter of Anah.36:26 And these are the children of Dishon; Hemdan, and Eshban, andIthran, and Cheran.36:27 The children of Ezer are these; Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan.36:28 The children of Dishan are these; Uz, and Aran.36:29 These are the dukes that came of the Horites; duke Lotan, dukeShobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah, 36:30 Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, dukeDishan: these are the dukes that came of Hori, among their dukes inthe land of Seir.36:31 And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, beforethere reigned any king over the children of Israel.36:32 And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom: and the name of hiscity was Dinhabah.36:33 And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned inhis stead.36:34 And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of Temani reigned in hisstead.36:35 And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian inthe field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city wasAvith.36:36 And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.36:37 And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned inhis stead.36:38 And Saul died, and Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned in hisstead.36:39 And Baalhanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in hisstead: and the name of his city was Pau; and his wife's name wasMehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.36:40 And these are the names of the dukes that came of Esau,according to their families, after their places, by their names; dukeTimnah, duke Alvah, duke Jetheth, 36:41 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah,duke Pinon, 36:42 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar, 36:43 DukeMagdiel, duke Iram: these be the dukes of Edom, according to theirhabitations in the land of their possession: he is Esau the father ofthe Edomites.37:1 And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, inthe land of Canaan.37:2 These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen yearsold, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with thesons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: andJoseph brought unto his father their evil report.37:3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because hewas the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.37:4 And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more thanall his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably untohim.37:5 And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and theyhated him yet the more.37:6 And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I havedreamed: 37:7 For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and,lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheavesstood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.37:8 And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? orshalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet themore for his dreams, and for his words.37:9 And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, andsaid, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun andthe moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.37:10 And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and hisfather rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thouhast dreamed?  Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come tobow down ourselves to thee to the earth?  37:11 And his brethrenenvied him; but his father observed the saying.37:12 And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.37:13 And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flockin Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him,Here am I.37:14 And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well withthy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So hesent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.37:15 And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering inthe field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?  37:16And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feedtheir flocks.37:17 And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say,Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and foundthem in Dothan.37:18 And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near untothem, they conspired against him to slay him.37:19 And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.37:20 Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into somepit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shallsee what will become of his dreams.37:21 And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands;and said, Let us not kill him.37:22 And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into thispit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he mightrid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.37:23 And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren,that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours thatwas on him; 37:24 And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and thepit was empty, there was no water in it.37:25 And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyesand looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gileadwith their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carryit down to Egypt.37:26 And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slayour brother, and conceal his blood?  37:27 Come, and let us sell himto the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is ourbrother and our flesh. And his brethren were content.37:28 Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew andlifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelitesfor twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.37:29 And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not inthe pit; and he rent his clothes.37:30 And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not;and I, whither shall I go?  37:31 And they took Joseph's coat, andkilled a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood; 37:32 Andthey sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to theirfather; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son'scoat or no.37:33 And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beasthath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.37:34 And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins,and mourned for his son many days.37:35 And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him;but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down intothe grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.37:36 And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officerof Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard.38:1 And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from hisbrethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.38:2 And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose namewas Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her.38:3 And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er.38:4 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his nameOnan.38:5 And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his nameShelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him.38:6 And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar.38:7 And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD;and the LORD slew him.38:8 And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, andmarry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.38:9 And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came topass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled it onthe ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother.38:10 And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore heslew him also.38:11 Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow atthy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lestperadventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went anddwelt in her father's house.38:12 And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah's wife died;and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers toTimnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.38:13 And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth upto Timnath to shear his sheep.38:14 And she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered herwith a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which isby the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she wasnot given unto him to wife.38:15 When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because shehad covered her face.38:16 And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee,let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she was his daughterin law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest comein unto me?  38:17 And he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock.And she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it?  38:18And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet,and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he gave ither, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him.38:19 And she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, andput on the garments of her widowhood.38:20 And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite,to receive his pledge from the woman's hand: but he found her not.38:21 Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is theharlot, that was openly by the way side? And they said, There was noharlot in this place.38:22 And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and alsothe men of the place said, that there was no harlot in this place.38:23 And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed:behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.38:24 And it came to pass about three months after, that it was toldJudah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; andalso, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring herforth, and let her be burnt.38:25 When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law,saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said,Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, andstaff.38:26 And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been morerighteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And heknew her again no more.38:27 And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold,twins were in her womb.38:28 And it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put outhis hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarletthread, saying, This came out first.38:29 And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, hisbrother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth? thisbreach be upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharez.38:30 And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet threadupon his hand: and his name was called Zarah.39:1 And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer ofPharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands ofthe Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither.39:2 And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and hewas in the house of his master the Egyptian.39:3 And his master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the LORDmade all that he did to prosper in his hand.39:4 And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and hemade him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into hishand.39:5 And it came to pass from the time that he had made him overseerin his house, and over all that he had, that the LORD blessed theEgyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of the LORD wasupon all that he had in the house, and in the field.39:6 And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew notought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodlyperson, and well favoured.39:7 And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wifecast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.39:8 But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, mymaster wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committedall that he hath to my hand; 39:9 There is none greater in this housethan I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, becausethou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sinagainst God?  39:10 And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day byday, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her.39:11 And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into thehouse to do his business; and there was none of the men of the housethere within.39:12 And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and heleft his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.39:13 And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garmentin her hand, and was fled forth, 39:14 That she called unto the men ofher house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in anHebrew unto us to mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and Icried with a loud voice: 39:15 And it came to pass, when he heard thatI lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, andfled, and got him out.39:16 And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home.39:17 And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, TheHebrew servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me tomock me: 39:18 And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried,that he left his garment with me, and fled out.39:19 And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of hiswife, which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thyservant to me; that his wrath was kindled.39:20 And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, aplace where the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there in theprison.39:21 But the LORD was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave himfavour in the sight of the keeper of the prison.39:22 And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all theprisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, hewas the doer of it.39:23 The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was underhis hand; because the LORD was with him, and that which he did, theLORD made it to prosper.40:1 And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of theking of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt.40:2 And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against thechief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.40:3 And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard,into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.40:4 And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and heserved them: and they continued a season in ward.40:5 And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in onenight, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, thebutler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in theprison.40:6 And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked uponthem, and, behold, they were sad.40:7 And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward ofhis lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day?  40:8 Andthey said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is nointerpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretationsbelong to God? tell me them, I pray you.40:9 And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him,In my dream, behold, a vine was before me; 40:10 And in the vine werethree branches: and it was as though it budded, and her blossoms shotforth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes: 40:11 AndPharaoh's cup was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed theminto Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.40:12 And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: Thethree branches are three days: 40:13 Yet within three days shallPharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place: and thoushalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former mannerwhen thou wast his butler.40:14 But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and shewkindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh,and bring me out of this house: 40:15 For indeed I was stolen away outof the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing thatthey should put me into the dungeon.40:16 When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, hesaid unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, I had threewhite baskets on my head: 40:17 And in the uppermost basket there wasof all manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them outof the basket upon my head.40:18 And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretationthereof: The three baskets are three days: 40:19 Yet within three daysshall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on atree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.40:20 And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday,that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the headof the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.40:21 And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; andhe gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand: 40:22 But he hanged the chiefbaker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.40:23 Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.41:1 And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaohdreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.41:2 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favouredkine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow.41:3 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of theriver, ill favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the other kine uponthe brink of the river.41:4 And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the sevenwell favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.41:5 And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven earsof corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.41:6 And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east windsprung up after them.41:7 And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears.And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.41:8 And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled;and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all thewise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was nonethat could interpret them unto Pharaoh.41:9 Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remembermy faults this day: 41:10 Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and putme in ward in the captain of the guard's house, both me and the chiefbaker: 41:11 And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamedeach man according to the interpretation of his dream.41:12 And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant tothe captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to usour dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret.41:13 And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me herestored unto mine office, and him he hanged.41:14 Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought himhastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed hisraiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.41:15 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and thereis none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thoucanst understand a dream to interpret it.41:16 And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shallgive Pharaoh an answer of peace.41:17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood uponthe bank of the river: 41:18 And, behold, there came up out of theriver seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in ameadow: 41:19 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poorand very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all theland of Egypt for badness: 41:20 And the lean and the ill favouredkine did eat up the first seven fat kine: 41:21 And when they hadeaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; butthey were still ill favoured, as at the beginning. So I awoke.41:22 And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in onestalk, full and good: 41:23 And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin,and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them: 41:24 And thethin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto themagicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.41:25 And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: Godhath shewed Pharaoh what he is about to do.41:26 The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears areseven years: the dream is one.41:27 And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after themare seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east windshall be seven years of famine.41:28 This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God isabout to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh.41:29 Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout allthe land of Egypt: 41:30 And there shall arise after them seven yearsof famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt;and the famine shall consume the land; 41:31 And the plenty shall notbe known in the land by reason of that famine following; for it shallbe very grievous.41:32 And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it isbecause the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring itto pass.41:33 Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, andset him over the land of Egypt.41:34 Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land,and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteousyears.41:35 And let them gather all the food of those good years that come,and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food inthe cities.41:36 And that food shall be for store to the land against the sevenyears of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the landperish not through the famine.41:37 And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyesof all his servants.41:38 And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one asthis is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?  41:39 And Pharaoh saidunto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is noneso discreet and wise as thou art: 41:40 Thou shalt be over my house,and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in thethrone will I be greater than thou.41:41 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all theland of Egypt.41:42 And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it uponJoseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put agold chain about his neck; 41:43 And he made him to ride in the secondchariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and hemade him ruler over all the land of Egypt.41:44 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without theeshall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.41:45 And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnathpaaneah; and he gavehim to wife Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On. AndJoseph went out over all the land of Egypt.41:46 And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaohking of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, andwent throughout all the land of Egypt.41:47 And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth byhandfuls.41:48 And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which werein the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food ofthe field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same.41:49 And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much,until he left numbering; for it was without number.41:50 And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of faminecame, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare untohim.41:51 And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God,said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.41:52 And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hathcaused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.41:53 And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land ofEgypt, were ended.41:54 And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Josephhad said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land ofEgypt there was bread.41:55 And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried toPharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go untoJoseph; what he saith to you, do.41:56 And the famine was over all the face of the earth: and Josephopened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and thefamine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.41:57 And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn;because that the famine was so sore in all lands.42:1 Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said untohis sons, Why do ye look one upon another?  42:2 And he said, Behold,I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, andbuy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.42:3 And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.42:4 But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren;for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.42:5 And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came:for the famine was in the land of Canaan.42:6 And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was thatsold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, andbowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.42:7 And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himselfstrange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them,Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.42:8 And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.42:9 And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, andsaid unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye arecome.42:10 And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thyservants come.42:11 We are all one man's sons; we are true men, thy servants are nospies.42:12 And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the landye are come.42:13 And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of oneman in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day withour father, and one is not.42:14 And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you,saying, Ye are spies: 42:15 Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life ofPharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother comehither.42:16 Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall bekept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be anytruth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.42:17 And he put them all together into ward three days.42:18 And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; forI fear God: 42:19 If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be boundin the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of yourhouses: 42:20 But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall yourwords be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.42:21 And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerningour brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besoughtus, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.42:22 And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying,Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore,behold, also his blood is required.42:23 And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake untothem by an interpreter.42:24 And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned tothem again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, andbound him before their eyes.42:25 Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and torestore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provisionfor the way: and thus did he unto them.42:26 And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence.42:27 And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender inthe inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it was in his sack's mouth.42:28 And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, itis even in my sack: and their heart failed them, and they were afraid,saying one to another, What is this that God hath done unto us?  42:29And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, andtold him all that befell unto them; saying, 42:30 The man, who is thelord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of thecountry.42:31 And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies: 42:32 Webe twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngestis this day with our father in the land of Canaan.42:33 And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shallI know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here with me,and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone: 42:34And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye areno spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you yourbrother, and ye shall traffick in the land.42:35 And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold,every man's bundle of money was in his sack: and when both they andtheir father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid.42:36 And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of mychildren: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjaminaway: all these things are against me.42:37 And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if Ibring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring himto thee again.42:38 And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brotheris dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way inthe which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow tothe grave.43:1 And the famine was sore in the land.43:2 And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which theyhad brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buyus a little food.43:3 And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protestunto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be withyou.43:4 If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buythee food: 43:5 But if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down:for the man said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except yourbrother be with you.43:6 And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tellthe man whether ye had yet a brother?  43:7 And they said, The manasked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying, Is yourfather yet alive? have ye another brother? and we told him accordingto the tenor of these words: could we certainly know that he wouldsay, Bring your brother down?  43:8 And Judah said unto Israel hisfather, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we maylive, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones.43:9 I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if Ibring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear theblame for ever: 43:10 For except we had lingered, surely now we hadreturned this second time.43:11 And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, dothis; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carrydown the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, andmyrrh, nuts, and almonds: 43:12 And take double money in your hand;and the money that was brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carryit again in your hand; peradventure it was an oversight: 43:13 Takealso your brother, and arise, go again unto the man: 43:14 And GodAlmighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away yourother brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I ambereaved.43:15 And the men took that present, and they took double money intheir hand and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, andstood before Joseph.43:16 And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler ofhis house, Bring these men home, and slay, and make ready; for thesemen shall dine with me at noon.43:17 And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men intoJoseph's house.43:18 And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph'shouse; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in oursacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasionagainst us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses.43:19 And they came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and theycommuned with him at the door of the house, 43:20 And said, O sir, wecame indeed down at the first time to buy food: 43:21 And it came topass, when we came to the inn, that we opened our sacks, and, behold,every man's money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in fullweight: and we have brought it again in our hand.43:22 And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food:we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks.43:23 And he said, Peace be to you, fear not: your God, and the God ofyour father, hath given you treasure in your sacks: I had your money.And he brought Simeon out unto them.43:24 And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave themwater, and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses provender.43:25 And they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon: forthey heard that they should eat bread there.43:26 And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present whichwas in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to theearth.43:27 And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your fatherwell, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?  43:28 And theyanswered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive.And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance.43:29 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, hismother's son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom ye spakeunto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son.43:30 And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon hisbrother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber,and wept there.43:31 And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, andsaid, Set on bread.43:32 And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves,and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves: becausethe Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is anabomination unto the Egyptians.43:33 And they sat before him, the firstborn according to hisbirthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the menmarvelled one at another.43:34 And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: butBenjamin's mess was five times so much as any of their's. And theydrank, and were merry with him.44:1 And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men'ssacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man's moneyin his sack's mouth.44:2 And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of theyoungest, and his corn money. And he did according to the word thatJoseph had spoken.44:3 As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, theyand their asses.44:4 And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off,Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thoudost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil forgood?  44:5 Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and wherebyindeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.44:6 And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words.44:7 And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? Godforbid that thy servants should do according to this thing: 44:8Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we broughtagain unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we stealout of thy lord's house silver or gold?  44:9 With whomsoever of thyservants it be found, both let him die, and we also will be my lord'sbondmen.44:10 And he said, Now also let it be according unto your words: hewith whom it is found shall be my servant; and ye shall be blameless.44:11 Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground,and opened every man his sack.44:12 And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at theyoungest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.44:13 Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, andreturned to the city.44:14 And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; for he wasyet there: and they fell before him on the ground.44:15 And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done?wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine?  44:16 And Judahsaid, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak?  or howshall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thyservants: behold, we are my lord's servants, both we, and he also withwhom the cup is found.44:17 And he said, God forbid that I should do so: but the man inwhose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you,get you up in peace unto your father.44:18 Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thyservant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let notthine anger burn against thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh.44:19 My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or abrother?  44:20 And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an oldman, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother isdead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him.44:21 And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, thatI may set mine eyes upon him.44:22 And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: forif he should leave his father, his father would die.44:23 And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brothercome down with you, ye shall see my face no more.44:24 And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father,we told him the words of my lord.44:25 And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food.44:26 And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be withus, then will we go down: for we may not see the man's face, exceptour youngest brother be with us.44:27 And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wifebare me two sons: 44:28 And the one went out from me, and I said,Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since: 44:29 And if yetake this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring downmy gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.44:30 Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the ladbe not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life;44:31 It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not withus, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairsof thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.44:32 For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father,saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame tomy father for ever.44:33 Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of thelad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren.44:34 For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me?lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father.45:1 Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stoodby him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And therestood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto hisbrethren.45:2 And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaohheard.45:3 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my fatheryet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they weretroubled at his presence.45:4 And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you.And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom yesold into Egypt.45:5 Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that yesold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.45:6 For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yetthere are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing norharvest.45:7 And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in theearth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.45:8 So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hathmade me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a rulerthroughout all the land of Egypt.45:9 Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saiththy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me,tarry not: 45:10 And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thoushalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children'schildren, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast: 45:11And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine;lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.45:12 And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin,that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you.45:13 And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of allthat ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither.45:14 And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept; andBenjamin wept upon his neck.45:15 Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: andafter that his brethren talked with him.45:16 And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying,Joseph's brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and hisservants.45:17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye;lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan; 45:18 Andtake your father and your households, and come unto me: and I willgive you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat ofthe land.45:19 Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you wagons out of theland of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring yourfather, and come.45:20 Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land ofEgypt is your's.45:21 And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons,according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision forthe way.45:22 To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but toBenjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes ofraiment.45:23 And to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses ladenwith the good things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with corn andbread and meat for his father by the way.45:24 So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he saidunto them, See that ye fall not out by the way.45:25 And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaanunto Jacob their father, 45:26 And told him, saying, Joseph is yetalive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob'sheart fainted, for he believed them not.45:27 And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had saidunto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carryhim, the spirit of Jacob their father revived: 45:28 And Israel said,It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him beforeI die.46:1 And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came toBeersheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.46:2 And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said,Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.46:3 And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go downinto Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation: 46:4 I willgo down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee upagain: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.46:5 And Jacob rose up from Beersheba: and the sons of Israel carriedJacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in thewagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.46:6 And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they hadgotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all hisseed with him: 46:7 His sons, and his sons' sons with him, hisdaughters, and his sons' daughters, and all his seed brought he withhim into Egypt.46:8 And these are the names of the children of Israel, which cameinto Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn.46:9 And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, andCarmi.46:10 And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin,and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman.46:11 And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.46:12 And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, andZarah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons ofPharez were Hezron and Hamul.46:13 And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, andShimron.46:14 And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.46:15 These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob inPadanaram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and hisdaughters were thirty and three.46:16 And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri,and Arodi, and Areli.46:17 And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah,and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel.46:18 These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah hisdaughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.46:19 The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife; Joseph, and Benjamin.46:20 And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh andEphraim, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bareunto him.46:21 And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel,Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.46:22 These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all thesouls were fourteen.46:23 And the sons of Dan; Hushim.46:24 And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, andShillem.46:25 These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel hisdaughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls were seven.46:26 All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out ofhis loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were threescoreand six; 46:27 And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt,were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came intoEgypt, were threescore and ten.46:28 And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his faceunto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.46:29 And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israelhis father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell onhis neck, and wept on his neck a good while.46:30 And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seenthy face, because thou art yet alive.46:31 And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's house,I will go up, and shew Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and myfather's house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me;46:32 And the men are shepherds, for their trade hath been to feedcattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and allthat they have.46:33 And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, andshall say, What is your occupation?  46:34 That ye shall say, Thyservants' trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now,both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land ofGoshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.47:1 Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and mybrethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have,are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the landof Goshen.47:2 And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presentedthem unto Pharaoh.47:3 And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? Andthey said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and alsoour fathers.47:4 They said morever unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are wecome; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for thefamine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, letthy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.47:5 And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thybrethren are come unto thee: 47:6 The land of Egypt is before thee; inthe best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in theland of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any men of activityamong them, then make them rulers over my cattle.47:7 And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him beforePharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.47:8 And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?  47:9 And Jacobsaid unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are anhundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years ofmy life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of thelife of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.47:10 And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh.47:11 And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them apossession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the landof Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.47:12 And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all hisfather's household, with bread, according to their families.47:13 And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was verysore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted byreason of the famine.47:14 And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the landof Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought:and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house.47:15 And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land ofCanaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread:for why should we die in thy presence? for the money faileth.47:16 And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for yourcattle, if money fail.47:17 And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave thembread in exchange for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattleof the herds, and for the asses: and he fed them with bread for alltheir cattle for that year.47:18 When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year,and said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that ourmoney is spent; my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is notought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands:47:19 Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land?buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servantsunto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, thatthe land be not desolate.47:20 And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for theEgyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed overthem: so the land became Pharaoh's.47:21 And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end ofthe borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof.47:22 Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests hada portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion whichPharaoh gave them: wherefore they sold not their lands.47:23 Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you thisday and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shallsow the land.47:24 And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall givethe fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, forseed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households,and for food for your little ones.47:25 And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace inthe sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.47:26 And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day,that Pharaoh should have the fifth part, except the land of thepriests only, which became not Pharaoh's.47:27 And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen;and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multipliedexceedingly.47:28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so thewhole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years.47:29 And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called hisson Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight,put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and trulywith me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt: 47:30 But I will lie withmy fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in theirburyingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said.47:31 And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israelbowed himself upon the bed's head.48:1 And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph,Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons,Manasseh and Ephraim.48:2 And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh untothee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.48:3 And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luzin the land of Canaan, and blessed me, 48:4 And said unto me, Behold,I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of theea multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after theefor an everlasting possession.48:5 And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born untothee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, aremine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.48:6 And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine,and shall be called after the name of their brethren in theirinheritance.48:7 And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in theland of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to comeunto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the sameis Bethlehem.48:8 And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these?  48:9And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath givenme in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and Iwill bless them.48:10 Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could notsee.And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embracedthem.48:11 And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face:and, lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed.48:12 And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowedhimself with his face to the earth.48:13 And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand towardIsrael's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel'sright hand, and brought them near unto him.48:14 And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it uponEphraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh'shead, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.48:15 And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathersAbraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long untothis day, 48:16 The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless thelads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathersAbraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst ofthe earth.48:17 And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon thehead of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's hand,to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head.48:18 And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this isthe firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.48:19 And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it:he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but trulyhis younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shallbecome a multitude of nations.48:20 And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israelbless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he setEphraim before Manasseh.48:21 And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall bewith you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.48:22 Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren,which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with mybow.49:1 And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselvestogether, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the lastdays.49:2 Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; andhearken unto Israel your father.49:3 Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of mystrength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power: 49:4Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up tothy father's bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.49:5 Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in theirhabitations.49:6 O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly,mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man,and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.49:7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for itwas cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.49:8 Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shallbe in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow downbefore thee.49:9 Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up:he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shallrouse him up?  49:10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor alawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shallthe gathering of the people be.49:11 Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto thechoice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in theblood of grapes: 49:12 His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teethwhite with milk.49:13 Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be foran haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon.49:14 Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens:49:15 And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it waspleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant untotribute.49:16 Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.49:17 Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, thatbiteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.49:18 I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.49:19 Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at thelast.49:20 Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royaldainties.49:21 Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.49:22 Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well;whose branches run over the wall: 49:23 The archers have sorelygrieved him, and shot at him, and hated him: 49:24 But his bow abodein strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the handsof the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone ofIsrael:) 49:25 Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; andby the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above,blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, andof the womb: 49:26 The blessings of thy father have prevailed abovethe blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of theeverlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on thecrown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.49:27 Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devourthe prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.49:28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it thattheir father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according tohis blessing he blessed them.49:29 And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gatheredunto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in thefield of Ephron the Hittite, 49:30 In the cave that is in the field ofMachpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abrahambought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of aburyingplace.49:31 There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buriedIsaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.49:32 The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein wasfrom the children of Heth.49:33 And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, hegathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and wasgathered unto his people.50:1 And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, andkissed him.50:2 And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm hisfather: and the physicians embalmed Israel.50:3 And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled thedays of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for himthreescore and ten days.50:4 And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spake untothe house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes,speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying, 50:5 My father mademe swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me inthe land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me goup, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again.50:6 And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as hemade thee swear.50:7 And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him went up allthe servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the eldersof the land of Egypt, 50:8 And all the house of Joseph, and hisbrethren, and his father's house: only their little ones, and theirflocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen.50:9 And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it wasa very great company.50:10 And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyondJordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation:and he made a mourning for his father seven days.50:11 And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw themourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourningto the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abelmizraim,which is beyond Jordan.50:12 And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them: 50:13For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him inthe cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with thefield for a possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, beforeMamre.50:14 And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and allthat went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried hisfather.50:15 And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, theysaid, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite usall the evil which we did unto him.50:16 And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father didcommand before he died, saying, 50:17 So shall ye say unto Joseph,Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin;for they did unto thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive thetrespass of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph weptwhen they spake unto him.50:18 And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; andthey said, Behold, we be thy servants.50:19 And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place ofGod?  50:20 But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meantit unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much peoplealive.50:21 Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your littleones.And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.50:22 And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: andJoseph lived an hundred and ten years.50:23 And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation: thechildren also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up uponJoseph's knees.50:24 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surelyvisit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he swareto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.50:25 And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, Godwill surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.50:26 So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and theyembalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.The Second Book of Moses:  Called Exodus1:1 Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which cameinto Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.1:2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, 1:3 Issachar, Zebulun, andBenjamin, 1:4 Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.1:5 And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventysouls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.1:6 And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.1:7 And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increasedabundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the landwas filled with them.1:8 Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph.1:9 And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children ofIsrael are more and mightier than we: 1:10 Come on, let us deal wiselywith them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when therefalleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fightagainst us, and so get them up out of the land.1:11 Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them withtheir burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom andRaamses.1:12 But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied andgrew.And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.1:13 And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve withrigour: 1:14 And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, inmorter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: alltheir service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.1:15 And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which thename of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah: 1:16 Andhe said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, andsee them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: butif it be a daughter, then she shall live.1:17 But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egyptcommanded them, but saved the men children alive.1:18 And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said untothem, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men childrenalive?  1:19 And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrewwomen are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and aredelivered ere the midwives come in unto them.1:20 Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the peoplemultiplied, and waxed very mighty.1:21 And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that hemade them houses.1:22 And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that isborn ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall savealive.2:1 And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife adaughter of Levi.2:2 And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him thathe was a goodly child, she hid him three months.2:3 And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark ofbulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the childtherein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink.2:4 And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.2:5 And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at theriver; and her maidens walked along by the river's side; and when shesaw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.2:6 And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, thebabe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of theHebrews' children.2:7 Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call tothee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child forthee?  2:8 And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid wentand called the child's mother.2:9 And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away, andnurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the women tookthe child, and nursed it.2:10 And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter,and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said,Because I drew him out of the water.2:11 And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that hewent out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spiedan Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.2:12 And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that therewas no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.2:13 And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of theHebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong,Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?  2:14 And he said, Who made thee aprince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thoukilledst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thingis known.2:15 Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. ButMoses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian:and he sat down by a well.2:16 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came anddrew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.2:17 And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood upand helped them, and watered their flock.2:18 And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it thatye are come so soon to day?  2:19 And they said, An Egyptian deliveredus out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water enough forus, and watered the flock.2:20 And he said unto his daughters, And where is he? why is it thatye have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread.2:21 And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave MosesZipporah his daughter.2:22 And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for hesaid, I have been a stranger in a strange land.2:23 And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egyptdied: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, andthey cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.2:24 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenantwith Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.2:25 And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respectunto them.3:1 Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priestof Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, andcame to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.3:2 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire outof the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burnedwith fire, and the bush was not consumed.3:3 And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight,why the bush is not burnt.3:4 And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called untohim out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said,Here am I.3:5 And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thyfeet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.3:6 Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham,the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for hewas afraid to look upon God.3:7 And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my peoplewhich are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of theirtaskmasters; for I know their sorrows; 3:8 And I am come down todeliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them upout of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowingwith milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and theHittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, andthe Jebusites.3:9 Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is comeunto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptiansoppress them.3:10 Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thoumayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt.3:11 And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh,and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?3:12 And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be atoken unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forththe people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.3:13 And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children ofIsrael, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent meunto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I sayunto them?  3:14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said,Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent meunto you.3:15 And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto thechildren of Israel, the LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham,the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this ismy name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.3:16 Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them,The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and ofJacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seenthat which is done to you in Egypt: 3:17 And I have said, I will bringyou up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites,and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and theHivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.3:18 And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thouand the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall sayunto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath met with us: and now let usgo, we beseech thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, that wemay sacrifice to the LORD our God.3:19 And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, notby a mighty hand.3:20 And I will stretch out my hand, and smite Egypt with all mywonders which I will do in the midst thereof: and after that he willlet you go.3:21 And I will give this people favour in the sight of the Egyptians:and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty.3:22 But every woman shall borrow of her neighbour, and of her thatsojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, andraiment: and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon yourdaughters; and ye shall spoil the Egyptians.4:1 And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believeme, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The LORD hath notappeared unto thee.4:2 And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And hesaid, A rod.4:3 And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground,and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it.4:4 And the LORD said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it bythe tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became arod in his hand: 4:5 That they may believe that the LORD God of theirfathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob,hath appeared unto thee.4:6 And the LORD said furthermore unto him, Put now thine hand intothy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took itout, behold, his hand was leprous as snow.4:7 And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put hishand into his bosom again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and,behold, it was turned again as his other flesh.4:8 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neitherhearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe thevoice of the latter sign.4:9 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these twosigns, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of thewater of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water whichthou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land.4:10 And Moses said unto the LORD, O my LORD, I am not eloquent,neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but Iam slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.4:11 And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or whomaketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I theLORD?  4:12 Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teachthee what thou shalt say.4:13 And he said, O my LORD, send, I pray thee, by the hand of himwhom thou wilt send.4:14 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said,Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well.And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeththee, he will be glad in his heart.4:15 And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and Iwill be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what yeshall do.4:16 And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall be,even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to himinstead of God.4:17 And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shaltdo signs.4:18 And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and saidunto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren whichare in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said toMoses, Go in peace.4:19 And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt:for all the men are dead which sought thy life.4:20 And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass,and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God inhis hand.4:21 And the LORD said unto Moses, When thou goest to return intoEgypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I haveput in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not letthe people go.4:22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel ismy son, even my firstborn: 4:23 And I say unto thee, Let my son go,that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I willslay thy son, even thy firstborn.4:24 And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him,and sought to kill him.4:25 Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of herson, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband artthou to me.4:26 So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art,because of the circumcision.4:27 And the LORD said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses.And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him.4:28 And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent him,and all the signs which he had commanded him.4:29 And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders ofthe children of Israel: 4:30 And Aaron spake all the words which theLORD had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of thepeople.4:31 And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD hadvisited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon theiraffliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.5:1 And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thussaith the LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold afeast unto me in the wilderness.5:2 And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice tolet Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.5:3 And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go,we pray thee, three days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice untothe LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with thesword.5:4 And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses andAaron, let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens.5:5 And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, andye make them rest from their burdens.5:6 And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people,and their officers, saying, 5:7 Ye shall no more give the people strawto make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw forthemselves.5:8 And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, yeshall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish ought thereof: for they beidle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.5:9 Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labourtherein; and let them not regard vain words.5:10 And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers,and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will notgive you straw.5:11 Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of yourwork shall be diminished.5:12 So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land ofEgypt to gather stubble instead of straw.5:13 And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, yourdaily tasks, as when there was straw.5:14 And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh'staskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Whereforehave ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and today, as heretofore?  5:15 Then the officers of the children of Israelcame and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus withthy servants?  5:16 There is no straw given unto thy servants, andthey say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; butthe fault is in thine own people.5:17 But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let usgo and do sacrifice to the LORD.5:18 Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be givenyou, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.5:19 And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they werein evil case, after it was said, Ye shall not minish ought from yourbricks of your daily task.5:20 And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they cameforth from Pharaoh: 5:21 And they said unto them, The LORD look uponyou, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in theeyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword intheir hand to slay us.5:22 And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, LORD, wherefore hastthou so evil entreated this people? why is it that thou hast sent me?5:23 For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath doneevil to this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all.6:1 Then the LORD said unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will doto Pharaoh: for with a strong hand shall he let them go, and with astrong hand shall he drive them out of his land.6:2 And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the LORD: 6:3And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the nameof God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.6:4 And I have also established my covenant with them, to give themthe land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they werestrangers.6:5 And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whomthe Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant.6:6 Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and Iwill bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I willrid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretchedout arm, and with great judgments: 6:7 And I will take you to me for apeople, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am theLORD your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of theEgyptians.6:8 And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I didswear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will giveit you for an heritage: I am the LORD.6:9 And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkenednot unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.6:10 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 6:11 Go in, speak untoPharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out ofhis land.6:12 And Moses spake before the LORD, saying, Behold, the children ofIsrael have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, whoam of uncircumcised lips?  6:13 And the LORD spake unto Moses and untoAaron, and gave them a charge unto the children of Israel, and untoPharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the landof Egypt.6:14 These be the heads of their fathers' houses: The sons of Reubenthe firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: thesebe the families of Reuben.6:15 And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin,and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman: these are thefamilies of Simeon.6:16 And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to theirgenerations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of thelife of Levi were an hundred thirty and seven years.6:17 The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to theirfamilies.6:18 And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel:and the years of the life of Kohath were an hundred thirty and threeyears.6:19 And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are the familiesof Levi according to their generations.6:20 And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife; and shebare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were anhundred and thirty and seven years.6:21 And the sons of Izhar; Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.6:22 And the sons of Uzziel; Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Zithri.6:23 And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister ofNaashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, andIthamar.6:24 And the sons of Korah; Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: theseare the families of the Korhites.6:25 And Eleazar Aaron's son took him one of the daughters of Putielto wife; and she bare him Phinehas: these are the heads of the fathersof the Levites according to their families.6:26 These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom the LORD said, Bring outthe children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to theirarmies.6:27 These are they which spake to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring outthe children of Israel from Egypt: these are that Moses and Aaron.6:28 And it came to pass on the day when the LORD spake unto Moses inthe land of Egypt, 6:29 That the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, I amthe LORD: speak thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say untothee.6:30 And Moses said before the LORD, Behold, I am of uncircumcisedlips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?  7:1 And the LORD saidunto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thybrother shall be thy prophet.7:2 Thou shalt speak all that I command thee: and Aaron thy brothershall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out ofhis land.7:3 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my signs and mywonders in the land of Egypt.7:4 But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my handupon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, and my people the children ofIsrael, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.7:5 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretchforth mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel fromamong them.7:6 And Moses and Aaron did as the LORD commanded them, so did they.7:7 And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and threeyears old, when they spake unto Pharaoh.7:8 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 7:9 WhenPharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Shew a miracle for you: thenthou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh,and it shall become a serpent.7:10 And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as theLORD had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, andbefore his servants, and it became a serpent.7:11 Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now themagicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with theirenchantments.7:12 For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents:but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.7:13 And he hardened Pharaoh's heart, that he hearkened not unto them;as the LORD had said.7:14 And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh's heart is hardened, herefuseth to let the people go.7:15 Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto thewater; and thou shalt stand by the river's brink against he come; andthe rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thine hand.7:16 And thou shalt say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hathsent me unto thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me inthe wilderness: and, behold, hitherto thou wouldest not hear.7:17 Thus saith the LORD, In this thou shalt know that I am the LORD:behold, I will smite with the rod that is in mine hand upon the waterswhich are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.7:18 And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shallstink; and the Egyptians shall lothe to drink of the water of theriver.7:19 And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, andstretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams,upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools ofwater, that they may become blood; and that there may be bloodthroughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and invessels of stone.7:20 And Moses and Aaron did so, as the LORD commanded; and he liftedup the rod, and smote the waters that were in the river, in the sightof Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters thatwere in the river were turned to blood.7:21 And the fish that was in the river died; and the river stank, andthe Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river; and there wasblood throughout all the land of Egypt.7:22 And the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments: andPharaoh's heart was hardened, neither did he hearken unto them; as theLORD had said.7:23 And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he sethis heart to this also.7:24 And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water todrink; for they could not drink of the water of the river.7:25 And seven days were fulfilled, after that the LORD had smittenthe river.8:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him,Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me.8:2 And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thyborders with frogs: 8:3 And the river shall bring forth frogsabundantly, which shall go up and come into thine house, and into thybedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, andupon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneadingtroughs:8:4 And the frogs shall come up both on thee, and upon thy people, andupon all thy servants.8:5 And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thinehand with thy rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over theponds, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt.8:6 And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and thefrogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt.8:7 And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought upfrogs upon the land of Egypt.8:8 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Intreat theLORD, that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; andI will let the people go, that they may do sacrifice unto the LORD.8:9 And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me: when shall I intreatfor thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to destroy thefrogs from thee and thy houses, that they may remain in the riveronly?  8:10 And he said, To morrow. And he said, Be it according tothy word: that thou mayest know that there is none like unto the LORDour God.8:11 And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy houses, andfrom thy servants, and from thy people; they shall remain in the riveronly.8:12 And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried untothe LORD because of the frogs which he had brought against Pharaoh.8:13 And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and the frogsdied out of the houses, out of the villages, and out of the fields.8:14 And they gathered them together upon heaps: and the land stank.8:15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened hisheart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.8:16 And the LORD said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thyrod, and smite the dust of the land, that it may become licethroughout all the land of Egypt.8:17 And they did so; for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod,and smote the dust of the earth, and it became lice in man, and inbeast; all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land ofEgypt.8:18 And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forthlice, but they could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast.8:19 Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the finger of God:and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; asthe LORD had said.8:20 And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, andstand before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water; and say untohim, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me.8:21 Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will sendswarms of flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people,and into thy houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full ofswarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are.8:22 And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which mypeople dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thoumayest know that I am the LORD in the midst of the earth.8:23 And I will put a division between my people and thy people: tomorrow shall this sign be.8:24 And the LORD did so; and there came a grievous swarm of fliesinto the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses, and into allthe land of Egypt: the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm offlies.8:25 And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye,sacrifice to your God in the land.8:26 And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrificethe abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD our God: lo, shall wesacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and willthey not stone us?  8:27 We will go three days' journey into thewilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our God, as he shall command us.8:28 And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to theLORD your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away:intreat for me.8:29 And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will intreatthe LORD that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from hisservants, and from his people, to morrow: but let not Pharaoh dealdeceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to theLORD.8:30 And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the LORD.8:31 And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and he removedthe swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from hispeople; there remained not one.8:32 And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also, neither wouldhe let the people go.9:1 Then the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him,Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that theymay serve me.9:2 For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still, 9:3Behold, the hand of the LORD is upon thy cattle which is in the field,upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, andupon the sheep: there shall be a very grievous murrain.9:4 And the LORD shall sever between the cattle of Israel and thecattle of Egypt: and there shall nothing die of all that is thechildren's of Israel.9:5 And the LORD appointed a set time, saying, To morrow the LORDshall do this thing in the land.9:6 And the LORD did that thing on the morrow, and all the cattle ofEgypt died: but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not one.9:7 And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not one of the cattle ofthe Israelites dead. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he didnot let the people go.9:8 And the LORD said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfulsof ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heavenin the sight of Pharaoh.9:9 And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shallbe a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast,throughout all the land of Egypt.9:10 And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; andMoses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil breakingforth with blains upon man, and upon beast.9:11 And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of theboils; for the boil was upon the magicians, and upon all theEgyptians.9:12 And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened notunto them; as the LORD had spoken unto Moses.9:13 And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, andstand before Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of theHebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.9:14 For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart, andupon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know thatthere is none like me in all the earth.9:15 For now I will stretch out my hand, that I may smite thee and thypeople with pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off from the earth.9:16 And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for toshew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout allthe earth.9:17 As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wiltnot let them go?  9:18 Behold, to morrow about this time I will causeit to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt sincethe foundation thereof even until now.9:19 Send therefore now, and gather thy cattle, and all that thou hastin the field; for upon every man and beast which shall be found in thefield, and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down uponthem, and they shall die.9:20 He that feared the word of the LORD among the servants of Pharaohmade his servants and his cattle flee into the houses: 9:21 And hethat regarded not the word of the LORD left his servants and hiscattle in the field.9:22 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch forth thine hand towardheaven, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man, andupon beast, and upon every herb of the field, throughout the land ofEgypt.9:23 And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the LORDsent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and theLORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt.9:24 So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous,such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since itbecame a nation.9:25 And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that wasin the field, both man and beast; and the hail smote every herb of thefield, and brake every tree of the field.9:26 Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were,was there no hail.9:27 And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said untothem, I have sinned this time: the LORD is righteous, and I and mypeople are wicked.9:28 Intreat the LORD (for it is enough) that there be no more mightythunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay nolonger.9:29 And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, Iwill spread abroad my hands unto the LORD; and the thunder shallcease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know howthat the earth is the LORD's.9:30 But as for thee and thy servants, I know that ye will not yetfear the LORD God.9:31 And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was inthe ear, and the flax was bolled.9:32 But the wheat and the rie were not smitten: for they were notgrown up.9:33 And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroadhis hands unto the LORD: and the thunders and hail ceased, and therain was not poured upon the earth.9:34 And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunderswere ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and hisservants.9:35 And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, neither would he let thechildren of Israel go; as the LORD had spoken by Moses.10:1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I havehardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might shewthese my signs before him: 10:2 And that thou mayest tell in the earsof thy son, and of thy son's son, what things I have wrought in Egypt,and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know how that Iam the LORD.10:3 And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thussaith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humblethyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.10:4 Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow willI bring the locusts into thy coast: 10:5 And they shall cover the faceof the earth, that one cannot be able to see the earth: and they shalleat the residue of that which is escaped, which remaineth unto youfrom the hail, and shall eat every tree which groweth for you out ofthe field: 10:6 And they shall fill thy houses, and the houses of allthy servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; which neither thyfathers, nor thy fathers' fathers have seen, since the day that theywere upon the earth unto this day. And he turned himself, and went outfrom Pharaoh.10:7 And Pharaoh's servants said unto him, How long shall this man bea snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve the LORD theirGod: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed?  10:8 And Moses andAaron were brought again unto Pharaoh: and he said unto them, Go,serve the LORD your God: but who are they that shall go?  10:9 AndMoses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our sonsand with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go;for we must hold a feast unto the LORD.10:10 And he said unto them, Let the LORD be so with you, as I willlet you go, and your little ones: look to it; for evil is before you.10:11 Not so: go now ye that are men, and serve the LORD; for that yedid desire. And they were driven out from Pharaoh's presence.10:12 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over theland of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land ofEgypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hathleft.10:13 And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, andthe LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all thatnight; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.10:14 And the locust went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested inall the coasts of Egypt: very grievous were they; before them therewere no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such.10:15 For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the landwas darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all thefruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not anygreen thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through allthe land of Egypt.10:16 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, Ihave sinned against the LORD your God, and against you.10:17 Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, andintreat the LORD your God, that he may take away from me this deathonly.10:18 And he went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the LORD.10:19 And the LORD turned a mighty strong west wind, which took awaythe locusts, and cast them into the Red sea; there remained not onelocust in all the coasts of Egypt.10:20 But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not letthe children of Israel go.10:21 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand towardheaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, evendarkness which may be felt.10:22 And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there wasa thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days: 10:23 They sawnot one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: butall the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.10:24 And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said, Go ye, serve the LORD;only let your flocks and your herds be stayed: let your little onesalso go with you.10:25 And Moses said, Thou must give us also sacrifices and burntofferings, that we may sacrifice unto the LORD our God.10:26 Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not an hoof beleft behind; for thereof must we take to serve the LORD our God; andwe know not with what we must serve the LORD, until we come thither.10:27 But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not let themgo.10:28 And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me, take heed tothyself, see my face no more; for in that day thou seest my face thoushalt die.10:29 And Moses said, Thou hast spoken well, I will see thy face againno more.11:1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Yet will I bring one plague moreupon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence:when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hencealtogether.11:2 Speak now in the ears of the people, and let every man borrow ofhis neighbour, and every woman of her neighbour, jewels of silver andjewels of gold.11:3 And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of theEgyptians.Moreover the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in thesight of Pharaoh's servants, and in the sight of the people.11:4 And Moses said, Thus saith the LORD, About midnight will I go outinto the midst of Egypt: 11:5 And all the firstborn in the land ofEgypt shall die, from the first born of Pharaoh that sitteth upon histhrone, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind themill; and all the firstborn of beasts.11:6 And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt,such as there was none like it, nor shall be like it any more.11:7 But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog movehis tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the LORDdoth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.11:8 And all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow downthemselves unto me, saying, Get thee out, and all the people thatfollow thee: and after that I will go out. And he went out fromPharaoh in a great anger.11:9 And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you;that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.11:10 And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh: andthe LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let thechildren of Israel go out of his land.12:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egyptsaying, 12:2 This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: itshall be the first month of the year to you.12:3 Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In thetenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb,according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house: 12:4 Andif the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbournext unto his house take it according to the number of the souls;every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb.12:5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: yeshall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats: 12:6 And ye shallkeep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the wholeassembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.12:7 And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two sideposts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eatit.12:8 And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, andunleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.12:9 Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast withfire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.12:10 And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; andthat which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire.12:11 And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes onyour feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste:it is the LORD's passover.12:12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and willsmite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; andagainst all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.12:13 And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses whereye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plagueshall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.12:14 And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keepit a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it afeast by an ordinance for ever.12:15 Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day yeshall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eatethleavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soulshall be cut off from Israel.12:16 And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and inthe seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no mannerof work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat,that only may be done of you.12:17 And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in thisselfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt:therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by anordinance for ever.12:18 In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even,ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of themonth at even.12:19 Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: forwhosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cutoff from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or bornin the land.12:20 Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall yeeat unleavened bread.12:21 Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said untothem, Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, andkill the passover.12:22 And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the bloodthat is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side postswith the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out atthe door of his house until the morning.12:23 For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and whenhe seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, theLORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer tocome in unto your houses to smite you.12:24 And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and tothy sons for ever.12:25 And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which theLORD will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keepthis service.12:26 And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say untoyou, What mean ye by this service?  12:27 That ye shall say, It is thesacrifice of the LORD's passover, who passed over the houses of thechildren of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, anddelivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped.12:28 And the children of Israel went away, and did as the LORD hadcommanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.12:29 And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all thefirstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that saton his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in thedungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.12:30 And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, andall the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there wasnot a house where there was not one dead.12:31 And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up,and get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children ofIsrael; and go, serve the LORD, as ye have said.12:32 Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and begone; and bless me also.12:33 And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they mightsend them out of the land in haste; for they said, We be all dead men.12:34 And the people took their dough before it was leavened, theirkneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.12:35 And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses;and they borrowed of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels ofgold, and raiment: 12:36 And the LORD gave the people favour in thesight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them such things asthey required. And they spoiled the Egyptians.12:37 And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth,about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children.12:38 And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, andherds, even very much cattle.12:39 And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they broughtforth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened; because they were thrustout of Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared forthemselves any victual.12:40 Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt inEgypt, was four hundred and thirty years.12:41 And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirtyyears, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts ofthe LORD went out from the land of Egypt.12:42 It is a night to be much observed unto the LORD for bringingthem out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of the LORD to beobserved of all the children of Israel in their generations.12:43 And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance ofthe passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof: 12:44 But everyman's servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcisedhim, then shall he eat thereof.12:45 A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof.12:46 In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth oughtof the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bonethereof.12:47 All the congregation of Israel shall keep it.12:48 And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep thepassover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then lethim come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in theland: for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof.12:49 One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the strangerthat sojourneth among you.12:50 Thus did all the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Mosesand Aaron, so did they.12:51 And it came to pass the selfsame day, that the LORD did bringthe children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies.13:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 13:2 Sanctify unto me allthe firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children ofIsrael, both of man and of beast: it is mine.13:3 And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which yecame out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength ofhand the LORD brought you out from this place: there shall no leavenedbread be eaten.13:4 This day came ye out in the month Abib.13:5 And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land ofthe Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites,and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, aland flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service inthis month.13:6 Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventhday shall be a feast to the LORD.13:7 Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall noleavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seenwith thee in all thy quarters.13:8 And thou shalt shew thy son in that day, saying, This is donebecause of that which the LORD did unto me when I came forth out ofEgypt.13:9 And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for amemorial between thine eyes, that the LORD's law may be in thy mouth:for with a strong hand hath the LORD brought thee out of Egypt.13:10 Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season from yearto year.13:11 And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land ofthe Canaanites, as he sware unto thee and to thy fathers, and shallgive it thee, 13:12 That thou shalt set apart unto the LORD all thatopeneth the matrix, and every firstling that cometh of a beast whichthou hast; the males shall be the LORD's.13:13 And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; andif thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck: and allthe firstborn of man among thy children shalt thou redeem.13:14 And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come,saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength ofhand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage:13:15 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, thatthe LORD slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both thefirstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice tothe LORD all that openeth the matrix, being males; but all thefirstborn of my children I redeem.13:16 And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for frontletsbetween thine eyes: for by strength of hand the LORD brought us forthout of Egypt.13:17 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, thatGod led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines,although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the peoplerepent when they see war, and they return to Egypt: 13:18 But God ledthe people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea:and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt.13:19 And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitlysworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; andye shall carry up my bones away hence with you.13:20 And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham,in the edge of the wilderness.13:21 And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, tolead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give themlight; to go by day and night: 13:22 He took not away the pillar ofthe cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before thepeople.14:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 14:2 Speak unto thechildren of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pihahiroth,between Migdol and the sea, over against Baalzephon: before it shallye encamp by the sea.14:3 For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They areentangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.14:4 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he shall follow afterthem; and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; thatthe Egyptians may know that I am the LORD. And they did so.14:5 And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and theheart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people,and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go fromserving us?  14:6 And he made ready his chariot, and took his peoplewith him: 14:7 And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all thechariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them.14:8 And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and hepursued after the children of Israel: and the children of Israel wentout with an high hand.14:9 But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariotsof Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook themencamping by the sea, beside Pihahiroth, before Baalzephon.14:10 And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted uptheir eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and theywere sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto the LORD.14:11 And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt,hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thoudealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt?  14:12 Is not thisthe word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that wemay serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve theEgyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.14:13 And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, andsee the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: forthe Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again nomore for ever.14:14 The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.14:15 And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me?speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward: 14:16 Butlift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, anddivide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground throughthe midst of the sea.14:17 And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, andthey shall follow them: and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, andupon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.14:18 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I havegotten me honour upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon hishorsemen.14:19 And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel,removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went frombefore their face, and stood behind them: 14:20 And it came betweenthe camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloudand darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that theone came not near the other all the night.14:21 And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORDcaused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, andmade the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.14:22 And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea uponthe dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their righthand, and on their left.14:23 And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midstof the sea, even all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.14:24 And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD lookedunto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of thecloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians, 14:25 And took offtheir chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that theEgyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORDfighteth for them against the Egyptians.14:26 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over thesea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon theirchariots, and upon their horsemen.14:27 And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the seareturned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptiansfled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst ofthe sea.14:28 And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and thehorsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea afterthem; there remained not so much as one of them.14:29 But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst ofthe sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, andon their left.14:30 Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of theEgyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore.14:31 And Israel saw that great work which the LORD did upon theEgyptians: and the people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD, andhis servant Moses.15:1 Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto theLORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hathtriumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into thesea.15:2 The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation:he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God,and I will exalt him.15:3 The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name.15:4 Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: hischosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea.15:5 The depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom as astone.15:6 Thy right hand, O LORD, is become glorious in power: thy righthand, O LORD, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.15:7 And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrownthem that rose up against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, whichconsumed them as stubble.15:8 And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gatheredtogether, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths werecongealed in the heart of the sea.15:9 The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide thespoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, myhand shall destroy them.15:10 Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sankas lead in the mighty waters.15:11 Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like thee,glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?  15:12 Thoustretchedst out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them.15:13 Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hastredeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holyhabitation.15:14 The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold onthe inhabitants of Palestina.15:15 Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab,trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaanshall melt away.15:16 Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thinearm they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pass over, OLORD, till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased.15:17 Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain ofthine inheritance, in the place, O LORD, which thou hast made for theeto dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O LORD, which thy hands haveestablished.15:18 The LORD shall reign for ever and ever.15:19 For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with hishorsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought again the waters of thesea upon them; but the children of Israel went on dry land in themidst of the sea.15:20 And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrelin her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels andwith dances.15:21 And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hathtriumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into thesea.15:22 So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out intothe wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness,and found no water.15:23 And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the watersof Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was calledMarah.15:24 And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall wedrink?  15:25 And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him atree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were madesweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there heproved them, 15:26 And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to thevoice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in hissight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all hisstatutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I havebrought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.15:27 And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, andthreescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.16:1 And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregationof the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which isbetween Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month aftertheir departing out of the land of Egypt.16:2 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmuredagainst Moses and Aaron in the wilderness: 16:3 And the children ofIsrael said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of theLORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when wedid eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into thiswilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.16:4 Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread fromheaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rateevery day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, orno.16:5 And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they shallprepare that which they bring in; and it shall be twice as much asthey gather daily.16:6 And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel, Ateven, then ye shall know that the LORD hath brought you out from theland of Egypt: 16:7 And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory ofthe LORD; for that he heareth your murmurings against the LORD: andwhat are we, that ye murmur against us?  16:8 And Moses said, Thisshall be, when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat,and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD heareth yourmurmurings which ye murmur against him: and what are we? yourmurmurings are not against us, but against the LORD.16:9 And Moses spake unto Aaron, Say unto all the congregation of thechildren of Israel, Come near before the LORD: for he hath heard yourmurmurings.16:10 And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregationof the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness,and, behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud.16:11 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 16:12 I have heard themurmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At evenye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread;and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God.16:13 And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, andcovered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host.16:14 And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face ofthe wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoarfrost on the ground.16:15 And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one toanother, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses saidunto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.16:16 This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, Gather of itevery man according to his eating, an omer for every man, according tothe number of your persons; take ye every man for them which are inhis tents.16:17 And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, someless.16:18 And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered muchhad nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; theygathered every man according to his eating.16:19 And Moses said, Let no man leave of it till the morning.16:20 Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of themleft of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank: and Moseswas wroth with them.16:21 And they gathered it every morning, every man according to hiseating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.16:22 And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twiceas much bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of thecongregation came and told Moses.16:23 And he said unto them, This is that which the LORD hath said, Tomorrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake that whichye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that whichremaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.16:24 And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it didnot stink, neither was there any worm therein.16:25 And Moses said, Eat that to day; for to day is a sabbath untothe LORD: to day ye shall not find it in the field.16:26 Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which isthe sabbath, in it there shall be none.16:27 And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people onthe seventh day for to gather, and they found none.16:28 And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep mycommandments and my laws?  16:29 See, for that the LORD hath given youthe sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of twodays; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his placeon the seventh day.16:30 So the people rested on the seventh day.16:31 And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and itwas like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafersmade with honey.16:32 And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commandeth,Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may seethe bread wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness, when I broughtyou forth from the land of Egypt.16:33 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full ofmanna therein, and lay it up before the LORD, to be kept for yourgenerations.16:34 As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before theTestimony, to be kept.16:35 And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until theycame to a land inhabited; they did eat manna, until they came unto theborders of the land of Canaan.16:36 Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.17:1 And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed fromthe wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to thecommandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was nowater for the people to drink.17:2 Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give uswater that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye withme? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD?  17:3 And the people thirstedthere for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said,Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to killus and our children and our cattle with thirst?  17:4 And Moses criedunto the LORD, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they bealmost ready to stone me.17:5 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and takewith thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotestthe river, take in thine hand, and go.17:6 Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb;and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it,that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the eldersof Israel.17:7 And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, becauseof the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted theLORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?  17:8 Then came Amalek,and fought with Israel in Rephidim.17:9 And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fightwith Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with therod of God in mine hand.17:10 So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek:and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.17:11 And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israelprevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.17:12 But Moses hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put itunder him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands,the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and hishands were steady until the going down of the sun.17:13 And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge ofthe sword.17:14 And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in abook, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly putout the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.17:15 And Moses built an altar, and called the name of itJehovahnissi: 17:16 For he said, Because the LORD hath sworn that theLORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.18:1 When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father in law, heard ofall that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and thatthe LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt; 18:2 Then Jethro, Moses'father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back,18:3 And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; forhe said, I have been an alien in a strange land: 18:4 And the name ofthe other was Eliezer; for the God of my father, said he, was minehelp, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh: 18:5 And Jethro,Moses' father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses intothe wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God: 18:6 And hesaid unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thywife, and her two sons with her.18:7 And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance,and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and theycame into the tent.18:8 And Moses told his father in law all that the LORD had done untoPharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, and all the travailthat had come upon them by the way, and how the LORD delivered them.18:9 And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the LORD had doneto Israel, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians.18:10 And Jethro said, Blessed be the LORD, who hath delivered you outof the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who hathdelivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.18:11 Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in thething wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.18:12 And Jethro, Moses' father in law, took a burnt offering andsacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, toeat bread with Moses' father in law before God.18:13 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge thepeople: and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto theevening.18:14 And when Moses' father in law saw all that he did to the people,he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittestthou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning untoeven?  18:15 And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the peoplecome unto me to enquire of God: 18:16 When they have a matter, theycome unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make themknow the statutes of God, and his laws.18:17 And Moses' father in law said unto him, The thing that thoudoest is not good.18:18 Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that iswith thee: for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able toperform it thyself alone.18:19 Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and Godshall be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thoumayest bring the causes unto God: 18:20 And thou shalt teach themordinances and laws, and shalt shew them the way wherein they mustwalk, and the work that they must do.18:21 Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, suchas fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such overthem, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers offifties, and rulers of tens: 18:22 And let them judge the people atall seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bringunto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it beeasier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee.18:23 If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee so, then thoushalt be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to theirplace in peace.18:24 So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and didall that he had said.18:25 And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them headsover the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers offifties, and rulers of tens.18:26 And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes theybrought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.18:27 And Moses let his father in law depart; and he went his way intohis own land.19:1 In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forthout of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wildernessof Sinai.19:2 For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the desertof Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel campedbefore the mount.19:3 And Moses went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him out ofthe mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, andtell the children of Israel; 19:4 Ye have seen what I did unto theEgyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you untomyself.19:5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep mycovenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above allpeople: for all the earth is mine: 19:6 And ye shall be unto me akingdom of priests, and an holy nation.These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children ofIsrael.19:7 And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laidbefore their faces all these words which the LORD commanded him.19:8 And all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORDhath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the peopleunto the LORD.19:9 And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thickcloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believethee for ever.And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD.19:10 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctifythem to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes, 19:11 Andbe ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will comedown in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.19:12 And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying,Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touchthe border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put todeath: 19:13 There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely bestoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall notlive: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.19:14 And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, andsanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.19:15 And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day:come not at your wives.19:16 And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that therewere thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, andthe voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people thatwas in the camp trembled.19:17 And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet withGod; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.19:18 And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORDdescended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smokeof a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.19:19 And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louderand louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice.19:20 And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of themount: and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moseswent up.19:21 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lestthey break through unto the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish.19:22 And let the priests also, which come near to the LORD, sanctifythemselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them.19:23 And Moses said unto the LORD, The people cannot come up to mountSinai: for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, andsanctify it.19:24 And the LORD said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou shaltcome up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and thepeople break through to come up unto the LORD, lest he break forthupon them.19:25 So Moses went down unto the people, and spake unto them.20:1 And God spake all these words, saying, 20:2 I am the LORD thyGod, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of thehouse of bondage.20:3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.20:4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likenessof any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath,or that is in the water under the earth.20:5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for Ithe LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of thefathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of themthat hate me; 20:6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that loveme, and keep my commandments.20:7 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for theLORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.20:8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.20:9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: 20:10 But theseventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt notdo any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, northy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thygates: 20:11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea,and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore theLORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.20:12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long uponthe land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.20:13 Thou shalt not kill.20:14 Thou shalt not commit adultery.20:15 Thou shalt not steal.20:16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.20:17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covetthy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor hisox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.20:18 And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, andthe noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when thepeople saw it, they removed, and stood afar off.20:19 And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear:but let not God speak with us, lest we die.20:20 And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come toprove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sinnot.20:21 And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto thethick darkness where God was.20:22 And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto thechildren of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you fromheaven.20:23 Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye makeunto you gods of gold.20:24 An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrificethereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, andthine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come untothee, and I will bless thee.20:25 And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not buildit of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hastpolluted it.20:26 Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thynakedness be not discovered thereon.21:1 Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.21:2 If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and inthe seventh he shall go out free for nothing.21:3 If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he weremarried, then his wife shall go out with him.21:4 If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sonsor daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master's, and heshall go out by himself.21:5 And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife,and my children; I will not go out free: 21:6 Then his master shallbring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, orunto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with anaul; and he shall serve him for ever.21:7 And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall notgo out as the menservants do.21:8 If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself,then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nationhe shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.21:9 And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with herafter the manner of daughters.21:10 If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her dutyof marriage, shall he not diminish.21:11 And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go outfree without money.21:12 He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put todeath.21:13 And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand;then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.21:14 But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay himwith guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.21:15 And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surelyput to death.21:16 And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be foundin his hand, he shall surely be put to death.21:17 And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely beput to death.21:18 And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone,or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed: 21:19 If herise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smotehim be quit: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shallcause him to be thoroughly healed.21:20 And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and hedie under his hand; he shall be surely punished.21:21 Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not bepunished: for he is his money.21:22 If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruitdepart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surelypunished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and heshall pay as the judges determine.21:23 And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life,21:24 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,21:25 Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.21:26 And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of hismaid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.21:27 And if he smite out his manservant's tooth, or his maidservant'stooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.21:28 If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shallbe surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner ofthe ox shall be quit.21:29 But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, andit hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, butthat he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and hisowner also shall be put to death.21:30 If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give forthe ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him.21:31 Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, accordingto this judgment shall it be done unto him.21:32 If the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shallgive unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall bestoned.21:33 And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, andnot cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein; 21:34 The owner of thepit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and thedead beast shall be his.21:35 And if one man's ox hurt another's, that he die; then they shallsell the live ox, and divide the money of it; and the dead ox alsothey shall divide.21:36 Or if it be known that the ox hath used to push in time past,and his owner hath not kept him in; he shall surely pay ox for ox; andthe dead shall be his own.22:1 If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it;he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.22:2 If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die,there shall no blood be shed for him.22:3 If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him;for he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shallbe sold for his theft.22:4 If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it beox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.22:5 If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shallput in his beast, and shall feed in another man's field; of the bestof his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he makerestitution.22:6 If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks ofcorn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; hethat kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.22:7 If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep,and it be stolen out of the man's house; if the thief be found, lethim pay double.22:8 If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall bebrought unto the judges, to see whether he have put his hand unto hisneighbour's goods.22:9 For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, forsheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing which anotherchallengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before thejudges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double untohis neighbour.22:10 If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or asheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away,no man seeing it: 22:11 Then shall an oath of the LORD be between themboth, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods; andthe owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good.22:12 And if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto theowner thereof.22:13 If it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it for witness, andhe shall not make good that which was torn.22:14 And if a man borrow ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, ordie, the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make itgood.22:15 But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good:if it be an hired thing, it came for his hire.22:16 And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie withher, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.22:17 If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall paymoney according to the dowry of virgins.22:18 Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.22:19 Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.22:20 He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the LORD only, heshall be utterly destroyed.22:21 Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye werestrangers in the land of Egypt.22:22 Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.22:23 If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, Iwill surely hear their cry; 22:24 And my wrath shall wax hot, and Iwill kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and yourchildren fatherless.22:25 If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee,thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon himusury.22:26 If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thoushalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down: 22:27 For thatis his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall hesleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I willhear; for I am gracious.22:28 Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thypeople.22:29 Thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits, andof thy liquors: the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.22:30 Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep:seven days it shall be with his dam; on the eighth day thou shalt giveit me.22:31 And ye shall be holy men unto me: neither shall ye eat any fleshthat is torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs.23:1 Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with thewicked to be an unrighteous witness.23:2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thouspeak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment: 23:3 Neithershalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.23:4 If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shaltsurely bring it back to him again.23:5 If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under hisburden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help withhim.23:6 Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.23:7 Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteousslay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.23:8 And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, andperverteth the words of the righteous.23:9 Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart ofa stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.23:10 And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in thefruits thereof: 23:11 But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest andlie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leavethe beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal withthy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard.23:12 Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thoushalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thyhandmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.23:13 And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: andmake no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard outof thy mouth.23:14 Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.23:15 Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eatunleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the timeappointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: andnone shall appear before me empty:) 23:16 And the feast of harvest,the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: andthe feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thouhast gathered in thy labours out of the field.23:17 Three items in the year all thy males shall appear before theLORD God.23:18 Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavenedbread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning.23:19 The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring intothe house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in hismother's milk.23:20 Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way,and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.23:21 Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he willnot pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him.23:22 But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that Ispeak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversaryunto thine adversaries.23:23 For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto theAmorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites,the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off.23:24 Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor doafter their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quitebreak down their images.23:25 And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thybread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst ofthee.23:26 There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thyland: the number of thy days I will fulfil.23:27 I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the peopleto whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn theirbacks unto thee.23:28 And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out theHivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.23:29 I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest theland become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply againstthee.23:30 By little and little I will drive them out from before thee,until thou be increased, and inherit the land.23:31 And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea ofthe Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I willdeliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shaltdrive them out before thee.23:32 Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.23:33 They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sinagainst me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snareunto thee.24:1 And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the LORD, thou, and Aaron,Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship yeafar off.24:2 And Moses alone shall come near the LORD: but they shall not comenigh; neither shall the people go up with him.24:3 And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, andall the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, andsaid, All the words which the LORD hath said will we do.24:4 And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early inthe morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars,according to the twelve tribes of Israel.24:5 And he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offeredburnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the LORD.24:6 And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and halfof the blood he sprinkled on the altar.24:7 And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience ofthe people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, andbe obedient.24:8 And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, andsaid, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made withyou concerning all these words.24:9 Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy ofthe elders of Israel: 24:10 And they saw the God of Israel: and therewas under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and asit were the body of heaven in his clearness.24:11 And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not hishand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink.24:12 And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, andbe there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, andcommandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.24:13 And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went upinto the mount of God.24:14 And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we comeagain unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: if any manhave any matters to do, let him come unto them.24:15 And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount.24:16 And the glory of the LORD abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloudcovered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out ofthe midst of the cloud.24:17 And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fireon the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.24:18 And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up intothe mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.25:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 25:2 Speak unto thechildren of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man thatgiveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering.25:3 And this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, andsilver, and brass, 25:4 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and finelinen, and goats' hair, 25:5 And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers'skins, and shittim wood, 25:6 Oil for the light, spices for anointingoil, and for sweet incense, 25:7 Onyx stones, and stones to be set inthe ephod, and in the breastplate.25:8 And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.25:9 According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of thetabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even soshall ye make it.25:10 And they shall make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and ahalf shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadththereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.25:11 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and withoutshalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold roundabout.25:12 And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them inthe four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side ofit, and two rings in the other side of it.25:13 And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay themwith gold.25:14 And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of theark, that the ark may be borne with them.25:15 The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not betaken from it.25:16 And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall givethee.25:17 And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and ahalf shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadththereof.25:18 And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shaltthou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat.25:19 And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on theother end: even of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on thetwo ends thereof.25:20 And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high,covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall lookone to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubimsbe.25:21 And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in theark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.25:22 And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with theefrom above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which areupon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee incommandment unto the children of Israel.25:23 Thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood: two cubits shallbe the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubitand a half the height thereof.25:24 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto acrown of gold round about.25:25 And thou shalt make unto it a border of an hand breadth roundabout, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof roundabout.25:26 And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the ringsin the four corners that are on the four feet thereof.25:27 Over against the border shall the rings be for places of thestaves to bear the table.25:28 And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay themwith gold, that the table may be borne with them.25:29 And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, andcovers thereof, and bowls thereof, to cover withal: of pure gold shaltthou make them.25:30 And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me alway.25:31 And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten workshall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls,his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same.25:32 And six branches shall come out of the sides of it; threebranches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches ofthe candlestick out of the other side: 25:33 Three bowls made likeunto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowlsmade like almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a flower: so inthe six branches that come out of the candlestick.25:34 And in the candlesticks shall be four bowls made like untoalmonds, with their knops and their flowers.25:35 And there shall be a knop under two branches of the same, and aknop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches ofthe same, according to the six branches that proceed out of thecandlestick.25:36 Their knops and their branches shall be of the same: all itshall be one beaten work of pure gold.25:37 And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shalllight the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it.25:38 And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall be ofpure gold.25:39 Of a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all thesevessels.25:40 And look that thou make them after their pattern, which wasshewed thee in the mount.26:1 Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of finetwined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims ofcunning work shalt thou make them.26:2 The length of one curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, andthe breadth of one curtain four cubits: and every one of the curtainsshall have one measure.26:3 The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; andother five curtains shall be coupled one to another.26:4 And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the onecurtain from the selvedge in the coupling; and likewise shalt thoumake in the uttermost edge of another curtain, in the coupling of thesecond.26:5 Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loopsshalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is in the coupling ofthe second; that the loops may take hold one of another.26:6 And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold, and couple the curtainstogether with the taches: and it shall be one tabernacle.26:7 And thou shalt make curtains of goats' hair to be a covering uponthe tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make.26:8 The length of one curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadthof one curtain four cubits: and the eleven curtains shall be all ofone measure.26:9 And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, and sixcurtains by themselves, and shalt double the sixth curtain in theforefront of the tabernacle.26:10 And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtainthat is outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops in the edge of thecurtain which coupleth the second.26:11 And thou shalt make fifty taches of brass, and put the tachesinto the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one.26:12 And the remnant that remaineth of the curtains of the tent, thehalf curtain that remaineth, shall hang over the backside of thetabernacle.26:13 And a cubit on the one side, and a cubit on the other side ofthat which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent, itshall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on thatside, to cover it.26:14 And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyedred, and a covering above of badgers' skins.26:15 And thou shalt make boards for the tabernacle of shittim woodstanding up.26:16 Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and ahalf shall be the breadth of one board.26:17 Two tenons shall there be in one board, set in order one againstanother: thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle.26:18 And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boardson the south side southward.26:19 And thou shalt make forty sockets of silver under the twentyboards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and twosockets under another board for his two tenons.26:20 And for the second side of the tabernacle on the north sidethere shall be twenty boards: 26:21 And their forty sockets of silver;two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.26:22 And for the sides of the tabernacle westward thou shalt make sixboards.26:23 And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernaclein the two sides.26:24 And they shall be coupled together beneath, and they shall becoupled together above the head of it unto one ring: thus shall it befor them both; they shall be for the two corners.26:25 And they shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver,sixteen sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets underanother board.26:26 And thou shalt make bars of shittim wood; five for the boards ofthe one side of the tabernacle, 26:27 And five bars for the boards ofthe other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of theside of the tabernacle, for the two sides westward.26:28 And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall reach fromend to end.26:29 And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold, and make theirrings of gold for places for the bars: and thou shalt overlay the barswith gold.26:30 And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashionthereof which was shewed thee in the mount.26:31 And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, andfine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made:26:32 And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim woodoverlaid with gold: their hooks shall be of gold, upon the foursockets of silver.26:33 And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thoumayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: andthe vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the mostholy.26:34 And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimonyin the most holy place.26:35 And thou shalt set the table without the vail, and thecandlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacletoward the south: and thou shalt put the table on the north side.26:36 And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, ofblue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought withneedlework.26:37 And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars of shittimwood, and overlay them with gold, and their hooks shall be of gold:and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them.27:1 And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long,and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the heightthereof shall be three cubits.27:2 And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four cornersthereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay itwith brass.27:3 And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and hisshovels, and his basons, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all thevessels thereof thou shalt make of brass.27:4 And thou shalt make for it a grate of network of brass; and uponthe net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four corners thereof.27:5 And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath,that the net may be even to the midst of the altar.27:6 And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood,and overlay them with brass.27:7 And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shallbe upon the two sides of the altar, to bear it.27:8 Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: as it was shewed thee inthe mount, so shall they make it.27:9 And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the southside southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twinedlinen of an hundred cubits long for one side: 27:10 And the twentypillars thereof and their twenty sockets shall be of brass; the hooksof the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.27:11 And likewise for the north side in length there shall behangings of an hundred cubits long, and his twenty pillars and theirtwenty sockets of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets ofsilver.27:12 And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall behangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.27:13 And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall befifty cubits.27:14 The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits:their pillars three, and their sockets three.27:15 And on the other side shall be hangings fifteen cubits: theirpillars three, and their sockets three.27:16 And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twentycubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen,wrought with needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and theirsockets four.27:17 All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted withsilver; their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass.27:18 The length of the court shall be an hundred cubits, and thebreadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits of fine twinedlinen, and their sockets of brass.27:19 All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof,and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall be ofbrass.27:20 And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bringthee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burnalways.27:21 In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which isbefore the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from eveningto morning before the LORD: it shall be a statute for ever unto theirgenerations on the behalf of the children of Israel.28:1 And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him,from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in thepriest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar,Aaron's sons.28:2 And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for gloryand for beauty.28:3 And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I havefilled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron's garmentsto consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest'soffice.28:4 And these are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate,and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle:and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons,that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.28:5 And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, andfine linen.28:6 And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, ofscarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work.28:7 It shall have the two shoulderpieces thereof joined at the twoedges thereof; and so it shall be joined together.28:8 And the curious girdle of the ephod, which is upon it, shall beof the same, according to the work thereof; even of gold, of blue, andpurple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.28:9 And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the namesof the children of Israel: 28:10 Six of their names on one stone, andthe other six names of the rest on the other stone, according to theirbirth.28:11 With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of asignet, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of thechildren of Israel: thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold.28:12 And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of theephod for stones of memorial unto the children of Israel: and Aaronshall bear their names before the LORD upon his two shoulders for amemorial.28:13 And thou shalt make ouches of gold; 28:14 And two chains of puregold at the ends; of wreathen work shalt thou make them, and fastenthe wreathen chains to the ouches.28:15 And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunningwork; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, ofblue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen, shaltthou make it.28:16 Foursquare it shall be being doubled; a span shall be the lengththereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof.28:17 And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even four rows ofstones: the first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle:this shall be the first row.28:18 And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and adiamond.28:19 And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.28:20 And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: theyshall be set in gold in their inclosings.28:21 And the stones shall be with the names of the children ofIsrael, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of asignet; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelvetribes.28:22 And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains at the ends ofwreathen work of pure gold.28:23 And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, andshalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.28:24 And thou shalt put the two wreathen chains of gold in the tworings which are on the ends of the breastplate.28:25 And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains thou shaltfasten in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of theephod before it.28:26 And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put themupon the two ends of the breastplate in the border thereof, which isin the side of the ephod inward.28:27 And two other rings of gold thou shalt make, and shalt put themon the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart thereof,over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle ofthe ephod.28:28 And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof untothe rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be above thecurious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosedfrom the ephod.28:29 And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in thebreastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the holyplace, for a memorial before the LORD continually.28:30 And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim andthe Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron's heart, when he goeth inbefore the LORD: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children ofIsrael upon his heart before the LORD continually.28:31 And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue.28:32 And there shall be an hole in the top of it, in the midstthereof: it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole ofit, as it were the hole of an habergeon, that it be not rent.28:33 And beneath upon the hem of it thou shalt make pomegranates ofblue, and of purple, and of scarlet, round about the hem thereof; andbells of gold between them round about: 28:34 A golden bell and apomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the roberound about.28:35 And it shall be upon Aaron to minister: and his sound shall beheard when he goeth in unto the holy place before the LORD, and whenhe cometh out, that he die not.28:36 And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it,like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.28:37 And thou shalt put it on a blue lace, that it may be upon themitre; upon the forefront of the mitre it shall be.28:38 And it shall be upon Aaron's forehead, that Aaron may bear theiniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallowin all their holy gifts; and it shall be always upon his forehead,that they may be accepted before the LORD.28:39 And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen, and thou shaltmake the mitre of fine linen, and thou shalt make the girdle ofneedlework.28:40 And for Aaron's sons thou shalt make coats, and thou shalt makefor them girdles, and bonnets shalt thou make for them, for glory andfor beauty.28:41 And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his sonswith him; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctifythem, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office.28:42 And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover theirnakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach: 28:43And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they come inunto the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near untothe altar to minister in the holy place; that they bear not iniquity,and die: it shall be a statute for ever unto him and his seed afterhim.29:1 And this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallowthem, to minister unto me in the priest's office: Take one youngbullock, and two rams without blemish, 29:2 And unleavened bread, andcakes unleavened tempered with oil, and wafers unleavened anointedwith oil: of wheaten flour shalt thou make them.29:3 And thou shalt put them into one basket, and bring them in thebasket, with the bullock and the two rams.29:4 And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring unto the door of thetabernacle of the congregation, and shalt wash them with water.29:5 And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat,and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, andgird him with the curious girdle of the ephod: 29:6 And thou shalt putthe mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre.29:7 Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon hishead, and anoint him.29:8 And thou shalt bring his sons, and put coats upon them.29:9 And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, andput the bonnets on them: and the priest's office shall be theirs for aperpetual statute: and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons.29:10 And thou shalt cause a bullock to be brought before thetabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron and his sons shall put theirhands upon the head of the bullock.29:11 And thou shalt kill the bullock before the LORD, by the door ofthe tabernacle of the congregation.29:12 And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put it uponthe horns of the altar with thy finger, and pour all the blood besidethe bottom of the altar.29:13 And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, andthe caul that is above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fatthat is upon them, and burn them upon the altar.29:14 But the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung, shaltthou burn with fire without the camp: it is a sin offering.29:15 Thou shalt also take one ram; and Aaron and his sons shall puttheir hands upon the head of the ram.29:16 And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take his blood, andsprinkle it round about upon the altar.29:17 And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces, and wash the inwards ofhim, and his legs, and put them unto his pieces, and unto his head.29:18 And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar: it is a burntoffering unto the LORD: it is a sweet savour, an offering made by fireunto the LORD.29:19 And thou shalt take the other ram; and Aaron and his sons shallput their hands upon the head of the ram.29:20 Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of his blood, and put itupon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the rightear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon thegreat toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altarround about.29:21 And thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar, and ofthe anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron, and upon his garments,and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him: and heshall be hallowed, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons'garments with him.29:22 Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat and the rump, and thefat that covereth the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and thetwo kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder;for it is a ram of consecration: 29:23 And one loaf of bread, and onecake of oiled bread, and one wafer out of the basket of the unleavenedbread that is before the LORD: 29:24 And thou shalt put all in thehands of Aaron, and in the hands of his sons; and shalt wave them fora wave offering before the LORD.29:25 And thou shalt receive them of their hands, and burn them uponthe altar for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour before the LORD: itis an offering made by fire unto the LORD.29:26 And thou shalt take the breast of the ram of Aaron'sconsecration, and wave it for a wave offering before the LORD: and itshall be thy part.29:27 And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and theshoulder of the heave offering, which is waved, and which is heavedup, of the ram of the consecration, even of that which is for Aaron,and of that which is for his sons: 29:28 And it shall be Aaron's andhis sons' by a statute for ever from the children of Israel: for it isan heave offering: and it shall be an heave offering from the childrenof Israel of the sacrifice of their peace offerings, even their heaveoffering unto the LORD.29:29 And the holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons' after him, tobe anointed therein, and to be consecrated in them.29:30 And that son that is priest in his stead shall put them on sevendays, when he cometh into the tabernacle of the congregation tominister in the holy place.29:31 And thou shalt take the ram of the consecration, and seethe hisflesh in the holy place.29:32 And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and thebread that is in the basket by the door of the tabernacle of thecongregation.29:33 And they shall eat those things wherewith the atonement wasmade, to consecrate and to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eatthereof, because they are holy.29:34 And if ought of the flesh of the consecrations, or of the bread,remain unto the morning, then thou shalt burn the remainder with fire:it shall not be eaten, because it is holy.29:35 And thus shalt thou do unto Aaron, and to his sons, according toall things which I have commanded thee: seven days shalt thouconsecrate them.29:36 And thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering foratonement: and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast made anatonement for it, and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it.29:37 Seven days thou shalt make an atonement for the altar, andsanctify it; and it shall be an altar most holy: whatsoever toucheththe altar shall be holy.29:38 Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar; twolambs of the first year day by day continually.29:39 The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lambthou shalt offer at even: 29:40 And with the one lamb a tenth deal offlour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil; and thefourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering.29:41 And the other lamb thou shalt offer at even, and shalt dothereto according to the meat offering of the morning, and accordingto the drink offering thereof, for a sweet savour, an offering made byfire unto the LORD.29:42 This shall be a continual burnt offering throughout yourgenerations at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation beforethe LORD: where I will meet you, to speak there unto thee.29:43 And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and thetabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory.29:44 And I will sanctify the tabernacle of the congregation, and thealtar: I will sanctify also both Aaron and his sons, to minister to mein the priest's office.29:45 And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be theirGod.29:46 And they shall know that I am the LORD their God, that broughtthem forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them: I amthe LORD their God.30:1 And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittimwood shalt thou make it.30:2 A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadththereof; foursquare shall it be: and two cubits shall be the heightthereof: the horns thereof shall be of the same.30:3 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, andthe sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shaltmake unto it a crown of gold round about.30:4 And two golden rings shalt thou make to it under the crown of it,by the two corners thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou makeit; and they shall be for places for the staves to bear it withal.30:5 And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay themwith gold.30:6 And thou shalt put it before the vail that is by the ark of thetestimony, before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where Iwill meet with thee.30:7 And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when hedresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.30:8 And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incenseupon it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout yourgenerations.30:9 Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice,nor meat offering; neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon.30:10 And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in ayear with the blood of the sin offering of atonements: once in theyear shall he make atonement upon it throughout your generations: itis most holy unto the LORD.30:11 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 30:12 When thou takestthe sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall theygive every man a ransom for his soul unto the LORD, when thounumberest them; that there be no plague among them, when thounumberest them.30:13 This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that arenumbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekelis twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the offering of the LORD.30:14 Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twentyyears old and above, shall give an offering unto the LORD.30:15 The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give lessthan half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the LORD, to makean atonement for your souls.30:16 And thou shalt take the atonement money of the children ofIsrael, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of thecongregation; that it may be a memorial unto the children of Israelbefore the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls.30:17 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 30:18 Thou shalt alsomake a laver of brass, and his foot also of brass, to wash withal: andthou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and thealtar, and thou shalt put water therein.30:19 For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feetthereat: 30:20 When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation,they shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they come nearto the altar to minister, to burn offering made by fire unto the LORD:30:21 So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they dienot: and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and tohis seed throughout their generations.30:22 Moreover the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 30:23 Take thou alsounto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and ofsweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, andof sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels, 30:24 And of cassiafive hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oilolive an hin: 30:25 And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, anointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holyanointing oil.30:26 And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the congregationtherewith, and the ark of the testimony, 30:27 And the table and allhis vessels, and the candlestick and his vessels, and the altar ofincense, 30:28 And the altar of burnt offering with all his vessels,and the laver and his foot.30:29 And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy:whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.30:30 And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them,that they may minister unto me in the priest's office.30:31 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Thisshall be an holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations.30:32 Upon man's flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall ye makeany other like it, after the composition of it: it is holy, and itshall be holy unto you.30:33 Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any ofit upon a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people.30:34 And the LORD said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices,stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with purefrankincense: of each shall there be a like weight: 30:35 And thoushalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary,tempered together, pure and holy: 30:36 And thou shalt beat some of itvery small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle ofthe congregation, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto youmost holy.30:37 And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not maketo yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be untothee holy for the LORD.30:38 Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, shalleven be cut off from his people.31:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 31:2 See, I have called byname Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah:31:3 And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and inunderstanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship,31:4 To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and inbrass, 31:5 And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving oftimber, to work in all manner of workmanship.31:6 And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab, the son ofAhisamach, of the tribe of Dan: and in the hearts of all that are wisehearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I havecommanded thee; 31:7 The tabernacle of the congregation, and the arkof the testimony, and the mercy seat that is thereupon, and all thefurniture of the tabernacle, 31:8 And the table and his furniture, andthe pure candlestick with all his furniture, and the altar of incense,31:9 And the altar of burnt offering with all his furniture, and thelaver and his foot, 31:10 And the cloths of service, and the holygarments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, tominister in the priest's office, 31:11 And the anointing oil, andsweet incense for the holy place: according to all that I havecommanded thee shall they do.31:12 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 31:13 Speak thou alsounto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep:for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; thatye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you.31:14 Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you:every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoeverdoeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among hispeople.31:15 Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath ofrest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day,he shall surely be put to death.31:16 Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, toobserve the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetualcovenant.31:17 It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: forin six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day herested, and was refreshed.31:18 And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communingwith him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone,written with the finger of God.32:1 And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out ofthe mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, andsaid unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as forthis Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, wewot not what is become of him.32:2 And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, whichare in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters,and bring them unto me.32:3 And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were intheir ears, and brought them unto Aaron.32:4 And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with agraving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, Thesebe thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.32:5 And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaronmade proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the LORD.32:6 And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burntofferings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eatand to drink, and rose up to play.32:7 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people,which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corruptedthemselves: 32:8 They have turned aside quickly out of the way which Icommanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshippedit, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, OIsrael, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.32:9 And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and,behold, it is a stiffnecked people: 32:10 Now therefore let me alone,that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them:and I will make of thee a great nation.32:11 And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doththy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forthout of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?32:12 Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief didhe bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume themfrom the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent ofthis evil against thy people.32:13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thouswarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply yourseed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken ofwill I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.32:14 And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do untohis people.32:15 And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the twotables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written onboth their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written.32:16 And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was thewriting of God, graven upon the tables.32:17 And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted,he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp.32:18 And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery,neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome: but thenoise of them that sing do I hear.32:19 And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, thathe saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot, and hecast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.32:20 And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in thefire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and madethe children of Israel drink of it.32:21 And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, thatthou hast brought so great a sin upon them?  32:22 And Aaron said, Letnot the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that theyare set on mischief.32:23 For they said unto me, Make us gods, which shall go before us:for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land ofEgypt, we wot not what is become of him.32:24 And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break itoff. So they gave it me: then I cast it into the fire, and there cameout this calf.32:25 And when Moses saw that the people were naked; (for Aaron hadmade them naked unto their shame among their enemies:) 32:26 ThenMoses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the LORD'sside? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gatheredthemselves together unto him.32:27 And he said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Putevery man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gatethroughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man hiscompanion, and every man his neighbour.32:28 And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: andthere fell of the people that day about three thousand men.32:29 For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves today to the LORD,even every man upon his son, and upon his brother; that he may bestowupon you a blessing this day.32:30 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto thepeople, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto theLORD; peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin.32:31 And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Oh, this people havesinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold.32:32 Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin--; and if not, blot me,I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.32:33 And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me,him will I blot out of my book.32:34 Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I havespoken unto thee: behold, mine Angel shall go before thee:nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them.32:35 And the LORD plagued the people, because they made the calf,which Aaron made.33:1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Depart, and go up hence, thou andthe people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, untothe land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying,Unto thy seed will I give it: 33:2 And I will send an angel beforethee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and theHittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite: 33:3 Unto aland flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst ofthee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in theway.33:4 And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: andno man did put on him his ornaments.33:5 For the LORD had said unto Moses, Say unto the children ofIsrael, Ye are a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst ofthee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thyornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee.33:6 And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornamentsby the mount Horeb.33:7 And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp,afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of thecongregation. And it came to pass, that every one which sought theLORD went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which waswithout the camp.33:8 And it came to pass, when Moses went out unto the tabernacle,that all the people rose up, and stood every man at his tent door, andlooked after Moses, until he was gone into the tabernacle.33:9 And it came to pass, as Moses entered into the tabernacle, thecloudy pillar descended, and stood at the door of the tabernacle, andthe Lord talked with Moses.33:10 And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at the tabernacledoor: and all the people rose up and worshipped, every man in his tentdoor.33:11 And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speakethunto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servantJoshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of thetabernacle.33:12 And Moses said unto the LORD, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring upthis people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send withme. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also foundgrace in my sight.33:13 Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight,shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace inthy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people.33:14 And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will givethee rest.33:15 And he said unto him, If thy presence go not with me, carry usnot up hence.33:16 For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people havefound grace in thy sight? is it not in that thou goest with us? soshall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that areupon the face of the earth.33:17 And the LORD said unto Moses, I will do this thing also thatthou hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I knowthee by name.33:18 And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory.33:19 And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and Iwill proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be graciousto whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shewmercy.33:20 And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no mansee me, and live.33:21 And the LORD said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thoushalt stand upon a rock: 33:22 And it shall come to pass, while myglory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, andwill cover thee with my hand while I pass by: 33:23 And I will takeaway mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shallnot be seen.34:1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone likeunto the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that werein the first tables, which thou brakest.34:2 And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning untomount Sinai, and present thyself there to me in the top of the mount.34:3 And no man shall come up with thee, neither let any man be seenthroughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed beforethat mount.34:4 And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Mosesrose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as theLORD had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone.34:5 And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there,and proclaimed the name of the LORD.34:6 And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, TheLORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant ingoodness and truth, 34:7 Keeping mercy for thousands, forgivinginiquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clearthe guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children,and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourthgeneration.34:8 And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, andworshipped.34:9 And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O LORD, letmy LORD, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; andpardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance.34:10 And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people Iwill do marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor inany nation: and all the people among which thou art shall see the workof the LORD: for it is a terrible thing that I will do with thee.34:11 Observe thou that which I command thee this day: behold, I driveout before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, andthe Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.34:12 Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with theinhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare inthe midst of thee: 34:13 But ye shall destroy their altars, breaktheir images, and cut down their groves: 34:14 For thou shalt worshipno other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:34:15 Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, andthey go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods,and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice; 34:16 And thou takeof their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoringafter their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods.34:17 Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.34:18 The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thoushalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, in the time of themonth Abib: for in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt.34:19 All that openeth the matrix is mine; and every firstling amongthy cattle, whether ox or sheep, that is male.34:20 But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: andif thou redeem him not, then shalt thou break his neck. All thefirstborn of thy sons thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear beforeme empty.34:21 Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shaltrest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.34:22 And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits ofwheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year's end.34:23 Thrice in the year shall all your menchildren appear before theLORD God, the God of Israel.34:24 For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thyborders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go upto appear before the LORD thy God thrice in the year.34:25 Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven;neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left untothe morning.34:26 The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring untothe house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in hismother's milk.34:27 And the LORD said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for afterthe tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and withIsrael.34:28 And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; hedid neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tablesthe words of the covenant, the ten commandments.34:29 And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai withthe two tables of testimony in Moses' hand, when he came down from themount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while hetalked with him.34:30 And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold,the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come nigh him.34:31 And Moses called unto them; and Aaron and all the rulers of thecongregation returned unto him: and Moses talked with them.34:32 And afterward all the children of Israel came nigh: and he gavethem in commandment all that the LORD had spoken with him in mountSinai.34:33 And till Moses had done speaking with them, he put a vail on hisface.34:34 But when Moses went in before the LORD to speak with him, hetook the vail off, until he came out. And he came out, and spake untothe children of Israel that which he was commanded.34:35 And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skinof Moses' face shone: and Moses put the vail upon his face again,until he went in to speak with him.35:1 And Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israeltogether, and said unto them, These are the words which the LORD hathcommanded, that ye should do them.35:2 Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shallbe to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever doethwork therein shall be put to death.35:3 Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon thesabbath day.35:4 And Moses spake unto all the congregation of the children ofIsrael, saying, This is the thing which the LORD commanded, saying,35:5 Take ye from among you an offering unto the LORD: whosoever is ofa willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the LORD; gold, andsilver, and brass, 35:6 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and finelinen, and goats' hair, 35:7 And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers'skins, and shittim wood, 35:8 And oil for the light, and spices foranointing oil, and for the sweet incense, 35:9 And onyx stones, andstones to be set for the ephod, and for the breastplate.35:10 And every wise hearted among you shall come, and make all thatthe LORD hath commanded; 35:11 The tabernacle, his tent, and hiscovering, his taches, and his boards, his bars, his pillars, and hissockets, 35:12 The ark, and the staves thereof, with the mercy seat,and the vail of the covering, 35:13 The table, and his staves, and allhis vessels, and the shewbread, 35:14 The candlestick also for thelight, and his furniture, and his lamps, with the oil for the light,35:15 And the incense altar, and his staves, and the anointing oil,and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the door at the entering inof the tabernacle, 35:16 The altar of burnt offering, with his brasengrate, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot, 35:17The hangings of the court, his pillars, and their sockets, and thehanging for the door of the court, 35:18 The pins of the tabernacle,and the pins of the court, and their cords, 35:19 The cloths ofservice, to do service in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaronthe priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest'soffice.35:20 And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed fromthe presence of Moses.35:21 And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and everyone whom his spirit made willing, and they brought the LORD's offeringto the work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all hisservice, and for the holy garments.35:22 And they came, both men and women, as many as were willinghearted, and brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and tablets,all jewels of gold: and every man that offered offered an offering ofgold unto the LORD.35:23 And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, andscarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, and red skins of rams, andbadgers' skins, brought them.35:24 Every one that did offer an offering of silver and brass broughtthe LORD's offering: and every man, with whom was found shittim woodfor any work of the service, brought it.35:25 And all the women that were wise hearted did spin with theirhands, and brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and ofpurple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen.35:26 And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spungoats' hair.35:27 And the rulers brought onyx stones, and stones to be set, forthe ephod, and for the breastplate; 35:28 And spice, and oil for thelight, and for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense.35:29 The children of Israel brought a willing offering unto the LORD,every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for allmanner of work, which the LORD had commanded to be made by the hand ofMoses.35:30 And Moses said unto the children of Israel, See, the LORD hathcalled by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribeof Judah; 35:31 And he hath filled him with the spirit of God, inwisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner ofworkmanship; 35:32 And to devise curious works, to work in gold, andin silver, and in brass, 35:33 And in the cutting of stones, to setthem, and in carving of wood, to make any manner of cunning work.35:34 And he hath put in his heart that he may teach, both he, andAholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan.35:35 Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner ofwork, of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of theembroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen,and of the weaver, even of them that do any work, and of those thatdevise cunning work.36:1 Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, inwhom the LORD put wisdom and understanding to know how to work allmanner of work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all thatthe LORD had commanded.36:2 And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise heartedman, in whose heart the LORD had put wisdom, even every one whoseheart stirred him up to come unto the work to do it: 36:3 And theyreceived of Moses all the offering, which the children of Israel hadbrought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make itwithal. And they brought yet unto him free offerings every morning.36:4 And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary,came every man from his work which they made; 36:5 And they spake untoMoses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the serviceof the work, which the LORD commanded to make.36:6 And Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimedthroughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any morework for the offering of the sanctuary. So the people were restrainedfrom bringing.36:7 For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to makeit, and too much.36:8 And every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work ofthe tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, andpurple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work made he them.36:9 The length of one curtain was twenty and eight cubits, and thebreadth of one curtain four cubits: the curtains were all of one size.36:10 And he coupled the five curtains one unto another: and the otherfive curtains he coupled one unto another.36:11 And he made loops of blue on the edge of one curtain from theselvedge in the coupling: likewise he made in the uttermost side ofanother curtain, in the coupling of the second.36:12 Fifty loops made he in one curtain, and fifty loops made he inthe edge of the curtain which was in the coupling of the second: theloops held one curtain to another.36:13 And he made fifty taches of gold, and coupled the curtains oneunto another with the taches: so it became one tabernacle.36:14 And he made curtains of goats' hair for the tent over thetabernacle: eleven curtains he made them.36:15 The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits wasthe breadth of one curtain: the eleven curtains were of one size.36:16 And he coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains bythemselves.36:17 And he made fifty loops upon the uttermost edge of the curtainin the coupling, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtainwhich coupleth the second.36:18 And he made fifty taches of brass to couple the tent together,that it might be one.36:19 And he made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, anda covering of badgers' skins above that.36:20 And he made boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood, standingup.36:21 The length of a board was ten cubits, and the breadth of a boardone cubit and a half.36:22 One board had two tenons, equally distant one from another: thusdid he make for all the boards of the tabernacle.36:23 And he made boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards for thesouth side southward: 36:24 And forty sockets of silver he made underthe twenty boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, andtwo sockets under another board for his two tenons.36:25 And for the other side of the tabernacle, which is toward thenorth corner, he made twenty boards, 36:26 And their forty sockets ofsilver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under anotherboard.36:27 And for the sides of the tabernacle westward he made six boards.36:28 And two boards made he for the corners of the tabernacle in thetwo sides.36:29 And they were coupled beneath, and coupled together at the headthereof, to one ring: thus he did to both of them in both the corners.36:30 And there were eight boards; and their sockets were sixteensockets of silver, under every board two sockets.36:31 And he made bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the oneside of the tabernacle, 36:32 And five bars for the boards of theother side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of thetabernacle for the sides westward.36:33 And he made the middle bar to shoot through the boards from theone end to the other.36:34 And he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings ofgold to be places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.36:35 And he made a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and finetwined linen: with cherubims made he it of cunning work.36:36 And he made thereunto four pillars of shittim wood, and overlaidthem with gold: their hooks were of gold; and he cast for them foursockets of silver.36:37 And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, andpurple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework; 36:38 Andthe five pillars of it with their hooks: and he overlaid theirchapiters and their fillets with gold: but their five sockets were ofbrass.37:1 And Bezaleel made the ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a halfwas the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and acubit and a half the height of it: 37:2 And he overlaid it with puregold within and without, and made a crown of gold to it round about.37:3 And he cast for it four rings of gold, to be set by the fourcorners of it; even two rings upon the one side of it, and two ringsupon the other side of it.37:4 And he made staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold.37:5 And he put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, tobear the ark.37:6 And he made the mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a halfwas the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof.37:7 And he made two cherubims of gold, beaten out of one piece madehe them, on the two ends of the mercy seat; 37:8 One cherub on the endon this side, and another cherub on the other end on that side: out ofthe mercy seat made he the cherubims on the two ends thereof.37:9 And the cherubims spread out their wings on high, and coveredwith their wings over the mercy seat, with their faces one to another;even to the mercy seatward were the faces of the cherubims.37:10 And he made the table of shittim wood: two cubits was the lengththereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half theheight thereof: 37:11 And he overlaid it with pure gold, and madethereunto a crown of gold round about.37:12 Also he made thereunto a border of an handbreadth round about;and made a crown of gold for the border thereof round about.37:13 And he cast for it four rings of gold, and put the rings uponthe four corners that were in the four feet thereof.37:14 Over against the border were the rings, the places for thestaves to bear the table.37:15 And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them withgold, to bear the table.37:16 And he made the vessels which were upon the table, his dishes,and his spoons, and his bowls, and his covers to cover withal, of puregold.37:17 And he made the candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work made hethe candlestick; his shaft, and his branch, his bowls, his knops, andhis flowers, were of the same: 37:18 And six branches going out of thesides thereof; three branches of the candlestick out of the one sidethereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other sidethereof: 37:19 Three bowls made after the fashion of almonds in onebranch, a knop and a flower; and three bowls made like almonds inanother branch, a knop and a flower: so throughout the six branchesgoing out of the candlestick.37:20 And in the candlestick were four bowls made like almonds, hisknops, and his flowers: 37:21 And a knop under two branches of thesame, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under twobranches of the same, according to the six branches going out of it.37:22 Their knops and their branches were of the same: all of it wasone beaten work of pure gold.37:23 And he made his seven lamps, and his snuffers, and hissnuffdishes, of pure gold.37:24 Of a talent of pure gold made he it, and all the vesselsthereof.37:25 And he made the incense altar of shittim wood: the length of itwas a cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit; it was foursquare; and twocubits was the height of it; the horns thereof were of the same.37:26 And he overlaid it with pure gold, both the top of it, and thesides thereof round about, and the horns of it: also he made unto it acrown of gold round about.37:27 And he made two rings of gold for it under the crown thereof, bythe two corners of it, upon the two sides thereof, to be places forthe staves to bear it withal.37:28 And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them withgold.37:29 And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense ofsweet spices, according to the work of the apothecary.38:1 And he made the altar of burnt offering of shittim wood: fivecubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; itwas foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof.38:2 And he made the horns thereof on the four corners of it; thehorns thereof were of the same: and he overlaid it with brass.38:3 And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and theshovels, and the basons, and the fleshhooks, and the firepans: all thevessels thereof made he of brass.38:4 And he made for the altar a brasen grate of network under thecompass thereof beneath unto the midst of it.38:5 And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grate of brass,to be places for the staves.38:6 And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them withbrass.38:7 And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar,to bear it withal; he made the altar hollow with boards.38:8 And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, ofthe lookingglasses of the women assembling, which assembled at thedoor of the tabernacle of the congregation.38:9 And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangingsof the court were of fine twined linen, an hundred cubits: 38:10 Theirpillars were twenty, and their brasen sockets twenty; the hooks of thepillars and their fillets were of silver.38:11 And for the north side the hangings were an hundred cubits,their pillars were twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty; thehooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.38:12 And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, theirpillars ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars and theirfillets of silver.38:13 And for the east side eastward fifty cubits.38:14 The hangings of the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits;their pillars three, and their sockets three.38:15 And for the other side of the court gate, on this hand and thathand, were hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and theirsockets three.38:16 All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twinedlinen.38:17 And the sockets for the pillars were of brass; the hooks of thepillars and their fillets of silver; and the overlaying of theirchapiters of silver; and all the pillars of the court were filletedwith silver.38:18 And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework, ofblue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twentycubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits,answerable to the hangings of the court.38:19 And their pillars were four, and their sockets of brass four;their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their chapiters and theirfillets of silver.38:20 And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court roundabout, were of brass.38:21 This is the sum of the tabernacle, even of the tabernacle oftestimony, as it was counted, according to the commandment of Moses,for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son to Aaronthe priest.38:22 And Bezaleel the son Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah,made all that the LORD commanded Moses.38:23 And with him was Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan,an engraver, and a cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and inpurple, and in scarlet, and fine linen.38:24 All the gold that was occupied for the work in all the work ofthe holy place, even the gold of the offering, was twenty and ninetalents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, after the shekel of thesanctuary.38:25 And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregationwas an hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and threescoreand fifteen shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary: 38:26 A bekahfor every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of thesanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty yearsold and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and fivehundred and fifty men.38:27 And of the hundred talents of silver were cast the sockets ofthe sanctuary, and the sockets of the vail; an hundred sockets of thehundred talents, a talent for a socket.38:28 And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five shekels hemade hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their chapiters, and filletedthem.38:29 And the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and twothousand and four hundred shekels.38:30 And therewith he made the sockets to the door of the tabernacleof the congregation, and the brasen altar, and the brasen grate forit, and all the vessels of the altar, 38:31 And the sockets of thecourt round about, and the sockets of the court gate, and all the pinsof the tabernacle, and all the pins of the court round about.39:1 And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made cloths ofservice, to do service in the holy place, and made the holy garmentsfor Aaron; as the LORD commanded Moses.39:2 And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, andfine twined linen.39:3 And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it intowires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet,and in the fine linen, with cunning work.39:4 They made shoulderpieces for it, to couple it together: by thetwo edges was it coupled together.39:5 And the curious girdle of his ephod, that was upon it, was of thesame, according to the work thereof; of gold, blue, and purple, andscarlet, and fine twined linen; as the LORD commanded Moses.39:6 And they wrought onyx stones inclosed in ouches of gold, graven,as signets are graven, with the names of the children of Israel.39:7 And he put them on the shoulders of the ephod, that they shouldbe stones for a memorial to the children of Israel; as the LORDcommanded Moses.39:8 And he made the breastplate of cunning work, like the work of theephod; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.39:9 It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span wasthe length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being doubled.39:10 And they set in it four rows of stones: the first row was asardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this was the first row.39:11 And the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.39:12 And the third row, a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.39:13 And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: they wereinclosed in ouches of gold in their inclosings.39:14 And the stones were according to the names of the children ofIsrael, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of asignet, every one with his name, according to the twelve tribes.39:15 And they made upon the breastplate chains at the ends, ofwreathen work of pure gold.39:16 And they made two ouches of gold, and two gold rings; and putthe two rings in the two ends of the breastplate.39:17 And they put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings onthe ends of the breastplate.39:18 And the two ends of the two wreathen chains they fastened in thetwo ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod, beforeit.39:19 And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends ofthe breastplate, upon the border of it, which was on the side of theephod inward.39:20 And they made two other golden rings, and put them on the twosides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart of it, over againstthe other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod.39:21 And they did bind the breastplate by his rings unto the rings ofthe ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be above the curiousgirdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not be loosed fromthe ephod; as the LORD commanded Moses.39:22 And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue.39:23 And there was an hole in the midst of the robe, as the hole ofan habergeon, with a band round about the hole, that it should notrend.39:24 And they made upon the hems of the robe pomegranates of blue,and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen.39:25 And they made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between thepomegranates upon the hem of the robe, round about between thepomegranates; 39:26 A bell and a pomegranate, a bell and apomegranate, round about the hem of the robe to minister in; as theLORD commanded Moses.39:27 And they made coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron, andfor his sons, 39:28 And a mitre of fine linen, and goodly bonnets offine linen, and linen breeches of fine twined linen, 39:29 And agirdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, ofneedlework; as the LORD commanded Moses.39:30 And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, andwrote upon it a writing, like to the engravings of a signet, HOLINESSTO THE LORD.39:31 And they tied unto it a lace of blue, to fasten it on high uponthe mitre; as the LORD commanded Moses.39:32 Thus was all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of thecongregation finished: and the children of Israel did according to allthat the LORD commanded Moses, so did they.39:33 And they brought the tabernacle unto Moses, the tent, and allhis furniture, his taches, his boards, his bars, and his pillars, andhis sockets, 39:34 And the covering of rams' skins dyed red, and thecovering of badgers' skins, and the vail of the covering, 39:35 Theark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the mercy seat,39:36 The table, and all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread, 39:37The pure candlestick, with the lamps thereof, even with the lamps tobe set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and the oil for light,39:38 And the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweetincense, and the hanging for the tabernacle door, 39:39 The brasenaltar, and his grate of brass, his staves, and all his vessels, thelaver and his foot, 39:40 The hangings of the court, his pillars, andhis sockets, and the hanging for the court gate, his cords, and hispins, and all the vessels of the service of the tabernacle, for thetent of the congregation, 39:41 The cloths of service to do service inthe holy place, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and hissons' garments, to minister in the priest's office.39:42 According to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so the childrenof Israel made all the work.39:43 And Moses did look upon all the work, and, behold, they had doneit as the LORD had commanded, even so had they done it: and Mosesblessed them.40:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 40:2 On the first day ofthe first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of thecongregation.40:3 And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and coverthe ark with the vail.40:4 And thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order the thingsthat are to be set in order upon it; and thou shalt bring in thecandlestick, and light the lamps thereof.40:5 And thou shalt set the altar of gold for the incense before theark of the testimony, and put the hanging of the door to thetabernacle.40:6 And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt offering before thedoor of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.40:7 And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of the congregationand the altar, and shalt put water therein.40:8 And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up thehanging at the court gate.40:9 And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle,and all that is therein, and shalt hallow it, and all the vesselsthereof: and it shall be holy.40:10 And thou shalt anoint the altar of the burnt offering, and allhis vessels, and sanctify the altar: and it shall be an altar mostholy.40:11 And thou shalt anoint the laver and his foot, and sanctify it.40:12 And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of thetabernacle of the congregation, and wash them with water.40:13 And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments, and anoint him,and sanctify him; that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.40:14 And thou shalt bring his sons, and clothe them with coats: 40:15And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, thatthey may minister unto me in the priest's office: for their anointingshall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout theirgenerations.40:16 Thus did Moses: according to all that the LORD commanded him, sodid he.40:17 And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, onthe first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up.40:18 And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened his sockets,and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and rearedup his pillars.40:19 And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle, and put thecovering of the tent above upon it; as the LORD commanded Moses.40:20 And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set thestaves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark: 40:21And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the vail of thecovering, and covered the ark of the testimony; as the LORD commandedMoses.40:22 And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, upon theside of the tabernacle northward, without the vail.40:23 And he set the bread in order upon it before the LORD; as theLORD had commanded Moses.40:24 And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, overagainst the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.40:25 And he lighted the lamps before the LORD; as the LORD commandedMoses.40:26 And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregationbefore the vail: 40:27 And he burnt sweet incense thereon; as the LORDcommanded Moses.40:28 And he set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle.40:29 And he put the altar of burnt offering by the door of thetabernacle of the tent of the congregation, and offered upon it theburnt offering and the meat offering; as the LORD commanded Moses.40:30 And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation andthe altar, and put water there, to wash withal.40:31 And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and theirfeet thereat: 40:32 When they went into the tent of the congregation,and when they came near unto the altar, they washed; as the LORDcommanded Moses.40:33 And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and thealtar, and set up the hanging of the court gate. So Moses finished thework.40:34 Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the gloryof the LORD filled the tabernacle.40:35 And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of thecongregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of theLORD filled the tabernacle.40:36 And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, thechildren of Israel went onward in all their journeys: 40:37 But if thecloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that itwas taken up.40:38 For the cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day, andfire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel,throughout all their journeys.The Third Book of Moses:  Called Leviticus1:1 And the LORD called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of thetabernacle of the congregation, saying, 1:2 Speak unto the children ofIsrael, and say unto them, If any man of you bring an offering untothe LORD, ye shall bring your offering of the cattle, even of theherd, and of the flock.1:3 If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer amale without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will atthe door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD.1:4 And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; andit shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.1:5 And he shall kill the bullock before the LORD: and the priests,Aaron's sons, shall bring the blood, and sprinkle the blood roundabout upon the altar that is by the door of the tabernacle of thecongregation.1:6 And he shall flay the burnt offering, and cut it into his pieces.1:7 And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire upon the altar,and lay the wood in order upon the fire: 1:8 And the priests, Aaron'ssons, shall lay the parts, the head, and the fat, in order upon thewood that is on the fire which is upon the altar: 1:9 But his inwardsand his legs shall he wash in water: and the priest shall burn all onthe altar, to be a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of asweet savour unto the LORD.1:10 And if his offering be of the flocks, namely, of the sheep, or ofthe goats, for a burnt sacrifice; he shall bring it a male withoutblemish.1:11 And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward beforethe LORD: and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall sprinkle his bloodround about upon the altar.1:12 And he shall cut it into his pieces, with his head and his fat:and the priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on the firewhich is upon the altar: 1:13 But he shall wash the inwards and thelegs with water: and the priest shall bring it all, and burn it uponthe altar: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of asweet savour unto the LORD.1:14 And if the burnt sacrifice for his offering to the LORD be offowls, then he shall bring his offering of turtledoves, or of youngpigeons.1:15 And the priest shall bring it unto the altar, and wring off hishead, and burn it on the altar; and the blood thereof shall be wrungout at the side of the altar: 1:16 And he shall pluck away his cropwith his feathers, and cast it beside the altar on the east part, bythe place of the ashes: 1:17 And he shall cleave it with the wingsthereof, but shall not divide it asunder: and the priest shall burn itupon the altar, upon the wood that is upon the fire: it is a burntsacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.2:1 And when any will offer a meat offering unto the LORD, hisoffering shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, andput frankincense thereon: 2:2 And he shall bring it to Aaron's sonsthe priests: and he shall take thereout his handful of the flourthereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof;and the priest shall burn the memorial of it upon the altar, to be anoffering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD: 2:3 And theremnant of the meat offering shall be Aaron's and his sons': it is athing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire.2:4 And if thou bring an oblation of a meat offering baken in theoven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, orunleavened wafers anointed with oil.2:5 And if thy oblation be a meat offering baken in a pan, it shall beof fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil.2:6 Thou shalt part it in pieces, and pour oil thereon: it is a meatoffering.2:7 And if thy oblation be a meat offering baken in the fryingpan, itshall be made of fine flour with oil.2:8 And thou shalt bring the meat offering that is made of thesethings unto the LORD: and when it is presented unto the priest, heshall bring it unto the altar.2:9 And the priest shall take from the meat offering a memorialthereof, and shall burn it upon the altar: it is an offering made byfire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.2:10 And that which is left of the meat offering shall be Aaron's andhis sons': it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD madeby fire.2:11 No meat offering, which ye shall bring unto the LORD, shall bemade with leaven: for ye shall burn no leaven, nor any honey, in anyoffering of the LORD made by fire.2:12 As for the oblation of the firstfruits, ye shall offer them untothe LORD: but they shall not be burnt on the altar for a sweet savour.2:13 And every oblation of thy meat offering shalt thou season withsalt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God tobe lacking from thy meat offering: with all thine offerings thou shaltoffer salt.2:14 And if thou offer a meat offering of thy firstfruits unto theLORD, thou shalt offer for the meat offering of thy firstfruits greenears of corn dried by the fire, even corn beaten out of full ears.2:15 And thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay frankincense thereon: itis a meat offering.2:16 And the priest shall burn the memorial of it, part of the beatencorn thereof, and part of the oil thereof, with all the frankincensethereof: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD.3:1 And if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace offering, if he offerit of the herd; whether it be a male or female, he shall offer itwithout blemish before the LORD.3:2 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and killit at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron's sonsthe priests shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.3:3 And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering anoffering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat that covereth theinwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, 3:4 And the twokidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the flanks, and thecaul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away.3:5 And Aaron's sons shall burn it on the altar upon the burntsacrifice, which is upon the wood that is on the fire: it is anoffering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.3:6 And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering unto theLORD be of the flock; male or female, he shall offer it withoutblemish.3:7 If he offer a lamb for his offering, then shall he offer it beforethe LORD.3:8 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and killit before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron's sons shallsprinkle the blood thereof round about upon the altar.3:9 And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering anoffering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat thereof, and the wholerump, it shall he take off hard by the backbone; and the fat thatcovereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, 3:10And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by theflanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall hetake away.3:11 And the priest shall burn it upon the altar: it is the food ofthe offering made by fire unto the LORD.3:12 And if his offering be a goat, then he shall offer it before theLORD.3:13 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of it, and kill it beforethe tabernacle of the congregation: and the sons of Aaron shallsprinkle the blood thereof upon the altar round about.3:14 And he shall offer thereof his offering, even an offering made byfire unto the LORD; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fatthat is upon the inwards, 3:15 And the two kidneys, and the fat thatis upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver,with the kidneys, it shall he take away.3:16 And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: it is the food ofthe offering made by fire for a sweet savour: all the fat is theLORD's.3:17 It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughoutall your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.4:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 4:2 Speak unto the childrenof Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin through ignorance against anyof the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not tobe done, and shall do against any of them: 4:3 If the priest that isanointed do sin according to the sin of the people; then let him bringfor his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock without blemishunto the LORD for a sin offering.4:4 And he shall bring the bullock unto the door of the tabernacle ofthe congregation before the LORD; and shall lay his hand upon thebullock's head, and kill the bullock before the LORD.4:5 And the priest that is anointed shall take of the bullock's blood,and bring it to the tabernacle of the congregation: 4:6 And the priestshall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seventimes before the LORD, before the vail of the sanctuary.4:7 And the priest shall put some of the blood upon the horns of thealtar of sweet incense before the LORD, which is in the tabernacle ofthe congregation; and shall pour all the blood of the bullock at thebottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of thetabernacle of the congregation.4:8 And he shall take off from it all the fat of the bullock for thesin offering; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat thatis upon the inwards, 4:9 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is uponthem, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with thekidneys, it shall he take away, 4:10 As it was taken off from thebullock of the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall burnthem upon the altar of the burnt offering.4:11 And the skin of the bullock, and all his flesh, with his head,and with his legs, and his inwards, and his dung, 4:12 Even the wholebullock shall he carry forth without the camp unto a clean place,where the ashes are poured out, and burn him on the wood with fire:where the ashes are poured out shall he be burnt.4:13 And if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance,and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have donesomewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning thingswhich should not be done, and are guilty; 4:14 When the sin, whichthey have sinned against it, is known, then the congregation shalloffer a young bullock for the sin, and bring him before the tabernacleof the congregation.4:15 And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon thehead of the bullock before the LORD: and the bullock shall be killedbefore the LORD.4:16 And the priest that is anointed shall bring of the bullock'sblood to the tabernacle of the congregation: 4:17 And the priest shalldip his finger in some of the blood, and sprinkle it seven timesbefore the LORD, even before the vail.4:18 And he shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altarwhich is before the LORD, that is in the tabernacle of thecongregation, and shall pour out all the blood at the bottom of thealtar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle ofthe congregation.4:19 And he shall take all his fat from him, and burn it upon thealtar.4:20 And he shall do with the bullock as he did with the bullock for asin offering, so shall he do with this: and the priest shall make anatonement for them, and it shall be forgiven them.4:21 And he shall carry forth the bullock without the camp, and burnhim as he burned the first bullock: it is a sin offering for thecongregation.4:22 When a ruler hath sinned, and done somewhat through ignoranceagainst any of the commandments of the LORD his God concerning thingswhich should not be done, and is guilty; 4:23 Or if his sin, whereinhe hath sinned, come to his knowledge; he shall bring his offering, akid of the goats, a male without blemish: 4:24 And he shall lay hishand upon the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where theykill the burnt offering before the LORD: it is a sin offering.4:25 And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering withhis finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering,and shall pour out his blood at the bottom of the altar of burntoffering.4:26 And he shall burn all his fat upon the altar, as the fat of thesacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall make an atonementfor him as concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him.4:27 And if any one of the common people sin through ignorance, whilehe doeth somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORDconcerning things which ought not to be done, and be guilty; 4:28 Orif his sin, which he hath sinned, come to his knowledge: then he shallbring his offering, a kid of the goats, a female without blemish, forhis sin which he hath sinned.4:29 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, andslay the sin offering in the place of the burnt offering.4:30 And the priest shall take of the blood thereof with his finger,and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shallpour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar.4:31 And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat is takenaway from off the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shallburn it upon the altar for a sweet savour unto the LORD; and thepriest shall make an atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him.4:32 And if he bring a lamb for a sin offering, he shall bring it afemale without blemish.4:33 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, andslay it for a sin offering in the place where they kill the burntoffering.4:34 And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering withhis finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering,and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar:4:35 And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of thelamb is taken away from the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and thepriest shall burn them upon the altar, according to the offerings madeby fire unto the LORD: and the priest shall make an atonement for hissin that he hath committed, and it shall be forgiven him.5:1 And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is awitness, whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter it,then he shall bear his iniquity.5:2 Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be a carcase ofan unclean beast, or a carcase of unclean cattle, or the carcase ofunclean creeping things, and if it be hidden from him; he also shallbe unclean, and guilty.5:3 Or if he touch the uncleanness of man, whatsoever uncleanness itbe that a man shall be defiled withal, and it be hid from him; when heknoweth of it, then he shall be guilty.5:4 Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to dogood, whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and itbe hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in oneof these.5:5 And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these things,that he shall confess that he hath sinned in that thing: 5:6 And heshall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD for his sin which hehath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats,for a sin offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for himconcerning his sin.5:7 And if he be not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring for histrespass, which he hath committed, two turtledoves, or two youngpigeons, unto the LORD; one for a sin offering, and the other for aburnt offering.5:8 And he shall bring them unto the priest, who shall offer thatwhich is for the sin offering first, and wring off his head from hisneck, but shall not divide it asunder: 5:9 And he shall sprinkle ofthe blood of the sin offering upon the side of the altar; and the restof the blood shall be wrung out at the bottom of the altar: it is asin offering.5:10 And he shall offer the second for a burnt offering, according tothe manner: and the priest shall make an atonement for him for his sinwhich he hath sinned, and it shall be forgiven him.5:11 But if he be not able to bring two turtledoves, or two youngpigeons, then he that sinned shall bring for his offering the tenthpart of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering; he shall put no oilupon it, neither shall he put any frankincense thereon: for it is asin offering.5:12 Then shall he bring it to the priest, and the priest shall takehis handful of it, even a memorial thereof, and burn it on the altar,according to the offerings made by fire unto the LORD: it is a sinoffering.5:13 And the priest shall make an atonement for him as touching hissin that he hath sinned in one of these, and it shall be forgiven him:and the remnant shall be the priest's, as a meat offering.5:14 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 5:15 If a soul commit atrespass, and sin through ignorance, in the holy things of the LORD;then he shall bring for his trespass unto the LORD a ram withoutblemish out of the flocks, with thy estimation by shekels of silver,after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering.5:16 And he shall make amends for the harm that he hath done in theholy thing, and shall add the fifth part thereto, and give it unto thepriest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram ofthe trespass offering, and it shall be forgiven him.5:17 And if a soul sin, and commit any of these things which areforbidden to be done by the commandments of the LORD; though he wistit not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity.5:18 And he shall bring a ram without blemish out of the flock, withthy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest: and thepriest shall make an atonement for him concerning his ignorancewherein he erred and wist it not, and it shall be forgiven him.5:19 It is a trespass offering: he hath certainly trespassed againstthe LORD.6:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 6:2 If a soul sin, andcommit a trespass against the LORD, and lie unto his neighbour in thatwhich was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing takenaway by violence, or hath deceived his neighbour; 6:3 Or have foundthat which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and sweareth falsely; inany of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein: 6:4 Then it shallbe, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore thatwhich he took violently away, or the thing which he hath deceitfullygotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thingwhich he found, 6:5 Or all that about which he hath sworn falsely; heshall even restore it in the principal, and shall add the fifth partmore thereto, and give it unto him to whom it appertaineth, in the dayof his trespass offering.6:6 And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, a ramwithout blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespassoffering, unto the priest: 6:7 And the priest shall make an atonementfor him before the LORD: and it shall be forgiven him for any thing ofall that he hath done in trespassing therein.6:8 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 6:9 Command Aaron and hissons, saying, This is the law of the burnt offering: It is the burntoffering, because of the burning upon the altar all night unto themorning, and the fire of the altar shall be burning in it.6:10 And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linenbreeches shall he put upon his flesh, and take up the ashes which thefire hath consumed with the burnt offering on the altar, and he shallput them beside the altar.6:11 And he shall put off his garments, and put on other garments, andcarry forth the ashes without the camp unto a clean place.6:12 And the fire upon the altar shall be burning in it; it shall notbe put out: and the priest shall burn wood on it every morning, andlay the burnt offering in order upon it; and he shall burn thereon thefat of the peace offerings.6:13 The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never goout.6:14 And this is the law of the meat offering: the sons of Aaron shalloffer it before the LORD, before the altar.6:15 And he shall take of it his handful, of the flour of the meatoffering, and of the oil thereof, and all the frankincense which isupon the meat offering, and shall burn it upon the altar for a sweetsavour, even the memorial of it, unto the LORD.6:16 And the remainder thereof shall Aaron and his sons eat: withunleavened bread shall it be eaten in the holy place; in the court ofthe tabernacle of the congregation they shall eat it.6:17 It shall not be baken with leaven. I have given it unto them fortheir portion of my offerings made by fire; it is most holy, as is thesin offering, and as the trespass offering.6:18 All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it. Itshall be a statute for ever in your generations concerning theofferings of the LORD made by fire: every one that toucheth them shallbe holy.6:19 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 6:20 This is the offeringof Aaron and of his sons, which they shall offer unto the LORD in theday when he is anointed; the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour fora meat offering perpetual, half of it in the morning, and half thereofat night.6:21 In a pan it shall be made with oil; and when it is baken, thoushalt bring it in: and the baken pieces of the meat offering shaltthou offer for a sweet savour unto the LORD.6:22 And the priest of his sons that is anointed in his stead shalloffer it: it is a statute for ever unto the LORD; it shall be whollyburnt.6:23 For every meat offering for the priest shall be wholly burnt: itshall not be eaten.6:24 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 6:25 Speak unto Aaron andto his sons, saying, This is the law of the sin offering: In the placewhere the burnt offering is killed shall the sin offering be killedbefore the LORD: it is most holy.6:26 The priest that offereth it for sin shall eat it: in the holyplace shall it be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of thecongregation.6:27 Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be holy: and whenthere is sprinkled of the blood thereof upon any garment, thou shaltwash that whereon it was sprinkled in the holy place.6:28 But the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden shall be broken: andif it be sodden in a brasen pot, it shall be both scoured, and rinsedin water.6:29 All the males among the priests shall eat thereof: it is mostholy.6:30 And no sin offering, whereof any of the blood is brought into thetabernacle of the congregation to reconcile withal in the holy place,shall be eaten: it shall be burnt in the fire.7:1 Likewise this is the law of the trespass offering: it is mostholy.7:2 In the place where they kill the burnt offering shall they killthe trespass offering: and the blood thereof shall he sprinkle roundabout upon the altar.7:3 And he shall offer of it all the fat thereof; the rump, and thefat that covereth the inwards, 7:4 And the two kidneys, and the fatthat is on them, which is by the flanks, and the caul that is abovethe liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away: 7:5 And the priestshall burn them upon the altar for an offering made by fire unto theLORD: it is a trespass offering.7:6 Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it shall be eatenin the holy place: it is most holy.7:7 As the sin offering is, so is the trespass offering: there is onelaw for them: the priest that maketh atonement therewith shall haveit.7:8 And the priest that offereth any man's burnt offering, even thepriest shall have to himself the skin of the burnt offering which hehath offered.7:9 And all the meat offering that is baken in the oven, and all thatis dressed in the fryingpan, and in the pan, shall be the priest'sthat offereth it.7:10 And every meat offering, mingled with oil, and dry, shall all thesons of Aaron have, one as much as another.7:11 And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which heshall offer unto the LORD.7:12 If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with thesacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, andunleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mingled with oil, offine flour, fried.7:13 Besides the cakes, he shall offer for his offering leavened breadwith the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace offerings.7:14 And of it he shall offer one out of the whole oblation for anheave offering unto the LORD, and it shall be the priest's thatsprinkleth the blood of the peace offerings.7:15 And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings forthanksgiving shall be eaten the same day that it is offered; he shallnot leave any of it until the morning.7:16 But if the sacrifice of his offering be a vow, or a voluntaryoffering, it shall be eaten the same day that he offereth hissacrifice: and on the morrow also the remainder of it shall be eaten:7:17 But the remainder of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third dayshall be burnt with fire.7:18 And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offeringsbe eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neithershall it be imputed unto him that offereth it: it shall be anabomination, and the soul that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity.7:19 And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten;it shall be burnt with fire: and as for the flesh, all that be cleanshall eat thereof.7:20 But the soul that eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice of peaceofferings, that pertain unto the LORD, having his uncleanness uponhim, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.7:21 Moreover the soul that shall touch any unclean thing, as theuncleanness of man, or any unclean beast, or any abominable uncleanthing, and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, whichpertain unto the LORD, even that soul shall be cut off from hispeople.7:22 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 7:23 Speak unto thechildren of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no manner of fat, of ox, orof sheep, or of goat.7:24 And the fat of the beast that dieth of itself, and the fat ofthat which is torn with beasts, may be used in any other use: but yeshall in no wise eat of it.7:25 For whosoever eateth the fat of the beast, of which men offer anoffering made by fire unto the LORD, even the soul that eateth itshall be cut off from his people.7:26 Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowlor of beast, in any of your dwellings.7:27 Whatsoever soul it be that eateth any manner of blood, even thatsoul shall be cut off from his people.7:28 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 7:29 Speak unto thechildren of Israel, saying, He that offereth the sacrifice of hispeace offerings unto the LORD shall bring his oblation unto the LORDof the sacrifice of his peace offerings.7:30 His own hands shall bring the offerings of the LORD made by fire,the fat with the breast, it shall he bring, that the breast may bewaved for a wave offering before the LORD.7:31 And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar: but the breastshall be Aaron's and his sons'.7:32 And the right shoulder shall ye give unto the priest for an heaveoffering of the sacrifices of your peace offerings.7:33 He among the sons of Aaron, that offereth the blood of the peaceofferings, and the fat, shall have the right shoulder for his part.7:34 For the wave breast and the heave shoulder have I taken of thechildren of Israel from off the sacrifices of their peace offerings,and have given them unto Aaron the priest and unto his sons by astatute for ever from among the children of Israel.7:35 This is the portion of the anointing of Aaron, and of theanointing of his sons, out of the offerings of the LORD made by fire,in the day when he presented them to minister unto the LORD in thepriest's office; 7:36 Which the LORD commanded to be given them of thechildren of Israel, in the day that he anointed them, by a statute forever throughout their generations.7:37 This is the law of the burnt offering, of the meat offering, andof the sin offering, and of the trespass offering, and of theconsecrations, and of the sacrifice of the peace offerings; 7:38 Whichthe LORD commanded Moses in mount Sinai, in the day that he commandedthe children of Israel to offer their oblations unto the LORD, in thewilderness of Sinai.8:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 8:2 Take Aaron and his sonswith him, and the garments, and the anointing oil, and a bullock forthe sin offering, and two rams, and a basket of unleavened bread; 8:3And gather thou all the congregation together unto the door of thetabernacle of the congregation.8:4 And Moses did as the LORD commanded him; and the assembly wasgathered together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.8:5 And Moses said unto the congregation, This is the thing which theLORD commanded to be done.8:6 And Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water.8:7 And he put upon him the coat, and girded him with the girdle, andclothed him with the robe, and put the ephod upon him, and he girdedhim with the curious girdle of the ephod, and bound it unto himtherewith.8:8 And he put the breastplate upon him: also he put in thebreastplate the Urim and the Thummim.8:9 And he put the mitre upon his head; also upon the mitre, even uponhis forefront, did he put the golden plate, the holy crown; as theLORD commanded Moses.8:10 And Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle andall that was therein, and sanctified them.8:11 And he sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven times, and anointedthe altar and all his vessels, both the laver and his foot, tosanctify them.8:12 And he poured of the anointing oil upon Aaron's head, andanointed him, to sanctify him.8:13 And Moses brought Aaron's sons, and put coats upon them, andgirded them with girdles, and put bonnets upon them; as the LORDcommanded Moses.8:14 And he brought the bullock for the sin offering: and Aaron andhis sons laid their hands upon the head of the bullock for the sinoffering.8:15 And he slew it; and Moses took the blood, and put it upon thehorns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified thealtar, and poured the blood at the bottom of the altar, and sanctifiedit, to make reconciliation upon it.8:16 And he took all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the caulabove the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and Moses burnedit upon the altar.8:17 But the bullock, and his hide, his flesh, and his dung, he burntwith fire without the camp; as the LORD commanded Moses.8:18 And he brought the ram for the burnt offering: and Aaron and hissons laid their hands upon the head of the ram.8:19 And he killed it; and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altarround about.8:20 And he cut the ram into pieces; and Moses burnt the head, and thepieces, and the fat.8:21 And he washed the inwards and the legs in water; and Moses burntthe whole ram upon the altar: it was a burnt sacrifice for a sweetsavour, and an offering made by fire unto the LORD; as the LORDcommanded Moses.8:22 And he brought the other ram, the ram of consecration: and Aaronand his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram.8:23 And he slew it; and Moses took of the blood of it, and put itupon the tip of Aaron's right ear, and upon the thumb of his righthand, and upon the great toe of his right foot.8:24 And he brought Aaron's sons, and Moses put of the blood upon thetip of their right ear, and upon the thumbs of their right hands, andupon the great toes of their right feet: and Moses sprinkled the bloodupon the altar round about.8:25 And he took the fat, and the rump, and all the fat that was uponthe inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, andtheir fat, and the right shoulder: 8:26 And out of the basket ofunleavened bread, that was before the LORD, he took one unleavenedcake, and a cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and put them on thefat, and upon the right shoulder: 8:27 And he put all upon Aaron'shands, and upon his sons' hands, and waved them for a wave offeringbefore the LORD.8:28 And Moses took them from off their hands, and burnt them on thealtar upon the burnt offering: they were consecrations for a sweetsavour: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD.8:29 And Moses took the breast, and waved it for a wave offeringbefore the LORD: for of the ram of consecration it was Moses' part; asthe LORD commanded Moses.8:30 And Moses took of the anointing oil, and of the blood which wasupon the altar, and sprinkled it upon Aaron, and upon his garments,and upon his sons, and upon his sons' garments with him; andsanctified Aaron, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons'garments with him.8:31 And Moses said unto Aaron and to his sons, Boil the flesh at thedoor of the tabernacle of the congregation: and there eat it with thebread that is in the basket of consecrations, as I commanded, saying,Aaron and his sons shall eat it.8:32 And that which remaineth of the flesh and of the bread shall yeburn with fire.8:33 And ye shall not go out of the door of the tabernacle of thecongregation in seven days, until the days of your consecration be atan end: for seven days shall he consecrate you.8:34 As he hath done this day, so the LORD hath commanded to do, tomake an atonement for you.8:35 Therefore shall ye abide at the door of the tabernacle of thecongregation day and night seven days, and keep the charge of theLORD, that ye die not: for so I am commanded.8:36 So Aaron and his sons did all things which the LORD commanded bythe hand of Moses.9:1 And it came to pass on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron andhis sons, and the elders of Israel; 9:2 And he said unto Aaron, Takethee a young calf for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering,without blemish, and offer them before the LORD.9:3 And unto the children of Israel thou shalt speak, saying, Take yea kid of the goats for a sin offering; and a calf and a lamb, both ofthe first year, without blemish, for a burnt offering; 9:4 Also abullock and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before the LORD;and a meat offering mingled with oil: for to day the LORD will appearunto you.9:5 And they brought that which Moses commanded before the tabernacleof the congregation: and all the congregation drew near and stoodbefore the LORD.9:6 And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commanded that yeshould do: and the glory of the LORD shall appear unto you.9:7 And Moses said unto Aaron, Go unto the altar, and offer thy sinoffering, and thy burnt offering, and make an atonement for thyself,and for the people: and offer the offering of the people, and make anatonement for them; as the LORD commanded.9:8 Aaron therefore went unto the altar, and slew the calf of the sinoffering, which was for himself.9:9 And the sons of Aaron brought the blood unto him: and he dippedhis finger in the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar, andpoured out the blood at the bottom of the altar: 9:10 But the fat, andthe kidneys, and the caul above the liver of the sin offering, heburnt upon the altar; as the LORD commanded Moses.9:11 And the flesh and the hide he burnt with fire without the camp.9:12 And he slew the burnt offering; and Aaron's sons presented untohim the blood, which he sprinkled round about upon the altar.9:13 And they presented the burnt offering unto him, with the piecesthereof, and the head: and he burnt them upon the altar.9:14 And he did wash the inwards and the legs, and burnt them upon theburnt offering on the altar.9:15 And he brought the people's offering, and took the goat, whichwas the sin offering for the people, and slew it, and offered it forsin, as the first.9:16 And he brought the burnt offering, and offered it according tothe manner.9:17 And he brought the meat offering, and took an handful thereof,and burnt it upon the altar, beside the burnt sacrifice of themorning.9:18 He slew also the bullock and the ram for a sacrifice of peaceofferings, which was for the people: and Aaron's sons presented untohim the blood, which he sprinkled upon the altar round about, 9:19 Andthe fat of the bullock and of the ram, the rump, and that whichcovereth the inwards, and the kidneys, and the caul above the liver:9:20 And they put the fat upon the breasts, and he burnt the fat uponthe altar: 9:21 And the breasts and the right shoulder Aaron waved fora wave offering before the LORD; as Moses commanded.9:22 And Aaron lifted up his hand toward the people, and blessed them,and came down from offering of the sin offering, and the burntoffering, and peace offerings.9:23 And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the congregation,and came out, and blessed the people: and the glory of the LORDappeared unto all the people.9:24 And there came a fire out from before the LORD, and consumed uponthe altar the burnt offering and the fat: which when all the peoplesaw, they shouted, and fell on their faces.10:1 And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them hiscenser, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offeredstrange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not.10:2 And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, andthey died before the LORD.10:3 Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake,saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before allthe people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.10:4 And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel theuncle of Aaron, and said unto them, Come near, carry your brethrenfrom before the sanctuary out of the camp.10:5 So they went near, and carried them in their coats out of thecamp; as Moses had said.10:6 And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, hissons, Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die,and lest wrath come upon all the people: but let your brethren, thewhole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the LORD hath kindled.10:7 And ye shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of thecongregation, lest ye die: for the anointing oil of the LORD is uponyou. And they did according to the word of Moses.10:8 And the LORD spake unto Aaron, saying, 10:9 Do not drink wine norstrong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into thetabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations: 10:10 And that ye may put differencebetween holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean; 10:11 And thatye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the LORDhath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses.10:12 And Moses spake unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar,his sons that were left, Take the meat offering that remaineth of theofferings of the LORD made by fire, and eat it without leaven besidethe altar: for it is most holy: 10:13 And ye shall eat it in the holyplace, because it is thy due, and thy sons' due, of the sacrifices ofthe LORD made by fire: for so I am commanded.10:14 And the wave breast and heave shoulder shall ye eat in a cleanplace; thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee: for they bethy due, and thy sons' due, which are given out of the sacrifices ofpeace offerings of the children of Israel.10:15 The heave shoulder and the wave breast shall they bring with theofferings made by fire of the fat, to wave it for a wave offeringbefore the LORD; and it shall be thine, and thy sons' with thee, by astatute for ever; as the LORD hath commanded.10:16 And Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin offering, and,behold, it was burnt: and he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, thesons of Aaron which were left alive, saying, 10:17 Wherefore have yenot eaten the sin offering in the holy place, seeing it is most holy,and God hath given it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, tomake atonement for them before the LORD?  10:18 Behold, the blood ofit was not brought in within the holy place: ye should indeed haveeaten it in the holy place, as I commanded.10:19 And Aaron said unto Moses, Behold, this day have they offeredtheir sin offering and their burnt offering before the LORD; and suchthings have befallen me: and if I had eaten the sin offering to day,should it have been accepted in the sight of the LORD?  10:20 And whenMoses heard that, he was content.11:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them,11:2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beastswhich ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth.11:3 Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth thecud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat.11:4 Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, orof them that divide the hoof: as the camel, because he cheweth thecud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.11:5 And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not thehoof; he is unclean unto you.11:6 And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not thehoof; he is unclean unto you.11:7 And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted,yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you.11:8 Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye nottouch; they are unclean to you.11:9 These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hathfins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, themshall ye eat.11:10 And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in therivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing whichis in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you: 11:11 Theyshall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of theirflesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination.11:12 Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall bean abomination unto you.11:13 And these are they which ye shall have in abomination among thefowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle,and the ossifrage, and the ospray, 11:14 And the vulture, and the kiteafter his kind; 11:15 Every raven after his kind; 11:16 And the owl,and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind, 11:17And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl, 11:18 Andthe swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle, 11:19 And the stork,the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.11:20 All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be anabomination unto you.11:21 Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goethupon all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal uponthe earth; 11:22 Even these of them ye may eat; the locust after hiskind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after hiskind, and the grasshopper after his kind.11:23 But all other flying creeping things, which have four feet,shall be an abomination unto you.11:24 And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheth thecarcase of them shall be unclean until the even.11:25 And whosoever beareth ought of the carcase of them shall washhis clothes, and be unclean until the even.11:26 The carcases of every beast which divideth the hoof, and is notclovenfooted, nor cheweth the cud, are unclean unto you: every onethat toucheth them shall be unclean.11:27 And whatsoever goeth upon his paws, among all manner of beaststhat go on all four, those are unclean unto you: whoso toucheth theircarcase shall be unclean until the even.11:28 And he that beareth the carcase of them shall wash his clothes,and be unclean until the even: they are unclean unto you.11:29 These also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping thingsthat creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoiseafter his kind, 11:30 And the ferret, and the chameleon, and thelizard, and the snail, and the mole.11:31 These are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever dothtouch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even.11:32 And upon whatsoever any of them, when they are dead, doth fall,it shall be unclean; whether it be any vessel of wood, or raiment, orskin, or sack, whatsoever vessel it be, wherein any work is done, itmust be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the even; so itshall be cleansed.11:33 And every earthen vessel, whereinto any of them falleth,whatsoever is in it shall be unclean; and ye shall break it.11:34 Of all meat which may be eaten, that on which such water comethshall be unclean: and all drink that may be drunk in every such vesselshall be unclean.11:35 And every thing whereupon any part of their carcase fallethshall be unclean; whether it be oven, or ranges for pots, they shallbe broken down: for they are unclean and shall be unclean unto you.11:36 Nevertheless a fountain or pit, wherein there is plenty ofwater, shall be clean: but that which toucheth their carcase shall beunclean.11:37 And if any part of their carcase fall upon any sowing seed whichis to be sown, it shall be clean.11:38 But if any water be put upon the seed, and any part of theircarcase fall thereon, it shall be unclean unto you.11:39 And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth thecarcase thereof shall be unclean until the even.11:40 And he that eateth of the carcase of it shall wash his clothes,and be unclean until the even: he also that beareth the carcase of itshall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.11:41 And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth shall bean abomination; it shall not be eaten.11:42 Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon allfour, or whatsoever hath more feet among all creeping things thatcreep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are anabomination.11:43 Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thingthat creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them,that ye should be defiled thereby.11:44 For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctifyyourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall yedefile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth uponthe earth.11:45 For I am the LORD that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt,to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.11:46 This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of everyliving creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature thatcreepeth upon the earth: 11:47 To make a difference between theunclean and the clean, and between the beast that may be eaten and thebeast that may not be eaten.12:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 12:2 Speak unto thechildren of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born aman child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the daysof the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean.12:3 And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall becircumcised.12:4 And she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying threeand thirty days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into thesanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled.12:5 But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean twoweeks, as in her separation: and she shall continue in the blood ofher purifying threescore and six days.12:6 And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, orfor a daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the first year for a burntoffering, and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin offering,unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest:12:7 Who shall offer it before the LORD, and make an atonement forher; and she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood. This isthe law for her that hath born a male or a female.12:8 And if she be not able to bring a lamb, then she shall bring twoturtles, or two young pigeons; the one for the burnt offering, and theother for a sin offering: and the priest shall make an atonement forher, and she shall be clean.13:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, saying, 13:2 When a manshall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, a scab, or bright spot,and it be in the skin of his flesh like the plague of leprosy; then heshall be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons thepriests: 13:3 And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin ofthe flesh: and when the hair in the plague is turned white, and theplague in sight be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a plagueof leprosy: and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce himunclean.13:4 If the bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh, and insight be not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof be not turnedwhite; then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague sevendays: 13:5 And the priest shall look on him the seventh day: and,behold, if the plague in his sight be at a stay, and the plague spreadnot in the skin; then the priest shall shut him up seven days more:13:6 And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day: and,behold, if the plague be somewhat dark, and the plague spread not inthe skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean: it is but a scab: andhe shall wash his clothes, and be clean.13:7 But if the scab spread much abroad in the skin, after that hehath been seen of the priest for his cleansing, he shall be seen ofthe priest again.13:8 And if the priest see that, behold, the scab spreadeth in theskin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a leprosy.13:9 When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be broughtunto the priest; 13:10 And the priest shall see him: and, behold, ifthe rising be white in the skin, and it have turned the hair white,and there be quick raw flesh in the rising; 13:11 It is an old leprosyin the skin of his flesh, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean,and shall not shut him up: for he is unclean.13:12 And if a leprosy break out abroad in the skin, and the leprosycover all the skin of him that hath the plague from his head even tohis foot, wheresoever the priest looketh; 13:13 Then the priest shallconsider: and, behold, if the leprosy have covered all his flesh, heshall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: it is all turnedwhite: he is clean.13:14 But when raw flesh appeareth in him, he shall be unclean.13:15 And the priest shall see the raw flesh, and pronounce him to beunclean: for the raw flesh is unclean: it is a leprosy.13:16 Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed unto white, heshall come unto the priest; 13:17 And the priest shall see him: and,behold, if the plague be turned into white; then the priest shallpronounce him clean that hath the plague: he is clean.13:18 The flesh also, in which, even in the skin thereof, was a boil,and is healed, 13:19 And in the place of the boil there be a whiterising, or a bright spot, white, and somewhat reddish, and it beshewed to the priest; 13:20 And if, when the priest seeth it, behold,it be in sight lower than the skin, and the hair thereof be turnedwhite; the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague ofleprosy broken out of the boil.13:21 But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no whitehairs therein, and if it be not lower than the skin, but be somewhatdark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days: 13:22 And if itspread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce himunclean: it is a plague.13:23 But if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not, it isa burning boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.13:24 Or if there be any flesh, in the skin whereof there is a hotburning, and the quick flesh that burneth have a white bright spot,somewhat reddish, or white; 13:25 Then the priest shall look upon it:and, behold, if the hair in the bright spot be turned white, and it bein sight deeper than the skin; it is a leprosy broken out of theburning: wherefore the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is theplague of leprosy.13:26 But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no whitehair in the bright spot, and it be no lower than the other skin, butbe somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days: 13:27And the priest shall look upon him the seventh day: and if it bespread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce himunclean: it is the plague of leprosy.13:28 And if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not in theskin, but it be somewhat dark; it is a rising of the burning, and thepriest shall pronounce him clean: for it is an inflammation of theburning.13:29 If a man or woman have a plague upon the head or the beard;13:30 Then the priest shall see the plague: and, behold, if it be insight deeper than the skin; and there be in it a yellow thin hair;then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a dry scall, even aleprosy upon the head or beard.13:31 And if the priest look on the plague of the scall, and, behold,it be not in sight deeper than the skin, and that there is no blackhair in it; then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague ofthe scall seven days: 13:32 And in the seventh day the priest shalllook on the plague: and, behold, if the scall spread not, and there bein it no yellow hair, and the scall be not in sight deeper than theskin; 13:33 He shall be shaven, but the scall shall he not shave; andthe priest shall shut up him that hath the scall seven days more:13:34 And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the scall: and,behold, if the scall be not spread in the skin, nor be in sight deeperthan the skin; then the priest shall pronounce him clean: and he shallwash his clothes, and be clean.13:35 But if the scall spread much in the skin after his cleansing;13:36 Then the priest shall look on him: and, behold, if the scall bespread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for yellow hair; he isunclean.13:37 But if the scall be in his sight at a stay, and that there isblack hair grown up therein; the scall is healed, he is clean: and thepriest shall pronounce him clean.13:38 If a man also or a woman have in the skin of their flesh brightspots, even white bright spots; 13:39 Then the priest shall look: and,behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be darkishwhite; it is a freckled spot that groweth in the skin; he is clean.13:40 And the man whose hair is fallen off his head, he is bald; yetis he clean.13:41 And he that hath his hair fallen off from the part of his headtoward his face, he is forehead bald: yet is he clean.13:42 And if there be in the bald head, or bald forehead, a whitereddish sore; it is a leprosy sprung up in his bald head, or his baldforehead.13:43 Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the risingof the sore be white reddish in his bald head, or in his baldforehead, as the leprosy appeareth in the skin of the flesh; 13:44 Heis a leprous man, he is unclean: the priest shall pronounce himutterly unclean; his plague is in his head.13:45 And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent,and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, andshall cry, Unclean, unclean.13:46 All the days wherein the plague shall be in him he shall bedefiled; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp shallhis habitation be.13:47 The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it bea woollen garment, or a linen garment; 13:48 Whether it be in thewarp, or woof; of linen, or of woollen; whether in a skin, or in anything made of skin; 13:49 And if the plague be greenish or reddish inthe garment, or in the skin, either in the warp, or in the woof, or inany thing of skin; it is a plague of leprosy, and shall be shewed untothe priest: 13:50 And the priest shall look upon the plague, and shutup it that hath the plague seven days: 13:51 And he shall look on theplague on the seventh day: if the plague be spread in the garment,either in the warp, or in the woof, or in a skin, or in any work thatis made of skin; the plague is a fretting leprosy; it is unclean.13:52 He shall therefore burn that garment, whether warp or woof, inwoollen or in linen, or any thing of skin, wherein the plague is: forit is a fretting leprosy; it shall be burnt in the fire.13:53 And if the priest shall look, and, behold, the plague be notspread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything of skin; 13:54 Then the priest shall command that they wash thething wherein the plague is, and he shall shut it up seven days more:13:55 And the priest shall look on the plague, after that it iswashed: and, behold, if the plague have not changed his colour, andthe plague be not spread; it is unclean; thou shalt burn it in thefire; it is fret inward, whether it be bare within or without.13:56 And if the priest look, and, behold, the plague be somewhat darkafter the washing of it; then he shall rend it out of the garment, orout of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof: 13:57 And ifit appear still in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, orin any thing of skin; it is a spreading plague: thou shalt burn thatwherein the plague is with fire.13:58 And the garment, either warp, or woof, or whatsoever thing ofskin it be, which thou shalt wash, if the plague be departed fromthem, then it shall be washed the second time, and shall be clean.13:59 This is the law of the plague of leprosy in a garment of woollenor linen, either in the warp, or woof, or any thing of skins, topronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean.14:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 14:2 This shall be the lawof the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought unto thepriest: 14:3 And the priest shall go forth out of the camp; and thepriest shall look, and, behold, if the plague of leprosy be healed inthe leper; 14:4 Then shall the priest command to take for him that isto be cleansed two birds alive and clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet,and hyssop: 14:5 And the priest shall command that one of the birds bekilled in an earthen vessel over running water: 14:6 As for the livingbird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and thehyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of thebird that was killed over the running water: 14:7 And he shallsprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times,and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird looseinto the open field.14:8 And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shaveoff all his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may be clean: andafter that he shall come into the camp, and shall tarry abroad out ofhis tent seven days.14:9 But it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all hishair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair heshall shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, also he shall wash hisflesh in water, and he shall be clean.14:10 And on the eighth day he shall take two he lambs withoutblemish, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish, and threetenth deals of fine flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, andone log of oil.14:11 And the priest that maketh him clean shall present the man thatis to be made clean, and those things, before the LORD, at the door ofthe tabernacle of the congregation: 14:12 And the priest shall takeone he lamb, and offer him for a trespass offering, and the log ofoil, and wave them for a wave offering before the LORD: 14:13 And heshall slay the lamb in the place where he shall kill the sin offeringand the burnt offering, in the holy place: for as the sin offering isthe priest's, so is the trespass offering: it is most holy: 14:14 Andthe priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, andthe priest shall put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that isto be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon thegreat toe of his right foot: 14:15 And the priest shall take some ofthe log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand: 14:16And the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in hisleft hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven timesbefore the LORD: 14:17 And of the rest of the oil that is in his handshall the priest put upon the tip of the right ear of him that is tobe cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the greattoe of his right foot, upon the blood of the trespass offering: 14:18And the remnant of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall pourupon the head of him that is to be cleansed: and the priest shall makean atonement for him before the LORD.14:19 And the priest shall offer the sin offering, and make anatonement for him that is to be cleansed from his uncleanness; andafterward he shall kill the burnt offering: 14:20 And the priest shalloffer the burnt offering and the meat offering upon the altar: and thepriest shall make an atonement for him, and he shall be clean.14:21 And if he be poor, and cannot get so much; then he shall takeone lamb for a trespass offering to be waved, to make an atonement forhim, and one tenth deal of fine flour mingled with oil for a meatoffering, and a log of oil; 14:22 And two turtledoves, or two youngpigeons, such as he is able to get; and the one shall be a sinoffering, and the other a burnt offering.14:23 And he shall bring them on the eighth day for his cleansing untothe priest, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,before the LORD.14:24 And the priest shall take the lamb of the trespass offering, andthe log of oil, and the priest shall wave them for a wave offeringbefore the LORD: 14:25 And he shall kill the lamb of the trespassoffering, and the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespassoffering, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is tobe cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the greattoe of his right foot: 14:26 And the priest shall pour of the oil intothe palm of his own left hand: 14:27 And the priest shall sprinklewith his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seventimes before the LORD: 14:28 And the priest shall put of the oil thatis in his hand upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to becleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toeof his right foot, upon the place of the blood of the trespassoffering: 14:29 And the rest of the oil that is in the priest's handhe shall put upon the head of him that is to be cleansed, to make anatonement for him before the LORD.14:30 And he shall offer the one of the turtledoves, or of the youngpigeons, such as he can get; 14:31 Even such as he is able to get, theone for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, with themeat offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for him that isto be cleansed before the LORD.14:32 This is the law of him in whom is the plague of leprosy, whosehand is not able to get that which pertaineth to his cleansing.14:33 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 14:34 Whenye be come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for apossession, and I put the plague of leprosy in a house of the land ofyour possession; 14:35 And he that owneth the house shall come andtell the priest, saying, It seemeth to me there is as it were a plaguein the house: 14:36 Then the priest shall command that they empty thehouse, before the priest go into it to see the plague, that all thatis in the house be not made unclean: and afterward the priest shall goin to see the house: 14:37 And he shall look on the plague, and,behold, if the plague be in the walls of the house with hollowstrakes, greenish or reddish, which in sight are lower than the wall;14:38 Then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of thehouse, and shut up the house seven days: 14:39 And the priest shallcome again the seventh day, and shall look: and, behold, if the plaguebe spread in the walls of the house; 14:40 Then the priest shallcommand that they take away the stones in which the plague is, andthey shall cast them into an unclean place without the city: 14:41 Andhe shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and theyshall pour out the dust that they scrape off without the city into anunclean place: 14:42 And they shall take other stones, and put them inthe place of those stones; and he shall take other morter, and shallplaister the house.14:43 And if the plague come again, and break out in the house, afterthat he hath taken away the stones, and after he hath scraped thehouse, and after it is plaistered; 14:44 Then the priest shall comeand look, and, behold, if the plague be spread in the house, it is afretting leprosy in the house; it is unclean.14:45 And he shall break down the house, the stones of it, and thetimber thereof, and all the morter of the house; and he shall carrythem forth out of the city into an unclean place.14:46 Moreover he that goeth into the house all the while that it isshut up shall be unclean until the even.14:47 And he that lieth in the house shall wash his clothes; and hethat eateth in the house shall wash his clothes.14:48 And if the priest shall come in, and look upon it, and, behold,the plague hath not spread in the house, after the house wasplaistered: then the priest shall pronounce the house clean, becausethe plague is healed.14:49 And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedarwood, and scarlet, and hyssop: 14:50 And he shall kill the one of thebirds in an earthen vessel over running water: 14:51 And he shall takethe cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird,and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the running water,and sprinkle the house seven times: 14:52 And he shall cleanse thehouse with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and withthe living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, andwith the scarlet: 14:53 But he shall let go the living bird out of thecity into the open fields, and make an atonement for the house: and itshall be clean.14:54 This is the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and scall,14:55 And for the leprosy of a garment, and of a house, 14:56 And fora rising, and for a scab, and for a bright spot: 14:57 To teach whenit is unclean, and when it is clean: this is the law of leprosy.15:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying, 15:2 Speakunto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When any man hath arunning issue out of his flesh, because of his issue he is unclean.15:3 And this shall be his uncleanness in his issue: whether his fleshrun with his issue, or his flesh be stopped from his issue, it is hisuncleanness.15:4 Every bed, whereon he lieth that hath the issue, is unclean: andevery thing, whereon he sitteth, shall be unclean.15:5 And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathehimself in water, and be unclean until the even.15:6 And he that sitteth on any thing whereon he sat that hath theissue shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and beunclean until the even.15:7 And he that toucheth the flesh of him that hath the issue shallwash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until theeven.15:8 And if he that hath the issue spit upon him that is clean; thenhe shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be uncleanuntil the even.15:9 And what saddle soever he rideth upon that hath the issue shallbe unclean.15:10 And whosoever toucheth any thing that was under him shall beunclean until the even: and he that beareth any of those things shallwash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until theeven.15:11 And whomsoever he toucheth that hath the issue, and hath notrinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathehimself in water, and be unclean until the even.15:12 And the vessel of earth, that he toucheth which hath the issue,shall be broken: and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.15:13 And when he that hath an issue is cleansed of his issue; then heshall number to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash hisclothes, and bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be clean.15:14 And on the eighth day he shall take to him two turtledoves, ortwo young pigeons, and come before the LORD unto the door of thetabernacle of the congregation, and give them unto the priest: 15:15And the priest shall offer them, the one for a sin offering, and theother for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement forhim before the LORD for his issue.15:16 And if any man's seed of copulation go out from him, then heshall wash all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the even.15:17 And every garment, and every skin, whereon is the seed ofcopulation, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the even.15:18 The woman also with whom man shall lie with seed of copulation,they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until theeven.15:19 And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh beblood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth hershall be unclean until the even.15:20 And every thing that she lieth upon in her separation shall beunclean: every thing also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean.15:21 And whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathehimself in water, and be unclean until the even.15:22 And whosoever toucheth any thing that she sat upon shall washhis clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until theeven.15:23 And if it be on her bed, or on any thing whereon she sitteth,when he toucheth it, he shall be unclean until the even.15:24 And if any man lie with her at all, and her flowers be upon him,he shall be unclean seven days; and all the bed whereon he lieth shallbe unclean.15:25 And if a woman have an issue of her blood many days out of thetime of her separation, or if it run beyond the time of herseparation; all the days of the issue of her uncleanness shall be asthe days of her separation: she shall be unclean.15:26 Every bed whereon she lieth all the days of her issue shall beunto her as the bed of her separation: and whatsoever she sitteth uponshall be unclean, as the uncleanness of her separation.15:27 And whosoever toucheth those things shall be unclean, and shallwash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until theeven.15:28 But if she be cleansed of her issue, then she shall number toherself seven days, and after that she shall be clean.15:29 And on the eighth day she shall take unto her two turtles, ortwo young pigeons, and bring them unto the priest, to the door of thetabernacle of the congregation.15:30 And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and theother for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement forher before the LORD for the issue of her uncleanness.15:31 Thus shall ye separate the children of Israel from theiruncleanness; that they die not in their uncleanness, when they defilemy tabernacle that is among them.15:32 This is the law of him that hath an issue, and of him whose seedgoeth from him, and is defiled therewith; 15:33 And of her that issick of her flowers, and of him that hath an issue, of the man, and ofthe woman, and of him that lieth with her that is unclean.16:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses after the death of the two sons ofAaron, when they offered before the LORD, and died; 16:2 And the LORDsaid unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at alltimes into the holy place within the vail before the mercy seat, whichis upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud uponthe mercy seat.16:3 Thus shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a young bullockfor a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering.16:4 He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linenbreeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen girdle, andwith the linen mitre shall he be attired: these are holy garments;therefore shall he wash his flesh in water, and so put them on.16:5 And he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israeltwo kids of the goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burntoffering.16:6 And Aaron shall offer his bullock of the sin offering, which isfor himself, and make an atonement for himself, and for his house.16:7 And he shall take the two goats, and present them before the LORDat the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.16:8 And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for theLORD, and the other lot for the scapegoat.16:9 And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which the LORD's lot fell,and offer him for a sin offering.16:10 But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shallbe presented alive before the LORD, to make an atonement with him, andto let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness.16:11 And Aaron shall bring the bullock of the sin offering, which isfor himself, and shall make an atonement for himself, and for hishouse, and shall kill the bullock of the sin offering which is forhimself: 16:12 And he shall take a censer full of burning coals offire from off the altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweetincense beaten small, and bring it within the vail: 16:13 And he shallput the incense upon the fire before the LORD, that the cloud of theincense may cover the mercy seat that is upon the testimony, that hedie not: 16:14 And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, andsprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy seat eastward; and beforethe mercy seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seventimes.16:15 Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for thepeople, and bring his blood within the vail, and do with that blood ashe did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercyseat, and before the mercy seat: 16:16 And he shall make an atonementfor the holy place, because of the uncleanness of the children ofIsrael, and because of their transgressions in all their sins: and soshall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation, that remainethamong them in the midst of their uncleanness.16:17 And there shall be no man in the tabernacle of the congregationwhen he goeth in to make an atonement in the holy place, until he comeout, and have made an atonement for himself, and for his household,and for all the congregation of Israel.16:18 And he shall go out unto the altar that is before the LORD, andmake an atonement for it; and shall take of the blood of the bullock,and of the blood of the goat, and put it upon the horns of the altarround about.16:19 And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger seventimes, and cleanse it, and hallow it from the uncleanness of thechildren of Israel.16:20 And when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy place, andthe tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, he shall bring thelive goat: 16:21 And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head ofthe live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the childrenof Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, puttingthem upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand ofa fit man into the wilderness: 16:22 And the goat shall bear upon himall their iniquities unto a land not inhabited: and he shall let gothe goat in the wilderness.16:23 And Aaron shall come into the tabernacle of the congregation,and shall put off the linen garments, which he put on when he wentinto the holy place, and shall leave them there: 16:24 And he shallwash his flesh with water in the holy place, and put on his garments,and come forth, and offer his burnt offering, and the burnt offeringof the people, and make an atonement for himself, and for the people.16:25 And the fat of the sin offering shall he burn upon the altar.16:26 And he that let go the goat for the scapegoat shall wash hisclothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward come into thecamp.16:27 And the bullock for the sin offering, and the goat for the sinoffering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the holyplace, shall one carry forth without the camp; and they shall burn inthe fire their skins, and their flesh, and their dung.16:28 And he that burneth them shall wash his clothes, and bathe hisflesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp.16:29 And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in theseventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict yoursouls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country,or a stranger that sojourneth among you: 16:30 For on that day shallthe priest make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, that ye may beclean from all your sins before the LORD.16:31 It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflictyour souls, by a statute for ever.16:32 And the priest, whom he shall anoint, and whom he shallconsecrate to minister in the priest's office in his father's stead,shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen clothes, even theholy garments: 16:33 And he shall make an atonement for the holysanctuary, and he shall make an atonement for the tabernacle of thecongregation, and for the altar, and he shall make an atonement forthe priests, and for all the people of the congregation.16:34 And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make anatonement for the children of Israel for all their sins once a year.And he did as the LORD commanded Moses.17:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 17:2 Speak unto Aaron, andunto his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them;This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, saying, 17:3 What mansoever there be of the house of Israel, that killeth an ox, or lamb,or goat, in the camp, or that killeth it out of the camp, 17:4 Andbringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,to offer an offering unto the LORD before the tabernacle of the LORD;blood shall be imputed unto that man; he hath shed blood; and that manshall be cut off from among his people: 17:5 To the end that thechildren of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they offer in theopen field, even that they may bring them unto the LORD, unto the doorof the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest, and offer themfor peace offerings unto the LORD.17:6 And the priest shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar of theLORD at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and burn thefat for a sweet savour unto the LORD.17:7 And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, afterwhom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever untothem throughout their generations.17:8 And thou shalt say unto them, Whatsoever man there be of thehouse of Israel, or of the strangers which sojourn among you, thatoffereth a burnt offering or sacrifice, 17:9 And bringeth it not untothe door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to offer it unto theLORD; even that man shall be cut off from among his people.17:10 And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of thestrangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; Iwill even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and willcut him off from among his people.17:11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given itto you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it isthe blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.17:12 Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of youshall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among youeat blood.17:13 And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of thestrangers that sojourn among you, which hunteth and catcheth any beastor fowl that may be eaten; he shall even pour out the blood thereof,and cover it with dust.17:14 For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for the lifethereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eatthe blood of no manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh is theblood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off.17:15 And every soul that eateth that which died of itself, or thatwhich was torn with beasts, whether it be one of your own country, ora stranger, he shall both wash his clothes, and bathe himself inwater, and be unclean until the even: then shall he be clean.17:16 But if he wash them not, nor bathe his flesh; then he shall bearhis iniquity.18:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 18:2 Speak unto thechildren of Israel, and say unto them, I am the LORD your God.18:3 After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall yenot do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bringyou, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances.18:4 Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walktherein: I am the LORD your God.18:5 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if aman do, he shall live in them: I am the LORD.18:6 None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, touncover their nakedness: I am the LORD.18:7 The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother,shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover hernakedness.18:8 The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it isthy father's nakedness.18:9 The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, ordaughter of thy mother, whether she be born at home, or born abroad,even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover.18:10 The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter'sdaughter, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover: for theirs isthine own nakedness.18:11 The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thyfather, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.18:12 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: sheis thy father's near kinswoman.18:13 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister: forshe is thy mother's near kinswoman.18:14 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother,thou shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt.18:15 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law: sheis thy son's wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.18:16 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: itis thy brother's nakedness.18:17 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and herdaughter, neither shalt thou take her son's daughter, or herdaughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are her nearkinswomen: it is wickedness.18:18 Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, touncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.18:19 Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover hernakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.18:20 Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife,to defile thyself with her.18:21 And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire toMolech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.18:22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it isabomination.18:23 Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyselftherewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie downthereto: it is confusion.18:24 Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in allthese the nations are defiled which I cast out before you: 18:25 Andthe land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof uponit, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.18:26 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shallnot commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation,nor any stranger that sojourneth among you: 18:27 (For all theseabominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, andthe land is defiled;) 18:28 That the land spue not you out also, whenye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before you.18:29 For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even thesouls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people.18:30 Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye commit not anyone of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, andthat ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the LORD your God.19:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 19:2 Speak unto all thecongregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall beholy: for I the LORD your God am holy.19:3 Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep mysabbaths: I am the LORD your God.19:4 Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I amthe LORD your God.19:5 And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD, yeshall offer it at your own will.19:6 It shall be eaten the same day ye offer it, and on the morrow:and if ought remain until the third day, it shall be burnt in thefire.19:7 And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is abominable; itshall not be accepted.19:8 Therefore every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity,because he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the LORD: and that soulshall be cut off from among his people.19:9 And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not whollyreap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleaningsof thy harvest.19:10 And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gatherevery grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor andstranger: I am the LORD your God.19:11 Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one toanother.19:12 And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thouprofane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.19:13 Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wagesof him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until themorning.19:14 Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock beforethe blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD.19:15 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt notrespect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty:but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.19:16 Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people:neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour; I am theLORD.19:17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt inany wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.19:18 Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the childrenof thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am theLORD.19:19 Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle genderwith a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed:neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee.19:20 And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid,betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom givenher; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, becauseshe was not free.19:21 And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, unto thedoor of the tabernacle of the congregation, even a ram for a trespassoffering.19:22 And the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram ofthe trespass offering before the LORD for his sin which he hath done:and the sin which he hath done shall be forgiven him.19:23 And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted allmanner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof asuncircumcised: three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you: itshall not be eaten of.19:24 But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy topraise the LORD withal.19:25 And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that itmay yield unto you the increase thereof: I am the LORD your God.19:26 Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye useenchantment, nor observe times.19:27 Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thoumar the corners of thy beard.19:28 Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, norprint any marks upon you: I am the LORD.19:29 Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lestthe land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.19:30 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am theLORD.19:31 Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek afterwizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.19:32 Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face ofthe old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.19:33 And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall notvex him.19:34 But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as oneborn among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye werestrangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.19:35 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, inweight, or in measure.19:36 Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shallye have: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land ofEgypt.19:37 Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all myjudgments, and do them: I am the LORD.20:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 20:2 Again, thou shalt sayto the children of Israel, Whosoever he be of the children of Israel,or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth any of hisseed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of theland shall stone him with stones.20:3 And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him offfrom among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech,to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.20:4 And if the people of the land do any ways hide their eyes fromthe man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and kill him not:20:5 Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family,and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commitwhoredom with Molech, from among their people.20:6 And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits,and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my faceagainst that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.20:7 Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORDyour God.20:8 And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the LORD whichsanctify you.20:9 For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall besurely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; hisblood shall be upon him.20:10 And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife,even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, theadulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.20:11 And the man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered hisfather's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; theirblood shall be upon them.20:12 And if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them shallsurely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shallbe upon them.20:13 If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, bothof them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put todeath; their blood shall be upon them.20:14 And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: theyshall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be nowickedness among you.20:15 And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death:and ye shall slay the beast.20:16 And if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down thereto,thou shalt kill the woman, and the beast: they shall surely be put todeath; their blood shall be upon them.20:17 And if a man shall take his sister, his father's daughter, orhis mother's daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see hisnakedness; it is a wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in thesight of their people: he hath uncovered his sister's nakedness; heshall bear his iniquity.20:18 And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, andshall uncover her nakedness; he hath discovered her fountain, and shehath uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall becut off from among their people.20:19 And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister,nor of thy father's sister: for he uncovereth his near kin: they shallbear their iniquity.20:20 And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife, he hath uncoveredhis uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall diechildless.20:21 And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an uncleanthing: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall bechildless.20:22 Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments,and do them: that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, spueyou not out.20:23 And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I castout before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore Iabhorred them.20:24 But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and Iwill give it unto you to possess it, a land that floweth with milk andhoney: I am the LORD your God, which have separated you from otherpeople.20:25 Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts andunclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not makeyour souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of livingthing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you asunclean.20:26 And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and havesevered you from other people, that ye should be mine.20:27 A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is awizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them withstones: their blood shall be upon them.21:1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons ofAaron, and say unto them, There shall none be defiled for the deadamong his people: 21:2 But for his kin, that is near unto him, thatis, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for hisdaughter, and for his brother.21:3 And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hathhad no husband; for her may he be defiled.21:4 But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among hispeople, to profane himself.21:5 They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall theyshave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in theirflesh.21:6 They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name oftheir God: for the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and the breadof their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy.21:7 They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neithershall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy untohis God.21:8 Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread ofthy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the LORD, which sanctifyyou, am holy.21:9 And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playingthe whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.21:10 And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whosehead the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put onthe garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes; 21:11Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for hisfather, or for his mother; 21:12 Neither shall he go out of thesanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of theanointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the LORD.21:13 And he shall take a wife in her virginity.21:14 A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, theseshall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people towife.21:15 Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I theLORD do sanctify him.21:16 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 21:17 Speak unto Aaron,saying, Whosoever he be of thy seed in their generations that hath anyblemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God.21:18 For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall notapproach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or anything superfluous, 21:19 Or a man that is brokenfooted, orbrokenhanded, 21:20 Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemishin his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken; 21:21No man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall comenigh to offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire: he hath ablemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God.21:22 He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and ofthe holy.21:23 Only he shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto thealtar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries:for I the LORD do sanctify them.21:24 And Moses told it unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all thechildren of Israel.22:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 22:2 Speak unto Aaron andto his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of thechildren of Israel, and that they profane not my holy name in thosethings which they hallow unto me: I am the LORD.22:3 Say unto them, Whosoever he be of all your seed among yourgenerations, that goeth unto the holy things, which the children ofIsrael hallow unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, thatsoul shall be cut off from my presence: I am the LORD.22:4 What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath arunning issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean.And whoso toucheth any thing that is unclean by the dead, or a manwhose seed goeth from him; 22:5 Or whosoever toucheth any creepingthing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may takeuncleanness, whatsoever uncleanness he hath; 22:6 The soul which hathtouched any such shall be unclean until even, and shall not eat of theholy things, unless he wash his flesh with water.22:7 And when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall afterwardeat of the holy things; because it is his food.22:8 That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall noteat to defile himself therewith; I am the LORD.22:9 They shall therefore keep mine ordinance, lest they bear sin forit, and die therefore, if they profane it: I the LORD do sanctifythem.22:10 There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner ofthe priest, or an hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.22:11 But if the priest buy any soul with his money, he shall eat ofit, and he that is born in his house: they shall eat of his meat.22:12 If the priest's daughter also be married unto a stranger, shemay not eat of an offering of the holy things.22:13 But if the priest's daughter be a widow, or divorced, and haveno child, and is returned unto her father's house, as in her youth,she shall eat of her father's meat: but there shall be no stranger eatthereof.22:14 And if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly, then he shallput the fifth part thereof unto it, and shall give it unto the priestwith the holy thing.22:15 And they shall not profane the holy things of the children ofIsrael, which they offer unto the LORD; 22:16 Or suffer them to bearthe iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things: for I theLORD do sanctify them.22:17 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 22:18 Speak unto Aaron,and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say untothem, Whatsoever he be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers inIsrael, that will offer his oblation for all his vows, and for all hisfreewill offerings, which they will offer unto the LORD for a burntoffering; 22:19 Ye shall offer at your own will a male withoutblemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats.22:20 But whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not offer: for itshall not be acceptable for you.22:21 And whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peace offerings unto theLORD to accomplish his vow, or a freewill offering in beeves or sheep,it shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish therein.22:22 Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, orscabbed, ye shall not offer these unto the LORD, nor make an offeringby fire of them upon the altar unto the LORD.22:23 Either a bullock or a lamb that hath any thing superfluous orlacking in his parts, that mayest thou offer for a freewill offering;but for a vow it shall not be accepted.22:24 Ye shall not offer unto the LORD that which is bruised, orcrushed, or broken, or cut; neither shall ye make any offering thereofin your land.22:25 Neither from a stranger's hand shall ye offer the bread of yourGod of any of these; because their corruption is in them, andblemishes be in them: they shall not be accepted for you.22:26 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 22:27 When a bullock, ora sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall be seven daysunder the dam; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall beaccepted for an offering made by fire unto the LORD.22:28 And whether it be cow, or ewe, ye shall not kill it and heryoung both in one day.22:29 And when ye will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto theLORD, offer it at your own will.22:30 On the same day it shall be eaten up; ye shall leave none of ituntil the morrow: I am the LORD.22:31 Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am theLORD.22:32 Neither shall ye profane my holy name; but I will be hallowedamong the children of Israel: I am the LORD which hallow you, 22:33That brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am theLORD.23:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 23:2 Speak unto thechildren of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of theLORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these aremy feasts.23:3 Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbathof rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is thesabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.23:4 These are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, whichye shall proclaim in their seasons.23:5 In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD'spassover.23:6 And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast ofunleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavenedbread.23:7 In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall dono servile work therein.23:8 But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD sevendays: in the seventh day is an holy convocation: ye shall do noservile work therein.23:9 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 23:10 Speak unto thechildren of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the landwhich I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then yeshall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto thepriest: 23:11 And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to beaccepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shallwave it.23:12 And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an he lambwithout blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto the LORD.23:13 And the meat offering thereof shall be two tenth deals of fineflour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto the LORD for asweet savour: and the drink offering thereof shall be of wine, thefourth part of an hin.23:14 And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor greenears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering untoyour God: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generationsin all your dwellings.23:15 And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath,from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; sevensabbaths shall be complete: 23:16 Even unto the morrow after theseventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a newmeat offering unto the LORD.23:17 Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of twotenth deals; they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken withleaven; they are the firstfruits unto the LORD.23:18 And ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs without blemish ofthe first year, and one young bullock, and two rams: they shall be fora burnt offering unto the LORD, with their meat offering, and theirdrink offerings, even an offering made by fire, of sweet savour untothe LORD.23:19 Then ye shall sacrifice one kid of the goats for a sin offering,and two lambs of the first year for a sacrifice of peace offerings.23:20 And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruitsfor a wave offering before the LORD, with the two lambs: they shall beholy to the LORD for the priest.23:21 And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be anholy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work therein: itshall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout yourgenerations.23:22 And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not makeclean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neithershalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave themunto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the LORD your God.23:23 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 23:24 Speak unto thechildren of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day ofthe month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets,an holy convocation.23:25 Ye shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall offer anoffering made by fire unto the LORD.23:26 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 23:27 Also on the tenthday of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shallbe an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, andoffer an offering made by fire unto the LORD.23:28 And ye shall do no work in that same day: for it is a day ofatonement, to make an atonement for you before the LORD your God.23:29 For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in thatsame day, he shall be cut off from among his people.23:30 And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work in that same day,the same soul will I destroy from among his people.23:31 Ye shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for everthroughout your generations in all your dwellings.23:32 It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflictyour souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even untoeven, shall ye celebrate your sabbath.23:33 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 23:34 Speak unto thechildren of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh monthshall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the LORD.23:35 On the first day shall be an holy convocation: ye shall do noservile work therein.23:36 Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto theLORD: on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you; and yeshall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a solemnassembly; and ye shall do no servile work therein.23:37 These are the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to beholy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, aburnt offering, and a meat offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings,every thing upon his day: 23:38 Beside the sabbaths of the LORD, andbeside your gifts, and beside all your vows, and beside all yourfreewill offerings, which ye give unto the LORD.23:39 Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye havegathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the LORDseven days: on the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth dayshall be a sabbath.23:40 And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodlytrees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, andwillows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your Godseven days.23:41 And ye shall keep it a feast unto the LORD seven days in theyear.It shall be a statute for ever in your generations: ye shall celebrateit in the seventh month.23:42 Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelitesborn shall dwell in booths: 23:43 That your generations may know thatI made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought themout of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.23:44 And Moses declared unto the children of Israel the feasts of theLORD.24:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 24:2 Command the childrenof Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for thelight, to cause the lamps to burn continually.24:3 Without the vail of the testimony, in the tabernacle of thecongregation, shall Aaron order it from the evening unto the morningbefore the LORD continually: it shall be a statute for ever in yourgenerations.24:4 He shall order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before theLORD continually.24:5 And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof:two tenth deals shall be in one cake.24:6 And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the puretable before the LORD.24:7 And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon each row, that it maybe on the bread for a memorial, even an offering made by fire unto theLORD.24:8 Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORDcontinually, being taken from the children of Israel by an everlastingcovenant.24:9 And it shall be Aaron's and his sons'; and they shall eat it inthe holy place: for it is most holy unto him of the offerings of theLORD made by fire by a perpetual statute.24:10 And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was anEgyptian, went out among the children of Israel: and this son of theIsraelitish woman and a man of Israel strove together in the camp;24:11 And the Israelitish woman's son blasphemed the name of the Lord,and cursed. And they brought him unto Moses: (and his mother's namewas Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan:) 24:12 Andthey put him in ward, that the mind of the LORD might be shewed them.24:13 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 24:14 Bring forth himthat hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard him laytheir hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him.24:15 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying,Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin.24:16 And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely beput to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: aswell the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeththe name of the Lord, shall be put to death.24:17 And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death.24:18 And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast.24:19 And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done,so shall it be done to him; 24:20 Breach for breach, eye for eye,tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it bedone to him again.24:21 And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he thatkilleth a man, he shall be put to death.24:22 Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, asfor one of your own country: for I am the LORD your God.24:23 And Moses spake to the children of Israel, that they shouldbring forth him that had cursed out of the camp, and stone him withstones. And the children of Israel did as the LORD commanded Moses.25:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying, 25:2 Speakunto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into theland which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto theLORD.25:3 Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shaltprune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof; 25:4 But in theseventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath forthe LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.25:5 That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shaltnot reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed: for it is ayear of rest unto the land.25:6 And the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you; for thee, andfor thy servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and forthy stranger that sojourneth with thee.25:7 And for thy cattle, and for the beast that are in thy land, shallall the increase thereof be meat.25:8 And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seventimes seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shallbe unto thee forty and nine years.25:9 Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubile to sound on thetenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye makethe trumpet sound throughout all your land.25:10 And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim libertythroughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall bea jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession,and ye shall return every man unto his family.25:11 A jubile shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow,neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapesin it of thy vine undressed.25:12 For it is the jubile; it shall be holy unto you: ye shall eatthe increase thereof out of the field.25:13 In the year of this jubile ye shall return every man unto hispossession.25:14 And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought ofthy neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress one another: 25:15According to the number of years after the jubile thou shalt buy ofthy neighbour, and according unto the number of years of the fruits heshall sell unto thee: 25:16 According to the multitude of years thoushalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness ofyears thou shalt diminish the price of it: for according to the numberof the years of the fruits doth he sell unto thee.25:17 Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fearthy God:for I am the LORD your God.25:18 Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and dothem; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.25:19 And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat your fill,and dwell therein in safety.25:20 And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold,we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase: 25:21 Then I willcommand my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bringforth fruit for three years.25:22 And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat yet of old fruit untilthe ninth year; until her fruits come in ye shall eat of the oldstore.25:23 The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine, forye are strangers and sojourners with me.25:24 And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant aredemption for the land.25:25 If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of hispossession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall heredeem that which his brother sold.25:26 And if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able toredeem it; 25:27 Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, andrestore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; that he mayreturn unto his possession.25:28 But if he be not able to restore it to him, then that which issold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until theyear of jubile: and in the jubile it shall go out, and he shall returnunto his possession.25:29 And if a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he mayredeem it within a whole year after it is sold; within a full year mayhe redeem it.25:30 And if it be not redeemed within the space of a full year, thenthe house that is in the walled city shall be established for ever tohim that bought it throughout his generations: it shall not go out inthe jubile.25:31 But the houses of the villages which have no wall round aboutthem shall be counted as the fields of the country: they may beredeemed, and they shall go out in the jubile.25:32 Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, and the houses of thecities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time.25:33 And if a man purchase of the Levites, then the house that wassold, and the city of his possession, shall go out in the year ofjubile: for the houses of the cities of the Levites are theirpossession among the children of Israel.25:34 But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold;for it is their perpetual possession.25:35 And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee;then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or asojourner; that he may live with thee.25:36 Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; thatthy brother may live with thee.25:37 Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thyvictuals for increase.25:38 I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the landof Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God.25:39 And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and besold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:25:40 But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be withthee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubile.25:41 And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his childrenwith him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto thepossession of his fathers shall he return.25:42 For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the landof Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.25:43 Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thyGod.25:44 Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have,shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buybondmen and bondmaids.25:45 Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn amongyou, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you,which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession.25:46 And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children afteryou, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen forever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not ruleone over another with rigour.25:47 And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brotherthat dwelleth by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger orsojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger's family: 25:48After that he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brethrenmay redeem him: 25:49 Either his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeemhim, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him;or if he be able, he may redeem himself.25:50 And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year thathe was sold to him unto the year of jubile: and the price of his saleshall be according unto the number of years, according to the time ofan hired servant shall it be with him.25:51 If there be yet many years behind, according unto them he shallgive again the price of his redemption out of the money that he wasbought for.25:52 And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubile, thenhe shall count with him, and according unto his years shall he givehim again the price of his redemption.25:53 And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and theother shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight.25:54 And if he be not redeemed in these years, then he shall go outin the year of jubile, both he, and his children with him.25:55 For unto me the children of Israel are servants; they are myservants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORDyour God.26:1 Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you upa standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in yourland, to bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your God.26:2 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am theLORD.26:3 If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;26:4 Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yieldher increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.26:5 And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintageshall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to thefull, and dwell in your land safely.26:6 And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, andnone shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of theland, neither shall the sword go through your land.26:7 And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before youby the sword.26:8 And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of youshall put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall beforeyou by the sword.26:9 For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, andmultiply you, and establish my covenant with you.26:10 And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because ofthe new.26:11 And I set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhoryou.26:12 And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall bemy people.26:13 I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the landof Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken thebands of your yoke, and made you go upright.26:14 But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all thesecommandments; 26:15 And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if yoursoul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments,but that ye break my covenant: 26:16 I also will do this unto you; Iwill even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague,that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shallsow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.26:17 And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain beforeyour enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shallflee when none pursueth you.26:18 And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I willpunish you seven times more for your sins.26:19 And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make yourheaven as iron, and your earth as brass: 26:20 And your strength shallbe spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neithershall the trees of the land yield their fruits.26:21 And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; Iwill bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins.26:22 I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you ofyour children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number;and your high ways shall be desolate.26:23 And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but willwalk contrary unto me; 26:24 Then will I also walk contrary unto you,and will punish you yet seven times for your sins.26:25 And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrelof my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities,I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered intothe hand of the enemy.26:26 And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shallbake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your breadagain by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.26:27 And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walkcontrary unto me; 26:28 Then I will walk contrary unto you also infury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins.26:29 And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of yourdaughters shall ye eat.26:30 And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images,and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soulshall abhor you.26:31 And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuariesunto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.26:32 And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemieswhich dwell therein shall be astonished at it.26:33 And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out asword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your citieswaste.26:34 Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it liethdesolate, and ye be in your enemies' land; even then shall the landrest, and enjoy her sabbaths.26:35 As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did notrest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.26:36 And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintnessinto their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of ashaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from asword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.26:37 And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword,when none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before yourenemies.26:38 And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of yourenemies shall eat you up.26:39 And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquityin your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathersshall they pine away with them.26:40 If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of theirfathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, andthat also they have walked contrary unto me; 26:41 And that I alsohave walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land oftheir enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and theythen accept of the punishment of their iniquity: 26:42 Then will Iremember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, andalso my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember theland.26:43 The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy hersabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall acceptof the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because theydespised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes.26:44 And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies,I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy themutterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the LORD theirGod.26:45 But I will for their sakes remember the covenant of theirancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sightof the heathen, that I might be their God: I am the LORD.26:46 These are the statutes and judgments and laws, which the LORDmade between him and the children of Israel in mount Sinai by the handof Moses.27:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 27:2 Speak unto thechildren of Israel, and say unto them, When a man shall make asingular vow, the persons shall be for the LORD by thy estimation.27:3 And thy estimation shall be of the male from twenty years oldeven unto sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be fifty shekelsof silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary.27:4 And if it be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirtyshekels.27:5 And if it be from five years old even unto twenty years old, thenthy estimation shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for the femaleten shekels.27:6 And if it be from a month old even unto five years old, then thyestimation shall be of the male five shekels of silver, and for thefemale thy estimation shall be three shekels of silver.27:7 And if it be from sixty years old and above; if it be a male,then thy estimation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female tenshekels.27:8 But if he be poorer than thy estimation, then he shall presenthimself before the priest, and the priest shall value him; accordingto his ability that vowed shall the priest value him.27:9 And if it be a beast, whereof men bring an offering unto theLORD, all that any man giveth of such unto the LORD shall be holy.27:10 He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a badfor a good: and if he shall at all change beast for beast, then it andthe exchange thereof shall be holy.27:11 And if it be any unclean beast, of which they do not offer asacrifice unto the LORD, then he shall present the beast before thepriest: 27:12 And the priest shall value it, whether it be good orbad: as thou valuest it, who art the priest, so shall it be.27:13 But if he will at all redeem it, then he shall add a fifth partthereof unto thy estimation.27:14 And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy unto theLORD, then the priest shall estimate it, whether it be good or bad: asthe priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand.27:15 And if he that sanctified it will redeem his house, then heshall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, andit shall be his.27:16 And if a man shall sanctify unto the LORD some part of a fieldof his possession, then thy estimation shall be according to the seedthereof: an homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels ofsilver.27:17 If he sanctify his field from the year of jubile, according tothy estimation it shall stand.27:18 But if he sanctify his field after the jubile, then the priestshall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain,even unto the year of the jubile, and it shall be abated from thyestimation.27:19 And if he that sanctified the field will in any wise redeem it,then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation untoit, and it shall be assured to him.27:20 And if he will not redeem the field, or if he have sold thefield to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more.27:21 But the field, when it goeth out in the jubile, shall be holyunto the LORD, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be thepriest's.27:22 And if a man sanctify unto the LORD a field which he hathbought, which is not of the fields of his possession; 27:23 Then thepriest shall reckon unto him the worth of thy estimation, even untothe year of the jubile: and he shall give thine estimation in thatday, as a holy thing unto the LORD.27:24 In the year of the jubile the field shall return unto him ofwhom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land didbelong.27:25 And all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of thesanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.27:26 Only the firstling of the beasts, which should be the LORD'sfirstling, no man shall sanctify it; whether it be ox, or sheep: it isthe LORD's.27:27 And if it be of an unclean beast, then he shall redeem itaccording to thine estimation, and shall add a fifth part of itthereto: or if it be not redeemed, then it shall be sold according tothy estimation.27:28 Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall devote untothe LORD of all that he hath, both of man and beast, and of the fieldof his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing ismost holy unto the LORD.27:29 None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed;but shall surely be put to death.27:30 And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land,or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD's: it is holy unto the LORD.27:31 And if a man will at all redeem ought of his tithes, he shalladd thereto the fifth part thereof.27:32 And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even ofwhatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto theLORD.27:33 He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall hechange it: and if he change it at all, then both it and the changethereof shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.27:34 These are the commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses forthe children of Israel in mount Sinai.The Fourth Book of Moses:  Called Numbers1:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in thetabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month,in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt,saying, 1:2 Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children ofIsrael, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with thenumber of their names, every male by their polls; 1:3 From twentyyears old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel:thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies.1:4 And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one headof the house of his fathers.1:5 And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: ofthe tribe of Reuben; Elizur the son of Shedeur.1:6 Of Simeon; Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.1:7 Of Judah; Nahshon the son of Amminadab.1:8 Of Issachar; Nethaneel the son of Zuar.1:9 Of Zebulun; Eliab the son of Helon.1:10 Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim; Elishama the son ofAmmihud: of Manasseh; Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.1:11 Of Benjamin; Abidan the son of Gideoni.1:12 Of Dan; Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.1:13 Of Asher; Pagiel the son of Ocran.1:14 Of Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel.1:15 Of Naphtali; Ahira the son of Enan.1:16 These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of thetribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel.1:17 And Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by theirnames: 1:18 And they assembled all the congregation together on thefirst day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees aftertheir families, by the house of their fathers, according to the numberof the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls.1:19 As the LORD commanded Moses, so he numbered them in thewilderness of Sinai.1:20 And the children of Reuben, Israel's eldest son, by theirgenerations, after their families, by the house of their fathers,according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male fromtwenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;1:21 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben,were forty and six thousand and five hundred.1:22 Of the children of Simeon, by their generations, after theirfamilies, by the house of their fathers, those that were numbered ofthem, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every malefrom twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth towar; 1:23 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe ofSimeon, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.1:24 Of the children of Gad, by their generations, after theirfamilies, by the house of their fathers, according to the number ofthe names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to goforth to war; 1:25 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribeof Gad, were forty and five thousand six hundred and fifty.1:26 Of the children of Judah, by their generations, after theirfamilies, by the house of their fathers, according to the number ofthe names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to goforth to war; 1:27 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribeof Judah, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.1:28 Of the children of Issachar, by their generations, after theirfamilies, by the house of their fathers, according to the number ofthe names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to goforth to war; 1:29 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribeof Issachar, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred.1:30 Of the children of Zebulun, by their generations, after theirfamilies, by the house of their fathers, according to the number ofthe names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to goforth to war; 1:31 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribeof Zebulun, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred.1:32 Of the children of Joseph, namely, of the children of Ephraim, bytheir generations, after their families, by the house of theirfathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years oldand upward, all that were able to go forth to war; 1:33 Those thatwere numbered of them, even of the tribe of Ephraim, were fortythousand and five hundred.1:34 Of the children of Manasseh, by their generations, after theirfamilies, by the house of their fathers, according to the number ofthe names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to goforth to war; 1:35 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribeof Manasseh, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred.1:36 Of the children of Benjamin, by their generations, after theirfamilies, by the house of their fathers, according to the number ofthe names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to goforth to war; 1:37 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribeof Benjamin, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.1:38 Of the children of Dan, by their generations, after theirfamilies, by the house of their fathers, according to the number ofthe names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to goforth to war; 1:39 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribeof Dan, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred.1:40 Of the children of Asher, by their generations, after theirfamilies, by the house of their fathers, according to the number ofthe names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to goforth to war; 1:41 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribeof Asher, were forty and one thousand and five hundred.1:42 Of the children of Naphtali, throughout their generations, aftertheir families, by the house of their fathers, according to the numberof the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able togo forth to war; 1:43 Those that were numbered of them, even of thetribe of Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.1:44 These are those that were numbered, which Moses and Aaronnumbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men: each one wasfor the house of his fathers.1:45 So were all those that were numbered of the children of Israel,by the house of their fathers, from twenty years old and upward, allthat were able to go forth to war in Israel; 1:46 Even all they thatwere numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and fivehundred and fifty.1:47 But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were notnumbered among them.1:48 For the LORD had spoken unto Moses, saying, 1:49 Only thou shaltnot number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among thechildren of Israel: 1:50 But thou shalt appoint the Levites over thetabernacle of testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and overall things that belong to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and allthe vessels thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encampround about the tabernacle.1:51 And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall takeit down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shallset it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.1:52 And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man byhis own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout theirhosts.1:53 But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle oftestimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of thechildren of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of thetabernacle of testimony.1:54 And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORDcommanded Moses, so did they.2:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 2:2 Everyman of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard, withthe ensign of their father's house: far off about the tabernacle ofthe congregation shall they pitch.2:3 And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they ofthe standard of the camp of Judah pitch throughout their armies: andNahshon the son of Amminadab shall be captain of the children ofJudah.2:4 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, werethreescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.2:5 And those that do pitch next unto him shall be the tribe ofIssachar: and Nethaneel the son of Zuar shall be captain of thechildren of Issachar.2:6 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty andfour thousand and four hundred.2:7 Then the tribe of Zebulun: and Eliab the son of Helon shall becaptain of the children of Zebulun.2:8 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty andseven thousand and four hundred.2:9 All that were numbered in the camp of Judah were an hundredthousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred,throughout their armies. These shall first set forth.2:10 On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reubenaccording to their armies: and the captain of the children of Reubenshall be Elizur the son of Shedeur.2:11 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fortyand six thousand and five hundred.2:12 And those which pitch by him shall be the tribe of Simeon: andthe captain of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son ofZurishaddai.2:13 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fiftyand nine thousand and three hundred.2:14 Then the tribe of Gad: and the captain of the sons of Gad shallbe Eliasaph the son of Reuel.2:15 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fortyand five thousand and six hundred and fifty.2:16 All that were numbered in the camp of Reuben were an hundredthousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty,throughout their armies. And they shall set forth in the second rank.2:17 Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward withthe camp of the Levites in the midst of the camp: as they encamp, soshall they set forward, every man in his place by their standards.2:18 On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraimaccording to their armies: and the captain of the sons of Ephraimshall be Elishama the son of Ammihud.2:19 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fortythousand and five hundred.2:20 And by him shall be the tribe of Manasseh: and the captain of thechildren of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.2:21 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirtyand two thousand and two hundred.2:22 Then the tribe of Benjamin: and the captain of the sons ofBenjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni.2:23 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirtyand five thousand and four hundred.2:24 All that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were an hundredthousand and eight thousand and an hundred, throughout their armies.And they shall go forward in the third rank.2:25 The standard of the camp of Dan shall be on the north side bytheir armies: and the captain of the children of Dan shall be Ahiezerthe son of Ammishaddai.2:26 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, werethreescore and two thousand and seven hundred.2:27 And those that encamp by him shall be the tribe of Asher: and thecaptain of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ocran.2:28 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fortyand one thousand and five hundred.2:29 Then the tribe of Naphtali: and the captain of the children ofNaphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan.2:30 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fiftyand three thousand and four hundred.2:31 All they that were numbered in the camp of Dan were an hundredthousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred. They shall gohindmost with their standards.2:32 These are those which were numbered of the children of Israel bythe house of their fathers: all those that were numbered of the campsthroughout their hosts were six hundred thousand and three thousandand five hundred and fifty.2:33 But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel;as the LORD commanded Moses.2:34 And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORDcommanded Moses: so they pitched by their standards, and so they setforward, every one after their families, according to the house oftheir fathers.3:1 These also are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day thatthe LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai.3:2 And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn,and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.3:3 These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which wereanointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office.3:4 And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, when they offeredstrange fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they hadno children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's officein the sight of Aaron their father.3:5 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 3:6 Bring the tribe of Levinear, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may ministerunto him.3:7 And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the wholecongregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do theservice of the tabernacle.3:8 And they shall keep all the instruments of the tabernacle of thecongregation, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do theservice of the tabernacle.3:9 And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: theyare wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel.3:10 And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait ontheir priest's office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be putto death.3:11 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 3:12 And I, behold, I havetaken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all thefirstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel:therefore the Levites shall be mine; 3:13 Because all the firstbornare mine; for on the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land ofEgypt I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both man andbeast: mine shall they be: I am the LORD.3:14 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,3:15 Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, bytheir families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thounumber them.3:16 And Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as hewas commanded.3:17 And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, andKohath, and Merari.3:18 And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families;Libni, and Shimei.3:19 And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar,Hebron, and Uzziel.3:20 And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. Theseare the families of the Levites according to the house of theirfathers.3:21 Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of theShimites: these are the families of the Gershonites.3:22 Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of allthe males, from a month old and upward, even those that were numberedof them were seven thousand and five hundred.3:23 The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernaclewestward.3:24 And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites shallbe Eliasaph the son of Lael.3:25 And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of thecongregation shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, the coveringthereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of thecongregation, 3:26 And the hangings of the court, and the curtain forthe door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altarround about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof.3:27 And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family ofthe Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family ofthe Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.3:28 In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, wereeight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.3:29 The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of thetabernacle southward.3:30 And the chief of the house of the father of the families of theKohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.3:31 And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and thecandlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuarywherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof.3:32 And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over thechief of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep thecharge of the sanctuary.3:33 Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of theMushites: these are the families of Merari.3:34 And those that were numbered of them, according to the number ofall the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand and twohundred.3:35 And the chief of the house of the father of the families ofMerari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: these shall pitch on the side ofthe tabernacle northward.3:36 And under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari shall bethe boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillarsthereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and allthat serveth thereto, 3:37 And the pillars of the court round about,and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords.3:38 But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, evenbefore the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses,and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for thecharge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nighshall be put to death.3:39 All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaronnumbered at the commandment of the LORD, throughout their families,all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and twothousand.3:40 And the LORD said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn of themales of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and takethe number of their names.3:41 And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am the LORD) instead ofall the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of theLevites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the childrenof Israel.3:42 And Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded him, all the firstbornamong the children of Israel.3:43 And all the firstborn males by the number of names, from a monthold and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty andtwo thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen.3:44 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 3:45 Take the Levitesinstead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and thecattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shallbe mine: I am the LORD.3:46 And for those that are to be redeemed of the two hundred andthreescore and thirteen of the firstborn of the children of Israel,which are more than the Levites; 3:47 Thou shalt even take fiveshekels apiece by the poll, after the shekel of the sanctuary shaltthou take them: (the shekel is twenty gerahs:) 3:48 And thou shaltgive the money, wherewith the odd number of them is to be redeemed,unto Aaron and to his sons.3:49 And Moses took the redemption money of them that were over andabove them that were redeemed by the Levites: 3:50 Of the firstborn ofthe children of Israel took he the money; a thousand three hundred andthreescore and five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary: 3:51And Moses gave the money of them that were redeemed unto Aaron and tohis sons, according to the word of the LORD, as the LORD commandedMoses.4:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 4:2 Take thesum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after theirfamilies, by the house of their fathers, 4:3 From thirty years old andupward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to dothe work in the tabernacle of the congregation.4:4 This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacleof the congregation, about the most holy things: 4:5 And when the campsetteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall takedown the covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony with it: 4:6And shall put thereon the covering of badgers' skins, and shall spreadover it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof.4:7 And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue,and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and coversto cover withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon: 4:8 Andthey shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the samewith a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put in the stavesthereof.4:9 And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick ofthe light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuffdishes, and allthe oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it: 4:10 Andthey shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering ofbadgers' skins, and shall put it upon a bar.4:11 And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, andcover it with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put to thestaves thereof: 4:12 And they shall take all the instruments ofministry, wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in acloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of badgers' skins, andshall put them on a bar: 4:13 And they shall take away the ashes fromthe altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon: 4:14 And they shall putupon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they minister about it,even the censers, the fleshhooks, and the shovels, and the basons, allthe vessels of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering ofbadgers' skins, and put to the staves of it.4:15 And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering thesanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to setforward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it: butthey shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These things arethe burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of thecongregation.4:16 And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priestpertaineth the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the dailymeat offering, and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all thetabernacle, and of all that therein is, in the sanctuary, and in thevessels thereof.4:17 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron saying, 4:18 Cut yenot off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among theLevites: 4:19 But thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die,when they approach unto the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shallgo in, and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden:4:20 But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered,lest they die.4:21 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 4:22 Take also the sum ofthe sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by theirfamilies; 4:23 From thirty years old and upward until fifty years oldshalt thou number them; all that enter in to perform the service, todo the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.4:24 This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve,and for burdens: 4:25 And they shall bear the curtains of thetabernacle, and the tabernacle of the congregation, his covering, andthe covering of the badgers' skins that is above upon it, and thehanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, 4:26 Andthe hangings of the court, and the hanging for the door of the gate ofthe court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about,and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and allthat is made for them: so shall they serve.4:27 At the appointment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the serviceof the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burdens, and in all theirservice: and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their burdens.4:28 This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in thetabernacle of the congregation: and their charge shall be under thehand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.4:29 As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after theirfamilies, by the house of their fathers; 4:30 From thirty years oldand upward even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them, every onethat entereth into the service, to do the work of the tabernacle ofthe congregation.4:31 And this is the charge of their burden, according to all theirservice in the tabernacle of the congregation; the boards of thetabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and socketsthereof, 4:32 And the pillars of the court round about, and theirsockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments,and with all their service: and by name ye shall reckon theinstruments of the charge of their burden.4:33 This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari,according to all their service, in the tabernacle of the congregation,under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.4:34 And Moses and Aaron and the chief of the congregation numberedthe sons of the Kohathites after their families, and after the houseof their fathers, 4:35 From thirty years old and upward even untofifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for thework in the tabernacle of the congregation: 4:36 And those that werenumbered of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred andfifty.4:37 These were they that were numbered of the families of theKohathites, all that might do service in the tabernacle of thecongregation, which Moses and Aaron did number according to thecommandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.4:38 And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon, throughouttheir families, and by the house of their fathers, 4:39 From thirtyyears old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one thatentereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of thecongregation, 4:40 Even those that were numbered of them, throughouttheir families, by the house of their fathers, were two thousand andsix hundred and thirty.4:41 These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons ofGershon, of all that might do service in the tabernacle of thecongregation, whom Moses and Aaron did number according to thecommandment of the LORD.4:42 And those that were numbered of the families of the sons ofMerari, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers, 4:43From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every onethat entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of thecongregation, 4:44 Even those that were numbered of them after theirfamilies, were three thousand and two hundred.4:45 These be those that were numbered of the families of the sons ofMerari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of theLORD by the hand of Moses.4:46 All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaronand the chief of Israel numbered, after their families, and after thehouse of their fathers, 4:47 From thirty years old and upward evenunto fifty years old, every one that came to do the service of theministry, and the service of the burden in the tabernacle of thecongregation.4:48 Even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand andfive hundred and fourscore, 4:49 According to the commandment of theLORD they were numbered by the hand of Moses, every one according tohis service, and according to his burden: thus were they numbered ofhim, as the LORD commanded Moses.5:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 5:2 Command the children ofIsrael, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one thathath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead: 5:3 Both male andfemale shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that theydefile not their camps, in the midst whereof I dwell.5:4 And the children of Israel did so, and put them out without thecamp: as the LORD spake unto Moses, so did the children of Israel.5:5 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 5:6 Speak unto the childrenof Israel, When a man or woman shall commit any sin that men commit,to do a trespass against the LORD, and that person be guilty; 5:7 Thenthey shall confess their sin which they have done: and he shallrecompense his trespass with the principal thereof, and add unto itthe fifth part thereof, and give it unto him against whom he hathtrespassed.5:8 But if the man have no kinsman to recompense the trespass unto,let the trespass be recompensed unto the LORD, even to the priest;beside the ram of the atonement, whereby an atonement shall be madefor him.5:9 And every offering of all the holy things of the children ofIsrael, which they bring unto the priest, shall be his.5:10 And every man's hallowed things shall be his: whatsoever any mangiveth the priest, it shall be his.5:11 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 5:12 Speak unto thechildren of Israel, and say unto them, If any man's wife go aside, andcommit a trespass against him, 5:13 And a man lie with her carnally,and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and shebe defiled, and there be no witness against her, neither she be takenwith the manner; 5:14 And the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and hebe jealous of his wife, and she be defiled: or if the spirit ofjealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be notdefiled: 5:15 Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, andhe shall bring her offering for her, the tenth part of an ephah ofbarley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincensethereon; for it is an offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial,bringing iniquity to remembrance.5:16 And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the LORD:5:17 And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and ofthe dust that is in the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take,and put it into the water: 5:18 And the priest shall set the womanbefore the LORD, and uncover the woman's head, and put the offering ofmemorial in her hands, which is the jealousy offering: and the priestshall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the curse: 5:19And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman, Ifno man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside touncleanness with another instead of thy husband, be thou free fromthis bitter water that causeth the curse: 5:20 But if thou hast goneaside to another instead of thy husband, and if thou be defiled, andsome man have lain with thee beside thine husband: 5:21 Then thepriest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priestshall say unto the woman, The LORD make thee a curse and an oath amongthy people, when the LORD doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly toswell; 5:22 And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thybowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And thewoman shall say, Amen, amen.5:23 And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shallblot them out with the bitter water: 5:24 And he shall cause the womanto drink the bitter water that causeth the curse: and the water thatcauseth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter.5:25 Then the priest shall take the jealousy offering out of thewoman's hand, and shall wave the offering before the LORD, and offerit upon the altar: 5:26 And the priest shall take an handful of theoffering, even the memorial thereof, and burn it upon the altar, andafterward shall cause the woman to drink the water.5:27 And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall cometo pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against herhusband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her,and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot:and the woman shall be a curse among her people.5:28 And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall befree, and shall conceive seed.5:29 This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside to anotherinstead of her husband, and is defiled; 5:30 Or when the spirit ofjealousy cometh upon him, and he be jealous over his wife, and shallset the woman before the LORD, and the priest shall execute upon herall this law.5:31 Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this womanshall bear her iniquity.6:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 6:2 Speak unto the childrenof Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall separatethemselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselves unto theLORD: 6:3 He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, andshall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neithershall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried.6:4 All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is madeof the vine tree, from the kernels even to the husk.6:5 All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no razorcome upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in the which heseparateth himself unto the LORD, he shall be holy, and shall let thelocks of the hair of his head grow.6:6 All the days that he separateth himself unto the LORD he shallcome at no dead body.6:7 He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for hismother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die: because theconsecration of his God is upon his head.6:8 All the days of his separation he is holy unto the LORD.6:9 And if any man die very suddenly by him, and he hath defiled thehead of his consecration; then he shall shave his head in the day ofhis cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it.6:10 And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtles, or two youngpigeons, to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of thecongregation: 6:11 And the priest shall offer the one for a sinoffering, and the other for a burnt offering, and make an atonementfor him, for that he sinned by the dead, and shall hallow his headthat same day.6:12 And he shall consecrate unto the LORD the days of his separation,and shall bring a lamb of the first year for a trespass offering: butthe days that were before shall be lost, because his separation wasdefiled.6:13 And this is the law of the Nazarite, when the days of hisseparation are fulfilled: he shall be brought unto the door of thetabernacle of the congregation: 6:14 And he shall offer his offeringunto the LORD, one he lamb of the first year without blemish for aburnt offering, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish fora sin offering, and one ram without blemish for peace offerings, 6:15And a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mingled withoil, and wafers of unleavened bread anointed with oil, and their meatoffering, and their drink offerings.6:16 And the priest shall bring them before the LORD, and shall offerhis sin offering, and his burnt offering: 6:17 And he shall offer theram for a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD, with the basketof unleavened bread: the priest shall offer also his meat offering,and his drink offering.6:18 And the Nazarite shall shave the head of his separation at thedoor of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall take the hair ofthe head of his separation, and put it in the fire which is under thesacrifice of the peace offerings.6:19 And the priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ram, and oneunleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shallput them upon the hands of the Nazarite, after the hair of hisseparation is shaven: 6:20 And the priest shall wave them for a waveoffering before the LORD: this is holy for the priest, with the wavebreast and heave shoulder: and after that the Nazarite may drink wine.6:21 This is the law of the Nazarite who hath vowed, and of hisoffering unto the LORD for his separation, beside that that his handshall get: according to the vow which he vowed, so he must do afterthe law of his separation.6:22 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 6:23 Speak unto Aaron andunto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children ofIsrael, saying unto them, 6:24 The LORD bless thee, and keep thee:6:25 The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious untothee: 6:26 The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give theepeace.6:27 And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel, and Iwill bless them.7:1 And it came to pass on the day that Moses had fully set up thetabernacle, and had anointed it, and sanctified it, and all theinstruments thereof, both the altar and all the vessels thereof, andhad anointed them, and sanctified them; 7:2 That the princes ofIsrael, heads of the house of their fathers, who were the princes ofthe tribes, and were over them that were numbered, offered: 7:3 Andthey brought their offering before the LORD, six covered wagons, andtwelve oxen; a wagon for two of the princes, and for each one an ox:and they brought them before the tabernacle.7:4 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 7:5 Take it of them, thatthey may be to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation;and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, to every man according tohis service.7:6 And Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them unto theLevites.7:7 Two wagons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon,according to their service: 7:8 And four wagons and eight oxen he gaveunto the sons of Merari, according unto their service, under the handof Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.7:9 But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none: because the service ofthe sanctuary belonging unto them was that they should bear upon theirshoulders.7:10 And the princes offered for dedicating of the altar in the daythat it was anointed, even the princes offered their offering beforethe altar.7:11 And the LORD said unto Moses, They shall offer their offering,each prince on his day, for the dedicating of the altar.7:12 And he that offered his offering the first day was Nahshon theson of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah: 7:13 And his offering was onesilver charger, the weight thereof was an hundred and thirty shekels,one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary;both of them were full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meatoffering: 7:14 One spoon of ten shekels of gold, full of incense: 7:15One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burntoffering: 7:16 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: 7:17 And for asacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, fivelambs of the first year: this was the offering of Nahshon the son ofAmminadab.7:18 On the second day Nethaneel the son of Zuar, prince of Issachar,did offer: 7:19 He offered for his offering one silver charger, theweight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl ofseventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them fullof fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: 7:20 One spoon ofgold of ten shekels, full of incense: 7:21 One young bullock, one ram,one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 7:22 One kid of thegoats for a sin offering: 7:23 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings,two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: thiswas the offering of Nethaneel the son of Zuar.7:24 On the third day Eliab the son of Helon, prince of the childrenof Zebulun, did offer: 7:25 His offering was one silver charger, theweight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl ofseventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them fullof fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: 7:26 One goldenspoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 7:27 One young bullock, oneram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 7:28 One kid ofthe goats for a sin offering: 7:29 And for a sacrifice of peaceofferings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the firstyear: this was the offering of Eliab the son of Helon.7:30 On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, prince of thechildren of Reuben, did offer: 7:31 His offering was one silvercharger of the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, one silverbowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both ofthem full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: 7:32 Onegolden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 7:33 One young bullock,one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 7:34 Onekid of the goats for a sin offering: 7:35 And for a sacrifice of peaceofferings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the firstyear: this was the offering of Elizur the son of Shedeur.7:36 On the fifth day Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, prince of thechildren of Simeon, did offer: 7:37 His offering was one silvercharger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, onesilver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary;both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:7:38 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 7:39 One youngbullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:7:40 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: 7:41 And for a sacrificeof peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs ofthe first year: this was the offering of Shelumiel the son ofZurishaddai.7:42 On the sixth day Eliasaph the son of Deuel, prince of thechildren of Gad, offered: 7:43 His offering was one silver charger ofthe weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, a silver bowl of seventyshekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fineflour mingled with oil for a meat offering: 7:44 One golden spoon often shekels, full of incense: 7:45 One young bullock, one ram, onelamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 7:46 One kid of thegoats for a sin offering: 7:47 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings,two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: thiswas the offering of Eliasaph the son of Deuel.7:48 On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, prince of thechildren of Ephraim, offered: 7:49 His offering was one silvercharger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, onesilver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary;both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:7:50 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 7:51 One youngbullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:7:52 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: 7:53 And for a sacrificeof peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs ofthe first year: this was the offering of Elishama the son of Ammihud.7:54 On the eighth day offered Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, prince ofthe children of Manasseh: 7:55 His offering was one silver charger ofthe weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl ofseventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them fullof fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: 7:56 One goldenspoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 7:57 One young bullock, oneram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 7:58 One kid ofthe goats for a sin offering: 7:59 And for a sacrifice of peaceofferings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the firstyear: this was the offering of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.7:60 On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, prince of thechildren of Benjamin, offered: 7:61 His offering was one silvercharger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, onesilver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary;both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:7:62 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 7:63 One youngbullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:7:64 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: 7:65 And for a sacrificeof peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs ofthe first year: this was the offering of Abidan the son of Gideoni.7:66 On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, prince of thechildren of Dan, offered: 7:67 His offering was one silver charger,the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowlof seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of themfull of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: 7:68 Onegolden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 7:69 One young bullock,one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 7:70 Onekid of the goats for a sin offering: 7:71 And for a sacrifice of peaceofferings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the firstyear: this was the offering of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.7:72 On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ocran, prince of thechildren of Asher, offered: 7:73 His offering was one silver charger,the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowlof seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of themfull of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: 7:74 Onegolden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 7:75 One young bullock,one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 7:76 Onekid of the goats for a sin offering: 7:77 And for a sacrifice of peaceofferings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the firstyear: this was the offering of Pagiel the son of Ocran.7:78 On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, prince of the childrenof Naphtali, offered: 7:79 His offering was one silver charger, theweight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl ofseventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them fullof fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: 7:80 One goldenspoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 7:81 One young bullock, oneram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 7:82 One kid ofthe goats for a sin offering: 7:83 And for a sacrifice of peaceofferings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the firstyear: this was the offering of Ahira the son of Enan.7:84 This was the dedication of the altar, in the day when it wasanointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve chargers of silver, twelvesilver bowls, twelve spoons of gold: 7:85 Each charger of silverweighing an hundred and thirty shekels, each bowl seventy: all thesilver vessels weighed two thousand and four hundred shekels, afterthe shekel of the sanctuary: 7:86 The golden spoons were twelve, fullof incense, weighing ten shekels apiece, after the shekel of thesanctuary: all the gold of the spoons was an hundred and twentyshekels.7:87 All the oxen for the burnt offering were twelve bullocks, therams twelve, the lambs of the first year twelve, with their meatoffering: and the kids of the goats for sin offering twelve.7:88 And all the oxen for the sacrifice of the peace offerings weretwenty and four bullocks, the rams sixty, the he goats sixty, thelambs of the first year sixty. This was the dedication of the altar,after that it was anointed.7:89 And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of the congregationto speak with him, then he heard the voice of one speaking unto himfrom off the mercy seat that was upon the ark of testimony, frombetween the two cherubims: and he spake unto him.8:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 8:2 Speak unto Aaron andsay unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall givelight over against the candlestick.8:3 And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against thecandlestick, as the LORD commanded Moses.8:4 And this work of the candlestick was of beaten gold, unto theshaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, was beaten work: accordingunto the pattern which the LORD had shewed Moses, so he made thecandlestick.8:5 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 8:6 Take the Levites fromamong the children of Israel, and cleanse them.8:7 And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle waterof purifying upon them, and let them shave all their flesh, and letthem wash their clothes, and so make themselves clean.8:8 Then let them take a young bullock with his meat offering, evenfine flour mingled with oil, and another young bullock shalt thou takefor a sin offering.8:9 And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of thecongregation: and thou shalt gather the whole assembly of the childrenof Israel together: 8:10 And thou shalt bring the Levites before theLORD: and the children of Israel shall put their hands upon theLevites: 8:11 And Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD for anoffering of the children of Israel, that they may execute the serviceof the LORD.8:12 And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of thebullocks: and thou shalt offer the one for a sin offering, and theother for a burnt offering, unto the LORD, to make an atonement forthe Levites.8:13 And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons,and offer them for an offering unto the LORD.8:14 Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children ofIsrael: and the Levites shall be mine.8:15 And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of thetabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt cleanse them, and offerthem for an offering.8:16 For they are wholly given unto me from among the children ofIsrael; instead of such as open every womb, even instead of thefirstborn of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.8:17 For all the firstborn of the children of Israel are mine, bothman and beast: on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land ofEgypt I sanctified them for myself.8:18 And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of thechildren of Israel.8:19 And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sonsfrom among the children of Israel, to do the service of the childrenof Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make anatonement for the children of Israel: that there be no plague amongthe children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto thesanctuary.8:20 And Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children ofIsrael, did to the Levites according unto all that the LORD commandedMoses concerning the Levites, so did the children of Israel unto them.8:21 And the Levites were purified, and they washed their clothes; andAaron offered them as an offering before the LORD; and Aaron made anatonement for them to cleanse them.8:22 And after that went the Levites in to do their service in thetabernacle of the congregation before Aaron, and before his sons: asthe LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they untothem.8:23 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 8:24 This is it thatbelongeth unto the Levites: from twenty and five years old and upwardthey shall go in to wait upon the service of the tabernacle of thecongregation: 8:25 And from the age of fifty years they shall ceasewaiting upon the service thereof, and shall serve no more: 8:26 Butshall minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of thecongregation, to keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thus shaltthou do unto the Levites touching their charge.9:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in thefirst month of the second year after they were come out of the land ofEgypt, saying, 9:2 Let the children of Israel also keep the passoverat his appointed season.9:3 In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall keep it inhis appointed season: according to all the rites of it, and accordingto all the ceremonies thereof, shall ye keep it.9:4 And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, that they should keepthe passover.9:5 And they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the firstmonth at even in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all that theLORD commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel.9:6 And there were certain men, who were defiled by the dead body of aman, that they could not keep the passover on that day: and they camebefore Moses and before Aaron on that day: 9:7 And those men said untohim, We are defiled by the dead body of a man: wherefore are we keptback, that we may not offer an offering of the LORD in his appointedseason among the children of Israel?  9:8 And Moses said unto them,Stand still, and I will hear what the LORD will command concerningyou.9:9 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 9:10 Speak unto thechildren of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your posterityshall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be in a journey afaroff, yet he shall keep the passover unto the LORD.9:11 The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keepit, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.9:12 They shall leave none of it unto the morning, nor break any boneof it: according to all the ordinances of the passover they shall keepit.9:13 But the man that is clean, and is not in a journey, andforbeareth to keep the passover, even the same soul shall be cut offfrom among his people: because he brought not the offering of the LORDin his appointed season, that man shall bear his sin.9:14 And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep thepassover unto the LORD; according to the ordinance of the passover,and according to the manner thereof, so shall he do: ye shall have oneordinance, both for the stranger, and for him that was born in theland.9:15 And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloudcovered the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony: and at eventhere was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, untilthe morning.9:16 So it was alway: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearanceof fire by night.9:17 And when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then afterthat the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where thecloud abode, there the children of Israel pitched their tents.9:18 At the commandment of the LORD the children of Israel journeyed,and at the commandment of the LORD they pitched: as long as the cloudabode upon the tabernacle they rested in their tents.9:19 And when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle many days,then the children of Israel kept the charge of the LORD, and journeyednot.9:20 And so it was, when the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle;according to the commandment of the LORD they abode in their tents,and according to the commandment of the LORD they journeyed.9:21 And so it was, when the cloud abode from even unto the morning,and that the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they journeyed:whether it was by day or by night that the cloud was taken up, theyjourneyed.9:22 Or whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that thecloud tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children ofIsrael abode in their tents, and journeyed not: but when it was takenup, they journeyed.9:23 At the commandment of the LORD they rested in the tents, and atthe commandment of the LORD they journeyed: they kept the charge ofthe LORD, at the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.10:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 10:2 Make thee twotrumpets of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou make them: that thoumayest use them for the calling of the assembly, and for thejourneying of the camps.10:3 And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shallassemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of thecongregation.10:4 And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes, whichare heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves untothee.10:5 When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east partsshall go forward.10:6 When ye blow an alarm the second time, then the camps that lie onthe south side shall take their journey: they shall blow an alarm fortheir journeys.10:7 But when the congregation is to be gathered together, ye shallblow, but ye shall not sound an alarm.10:8 And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets;and they shall be to you for an ordinance for ever throughout yourgenerations.10:9 And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy thatoppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and yeshall be remembered before the LORD your God, and ye shall be savedfrom your enemies.10:10 Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, andin the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets overyour burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings;that they may be to you for a memorial before your God: I am the LORDyour God.10:11 And it came to pass on the twentieth day of the second month, inthe second year, that the cloud was taken up from off the tabernacleof the testimony.10:12 And the children of Israel took their journeys out of thewilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran.10:13 And they first took their journey according to the commandmentof the LORD by the hand of Moses.10:14 In the first place went the standard of the camp of the childrenof Judah according to their armies: and over his host was Nahshon theson of Amminadab.10:15 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar wasNethaneel the son of Zuar.10:16 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun wasEliab the son of Helon.10:17 And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon andthe sons of Merari set forward, bearing the tabernacle.10:18 And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according totheir armies: and over his host was Elizur the son of Shedeur.10:19 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon wasShelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.10:20 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad wasEliasaph the son of Deuel.10:21 And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: and theother did set up the tabernacle against they came.10:22 And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim setforward according to their armies: and over his host was Elishama theson of Ammihud.10:23 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh wasGamaliel the son of Pedahzur.10:24 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin wasAbidan the son of Gideoni.10:25 And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward,which was the rereward of all the camps throughout their hosts: andover his host was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.10:26 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher wasPagiel the son of Ocran.10:27 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali wasAhira the son of Enan.10:28 Thus were the journeyings of the children of Israel according totheir armies, when they set forward.10:29 And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite,Moses' father in law, We are journeying unto the place of which theLORD said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do theegood: for the LORD hath spoken good concerning Israel.10:30 And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to mineown land, and to my kindred.10:31 And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thouknowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou mayest be tous instead of eyes.10:32 And it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it shall be, that whatgoodness the LORD shall do unto us, the same will we do unto thee.10:33 And they departed from the mount of the LORD three days'journey: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them inthe three days' journey, to search out a resting place for them.10:34 And the cloud of the LORD was upon them by day, when they wentout of the camp.10:35 And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said,Rise up, LORD, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them thathate thee flee before thee.10:36 And when it rested, he said, Return, O LORD, unto the manythousands of Israel.11:1 And when the people complained, it displeased the LORD: and theLORD heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the LORDburnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost partsof the camp.11:2 And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto theLORD, the fire was quenched.11:3 And he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire ofthe LORD burnt among them.11:4 And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: andthe children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give usflesh to eat?  11:5 We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egyptfreely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions,and the garlick: 11:6 But now our soul is dried away: there is nothingat all, beside this manna, before our eyes.11:7 And the manna was as coriander seed, and the colour thereof asthe colour of bdellium.11:8 And the people went about, and gathered it, and ground it inmills, or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans, and made cakes ofit: and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil.11:9 And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fellupon it.11:10 Then Moses heard the people weep throughout their families,every man in the door of his tent: and the anger of the LORD waskindled greatly; Moses also was displeased.11:11 And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thyservant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thoulayest the burden of all this people upon me?  11:12 Have I conceivedall this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say untome, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the suckingchild, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers?  11:13Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weepunto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.11:14 I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is tooheavy for me.11:15 And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out ofhand, if I have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see mywretchedness.11:16 And the LORD said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of theelders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people,and officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of thecongregation, that they may stand there with thee.11:17 And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will takeof the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and theyshall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it notthyself alone.11:18 And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against tomorrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have wept in the ears of theLORD, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with usin Egypt: therefore the LORD will give you flesh, and ye shall eat.11:19 Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neitherten days, nor twenty days; 11:20 But even a whole month, until it comeout at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you: because that yehave despised the LORD which is among you, and have wept before him,saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt?  11:21 And Moses said, Thepeople, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen; and thouhast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month.11:22 Shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them, to sufficethem?  or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them,to suffice them?  11:23 And the LORD said unto Moses, Is the LORD'shand waxed short? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come topass unto thee or not.11:24 And Moses went out, and told the people the words of the LORD,and gathered the seventy men of the elders of the people, and set themround about the tabernacle.11:25 And the LORD came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and tookof the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders:and it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them, theyprophesied, and did not cease.11:26 But there remained two of the men in the camp, the name of theone was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad: and the spirit restedupon them; and they were of them that were written, but went not outunto the tabernacle: and they prophesied in the camp.11:27 And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad andMedad do prophesy in the camp.11:28 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of hisyoung men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them.11:29 And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would Godthat all the LORD's people were prophets, and that the LORD would puthis spirit upon them!  11:30 And Moses gat him into the camp, he andthe elders of Israel.11:31 And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quailsfrom the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day'sjourney on this side, and as it were a day's journey on the otherside, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon theface of the earth.11:32 And the people stood up all that day, and all that night, andall the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered leastgathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselvesround about the camp.11:33 And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it waschewed, the wrath of the LORD was kindled against the people, and theLORD smote the people with a very great plague.11:34 And he called the name of that place Kibrothhattaavah: becausethere they buried the people that lusted.11:35 And the people journeyed from Kibrothhattaavah unto Hazeroth;and abode at Hazeroth.12:1 And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopianwoman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.12:2 And they said, Hath the LORD indeed spoken only by Moses? hath henot spoken also by us? And the LORD heard it.12:3 (Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which wereupon the face of the earth.)  12:4 And the LORD spake suddenly untoMoses, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam, Come out ye three unto thetabernacle of the congregation. And they three came out.12:5 And the LORD came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood inthe door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam: and they bothcame forth.12:6 And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you,I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speakunto him in a dream.12:7 My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house.12:8 With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not indark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold:wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?12:9 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against them; and hedeparted.12:10 And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and, behold,Miriam became leprous, white as snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam,and, behold, she was leprous.12:11 And Aaron said unto Moses, Alas, my lord, I beseech thee, laynot the sin upon us, wherein we have done foolishly, and wherein wehave sinned.12:12 Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumedwhen he cometh out of his mother's womb.12:13 And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, Heal her now, O God, Ibeseech thee.12:14 And the LORD said unto Moses, If her father had but spit in herface, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut out fromthe camp seven days, and after that let her be received in again.12:15 And Miriam was shut out from the camp seven days: and the peoplejourneyed not till Miriam was brought in again.12:16 And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched inthe wilderness of Paran.13:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 13:2 Send thou men, thatthey may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children ofIsrael: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every onea ruler among them.13:3 And Moses by the commandment of the LORD sent them from thewilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children ofIsrael.13:4 And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua theson of Zaccur.13:5 Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori.13:6 Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.13:7 Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph.13:8 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun.13:9 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu.13:10 Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi.13:11 Of the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddithe son of Susi.13:12 Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli.13:13 Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael.13:14 Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi.13:15 Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.13:16 These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out theland.And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.13:17 And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said untothem, Get you up this way southward, and go up into the mountain:13:18 And see the land, what it is, and the people that dwelleththerein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many; 13:19 And whatthe land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad; and whatcities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strongholds; 13:20 And what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whetherthere be wood therein, or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring ofthe fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the firstripegrapes.13:21 So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness ofZin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.13:22 And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; whereAhiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebronwas built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)  13:23 And they came untothe brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with onecluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff; and theybrought of the pomegranates, and of the figs.13:24 The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster ofgrapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence.13:25 And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.13:26 And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all thecongregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran,to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all thecongregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land.13:27 And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thousentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is thefruit of it.13:28 Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, andthe cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw thechildren of Anak there.13:29 The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites,and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and theCanaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan.13:30 And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us goup at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.13:31 But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go upagainst the people; for they are stronger than we.13:32 And they brought up an evil report of the land which they hadsearched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through whichwe have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitantsthereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a greatstature.13:33 And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of thegiants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we werein their sight.14:1 And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; andthe people wept that night.14:2 And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and againstAaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that wehad died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in thiswilderness!  14:3 And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto thisland, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should bea prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?  14:4 And theysaid one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return intoEgypt.14:5 Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assemblyof the congregation of the children of Israel.14:6 And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, whichwere of them that searched the land, rent their clothes: 14:7 And theyspake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, Theland, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land.14:8 If the LORD delight in us, then he will bring us into this land,and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.14:9 Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people ofthe land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed fromthem, and the LORD is with us: fear them not.14:10 But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And theglory of the LORD appeared in the tabernacle of the congregationbefore all the children of Israel.14:11 And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provokeme?  and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signswhich I have shewed among them?  14:12 I will smite them with thepestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greaternation and mightier than they.14:13 And Moses said unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear it,(for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;)14:14 And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for theyhave heard that thou LORD art among this people, that thou LORD artseen face to face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and thatthou goest before them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in apillar of fire by night.14:15 Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then thenations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying, 14:16Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land whichhe sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness.14:17 And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my LORD be great,according as thou hast spoken, saying, 14:18 The LORD islongsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity andtransgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting theiniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourthgeneration.14:19 Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people accordingunto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven thispeople, from Egypt even until now.14:20 And the LORD said, I have pardoned according to thy word: 14:21But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the gloryof the LORD.14:22 Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles,which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me nowthese ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice; 14:23 Surely theyshall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shallany of them that provoked me see it: 14:24 But my servant Caleb,because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully,him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shallpossess it.14:25 (Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.)Tomorrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of theRed sea.14:26 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 14:27 Howlong shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmur againstme? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which theymurmur against me.14:28 Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the LORD, as ye havespoken in mine ears, so will I do to you: 14:29 Your carcases shallfall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, accordingto your whole number, from twenty years old and upward which havemurmured against me.14:30 Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which Isware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, andJoshua the son of Nun.14:31 But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them willI bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised.14:32 But as for you, your carcases, they shall fall in thiswilderness.14:33 And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years,and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in thewilderness.14:34 After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, evenforty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, evenforty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise.14:35 I the LORD have said, I will surely do it unto all this evilcongregation, that are gathered together against me: in thiswilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.14:36 And the men, which Moses sent to search the land, who returned,and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up aslander upon the land, 14:37 Even those men that did bring up the evilreport upon the land, died by the plague before the LORD.14:38 But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, whichwere of the men that went to search the land, lived still.14:39 And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel:and the people mourned greatly.14:40 And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into thetop of the mountain, saying, Lo, we be here, and will go up unto theplace which the LORD hath promised: for we have sinned.14:41 And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandmentof the LORD? but it shall not prosper.14:42 Go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not smittenbefore your enemies.14:43 For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, andye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned away from the LORD,therefore the LORD will not be with you.14:44 But they presumed to go up unto the hill top: nevertheless theark of the covenant of the LORD, and Moses, departed not out of thecamp.14:45 Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt inthat hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah.15:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 15:2 Speak unto thechildren of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the landof your habitations, which I give unto you, 15:3 And will make anoffering by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering, or a sacrifice inperforming a vow, or in a freewill offering, or in your solemn feasts,to make a sweet savour unto the LORD, of the herd or of the flock:15:4 Then shall he that offereth his offering unto the LORD bring ameat offering of a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part ofan hin of oil.15:5 And the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering shaltthou prepare with the burnt offering or sacrifice, for one lamb.15:6 Or for a ram, thou shalt prepare for a meat offering two tenthdeals of flour mingled with the third part of an hin of oil.15:7 And for a drink offering thou shalt offer the third part of anhin of wine, for a sweet savour unto the LORD.15:8 And when thou preparest a bullock for a burnt offering, or for asacrifice in performing a vow, or peace offerings unto the LORD: 15:9Then shall he bring with a bullock a meat offering of three tenthdeals of flour mingled with half an hin of oil.15:10 And thou shalt bring for a drink offering half an hin of wine,for an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.15:11 Thus shall it be done for one bullock, or for one ram, or for alamb, or a kid.15:12 According to the number that ye shall prepare, so shall ye do toevery one according to their number.15:13 All that are born of the country shall do these things afterthis manner, in offering an offering made by fire, of a sweet savourunto the LORD.15:14 And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whosoever be among you inyour generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweetsavour unto the LORD; as ye do, so he shall do.15:15 One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation, andalso for the stranger that sojourneth with you, an ordinance for everin your generations: as ye are, so shall the stranger be before theLORD.15:16 One law and one manner shall be for you, and for the strangerthat sojourneth with you.15:17 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 15:18 Speak unto thechildren of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the landwhither I bring you, 15:19 Then it shall be, that, when ye eat of thebread of the land, ye shall offer up an heave offering unto the LORD.15:20 Ye shall offer up a cake of the first of your dough for an heaveoffering: as ye do the heave offering of the threshingfloor, so shallye heave it.15:21 Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the LORD an heaveoffering in your generations.15:22 And if ye have erred, and not observed all these commandments,which the LORD hath spoken unto Moses, 15:23 Even all that the LORDhath commanded you by the hand of Moses, from the day that the LORDcommanded Moses, and henceforward among your generations; 15:24 Thenit shall be, if ought be committed by ignorance without the knowledgeof the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one youngbullock for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour unto the LORD, withhis meat offering, and his drink offering, according to the manner,and one kid of the goats for a sin offering.15:25 And the priest shall make an atonement for all the congregationof the children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them; for it isignorance: and they shall bring their offering, a sacrifice made byfire unto the LORD, and their sin offering before the LORD, for theirignorance: 15:26 And it shall be forgiven all the congregation of thechildren of Israel, and the stranger that sojourneth among them;seeing all the people were in ignorance.15:27 And if any soul sin through ignorance, then he shall bring a shegoat of the first year for a sin offering.15:28 And the priest shall make an atonement for the soul that sinnethignorantly, when he sinneth by ignorance before the LORD, to make anatonement for him; and it shall be forgiven him.15:29 Ye shall have one law for him that sinneth through ignorance,both for him that is born among the children of Israel, and for thestranger that sojourneth among them.15:30 But the soul that doeth ought presumptuously, whether he be bornin the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the LORD; and thatsoul shall be cut off from among his people.15:31 Because he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath brokenhis commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquityshall be upon him.15:32 And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, theyfound a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day.15:33 And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Mosesand Aaron, and unto all the congregation.15:34 And they put him in ward, because it was not declared whatshould be done to him.15:35 And the LORD said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put todeath: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without thecamp.15:36 And all the congregation brought him without the camp, andstoned him with stones, and he died; as the LORD commanded Moses.15:37 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 15:38 Speak unto thechildren of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in theborders of their garments throughout their generations, and that theyput upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue: 15:39 And itshall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and rememberall the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek notafter your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go awhoring: 15:40 That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, andbe holy unto your God.15:41 I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land ofEgypt, to be your God: I am the LORD your God.16:1 Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi,and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth,sons of Reuben, took men: 16:2 And they rose up before Moses, withcertain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes ofthe assembly, famous in the congregation, men of renown: 16:3 And theygathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and saidunto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation areholy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them: wherefore thenlift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the LORD?  16:4 Andwhen Moses heard it, he fell upon his face: 16:5 And he spake untoKorah and unto all his company, saying, Even to morrow the LORD willshew who are his, and who is holy; and will cause him to come nearunto him: even him whom he hath chosen will he cause to come near untohim.16:6 This do; Take you censers, Korah, and all his company; 16:7 Andput fire therein, and put incense in them before the LORD to morrow:and it shall be that the man whom the LORD doth choose, he shall beholy: ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi.16:8 And Moses said unto Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi:16:9 Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israelhath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you nearto himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the LORD, and tostand before the congregation to minister unto them?  16:10 And hehath brought thee near to him, and all thy brethren the sons of Leviwith thee: and seek ye the priesthood also?  16:11 For which causeboth thou and all thy company are gathered together against the LORD:and what is Aaron, that ye murmur against him?  16:12 And Moses sentto call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: which said, We will notcome up: 16:13 Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out ofa land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness,except thou make thyself altogether a prince over us?  16:14 Moreoverthou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey,or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out theeyes of these men? we will not come up.16:15 And Moses was very wroth, and said unto the LORD, Respect notthou their offering: I have not taken one ass from them, neither haveI hurt one of them.16:16 And Moses said unto Korah, Be thou and all thy company beforethe LORD, thou, and they, and Aaron, to morrow: 16:17 And take everyman his censer, and put incense in them, and bring ye before the LORDevery man his censer, two hundred and fifty censers; thou also, andAaron, each of you his censer.16:18 And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, andlaid incense thereon, and stood in the door of the tabernacle of thecongregation with Moses and Aaron.16:19 And Korah gathered all the congregation against them unto thedoor of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the glory of the LORDappeared unto all the congregation.16:20 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 16:21Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consumethem in a moment.16:22 And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of thespirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth withall the congregation?  16:23 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,16:24 Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about thetabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.16:25 And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and theelders of Israel followed him.16:26 And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you,from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of their's, lestye be consumed in all their sins.16:27 So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram,on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the doorof their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their littlechildren.16:28 And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the LORD hath sent meto do all these works; for I have not done them of mine own mind.16:29 If these men die the common death of all men, or if they bevisited after the visitation of all men; then the LORD hath not sentme.16:30 But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth,and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they godown quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men haveprovoked the LORD.16:31 And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all thesewords, that the ground clave asunder that was under them: 16:32 Andthe earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses,and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.16:33 They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into thepit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among thecongregation.16:34 And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry ofthem: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also.16:35 And there came out a fire from the LORD, and consumed the twohundred and fifty men that offered incense.16:36 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 16:37 Speak unto Eleazarthe son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of theburning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are hallowed.16:38 The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let themmake them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they offeredthem before the LORD, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be asign unto the children of Israel.16:39 And Eleazar the priest took the brasen censers, wherewith theythat were burnt had offered; and they were made broad plates for acovering of the altar: 16:40 To be a memorial unto the children ofIsrael, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come nearto offer incense before the LORD; that he be not as Korah, and as hiscompany: as the LORD said to him by the hand of Moses.16:41 But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israelmurmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed thepeople of the LORD.16:42 And it came to pass, when the congregation was gathered againstMoses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tabernacle of thecongregation: and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of theLORD appeared.16:43 And Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of thecongregation.16:44 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 16:45 Get you up fromamong this congregation, that I may consume them as in a moment. Andthey fell upon their faces.16:46 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire thereinfrom off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto thecongregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath goneout from the LORD; the plague is begun.16:47 And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of thecongregation; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: andhe put on incense, and made an atonement for the people.16:48 And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague wasstayed.16:49 Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand andseven hundred, beside them that died about the matter of Korah.16:50 And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of the tabernacle ofthe congregation: and the plague was stayed.17:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 17:2 Speak unto thechildren of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod according tothe house of their fathers, of all their princes according to thehouse of their fathers twelve rods: write thou every man's name uponhis rod.17:3 And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi: for onerod shall be for the head of the house of their fathers.17:4 And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregationbefore the testimony, where I will meet with you.17:5 And it shall come to pass, that the man's rod, whom I shallchoose, shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murmuringsof the children of Israel, whereby they murmur against you.17:6 And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and every one oftheir princes gave him a rod apiece, for each prince one, according totheir fathers' houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron wasamong their rods.17:7 And Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle ofwitness.17:8 And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into thetabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house ofLevi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, andyielded almonds.17:9 And Moses brought out all the rods from before the LORD unto allthe children of Israel: and they looked, and took every man his rod.17:10 And the LORD said unto Moses, Bring Aaron's rod again before thetestimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shaltquite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not.17:11 And Moses did so: as the LORD commanded him, so did he.17:12 And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, wedie, we perish, we all perish.17:13 Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the LORDshall die: shall we be consumed with dying?  18:1 And the LORD saidunto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father's house with thee shallbear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with theeshall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.18:2 And thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thyfather, bring thou with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, andminister unto thee: but thou and thy sons with thee shall ministerbefore the tabernacle of witness.18:3 And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all thetabernacle: only they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuaryand the altar, that neither they, nor ye also, die.18:4 And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of thetabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle:and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you.18:5 And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge ofthe altar: that there be no wrath any more upon the children ofIsrael.18:6 And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from amongthe children of Israel: to you they are given as a gift for the LORD,to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.18:7 Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest'soffice for everything of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shallserve: I have given your priest's office unto you as a service ofgift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.18:8 And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee thecharge of mine heave offerings of all the hallowed things of thechildren of Israel; unto thee have I given them by reason of theanointing, and to thy sons, by an ordinance for ever.18:9 This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from thefire: every oblation of theirs, every meat offering of theirs, andevery sin offering of theirs, and every trespass offering of theirswhich they shall render unto me, shall be most holy for thee and forthy sons.18:10 In the most holy place shalt thou eat it; every male shall eatit: it shall be holy unto thee.18:11 And this is thine; the heave offering of their gift, with allthe wave offerings of the children of Israel: I have given them untothee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, by a statute forever: every one that is clean in thy house shall eat of it.18:12 All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and ofthe wheat, the firstfruits of them which they shall offer unto theLORD, them have I given thee.18:13 And whatsoever is first ripe in the land, which they shall bringunto the LORD, shall be thine; every one that is clean in thine houseshall eat of it.18:14 Every thing devoted in Israel shall be thine.18:15 Every thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which theybring unto the LORD, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be thine:nevertheless the firstborn of man shalt thou surely redeem, and thefirstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem.18:16 And those that are to be redeemed from a month old shalt thouredeem, according to thine estimation, for the money of five shekels,after the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs.18:17 But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or thefirstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they are holy: thou shaltsprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat for anoffering made by fire, for a sweet savour unto the LORD.18:18 And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and asthe right shoulder are thine.18:19 All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the childrenof Israel offer unto the LORD, have I given thee, and thy sons and thydaughters with thee, by a statute for ever: it is a covenant of saltfor ever before the LORD unto thee and to thy seed with thee.18:20 And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance intheir land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I am thy partand thine inheritance among the children of Israel.18:21 And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth inIsrael for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, eventhe service of the tabernacle of the congregation.18:22 Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh thetabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die.18:23 But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of thecongregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be astatute for ever throughout your generations, that among the childrenof Israel they have no inheritance.18:24 But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as anheave offering unto the LORD, I have given to the Levites to inherit:therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel theyshall have no inheritance.18:25 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 18:26 Thus speak unto theLevites, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israel thetithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then yeshall offer up an heave offering of it for the LORD, even a tenth partof the tithe.18:27 And this your heave offering shall be reckoned unto you, asthough it were the corn of the threshingfloor, and as the fulness ofthe winepress.18:28 Thus ye also shall offer an heave offering unto the LORD of allyour tithes, which ye receive of the children of Israel; and ye shallgive thereof the LORD's heave offering to Aaron the priest.18:29 Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave offering of theLORD, of all the best thereof, even the hallowed part thereof out ofit.18:30 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, When ye have heaved the bestthereof from it, then it shall be counted unto the Levites as theincrease of the threshingfloor, and as the increase of the winepress.18:31 And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households: forit is your reward for your service in the tabernacle of thecongregation.18:32 And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heavedfrom it the best of it: neither shall ye pollute the holy things ofthe children of Israel, lest ye die.19:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 19:2 Thisis the ordinance of the law which the LORD hath commanded, saying,Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heiferwithout spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke:19:3 And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, that he may bringher forth without the camp, and one shall slay her before his face:19:4 And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger,and sprinkle of her blood directly before the tabernacle of thecongregation seven times: 19:5 And one shall burn the heifer in hissight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall heburn: 19:6 And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, andscarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer.19:7 Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe hisflesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and thepriest shall be unclean until the even.19:8 And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, andbathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even.19:9 And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer,and lay them up without the camp in a clean place, and it shall bekept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water ofseparation: it is a purification for sin.19:10 And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash hisclothes, and be unclean until the even: and it shall be unto thechildren of Israel, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them,for a statute for ever.19:11 He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean sevendays.19:12 He shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on theseventh day he shall be clean: but if he purify not himself the thirdday, then the seventh day he shall not be clean.19:13 Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, andpurifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the LORD; and thatsoul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water of separation wasnot sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yetupon him.19:14 This is the law, when a man dieth in a tent: all that come intothe tent, and all that is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days.19:15 And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, isunclean.19:16 And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in theopen fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall beunclean seven days.19:17 And for an unclean person they shall take of the ashes of theburnt heifer of purification for sin, and running water shall be putthereto in a vessel: 19:18 And a clean person shall take hyssop, anddip it in the water, and sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all thevessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him thattouched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave: 19:19 And theclean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day, and onthe seventh day: and on the seventh day he shall purify himself, andwash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean ateven.19:20 But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself,that soul shall be cut off from among the congregation, because hehath defiled the sanctuary of the LORD: the water of separation hathnot been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean.19:21 And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them, that he thatsprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his clothes; and he thattoucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until even.19:22 And whatsoever the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean; andthe soul that toucheth it shall be unclean until even.20:1 Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation,into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode inKadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there.20:2 And there was no water for the congregation: and they gatheredthemselves together against Moses and against Aaron.20:3 And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would Godthat we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!  20:4 And whyhave ye brought up the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness,that we and our cattle should die there?  20:5 And wherefore have yemade us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place?it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates;neither is there any water to drink.20:6 And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly untothe door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they fell upontheir faces: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto them.20:7 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 20:8 Take the rod, andgather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, andspeak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth hiswater, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock: sothou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink.20:9 And Moses took the rod from before the LORD, as he commanded him.20:10 And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together beforethe rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetchyou water out of this rock?  20:11 And Moses lifted up his hand, andwith his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came outabundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also.20:12 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed menot, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, thereforeye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have giventhem.20:13 This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israelstrove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.20:14 And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom,Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hathbefallen us: 20:15 How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we havedwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and ourfathers: 20:16 And when we cried unto the LORD, he heard our voice,and sent an angel, and hath brought us forth out of Egypt: and,behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border: 20:17Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not passthrough the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink ofthe water of the wells: we will go by the king's high way, we will notturn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thyborders.20:18 And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I comeout against thee with the sword.20:19 And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go by the highway: and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, then I will pay forit: I will only, without doing anything else, go through on my feet.20:20 And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came outagainst him with much people, and with a strong hand.20:21 Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border:wherefore Israel turned away from him.20:22 And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation,journeyed from Kadesh, and came unto mount Hor.20:23 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by thecoast of the land of Edom, saying, 20:24 Aaron shall be gathered untohis people: for he shall not enter into the land which I have givenunto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled against my word atthe water of Meribah.20:25 Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up unto mountHor: 20:26 And strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazarhis son: and Aaron shall be gathered unto his people, and shall diethere.20:27 And Moses did as the LORD commanded: and they went up into mountHor in the sight of all the congregation.20:28 And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them uponEleazar his son; and Aaron died there in the top of the mount: andMoses and Eleazar came down from the mount.20:29 And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, theymourned for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.21:1 And when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heardtell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought againstIsrael, and took some of them prisoners.21:2 And Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou wiltindeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroytheir cities.21:3 And the LORD hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered upthe Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: andhe called the name of the place Hormah.21:4 And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, tocompass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was muchdiscouraged because of the way.21:5 And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Whereforehave ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for thereis no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth thislight bread.21:6 And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bitthe people; and much people of Israel died.21:7 Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, forwe have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the LORD,that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for thepeople.21:8 And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and setit upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that isbitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.21:9 And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and itcame to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld theserpent of brass, he lived.21:10 And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth.21:11 And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ijeabarim, in thewilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising.21:12 From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared.21:13 From thence they removed, and pitched on the other side ofArnon, which is in the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of theAmorites: for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and theAmorites.21:14 Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the LORD, Whathe did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon, 21:15 And at thestream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and liethupon the border of Moab.21:16 And from thence they went to Beer: that is the well whereof theLORD spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will givethem water.21:17 Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it:21:18 The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it,by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from thewilderness they went to Mattanah: 21:19 And from Mattanah to Nahaliel:and from Nahaliel to Bamoth: 21:20 And from Bamoth in the valley, thatis in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh towardJeshimon.21:21 And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites,saying, 21:22 Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into thefields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink of the waters of thewell: but we will go along by the king's high way, until we be pastthy borders.21:23 And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border:but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out againstIsrael into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought againstIsrael.21:24 And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessedhis land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon: forthe border of the children of Ammon was strong.21:25 And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all thecities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof.21:26 For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, whohad fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land outof his hand, even unto Arnon.21:27 Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon,let the city of Sihon be built and prepared: 21:28 For there is a firegone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumedAr of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon.21:29 Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he hathgiven his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity untoSihon king of the Amorites.21:30 We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, andwe have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba.21:31 Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites.21:32 And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villagesthereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there.21:33 And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og theking of Bashan went out against them, he, and all his people, to thebattle at Edrei.21:34 And the LORD said unto Moses, Fear him not: for I have deliveredhim into thy hand, and all his people, and his land; and thou shalt doto him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt atHeshbon.21:35 So they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until therewas none left him alive: and they possessed his land.22:1 And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plainsof Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho.22:2 And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to theAmorites.22:3 And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many:and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.22:4 And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this companylick up all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass ofthe field.And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time.22:5 He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor toPethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of hispeople, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out fromEgypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide overagainst me: 22:6 Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me thispeople; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail,that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: forI wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursestis cursed.22:7 And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with therewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, andspake unto him the words of Balak.22:8 And he said unto them, Lodge here this night, and I will bringyou word again, as the LORD shall speak unto me: and the princes ofMoab abode with Balaam.22:9 And God came unto Balaam, and said, What men are these with thee?22:10 And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab,hath sent unto me, saying, 22:11 Behold, there is a people come out ofEgypt, which covereth the face of the earth: come now, curse me them;peradventure I shall be able to overcome them, and drive them out.22:12 And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thoushalt not curse the people: for they are blessed.22:13 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes ofBalak, Get you into your land: for the LORD refuseth to give me leaveto go with you.22:14 And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, andsaid, Balaam refuseth to come with us.22:15 And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable thanthey.22:16 And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak theson of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming untome: 22:17 For I will promote thee unto very great honour, and I willdo whatsoever thou sayest unto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curseme this people.22:18 And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, IfBalak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot gobeyond the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more.22:19 Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that Imay know what the LORD will say unto me more.22:20 And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the mencome to call thee, rise up, and go with them; but yet the word which Ishall say unto thee, that shalt thou do.22:21 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and wentwith the princes of Moab.22:22 And God's anger was kindled because he went: and the angel ofthe LORD stood in the way for an adversary against him. Now he wasriding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him.22:23 And the ass saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, andhis sword drawn in his hand: and the ass turned aside out of the way,and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her intothe way.22:24 But the angel of the LORD stood in a path of the vineyards, awall being on this side, and a wall on that side.22:25 And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she thrust herselfunto the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall: and hesmote her again.22:26 And the angel of the LORD went further, and stood in a narrowplace, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to theleft.22:27 And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she fell down underBalaam: and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with astaff.22:28 And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said untoBalaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me thesethree times?  22:29 And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hastmocked me: I would there were a sword in mine hand, for now would Ikill thee.22:30 And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon whichthou hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this day? was I ever wontto do so unto thee? And he said, Nay.22:31 Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel ofthe LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and hebowed down his head, and fell flat on his face.22:32 And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore hast thousmitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstandthee, because thy way is perverse before me: 22:33 And the ass saw me,and turned from me these three times: unless she had turned from me,surely now also I had slain thee, and saved her alive.22:34 And Balaam said unto the angel of the LORD, I have sinned; for Iknew not that thou stoodest in the way against me: now therefore, ifit displease thee, I will get me back again.22:35 And the angel of the LORD said unto Balaam, Go with the men: butonly the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. SoBalaam went with the princes of Balak.22:36 And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meethim unto a city of Moab, which is in the border of Arnon, which is inthe utmost coast.22:37 And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto theeto call thee? wherefore camest thou not unto me? am I not able indeedto promote thee to honour?  22:38 And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I amcome unto thee: have I now any power at all to say any thing? the wordthat God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.22:39 And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto Kirjathhuzoth.22:40 And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to theprinces that were with him.22:41 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, andbrought him up into the high places of Baal, that thence he might seethe utmost part of the people.23:1 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, andprepare me here seven oxen and seven rams.23:2 And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offeredon every altar a bullock and a ram.23:3 And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and Iwill go: peradventure the LORD will come to meet me: and whatsoever hesheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place.23:4 And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared sevenaltars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram.23:5 And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return untoBalak, and thus thou shalt speak.23:6 And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burntsacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab.23:7 And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hathbrought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come,curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.23:8 How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy,whom the LORD hath not defied?  23:9 For from the top of the rocks Isee him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwellalone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.23:10 Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourthpart of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my lastend be like his!  23:11 And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thoudone unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thouhast blessed them altogether.23:12 And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak thatwhich the LORD hath put in my mouth?  23:13 And Balak said unto him,Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayestsee them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt notsee them all: and curse me them from thence.23:14 And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top ofPisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram onevery altar.23:15 And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, whileI meet the LORD yonder.23:16 And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said,Go again unto Balak, and say thus.23:17 And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering,and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What haththe LORD spoken?  23:18 And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up,Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor: 23:19 God is nota man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he shouldrepent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, andshall he not make it good?  23:20 Behold, I have received commandmentto bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.23:21 He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seenperverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the shout ofa king is among them.23:22 God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strengthof an unicorn.23:23 Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is thereany divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be saidof Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!  23:24 Behold, thepeople shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a younglion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink theblood of the slain.23:25 And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor blessthem at all.23:26 But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee,saying, All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do?  23:27 And Balaksaid unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto anotherplace; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me themfrom thence.23:28 And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that lookethtoward Jeshimon.23:29 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, andprepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.23:30 And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and aram on every altar.24:1 And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, hewent not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set hisface toward the wilderness.24:2 And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding in histents according to their tribes; and the spirit of God came upon him.24:3 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hathsaid, and the man whose eyes are open hath said: 24:4 He hath said,which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty,falling into a trance, but having his eyes open: 24:5 How goodly arethy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel!  24:6 As thevalleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side, as thetrees of lign aloes which the LORD hath planted, and as cedar treesbeside the waters.24:7 He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall bein many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and hiskingdom shall be exalted.24:8 God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were thestrength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, andshall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.24:9 He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shallstir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he thatcurseth thee.24:10 And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote hishands together: and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to cursemine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed them thesethree times.24:11 Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote theeunto great honour; but, lo, the LORD hath kept thee back from honour.24:12 And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengerswhich thou sentest unto me, saying, 24:13 If Balak would give me hishouse full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment ofthe LORD, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; but what the LORDsaith, that will I speak?  24:14 And now, behold, I go unto my people:come therefore, and I will advertise thee what this people shall do tothy people in the latter days.24:15 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beorhath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said: 24:16 He hathsaid, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the mostHigh, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, buthaving his eyes open: 24:17 I shall see him, but not now: I shallbehold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and aSceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab,and destroy all the children of Sheth.24:18 And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possessionfor his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly.24:19 Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shalldestroy him that remaineth of the city.24:20 And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said,Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be thathe perish for ever.24:21 And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said,Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.24:22 Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shallcarry thee away captive.24:23 And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live whenGod doeth this!  24:24 And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim,and shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shallperish for ever.24:25 And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place: andBalak also went his way.25:1 And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commitwhoredom with the daughters of Moab.25:2 And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: andthe people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.25:3 And Israel joined himself unto Baalpeor: and the anger of theLORD was kindled against Israel.25:4 And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people,and hang them up before the LORD against the sun, that the fierceanger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel.25:5 And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one hismen that were joined unto Baalpeor.25:6 And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought untohis brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in thesight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who wereweeping before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.25:7 And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron thepriest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took ajavelin in his hand; 25:8 And he went after the man of Israel into thetent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and thewoman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children ofIsrael.25:9 And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.25:10 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 25:11 Phinehas, the sonof Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath awayfrom the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake amongthem, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy.25:12 Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace:25:13 And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenantof an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, andmade an atonement for the children of Israel.25:14 Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, even that wasslain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a princeof a chief house among the Simeonites.25:15 And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi,the daughter of Zur; he was head over a people, and of a chief housein Midian.25:16 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 25:17 Vex the Midianites,and smite them: 25:18 For they vex you with their wiles, wherewiththey have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter ofCozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, which wasslain in the day of the plague for Peor's sake.26:1 And it came to pass after the plague, that the LORD spake untoMoses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying, 26:2 Takethe sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twentyyears old and upward, throughout their fathers' house, all that areable to go to war in Israel.26:3 And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains ofMoab by Jordan near Jericho, saying, 26:4 Take the sum of the people,from twenty years old and upward; as the LORD commanded Moses and thechildren of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt.26:5 Reuben, the eldest son of Israel: the children of Reuben; Hanoch,of whom cometh the family of the Hanochites: of Pallu, the family ofthe Palluites: 26:6 Of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Carmi,the family of the Carmites.26:7 These are the families of the Reubenites: and they that werenumbered of them were forty and three thousand and seven hundred andthirty.26:8 And the sons of Pallu; Eliab.26:9 And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This isthat Dathan and Abiram, which were famous in the congregation, whostrove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, whenthey strove against the LORD: 26:10 And the earth opened her mouth,and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died,what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they becamea sign.26:11 Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not.26:12 The sons of Simeon after their families: of Nemuel, the familyof the Nemuelites: of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites: of Jachin,the family of the Jachinites: 26:13 Of Zerah, the family of theZarhites: of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites.26:14 These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty and twothousand and two hundred.26:15 The children of Gad after their families: of Zephon, the familyof the Zephonites: of Haggi, the family of the Haggites: of Shuni, thefamily of the Shunites: 26:16 Of Ozni, the family of the Oznites: ofEri, the family of the Erites: 26:17 Of Arod, the family of theArodites: of Areli, the family of the Arelites.26:18 These are the families of the children of Gad according to thosethat were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred.26:19 The sons of Judah were Er and Onan: and Er and Onan died in theland of Canaan.26:20 And the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, thefamily of the Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the Pharzites: ofZerah, the family of the Zarhites.26:21 And the sons of Pharez were; of Hezron, the family of theHezronites: of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.26:22 These are the families of Judah according to those that werenumbered of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and five hundred.26:23 Of the sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, thefamily of the Tolaites: of Pua, the family of the Punites: 26:24 OfJashub, the family of the Jashubites: of Shimron, the family of theShimronites.26:25 These are the families of Issachar according to those that werenumbered of them, threescore and four thousand and three hundred.26:26 Of the sons of Zebulun after their families: of Sered, thefamily of the Sardites: of Elon, the family of the Elonites: ofJahleel, the family of the Jahleelites.26:27 These are the families of the Zebulunites according to thosethat were numbered of them, threescore thousand and five hundred.26:28 The sons of Joseph after their families were Manasseh andEphraim.26:29 Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of theMachirites: and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead come the family of theGileadites.26:30 These are the sons of Gilead: of Jeezer, the family of theJeezerites: of Helek, the family of the Helekites: 26:31 And ofAsriel, the family of the Asrielites: and of Shechem, the family ofthe Shechemites: 26:32 And of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites:and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites.26:33 And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: andthe names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah,Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.26:34 These are the families of Manasseh, and those that were numberedof them, fifty and two thousand and seven hundred.26:35 These are the sons of Ephraim after their families: ofShuthelah, the family of the Shuthalhites: of Becher, the family ofthe Bachrites: of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.26:36 And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of theEranites.26:37 These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to thosethat were numbered of them, thirty and two thousand and five hundred.These are the sons of Joseph after their families.26:38 The sons of Benjamin after their families: of Bela, the familyof the Belaites: of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites: of Ahiram,the family of the Ahiramites: 26:39 Of Shupham, the family of theShuphamites: of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites.26:40 And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family ofthe Ardites: and of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.26:41 These are the sons of Benjamin after their families: and theythat were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and sixhundred.26:42 These are the sons of Dan after their families: of Shuham, thefamily of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan after theirfamilies.26:43 All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those that werenumbered of them, were threescore and four thousand and four hundred.26:44 Of the children of Asher after their families: of Jimna, thefamily of the Jimnites: of Jesui, the family of the Jesuites: ofBeriah, the family of the Beriites.26:45 Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites: ofMalchiel, the family of the Malchielites.26:46 And the name of the daughter of Asher was Sarah.26:47 These are the families of the sons of Asher according to thosethat were numbered of them; who were fifty and three thousand and fourhundred.26:48 Of the sons of Naphtali after their families: of Jahzeel, thefamily of the Jahzeelites: of Guni, the family of the Gunites: 26:49Of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites: of Shillem, the family of theShillemites.26:50 These are the families of Naphtali according to their families:and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand andfour hundred.26:51 These were the numbered of the children of Israel, six hundredthousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty.26:52 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 26:53 Unto these the landshall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names.26:54 To many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thoushalt give the less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance begiven according to those that were numbered of him.26:55 Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according tothe names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.26:56 According to the lot shall the possession thereof be dividedbetween many and few.26:57 And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after theirfamilies: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, thefamily of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites.26:58 These are the families of the Levites: the family of theLibnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites,the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korathites. And Kohathbegat Amram.26:59 And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi,whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaronand Moses, and Miriam their sister.26:60 And unto Aaron was born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.26:61 And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire beforethe LORD.26:62 And those that were numbered of them were twenty and threethousand, all males from a month old and upward: for they were notnumbered among the children of Israel, because there was noinheritance given them among the children of Israel.26:63 These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar thepriest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab byJordan near Jericho.26:64 But among these there was not a man of them whom Moses and Aaronthe priest numbered, when they numbered the children of Israel in thewilderness of Sinai.26:65 For the LORD had said of them, They shall surely die in thewilderness. And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the sonof Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.27:1 Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the sonof Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families ofManasseh the son of Joseph: and these are the names of his daughters;Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.27:2 And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, andbefore the princes and all the congregation, by the door of thetabernacle of the congregation, saying, 27:3 Our father died in thewilderness, and he was not in the company of them that gatheredthemselves together against the LORD in the company of Korah; but diedin his own sin, and had no sons.27:4 Why should the name of our father be done away from among hisfamily, because he hath no son? Give unto us therefore a possessionamong the brethren of our father.27:5 And Moses brought their cause before the LORD.27:6 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 27:7 The daughters ofZelophehad speak right: thou shalt surely give them a possession of aninheritance among their father's brethren; and thou shalt cause theinheritance of their father to pass unto them.27:8 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If aman die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to passunto his daughter.27:9 And if he have no daughter, then ye shall give his inheritanceunto his brethren.27:10 And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritanceunto his father's brethren.27:11 And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give hisinheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and heshall possess it: and it shall be unto the children of Israel astatute of judgment, as the LORD commanded Moses.27:12 And the LORD said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mountAbarim, and see the land which I have given unto the children ofIsrael.27:13 And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thypeople, as Aaron thy brother was gathered.27:14 For ye rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin, inthe strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water beforetheir eyes: that is the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wildernessof Zin.27:15 And Moses spake unto the LORD, saying, 27:16 Let the LORD, theGod of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,27:17 Which may go out before them, and which may go in before them,and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that thecongregation of the LORD be not as sheep which have no shepherd.27:18 And the LORD said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, aman in whom is the spirit, and lay thine hand upon him; 27:19 And sethim before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; andgive him a charge in their sight.27:20 And thou shalt put some of thine honour upon him, that all thecongregation of the children of Israel may be obedient.27:21 And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall askcounsel for him after the judgment of Urim before the LORD: at hisword shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he,and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation.27:22 And Moses did as the LORD commanded him: and he took Joshua, andset him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation:27:23 And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as theLORD commanded by the hand of Moses.28:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 28:2 Command the childrenof Israel, and say unto them, My offering, and my bread for mysacrifices made by fire, for a sweet savour unto me, shall ye observeto offer unto me in their due season.28:3 And thou shalt say unto them, This is the offering made by firewhich ye shall offer unto the LORD; two lambs of the first yearwithout spot day by day, for a continual burnt offering.28:4 The one lamb shalt thou offer in the morning, and the other lambshalt thou offer at even; 28:5 And a tenth part of an ephah of flourfor a meat offering, mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beatenoil.28:6 It is a continual burnt offering, which was ordained in mountSinai for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD.28:7 And the drink offering thereof shall be the fourth part of an hinfor the one lamb: in the holy place shalt thou cause the strong wineto be poured unto the LORD for a drink offering.28:8 And the other lamb shalt thou offer at even: as the meat offeringof the morning, and as the drink offering thereof, thou shalt offerit, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.28:9 And on the sabbath day two lambs of the first year without spot,and two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil,and the drink offering thereof: 28:10 This is the burnt offering ofevery sabbath, beside the continual burnt offering, and his drinkoffering.28:11 And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burntoffering unto the LORD; two young bullocks, and one ram, seven lambsof the first year without spot; 28:12 And three tenth deals of flourfor a meat offering, mingled with oil, for one bullock; and two tenthdeals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, for one ram;28:13 And a several tenth deal of flour mingled with oil for a meatoffering unto one lamb; for a burnt offering of a sweet savour, asacrifice made by fire unto the LORD.28:14 And their drink offerings shall be half an hin of wine unto abullock, and the third part of an hin unto a ram, and a fourth part ofan hin unto a lamb: this is the burnt offering of every monththroughout the months of the year.28:15 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering unto the LORD shallbe offered, beside the continual burnt offering, and his drinkoffering.28:16 And in the fourteenth day of the first month is the passover ofthe LORD.28:17 And in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast: seven daysshall unleavened bread be eaten.28:18 In the first day shall be an holy convocation; ye shall do nomanner of servile work therein: 28:19 But ye shall offer a sacrificemade by fire for a burnt offering unto the LORD; two young bullocks,and one ram, and seven lambs of the first year: they shall be unto youwithout blemish: 28:20 And their meat offering shall be of flourmingled with oil: three tenth deals shall ye offer for a bullock, andtwo tenth deals for a ram; 28:21 A several tenth deal shalt thou offerfor every lamb, throughout the seven lambs: 28:22 And one goat for asin offering, to make an atonement for you.28:23 Ye shall offer these beside the burnt offering in the morning,which is for a continual burnt offering.28:24 After this manner ye shall offer daily, throughout the sevendays, the meat of the sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour untothe LORD: it shall be offered beside the continual burnt offering, andhis drink offering.28:25 And on the seventh day ye shall have an holy convocation; yeshall do no servile work.28:26 Also in the day of the firstfruits, when ye bring a new meatoffering unto the LORD, after your weeks be out, ye shall have an holyconvocation; ye shall do no servile work: 28:27 But ye shall offer theburnt offering for a sweet savour unto the LORD; two young bullocks,one ram, seven lambs of the first year; 28:28 And their meat offeringof flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals unto one bullock, twotenth deals unto one ram, 28:29 A several tenth deal unto one lamb,throughout the seven lambs; 28:30 And one kid of the goats, to make anatonement for you.28:31 Ye shall offer them beside the continual burnt offering, and hismeat offering, (they shall be unto you without blemish) and theirdrink offerings.29:1 And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shallhave an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day ofblowing the trumpets unto you.29:2 And ye shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savour unto theLORD; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first yearwithout blemish: 29:3 And their meat offering shall be of flourmingled with oil, three tenth deals for a bullock, and two tenth dealsfor a ram, 29:4 And one tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the sevenlambs: 29:5 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering, to make anatonement for you: 29:6 Beside the burnt offering of the month, andhis meat offering, and the daily burnt offering, and his meatoffering, and their drink offerings, according unto their manner, fora sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD.29:7 And ye shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month an holyconvocation; and ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall not do any worktherein: 29:8 But ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the LORD for asweet savour; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the firstyear; they shall be unto you without blemish: 29:9 And their meatoffering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals to abullock, and two tenth deals to one ram, 29:10 A several tenth dealfor one lamb, throughout the seven lambs: 29:11 One kid of the goatsfor a sin offering; beside the sin offering of atonement, and thecontinual burnt offering, and the meat offering of it, and their drinkofferings.29:12 And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have anholy convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep afeast unto the LORD seven days: 29:13 And ye shall offer a burntoffering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD;thirteen young bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the firstyear; they shall be without blemish: 29:14 And their meat offeringshall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals unto everybullock of the thirteen bullocks, two tenth deals to each ram of thetwo rams, 29:15 And a several tenth deal to each lamb of the fourteenlambs: 29:16 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside thecontinual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering.29:17 And on the second day ye shall offer twelve young bullocks, tworams, fourteen lambs of the first year without spot: 29:18 And theirmeat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for therams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after themanner: 29:19 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside thecontinual burnt offering, and the meat offering thereof, and theirdrink offerings.29:20 And on the third day eleven bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambsof the first year without blemish; 29:21 And their meat offering andtheir drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for thelambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: 29:22 Andone goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, andhis meat offering, and his drink offering.29:23 And on the fourth day ten bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambsof the first year without blemish: 29:24 Their meat offering and theirdrink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs,shall be according to their number, after the manner: 29:25 And onekid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual burntoffering, his meat offering, and his drink offering.29:26 And on the fifth day nine bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambsof the first year without spot: 29:27 And their meat offering andtheir drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for thelambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: 29:28 Andone goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, andhis meat offering, and his drink offering.29:29 And on the sixth day eight bullocks, two rams, and fourteenlambs of the first year without blemish: 29:30 And their meat offeringand their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for thelambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: 29:31 Andone goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, hismeat offering, and his drink offering.29:32 And on the seventh day seven bullocks, two rams, and fourteenlambs of the first year without blemish: 29:33 And their meat offeringand their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for thelambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: 29:34 Andone goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, hismeat offering, and his drink offering.29:35 On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly: ye shall dono servile work therein: 29:36 But ye shall offer a burnt offering, asacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD: one bullock,one ram, seven lambs of the first year without blemish: 29:37 Theirmeat offering and their drink offerings for the bullock, for the ram,and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after themanner: 29:38 And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continualburnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering.29:39 These things ye shall do unto the LORD in your set feasts,beside your vows, and your freewill offerings, for your burntofferings, and for your meat offerings, and for your drink offerings,and for your peace offerings.29:40 And Moses told the children of Israel according to all that theLORD commanded Moses.30:1 And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning thechildren of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD hathcommanded.30:2 If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind hissoul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do accordingto all that proceedeth out of his mouth.30:3 If a woman also vow a vow unto the LORD, and bind herself by abond, being in her father's house in her youth; 30:4 And her fatherhear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and herfather shall hold his peace at her; then all her vows shall stand, andevery bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.30:5 But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth; notany of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul,shall stand: and the LORD shall forgive her, because her fatherdisallowed her.30:6 And if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or utteredought out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul; 30:7 And herhusband heard it, and held his peace at her in the day that he heardit: then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she bound hersoul shall stand.30:8 But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it;then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she utteredwith her lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect: and theLORD shall forgive her.30:9 But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewiththey have bound their souls, shall stand against her.30:10 And if she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by abond with an oath; 30:11 And her husband heard it, and held his peaceat her, and disallowed her not: then all her vows shall stand, andevery bond wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.30:12 But if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day heheard them; then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning hervows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husbandhath made them void; and the LORD shall forgive her.30:13 Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, herhusband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.30:14 But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day today; then he establisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, which areupon her: he confirmeth them, because he held his peace at her in theday that he heard them.30:15 But if he shall any ways make them void after that he hath heardthem; then he shall bear her iniquity.30:16 These are the statutes, which the LORD commanded Moses, betweena man and his wife, between the father and his daughter, being yet inher youth in her father's house.31:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 31:2 Avenge the childrenof Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thypeople.31:3 And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselvesunto the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge theLORD of Midian.31:4 Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel,shall ye send to the war.31:5 So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, athousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.31:6 And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, themand Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holyinstruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand.31:7 And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commandedMoses; and they slew all the males.31:8 And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them thatwere slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, fivekings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.31:9 And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives,and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and alltheir flocks, and all their goods.31:10 And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and alltheir goodly castles, with fire.31:11 And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men andof beasts.31:12 And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, untoMoses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of thechildren of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are byJordan near Jericho.31:13 And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of thecongregation, went forth to meet them without the camp.31:14 And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with thecaptains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came fromthe battle.31:15 And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?31:16 Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counselof Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor,and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD.31:17 Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and killevery woman that hath known man by lying with him.31:18 But all the women children, that have not known a man by lyingwith him, keep alive for yourselves.31:19 And do ye abide without the camp seven days: whosoever hathkilled any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify bothyourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day.31:20 And purify all your raiment, and all that is made of skins, andall work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood.31:21 And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went tothe battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD commandedMoses; 31:22 Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, thetin, and the lead, 31:23 Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shallmake it go through the fire, and it shall be clean: nevertheless itshall be purified with the water of separation: and all that abidethnot the fire ye shall make go through the water.31:24 And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shallbe clean, and afterward ye shall come into the camp.31:25 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 31:26 Take the sum of theprey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar thepriest, and the chief fathers of the congregation: 31:27 And dividethe prey into two parts; between them that took the war upon them, whowent out to battle, and between all the congregation: 31:28 And levy atribute unto the Lord of the men of war which went out to battle: onesoul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves, and ofthe asses, and of the sheep: 31:29 Take it of their half, and give itunto Eleazar the priest, for an heave offering of the LORD.31:30 And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take oneportion of fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and ofthe flocks, of all manner of beasts, and give them unto the Levites,which keep the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD.31:31 And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commandedMoses.31:32 And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of warhad caught, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and fivethousand sheep, 31:33 And threescore and twelve thousand beeves, 31:34And threescore and one thousand asses, 31:35 And thirty and twothousand persons in all, of women that had not known man by lying withhim.31:36 And the half, which was the portion of them that went out towar, was in number three hundred thousand and seven and thirtythousand and five hundred sheep: 31:37 And the LORD's tribute of thesheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen.31:38 And the beeves were thirty and six thousand; of which the LORD'stribute was threescore and twelve.31:39 And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of whichthe LORD's tribute was threescore and one.31:40 And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which the LORD'stribute was thirty and two persons.31:41 And Moses gave the tribute, which was the LORD's heave offering,unto Eleazar the priest, as the LORD commanded Moses.31:42 And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided fromthe men that warred, 31:43 (Now the half that pertained unto thecongregation was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seventhousand and five hundred sheep, 31:44 And thirty and six thousandbeeves, 31:45 And thirty thousand asses and five hundred, 31:46 Andsixteen thousand persons;) 31:47 Even of the children of Israel'shalf, Moses took one portion of fifty, both of man and of beast, andgave them unto the Levites, which kept the charge of the tabernacle ofthe LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.31:48 And the officers which were over thousands of the host, thecaptains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses:31:49 And they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of themen of war which are under our charge, and there lacketh not one manof us.31:50 We have therefore brought an oblation for the LORD, what everyman hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings,earrings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before theLORD.31:51 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even allwrought jewels.31:52 And all the gold of the offering that they offered up to theLORD, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds,was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels.31:53 (For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.)31:54 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captainsof thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle ofthe congregation, for a memorial for the children of Israel before theLORD.32:1 Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a verygreat multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, andthe land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle;32:2 The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spakeunto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of thecongregation, saying, 32:3 Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah,and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon, 32:4 Eventhe country which the LORD smote before the congregation of Israel, isa land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle: 32:5 Wherefore, saidthey, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given untothy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan.32:6 And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children ofReuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here?  32:7And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel fromgoing over into the land which the LORD hath given them?  32:8 Thusdid your fathers, when I sent them from Kadeshbarnea to see the land.32:9 For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw theland, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that theyshould not go into the land which the LORD had given them.32:10 And the LORD's anger was kindled the same time, and he sware,saying, 32:11 Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, fromtwenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware untoAbraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not whollyfollowed me: 32:12 Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, andJoshua the son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the LORD.32:13 And the LORD's anger was kindled against Israel, and he madethem wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation,that had done evil in the sight of the LORD, was consumed.32:14 And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, an increaseof sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD towardIsrael.32:15 For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave themin the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people.32:16 And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfoldshere for our cattle, and cities for our little ones: 32:17 But weourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until wehave brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell inthe fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land.32:18 We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israelhave inherited every man his inheritance.32:19 For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, orforward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordaneastward.32:20 And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye willgo armed before the LORD to war, 32:21 And will go all of you armedover Jordan before the LORD, until he hath driven out his enemies frombefore him, 32:22 And the land be subdued before the LORD: thenafterward ye shall return, and be guiltless before the LORD, andbefore Israel; and this land shall be your possession before the LORD.32:23 But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against theLORD: and be sure your sin will find you out.32:24 Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep;and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.32:25 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake untoMoses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth.32:26 Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle,shall be there in the cities of Gilead: 32:27 But thy servants willpass over, every man armed for war, before the LORD to battle, as mylord saith.32:28 So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, andJoshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of thechildren of Israel: 32:29 And Moses said unto them, If the children ofGad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, everyman armed to battle, before the LORD, and the land shall be subduedbefore you; then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for apossession: 32:30 But if they will not pass over with you armed, theyshall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.32:31 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered,saying, As the LORD hath said unto thy servants, so will we do.32:32 We will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan,that the possession of our inheritance on this side Jordan may beours.32:33 And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and tothe children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh the son ofJoseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom ofOg king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts,even the cities of the country round about.32:34 And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,32:35 And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah, 32:36 AndBethnimrah, and Bethharan, fenced cities: and folds for sheep.32:37 And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, andKirjathaim, 32:38 And Nebo, and Baalmeon, (their names being changed,)and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded.32:39 And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead,and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it.32:40 And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and hedwelt therein.32:41 And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small townsthereof, and called them Havothjair.32:42 And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, andcalled it Nobah, after his own name.33:1 These are the journeys of the children of Israel, which wentforth out of the land of Egypt with their armies under the hand ofMoses and Aaron.33:2 And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys bythe commandment of the LORD: and these are their journeys according totheir goings out.33:3 And they departed from Rameses in the first month, on thefifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow after the passover thechildren of Israel went out with an high hand in the sight of all theEgyptians.33:4 For the Egyptians buried all their firstborn, which the LORD hadsmitten among them: upon their gods also the LORD executed judgments.33:5 And the children of Israel removed from Rameses, and pitched inSuccoth.33:6 And they departed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which is inthe edge of the wilderness.33:7 And they removed from Etham, and turned again unto Pihahiroth,which is before Baalzephon: and they pitched before Migdol.33:8 And they departed from before Pihahiroth, and passed through themidst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days' journey inthe wilderness of Etham, and pitched in Marah.33:9 And they removed from Marah, and came unto Elim: and in Elim weretwelve fountains of water, and threescore and ten palm trees; and theypitched there.33:10 And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea.33:11 And they removed from the Red sea, and encamped in thewilderness of Sin.33:12 And they took their journey out of the wilderness of Sin, andencamped in Dophkah.33:13 And they departed from Dophkah, and encamped in Alush.33:14 And they removed from Alush, and encamped at Rephidim, where wasno water for the people to drink.33:15 And they departed from Rephidim, and pitched in the wildernessof Sinai.33:16 And they removed from the desert of Sinai, and pitched atKibrothhattaavah.33:17 And they departed from Kibrothhattaavah, and encamped atHazeroth.33:18 And they departed from Hazeroth, and pitched in Rithmah.33:19 And they departed from Rithmah, and pitched at Rimmonparez.33:20 And they departed from Rimmonparez, and pitched in Libnah.33:21 And they removed from Libnah, and pitched at Rissah.33:22 And they journeyed from Rissah, and pitched in Kehelathah.33:23 And they went from Kehelathah, and pitched in mount Shapher.33:24 And they removed from mount Shapher, and encamped in Haradah.33:25 And they removed from Haradah, and pitched in Makheloth.33:26 And they removed from Makheloth, and encamped at Tahath.33:27 And they departed from Tahath, and pitched at Tarah.33:28 And they removed from Tarah, and pitched in Mithcah.33:29 And they went from Mithcah, and pitched in Hashmonah.33:30 And they departed from Hashmonah, and encamped at Moseroth.33:31 And they departed from Moseroth, and pitched in Benejaakan.33:32 And they removed from Benejaakan, and encamped at Horhagidgad.33:33 And they went from Horhagidgad, and pitched in Jotbathah.33:34 And they removed from Jotbathah, and encamped at Ebronah.33:35 And they departed from Ebronah, and encamped at Eziongaber.33:36 And they removed from Eziongaber, and pitched in the wildernessof Zin, which is Kadesh.33:37 And they removed from Kadesh, and pitched in mount Hor, in theedge of the land of Edom.33:38 And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandmentof the LORD, and died there, in the fortieth year after the childrenof Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the first day of thefifth month.33:39 And Aaron was an hundred and twenty and three years old when hedied in mount Hor.33:40 And king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south in theland of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel.33:41 And they departed from mount Hor, and pitched in Zalmonah.33:42 And they departed from Zalmonah, and pitched in Punon.33:43 And they departed from Punon, and pitched in Oboth.33:44 And they departed from Oboth, and pitched in Ijeabarim, in theborder of Moab.33:45 And they departed from Iim, and pitched in Dibongad.33:46 And they removed from Dibongad, and encamped in Almondiblathaim.33:47 And they removed from Almondiblathaim, and pitched in themountains of Abarim, before Nebo.33:48 And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched inthe plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.33:49 And they pitched by Jordan, from Bethjesimoth even untoAbelshittim in the plains of Moab.33:50 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordannear Jericho, saying, 33:51 Speak unto the children of Israel, and sayunto them, When ye are passed over Jordan into the land of Canaan;33:52 Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land frombefore you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all theirmolten images, and quite pluck down all their high places: 33:53 Andye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein:for I have given you the land to possess it.33:54 And ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance amongyour families: and to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, andto the fewer ye shall give the less inheritance: every man'sinheritance shall be in the place where his lot falleth; according tothe tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit.33:55 But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land frombefore you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remainof them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, andshall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell.33:56 Moreover it shall come to pass, that I shall do unto you, as Ithought to do unto them.34:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 34:2 Command the childrenof Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan;(this is the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, eventhe land of Canaan with the coasts thereof:) 34:3 Then your southquarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast ofEdom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt seaeastward: 34:4 And your border shall turn from the south to the ascentof Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin: and the going forth thereof shall befrom the south to Kadeshbarnea, and shall go on to Hazaraddar, andpass on to Azmon: 34:5 And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmonunto the river of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea.34:6 And as for the western border, ye shall even have the great seafor a border: this shall be your west border.34:7 And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shallpoint out for you mount Hor: 34:8 From mount Hor ye shall point outyour border unto the entrance of Hamath; and the goings forth of theborder shall be to Zedad: 34:9 And the border shall go on to Ziphron,and the goings out of it shall be at Hazarenan: this shall be yournorth border.34:10 And ye shall point out your east border from Hazarenan toShepham: 34:11 And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, onthe east side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall reachunto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward: 34:12 And the bordershall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the saltsea: this shall be your land with the coasts thereof round about.34:13 And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is theland which ye shall inherit by lot, which the LORD commanded to giveunto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe: 34:14 For the tribe ofthe children of Reuben according to the house of their fathers, andthe tribe of the children of Gad according to the house of theirfathers, have received their inheritance; and half the tribe ofManasseh have received their inheritance: 34:15 The two tribes and thehalf tribe have received their inheritance on this side Jordan nearJericho eastward, toward the sunrising.34:16 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 34:17 These are the namesof the men which shall divide the land unto you: Eleazar the priest,and Joshua the son of Nun.34:18 And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the landby inheritance.34:19 And the names of the men are these: Of the tribe of Judah, Calebthe son of Jephunneh.34:20 And of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son ofAmmihud.34:21 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon.34:22 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Dan, Bukki theson of Jogli.34:23 The prince of the children of Joseph, for the tribe of thechildren of Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod.34:24 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, Kemuelthe son of Shiphtan.34:25 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Zebulun,Elizaphan the son of Parnach.34:26 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Issachar, Paltielthe son of Azzan.34:27 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Asher, Ahihud theson of Shelomi.34:28 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Naphtali, Pedahelthe son of Ammihud.34:29 These are they whom the LORD commanded to divide the inheritanceunto the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.35:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordannear Jericho, saying, 35:2 Command the children of Israel, that theygive unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities todwell in; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for thecities round about them.35:3 And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and the suburbs ofthem shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all theirbeasts.35:4 And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto theLevites, shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousandcubits round about.35:5 And ye shall measure from without the city on the east side twothousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on thewest side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousandcubits; and the city shall be in the midst: this shall be to them thesuburbs of the cities.35:6 And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites thereshall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for themanslayer, that he may flee thither: and to them ye shall add fortyand two cities.35:7 So all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall beforty and eight cities: them shall ye give with their suburbs.35:8 And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession ofthe children of Israel: from them that have many ye shall give many;but from them that have few ye shall give few: every one shall give ofhis cities unto the Levites according to his inheritance which heinheriteth.35:9 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 35:10 Speak unto thechildren of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come over Jordaninto the land of Canaan; 35:11 Then ye shall appoint you cities to becities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, whichkilleth any person at unawares.35:12 And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger;that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation injudgment.35:13 And of these cities which ye shall give six cities shall ye havefor refuge.35:14 Ye shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and three citiesshall ye give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge.35:15 These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children ofIsrael, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them: thatevery one that killeth any person unawares may flee thither.35:16 And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die,he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.35:17 And if he smite him with throwing a stone, wherewith he may die,and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put todeath.35:18 Or if he smite him with an hand weapon of wood, wherewith he maydie, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put todeath.35:19 The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when hemeeteth him, he shall slay him.35:20 But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying ofwait, that he die; 35:21 Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that hedie: he that smote him shall surely be put to death; for he is amurderer: the revenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when hemeeteth him.35:22 But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast uponhim any thing without laying of wait, 35:23 Or with any stone,wherewith a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon him, that hedie, and was not his enemy, neither sought his harm: 35:24 Then thecongregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of bloodaccording to these judgments: 35:25 And the congregation shall deliverthe slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and thecongregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither hewas fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest,which was anointed with the holy oil.35:26 But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border ofthe city of his refuge, whither he was fled; 35:27 And the revenger ofblood find him without the borders of the city of his refuge, and therevenger of blood kill the slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood:35:28 Because he should have remained in the city of his refuge untilthe death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priestthe slayer shall return into the land of his possession.35:29 So these things shall be for a statute of judgment unto youthroughout your generations in all your dwellings.35:30 Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death bythe mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against anyperson to cause him to die.35:31 Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of amurderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put todeath.35:32 And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that is fled to thecity of his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land,until the death of the priest.35:33 So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood itdefileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood thatis shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.35:34 Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein Idwell: for I the LORD dwell among the children of Israel.36:1 And the chief fathers of the families of the children of Gilead,the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons ofJoseph, came near, and spake before Moses, and before the princes, thechief fathers of the children of Israel: 36:2 And they said, The LORDcommanded my lord to give the land for an inheritance by lot to thechildren of Israel: and my lord was commanded by the LORD to give theinheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters.36:3 And if they be married to any of the sons of the other tribes ofthe children of Israel, then shall their inheritance be taken from theinheritance of our fathers, and shall be put to the inheritance of thetribe whereunto they are received: so shall it be taken from the lotof our inheritance.36:4 And when the jubile of the children of Israel shall be, thenshall their inheritance be put unto the inheritance of the tribewhereunto they are received: so shall their inheritance be taken awayfrom the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.36:5 And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the wordof the LORD, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph hath said well.36:6 This is the thing which the LORD doth command concerning thedaughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry to whom they thinkbest; only to the family of the tribe of their father shall theymarry.36:7 So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel removefrom tribe to tribe: for every one of the children of Israel shallkeep himself to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.36:8 And every daughter, that possesseth an inheritance in any tribeof the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of thetribe of her father, that the children of Israel may enjoy every manthe inheritance of his fathers.36:9 Neither shall the inheritance remove from one tribe to anothertribe; but every one of the tribes of the children of Israel shallkeep himself to his own inheritance.36:10 Even as the LORD commanded Moses, so did the daughters ofZelophehad: 36:11 For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, andNoah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their father'sbrothers' sons: 36:12 And they were married into the families of thesons of Manasseh the son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained inthe tribe of the family of their father.36:13 These are the commandments and the judgments, which the LORDcommanded by the hand of Moses unto the children of Israel in theplains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.The Fifth Book of Moses:  Called Deuteronomy1:1 These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this sideJordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea,between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.1:2 (There are eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of mountSeir unto Kadeshbarnea.)  1:3 And it came to pass in the fortiethyear, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Mosesspake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that the LORDhad given him in commandment unto them; 1:4 After he had slain Sihonthe king of the Amorites, which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king ofBashan, which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei: 1:5 On this side Jordan, inthe land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying, 1:6 TheLORD our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enoughin this mount: 1:7 Turn you, and take your journey, and go to themount of the Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in theplain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and by the seaside, to the land of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the greatriver, the river Euphrates.1:8 Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the landwhich the LORD sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, togive unto them and to their seed after them.1:9 And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bearyou myself alone: 1:10 The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and,behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.1:11 (The LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times so manymore as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!)  1:12 How canI myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?1:13 Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among yourtribes, and I will make them rulers over you.1:14 And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken isgood for us to do.1:15 So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and madethem heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains overhundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, andofficers among your tribes.1:16 And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causesbetween your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and hisbrother, and the stranger that is with him.1:17 Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear thesmall as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man;for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you,bring it unto me, and I will hear it.1:18 And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye shoulddo.1:19 And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that greatand terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain ofthe Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us; and we came toKadeshbarnea.1:20 And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of theAmorites, which the LORD our God doth give unto us.1:21 Behold, the LORD thy God hath set the land before thee: go up andpossess it, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath said unto thee; fearnot, neither be discouraged.1:22 And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, We will sendmen before us, and they shall search us out the land, and bring usword again by what way we must go up, and into what cities we shallcome.1:23 And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, oneof a tribe: 1:24 And they turned and went up into the mountain, andcame unto the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out.1:25 And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, andbrought it down unto us, and brought us word again, and said, It is agood land which the LORD our God doth give us.1:26 Notwithstanding ye would not go up, but rebelled against thecommandment of the LORD your God: 1:27 And ye murmured in your tents,and said, Because the LORD hated us, he hath brought us forth out ofthe land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, todestroy us.1:28 Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart,saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are greatand walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of theAnakims there.1:29 Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them.1:30 The LORD your God which goeth before you, he shall fight for you,according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes; 1:31And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the LORD thy Godbare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went,until ye came into this place.1:32 Yet in this thing ye did not believe the LORD your God, 1:33 Whowent in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch yourtents in, in fire by night, to shew you by what way ye should go, andin a cloud by day.1:34 And the LORD heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, andsware, saying, 1:35 Surely there shall not one of these men of thisevil generation see that good land, which I sware to give unto yourfathers.1:36 Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him willI give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children,because he hath wholly followed the LORD.1:37 Also the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou alsoshalt not go in thither.1:38 But Joshua the son of Nun, which standeth before thee, he shallgo in thither: encourage him: for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.1:39 Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, andyour children, which in that day had no knowledge between good andevil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and theyshall possess it.1:40 But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into thewilderness by the way of the Red sea.1:41 Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against theLORD, we will go up and fight, according to all that the LORD our Godcommanded us.And when ye had girded on every man his weapons of war, ye were readyto go up into the hill.1:42 And the LORD said unto me, Say unto them. Go not up, neitherfight; for I am not among you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies.1:43 So I spake unto you; and ye would not hear, but rebelled againstthe commandment of the LORD, and went presumptuously up into the hill.1:44 And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out againstyou, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even untoHormah.1:45 And ye returned and wept before the LORD; but the LORD would nothearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you.1:46 So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that yeabode there.2:1 Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by theway of the Red sea, as the LORD spake unto me: and we compassed mountSeir many days.2:2 And the LORD spake unto me, saying, 2:3 Ye have compassed thismountain long enough: turn you northward.2:4 And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through thecoast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; andthey shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselvestherefore: 2:5 Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of theirland, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mountSeir unto Esau for a possession.2:6 Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shallalso buy water of them for money, that ye may drink.2:7 For the LORD thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thyhand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: theseforty years the LORD thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lackednothing.2:8 And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau,which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and fromEziongaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.2:9 And the LORD said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neithercontend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their landfor a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot fora possession.2:10 The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many,and tall, as the Anakims; 2:11 Which also were accounted giants, asthe Anakims; but the Moabites called them Emims.2:12 The Horims also dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the children ofEsau succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before them,and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did unto the land of hispossession, which the LORD gave unto them.2:13 Now rise up, said I, and get you over the brook Zered. And wewent over the brook Zered.2:14 And the space in which we came from Kadeshbarnea, until we werecome over the brook Zered, was thirty and eight years; until all thegeneration of the men of war were wasted out from among the host, asthe LORD sware unto them.2:15 For indeed the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy themfrom among the host, until they were consumed.2:16 So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed anddead from among the people, 2:17 That the LORD spake unto me, saying,2:18 Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day:2:19 And when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon,distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee ofthe land of the children of Ammon any possession; because I have givenit unto the children of Lot for a possession.2:20 (That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt thereinin old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims; 2:21 A peoplegreat, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; but the LORD destroyed thembefore them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead: 2:22As he did to the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, when hedestroyed the Horims from before them; and they succeeded them, anddwelt in their stead even unto this day: 2:23 And the Avims whichdwelt in Hazerim, even unto Azzah, the Caphtorims, which came forthout of Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their stead.)  2:24 Riseye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, Ihave given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and hisland: begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle.2:25 This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear ofthee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hearreport of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee.2:26 And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth untoSihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying, 2:27 Let me passthrough thy land: I will go along by the high way, I will neither turnunto the right hand nor to the left.2:28 Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat; and give mewater for money, that I may drink: only I will pass through on myfeet; 2:29 (As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and theMoabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass overJordan into the land which the LORD our God giveth us.2:30 But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for theLORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, thathe might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day.2:31 And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have begun to give Sihon andhis land before thee: begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit hisland.2:32 Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fightat Jahaz.2:33 And the LORD our God delivered him before us; and we smote him,and his sons, and all his people.2:34 And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyedthe men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we leftnone to remain: 2:35 Only the cattle we took for a prey untoourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took.2:36 From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and fromthe city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not onecity too strong for us: the LORD our God delivered all unto us: 2:37Only unto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not, nor untoany place of the river Jabbok, nor unto the cities in the mountains,nor unto whatsoever the LORD our God forbad us.3:1 Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan: and Og the king ofBashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei.3:2 And the LORD said unto me, Fear him not: for I will deliver him,and all his people, and his land, into thy hand; and thou shalt dounto him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt atHeshbon.3:3 So the LORD our God delivered into our hands Og also, the king ofBashan, and all his people: and we smote him until none was left tohim remaining.3:4 And we took all his cities at that time, there was not a citywhich we took not from them, threescore cities, all the region ofArgob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.3:5 All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars;beside unwalled towns a great many.3:6 And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king ofHeshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of everycity.3:7 But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for aprey to ourselves.3:8 And we took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of theAmorites the land that was on this side Jordan, from the river ofArnon unto mount Hermon; 3:9 (Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion;and the Amorites call it Shenir;) 3:10 All the cities of the plain,and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto Salchah and Edrei, cities of thekingdom of Og in Bashan.3:11 For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants;behold his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath ofthe children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and fourcubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.3:12 And this land, which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, whichis by the river Arnon, and half mount Gilead, and the cities thereof,gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites.3:13 And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, being the kingdom of Og,gave I unto the half tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, withall Bashan, which was called the land of giants.3:14 Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto thecoasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own name,Bashanhavothjair, unto this day.3:15 And I gave Gilead unto Machir.3:16 And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gileadeven unto the river Arnon half the valley, and the border even untothe river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon; 3:17The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast thereof, from Chinneretheven unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, under Ashdothpisgaheastward.3:18 And I commanded you at that time, saying, The LORD your God hathgiven you this land to possess it: ye shall pass over armed beforeyour brethren the children of Israel, all that are meet for the war.3:19 But your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle, (for Iknow that ye have much cattle,) shall abide in your cities which Ihave given you; 3:20 Until the LORD have given rest unto yourbrethren, as well as unto you, and until they also possess the landwhich the LORD your God hath given them beyond Jordan: and then shallye return every man unto his possession, which I have given you.3:21 And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Thine eyes have seenall that the LORD your God hath done unto these two kings: so shallthe LORD do unto all the kingdoms whither thou passest.3:22 Ye shall not fear them: for the LORD your God he shall fight foryou.3:23 And I besought the LORD at that time, saying, 3:24 O Lord GOD,thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mightyhand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can doaccording to thy works, and according to thy might?  3:25 I pray thee,let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, thatgoodly mountain, and Lebanon.3:26 But the LORD was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not hearme: and the LORD said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more untome of this matter.3:27 Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyeswestward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold itwith thine eyes: for thou shalt not go over this Jordan.3:28 But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him: for heshall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inheritthe land which thou shalt see.3:29 So we abode in the valley over against Bethpeor.4:1 Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto thejudgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and goin and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you.4:2 Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shallye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of theLORD your God which I command you.4:3 Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because of Baalpeor: for allthe men that followed Baalpeor, the LORD thy God hath destroyed themfrom among you.4:4 But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God are alive every oneof you this day.4:5 Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORDmy God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go topossess it.4:6 Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and yourunderstanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all thesestatutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise andunderstanding people.4:7 For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them,as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for?  4:8And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments sorighteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?  4:9 Onlytake heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forgetthe things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thyheart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons'sons; 4:10 Specially the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thyGod in Horeb, when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the peopletogether, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn tofear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and thatthey may teach their children.4:11 And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountainburned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, andthick darkness.4:12 And the LORD spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: yeheard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard avoice.4:13 And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you toperform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables ofstone.4:14 And the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes andjudgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over topossess it.4:15 Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no mannerof similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out ofthe midst of the fire: 4:16 Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you agraven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male orfemale, 4:17 The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, thelikeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air, 4:18 The likenessof any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fishthat is in the waters beneath the earth: 4:19 And lest thou lift upthine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, andthe stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worshipthem, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto allnations under the whole heaven.4:20 But the LORD hath taken you, and brought you forth out of theiron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people ofinheritance, as ye are this day.4:21 Furthermore the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, and swarethat I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in untothat good land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance:4:22 But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but yeshall go over, and possess that good land.4:23 Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of theLORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, orthe likeness of any thing, which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee.4:24 For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.4:25 When thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and yeshall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves,and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall doevil in the sight of the LORD thy God, to provoke him to anger: 4:26 Icall heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shallsoon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan topossess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterlybe destroyed.4:27 And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall beleft few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD shall lead you.4:28 And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood andstone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.4:29 But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shaltfind him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.4:30 When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come uponthee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the LORD thy God, andshalt be obedient unto his voice; 4:31 (For the LORD thy God is amerciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, norforget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.4:32 For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee,since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from theone side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any suchthing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it?  4:33 Didever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of thefire, as thou hast heard, and live?  4:34 Or hath God assayed to goand take him a nation from the midst of another nation, bytemptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mightyhand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according toall that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?4:35 Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the LORD heis God; there is none else beside him.4:36 Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he mightinstruct thee: and upon earth he shewed thee his great fire; and thouheardest his words out of the midst of the fire.4:37 And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seedafter them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty powerout of Egypt; 4:38 To drive out nations from before thee greater andmightier than thou art, to bring thee in, to give thee their land foran inheritance, as it is this day.4:39 Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that theLORD he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there isnone else.4:40 Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments,which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and withthy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days uponthe earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever.4:41 Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward thesunrising; 4:42 That the slayer might flee thither, which should killhis neighbour unawares, and hated him not in times past; and thatfleeing unto one of these cities he might live: 4:43 Namely, Bezer inthe wilderness, in the plain country, of the Reubenites; and Ramoth inGilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites.4:44 And this is the law which Moses set before the children ofIsrael: 4:45 These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and thejudgments, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after theycame forth out of Egypt.4:46 On this side Jordan, in the valley over against Bethpeor, in theland of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Mosesand the children of Israel smote, after they were come forth out ofEgypt: 4:47 And they possessed his land, and the land of Og king ofBashan, two kings of the Amorites, which were on this side Jordantoward the sunrising; 4:48 From Aroer, which is by the bank of theriver Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is Hermon, 4:49 And all theplain on this side Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain,under the springs of Pisgah.5:1 And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel,the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, thatye may learn them, and keep, and do them.5:2 The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.5:3 The LORD made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us,even us, who are all of us here alive this day.5:4 The LORD talked with you face to face in the mount out of themidst of the fire, 5:5 (I stood between the LORD and you at that time,to shew you the word of the LORD: for ye were afraid by reason of thefire, and went not up into the mount;) saying, 5:6 I am the LORD thyGod, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house ofbondage.5:7 Thou shalt have none other gods before me.5:8 Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, orthat is in the waters beneath the earth: 5:9 Thou shalt not bow downthyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealousGod, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto thethird and fourth generation of them that hate me, 5:10 And shewingmercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.5:11 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for theLORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.5:12 Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hathcommanded thee.5:13 Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work: 5:14 But theseventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt notdo any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant,nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thycattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservantand thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.5:15 And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, andthat the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty handand by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded theeto keep the sabbath day.5:16 Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hathcommanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may gowell with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.5:17 Thou shalt not kill.5:18 Neither shalt thou commit adultery.5:19 Neither shalt thou steal.5:20 Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.5:21 Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour's wife, neither shaltthou covet thy neighbour's house, his field, or his manservant, or hismaidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour's.5:22 These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mountout of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness,with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in twotables of stone, and delivered them unto me.5:23 And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst ofthe darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came nearunto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders; 5:24 Andye said, Behold, the LORD our God hath shewed us his glory and hisgreatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire:we have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he liveth.5:25 Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consumeus: if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any more, then we shalldie.5:26 For who is there of all flesh, that hath heard the voice of theliving God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, andlived?  5:27 Go thou near, and hear all that the LORD our God shallsay: and speak thou unto us all that the LORD our God shall speak untothee; and we will hear it, and do it.5:28 And the LORD heard the voice of your words, when ye spake untome; and the LORD said unto me, I have heard the voice of the words ofthis people, which they have spoken unto thee: they have well said allthat they have spoken.5:29 O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me,and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them,and with their children for ever!  5:30 Go say to them, Get you intoyour tents again.5:31 But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak untothee all the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, whichthou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I givethem to possess it.5:32 Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hathcommanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to theleft.5:33 Ye shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God hathcommanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, andthat ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.6:1 Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments,which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do themin the land whither ye go to possess it: 6:2 That thou mightest fearthe LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, whichI command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days ofthy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.6:3 Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may bewell with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD God ofthy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk andhoney.6:4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: 6:5 And thou shaltlove the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, andwith all thy might.6:6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thineheart: 6:7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, andshalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thouwalkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.6:8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and theyshall be as frontlets between thine eyes.6:9 And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thygates.6:10 And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought theeinto the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac,and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thoubuildedst not, 6:11 And houses full of all good things, which thoufilledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards andolive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten andbe full; 6:12 Then beware lest thou forget the LORD, which broughtthee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.6:13 Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swearby his name.6:14 Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people whichare round about you; 6:15 (For the LORD thy God is a jealous God amongyou) lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, anddestroy thee from off the face of the earth.6:16 Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him inMassah.6:17 Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God,and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.6:18 And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight ofthe LORD: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go inand possess the good land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers.6:19 To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the LORD hathspoken.6:20 And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What meanthe testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORDour God hath commanded you?  6:21 Then thou shalt say unto thy son, Wewere Pharaoh's bondmen in Egypt; and the LORD brought us out of Egyptwith a mighty hand: 6:22 And the LORD shewed signs and wonders, greatand sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, beforeour eyes: 6:23 And he brought us out from thence, that he might bringus in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers.6:24 And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear theLORD our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, asit is at this day.6:25 And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all thesecommandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us.7:1 When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thougoest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, theHittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites,and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nationsgreater and mightier than thou; 7:2 And when the LORD thy God shalldeliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroythem; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them:7:3 Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thoushalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thyson.7:4 For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they mayserve other gods: so will the anger of the LORD be kindled againstyou, and destroy thee suddenly.7:5 But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars,and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn theirgraven images with fire.7:6 For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thyGod hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above allpeople that are upon the face of the earth.7:7 The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because yewere more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of allpeople: 7:8 But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keepthe oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD broughtyou out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house ofbondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.7:9 Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God,which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep hiscommandments to a thousand generations; 7:10 And repayeth them thathate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack to himthat hateth him, he will repay him to his face.7:11 Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes, andthe judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them.7:12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to thesejudgments, and keep, and do them, that the LORD thy God shall keepunto thee the covenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers:7:13 And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he willalso bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn,and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocksof thy sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to givethee.7:14 Thou shalt be blessed above all people: there shall not be maleor female barren among you, or among your cattle.7:15 And the LORD will take away from thee all sickness, and will putnone of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee; butwill lay them upon all them that hate thee.7:16 And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy Godshall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neithershalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee.7:17 If thou shalt say in thine heart, These nations are more than I;how can I dispossess them?  7:18 Thou shalt not be afraid of them: butshalt well remember what the LORD thy God did unto Pharaoh, and untoall Egypt; 7:19 The great temptations which thine eyes saw, and thesigns, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched outarm, whereby the LORD thy God brought thee out: so shall the LORD thyGod do unto all the people of whom thou art afraid.7:20 Moreover the LORD thy God will send the hornet among them, untilthey that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed.7:21 Thou shalt not be affrighted at them: for the LORD thy God isamong you, a mighty God and terrible.7:22 And the LORD thy God will put out those nations before thee bylittle and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest thebeasts of the field increase upon thee.7:23 But the LORD thy God shall deliver them unto thee, and shalldestroy them with a mighty destruction, until they be destroyed.7:24 And he shall deliver their kings into thine hand, and thou shaltdestroy their name from under heaven: there shall no man be able tostand before thee, until thou have destroyed them.7:25 The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thoushalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it untothee, lest thou be snared therin: for it is an abomination to the LORDthy God.7:26 Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lestthou be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, andthou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.8:1 All the commandments which I command thee this day shall yeobserve to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possessthe land which the LORD sware unto your fathers.8:2 And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God ledthee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to provethee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep hiscommandments, or no.8:3 And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed theewith manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; thathe might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but byevery word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.8:4 Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell,these forty years.8:5 Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chastenethhis son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.8:6 Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, towalk in his ways, and to fear him.8:7 For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land ofbrooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleysand hills; 8:8 A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees,and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey; 8:9 A land whereinthou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thingin it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thoumayest dig brass.8:10 When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the LORDthy God for the good land which he hath given thee.8:11 Beware that thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping hiscommandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I commandthee this day: 8:12 Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hastbuilt goodly houses, and dwelt therein; 8:13 And when thy herds andthy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, andall that thou hast is multiplied; 8:14 Then thine heart be lifted up,and thou forget the LORD thy God, which brought thee forth out of theland of Egypt, from the house of bondage; 8:15 Who led thee throughthat great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, andscorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought theeforth water out of the rock of flint; 8:16 Who fed thee in thewilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he mighthumble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thylatter end; 8:17 And thou say in thine heart, My power and the mightof mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.8:18 But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he thatgiveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenantwhich he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.8:19 And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD thy God, andwalk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testifyagainst you this day that ye shall surely perish.8:20 As the nations which the LORD destroyeth before your face, soshall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice ofthe LORD your God.9:1 Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in topossess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great andfenced up to heaven, 9:2 A people great and tall, the children of theAnakims, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say, Who canstand before the children of Anak!  9:3 Understand therefore this day,that the LORD thy God is he which goeth over before thee; as aconsuming fire he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them downbefore thy face: so shalt thou drive them out, and destroy themquickly, as the LORD hath said unto thee.9:4 Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hathcast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the LORDhath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness ofthese nations the LORD doth drive them out from before thee.9:5 Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart,dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of thesenations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, andthat he may perform the word which the LORD sware unto thy fathers,Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.9:6 Understand therefore, that the LORD thy God giveth thee not thisgood land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art astiffnecked people.9:7 Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the LORD thy God towrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart out ofthe land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have beenrebellious against the LORD.9:8 Also in Horeb ye provoked the LORD to wrath, so that the LORD wasangry with you to have destroyed you.9:9 When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone,even the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then Iabode in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eatbread nor drink water: 9:10 And the LORD delivered unto me two tablesof stone written with the finger of God; and on them was writtenaccording to all the words, which the LORD spake with you in the mountout of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly.9:11 And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights,that the LORD gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of thecovenant.9:12 And the LORD said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly fromhence; for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt havecorrupted themselves; they are quickly turned aside out of the waywhich I commanded them; they have made them a molten image.9:13 Furthermore the LORD spake unto me, saying, I have seen thispeople, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people: 9:14 Let me alone,that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven:and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.9:15 So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burnedwith fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands.9:16 And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the LORD yourGod, and had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly outof the way which the LORD had commanded you.9:17 And I took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, andbrake them before your eyes.9:18 And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days andforty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of allyour sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD,to provoke him to anger.9:19 For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith theLORD was wroth against you to destroy you. But the LORD hearkened untome at that time also.9:20 And the LORD was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: andI prayed for Aaron also the same time.9:21 And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt itwith fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it wasas small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook thatdescended out of the mount.9:22 And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibrothhattaavah, yeprovoked the LORD to wrath.9:23 Likewise when the LORD sent you from Kadeshbarnea, saying, Go upand possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled againstthe commandment of the LORD your God, and ye believed him not, norhearkened to his voice.9:24 Ye have been rebellious against the LORD from the day that I knewyou.9:25 Thus I fell down before the LORD forty days and forty nights, asI fell down at the first; because the LORD had said he would destroyyou.9:26 I prayed therefore unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, destroynot thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed throughthy greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with amighty hand.9:27 Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not untothe stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to theirsin: 9:28 Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because theLORD was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them,and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them inthe wilderness.9:29 Yet they are thy people and thine inheritance, which thoubroughtest out by thy mighty power and by thy stretched out arm.10:1 At that time the LORD said unto me, Hew thee two tables of stonelike unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and make theean ark of wood.10:2 And I will write on the tables the words that were in the firsttables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark.10:3 And I made an ark of shittim wood, and hewed two tables of stonelike unto the first, and went up into the mount, having the two tablesin mine hand.10:4 And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, theten commandments, which the LORD spake unto you in the mount out ofthe midst of the fire in the day of the assembly: and the LORD gavethem unto me.10:5 And I turned myself and came down from the mount, and put thetables in the ark which I had made; and there they be, as the LORDcommanded me.10:6 And the children of Israel took their journey from Beeroth of thechildren of Jaakan to Mosera: there Aaron died, and there he wasburied; and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest's office in hisstead.10:7 From thence they journeyed unto Gudgodah; and from Gudgodah toJotbath, a land of rivers of waters.10:8 At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi, to bear theark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to ministerunto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day.10:9 Wherefore Levi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren;the LORD is his inheritance, according as the LORD thy God promisedhim.10:10 And I stayed in the mount, according to the first time, fortydays and forty nights; and the LORD hearkened unto me at that timealso, and the LORD would not destroy thee.10:11 And the LORD said unto me, Arise, take thy journey before thepeople, that they may go in and possess the land, which I sware untotheir fathers to give unto them.10:12 And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, butto fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him,and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thysoul, 10:13 To keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes,which I command thee this day for thy good?  10:14 Behold, the heavenand the heaven of heavens is the LORD's thy God, the earth also, withall that therein is.10:15 Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and hechose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is thisday.10:16 Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no morestiffnecked.10:17 For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a greatGod, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor takethreward: 10:18 He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless andwidow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.10:19 Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in theland of Egypt.10:20 Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and tohim shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.10:21 He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for theethese great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen.10:22 Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and tenpersons; and now the LORD thy God hath made thee as the stars ofheaven for multitude.11:1 Therefore thou shalt love the LORD thy God, and keep his charge,and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway.11:2 And know ye this day: for I speak not with your children whichhave not known, and which have not seen the chastisement of the LORDyour God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his stretched out arm,11:3 And his miracles, and his acts, which he did in the midst ofEgypt unto Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and unto all his land; 11:4 Andwhat he did unto the army of Egypt, unto their horses, and to theirchariots; how he made the water of the Red sea to overflow them asthey pursued after you, and how the LORD hath destroyed them unto thisday; 11:5 And what he did unto you in the wilderness, until ye cameinto this place; 11:6 And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sonsof Eliab, the son of Reuben: how the earth opened her mouth, andswallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and all thesubstance that was in their possession, in the midst of all Israel:11:7 But your eyes have seen all the great acts of the LORD which hedid.11:8 Therefore shall ye keep all the commandments which I command youthis day, that ye may be strong, and go in and possess the land,whither ye go to possess it; 11:9 And that ye may prolong your days inthe land, which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give unto them andto their seed, a land that floweth with milk and honey.11:10 For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as theland of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed,and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs: 11:11 But theland, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, anddrinketh water of the rain of heaven: 11:12 A land which the LORD thyGod careth for: the eyes of the LORD thy God are always upon it, fromthe beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.11:13 And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently untomy commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD yourGod, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,11:14 That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season,the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thycorn, and thy wine, and thine oil.11:15 And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thoumayest eat and be full.11:16 Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and yeturn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them; 11:17 And then theLORD's wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, thatthere be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest yeperish quickly from off the good land which the LORD giveth you.11:18 Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and inyour soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may beas frontlets between your eyes.11:19 And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them whenthou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, whenthou liest down, and when thou risest up.11:20 And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house,and upon thy gates: 11:21 That your days may be multiplied, and thedays of your children, in the land which the LORD sware unto yourfathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth.11:22 For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which Icommand you, to do them, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all hisways, and to cleave unto him; 11:23 Then will the LORD drive out allthese nations from before you, and ye shall possess greater nationsand mightier than yourselves.11:24 Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall beyours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the riverEuphrates, even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be.11:25 There shall no man be able to stand before you: for the LORDyour God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you upon all theland that ye shall tread upon, as he hath said unto you.11:26 Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse; 11:27A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which Icommand you this day: 11:28 And a curse, if ye will not obey thecommandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way whichI command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have notknown.11:29 And it shall come to pass, when the LORD thy God hath broughtthee in unto the land whither thou goest to possess it, that thoushalt put the blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse upon mountEbal.11:30 Are they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the sungoeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in thechampaign over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh?  11:31 Forye shall pass over Jordan to go in to possess the land which the LORDyour God giveth you, and ye shall possess it, and dwell therein.11:32 And ye shall observe to do all the statutes and judgments whichI set before you this day.12:1 These are the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe todo in the land, which the LORD God of thy fathers giveth thee topossess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth.12:2 Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nationswhich ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, andupon the hills, and under every green tree: 12:3 And ye shalloverthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groveswith fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, anddestroy the names of them out of that place.12:4 Ye shall not do so unto the LORD your God.12:5 But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out ofall your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shallye seek, and thither thou shalt come: 12:6 And thither ye shall bringyour burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heaveofferings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings,and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks: 12:7 And there yeshall eat before the LORD your God, and ye shall rejoice in all thatye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the LORD thyGod hath blessed thee.12:8 Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day,every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes.12:9 For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance,which the LORD your God giveth you.12:10 But when ye go over Jordan, and dwell in the land which the LORDyour God giveth you to inherit, and when he giveth you rest from allyour enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety; 12:11 Then thereshall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause hisname to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you;your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heaveoffering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto theLORD: 12:12 And ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God, ye, andyour sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and yourmaidservants, and the Levite that is within your gates; forasmuch ashe hath no part nor inheritance with you.12:13 Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings inevery place that thou seest: 12:14 But in the place which the LORDshall choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burntofferings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee.12:15 Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates,whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of theLORD thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean mayeat thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the hart.12:16 Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earthas water.12:17 Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, orof thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thyflock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewillofferings, or heave offering of thine hand: 12:18 But thou must eatthem before the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD thy God shallchoose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, andthy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates: and thoushalt rejoice before the LORD thy God in all that thou puttest thinehands unto.12:19 Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long asthou livest upon the earth.12:20 When the LORD thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hathpromised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soullongeth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soullusteth after.12:21 If the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to put his namethere be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and ofthy flock, which the LORD hath given thee, as I have commanded thee,and thou shalt eat in thy gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.12:22 Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eatthem: the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike.12:23 Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is thelife; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh.12:24 Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth aswater.12:25 Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and withthy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in thesight of the LORD.12:26 Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalttake, and go unto the place which the LORD shall choose: 12:27 Andthou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood, uponthe altar of the LORD thy God: and the blood of thy sacrifices shallbe poured out upon the altar of the LORD thy God, and thou shalt eatthe flesh.12:28 Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that itmay go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, whenthou doest that which is good and right in the sight of the LORD thyGod.12:29 When the LORD thy God shall cut off the nations from beforethee, whither thou goest to possess them, and thou succeedest them,and dwellest in their land; 12:30 Take heed to thyself that thou benot snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from beforethee; and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How didthese nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.12:31 Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for everyabomination to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto theirgods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in thefire to their gods.12:32 What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shaltnot add thereto, nor diminish from it.13:1 If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, andgiveth thee a sign or a wonder, 13:2 And the sign or the wonder cometo pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after othergods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them; 13:3 Thoushalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer ofdreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love theLORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.13:4 Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep hiscommandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleaveunto him.13:5 And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put todeath; because he hath spoken to turn you away from the LORD your God,which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out ofthe house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the LORD thyGod commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away fromthe midst of thee.13:6 If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thydaughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thineown soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve othergods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers; 13:7 Namely,of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh unto thee,or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto theother end of the earth; 13:8 Thou shalt not consent unto him, norhearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thouspare, neither shalt thou conceal him: 13:9 But thou shalt surely killhim; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, andafterwards the hand of all the people.13:10 And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because hehath sought to thrust thee away from the LORD thy God, which broughtthee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.13:11 And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more anysuch wickedness as this is among you.13:12 If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities, which the LORD thyGod hath given thee to dwell there, saying, 13:13 Certain men, thechildren of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawnthe inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods,which ye have not known; 13:14 Then shalt thou enquire, and makesearch, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thingcertain, that such abomination is wrought among you; 13:15 Thou shaltsurely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword,destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattlethereof, with the edge of the sword.13:16 And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of thestreet thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoilthereof every whit, for the LORD thy God: and it shall be an heap forever; it shall not be built again.13:17 And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand:that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew theemercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hathsworn unto thy fathers; 13:18 When thou shalt hearken to the voice ofthe LORD thy God, to keep all his commandments which I command theethis day, to do that which is right in the eyes of the LORD thy God.14:1 Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cutyourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.14:2 For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORDhath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all thenations that are upon the earth.14:3 Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.14:4 These are the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, andthe goat, 14:5 The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and thewild goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois.14:6 And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleftinto two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shalleat.14:7 Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, orof them that divide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the hare, andthe coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; thereforethey are unclean unto you.14:8 And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not thecud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nortouch their dead carcase.14:9 These ye shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that havefins and scales shall ye eat: 14:10 And whatsoever hath not fins andscales ye may not eat; it is unclean unto you.14:11 Of all clean birds ye shall eat.14:12 But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and theossifrage, and the ospray, 14:13 And the glede, and the kite, and thevulture after his kind, 14:14 And every raven after his kind, 14:15And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk afterhis kind, 14:16 The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan, 14:17And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant, 14:18 And thestork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.14:19 And every creeping thing that flieth is unclean unto you: theyshall not be eaten.14:20 But of all clean fowls ye may eat.14:21 Ye shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself: thou shaltgive it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; orthou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou art an holy people untothe LORD thy God.Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.14:22 Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that thefield bringeth forth year by year.14:23 And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place whichhe shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thywine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thyflocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always.14:24 And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not ableto carry it; or if the place be too far from thee, which the LORD thyGod shall choose to set his name there, when the LORD thy God hathblessed thee: 14:25 Then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind upthe money in thine hand, and shalt go unto the place which the LORDthy God shall choose: 14:26 And thou shalt bestow that money forwhatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or forwine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: andthou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt rejoice,thou, and thine household, 14:27 And the Levite that is within thygates; thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no part nor inheritancewith thee.14:28 At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the titheof thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates:14:29 And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance withthee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which arewithin thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that theLORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thoudoest.15:1 At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release.15:2 And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor thatlendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exactit of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called theLORD's release.15:3 Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which isthine with thy brother thine hand shall release; 15:4 Save when thereshall be no poor among you; for the LORD shall greatly bless thee inthe land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance topossess it: 15:5 Only if thou carefully hearken unto the voice of theLORD thy God, to observe to do all these commandments which I commandthee this day.15:6 For the LORD thy God blesseth thee, as he promised thee: and thoushalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thoushalt reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over thee.15:7 If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren withinany of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thoushalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poorbrother: 15:8 But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shaltsurely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.15:9 Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying,The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye beevil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cryunto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee.15:10 Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grievedwhen thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thyGod shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttestthine hand unto.15:11 For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore Icommand thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thybrother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.15:12 And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be soldunto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thoushalt let him go free from thee.15:13 And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not lethim go away empty: 15:14 Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thyflock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy winepress: of thatwherewith the LORD thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him.15:15 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land ofEgypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee: therefore I command theethis thing to day.15:16 And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away fromthee; because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well withthee; 15:17 Then thou shalt take an aul, and thrust it through his earunto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thymaidservant thou shalt do likewise.15:18 It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him awayfree from thee; for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee,in serving thee six years: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee inall that thou doest.15:19 All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flockthou shalt sanctify unto the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work withthe firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep.15:20 Thou shalt eat it before the LORD thy God year by year in theplace which the LORD shall choose, thou and thy household.15:21 And if there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame, or blind,or have any ill blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the LORD thyGod.15:22 Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the unclean and the cleanperson shall eat it alike, as the roebuck, and as the hart.15:23 Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour itupon the ground as water.16:1 Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORDthy God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forthout of Egypt by night.16:2 Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the LORD thyGod, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the LORD shallchoose to place his name there.16:3 Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thoueat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thoucamest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayestremember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt allthe days of thy life.16:4 And there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thycoast seven days; neither shall there any thing of the flesh, whichthou sacrificedst the first day at even, remain all night until themorning.16:5 Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates,which the LORD thy God giveth thee: 16:6 But at the place which theLORD thy God shall choose to place his name in, there thou shaltsacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at theseason that thou camest forth out of Egypt.16:7 And thou shalt roast and eat it in the place which the LORD thyGod shall choose: and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thytents.16:8 Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh dayshall be a solemn assembly to the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no worktherein.16:9 Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number theseven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to thecorn.16:10 And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the LORD thy Godwith a tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shaltgive unto the LORD thy God, according as the LORD thy God hath blessedthee: 16:11 And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, andthy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant,and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and thefatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which theLORD thy God hath chosen to place his name there.16:12 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: andthou shalt observe and do these statutes.16:13 Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, afterthat thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine: 16:14 And thou shaltrejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thymanservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and thefatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates.16:15 Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the LORD thy Godin the place which the LORD shall choose: because the LORD thy Godshall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the works of thinehands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice.16:16 Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORDthy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavenedbread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: andthey shall not appear before the LORD empty: 16:17 Every man shallgive as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy Godwhich he hath given thee.16:18 Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, whichthe LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shalljudge the people with just judgment.16:19 Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons,neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, andpervert the words of the righteous.16:20 That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thoumayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.16:21 Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto thealtar of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee.16:22 Neither shalt thou set thee up any image; which the LORD thy Godhateth.17:1 Thou shalt not sacrifice unto the LORD thy God any bullock, orsheep, wherein is blemish, or any evilfavouredness: for that is anabomination unto the LORD thy God.17:2 If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which theLORD thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickednessin the sight of the LORD thy God, in transgressing his covenant, 17:3And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either thesun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have notcommanded; 17:4 And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, andenquired diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain,that such abomination is wrought in Israel: 17:5 Then shalt thou bringforth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing,unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them withstones, till they die.17:6 At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he thatis worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness heshall not be put to death.17:7 The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him todeath, and afterward the hands of all the people. So thou shalt putthe evil away from among you.17:8 If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, betweenblood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke,being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise,and get thee up into the place which the LORD thy God shall choose;17:9 And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto thejudge that shall be in those days, and enquire; and they shall shewthee the sentence of judgment: 17:10 And thou shalt do according tothe sentence, which they of that place which the LORD shall chooseshall shew thee; and thou shalt observe to do according to all thatthey inform thee: 17:11 According to the sentence of the law whichthey shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shalltell thee, thou shalt do: thou shalt not decline from the sentencewhich they shall shew thee, to the right hand, nor to the left.17:12 And the man that will do presumptuously, and will not hearkenunto the priest that standeth to minister there before the LORD thyGod, or unto the judge, even that man shall die: and thou shalt putaway the evil from Israel.17:13 And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no morepresumptuously.17:14 When thou art come unto the land which the LORD thy God giveththee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, Iwill set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me;17:15 Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the LORD thyGod shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king overthee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thybrother.17:16 But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause thepeople to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses:forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth returnno more that way.17:17 Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turnnot away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver andgold.17:18 And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom,that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that whichis before the priests the Levites: 17:19 And it shall be with him, andhe shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn tofear the LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and thesestatutes, to do them: 17:20 That his heart be not lifted up above hisbrethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to theright hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days inhis kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.18:1 The priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have nopart nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of theLORD made by fire, and his inheritance.18:2 Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren:the LORD is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them.18:3 And this shall be the priest's due from the people, from themthat offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; and they shall giveunto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.18:4 The firstfruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil,and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him.18:5 For the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, tostand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for ever.18:6 And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel,where he sojourned, and come with all the desire of his mind unto theplace which the LORD shall choose; 18:7 Then he shall minister in thename of the LORD his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, whichstand there before the LORD.18:8 They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh ofthe sale of his patrimony.18:9 When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveththee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of thosenations.18:10 There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his sonor his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, oran observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch.18:11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard,or a necromancer.18:12 For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD:and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them outfrom before thee.18:13 Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God.18:14 For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened untoobservers of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, the LORD thyGod hath not suffered thee so to do.18:15 The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from themidst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shallhearken; 18:16 According to all that thou desiredst of the LORD thyGod in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear againthe voice of the LORD my God, neither let me see this great fire anymore, that I die not.18:17 And the LORD said unto me, They have well spoken that which theyhave spoken.18:18 I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, likeunto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak untothem all that I shall command him.18:19 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken untomy words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.18:20 But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name,which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in thename of other gods, even that prophet shall die.18:21 And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word whichthe LORD hath not spoken?  18:22 When a prophet speaketh in the nameof the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is thething which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken itpresumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.19:1 When the LORD thy God hath cut off the nations, whose land theLORD thy God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest intheir cities, and in their houses; 19:2 Thou shalt separate threecities for thee in the midst of thy land, which the LORD thy Godgiveth thee to possess it.19:3 Thou shalt prepare thee a way, and divide the coasts of thy land,which the LORD thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, thatevery slayer may flee thither.19:4 And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither,that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom hehated not in time past; 19:5 As when a man goeth into the wood withhis neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axeto cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, andlighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he shall flee unto one ofthose cities, and live: 19:6 Lest the avenger of the blood pursue theslayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way islong, and slay him; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as hehated him not in time past.19:7 Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate threecities for thee.19:8 And if the LORD thy God enlarge thy coast, as he hath sworn untothy fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to give untothy fathers; 19:9 If thou shalt keep all these commandments to dothem, which I command thee this day, to love the LORD thy God, and towalk ever in his ways; then shalt thou add three cities more for thee,beside these three: 19:10 That innocent blood be not shed in thy land,which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood beupon thee.19:11 But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, andrise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleethinto one of these cities: 19:12 Then the elders of his city shall sendand fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger ofblood, that he may die.19:13 Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guiltof innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.19:14 Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour's landmark, which they ofold time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit inthe land that the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.19:15 One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, orfor any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of twowitnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter beestablished.19:16 If a false witness rise up against any man to testify againsthim that which is wrong; 19:17 Then both the men, between whom thecontroversy is, shall stand before the LORD, before the priests andthe judges, which shall be in those days; 19:18 And the judges shallmake diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a falsewitness, and hath testified falsely against his brother; 19:19 Thenshall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother:so shalt thou put the evil away from among you.19:20 And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shallhenceforth commit no more any such evil among you.19:21 And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eyefor eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.20:1 When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seesthorses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid ofthem: for the LORD thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out ofthe land of Egypt.20:2 And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that thepriest shall approach and speak unto the people, 20:3 And shall sayunto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle againstyour enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble,neither be ye terrified because of them; 20:4 For the LORD your God ishe that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to saveyou.20:5 And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man isthere that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let himgo and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another mandedicate it.20:6 And what man is he that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not yeteaten of it? let him also go and return unto his house, lest he die inthe battle, and another man eat of it.20:7 And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath nottaken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in thebattle, and another man take her.20:8 And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and theyshall say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let himgo and return unto his house, lest his brethren's heart faint as wellas his heart.20:9 And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speakingunto the people that they shall make captains of the armies to leadthe people.20:10 When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, thenproclaim peace unto it.20:11 And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open untothee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found thereinshall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee.20:12 And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make waragainst thee, then thou shalt besiege it: 20:13 And when the LORD thyGod hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every malethereof with the edge of the sword: 20:14 But the women, and thelittle ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all thespoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat thespoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.20:15 Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far offfrom thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.20:16 But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God dothgive thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing thatbreatheth: 20:17 But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, theHittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, theHivites, and the Jebusites; as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee:20:18 That they teach you not to do after all their abominations,which they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against theLORD your God.20:19 When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making waragainst it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof byforcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thoushalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man's life) toemploy them in the siege: 20:20 Only the trees which thou knowest thatthey be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; andthou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee,until it be subdued.21:1 If one be found slain in the land which the LORD thy God giveththee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hathslain him: 21:2 Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, andthey shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that isslain: 21:3 And it shall be, that the city which is next unto theslain man, even the elders of that city shall take an heifer, whichhath not been wrought with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke; 21:4And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a roughvalley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off theheifer's neck there in the valley: 21:5 And the priests the sons ofLevi shall come near; for them the LORD thy God hath chosen tominister unto him, and to bless in the name of the LORD; and by theirword shall every controversy and every stroke be tried: 21:6 And allthe elders of that city, that are next unto the slain man, shall washtheir hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley: 21:7 Andthey shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neitherhave our eyes seen it.21:8 Be merciful, O LORD, unto thy people Israel, whom thou hastredeemed, and lay not innocent blood unto thy people of Israel'scharge. And the blood shall be forgiven them.21:9 So shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent blood from amongyou, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD.21:10 When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and the LORDthy God hath delivered them into thine hands, and thou hast taken themcaptive, 21:11 And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, andhast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife; 21:12Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house, and she shall shave herhead, and pare her nails; 21:13 And she shall put the raiment of hercaptivity from off her, and shall remain in thine house, and bewailher father and her mother a full month: and after that thou shalt goin unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife.21:14 And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shaltlet her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all formoney, thou shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou hasthumbled her.21:15 If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, andthey have born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and ifthe firstborn son be hers that was hated: 21:16 Then it shall be, whenhe maketh his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not makethe son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the hated, which isindeed the firstborn: 21:17 But he shall acknowledge the son of thehated for the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that hehath: for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of thefirstborn is his.21:18 If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obeythe voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, whenthey have chastened him, will not hearken unto them: 21:19 Then shallhis father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto theelders of his city, and unto the gate of his place; 21:20 And theyshall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn andrebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and adrunkard.21:21 And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that hedie: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shallhear, and fear.21:22 And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be tobe put to death, and thou hang him on a tree: 21:23 His body shall notremain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury himthat day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land benot defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.22:1 Thou shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep go astray, andhide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them again untothy brother.22:2 And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know himnot, then thou shalt bring it unto thine own house, and it shall bewith thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore itto him again.22:3 In like manner shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou dowith his raiment; and with all lost thing of thy brother's, which hehath lost, and thou hast found, shalt thou do likewise: thou mayestnot hide thyself.22:4 Thou shalt not see thy brother's ass or his ox fall down by theway, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely help him to liftthem up again.22:5 The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man,neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so areabomination unto the LORD thy God.22:6 If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree,or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the damsitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the damwith the young: 22:7 But thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, andtake the young to thee; that it may be well with thee, and that thoumayest prolong thy days.22:8 When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlementfor thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any manfall from thence.22:9 Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds: lest the fruitof thy seed which thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy vineyard, bedefiled.22:10 Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together.22:11 Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen andlinen together.22:12 Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thyvesture, wherewith thou coverest thyself.22:13 If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her, 22:14And give occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil nameupon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I foundher not a maid: 22:15 Then shall the father of the damsel, and hermother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel's virginity untothe elders of the city in the gate: 22:16 And the damsel's fathershall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife,and he hateth her; 22:17 And, lo, he hath given occasions of speechagainst her, saying, I found not thy daughter a maid; and yet theseare the tokens of my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread thecloth before the elders of the city.22:18 And the elders of that city shall take that man and chastisehim; 22:19 And they shall amerce him in an hundred shekels of silver,and give them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath broughtup an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; hemay not put her away all his days.22:20 But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be notfound for the damsel: 22:21 Then they shall bring out the damsel tothe door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stoneher with stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly inIsrael, to play the whore in her father's house: so shalt thou putevil away from among you.22:22 If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, thenthey shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, andthe woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel.22:23 If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and aman find her in the city, and lie with her; 22:24 Then ye shall bringthem both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them withstones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, being in thecity; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour's wife: sothou shalt put away evil from among you.22:25 But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the manforce her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shalldie.22:26 But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in thedamsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth against hisneighbour, and slayeth him, even so is this matter: 22:27 For he foundher in the field, and the betrothed damsel cried, and there was noneto save her.22:28 If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed,and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found; 22:29 Thenthe man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fiftyshekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbledher, he may not put her away all his days.22:30 A man shall not take his father's wife, nor discover hisfather's skirt.23:1 He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cutoff, shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD.23:2 A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; evento his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation ofthe LORD.23:3 An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation ofthe LORD; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into thecongregation of the LORD for ever: 23:4 Because they met you not withbread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; andbecause they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor ofMesopotamia, to curse thee.23:5 Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; butthe LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, becausethe LORD thy God loved thee.23:6 Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy daysfor ever.23:7 Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother: thoushalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in his land.23:8 The children that are begotten of them shall enter into thecongregation of the LORD in their third generation.23:9 When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep theefrom every wicked thing.23:10 If there be among you any man, that is not clean by reason ofuncleanness that chanceth him by night, then shall he go abroad out ofthe camp, he shall not come within the camp: 23:11 But it shall be,when evening cometh on, he shall wash himself with water: and when thesun is down, he shall come into the camp again.23:12 Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thoushalt go forth abroad: 23:13 And thou shalt have a paddle upon thyweapon; and it shall be, when thou wilt ease thyself abroad, thoushalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which comethfrom thee: 23:14 For the LORD thy God walketh in the midst of thycamp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee;therefore shall thy camp be holy: that he see no unclean thing inthee, and turn away from thee.23:15 Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which isescaped from his master unto thee: 23:16 He shall dwell with thee,even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thygates, where it liketh him best: thou shalt not oppress him.23:17 There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor asodomite of the sons of Israel.23:18 Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog,into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both theseare abomination unto the LORD thy God.23:19 Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money,usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury: 23:20Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thoushalt not lend upon usury: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in allthat thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest topossess it.23:21 When thou shalt vow a vow unto the LORD thy God, thou shalt notslack to pay it: for the LORD thy God will surely require it of thee;and it would be sin in thee.23:22 But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.23:23 That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform;even a freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed unto the LORDthy God, which thou hast promised with thy mouth.23:24 When thou comest into thy neighbour's vineyard, then thou mayesteat grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure; but thou shalt not put anyin thy vessel.23:25 When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbour, thenthou mayest pluck the ears with thine hand; but thou shalt not move asickle unto thy neighbour's standing corn.24:1 When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come topass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found someuncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, andgive it in her hand, and send her out of his house.24:2 And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and beanother man's wife.24:3 And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill ofdivorcement, and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of hishouse; or if the latter husband die, which took her to be his wife;24:4 Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her againto be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abominationbefore the LORD: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which theLORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.24:5 When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war,neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free athome one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.24:6 No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge:for he taketh a man's life to pledge.24:7 If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children ofIsrael, and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth him; then that thiefshall die; and thou shalt put evil away from among you.24:8 Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently,and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you:as I commanded them, so ye shall observe to do.24:9 Remember what the LORD thy God did unto Miriam by the way, afterthat ye were come forth out of Egypt.24:10 When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not gointo his house to fetch his pledge.24:11 Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lendshall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee.24:12 And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:24:13 In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sungoeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: andit shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God.24:14 Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy,whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thyland within thy gates: 24:15 At his day thou shalt give him his hire,neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth hisheart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sinunto thee.24:16 The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neithershall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall beput to death for his own sin.24:17 Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of thefatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge: 24:18 But thou shaltremember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and the LORD thy Godredeemed thee thence: therefore I command thee to do this thing.24:19 When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hastforgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: itshall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: thatthe LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands.24:20 When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over theboughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, andfor the widow.24:21 When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt notglean it afterward: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless,and for the widow.24:22 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land ofEgypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing.25:1 If there be a controversy between men, and they come untojudgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify therighteous, and condemn the wicked.25:2 And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, thatthe judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before hisface, according to his fault, by a certain number.25:3 Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he shouldexceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brothershould seem vile unto thee.25:4 Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.25:5 If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have nochild, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger:her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him towife, and perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her.25:6 And it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shallsucceed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be notput out of Israel.25:7 And if the man like not to take his brother's wife, then let hisbrother's wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, Myhusband's brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name inIsrael, he will not perform the duty of my husband's brother.25:8 Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him:and if he stand to it, and say, I like not to take her; 25:9 Thenshall his brother's wife come unto him in the presence of the elders,and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shallanswer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not buildup his brother's house.25:10 And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him thathath his shoe loosed.25:11 When men strive together one with another, and the wife of theone draweth near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of himthat smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by thesecrets: 25:12 Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall notpity her.25:13 Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and asmall.25:14 Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great anda small.25:15 But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect andjust measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in theland which the LORD thy God giveth thee.25:16 For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, arean abomination unto the LORD thy God.25:17 Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were comeforth out of Egypt; 25:18 How he met thee by the way, and smote thehindmost of thee, even all that were feeble behind thee, when thouwast faint and weary; and he feared not God.25:19 Therefore it shall be, when the LORD thy God hath given theerest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the LORDthy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shaltblot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt notforget it.26:1 And it shall be, when thou art come in unto the land which theLORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and possessest it, anddwellest therein; 26:2 That thou shalt take of the first of all thefruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the LORDthy God giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go untothe place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name there.26:3 And thou shalt go unto the priest that shall be in those days,and say unto him, I profess this day unto the LORD thy God, that I amcome unto the country which the LORD sware unto our fathers for togive us.26:4 And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and setit down before the altar of the LORD thy God.26:5 And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrianready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, andsojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty,and populous: 26:6 And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflictedus, and laid upon us hard bondage: 26:7 And when we cried unto theLORD God of our fathers, the LORD heard our voice, and looked on ouraffliction, and our labour, and our oppression: 26:8 And the LORDbrought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with anoutstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, andwith wonders: 26:9 And he hath brought us into this place, and hathgiven us this land, even a land that floweth with milk and honey.26:10 And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land,which thou, O LORD, hast given me. And thou shalt set it before theLORD thy God, and worship before the LORD thy God: 26:11 And thoushalt rejoice in every good thing which the LORD thy God hath givenunto thee, and unto thine house, thou, and the Levite, and thestranger that is among you.26:12 When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thineincrease the third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast givenit unto the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, thatthey may eat within thy gates, and be filled; 26:13 Then thou shaltsay before the LORD thy God, I have brought away the hallowed thingsout of mine house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and untothe stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to allthy commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not transgressedthy commandments, neither have I forgotten them.26:14 I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I takenaway ought thereof for any unclean use, nor given ought thereof forthe dead: but I have hearkened to the voice of the LORD my God, andhave done according to all that thou hast commanded me.26:15 Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thypeople Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou swarestunto our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey.26:16 This day the LORD thy God hath commanded thee to do thesestatutes and judgments: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with allthine heart, and with all thy soul.26:17 Thou hast avouched the LORD this day to be thy God, and to walkin his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and hisjudgments, and to hearken unto his voice: 26:18 And the LORD hathavouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promisedthee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments; 26:19 And tomake thee high above all nations which he hath made, in praise, and inname, and in honour; and that thou mayest be an holy people unto theLORD thy God, as he hath spoken.27:1 And Moses with the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying,Keep all the commandments which I command you this day.27:2 And it shall be on the day when ye shall pass over Jordan untothe land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt set theeup great stones, and plaister them with plaister: 27:3 And thou shaltwrite upon them all the words of this law, when thou art passed over,that thou mayest go in unto the land which the LORD thy God giveththee, a land that floweth with milk and honey; as the LORD God of thyfathers hath promised thee.27:4 Therefore it shall be when ye be gone over Jordan, that ye shallset up these stones, which I command you this day, in mount Ebal, andthou shalt plaister them with plaister.27:5 And there shalt thou build an altar unto the LORD thy God, analtar of stones: thou shalt not lift up any iron tool upon them.27:6 Thou shalt build the altar of the LORD thy God of whole stones:and thou shalt offer burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD thy God:27:7 And thou shalt offer peace offerings, and shalt eat there, andrejoice before the LORD thy God.27:8 And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this lawvery plainly.27:9 And Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto all Israel,saying, Take heed, and hearken, O Israel; this day thou art become thepeople of the LORD thy God.27:10 Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the LORD thy God, and dohis commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day.27:11 And Moses charged the people the same day, saying, 27:12 Theseshall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are comeover Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph,and Benjamin: 27:13 And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse;Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.27:14 And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israelwith a loud voice, 27:15 Cursed be the man that maketh any graven ormolten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands ofthe craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the peopleshall answer and say, Amen.27:16 Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. Andall the people shall say, Amen.27:17 Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour's landmark. And all thepeople shall say, Amen.27:18 Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. Andall the people shall say, Amen.27:19 Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger,fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.27:20 Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife; because heuncovereth his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.27:21 Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all thepeople shall say, Amen.27:22 Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of hisfather, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say,Amen.27:23 Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law. And all thepeople shall say, Amen.27:24 Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all thepeople shall say, Amen.27:25 Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. Andall the people shall say, Amen.27:26 Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to dothem. And all the people shall say, Amen.28:1 And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently untothe voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all hiscommandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God willset thee on high above all nations of the earth: 28:2 And all theseblessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearkenunto the voice of the LORD thy God.28:3 Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be inthe field.28:4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thyground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and theflocks of thy sheep.28:5 Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store.28:6 Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thoube when thou goest out.28:7 The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee tobe smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way,and flee before thee seven ways.28:8 The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses,and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless theein the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.28:9 The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as hehath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORDthy God, and walk in his ways.28:10 And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called bythe name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of thee.28:11 And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit ofthy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thyground, in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to givethee.28:12 The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven togive the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the workof thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shaltnot borrow.28:13 And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; andthou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thouhearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I commandthee this day, to observe and to do them: 28:14 And thou shalt not goaside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to theright hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.28:15 But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto thevoice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments andhis statutes which I command thee this day; that all these cursesshall come upon thee, and overtake thee: 28:16 Cursed shalt thou be inthe city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.28:17 Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store.28:18 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thyland, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.28:19 Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thoube when thou goest out.28:20 The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, inall that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou bedestroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness ofthy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.28:21 The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until hehave consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possessit.28:22 The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever,and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with thesword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue theeuntil thou perish.28:23 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and theearth that is under thee shall be iron.28:24 The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: fromheaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.28:25 The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies:thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways beforethem: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.28:26 And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, andunto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away.28:27 The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with theemerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst notbe healed.28:28 The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, andastonishment of heart: 28:29 And thou shalt grope at noonday, as theblind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: andthou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shallsave thee.28:30 Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her:thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thoushalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.28:31 Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt noteat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thyface, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given untothine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue them.28:32 Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people,and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the daylong; and there shall be no might in thine hand.28:33 The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation whichthou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushedalway: 28:34 So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyeswhich thou shalt see.28:35 The LORD shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with asore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto thetop of thy head.28:36 The LORD shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt setover thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers haveknown; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.28:37 And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword,among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.28:38 Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gatherbut little in; for the locust shall consume it.28:39 Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neitherdrink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eatthem.28:40 Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thoushalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast hisfruit.28:41 Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoythem; for they shall go into captivity.28:42 All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume.28:43 The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee veryhigh; and thou shalt come down very low.28:44 He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shallbe the head, and thou shalt be the tail.28:45 Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursuethee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thouhearkenedst not unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep hiscommandments and his statutes which he commanded thee: 28:46 And theyshall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed forever.28:47 Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, andwith gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things; 28:48Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall sendagainst thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in wantof all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until hehave destroyed thee.28:49 The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from theend of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tonguethou shalt not understand; 28:50 A nation of fierce countenance, whichshall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young:28:51 And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thyland, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee eithercorn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thysheep, until he have destroyed thee.28:52 And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high andfenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thyland: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thyland, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.28:53 And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thysons and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee, inthe siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shalldistress thee: 28:54 So that the man that is tender among you, andvery delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and towardthe wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which heshall leave: 28:55 So that he will not give to any of them of theflesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing lefthim in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shalldistress thee in all thy gates.28:56 The tender and delicate woman among you, which would notadventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicatenessand tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom,and toward her son, and toward her daughter, 28:57 And toward heryoung one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward herchildren which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of allthings secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemyshall distress thee in thy gates.28:58 If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law thatare written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious andfearful name, THE LORD THY GOD; 28:59 Then the LORD will make thyplagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues,and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance.28:60 Moreover he will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt,which thou wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee.28:61 Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written inthe book of this law, them will the LORD bring upon thee, until thoube destroyed.28:62 And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the starsof heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice ofthe LORD thy God.28:63 And it shall come to pass, that as the LORD rejoiced over you todo you good, and to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice over you todestroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked fromoff the land whither thou goest to possess it.28:64 And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the oneend of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve othergods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood andstone.28:65 And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shallthe sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there atrembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind: 28:66 Andthy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day andnight, and shalt have none assurance of thy life: 28:67 In the morningthou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say,Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thoushalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.28:68 And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, bythe way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again:and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen andbondwomen, and no man shall buy you.29:1 These are the words of the covenant, which the LORD commandedMoses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, besidethe covenant which he made with them in Horeb.29:2 And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye haveseen all that the LORD did before your eyes in the land of Egypt untoPharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land; 29:3 Thegreat temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and thosegreat miracles: 29:4 Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart toperceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.29:5 And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothesare not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thyfoot.29:6 Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strongdrink: that ye might know that I am the LORD your God.29:7 And when ye came unto this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, andOg the king of Bashan, came out against us unto battle, and we smotethem: 29:8 And we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance untothe Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of Manasseh.29:9 Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that yemay prosper in all that ye do.29:10 Ye stand this day all of you before the LORD your God; yourcaptains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with all themen of Israel, 29:11 Your little ones, your wives, and thy strangerthat is in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thywater: 29:12 That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the LORD thyGod, and into his oath, which the LORD thy God maketh with thee thisday: 29:13 That he may establish thee to day for a people untohimself, and that he may be unto thee a God, as he hath said untothee, and as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, andto Jacob.29:14 Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath;29:15 But with him that standeth here with us this day before the LORDour God, and also with him that is not here with us this day: 29:16(For ye know how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt; and how we camethrough the nations which ye passed by; 29:17 And ye have seen theirabominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, whichwere among them:) 29:18 Lest there should be among you man, or woman,or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORDour God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there shouldbe among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood; 29:19 And it cometo pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he blesshimself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in theimagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst: 29:20 TheLORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and hisjealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that arewritten in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot outhis name from under heaven.29:21 And the LORD shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribesof Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that arewritten in this book of the law: 29:22 So that the generation to comeof your children that shall rise up after you, and the stranger thatshall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues ofthat land, and the sicknesses which the LORD hath laid upon it; 29:23And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning,that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, likethe overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which theLORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath: 29:24 Even all nationsshall say, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this land? whatmeaneth the heat of this great anger?  29:25 Then men shall say,Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD God of theirfathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of theland of Egypt: 29:26 For they went and served other gods, andworshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not givenunto them: 29:27 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against thisland, to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this book:29:28 And the LORD rooted them out of their land in anger, and inwrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, asit is this day.29:29 The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those thingswhich are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, thatwe may do all the words of this law.30:1 And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come uponthee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, andthou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the LORDthy God hath driven thee, 30:2 And shalt return unto the LORD thy God,and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee thisday, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thysoul; 30:3 That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, andhave compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from allthe nations, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee.30:4 If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven,from thence will the LORD thy God gather thee, and from thence will hefetch thee: 30:5 And the LORD thy God will bring thee into the landwhich thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and he will dothee good, and multiply thee above thy fathers.30:6 And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heartof thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and withall thy soul, that thou mayest live.30:7 And the LORD thy God will put all these curses upon thineenemies, and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee.30:8 And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the LORD, and do allhis commandments which I command thee this day.30:9 And the LORD thy God will make thee plenteous in every work ofthine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle,and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the LORD will againrejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers: 30:10 Ifthou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep hiscommandments and his statutes which are written in this book of thelaw, and if thou turn unto the LORD thy God with all thine heart, andwith all thy soul.30:11 For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is nothidden from thee, neither is it far off.30:12 It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go upfor us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and doit?  30:13 Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Whoshall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hearit, and do it?  30:14 But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thymouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.30:15 See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and deathand evil; 30:16 In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thyGod, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and hisstatutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: andthe LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest topossess it.30:17 But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, butshalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them; 30:18 Idenounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, and that yeshall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest overJordan to go to possess it.30:19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that Ihave set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: thereforechoose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: 30:20 That thoumayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, andthat thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the lengthof thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD swareunto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.31:1 And Moses went and spake these words unto all Israel.31:2 And he said unto them, I am an hundred and twenty years old thisday; I can no more go out and come in: also the LORD hath said untome, Thou shalt not go over this Jordan.31:3 The LORD thy God, he will go over before thee, and he willdestroy these nations from before thee, and thou shalt possess them:and Joshua, he shall go over before thee, as the LORD hath said.31:4 And the LORD shall do unto them as he did to Sihon and to Og,kings of the Amorites, and unto the land of them, whom he destroyed.31:5 And the LORD shall give them up before your face, that ye may dounto them according unto all the commandments which I have commandedyou.31:6 Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them:for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will notfail thee, nor forsake thee.31:7 And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight ofall Israel, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou must go withthis people unto the land which the LORD hath sworn unto their fathersto give them; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it.31:8 And the LORD, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be withthee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neitherbe dismayed.31:9 And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests thesons of Levi, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and untoall the elders of Israel.31:10 And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every sevenyears, in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast oftabernacles, 31:11 When all Israel is come to appear before the LORDthy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this lawbefore all Israel in their hearing.31:12 Gather the people together, men and women, and children, and thystranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that theymay learn, and fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all the wordsof this law: 31:13 And that their children, which have not known anything, may hear, and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as yelive in the land whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.31:14 And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach thatthou must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacleof the congregation, that I may give him a charge. And Moses andJoshua went, and presented themselves in the tabernacle of thecongregation.31:15 And the LORD appeared in the tabernacle in a pillar of a cloud:and the pillar of the cloud stood over the door of the tabernacle.31:16 And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thyfathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the godsof the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, andwill forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.31:17 Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and Iwill forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shallbe devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so thatthey will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, becauseour God is not among us?  31:18 And I will surely hide my face in thatday for all the evils which they shall have wrought, in that they areturned unto other gods.31:19 Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it thechildren of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be awitness for me against the children of Israel.31:20 For when I shall have brought them into the land which I swareunto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shallhave eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turnunto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break mycovenant.31:21 And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles arebefallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness;for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for Iknow their imagination which they go about, even now, before I havebrought them into the land which I sware.31:22 Moses therefore wrote this song the same day, and taught it thechildren of Israel.31:23 And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strongand of a good courage: for thou shalt bring the children of Israelinto the land which I sware unto them: and I will be with thee.31:24 And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing thewords of this law in a book, until they were finished, 31:25 ThatMoses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of theLORD, saying, 31:26 Take this book of the law, and put it in the sideof the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be therefor a witness against thee.31:27 For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I amyet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD;and how much more after my death?  31:28 Gather unto me all the eldersof your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words intheir ears, and call heaven and earth to record against them.31:29 For I know that after my death ye will utterly corruptyourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you;and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evilin the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through the work ofyour hands.31:30 And Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israelthe words of this song, until they were ended.32:1 Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, thewords of my mouth.32:2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as thedew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers uponthe grass: 32:3 Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribeye greatness unto our God.32:4 He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways arejudgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.32:5 They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of hischildren: they are a perverse and crooked generation.32:6 Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is nothe thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, andestablished thee?  32:7 Remember the days of old, consider the yearsof many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thyelders, and they will tell thee.32:8 When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, whenhe separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the peopleaccording to the number of the children of Israel.32:9 For the LORD's portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of hisinheritance.32:10 He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howlingwilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as theapple of his eye.32:11 As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young,spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings:32:12 So the LORD alone did lead him, and there was no strange godwith him.32:13 He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he mighteat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out ofthe rock, and oil out of the flinty rock; 32:14 Butter of kine, andmilk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, andgoats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pureblood of the grape.32:15 But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou artgrown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God whichmade him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.32:16 They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, withabominations provoked they him to anger.32:17 They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knewnot, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.32:18 Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hastforgotten God that formed thee.32:19 And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, because of theprovoking of his sons, and of his daughters.32:20 And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see whattheir end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, childrenin whom is no faith.32:21 They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; theyhave provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them tojealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them toanger with a foolish nation.32:22 For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto thelowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set onfire the foundations of the mountains.32:23 I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows uponthem.32:24 They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat,and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts uponthem, with the poison of serpents of the dust.32:25 The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both theyoung man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of grayhairs.32:26 I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make theremembrance of them to cease from among men: 32:27 Were it not that Ifeared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behavethemselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, andthe LORD hath not done all this.32:28 For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there anyunderstanding in them.32:29 O that they were wise, that they understood this, that theywould consider their latter end!  32:30 How should one chase athousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock hadsold them, and the LORD had shut them up?  32:31 For their rock is notas our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.32:32 For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields ofGomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter:32:33 Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom ofasps.32:34 Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among mytreasures?  32:35 To me belongeth vengeance and recompence; their footshall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, andthe things that shall come upon them make haste.32:36 For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for hisservants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is noneshut up, or left.32:37 And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom theytrusted, 32:38 Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drankthe wine of their drink offerings? let them rise up and help you, andbe your protection.32:39 See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: Ikill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any thatcan deliver out of my hand.32:40 For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.32:41 If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold onjudgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will rewardthem that hate me.32:42 I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shalldevour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of thecaptives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.32:43 Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge theblood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries,and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people.32:44 And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the earsof the people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun.32:45 And Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel:32:46 And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words whichI testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children toobserve to do, all the words of this law.32:47 For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: andthrough this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither yego over Jordan to possess it.32:48 And the LORD spake unto Moses that selfsame day, saying, 32:49Get thee up into this mountain Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is inthe land of Moab, that is over against Jericho; and behold the land ofCanaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession:32:50 And die in the mount whither thou goest up, and be gathered untothy people; as Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gatheredunto his people: 32:51 Because ye trespassed against me among thechildren of Israel at the waters of MeribahKadesh, in the wildernessof Zin; because ye sanctified me not in the midst of the children ofIsrael.32:52 Yet thou shalt see the land before thee; but thou shalt not gothither unto the land which I give the children of Israel.33:1 And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessedthe children of Israel before his death.33:2 And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir untothem; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousandsof saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.33:3 Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: andthey sat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words.33:4 Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of thecongregation of Jacob.33:5 And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and thetribes of Israel were gathered together.33:6 Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few.33:7 And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said, Hear, LORD, thevoice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands besufficient for him; and be thou an help to him from his enemies.33:8 And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thyholy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didststrive at the waters of Meribah; 33:9 Who said unto his father and tohis mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge hisbrethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word,and kept thy covenant.33:10 They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law: theyshall put incense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thinealtar.33:11 Bless, LORD, his substance, and accept the work of his hands;smite through the loins of them that rise against him, and of themthat hate him, that they rise not again.33:12 And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the LORD shall dwell insafety by him; and the Lord shall cover him all the day long, and heshall dwell between his shoulders.33:13 And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD be his land, for theprecious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that couchethbeneath, 33:14 And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun,and for the precious things put forth by the moon, 33:15 And for thechief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things ofthe lasting hills, 33:16 And for the precious things of the earth andfulness thereof, and for the good will of him that dwelt in the bush:let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of thehead of him that was separated from his brethren.33:17 His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his hornsare like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the peopletogether to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands ofEphraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.33:18 And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and,Issachar, in thy tents.33:19 They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shalloffer sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall suck of theabundance of the seas, and of treasures hid in the sand.33:20 And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: hedwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head.33:21 And he provided the first part for himself, because there, in aportion of the lawgiver, was he seated; and he came with the heads ofthe people, he executed the justice of the LORD, and his judgmentswith Israel.33:22 And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp: he shall leap fromBashan.33:23 And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, andfull with the blessing of the LORD: possess thou the west and thesouth.33:24 And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with children; lethim be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil.33:25 Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thystrength be.33:26 There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon theheaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.33:27 The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are theeverlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee;and shall say, Destroy them.33:28 Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacobshall be upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall dropdown dew.33:29 Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people savedby the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thyexcellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thoushalt tread upon their high places.34:1 And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain ofNebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the LORDshewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan, 34:2 And all Naphtali,and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, untothe utmost sea, 34:3 And the south, and the plain of the valley ofJericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar.34:4 And the LORD said unto him, This is the land which I sware untoAbraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thyseed: I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt notgo over thither.34:5 So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab,according to the word of the LORD.34:6 And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over againstBethpeor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.34:7 And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: hiseye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.34:8 And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moabthirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.34:9 And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; forMoses had laid his hands upon him: and the children of Israelhearkened unto him, and did as the LORD commanded Moses.34:10 And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses,whom the LORD knew face to face, 34:11 In all the signs and thewonders, which the LORD sent him to do in the land of Egypt toPharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land, 34:12 And inall that mighty hand, and in all the great terror which Moses shewedin the sight of all Israel.The Book of Joshua1:1 Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came topass, that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister,saying, 1:2 Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go overthis Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do giveto them, even to the children of Israel.1:3 Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that haveI given unto you, as I said unto Moses.1:4 From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river,the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the greatsea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast.1:5 There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the daysof thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will notfail thee, nor forsake thee.1:6 Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thoudivide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathersto give them.1:7 Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observeto do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee:turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayestprosper withersoever thou goest.1:8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thoushalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to doaccording to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thyway prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.1:9 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be notafraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with theewhithersoever thou goest.1:10 Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying, 1:11Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare youvictuals; for within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to goin to possess the land, which the LORD your God giveth you to possessit.1:12 And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to half the tribeof Manasseh, spake Joshua, saying, 1:13 Remember the word which Mosesthe servant of the LORD commanded you, saying, The LORD your God hathgiven you rest, and hath given you this land.1:14 Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall remain inthe land which Moses gave you on this side Jordan; but ye shall passbefore your brethren armed, all the mighty men of valour, and helpthem; 1:15 Until the LORD have given your brethren rest, as he hathgiven you, and they also have possessed the land which the LORD yourGod giveth them: then ye shall return unto the land of yourpossession, and enjoy it, which Moses the LORD's servant gave you onthis side Jordan toward the sunrising.1:16 And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest us wewill do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go.1:17 According as we hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will wehearken unto thee: only the LORD thy God be with thee, as he was withMoses.1:18 Whosoever he be that doth rebel against thy commandment, and willnot hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, he shallbe put to death: only be strong and of a good courage.2:1 And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spysecretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, andcame into an harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there.2:2 And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there camemen in hither to night of the children of Israel to search out thecountry.2:3 And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth themen that are come to thee, which are entered into thine house: forthey be come to search out all the country.2:4 And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, Therecame men unto me, but I wist not whence they were: 2:5 And it came topass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, thatthe men went out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue after themquickly; for ye shall overtake them.2:6 But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid themwith the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.2:7 And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords:and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shutthe gate.2:8 And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon theroof; 2:9 And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath givenyou the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all theinhabitants of the land faint because of you.2:10 For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red seafor you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kingsof the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og,whom ye utterly destroyed.2:11 And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt,neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you:for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earthbeneath.2:12 Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since Ihave shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto myfather's house, and give me a true token: 2:13 And that ye will savealive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, andall that they have, and deliver our lives from death.2:14 And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter notthis our business. And it shall be, when the LORD hath given us theland, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee.2:15 Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for herhouse was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.2:16 And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest thepursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until thepursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way.2:17 And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thineoath which thou hast made us swear.2:18 Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line ofscarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thoushalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thyfather's household, home unto thee.2:19 And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thyhouse into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we willbe guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his bloodshall be on our head, if any hand be upon him.2:20 And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit ofthine oath which thou hast made us to swear.2:21 And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sentthem away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in thewindow.2:22 And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there threedays, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought themthroughout all the way, but found them not.2:23 So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, andpassed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him allthings that befell them: 2:24 And they said unto Joshua, Truly theLORD hath delivered into our hands all the land; for even all theinhabitants of the country do faint because of us.3:1 And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed fromShittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, andlodged there before they passed over.3:2 And it came to pass after three days, that the officers wentthrough the host; 3:3 And they commanded the people, saying, When yesee the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests theLevites bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go afterit.3:4 Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousandcubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way bywhich ye must go: for ye have not passed this way heretofore.3:5 And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you.3:6 And Joshua spake unto the priests, saying, Take up the ark of thecovenant, and pass over before the people. And they took up the ark ofthe covenant, and went before the people.3:7 And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to magnifythee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I waswith Moses, so I will be with thee.3:8 And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of thecovenant, saying, When ye are come to the brink of the water ofJordan, ye shall stand still in Jordan.3:9 And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hearthe words of the LORD your God.3:10 And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God isamong you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you theCanaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, andthe Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites.3:11 Behold, the ark of the covenant of the LORD of all the earthpasseth over before you into Jordan.3:12 Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel,out of every tribe a man.3:13 And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet ofthe priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the LORD of all the earth,shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall becut off from the waters that come down from above; and they shallstand upon an heap.3:14 And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, topass over Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the covenantbefore the people; 3:15 And as they that bare the ark were come untoJordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped inthe brim of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all thetime of harvest,) 3:16 That the waters which came down from abovestood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that isbeside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain,even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passedover right against Jericho.3:17 And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORDstood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all theIsraelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people were passedclean over Jordan.4:1 And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed overJordan, that the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying, 4:2 Take you twelvemen out of the people, out of every tribe a man, 4:3 And command yethem, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of theplace where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and ye shallcarry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, whereye shall lodge this night.4:4 Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of thechildren of Israel, out of every tribe a man: 4:5 And Joshua said untothem, Pass over before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst ofJordan, and take you up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder,according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel: 4:6That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask theirfathers in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones?  4:7Then ye shall answer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut offbefore the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it passed overJordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall befor a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever.4:8 And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took uptwelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the LORD spake untoJoshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children ofIsrael, and carried them over with them unto the place where theylodged, and laid them down there.4:9 And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in theplace where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenantstood: and they are there unto this day.4:10 For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan,until everything was finished that the LORD commanded Joshua to speakunto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and thepeople hasted and passed over.4:11 And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over,that the ark of the LORD passed over, and the priests, in the presenceof the people.4:12 And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half thetribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, asMoses spake unto them: 4:13 About forty thousand prepared for warpassed over before the LORD unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.4:14 On that day the LORD magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel;and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life.4:15 And the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying, 4:16 Command the prieststhat bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan.4:17 Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out ofJordan.4:18 And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of thecovenant of the LORD were come up out of the midst of Jordan, and thesoles of the priests' feet were lifted up unto the dry land, that thewaters of Jordan returned unto their place, and flowed over all hisbanks, as they did before.4:19 And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of thefirst month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho.4:20 And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, didJoshua pitch in Gilgal.4:21 And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When yourchildren shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What meanthese stones?  4:22 Then ye shall let your children know, saying,Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.4:23 For the LORD your God dried up the waters of Jordan from beforeyou, until ye were passed over, as the LORD your God did to the Redsea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over: 4:24That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD, thatit is mighty: that ye might fear the LORD your God for ever.5:1 And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, whichwere on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of theCanaanites, which were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried upthe waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we werepassed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in themany more, because of the children of Israel.5:2 At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives,and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.5:3 And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children ofIsrael at the hill of the foreskins.5:4 And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise: All the peoplethat came out of Egypt, that were males, even all the men of war, diedin the wilderness by the way, after they came out of Egypt.5:5 Now all the people that came out were circumcised: but all thepeople that were born in the wilderness by the way as they came forthout of Egypt, them they had not circumcised.5:6 For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness,till all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt,were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: untowhom the LORD sware that he would not shew them the land, which theLORD sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land thatfloweth with milk and honey.5:7 And their children, whom he raised up in their stead, them Joshuacircumcised: for they were uncircumcised, because they had notcircumcised them by the way.5:8 And it came to pass, when they had done circumcising all thepeople, that they abode in their places in the camp, till they werewhole.5:9 And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away thereproach of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of the place iscalled Gilgal unto this day.5:10 And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept thepassover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains ofJericho.5:11 And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow afterthe passover, unleavened cakes, and parched corn in the selfsame day.5:12 And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of theold corn of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna anymore; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.5:13 And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he liftedup his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over againsthim with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, andsaid unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?  5:14 And hesaid, Nay; but as captain of the host of the LORD am I now come. AndJoshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said untohim, What saith my Lord unto his servant?  5:15 And the captain of theLORD's host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; forthe place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so.6:1 Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children ofIsrael: none went out, and none came in.6:2 And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine handJericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour.6:3 And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go roundabout the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.6:4 And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets oframs' horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seventimes, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets.6:5 And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast withthe ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all thepeople shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shallfall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straightbefore him.6:6 And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them,Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seventrumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the LORD.6:7 And he said unto the people, Pass on, and compass the city, andlet him that is armed pass on before the ark of the LORD.6:8 And it came to pass, when Joshua had spoken unto the people, thatthe seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns passed onbefore the LORD, and blew with the trumpets: and the ark of thecovenant of the LORD followed them.6:9 And the armed men went before the priests that blew with thetrumpets, and the rereward came after the ark, the priests going on,and blowing with the trumpets.6:10 And Joshua had commanded the people, saying, Ye shall not shout,nor make any noise with your voice, neither shall any word proceed outof your mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then shall ye shout.6:11 So the ark of the LORD compassed the city, going about it once:and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.6:12 And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up theark of the LORD.6:13 And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams' horns beforethe ark of the LORD went on continually, and blew with the trumpets:and the armed men went before them; but the rereward came after theark of the LORD, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets.6:14 And the second day they compassed the city once, and returnedinto the camp: so they did six days.6:15 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose earlyabout the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the samemanner seven times: only on that day they compassed the city seventimes.6:16 And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blewwith the trumpets, Joshua said unto the people, Shout; for the LORDhath given you the city.6:17 And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that aretherein, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and allthat are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that wesent.6:18 And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lestye make yourselves accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, andmake the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it.6:19 But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, areconsecrated unto the LORD: they shall come into the treasury of theLORD.6:20 So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets:and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet,and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell downflat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straightbefore him, and they took the city.6:21 And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man andwoman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of thesword.6:22 But Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied out thecountry, Go into the harlot's house, and bring out thence the woman,and all that she hath, as ye sware unto her.6:23 And the young men that were spies went in, and brought out Rahab,and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that shehad; and they brought out all her kindred, and left them without thecamp of Israel.6:24 And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein: onlythe silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, theyput into the treasury of the house of the LORD.6:25 And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father'shousehold, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even untothis day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy outJericho.6:26 And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the manbefore the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: heshall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngestson shall he set up the gates of it.6:27 So the LORD was with Joshua; and his fame was noised throughoutall the country.7:1 But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursedthing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son ofZerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and theanger of the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel.7:2 And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Bethaven,on the east of Bethel, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view thecountry.And the men went up and viewed Ai.7:3 And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all thepeople go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smiteAi; and make not all the people to labour thither; for they are butfew.7:4 So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men:and they fled before the men of Ai.7:5 And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for theychased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them inthe going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and becameas water.7:6 And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his facebefore the ark of the LORD until the eventide, he and the elders ofIsrael, and put dust upon their heads.7:7 And Joshua said, Alas, O LORD God, wherefore hast thou at allbrought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of theAmorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelton the other side Jordan!  7:8 O LORD, what shall I say, when Israelturneth their backs before their enemies!  7:9 For the Canaanites andall the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ usround, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do untothy great name?  7:10 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Get thee up;wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face?  7:11 Israel hath sinned, andthey have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: forthey have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, anddissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff.7:12 Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before theirenemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because theywere accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroythe accursed from among you.7:13 Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against tomorrow: for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, There is an accursedthing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand beforethine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you.7:14 In the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to yourtribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which the LORD taketh shallcome according to the families thereof; and the family which the LORDshall take shall come by households; and the household which the LORDshall take shall come man by man.7:15 And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thingshall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because he hathtransgressed the covenant of the LORD, and because he hath wroughtfolly in Israel.7:16 So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel bytheir tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken: 7:17 And he broughtthe family of Judah; and he took the family of the Zarhites: and hebrought the family of the Zarhites man by man; and Zabdi was taken:7:18 And he brought his household man by man; and Achan, the son ofCarmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, wastaken.7:19 And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory tothe LORD God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me nowwhat thou hast done; hide it not from me.7:20 And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned againstthe LORD God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done: 7:21 When I sawamong the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekelsof silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I covetedthem, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in themidst of my tent, and the silver under it.7:22 So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and,behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it.7:23 And they took them out of the midst of the tent, and brought themunto Joshua, and unto all the children of Israel, and laid them outbefore the LORD.7:24 And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah,and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons,and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and histent, and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley ofAchor.7:25 And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the LORD shalltrouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, andburned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones.7:26 And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. Sothe LORD turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the nameof that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day.8:1 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou dismayed:take all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to Ai: see, Ihave given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city,and his land: 8:2 And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didstunto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattlethereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambushfor the city behind it.8:3 So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai:and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valour, and sentthem away by night.8:4 And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in waitagainst the city, even behind the city: go not very far from the city,but be ye all ready: 8:5 And I, and all the people that are with me,will approach unto the city: and it shall come to pass, when they comeout against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them, 8:6(For they will come out after us) till we have drawn them from thecity; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first:therefore we will flee before them.8:7 Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize upon the city:for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand.8:8 And it shall be, when ye have taken the city, that ye shall setthe city on fire: according to the commandment of the LORD shall yedo. See, I have commanded you.8:9 Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush,and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshualodged that night among the people.8:10 And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and numbered the people,and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.8:11 And all the people, even the people of war that were with him,went up, and drew nigh, and came before the city, and pitched on thenorth side of Ai: now there was a valley between them and Ai.8:12 And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie inambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.8:13 And when they had set the people, even all the host that was onthe north of the city, and their liers in wait on the west of thecity, Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.8:14 And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hastedand rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel tobattle, he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the plain;but he wist not that there were liers in ambush against him behind thecity.8:15 And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten beforethem, and fled by the way of the wilderness.8:16 And all the people that were in Ai were called together to pursueafter them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away fromthe city.8:17 And there was not a man left in Ai or Bethel, that went not outafter Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.8:18 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Stretch out the spear that is inthy hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thine hand. And Joshuastretched out the spear that he had in his hand toward the city.8:19 And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran assoon as he had stretched out his hand: and they entered into the city,and took it, and hasted and set the city on fire.8:20 And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold,the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power toflee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wildernessturned back upon the pursuers.8:21 And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken thecity, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again,and slew the men of Ai.8:22 And the other issued out of the city against them; so they werein the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side: andthey smote them, so that they let none of them remain or escape.8:23 And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.8:24 And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying allthe inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein theychased them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword,until they were consumed, that all the Israelites returned unto Ai,and smote it with the edge of the sword.8:25 And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men andwomen, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai.8:26 For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out thespear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.8:27 Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a preyunto themselves, according unto the word of the LORD which hecommanded Joshua.8:28 And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even adesolation unto this day.8:29 And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and assoon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take hiscarcase down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate ofthe city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, that remainethunto this day.8:30 Then Joshua built an altar unto the LORD God of Israel in mountEbal, 8:31 As Moses the servant of the LORD commanded the children ofIsrael, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar ofwhole stones, over which no man hath lift up any iron: and theyoffered thereon burnt offerings unto the LORD, and sacrificed peaceofferings.8:32 And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of Moses,which he wrote in the presence of the children of Israel.8:33 And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges,stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests theLevites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, as well thestranger, as he that was born among them; half of them over againstmount Gerizim, and half of them over against mount Ebal; as Moses theservant of the LORD had commanded before, that they should bless thepeople of Israel.8:34 And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessings andcursings, according to all that is written in the book of the law.8:35 There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshuaread not before all the congregation of Israel, with the women, andthe little ones, and the strangers that were conversant among them.9:1 And it came to pass, when all the kings which were on this sideJordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of thegreat sea over against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, theCanaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof;9:2 That they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua andwith Israel, with one accord.9:3 And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done untoJericho and to Ai, 9:4 They did work wilily, and went and made as ifthey had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, andwine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up; 9:5 And old shoes andclouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the breadof their provision was dry and mouldy.9:6 And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said untohim, and to the men of Israel, We be come from a far country: nowtherefore make ye a league with us.9:7 And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwellamong us; and how shall we make a league with you?  9:8 And they saidunto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who areye? and from whence come ye?  9:9 And they said unto him, From a veryfar country thy servants are come because of the name of the LORD thyGod: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt,9:10 And all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, that werebeyond Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan,which was at Ashtaroth.9:11 Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spaketo us, saying, Take victuals with you for the journey, and go to meetthem, and say unto them, We are your servants: therefore now make ye aleague with us.9:12 This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses onthe day we came forth to go unto you; but now, behold, it is dry, andit is mouldy: 9:13 And these bottles of wine, which we filled, werenew; and, behold, they be rent: and these our garments and our shoesare become old by reason of the very long journey.9:14 And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at themouth of the LORD.9:15 And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, tolet them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them.9:16 And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had madea league with them, that they heard that they were their neighbours,and that they dwelt among them.9:17 And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their citieson the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, andBeeroth, and Kirjathjearim.9:18 And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes ofthe congregation had sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel. Andall the congregation murmured against the princes.9:19 But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have swornunto them by the LORD God of Israel: now therefore we may not touchthem.9:20 This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrathbe upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.9:21 And the princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them behewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation; as theprinces had promised them.9:22 And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying,Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying, We are very far from you; whenye dwell among us?  9:23 Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shallnone of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood anddrawers of water for the house of my God.9:24 And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly toldthy servants, how that the LORD thy God commanded his servant Moses togive you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the landfrom before you, therefore we were sore afraid of our lives because ofyou, and have done this thing.9:25 And now, behold, we are in thine hand: as it seemeth good andright unto thee to do unto us, do.9:26 And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand ofthe children of Israel, that they slew them not.9:27 And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of waterfor the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, even unto thisday, in the place which he should choose.10:1 Now it came to pass, when Adonizedec king of Jerusalem had heardhow Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had doneto Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and howthe inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were amongthem; 10:2 That they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city,as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, andall the men thereof were mighty.10:3 Wherefore Adonizedec king of Jerusalem, sent unto Hoham king ofHebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king ofLachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying, 10:4 Come up unto me,and help me, that we may smite Gibeon: for it hath made peace withJoshua and with the children of Israel.10:5 Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem,the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the kingof Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and alltheir hosts, and encamped before Gibeon, and made war against it.10:6 And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the camp to Gilgal,saying, Slack not thy hand from thy servants; come up to us quickly,and save us, and help us: for all the kings of the Amorites that dwellin the mountains are gathered together against us.10:7 So Joshua ascended from Gilgal, he, and all the people of warwith him, and all the mighty men of valour.10:8 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear them not: for I havedelivered them into thine hand; there shall not a man of them standbefore thee.10:9 Joshua therefore came unto them suddenly, and went up from Gilgalall night.10:10 And the LORD discomfited them before Israel, and slew them witha great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goethup to Bethhoron, and smote them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah.10:11 And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and werein the going down to Bethhoron, that the LORD cast down great stonesfrom heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they were more whichdied with hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew withthe sword.10:12 Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD deliveredup the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in thesight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, inthe valley of Ajalon.10:13 And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the peoplehad avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in thebook of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, andhasted not to go down about a whole day.10:14 And there was no day like that before it or after it, that theLORD hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the LORD fought forIsrael.10:15 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp toGilgal.10:16 But these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a cave atMakkedah.10:17 And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found hid ina cave at Makkedah.10:18 And Joshua said, Roll great stones upon the mouth of the cave,and set men by it for to keep them: 10:19 And stay ye not, but pursueafter your enemies, and smite the hindmost of them; suffer them not toenter into their cities: for the LORD your God hath delivered theminto your hand.10:20 And it came to pass, when Joshua and the children of Israel hadmade an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till theywere consumed, that the rest which remained of them entered intofenced cities.10:21 And all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah inpeace: none moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel.10:22 Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring outthose five kings unto me out of the cave.10:23 And they did so, and brought forth those five kings unto him outof the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king ofJarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon.10:24 And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings untoJoshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said untothe captains of the men of war which went with him, Come near, putyour feet upon the necks of these kings. And they came near, and puttheir feet upon the necks of them.10:25 And Joshua said unto them, Fear not, nor be dismayed, be strongand of good courage: for thus shall the LORD do to all your enemiesagainst whom ye fight.10:26 And afterward Joshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged themon five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening.10:27 And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun,that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and castthem into the cave wherein they had been hid, and laid great stones inthe cave's mouth, which remain until this very day.10:28 And that day Joshua took Makkedah, and smote it with the edge ofthe sword, and the king thereof he utterly destroyed, them, and allthe souls that were therein; he let none remain: and he did to theking of Makkedah as he did unto the king of Jericho.10:29 Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, untoLibnah, and fought against Libnah: 10:30 And the LORD delivered italso, and the king thereof, into the hand of Israel; and he smote itwith the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein; helet none remain in it; but did unto the king thereof as he did untothe king of Jericho.10:31 And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, untoLachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it: 10:32 And theLORD delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel, which took it on thesecond day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the soulsthat were therein, according to all that he had done to Libnah.10:33 Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshuasmote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining.10:34 And from Lachish Joshua passed unto Eglon, and all Israel withhim; and they encamped against it, and fought against it: 10:35 Andthey took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, andall the souls that were therein he utterly destroyed that day,according to all that he had done to Lachish.10:36 And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, untoHebron; and they fought against it: 10:37 And they took it, and smoteit with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof, and all thecities thereof, and all the souls that were therein; he left noneremaining, according to all that he had done to Eglon; but destroyedit utterly, and all the souls that were therein.10:38 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir; andfought against it: 10:39 And he took it, and the king thereof, and allthe cities thereof; and they smote them with the edge of the sword,and utterly destroyed all the souls that were therein; he left noneremaining: as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to theking thereof; as he had done also to Libnah, and to her king.10:40 So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and of the south,and of the vale, and of the springs, and all their kings: he left noneremaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the LORD God ofIsrael commanded.10:41 And Joshua smote them from Kadeshbarnea even unto Gaza, and allthe country of Goshen, even unto Gibeon.10:42 And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time,because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel.10:43 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp toGilgal.11:1 And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor had heard thosethings, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king ofShimron, and to the king of Achshaph, 11:2 And to the kings that wereon the north of the mountains, and of the plains south of Chinneroth,and in the valley, and in the borders of Dor on the west, 11:3 And tothe Canaanite on the east and on the west, and to the Amorite, and theHittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the mountains, and tothe Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh.11:4 And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, muchpeople, even as the sand that is upon the sea shore in multitude, withhorses and chariots very many.11:5 And when all these kings were met together, they came and pitchedtogether at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.11:6 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: forto morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain beforeIsrael: thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots withfire.11:7 So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against themby the waters of Merom suddenly; and they fell upon them.11:8 And the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smotethem, and chased them unto great Zidon, and unto Misrephothmaim, andunto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until theyleft them none remaining.11:9 And Joshua did unto them as the LORD bade him: he houghed theirhorses, and burnt their chariots with fire.11:10 And Joshua at that time turned back, and took Hazor, and smotethe king thereof with the sword: for Hazor beforetime was the head ofall those kingdoms.11:11 And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge ofthe sword, utterly destroying them: there was not any left to breathe:and he burnt Hazor with fire.11:12 And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them,did Joshua take, and smote them with the edge of the sword, and heutterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the LORD commanded.11:13 But as for the cities that stood still in their strength, Israelburned none of them, save Hazor only; that did Joshua burn.11:14 And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the childrenof Israel took for a prey unto themselves; but every man they smotewith the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neitherleft they any to breathe.11:15 As the LORD commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses commandJoshua, and so did Joshua; he left nothing undone of all that the LORDcommanded Moses.11:16 So Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the southcountry, and all the land of Goshen, and the valley, and the plain,and the mountain of Israel, and the valley of the same; 11:17 Evenfrom the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even unto Baalgad in thevalley of Lebanon under mount Hermon: and all their kings he took, andsmote them, and slew them.11:18 Joshua made war a long time with all those kings.11:19 There was not a city that made peace with the children ofIsrael, save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: all other theytook in battle.11:20 For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, that they shouldcome against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, andthat they might have no favour, but that he might destroy them, as theLORD commanded Moses.11:21 And at that time came Joshua, and cut off the Anakims from themountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all themountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel: Joshuadestroyed them utterly with their cities.11:22 There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the childrenof Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained.11:23 So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORDsaid unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israelaccording to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested fromwar.12:1 Now these are the kings of the land, which the children of Israelsmote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward therising of the sun, from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all theplain on the east: 12:2 Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt inHeshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the riverArnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, evenunto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;12:3 And from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and untothe sea of the plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way toBethjeshimoth; and from the south, under Ashdothpisgah: 12:4 And thecoast of Og king of Bashan, which was of the remnant of the giants,that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei, 12:5 And reigned in mountHermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto the border of theGeshurites and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihonking of Heshbon.12:6 Them did Moses the servant of the LORD and the children of Israelsmite: and Moses the servant of the LORD gave it for a possession untothe Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh.12:7 And these are the kings of the country which Joshua and thechildren of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west, from Baalgadin the valley of Lebanon even unto the mount Halak, that goeth up toSeir; which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel for a possessionaccording to their divisions; 12:8 In the mountains, and in thevalleys, and in the plains, and in the springs, and in the wilderness,and in the south country; the Hittites, the Amorites, and theCanaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: 12:9 Theking of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one;12:10 The king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one; 12:11 Theking of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one; 12:12 The king ofEglon, one; the king of Gezer, one; 12:13 The king of Debir, one; theking of Geder, one; 12:14 The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad,one; 12:15 The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one; 12:16The king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one; 12:17 The king ofTappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one; 12:18 The king of Aphek, one;the king of Lasharon, one; 12:19 The king of Madon, one; the king ofHazor, one; 12:20 The king of Shimronmeron, one; the king of Achshaph,one; 12:21 The king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one; 12:22The king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam of Carmel, one; 12:23 Theking of Dor in the coast of Dor, one; the king of the nations ofGilgal, one; 12:24 The king of Tirzah, one: all the kings thirty andone.13:1 Now Joshua was old and stricken in years; and the LORD said untohim, Thou art old and stricken in years, and there remaineth yet verymuch land to be possessed.13:2 This is the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of thePhilistines, and all Geshuri, 13:3 From Sihor, which is before Egypt,even unto the borders of Ekron northward, which is counted to theCanaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and theAshdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; alsothe Avites: 13:4 From the south, all the land of the Canaanites, andMearah that is beside the Sidonians unto Aphek, to the borders of theAmorites: 13:5 And the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon, towardthe sunrising, from Baalgad under mount Hermon unto the entering intoHamath.13:6 All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon untoMisrephothmaim, and all the Sidonians, them will I drive out frombefore the children of Israel: only divide thou it by lot unto theIsraelites for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee.13:7 Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the ninetribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh, 13:8 With whom the Reubenitesand the Gadites have received their inheritance, which Moses gavethem, beyond Jordan eastward, even as Moses the servant of the LORDgave them; 13:9 From Aroer, that is upon the bank of the river Arnon,and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain ofMedeba unto Dibon; 13:10 And all the cities of Sihon king of theAmorites, which reigned in Heshbon, unto the border of the children ofAmmon; 13:11 And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites andMaachathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah; 13:12All the kingdom of Og in Bashan, which reigned in Ashtaroth and inEdrei, who remained of the remnant of the giants: for these did Mosessmite, and cast them out.13:13 Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites,nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwellamong the Israelites until this day.13:14 Only unto the tribes of Levi he gave none inheritance; thesacrifices of the LORD God of Israel made by fire are theirinheritance, as he said unto them.13:15 And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reubeninheritance according to their families.13:16 And their coast was from Aroer, that is on the bank of the riverArnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all theplain by Medeba; 13:17 Heshbon, and all her cities that are in theplain; Dibon, and Bamothbaal, and Bethbaalmeon, 13:18 And Jahaza, andKedemoth, and Mephaath, 13:19 And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, andZarethshahar in the mount of the valley, 13:20 And Bethpeor, andAshdothpisgah, and Bethjeshimoth, 13:21 And all the cities of theplain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, whichreigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian, Evi,and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, which were dukes of Sihon,dwelling in the country.13:22 Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children ofIsrael slay with the sword among them that were slain by them.13:23 And the border of the children of Reuben was Jordan, and theborder thereof. This was the inheritance of the children of Reubenafter their families, the cities and the villages thereof.13:24 And Moses gave inheritance unto the tribe of Gad, even unto thechildren of Gad according to their families.13:25 And their coast was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, andhalf the land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that is beforeRabbah; 13:26 And from Heshbon unto Ramathmizpeh, and Betonim; andfrom Mahanaim unto the border of Debir; 13:27 And in the valley,Betharam, and Bethnimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of thekingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan and his border, even unto theedge of the sea of Chinnereth on the other side Jordan eastward.13:28 This is the inheritance of the children of Gad after theirfamilies, the cities, and their villages.13:29 And Moses gave inheritance unto the half tribe of Manasseh: andthis was the possession of the half tribe of the children of Manassehby their families.13:30 And their coast was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdomof Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan,threescore cities: 13:31 And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei,cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were pertaining unto thechildren of Machir the son of Manasseh, even to the one half of thechildren of Machir by their families.13:32 These are the countries which Moses did distribute forinheritance in the plains of Moab, on the other side Jordan, byJericho, eastward.13:33 But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not any inheritance: theLORD God of Israel was their inheritance, as he said unto them.14:1 And these are the countries which the children of Israelinherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshuathe son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of thechildren of Israel, distributed for inheritance to them.14:2 By lot was their inheritance, as the LORD commanded by the handof Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe.14:3 For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and an halftribe on the other side Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave noneinheritance among them.14:4 For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim:therefore they gave no part unto the Levites in the land, save citiesto dwell in, with their suburbs for their cattle and for theirsubstance.14:5 As the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, andthey divided the land.14:6 Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Calebthe son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him, Thou knowest thething that the LORD said unto Moses the man of God concerning me andthee in Kadeshbarnea.14:7 Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the LORD sent mefrom Kadeshbarnea to espy out the land; and I brought him word againas it was in mine heart.14:8 Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart ofthe people melt: but I wholly followed the LORD my God.14:9 And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon thyfeet have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children's forever, because thou hast wholly followed the LORD my God.14:10 And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me alive, as he said, theseforty and five years, even since the LORD spake this word unto Moses,while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo,I am this day fourscore and five years old.14:11 As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Mosessent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war,both to go out, and to come in.14:12 Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the LORD spake inthat day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims were there,and that the cities were great and fenced: if so be the LORD will bewith me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the LORD said.14:13 And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of JephunnehHebron for an inheritance.14:14 Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son ofJephunneh the Kenezite unto this day, because that he wholly followedthe LORD God of Israel.14:15 And the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba; which Arba was agreat man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war.15:1 This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah bytheir families; even to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zinsouthward was the uttermost part of the south coast.15:2 And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, fromthe bay that looketh southward: 15:3 And it went out to the south sideto Maalehacrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended up on thesouth side unto Kadeshbarnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went upto Adar, and fetched a compass to Karkaa: 15:4 From thence it passedtoward Azmon, and went out unto the river of Egypt; and the goings outof that coast were at the sea: this shall be your south coast.15:5 And the east border was the salt sea, even unto the end ofJordan.And their border in the north quarter was from the bay of the sea atthe uttermost part of Jordan: 15:6 And the border went up toBethhogla, and passed along by the north of Betharabah; and the borderwent up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben: 15:7 And the borderwent up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward,looking toward Gilgal, that is before the going up to Adummim, whichis on the south side of the river: and the border passed toward thewaters of Enshemesh, and the goings out thereof were at Enrogel: 15:8And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto thesouth side of the Jebusite; the same is Jerusalem: and the border wentup to the top of the mountain that lieth before the valley of Hinnomwestward, which is at the end of the valley of the giants northward:15:9 And the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto thefountain of the water of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mountEphron; and the border was drawn to Baalah, which is Kirjathjearim:15:10 And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir,and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, onthe north side, and went down to Bethshemesh, and passed on to Timnah:15:11 And the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward: andthe border was drawn to Shicron, and passed along to mount Baalah, andwent out unto Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at thesea.15:12 And the west border was to the great sea, and the coast thereof.This is the coast of the children of Judah round about according totheir families.15:13 And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among thechildren of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua,even the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron.15:14 And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, andAhiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.15:15 And he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir: and the nameof Debir before was Kirjathsepher.15:16 And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it, tohim will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.15:17 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: andhe gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.15:18 And it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she moved him toask of her father a field: and she lighted off her ass; and Caleb saidunto her, What wouldest thou?  15:19 Who answered, Give me a blessing;for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water.And he gave her the upper springs, and the nether springs.15:20 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judahaccording to their families.15:21 And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judahtoward the coast of Edom southward were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur,15:22 And Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah, 15:23 And Kedesh, and Hazor,and Ithnan, 15:24 Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth, 15:25 And Hazor,Hadattah, and Kerioth, and Hezron, which is Hazor, 15:26 Amam, andShema, and Moladah, 15:27 And Hazargaddah, and Heshmon, and Bethpalet,15:28 And Hazarshual, and Beersheba, and Bizjothjah, 15:29 Baalah, andIim, and Azem, 15:30 And Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah, 15:31 AndZiklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah, 15:32 And Lebaoth, and Shilhim,and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are twenty and nine, with theirvillages: 15:33 And in the valley, Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah,15:34 And Zanoah, and Engannim, Tappuah, and Enam, 15:35 Jarmuth, andAdullam, Socoh, and Azekah, 15:36 And Sharaim, and Adithaim, andGederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages: 15:37Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdalgad, 15:38 And Dilean, and Mizpeh, andJoktheel, 15:39 Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon, 15:40 And Cabbon, andLahmam, and Kithlish, 15:41 And Gederoth, Bethdagon, and Naamah, andMakkedah; sixteen cities with their villages: 15:42 Libnah, and Ether,and Ashan, 15:43 And Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib, 15:44 And Keilah,and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages: 15:45Ekron, with her towns and her villages: 15:46 From Ekron even unto thesea, all that lay near Ashdod, with their villages: 15:47 Ashdod withher towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns and her villages, untothe river of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border thereof: 15:48And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh, 15:49 And Dannah,and Kirjathsannah, which is Debir, 15:50 And Anab, and Eshtemoh, andAnim, 15:51 And Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with theirvillages: 15:52 Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean, 15:53 And Janum, andBethtappuah, and Aphekah, 15:54 And Humtah, and Kirjatharba, which isHebron, and Zior; nine cities with their villages: 15:55 Maon, Carmel,and Ziph, and Juttah, 15:56 And Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah,15:57 Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages: 15:58Halhul, Bethzur, and Gedor, 15:59 And Maarath, and Bethanoth, andEltekon; six cities with their villages: 15:60 Kirjathbaal, which isKirjathjearim, and Rabbah; two cities with their villages: 15:61 Inthe wilderness, Betharabah, Middin, and Secacah, 15:62 And Nibshan,and the city of Salt, and Engedi; six cities with their villages.15:63 As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the childrenof Judah could not drive them out; but the Jebusites dwell with thechildren of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day.16:1 And the lot of the children of Joseph fell from Jordan byJericho, unto the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness thatgoeth up from Jericho throughout mount Bethel, 16:2 And goeth out fromBethel to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth,16:3 And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the coastof Bethhoron the nether, and to Gezer; and the goings out thereof areat the sea.16:4 So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took theirinheritance.16:5 And the border of the children of Ephraim according to theirfamilies was thus: even the border of their inheritance on the eastside was Atarothaddar, unto Bethhoron the upper; 16:6 And the borderwent out toward the sea to Michmethah on the north side; and theborder went about eastward unto Taanathshiloh, and passed by it on theeast to Janohah; 16:7 And it went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and toNaarath, and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan.16:8 The border went out from Tappuah westward unto the river Kanah;and the goings out thereof were at the sea. This is the inheritance ofthe tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families.16:9 And the separate cities for the children of Ephraim were amongthe inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with theirvillages.16:10 And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: butthe Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serveunder tribute.17:1 There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was thefirstborn of Joseph; to wit, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, thefather of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gileadand Bashan.17:2 There was also a lot for the rest of the children of Manasseh bytheir families; for the children of Abiezer, and for the children ofHelek, and for the children of Asriel, and for the children ofShechem, and for the children of Hepher, and for the children ofShemida: these were the male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph bytheir families.17:3 But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son ofMachir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters: and these arethe names of his daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, andTirzah.17:4 And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshuathe son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The LORD commandedMoses to give us an inheritance among our brethren. Thereforeaccording to the commandment of the LORD he gave them an inheritanceamong the brethren of their father.17:5 And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, beside the land ofGilead and Bashan, which were on the other side Jordan; 17:6 Becausethe daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons: and therest of Manasseh's sons had the land of Gilead.17:7 And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah, thatlieth before Shechem; and the border went along on the right hand untothe inhabitants of Entappuah.17:8 Now Manasseh had the land of Tappuah: but Tappuah on the borderof Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim; 17:9 And the coastdescended unto the river Kanah, southward of the river: these citiesof Ephraim are among the cities of Manasseh: the coast of Manassehalso was on the north side of the river, and the outgoings of it wereat the sea: 17:10 Southward it was Ephraim's, and northward it wasManasseh's, and the sea is his border; and they met together in Asheron the north, and in Issachar on the east.17:11 And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Bethshean and hertowns, and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and hertowns, and the inhabitants of Endor and her towns, and the inhabitantsof Taanach and her towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and hertowns, even three countries.17:12 Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitantsof those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.17:13 Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxenstrong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, but did not utterlydrive them out.17:14 And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hastthou given me but one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I am agreat people, forasmuch as the LORD hath blessed me hitherto?  17:15And Joshua answered them, If thou be a great people, then get thee upto the wood country, and cut down for thyself there in the land of thePerizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee.17:16 And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us:and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley havechariots of iron, both they who are of Bethshean and her towns, andthey who are of the valley of Jezreel.17:17 And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim andto Manasseh, saying, Thou art a great people, and hast great power:thou shalt not have one lot only: 17:18 But the mountain shall bethine; for it is a wood, and thou shalt cut it down: and the outgoingsof it shall be thine: for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, thoughthey have iron chariots, and though they be strong.18:1 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembledtogether at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregationthere. And the land was subdued before them.18:2 And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes,which had not yet received their inheritance.18:3 And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are yeslack to go to possess the land, which the LORD God of your fathershath given you?  18:4 Give out from among you three men for eachtribe: and I will send them, and they shall rise, and go through theland, and describe it according to the inheritance of them; and theyshall come again to me.18:5 And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall abide intheir coast on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in theircoasts on the north.18:6 Ye shall therefore describe the land into seven parts, and bringthe description hither to me, that I may cast lots for you here beforethe LORD our God.18:7 But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of theLORD is their inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe ofManasseh, have received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east,which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them.18:8 And the men arose, and went away: and Joshua charged them thatwent to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, anddescribe it, and come again to me, that I may here cast lots for youbefore the LORD in Shiloh.18:9 And the men went and passed through the land, and described it bycities into seven parts in a book, and came again to Joshua to thehost at Shiloh.18:10 And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD: andthere Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according totheir divisions.18:11 And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came upaccording to their families: and the coast of their lot came forthbetween the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.18:12 And their border on the north side was from Jordan; and theborder went up to the side of Jericho on the north side, and went upthrough the mountains westward; and the goings out thereof were at thewilderness of Bethaven.18:13 And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side ofLuz, which is Bethel, southward; and the border descended toAtarothadar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the netherBethhoron.18:14 And the border was drawn thence, and compassed the corner of thesea southward, from the hill that lieth before Bethhoron southward;and the goings out thereof were at Kirjathbaal, which isKirjathjearim, a city of the children of Judah: this was the westquarter.18:15 And the south quarter was from the end of Kirjathjearim, and theborder went out on the west, and went out to the well of waters ofNephtoah: 18:16 And the border came down to the end of the mountainthat lieth before the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in thevalley of the giants on the north, and descended to the valley ofHinnom, to the side of Jebusi on the south, and descended to Enrogel,18:17 And was drawn from the north, and went forth to Enshemesh, andwent forth toward Geliloth, which is over against the going up ofAdummim, and descended to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben, 18:18And passed along toward the side over against Arabah northward, andwent down unto Arabah: 18:19 And the border passed along to the sideof Bethhoglah northward: and the outgoings of the border were at thenorth bay of the salt sea at the south end of Jordan: this was thesouth coast.18:20 And Jordan was the border of it on the east side. This was theinheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the coasts thereof roundabout, according to their families.18:21 Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjaminaccording to their families were Jericho, and Bethhoglah, and thevalley of Keziz, 18:22 And Betharabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel, 18:23And Avim, and Pharah, and Ophrah, 18:24 And Chepharhaammonai, andOphni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages: 18:25 Gibeon, andRamah, and Beeroth, 18:26 And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah, 18:27And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah, 18:28 And Zelah, Eleph, andJebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen cities withtheir villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjaminaccording to their families.19:1 And the second lot came forth to Simeon, even for the tribe ofthe children of Simeon according to their families: and theirinheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Judah.19:2 And they had in their inheritance Beersheba, and Sheba, andMoladah, 19:3 And Hazarshual, and Balah, and Azem, 19:4 And Eltolad,and Bethul, and Hormah, 19:5 And Ziklag, and Bethmarcaboth, andHazarsusah, 19:6 And Bethlebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities andtheir villages: 19:7 Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four citiesand their villages: 19:8 And all the villages that were round aboutthese cities to Baalathbeer, Ramath of the south. This is theinheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to theirfamilies.19:9 Out of the portion of the children of Judah was the inheritanceof the children of Simeon: for the part of the children of Judah wastoo much for them: therefore the children of Simeon had theirinheritance within the inheritance of them.19:10 And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun accordingto their families: and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid:19:11 And their border went up toward the sea, and Maralah, andreached to Dabbasheth, and reached to the river that is beforeJokneam; 19:12 And turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrisingunto the border of Chislothtabor, and then goeth out to Daberath, andgoeth up to Japhia, 19:13 And from thence passeth on along on the eastto Gittahhepher, to Ittahkazin, and goeth out to Remmonmethoar toNeah; 19:14 And the border compasseth it on the north side toHannathon: and the outgoings thereof are in the valley of Jiphthahel:19:15 And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, andBethlehem: twelve cities with their villages.19:16 This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according totheir families, these cities with their villages.19:17 And the fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the children ofIssachar according to their families.19:18 And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,19:19 And Haphraim, and Shihon, and Anaharath, 19:20 And Rabbith, andKishion, and Abez, 19:21 And Remeth, and Engannim, and Enhaddah, andBethpazzez; 19:22 And the coast reacheth to Tabor, and Shahazimah, andBethshemesh; and the outgoings of their border were at Jordan: sixteencities with their villages.19:23 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issacharaccording to their families, the cities and their villages.19:24 And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children ofAsher according to their families.19:25 And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph,19:26 And Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal; and reacheth to Carmelwestward, and to Shihorlibnath; 19:27 And turneth toward the sunrisingto Bethdagon, and reacheth to Zebulun, and to the valley of Jiphthaheltoward the north side of Bethemek, and Neiel, and goeth out to Cabulon the left hand, 19:28 And Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah,even unto great Zidon; 19:29 And then the coast turneth to Ramah, andto the strong city Tyre; and the coast turneth to Hosah; and theoutgoings thereof are at the sea from the coast to Achzib: 19:30 Ummahalso, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities with their villages.19:31 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asheraccording to their families, these cities with their villages.19:32 The sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali, even for thechildren of Naphtali according to their families.19:33 And their coast was from Heleph, from Allon to Zaanannim, andAdami, Nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakum; and the outgoings thereof wereat Jordan: 19:34 And then the coast turneth westward to Aznothtabor,and goeth out from thence to Hukkok, and reacheth to Zebulun on thesouth side, and reacheth to Asher on the west side, and to Judah uponJordan toward the sunrising.19:35 And the fenced cities are Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, andChinnereth, 19:36 And Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor, 19:37 And Kedesh,and Edrei, and Enhazor, 19:38 And Iron, and Migdalel, Horem, andBethanath, and Bethshemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.19:39 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtaliaccording to their families, the cities and their villages.19:40 And the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children ofDan according to their families.19:41 And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, andIrshemesh, 19:42 And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah, 19:43 AndElon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron, 19:44 And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, andBaalath, 19:45 And Jehud, and Beneberak, and Gathrimmon, 19:46 AndMejarkon, and Rakkon, with the border before Japho.19:47 And the coast of the children of Dan went out too little forthem: therefore the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem,and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessedit, and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dantheir father.19:48 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Danaccording to their families, these cities with their villages.19:49 When they had made an end of dividing the land for inheritanceby their coasts, the children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshuathe son of Nun among them: 19:50 According to the word of the LORDthey gave him the city which he asked, even Timnathserah in mountEphraim: and he built the city, and dwelt therein.19:51 These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshuathe son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of thechildren of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh beforethe LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So theymade an end of dividing the country.20:1 The LORD also spake unto Joshua, saying, 20:2 Speak to thechildren of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge,whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses: 20:3 That the slayerthat killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: andthey shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.20:4 And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall standat the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his causein the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into thecity unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.20:5 And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall notdeliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his neighbourunwittingly, and hated him not beforetime.20:6 And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before thecongregation for judgment, and until the death of the high priest thatshall be in those days: then shall the slayer return, and come untohis own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence hefled.20:7 And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, andShechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, in themountain of Judah.20:8 And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assignedBezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, andRamoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out ofthe tribe of Manasseh.20:9 These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel,and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoeverkilleth any person at unawares might flee thither, and not die by thehand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.21:1 Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites untoEleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the headsof the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel; 21:2 And theyspake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The LORDcommanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with thesuburbs thereof for our cattle.21:3 And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of theirinheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and theirsuburbs.21:4 And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and thechildren of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lotout of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out ofthe tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.21:5 And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of thefamilies of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and outof the half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.21:6 And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of thetribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribeof Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteencities.21:7 The children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe ofReuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun,twelve cities.21:8 And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites thesecities with their suburbs, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.21:9 And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and outof the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are herementioned by name.21:10 Which the children of Aaron, being of the families of theKohathites, who were of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was thefirst lot.21:11 And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, whichcity is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs thereofround about it.21:12 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave theyto Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.21:13 Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron withher suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah withher suburbs, 21:14 And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with hersuburbs, 21:15 And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs,21:16 And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, andBethshemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.21:17 And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Gebawith her suburbs, 21:18 Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with hersuburbs; four cities.21:19 All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, werethirteen cities with their suburbs.21:20 And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites whichremained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of theirlot out of the tribe of Ephraim.21:21 For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, tobe a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs, 21:22And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs; fourcities.21:23 And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbs, Gibbethonwith her suburbs, 21:24 Aijalon with her suburbs, Gathrimmon with hersuburbs; four cities.21:25 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with her suburbs,and Gathrimmon with her suburbs; two cities.21:26 All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families ofthe children of Kohath that remained.21:27 And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of theLevites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan inBashan with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; andBeeshterah with her suburbs; two cities.21:28 And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her suburbs,Dabareh with her suburbs, 21:29 Jarmuth with her suburbs, Engannimwith her suburbs; four cities.21:30 And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs, Abdonwith her suburbs, 21:31 Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob with hersuburbs; four cities.21:32 And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with hersuburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammothdor withher suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities.21:33 All the cities of the Gershonites according to their familieswere thirteen cities with their suburbs.21:34 And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of theLevites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her suburbs, andKartah with her suburbs, 21:35 Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal withher suburbs; four cities.21:36 And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, andJahazah with her suburbs, 21:37 Kedemoth with her suburbs, andMephaath with her suburbs; four cities.21:38 And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs,to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs,21:39 Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities inall.21:40 So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families,which were remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lottwelve cities.21:41 All the cities of the Levites within the possession of thechildren of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs.21:42 These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them:thus were all these cities.21:43 And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware togive unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.21:44 And the LORD gave them rest round about, according to all thathe sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all theirenemies before them; the LORD delivered all their enemies into theirhand.21:45 There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD hadspoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.22:1 Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the halftribe of Manasseh, 22:2 And said unto them, Ye have kept all thatMoses the servant of the LORD commanded you, and have obeyed my voicein all that I commanded you: 22:3 Ye have not left your brethren thesemany days unto this day, but have kept the charge of the commandmentof the LORD your God.22:4 And now the LORD your God hath given rest unto your brethren, ashe promised them: therefore now return ye, and get you unto yourtents, and unto the land of your possession, which Moses the servantof the LORD gave you on the other side Jordan.22:5 But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, whichMoses the servant of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD your God,and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and tocleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with allyour soul.22:6 So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away: and they went untotheir tents.22:7 Now to the one half of the tribe of Manasseh Moses had givenpossession in Bashan: but unto the other half thereof gave Joshuaamong their brethren on this side Jordan westward. And when Joshuasent them away also unto their tents, then he blessed them, 22:8 Andhe spake unto them, saying, Return with much riches unto your tents,and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass,and with iron, and with very much raiment: divide the spoil of yourenemies with your brethren.22:9 And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the halftribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israelout of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go unto the countryof Gilead, to the land of their possession, whereof they werepossessed, according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.22:10 And when they came unto the borders of Jordan, that are in theland of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and thehalf tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by Jordan, a great altarto see to.22:11 And the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the children ofReuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh havebuilt an altar over against the land of Canaan, in the borders ofJordan, at the passage of the children of Israel.22:12 And when the children of Israel heard of it, the wholecongregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves together atShiloh, to go up to war against them.22:13 And the children of Israel sent unto the children of Reuben, andto the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, into theland of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, 22:14 And withhim ten princes, of each chief house a prince throughout all thetribes of Israel; and each one was an head of the house of theirfathers among the thousands of Israel.22:15 And they came unto the children of Reuben, and to the childrenof Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, unto the land of Gilead,and they spake with them, saying, 22:16 Thus saith the wholecongregation of the LORD, What trespass is this that ye have committedagainst the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following theLORD, in that ye have builded you an altar, that ye might rebel thisday against the LORD?  22:17 Is the iniquity of Peor too little forus, from which we are not cleansed until this day, although there wasa plague in the congregation of the LORD, 22:18 But that ye must turnaway this day from following the LORD? and it will be, seeing ye rebelto day against the LORD, that to morrow he will be wroth with thewhole congregation of Israel.22:19 Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession be unclean, thenpass ye over unto the land of the possession of the LORD, wherein theLORD's tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession among us: but rebelnot against the LORD, nor rebel against us, in building you an altarbeside the altar of the LORD our God.22:20 Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursedthing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? and that manperished not alone in his iniquity.22:21 Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the halftribe of Manasseh answered, and said unto the heads of the thousandsof Israel, 22:22 The LORD God of gods, the LORD God of gods, heknoweth, and Israel he shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if intransgression against the LORD, (save us not this day,) 22:23 That wehave built us an altar to turn from following the LORD, or if to offerthereon burnt offering or meat offering, or if to offer peaceofferings thereon, let the LORD himself require it; 22:24 And if wehave not rather done it for fear of this thing, saying, In time tocome your children might speak unto our children, saying, What have yeto do with the LORD God of Israel?  22:25 For the LORD hath madeJordan a border between us and you, ye children of Reuben and childrenof Gad; ye have no part in the LORD: so shall your children make ourchildren cease from fearing the LORD.22:26 Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, notfor burnt offering, nor for sacrifice: 22:27 But that it may be awitness between us, and you, and our generations after us, that wemight do the service of the LORD before him with our burnt offerings,and with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings; that yourchildren may not say to our children in time to come, Ye have no partin the LORD.22:28 Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they should so say tous or to our generations in time to come, that we may say again,Behold the pattern of the altar of the LORD, which our fathers made,not for burnt offerings, nor for sacrifices; but it is a witnessbetween us and you.22:29 God forbid that we should rebel against the LORD, and turn thisday from following the LORD, to build an altar for burnt offerings,for meat offerings, or for sacrifices, beside the altar of the LORDour God that is before his tabernacle.22:30 And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of thecongregation and heads of the thousands of Israel which were with him,heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gadand the children of Manasseh spake, it pleased them.22:31 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said unto thechildren of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the children ofManasseh, This day we perceive that the LORD is among us, because yehave not committed this trespass against the LORD: now ye havedelivered the children of Israel out of the hand of the LORD.22:32 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes,returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad,out of the land of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, to the children ofIsrael, and brought them word again.22:33 And the thing pleased the children of Israel; and the childrenof Israel blessed God, and did not intend to go up against them inbattle, to destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben and Gaddwelt.22:34 And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called thealtar Ed: for it shall be a witness between us that the LORD is God.23:1 And it came to pass a long time after that the LORD had givenrest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxedold and stricken in age.23:2 And Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, and fortheir heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and saidunto them, I am old and stricken in age: 23:3 And ye have seen allthat the LORD your God hath done unto all these nations because ofyou; for the LORD your God is he that hath fought for you.23:4 Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain,to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all thenations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea westward.23:5 And the LORD your God, he shall expel them from before you, anddrive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, asthe LORD your God hath promised unto you.23:6 Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that iswritten in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not asidetherefrom to the right hand or to the left; 23:7 That ye come notamong these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mentionof the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither servethem, nor bow yourselves unto them: 23:8 But cleave unto the LORD yourGod, as ye have done unto this day.23:9 For the LORD hath driven out from before you great nations andstrong: but as for you, no man hath been able to stand before you untothis day.23:10 One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the LORD your God, heit is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you.23:11 Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the LORDyour God.23:12 Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnantof these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall makemarriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you: 23:13 Knowfor a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out any ofthese nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps untoyou, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until yeperish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.23:14 And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: andye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thinghath failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spakeconcerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hathfailed thereof.23:15 Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things arecome upon you, which the LORD your God promised you; so shall the LORDbring upon you all evil things, until he have destroyed you from offthis good land which the LORD your God hath given you.23:16 When ye have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God,which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowedyourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD be kindledagainst you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land whichhe hath given unto you.24:1 And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, andcalled for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for theirjudges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves beforeGod.24:2 And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God ofIsrael, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time,even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and theyserved other gods.24:3 And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood,and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied hisseed, and gave him Isaac.24:4 And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mountSeir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.24:5 I sent Moses also and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according tothat which I did among them: and afterward I brought you out.24:6 And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and ye came unto thesea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots andhorsemen unto the Red sea.24:7 And when they cried unto the LORD, he put darkness between youand the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them;and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in thewilderness a long season.24:8 And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt onthe other side Jordan; and they fought with you: and I gave them intoyour hand, that ye might possess their land; and I destroyed them frombefore you.24:9 Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warredagainst Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curseyou: 24:10 But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessedyou still: so I delivered you out of his hand.24:11 And you went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men ofJericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and theCanaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, andthe Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand.24:12 And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out frombefore you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thysword, nor with thy bow.24:13 And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, andcities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards andoliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.24:14 Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and intruth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the otherside of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD.24:15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you thisday whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers servedthat were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites,in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve theLORD.24:16 And the people answered and said, God forbid that we shouldforsake the LORD, to serve other gods; 24:17 For the LORD our God, heit is that brought us up and our fathers out of the land of Egypt,from the house of bondage, and which did those great signs in oursight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among allthe people through whom we passed: 24:18 And the LORD drave out frombefore us all the people, even the Amorites which dwelt in the land:therefore will we also serve the LORD; for he is our God.24:19 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD: forhe is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive yourtransgressions nor your sins.24:20 If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he willturn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done yougood.24:21 And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve theLORD.24:22 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses againstyourselves that ye have chosen you the LORD, to serve him. And theysaid, We are witnesses.24:23 Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which areamong you, and incline your heart unto the LORD God of Israel.24:24 And the people said unto Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve,and his voice will we obey.24:25 So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set thema statute and an ordinance in Shechem.24:26 And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, andtook a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by thesanctuary of the LORD.24:27 And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall bea witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the LORD whichhe spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest yedeny your God.24:28 So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance.24:29 And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son ofNun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten yearsold.24:30 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance inTimnathserah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hillof Gaash.24:31 And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all thedays of the elders that overlived Joshua, and which had known all theworks of the LORD, that he had done for Israel.24:32 And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought upout of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground whichJacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundredpieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children ofJoseph.24:33 And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hillthat pertained to Phinehas his son, which was given him in mountEphraim.The Book of Judges1:1 Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the childrenof Israel asked the LORD, saying, Who shall go up for us against theCanaanites first, to fight against them?  1:2 And the LORD said, Judahshall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.1:3 And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, Come up with me into mylot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will gowith thee into thy lot. So Simeon went with him.1:4 And Judah went up; and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and thePerizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek tenthousand men.1:5 And they found Adonibezek in Bezek: and they fought against him,and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites.1:6 But Adonibezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him,and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.1:7 And Adonibezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbsand their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as Ihave done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem,and there he died.1:8 Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and hadtaken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the cityon fire.1:9 And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against theCanaanites, that dwelt in the mountain, and in the south, and in thevalley.1:10 And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (nowthe name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba:) and they slew Sheshai, andAhiman, and Talmai.1:11 And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and thename of Debir before was Kirjathsepher: 1:12 And Caleb said, He thatsmiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah mydaughter to wife.1:13 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it:and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.1:14 And it came to pass, when she came to him, that she moved him toask of her father a field: and she lighted from off her ass; and Calebsaid unto her, What wilt thou?  1:15 And she said unto him, Give me ablessing: for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs ofwater. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the nether springs.1:16 And the children of the Kenite, Moses' father in law, went up outof the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into thewilderness of Judah, which lieth in the south of Arad; and they wentand dwelt among the people.1:17 And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew theCanaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And thename of the city was called Hormah.1:18 Also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon with thecoast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof.1:19 And the LORD was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants ofthe mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley,because they had chariots of iron.1:20 And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelledthence the three sons of Anak.1:21 And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites thatinhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children ofBenjamin in Jerusalem unto this day.1:22 And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel: andthe LORD was with them.1:23 And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. (Now the name ofthe city before was Luz.)  1:24 And the spies saw a man come forth outof the city, and they said unto him, Shew us, we pray thee, theentrance into the city, and we will shew thee mercy.1:25 And when he shewed them the entrance into the city, they smotethe city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and allhis family.1:26 And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city,and called the name thereof Luz: which is the name thereof unto thisday.1:27 Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Bethshean andher towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor andher towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor theinhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: but the Canaanites would dwellin that land.1:28 And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put theCanaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out.1:29 Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer;but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.1:30 Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor theinhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, andbecame tributaries.1:31 Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor theinhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, norof Aphik, nor of Rehob: 1:32 But the Asherites dwelt among theCanaanites, the inhabitants of the land: for they did not drive themout.1:33 Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Bethshemesh,nor the inhabitants of Bethanath; but he dwelt among the Canaanites,the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants ofBethshemesh and of Bethanath became tributaries unto them.1:34 And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain:for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley: 1:35 Butthe Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim:yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they becametributaries.1:36 And the coast of the Amorites was from the going up to Akrabbim,from the rock, and upward.2:1 And an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said,I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the landwhich I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break mycovenant with you.2:2 And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; yeshall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: whyhave ye done this?  2:3 Wherefore I also said, I will not drive themout from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, andtheir gods shall be a snare unto you.2:4 And it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD spake these wordsunto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up theirvoice, and wept.2:5 And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificedthere unto the LORD.2:6 And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel wentevery man unto his inheritance to possess the land.2:7 And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all thedays of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the greatworks of the LORD, that he did for Israel.2:8 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being anhundred and ten years old.2:9 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance inTimnathheres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hillGaash.2:10 And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers:and there arose another generation after them, which knew not theLORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel.2:11 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, andserved Baalim: 2:12 And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers,which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods,of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowedthemselves unto them, and provoked the LORD to anger.2:13 And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.2:14 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and hedelivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and hesold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that theycould not any longer stand before their enemies.2:15 Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the LORD was againstthem for evil, as the LORD had said, and as the LORD had sworn untothem: and they were greatly distressed.2:16 Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, which delivered them outof the hand of those that spoiled them.2:17 And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went awhoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turnedquickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying thecommandments of the LORD; but they did not so.2:18 And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was withthe judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all thedays of the judge: for it repented the LORD because of their groaningsby reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.2:19 And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned,and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following othergods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not fromtheir own doings, nor from their stubborn way.2:20 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel; and he said,Because that this people hath transgressed my covenant which Icommanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice; 2:21 Ialso will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nationswhich Joshua left when he died: 2:22 That through them I may proveIsrael, whether they will keep the way of the LORD to walk therein, astheir fathers did keep it, or not.2:23 Therefore the LORD left those nations, without driving them outhastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.3:1 Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel bythem, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan;3:2 Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, toteach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof; 3:3Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and theSidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mountBaalhermon unto the entering in of Hamath.3:4 And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they wouldhearken unto the commandments of the LORD, which he commanded theirfathers by the hand of Moses.3:5 And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites,and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites: 3:6 And theytook their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters totheir sons, and served their gods.3:7 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, andforgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves.3:8 Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and hesold them into the hand of Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia: andthe children of Israel served Chushanrishathaim eight years.3:9 And when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORDraised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them,even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.3:10 And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel,and went out to war: and the LORD delivered Chushanrishathaim king ofMesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed againstChushanrishathaim.3:11 And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenazdied.3:12 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of theLORD: and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel,because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.3:13 And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, andwent and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees.3:14 So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteenyears.3:15 But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORDraised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a manlefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present untoEglon the king of Moab.3:16 But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubitlength; and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh.3:17 And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon wasa very fat man.3:18 And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent awaythe people that bare the present.3:19 But he himself turned again from the quarries that were byGilgal, and said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king: who said,Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out from him.3:20 And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in a summer parlour,which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a message fromGod unto thee.And he arose out of his seat.3:21 And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from hisright thigh, and thrust it into his belly: 3:22 And the haft also wentin after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, so that hecould not draw the dagger out of his belly; and the dirt came out.3:23 Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of theparlour upon him, and locked them.3:24 When he was gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that,behold, the doors of the parlour were locked, they said, Surely hecovereth his feet in his summer chamber.3:25 And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he openednot the doors of the parlour; therefore they took a key, and openedthem: and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth.3:26 And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond thequarries, and escaped unto Seirath.3:27 And it came to pass, when he was come, that he blew a trumpet inthe mountain of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with himfrom the mount, and he before them.3:28 And he said unto them, Follow after me: for the LORD hathdelivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went downafter him, and took the fords of Jordan toward Moab, and suffered nota man to pass over.3:29 And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, alllusty, and all men of valour; and there escaped not a man.3:30 So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And theland had rest fourscore years.3:31 And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of thePhilistines six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also deliveredIsrael.4:1 And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of theLORD, when Ehud was dead.4:2 And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, thatreigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, which dwelt inHarosheth of the Gentiles.4:3 And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD: for he had ninehundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed thechildren of Israel.4:4 And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israelat that time.4:5 And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah andBethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her forjudgment.4:6 And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out ofKedeshnaphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israelcommanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with theeten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children ofZebulun?  4:7 And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera,the captain of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his multitude; andI will deliver him into thine hand.4:8 And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go:but if thou wilt not go with me, then I will not go.4:9 And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding thejourney that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for the LORDshall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, andwent with Barak to Kedesh.4:10 And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went upwith ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.4:11 Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab thefather in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, andpitched his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh.4:12 And they shewed Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone upto mount Tabor.4:13 And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundredchariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, fromHarosheth of the Gentiles unto the river of Kishon.4:14 And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is the day in which theLORD hath delivered Sisera into thine hand: is not the LORD gone outbefore thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand menafter him.4:15 And the LORD discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and allhis host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; so that Siseralighted down off his chariot, and fled away on his feet.4:16 But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, untoHarosheth of the Gentiles: and all the host of Sisera fell upon theedge of the sword; and there was not a man left.4:17 Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wifeof Heber the Kenite: for there was peace between Jabin the king ofHazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.4:18 And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, mylord, turn in to me; fear not. And when he had turned in unto her intothe tent, she covered him with a mantle.4:19 And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water todrink; for I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk, and gave himdrink, and covered him.4:20 Again he said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent, and itshall be, when any man doth come and enquire of thee, and say, Isthere any man here? that thou shalt say, No.4:21 Then Jael Heber's wife took a nail of the tent, and took anhammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail intohis temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleepand weary. So he died.4:22 And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him,and said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thouseekest. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, andthe nail was in his temples.4:23 So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before thechildren of Israel.4:24 And the hand of the children of Israel prospered, and prevailedagainst Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin kingof Canaan.5:1 Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day,saying, 5:2 Praise ye the LORD for the avenging of Israel, when thepeople willingly offered themselves.5:3 Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, will singunto the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD God of Israel.5:4 LORD, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out ofthe field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, theclouds also dropped water.5:5 The mountains melted from before the LORD, even that Sinai frombefore the LORD God of Israel.5:6 In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, thehighways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways.5:7 The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel,until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.5:8 They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shieldor spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?  5:9 My heart is towardthe governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among thepeople. Bless ye the LORD.5:10 Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, andwalk by the way.5:11 They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the placesof drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of theLORD, even the righteous acts toward the inhabitants of his villagesin Israel: then shall the people of the LORD go down to the gates.5:12 Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak,and lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam.5:13 Then he made him that remaineth have dominion over the noblesamong the people: the LORD made me have dominion over the mighty.5:14 Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; afterthee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors,and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer.5:15 And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; even Issachar, andalso Barak: he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions ofReuben there were great thoughts of heart.5:16 Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings ofthe flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings ofheart.5:17 Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships?Asher continued on the sea shore, and abode in his breaches.5:18 Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their livesunto the death in the high places of the field.5:19 The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan inTaanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money.5:20 They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses foughtagainst Sisera.5:21 The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, theriver Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength.5:22 Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings,the pransings of their mighty ones.5:23 Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse ye bitterly theinhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the LORD, tothe help of the LORD against the mighty.5:24 Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be,blessed shall she be above women in the tent.5:25 He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butterin a lordly dish.5:26 She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen'shammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head,when she had pierced and stricken through his temples.5:27 At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her feet he bowed,he fell: where he bowed, there he fell down dead.5:28 The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried throughthe lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry thewheels of his chariots?  5:29 Her wise ladies answered her, yea, shereturned answer to herself, 5:30 Have they not sped? have they notdivided the prey; to every man a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey ofdivers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of diverscolours of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them thattake the spoil?  5:31 So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but letthem that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. Andthe land had rest forty years.6:1 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: andthe LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.6:2 And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: and because ofthe Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are inthe mountains, and caves, and strong holds.6:3 And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up,and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came upagainst them; 6:4 And they encamped against them, and destroyed theincrease of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left nosustenance for Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass.6:5 For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they cameas grasshoppers for multitude; for both they and their camels werewithout number: and they entered into the land to destroy it.6:6 And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; andthe children of Israel cried unto the LORD.6:7 And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto theLORD because of the Midianites, 6:8 That the LORD sent a prophet untothe children of Israel, which said unto them, Thus saith the LORD Godof Israel, I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out ofthe house of bondage; 6:9 And I delivered you out of the hand of theEgyptians, and out of the hand of all that oppressed you, and dravethem out from before you, and gave you their land; 6:10 And I saidunto you, I am the LORD your God; fear not the gods of the Amorites,in whose land ye dwell: but ye have not obeyed my voice.6:11 And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak whichwas in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his sonGideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from theMidianites.6:12 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him,The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.6:13 And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with us, whythen is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which ourfathers told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt?but now the LORD hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands ofthe Midianites.6:14 And the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, andthou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not Isent thee?  6:15 And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall Isave Israel?  behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am theleast in my father's house.6:16 And the LORD said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thoushalt smite the Midianites as one man.6:17 And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight,then shew me a sign that thou talkest with me.6:18 Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, and bringforth my present, and set it before thee. And he said, I will tarryuntil thou come again.6:19 And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes ofan ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the brothin a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and presented it.6:20 And the angel of God said unto him, Take the flesh and theunleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out the broth.And he did so.6:21 Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the staff thatwas in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; andthere rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and theunleavened cakes. Then the angel of the LORD departed out of hissight.6:22 And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the LORD,Gideon said, Alas, O LORD God! for because I have seen an angel of theLORD face to face.6:23 And the LORD said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not: thoushalt not die.6:24 Then Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD, and called itJehovahshalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.6:25 And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him,Take thy father's young bullock, even the second bullock of sevenyears old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, andcut down the grove that is by it: 6:26 And build an altar unto theLORD thy God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and takethe second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of thegrove which thou shalt cut down.6:27 Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the LORD hadsaid unto him: and so it was, because he feared his father'shousehold, and the men of the city, that he could not do it by day,that he did it by night.6:28 And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold,the altar of Baal was cast down, and the grove was cut down that wasby it, and the second bullock was offered upon the altar that wasbuilt.6:29 And they said one to another, Who hath done this thing? And whenthey enquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son of Joash hath donethis thing.6:30 Then the men of the city said unto Joash, Bring out thy son, thathe may die: because he hath cast down the altar of Baal, and becausehe hath cut down the grove that was by it.6:31 And Joash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye plead forBaal? will ye save him? he that will plead for him, let him be put todeath whilst it is yet morning: if he be a god, let him plead forhimself, because one hath cast down his altar.6:32 Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baalplead against him, because he hath thrown down his altar.6:33 Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children ofthe east were gathered together, and went over, and pitched in thevalley of Jezreel.6:34 But the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, and he blew atrumpet; and Abiezer was gathered after him.6:35 And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; who also wasgathered after him: and he sent messengers unto Asher, and untoZebulun, and unto Naphtali; and they came up to meet them.6:36 And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand,as thou hast said, 6:37 Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in thefloor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon allthe earth beside, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by minehand, as thou hast said.6:38 And it was so: for he rose up early on the morrow, and thrust thefleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full ofwater.6:39 And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be hot against me,and I will speak but this once: let me prove, I pray thee, but thisonce with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and uponall the ground let there be dew.6:40 And God did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only,and there was dew on all the ground.7:1 Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were withhim, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that thehost of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill ofMoreh, in the valley.7:2 And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee aretoo many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israelvaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.7:3 Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying,Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early frommount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and twothousand; and there remained ten thousand.7:4 And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people are yet too many; bringthem down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there: and itshall be, that of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, thesame shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shallnot go with thee, the same shall not go.7:5 So he brought down the people unto the water: and the LORD saidunto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as adog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one thatboweth down upon his knees to drink.7:6 And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to theirmouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people boweddown upon their knees to drink water.7:7 And the LORD said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men thatlapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand:and let all the other people go every man unto his place.7:8 So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: andhe sent all the rest of Israel every man unto his tent, and retainedthose three hundred men: and the host of Midian was beneath him in thevalley.7:9 And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him,Arise, get thee down unto the host; for I have delivered it into thinehand.7:10 But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant downto the host: 7:11 And thou shalt hear what they say; and afterwardshall thine hands be strengthened to go down unto the host. Then wenthe down with Phurah his servant unto the outside of the armed men thatwere in the host.7:12 And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of theeast lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; andtheir camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side formultitude.7:13 And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told adream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, acake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto atent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent layalong.7:14 And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save thesword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: for into his handhath God delivered Midian, and all the host.7:15 And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, andthe interpretation thereof, that he worshipped, and returned into thehost of Israel, and said, Arise; for the LORD hath delivered into yourhand the host of Midian.7:16 And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and heput a trumpet in every man's hand, with empty pitchers, and lampswithin the pitchers.7:17 And he said unto them, Look on me, and do likewise: and, behold,when I come to the outside of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, soshall ye do.7:18 When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that are with me, then blowye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, The swordof the LORD, and of Gideon.7:19 So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto theoutside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they hadbut newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and brake thepitchers that were in their hands.7:20 And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake thepitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets intheir right hands to blow withal: and they cried, The sword of theLORD, and of Gideon.7:21 And they stood every man in his place round about the camp; andall the host ran, and cried, and fled.7:22 And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set everyman's sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and thehost fled to Bethshittah in Zererath, and to the border ofAbelmeholah, unto Tabbath.7:23 And the men of Israel gathered themselves together out ofNaphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued afterthe Midianites.7:24 And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim, saying,come down against the Midianites, and take before them the waters untoBethbarah and Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselvestogether, and took the waters unto Bethbarah and Jordan.7:25 And they took two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; andthey slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepressof Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb toGideon on the other side Jordan.8:1 And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served usthus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with theMidianites?  And they did chide with him sharply.8:2 And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of you?Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintageof Abiezer?  8:3 God hath delivered into your hands the princes ofMidian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you?Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that.8:4 And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the threehundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them.8:5 And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves ofbread unto the people that follow me; for they be faint, and I ampursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.8:6 And the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah andZalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thine army?8:7 And Gideon said, Therefore when the LORD hath delivered Zebah andZalmunna into mine hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thornsof the wilderness and with briers.8:8 And he went up thence to Penuel, and spake unto them likewise: andthe men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered him.8:9 And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I comeagain in peace, I will break down this tower.8:10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them,about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the hosts of thechildren of the east: for there fell an hundred and twenty thousandmen that drew sword.8:11 And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on theeast of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host; for the host wassecure.8:12 And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued after them, and tookthe two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all thehost.8:13 And Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle before the sunwas up, 8:14 And caught a young man of the men of Succoth, andenquired of him: and he described unto him the princes of Succoth, andthe elders thereof, even threescore and seventeen men.8:15 And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah andZalmunna, with whom ye did upbraid me, saying, Are the hands of Zebahand Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thy menthat are weary?  8:16 And he took the elders of the city, and thornsof the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men ofSuccoth.8:17 And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of thecity.8:18 Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men werethey whom ye slew at Tabor? And they answered, As thou art, so werethey; each one resembled the children of a king.8:19 And he said, They were my brethren, even the sons of my mother:as the LORD liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you.8:20 And he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, and slay them. But theyouth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he was yet a youth.8:21 Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise thou, and fall upon us: for asthe man is, so is his strength. And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah andZalmunna, and took away the ornaments that were on their camels'necks.8:22 Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, boththou, and thy son, and thy son's son also: for thou hast delivered usfrom the hand of Midian.8:23 And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neithershall my son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you.8:24 And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, thatye would give me every man the earrings of his prey. (For they hadgolden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)  8:25 And theyanswered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, anddid cast therein every man the earrings of his prey.8:26 And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was athousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; beside ornaments, andcollars, and purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, andbeside the chains that were about their camels' necks.8:27 And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even inOphrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thingbecame a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.8:28 Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so thatthey lifted up their heads no more. And the country was in quietnessforty years in the days of Gideon.8:29 And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house.8:30 And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: forhe had many wives.8:31 And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son,whose name he called Abimelech.8:32 And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and wasburied in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of theAbiezrites.8:33 And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that thechildren of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, andmade Baalberith their god.8:34 And the children of Israel remembered not the LORD their God, whohad delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies on everyside: 8:35 Neither shewed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal,namely, Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shewed untoIsrael.9:1 And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto hismother's brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family ofthe house of his mother's father, saying, 9:2 Speak, I pray you, inthe ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, eitherthat all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are threescore and ten persons,reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I amyour bone and your flesh.9:3 And his mother's brethren spake of him in the ears of all the menof Shechem all these words: and their hearts inclined to followAbimelech; for they said, He is our brother.9:4 And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of thehouse of Baalberith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons,which followed him.9:5 And he went unto his father's house at Ophrah, and slew hisbrethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten persons, uponone stone: notwithstanding yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaalwas left; for he hid himself.9:6 And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house ofMillo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillarthat was in Shechem.9:7 And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top ofmount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them,Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you.9:8 The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; andthey said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us.9:9 But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness,wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted overthe trees?  9:10 And the trees said to the fig tree, Come thou, andreign over us.9:11 But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness,and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?  9:12 Thensaid the trees unto the vine, Come thou, and reign over us.9:13 And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, whichcheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?  9:14 Thensaid all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us.9:15 And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint meking over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not,let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.9:16 Now therefore, if ye have done truly and sincerely, in that yehave made Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal andhis house, and have done unto him according to the deserving of hishands; 9:17 (For my father fought for you, and adventured his lifefar, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian: 9:18 And ye arerisen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons,threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech,the son of his maidservant, king over the men of Shechem, because heis your brother;) 9:19 If ye then have dealt truly and sincerely withJerubbaal and with his house this day, then rejoice ye in Abimelech,and let him also rejoice in you: 9:20 But if not, let fire come outfrom Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo;and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house ofMillo, and devour Abimelech.9:21 And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there,for fear of Abimelech his brother.9:22 When Abimelech had reigned three years over Israel, 9:23 Then Godsent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and themen of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech: 9:24 That thecruelty done to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come,and their blood be laid upon Abimelech their brother, which slew them;and upon the men of Shechem, which aided him in the killing of hisbrethren.9:25 And the men of Shechem set liers in wait for him in the top ofthe mountains, and they robbed all that came along that way by them:and it was told Abimelech.9:26 And Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brethren, and went over toShechem: and the men of Shechem put their confidence in him.9:27 And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards,and trode the grapes, and made merry, and went into the house of theirgod, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.9:28 And Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is Abimelech, and who isShechem, that we should serve him? is not he the son of Jerubbaal? andZebul his officer? serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: forwhy should we serve him?  9:29 And would to God this people were undermy hand! then would I remove Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech,Increase thine army, and come out.9:30 And when Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal theson of Ebed, his anger was kindled.9:31 And he sent messengers unto Abimelech privily, saying, Behold,Gaal the son of Ebed and his brethren be come to Shechem; and, behold,they fortify the city against thee.9:32 Now therefore up by night, thou and the people that is with thee,and lie in wait in the field: 9:33 And it shall be, that in themorning, as soon as the sun is up, thou shalt rise early, and set uponthe city: and, behold, when he and the people that is with him comeout against thee, then mayest thou do to them as thou shalt findoccasion.9:34 And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, bynight, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies.9:35 And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entering ofthe gate of the city: and Abimelech rose up, and the people that werewith him, from lying in wait.9:36 And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, therecome people down from the top of the mountains. And Zebul said untohim, Thou seest the shadow of the mountains as if they were men.9:37 And Gaal spake again, and said, See there come people down by themiddle of the land, and another company come along by the plain ofMeonenim.9:38 Then said Zebul unto him, Where is now thy mouth, wherewith thousaidst, Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? is not this thepeople that thou hast despised? go out, I pray now, and fight withthem.9:39 And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought withAbimelech.9:40 And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and many wereoverthrown and wounded, even unto the entering of the gate.9:41 And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah: and Zebul thrust out Gaal and hisbrethren, that they should not dwell in Shechem.9:42 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people went out intothe field; and they told Abimelech.9:43 And he took the people, and divided them into three companies,and laid wait in the field, and looked, and, behold, the people werecome forth out of the city; and he rose up against them, and smotethem.9:44 And Abimelech, and the company that was with him, rushed forward,and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and the two othercompanies ran upon all the people that were in the fields, and slewthem.9:45 And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he tookthe city, and slew the people that was therein, and beat down thecity, and sowed it with salt.9:46 And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, theyentered into an hold of the house of the god Berith.9:47 And it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the tower ofShechem were gathered together.9:48 And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the peoplethat were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cutdown a bough from the trees, and took it, and laid it on his shoulder,and said unto the people that were with him, What ye have seen me do,make haste, and do as I have done.9:49 And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, andfollowed Abimelech, and put them to the hold, and set the hold on fireupon them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also,about a thousand men and women.9:50 Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, andtook it.9:51 But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fledall the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut it to them,and gat them up to the top of the tower.9:52 And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, andwent hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire.9:53 And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech'shead, and all to brake his skull.9:54 Then he called hastily unto the young man his armourbearer, andsaid unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, Awomen slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died.9:55 And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, theydeparted every man unto his place.9:56 Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did untohis father, in slaying his seventy brethren: 9:57 And all the evil ofthe men of Shechem did God render upon their heads: and upon them camethe curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.10:1 And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son ofPuah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir inmount Ephraim.10:2 And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and wasburied in Shamir.10:3 And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twentyand two years.10:4 And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and theyhad thirty cities, which are called Havothjair unto this day, whichare in the land of Gilead.10:5 And Jair died, and was buried in Camon.10:6 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of theLORD, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and thegods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children ofAmmon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsook the LORD, andserved not him.10:7 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he soldthem into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of thechildren of Ammon.10:8 And that year they vexed and oppressed the children of Israel:eighteen years, all the children of Israel that were on the other sideJordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead.10:9 Moreover the children of Ammon passed over Jordan to fight alsoagainst Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim;so that Israel was sore distressed.10:10 And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, saying, We havesinned against thee, both because we have forsaken our God, and alsoserved Baalim.10:11 And the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Did not I deliveryou from the Egyptians, and from the Amorites, from the children ofAmmon, and from the Philistines?  10:12 The Zidonians also, and theAmalekites, and the Maonites, did oppress you; and ye cried to me, andI delivered you out of their hand.10:13 Yet ye have forsaken me, and served other gods: wherefore I willdeliver you no more.10:14 Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliveryou in the time of your tribulation.10:15 And the children of Israel said unto the LORD, We have sinned:do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee; deliver us only, wepray thee, this day.10:16 And they put away the strange gods from among them, and servedthe LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.10:17 Then the children of Ammon were gathered together, and encampedin Gilead. And the children of Israel assembled themselves together,and encamped in Mizpeh.10:18 And the people and princes of Gilead said one to another, Whatman is he that will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? heshall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.11:1 Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he wasthe son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.11:2 And Gilead's wife bare him sons; and his wife's sons grew up, andthey thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit inour father's house; for thou art the son of a strange woman.11:3 Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land ofTob: and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out withhim.11:4 And it came to pass in process of time, that the children ofAmmon made war against Israel.11:5 And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war againstIsrael, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land ofTob: 11:6 And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, thatwe may fight with the children of Ammon.11:7 And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me,and expel me out of my father's house? and why are ye come unto me nowwhen ye are in distress?  11:8 And the elders of Gilead said untoJephthah, Therefore we turn again to thee now, that thou mayest gowith us, and fight against the children of Ammon, and be our head overall the inhabitants of Gilead.11:9 And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me homeagain to fight against the children of Ammon, and the LORD deliverthem before me, shall I be your head?  11:10 And the elders of Gileadsaid unto Jephthah, The LORD be witness between us, if we do not soaccording to thy words.11:11 Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the peoplemade him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all hiswords before the LORD in Mizpeh.11:12 And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children ofAmmon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art comeagainst me to fight in my land?  11:13 And the king of the children ofAmmon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel tookaway my land, when they came up out of Egypt, from Arnon even untoJabbok, and unto Jordan: now therefore restore those lands againpeaceably.11:14 And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the childrenof Ammon: 11:15 And said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah, Israel tooknot away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon:11:16 But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through thewilderness unto the Red sea, and came to Kadesh; 11:17 Then Israelsent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee,pass through thy land: but the king of Edom would not hearken thereto.And in like manner they sent unto the king of Moab: but he would notconsent: and Israel abode in Kadesh.11:18 Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed theland of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of theland of Moab, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, but came notwithin the border of Moab: for Arnon was the border of Moab.11:19 And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, theking of Heshbon; and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, we pray thee,through thy land into my place.11:20 But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his coast: butSihon gathered all his people together, and pitched in Jahaz, andfought against Israel.11:21 And the LORD God of Israel delivered Sihon and all his peopleinto the hand of Israel, and they smote them: so Israel possessed allthe land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country.11:22 And they possessed all the coasts of the Amorites, from Arnoneven unto Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto Jordan.11:23 So now the LORD God of Israel hath dispossessed the Amoritesfrom before his people Israel, and shouldest thou possess it?  11:24Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee topossess? So whomsoever the LORD our God shall drive out from beforeus, them will we possess.11:25 And now art thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor,king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fightagainst them, 11:26 While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her towns, andin Aroer and her towns, and in all the cities that be along by thecoasts of Arnon, three hundred years? why therefore did ye not recoverthem within that time?  11:27 Wherefore I have not sinned againstthee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: the LORD the Judge bejudge this day between the children of Israel and the children ofAmmon.11:28 Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto thewords of Jephthah which he sent him.11:29 Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passedover Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and fromMizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto the children of Ammon.11:30 And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou shaltwithout fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands, 11:31 Thenit shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house tomeet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shallsurely be the LORD's, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.11:32 So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fightagainst them; and the LORD delivered them into his hands.11:33 And he smote them from Aroer, even till thou come to Minnith,even twenty cities, and unto the plain of the vineyards, with a verygreat slaughter. Thus the children of Ammon were subdued before thechildren of Israel.11:34 And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, hisdaughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and shewas his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.11:35 And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes,and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thouart one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto theLORD, and I cannot go back.11:36 And she said unto him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouthunto the LORD, do to me according to that which hath proceeded out ofthy mouth; forasmuch as the LORD hath taken vengeance for thee ofthine enemies, even of the children of Ammon.11:37 And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: letme alone two months, that I may go up and down upon the mountains, andbewail my virginity, I and my fellows.11:38 And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and shewent with her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon themountains.11:39 And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returnedunto her father, who did with her according to his vow which he hadvowed: and she knew no man. And it was a custom in Israel, 11:40 Thatthe daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthahthe Gileadite four days in a year.12:1 And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and wentnorthward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over tofight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go withthee? we will burn thine house upon thee with fire.12:2 And Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great strifewith the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye delivered me notout of their hands.12:3 And when I saw that ye delivered me not, I put my life in myhands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the LORDdelivered them into my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto methis day, to fight against me?  12:4 Then Jephthah gathered togetherall the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim: and the men of Gileadsmote Ephraim, because they said, Ye Gileadites are fugitives ofEphraim among the Ephraimites, and among the Manassites.12:5 And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before theEphraimites: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which wereescaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him,Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay; 12:6 Then said they unto him,Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame topronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passagesof Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty andtwo thousand.12:7 And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah theGileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.12:8 And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.12:9 And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, whom he sentabroad, and took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons. And hejudged Israel seven years.12:10 Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Bethlehem.12:11 And after him Elon, a Zebulonite, judged Israel; and he judgedIsrael ten years.12:12 And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Aijalon in thecountry of Zebulun.12:13 And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judgedIsrael.12:14 And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode onthreescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.12:15 And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buriedin Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mount of the Amalekites.13:1 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of theLORD; and the LORD delivered them into the hand of the Philistinesforty years.13:2 And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of theDanites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.13:3 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto the woman, and said untoher, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou shaltconceive, and bear a son.13:4 Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strongdrink, and eat not any unclean thing: 13:5 For, lo, thou shaltconceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head: for thechild shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall beginto deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.13:6 Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of Godcame unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of an angelof God, very terrible: but I asked him not whence he was, neither toldhe me his name: 13:7 But he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive,and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eatany unclean thing: for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from thewomb to the day of his death.13:8 Then Manoah intreated the LORD, and said, O my Lord, let the manof God which thou didst send come again unto us, and teach us what weshall do unto the child that shall be born.13:9 And God hearkened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of Godcame again unto the woman as she sat in the field: but Manoah herhusband was not with her.13:10 And the woman made haste, and ran, and shewed her husband, andsaid unto him, Behold, the man hath appeared unto me, that came untome the other day.13:11 And Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man,and said unto him, Art thou the man that spakest unto the woman? Andhe said, I am.13:12 And Manoah said, Now let thy words come to pass. How shall weorder the child, and how shall we do unto him?  13:13 And the angel ofthe LORD said unto Manoah, Of all that I said unto the woman let herbeware.13:14 She may not eat of any thing that cometh of the vine, neitherlet her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: allthat I commanded her let her observe.13:15 And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, I pray thee, let usdetain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee.13:16 And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Though thou detainme, I will not eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt offer a burntoffering, thou must offer it unto the LORD. For Manoah knew not thathe was an angel of the LORD.13:17 And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, What is thy name,that when thy sayings come to pass we may do thee honour?  13:18 Andthe angel of the LORD said unto him, Why askest thou thus after myname, seeing it is secret?  13:19 So Manoah took a kid with a meatoffering, and offered it upon a rock unto the LORD: and the angel didwonderously; and Manoah and his wife looked on.13:20 For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven fromoff the altar, that the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of thealtar. And Manoah and his wife looked on it, and fell on their facesto the ground.13:21 But the angel of the LORD did no more appear to Manoah and tohis wife. Then Manoah knew that he was an angel of the LORD.13:22 And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because wehave seen God.13:23 But his wife said unto him, If the LORD were pleased to kill us,he would not have received a burnt offering and a meat offering at ourhands, neither would he have shewed us all these things, nor would asat this time have told us such things as these.13:24 And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and thechild grew, and the LORD blessed him.13:25 And the Spirit of the LORD began to move him at times in thecamp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.14:1 And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath ofthe daughters of the Philistines.14:2 And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, Ihave seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: nowtherefore get her for me to wife.14:3 Then his father and his mother said unto him, Is there never awoman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people,that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? AndSamson said unto his father, Get her for me; for she pleaseth me well.14:4 But his father and his mother knew not that it was of the LORD,that he sought an occasion against the Philistines: for at that timethe Philistines had dominion over Israel.14:5 Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath,and came to the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a young lion roaredagainst him.14:6 And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he renthim as he would have rent a kid, and he had nothing in his hand: buthe told not his father or his mother what he had done.14:7 And he went down, and talked with the woman; and she pleasedSamson well.14:8 And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside tosee the carcase of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of beesand honey in the carcase of the lion.14:9 And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came tohis father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat: but he toldnot them that he had taken the honey out of the carcase of the lion.14:10 So his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there afeast; for so used the young men to do.14:11 And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirtycompanions to be with him.14:12 And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle untoyou: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of thefeast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirtychange of garments: 14:13 But if ye cannot declare it me, then shallye give me thirty sheets and thirty change of garments. And they saidunto him, Put forth thy riddle, that we may hear it.14:14 And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and outof the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three daysexpound the riddle.14:15 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said untoSamson's wife, Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us theriddle, lest we burn thee and thy father's house with fire: have yecalled us to take that we have? is it not so?  14:16 And Samson's wifewept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not:thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people, and hastnot told it me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told it myfather nor my mother, and shall I tell it thee?  14:17 And she weptbefore him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it came topass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she lay sore uponhim: and she told the riddle to the children of her people.14:18 And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day beforethe sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? And what is strongerthan a lion?  and he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with myheifer, ye had not found out my riddle.14:19 And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he went down toAshkelon, and slew thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gavechange of garments unto them which expounded the riddle. And his angerwas kindled, and he went up to his father's house.14:20 But Samson's wife was given to his companion, whom he had usedas his friend.15:1 But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheatharvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I willgo in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer himto go in.15:2 And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterlyhated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her youngersister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.15:3 And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blamelessthan the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure.15:4 And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and tookfirebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midstbetween two tails.15:5 And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into thestanding corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, andalso the standing corn, with the vineyards and olives.15:6 Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they answered,Samson, the son in law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife,and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burnther and her father with fire.15:7 And Samson said unto them, Though ye have done this, yet will Ibe avenged of you, and after that I will cease.15:8 And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and hewent down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam.15:9 Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spreadthemselves in Lehi.15:10 And the men of Judah said, Why are ye come up against us? Andthey answered, To bind Samson are we come up, to do to him as he hathdone to us.15:11 Then three thousand men of Judah went to the top of the rockEtam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines arerulers over us? what is this that thou hast done unto us? And he saidunto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them.15:12 And they said unto him, We are come down to bind thee, that wemay deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson saidunto them, Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves.15:13 And they spake unto him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast,and deliver thee into their hand: but surely we will not kill thee.And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from therock.15:14 And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him:and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and the cords thatwere upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and hisbands loosed from off his hands.15:15 And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand,and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith.15:16 And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps,with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.15:17 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, thathe cast away the jawbone out of his hand, and called that placeRamathlehi.15:18 And he was sore athirst, and called on the LORD, and said, Thouhast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant: andnow shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of theuncircumcised?  15:19 But God clave an hollow place that was in thejaw, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spiritcame again, and he revived: wherefore he called the name thereofEnhakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day.15:20 And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twentyyears.16:1 Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went inunto her.16:2 And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. Andthey compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate ofthe city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, whenit is day, we shall kill him.16:3 And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took thedoors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away withthem, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried themup to the top of an hill that is before Hebron.16:4 And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in thevalley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.16:5 And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said untoher, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by whatmeans we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him;and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.16:6 And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thygreat strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflictthee.16:7 And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withsthat were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.16:8 Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven greenwiths which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.16:9 Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in thechamber.And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And hebrake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth thefire. So his strength was not known.16:10 And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, andtold me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest bebound.16:11 And he said unto her, If they bind me fast with new ropes thatnever were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.16:12 Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, andsaid unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And there wereliers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from off hisarms like a thread.16:13 And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, andtold me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he saidunto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.16:14 And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, ThePhilistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep, andwent away with the pin of the beam, and with the web.16:15 And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, whenthine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, andhast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth.16:16 And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words,and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death; 16:17 That hetold her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razorupon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother'swomb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shallbecome weak, and be like any other man.16:18 And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, shesent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up thisonce, for he hath shewed me all his heart. Then the lords of thePhilistines came up unto her, and brought money in their hand.16:19 And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man,and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and shebegan to afflict him, and his strength went from him.16:20 And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awokeout of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before,and shake myself. And he wist not that the LORD was departed from him.16:21 But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and broughthim down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he didgrind in the prison house.16:22 Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he wasshaven.16:23 Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for tooffer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for theysaid, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.16:24 And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for theysaid, Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and thedestroyer of our country, which slew many of us.16:25 And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that theysaid, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called forSamson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they sethim between the pillars.16:26 And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Sufferme that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house standeth, that Imay lean upon them.16:27 Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords ofthe Philistines were there; and there were upon the roof about threethousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport.16:28 And Samson called unto the LORD, and said, O Lord God, rememberme, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, OGod, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.16:29 And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which thehouse stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his righthand, and of the other with his left.16:30 And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowedhimself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, andupon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew athis death were more than they which he slew in his life.16:31 Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, andtook him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaolin the buryingplace of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twentyyears.17:1 And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah.17:2 And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silverthat were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest ofalso in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And hismother said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my son.17:3 And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver tohis mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver untothe LORD from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a moltenimage: now therefore I will restore it unto thee.17:4 Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother tooktwo hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who madethereof a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the houseof Micah.17:5 And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, andteraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.17:6 In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did thatwhich was right in his own eyes.17:7 And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family ofJudah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.17:8 And the man departed out of the city from Bethlehemjudah tosojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim tothe house of Micah, as he journeyed.17:9 And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said untohim, I am a Levite of Bethlehemjudah, and I go to sojourn where I mayfind a place.17:10 And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a fatherand a priest, and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by the year,and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in.17:11 And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the youngman was unto him as one of his sons.17:12 And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became hispriest, and was in the house of Micah.17:13 Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good,seeing I have a Levite to my priest.18:1 In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days thetribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for untothat day all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among thetribes of Israel.18:2 And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from theircoasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out theland, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land:who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, theylodged there.18:3 When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of theyoung man the Levite: and they turned in thither, and said unto him,Who brought thee hither? and what makest thou in this place? and whathast thou here?  18:4 And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealethMicah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest.18:5 And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, thatwe may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.18:6 And the priest said unto them, Go in peace: before the LORD isyour way wherein ye go.18:7 Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the peoplethat were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of theZidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land,that might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far from theZidonians, and had no business with any man.18:8 And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and theirbrethren said unto them, What say ye?  18:9 And they said, Arise, thatwe may go up against them: for we have seen the land, and, behold, itis very good: and are ye still? be not slothful to go, and to enter topossess the land.18:10 When ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure, and to a largeland: for God hath given it into your hands; a place where there is nowant of any thing that is in the earth.18:11 And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out ofZorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men appointed with weapons ofwar.18:12 And they went up, and pitched in Kirjathjearim, in Judah:wherefore they called that place Mahanehdan unto this day: behold, itis behind Kirjathjearim.18:13 And they passed thence unto mount Ephraim, and came unto thehouse of Micah.18:14 Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country ofLaish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in thesehouses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image?now therefore consider what ye have to do.18:15 And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the youngman the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and saluted him.18:16 And the six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war,which were of the children of Dan, stood by the entering of the gate.18:17 And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and camein thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and theteraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood in the enteringof the gate with the six hundred men that were appointed with weaponsof war.18:18 And these went into Micah's house, and fetched the carved image,the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. Then said thepriest unto them, What do ye?  18:19 And they said unto him, Hold thypeace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us afather and a priest: is it better for thee to be a priest unto thehouse of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a familyin Israel?  18:20 And the priest's heart was glad, and he took theephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midstof the people.18:21 So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and thecattle and the carriage before them.18:22 And when they were a good way from the house of Micah, the menthat were in the houses near to Micah's house were gathered together,and overtook the children of Dan.18:23 And they cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned theirfaces, and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou comest withsuch a company?  18:24 And he said, Ye have taken away my gods which Imade, and the priest, and ye are gone away: and what have I more? andwhat is this that ye say unto me, What aileth thee?  18:25 And thechildren of Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard among us,lest angry fellows run upon thee, and thou lose thy life, with thelives of thy household.18:26 And the children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw thatthey were too strong for him, he turned and went back unto his house.18:27 And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priestwhich he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people that were at quietand secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burntthe city with fire.18:28 And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Zidon, andthey had no business with any man; and it was in the valley that liethby Bethrehob. And they built a city, and dwelt therein.18:29 And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dantheir father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the citywas Laish at the first.18:30 And the children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan,the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were prieststo the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.18:31 And they set them up Micah's graven image, which he made, allthe time that the house of God was in Shiloh.19:1 And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king inIsrael, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side ofmount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Bethlehemjudah.19:2 And his concubine played the whore against him, and went awayfrom him unto her father's house to Bethlehemjudah, and was there fourwhole months.19:3 And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak friendly untoher, and to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a coupleof asses: and she brought him into her father's house: and when thefather of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.19:4 And his father in law, the damsel's father, retained him; and heabode with him three days: so they did eat and drink, and lodgedthere.19:5 And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early inthe morning, that he rose up to depart: and the damsel's father saidunto his son in law, Comfort thine heart with a morsel of bread, andafterward go your way.19:6 And they sat down, and did eat and drink both of them together:for the damsel's father had said unto the man, Be content, I praythee, and tarry all night, and let thine heart be merry.19:7 And when the man rose up to depart, his father in law urged him:therefore he lodged there again.19:8 And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart; andthe damsel's father said, Comfort thine heart, I pray thee. And theytarried until afternoon, and they did eat both of them.19:9 And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, andhis servant, his father in law, the damsel's father, said unto him,Behold, now the day draweth toward evening, I pray you tarry allnight: behold, the day groweth to an end, lodge here, that thine heartmay be merry; and to morrow get you early on your way, that thoumayest go home.19:10 But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up anddeparted, and came over against Jebus, which is Jerusalem; and therewere with him two asses saddled, his concubine also was with him.19:11 And when they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and theservant said unto his master, Come, I pray thee, and let us turn ininto this city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it.19:12 And his master said unto him, We will not turn aside hither intothe city of a stranger, that is not of the children of Israel; we willpass over to Gibeah.19:13 And he said unto his servant, Come, and let us draw near to oneof these places to lodge all night, in Gibeah, or in Ramah.19:14 And they passed on and went their way; and the sun went downupon them when they were by Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin.19:15 And they turned aside thither, to go in and to lodge in Gibeah:and when he went in, he sat him down in a street of the city: forthere was no man that took them into his house to lodging.19:16 And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of thefield at even, which was also of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned inGibeah: but the men of the place were Benjamites.19:17 And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a wayfaring man inthe street of the city: and the old man said, Whither goest thou? andwhence comest thou?  19:18 And he said unto him, We are passing fromBethlehemjudah toward the side of mount Ephraim; from thence am I: andI went to Bethlehemjudah, but I am now going to the house of the LORD;and there is no man that receiveth me to house.19:19 Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses; and thereis bread and wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the youngman which is with thy servants: there is no want of any thing.19:20 And the old man said, Peace be with thee; howsoever let all thywants lie upon me; only lodge not in the street.19:21 So he brought him into his house, and gave provender unto theasses: and they washed their feet, and did eat and drink.19:22 Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men ofthe city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, andbeat at the door, and spake to the master of the house, the old man,saying, Bring forth the man that came into thine house, that we mayknow him.19:23 And the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, andsaid unto them, Nay, my brethren, nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly;seeing that this man is come into mine house, do not this folly.19:24 Behold, here is my daughter a maiden, and his concubine; them Iwill bring out now, and humble ye them, and do with them what seemethgood unto you: but unto this man do not so vile a thing.19:25 But the men would not hearken to him: so the man took hisconcubine, and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, andabused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began tospring, they let her go.19:26 Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down atthe door of the man's house where her lord was, till it was light.19:27 And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of thehouse, and went out to go his way: and, behold, the woman hisconcubine was fallen down at the door of the house, and her hands wereupon the threshold.19:28 And he said unto her, Up, and let us be going. But noneanswered.Then the man took her up upon an ass, and the man rose up, and gat himunto his place.19:29 And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laidhold on his concubine, and divided her, together with her bones, intotwelve pieces, and sent her into all the coasts of Israel.19:30 And it was so, that all that saw it said, There was no such deeddone nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out ofthe land of Egypt unto this day: consider of it, take advice, andspeak your minds.20:1 Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregationwas gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with theland of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh.20:2 And the chief of all the people, even of all the tribes ofIsrael, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God,four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword.20:3 (Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israelwere gone up to Mizpeh.) Then said the children of Israel, Tell us,how was this wickedness?  20:4 And the Levite, the husband of thewoman that was slain, answered and said, I came into Gibeah thatbelongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.20:5 And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house roundabout upon me by night, and thought to have slain me: and my concubinehave they forced, that she is dead.20:6 And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent herthroughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel: for they havecommitted lewdness and folly in Israel.20:7 Behold, ye are all children of Israel; give here your advice andcounsel.20:8 And all the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any ofus go to his tent, neither will we any of us turn into his house.20:9 But now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah; wewill go up by lot against it; 20:10 And we will take ten men of anhundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and an hundred of athousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch victual for thepeople, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin,according to all the folly that they have wrought in Israel.20:11 So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knittogether as one man.20:12 And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe ofBenjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that is done among you?20:13 Now therefore deliver us the men, the children of Belial, whichare in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil fromIsrael. But the children of Benjamin would not hearken to the voice oftheir brethren the children of Israel.20:14 But the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out ofthe cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children ofIsrael.20:15 And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out ofthe cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, beside theinhabitants of Gibeah, which were numbered seven hundred chosen men.20:16 Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen menlefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and notmiss.20:17 And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered fourhundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war.20:18 And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house ofGod, and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up firstto the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the LORD said,Judah shall go up first.20:19 And the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encampedagainst Gibeah.20:20 And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; andthe men of Israel put themselves in array to fight against them atGibeah.20:21 And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, anddestroyed down to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty and twothousand men.20:22 And the people the men of Israel encouraged themselves, and settheir battle again in array in the place where they put themselves inarray the first day.20:23 (And the children of Israel went up and wept before the LORDuntil even, and asked counsel of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up againto battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the LORDsaid, Go up against him.)  20:24 And the children of Israel came nearagainst the children of Benjamin the second day.20:25 And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the secondday, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel againeighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword.20:26 Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up,and came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before theLORD, and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings andpeace offerings before the LORD.20:27 And the children of Israel enquired of the LORD, (for the ark ofthe covenant of God was there in those days, 20:28 And Phinehas, theson of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days,)saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children ofBenjamin my brother, or shall I cease? And the LORD said, Go up; forto morrow I will deliver them into thine hand.20:29 And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah.20:30 And the children of Israel went up against the children ofBenjamin on the third day, and put themselves in array against Gibeah,as at other times.20:31 And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, andwere drawn away from the city; and they began to smite of the people,and kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up tothe house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirtymen of Israel.20:32 And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down beforeus, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, anddraw them from the city unto the highways.20:33 And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and putthemselves in array at Baaltamar: and the liers in wait of Israel cameforth out of their places, even out of the meadows of Gibeah.20:34 And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of allIsrael, and the battle was sore: but they knew not that evil was nearthem.20:35 And the LORD smote Benjamin before Israel: and the children ofIsrael destroyed of the Benjamites that day twenty and five thousandand an hundred men: all these drew the sword.20:36 So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten: for themen of Israel gave place to the Benjamites, because they trusted untothe liers in wait which they had set beside Gibeah.20:37 And the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and theliers in wait drew themselves along, and smote all the city with theedge of the sword.20:38 Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel andthe liers in wait, that they should make a great flame with smoke riseup out of the city.20:39 And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin beganto smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons: for theysaid, Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle.20:40 But when the flame began to arise up out of the city with apillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, and, behold, theflame of the city ascended up to heaven.20:41 And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjaminwere amazed: for they saw that evil was come upon them.20:42 Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel untothe way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and themwhich came out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them.20:43 Thus they inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them,and trode them down with ease over against Gibeah toward thesunrising.20:44 And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these weremen of valour.20:45 And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock ofRimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men;and pursued hard after them unto Gidom, and slew two thousand men ofthem.20:46 So that all which fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and fivethousand men that drew the sword; all these were men of valour.20:47 But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness unto therock Rimmon, and abode in the rock Rimmon four months.20:48 And the men of Israel turned again upon the children ofBenjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the menof every city, as the beast, and all that came to hand: also they seton fire all the cities that they came to.21:1 Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shallnot any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife.21:2 And the people came to the house of God, and abode there tilleven before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore; 21:3 Andsaid, O LORD God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, thatthere should be to day one tribe lacking in Israel?  21:4 And it cameto pass on the morrow, that the people rose early, and built there analtar, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.21:5 And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all thetribes of Israel that came not up with the congregation unto the LORD?For they had made a great oath concerning him that came not up to theLORD to Mizpeh, saying, He shall surely be put to death.21:6 And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin theirbrother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.21:7 How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we havesworn by the LORD that we will not give them of our daughters towives?  21:8 And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israelthat came not up to Mizpeh to the LORD? And, behold, there came noneto the camp from Jabeshgilead to the assembly.21:9 For the people were numbered, and, behold, there were none of theinhabitants of Jabeshgilead there.21:10 And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of thevaliantest, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitantsof Jabeshgilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and thechildren.21:11 And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroyevery male, and every woman that hath lain by man.21:12 And they found among the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead fourhundred young virgins, that had known no man by lying with any male:and they brought them unto the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land ofCanaan.21:13 And the whole congregation sent some to speak to the children ofBenjamin that were in the rock Rimmon, and to call peaceably untothem.21:14 And Benjamin came again at that time; and they gave them wiveswhich they had saved alive of the women of Jabeshgilead: and yet sothey sufficed them not.21:15 And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the LORDhad made a breach in the tribes of Israel.21:16 Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do forwives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out ofBenjamin?  21:17 And they said, There must be an inheritance for themthat be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out ofIsrael.21:18 Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters: for thechildren of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wifeto Benjamin.21:19 Then they said, Behold, there is a feast of the LORD in Shilohyearly in a place which is on the north side of Bethel, on the eastside of the highway that goeth up from Bethel to Shechem, and on thesouth of Lebonah.21:20 Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Goand lie in wait in the vineyards; 21:21 And see, and, behold, if thedaughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances, then come ye out ofthe vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters ofShiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.21:22 And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come untous to complain, that we will say unto them, Be favourable unto themfor our sakes: because we reserved not to each man his wife in thewar: for ye did not give unto them at this time, that ye should beguilty.21:23 And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives,according to their number, of them that danced, whom they caught: andthey went and returned unto their inheritance, and repaired thecities, and dwelt in them.21:24 And the children of Israel departed thence at that time, everyman to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from thenceevery man to his inheritance.21:25 In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did thatwhich was right in his own eyes.The Book of Ruth1:1 Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that therewas a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went tosojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.1:2 And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wifeNaomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites ofBethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continuedthere.1:3 And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her twosons.1:4 And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the onewas Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled thereabout ten years.1:5 And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman wasleft of her two sons and her husband.1:6 Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might returnfrom the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab howthat the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread.1:7 Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, and hertwo daughters in law with her; and they went on the way to return untothe land of Judah.1:8 And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each toher mother's house: the LORD deal kindly with you, as ye have dealtwith the dead, and with me.1:9 The LORD grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the houseof her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice,and wept.1:10 And they said unto her, Surely we will return with thee unto thypeople.1:11 And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me?are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be yourhusbands?  1:12 Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am tooold to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should havean husband also to night, and should also bear sons; 1:13 Would yetarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them fromhaving husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for yoursakes that the hand of the LORD is gone out against me.1:14 And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissedher mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.1:15 And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto herpeople, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law.1:16 And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return fromfollowing after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and wherethou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy Godmy God: 1:17 Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried:the LORD do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee andme.1:18 When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, thenshe left speaking unto her.1:19 So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came topass, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was movedabout them, and they said, Is this Naomi?  1:20 And she said untothem, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealtvery bitterly with me.1:21 I went out full and the LORD hath brought me home again empty:why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me,and the Almighty hath afflicted me?  1:22 So Naomi returned, and Ruththe Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out ofthe country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning ofbarley harvest.2:1 And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth,of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.2:2 And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to thefield, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall findgrace.And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.2:3 And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after thereapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field belongingunto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech.2:4 And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers,The LORD be with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless thee.2:5 Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers,Whose damsel is this?  2:6 And the servant that was set over thereapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel that came backwith Naomi out of the country of Moab: 2:7 And she said, I pray you,let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so shecame, and hath continued even from the morning until now, that shetarried a little in the house.2:8 Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not toglean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast bymy maidens: 2:9 Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, andgo thou after them: have I not charged the young men that they shallnot touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, anddrink of that which the young men have drawn.2:10 Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, andsaid unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thoushouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger?  2:11 And Boazanswered and said unto her, It hath fully been shewed me, all thatthou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thinehusband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and theland of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewestnot heretofore.2:12 The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee ofthe LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.2:13 Then she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord; for thatthou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly untothine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens.2:14 And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat ofthe bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside thereapers: and he reached her parched corn, and she did eat, and wassufficed, and left.2:15 And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men,saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not:2:16 And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, andleave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not.2:17 So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she hadgleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley.2:18 And she took it up, and went into the city: and her mother in lawsaw what she had gleaned: and she brought forth, and gave to her thatshe had reserved after she was sufficed.2:19 And her mother in law said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned today?  and where wroughtest thou? blessed be he that did take knowledgeof thee. And she shewed her mother in law with whom she had wrought,and said, The man's name with whom I wrought to day is Boaz.2:20 And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed be he of theLORD, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to thedead. And Naomi said unto her, The man is near of kin unto us, one ofour next kinsmen.2:21 And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto me also, Thou shaltkeep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest.2:22 And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter in law, It is good, mydaughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they meet thee notin any other field.2:23 So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end ofbarley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother in law.3:1 Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall Inot seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?  3:2 And now isnot Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast?  Behold, hewinnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor.3:3 Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment uponthee, and get thee down to the floor: but make not thyself known untothe man, until he shall have done eating and drinking.3:4 And it shall be, when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark theplace where he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet,and lay thee down; and he will tell thee what thou shalt do.3:5 And she said unto her, All that thou sayest unto me I will do.3:6 And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all thather mother in law bade her.3:7 And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, hewent to lie down at the end of the heap of corn: and she came softly,and uncovered his feet, and laid her down.3:8 And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, andturned himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet.3:9 And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thinehandmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou arta near kinsman.3:10 And he said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my daughter: for thouhast shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning,inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich.3:11 And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thourequirest: for all the city of my people doth know that thou art avirtuous woman.3:12 And now it is true that I am thy near kinsman: howbeit there is akinsman nearer than I.3:13 Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he willperform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do thekinsman's part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee,then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, as the LORD liveth: liedown until the morning.3:14 And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up beforeone could know another. And he said, Let it not be known that a womancame into the floor.3:15 Also he said, Bring the vail that thou hast upon thee, and holdit.And when she held it, he measured six measures of barley, and laid iton her: and she went into the city.3:16 And when she came to her mother in law, she said, Who art thou,my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her.3:17 And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for hesaid to me, Go not empty unto thy mother in law.3:18 Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how thematter will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he havefinished the thing this day.4:1 Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and,behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho,such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and satdown.4:2 And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit yedown here. And they sat down.4:3 And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of thecountry of Moab, selleth a parcel of land, which was our brotherElimelech's: 4:4 And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy itbefore the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thouwilt redeem it, redeem it: but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tellme, that I may know: for there is none to redeem it beside thee; and Iam after thee. And he said, I will redeem it.4:5 Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand ofNaomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of thedead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.4:6 And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I marmine own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannotredeem it.4:7 Now this was the manner in former time in Israel concerningredeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things; a manplucked off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour: and this was atestimony in Israel.4:8 Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thee. So he drewoff his shoe.4:9 And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all the people, Ye arewitnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech's, andall that was Chilion's and Mahlon's, of the hand of Naomi.4:10 Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchasedto be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance,that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, andfrom the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.4:11 And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said,We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thinehouse like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house ofIsrael: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Bethlehem:4:12 And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bareunto Judah, of the seed which the LORD shall give thee of this youngwoman.4:13 So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in untoher, the LORD gave her conception, and she bare a son.4:14 And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the LORD, which hathnot left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famousin Israel.4:15 And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisherof thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which isbetter to thee than seven sons, hath born him.4:16 And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and becamenurse unto it.4:17 And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is ason born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father ofJesse, the father of David.4:18 Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron,4:19 And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab, 4:20 And Amminadabbegat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon, 4:21 And Salmon begat Boaz,and Boaz begat Obed, 4:22 And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.The First Book of SamuelOtherwise Called:The First Book of the Kings1:1 Now there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim, of mount Ephraim,and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, theson of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite: 1:2 And he had two wives;the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah:and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.1:3 And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and tosacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli,Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there.1:4 And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnahhis wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions: 1:5 Butunto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but theLORD had shut up her womb.1:6 And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret,because the LORD had shut up her womb.1:7 And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house ofthe LORD, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.1:8 Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou?and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I betterto thee than ten sons?  1:9 So Hannah rose up after they had eaten inShiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seatby a post of the temple of the LORD.1:10 And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, andwept sore.1:11 And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wiltindeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, andnot forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a manchild, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life,and there shall no razor come upon his head.1:12 And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the LORD,that Eli marked her mouth.1:13 Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but hervoice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.1:14 And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put awaythy wine from thee.1:15 And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of asorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but havepoured out my soul before the LORD.1:16 Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of theabundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.1:17 Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israelgrant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him.1:18 And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So thewoman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad.1:19 And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before theLORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knewHannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her.1:20 Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about afterHannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel,saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD.1:21 And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto theLORD the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.1:22 But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, I will notgo up until the child be weaned, and then I will bring him, that hemay appear before the LORD, and there abide for ever.1:23 And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good;tarry until thou have weaned him; only the LORD establish his word. Sothe woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him.1:24 And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with threebullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and broughthim unto the house of the LORD in Shiloh: and the child was young.1:25 And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli.1:26 And she said, Oh my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am thewoman that stood by thee here, praying unto the LORD.1:27 For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petitionwhich I asked of him: 1:28 Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD;as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the LORD. And he worshippedthe LORD there.2:1 And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the LORD, minehorn is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies;because I rejoice in thy salvation.2:2 There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none beside thee:neither is there any rock like our God.2:3 Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out ofyour mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions areweighed.2:4 The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled aregirded with strength.2:5 They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and theythat were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and shethat hath many children is waxed feeble.2:6 The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave,and bringeth up.2:7 The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, andlifteth up.2:8 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggarfrom the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inheritthe throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD's, andhe hath set the world upon them.2:9 He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall besilent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.2:10 The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out ofheaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends ofthe earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt thehorn of his anointed.2:11 And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child didminister unto the LORD before Eli the priest.2:12 Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD.2:13 And the priest's custom with the people was, that, when any manoffered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was inseething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand; 2:14 And hestruck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that thefleshhook brought up the priest took for himself. So they did inShiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither.2:15 Also before they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, andsaid to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest;for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw.2:16 And if any man said unto him, Let them not fail to burn the fatpresently, and then take as much as thy soul desireth; then he wouldanswer him, Nay; but thou shalt give it me now: and if not, I willtake it by force.2:17 Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before theLORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.2:18 But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded witha linen ephod.2:19 Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to himfrom year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer theyearly sacrifice.2:20 And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The LORD givethee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to the LORD. Andthey went unto their own home.2:21 And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and barethree sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before theLORD.2:22 Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto allIsrael; and how they lay with the women that assembled at the door ofthe tabernacle of the congregation.2:23 And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of yourevil dealings by all this people.2:24 Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make theLORD's people to transgress.2:25 If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but ifa man sin against the LORD, who shall intreat for him? Notwithstandingthey hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the LORDwould slay them.2:26 And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with theLORD, and also with men.2:27 And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thussaith the LORD, Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy father,when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh's house?  2:28 And did I choose himout of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon minealtar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I giveunto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of thechildren of Israel?  2:29 Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and atmine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honourestthy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all theofferings of Israel my people?  2:30 Wherefore the LORD God of Israelsaith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father,should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far fromme; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise meshall be lightly esteemed.2:31 Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the armof thy father's house, that there shall not be an old man in thinehouse.2:32 And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealthwhich God shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man inthine house for ever.2:33 And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar,shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all theincrease of thine house shall die in the flower of their age.2:34 And this shall be a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy twosons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them.2:35 And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do accordingto that which is in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him asure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever.2:36 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thinehouse shall come and crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morselof bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests'offices, that I may eat a piece of bread.3:1 And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And theword of the LORD was precious in those days; there was no open vision.3:2 And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in hisplace, and his eyes began to wax dim, that he could not see; 3:3 Andere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the LORD, where the arkof God was, and Samuel was laid down to sleep; 3:4 That the LORDcalled Samuel: and he answered, Here am I.3:5 And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me.And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down.3:6 And the LORD called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and wentto Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And he answered,I called not, my son; lie down again.3:7 Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, neither was the word of theLORD yet revealed unto him.3:8 And the LORD called Samuel again the third time. And he arose andwent to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And Eliperceived that the LORD had called the child.3:9 Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, ifhe call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, LORD; for thy servantheareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place.3:10 And the LORD came, and stood, and called as at other times,Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth.3:11 And the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel,at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle.3:12 In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I havespoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end.3:13 For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for theiniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, andhe restrained them not.3:14 And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that theiniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged with sacrifice noroffering for ever.3:15 And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of thehouse of the LORD. And Samuel feared to shew Eli the vision.3:16 Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And heanswered, Here am I.3:17 And he said, What is the thing that the LORD hath said unto thee?I pray thee hide it not from me: God do so to thee, and more also, ifthou hide any thing from me of all the things that he said unto thee.3:18 And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And hesaid, It is the LORD: let him do what seemeth him good.3:19 And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none ofhis words fall to the ground.3:20 And all Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel wasestablished to be a prophet of the LORD.3:21 And the LORD appeared again in Shiloh: for the LORD revealedhimself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the LORD.4:1 And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went outagainst the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Ebenezer: andthe Philistines pitched in Aphek.4:2 And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: andwhen they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines:and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men.4:3 And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israelsaid, Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to day before thePhilistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD out ofShiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out ofthe hand of our enemies.4:4 So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thencethe ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth betweenthe cherubims: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, werethere with the ark of the covenant of God.4:5 And when the ark of the covenant of the LORD came into the camp,all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again.4:6 And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said,What meaneth the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews?And they understood that the ark of the LORD was come into the camp.4:7 And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come intothe camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there hath not been such athing heretofore.4:8 Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mightyGods? these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plaguesin the wilderness.4:9 Be strong and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that yebe not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quityourselves like men, and fight.4:10 And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fledevery man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; forthere fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.4:11 And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni andPhinehas, were slain.4:12 And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came toShiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon hishead.4:13 And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the waysidewatching: for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the mancame into the city, and told it, all the city cried out.4:14 And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What meaneththe noise of this tumult? And the man came in hastily, and told Eli.4:15 Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim,that he could not see.4:16 And the man said unto Eli, I am he that came out of the army, andI fled to day out of the army. And he said, What is there done, myson?  4:17 And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled beforethe Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among thepeople, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and theark of God is taken.4:18 And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, thathe fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and hisneck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he hadjudged Israel forty years.4:19 And his daughter in law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, near tobe delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God wastaken, and that her father in law and her husband were dead, she bowedherself and travailed; for her pains came upon her.4:20 And about the time of her death the women that stood by her saidunto her, Fear not; for thou hast born a son. But she answered not,neither did she regard it.4:21 And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departedfrom Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of herfather in law and her husband.4:22 And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark ofGod is taken.5:1 And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it fromEbenezer unto Ashdod.5:2 When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into thehouse of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.5:3 And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagonwas fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the LORD. Andthey took Dagon, and set him in his place again.5:4 And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon wasfallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD; and thehead of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon thethreshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him.5:5 Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come intoDagon's house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto thisday.5:6 But the hand of the LORD was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and hedestroyed them, and smote them with emerods, even Ashdod and thecoasts thereof.5:7 And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The arkof the God of Israel shall not abide with us: for his hand is soreupon us, and upon Dagon our god.5:8 They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistinesunto them, and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God ofIsrael? And they answered, Let the ark of the God of Israel be carriedabout unto Gath. And they carried the ark of the God of Israel aboutthither.5:9 And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand ofthe LORD was against the city with a very great destruction: and hesmote the men of the city, both small and great, and they had emerodsin their secret parts.5:10 Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass,as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying,They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to slay usand our people.5:11 So they sent and gathered together all the lords of thePhilistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and letit go again to his own place, that it slay us not, and our people: forthere was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand ofGod was very heavy there.5:12 And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods: and thecry of the city went up to heaven.6:1 And the ark of the LORD was in the country of the Philistinesseven months.6:2 And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners,saying, What shall we do to the ark of the LORD? tell us wherewith weshall send it to his place.6:3 And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, sendit not empty; but in any wise return him a trespass offering: then yeshall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is notremoved from you.6:4 Then said they, What shall be the trespass offering which we shallreturn to him? They answered, Five golden emerods, and five goldenmice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines: for oneplague was on you all, and on your lords.6:5 Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and images of yourmice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God ofIsrael: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and fromoff your gods, and from off your land.6:6 Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians andPharaoh hardened their hearts? when he had wrought wonderfully amongthem, did they not let the people go, and they departed?  6:7 Nowtherefore make a new cart, and take two milch kine, on which therehath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring theircalves home from them: 6:8 And take the ark of the LORD, and lay itupon the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which ye return him for atrespass offering, in a coffer by the side thereof; and send it away,that it may go.6:9 And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast toBethshemesh, then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then weshall know that it is not his hand that smote us: it was a chance thathappened to us.6:10 And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to thecart, and shut up their calves at home: 6:11 And they laid the ark ofthe LORD upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and theimages of their emerods.6:12 And the kine took the straight way to the way of Bethshemesh, andwent along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside tothe right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines wentafter them unto the border of Bethshemesh.6:13 And they of Bethshemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in thevalley: and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoicedto see it.6:14 And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Bethshemite, andstood there, where there was a great stone: and they clave the wood ofthe cart, and offered the kine a burnt offering unto the LORD.6:15 And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD, and the cofferthat was with it, wherein the jewels of gold were, and put them on thegreat stone: and the men of Bethshemesh offered burnt offerings andsacrificed sacrifices the same day unto the LORD.6:16 And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, theyreturned to Ekron the same day.6:17 And these are the golden emerods which the Philistines returnedfor a trespass offering unto the LORD; for Ashdod one, for Gaza one,for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one; 6:18 And the goldenmice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistinesbelonging to the five lords, both of fenced cities, and of countryvillages, even unto the great stone of Abel, whereon they set down theark of the LORD: which stone remaineth unto this day in the field ofJoshua, the Bethshemite.6:19 And he smote the men of Bethshemesh, because they had looked intothe ark of the LORD, even he smote of the people fifty thousand andthreescore and ten men: and the people lamented, because the LORD hadsmitten many of the people with a great slaughter.6:20 And the men of Bethshemesh said, Who is able to stand before thisholy LORD God? and to whom shall he go up from us?  6:21 And they sentmessengers to the inhabitants of Kirjathjearim, saying, ThePhilistines have brought again the ark of the LORD; come ye down, andfetch it up to you.7:1 And the men of Kirjathjearim came, and fetched up the ark of theLORD, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, andsanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the LORD.7:2 And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjathjearim, thatthe time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house ofIsrael lamented after the LORD.7:3 And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye doreturn unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strangegods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto theLORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand ofthe Philistines.7:4 Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, andserved the LORD only.7:5 And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray foryou unto the LORD.7:6 And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and pouredit out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, Wehave sinned against the LORD. And Samuel judged the children of Israelin Mizpeh.7:7 And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel weregathered together to Mizpeh, the lords of the Philistines went upagainst Israel. And when the children of Israel heard it, they wereafraid of the Philistines.7:8 And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry untothe LORD our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of thePhilistines.7:9 And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a burntoffering wholly unto the LORD: and Samuel cried unto the LORD forIsrael; and the LORD heard him.7:10 And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistinesdrew near to battle against Israel: but the LORD thundered with agreat thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and discomfited them;and they were smitten before Israel.7:11 And the men of Israel went out of Mizpeh, and pursued thePhilistines, and smote them, until they came under Bethcar.7:12 Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, andcalled the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helpedus.7:13 So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more into thecoast of Israel: and the hand of the LORD was against the Philistinesall the days of Samuel.7:14 And the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel wererestored to Israel, from Ekron even unto Gath; and the coasts thereofdid Israel deliver out of the hands of the Philistines. And there waspeace between Israel and the Amorites.7:15 And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.7:16 And he went from year to year in circuit to Bethel, and Gilgal,and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places.7:17 And his return was to Ramah; for there was his house; and therehe judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the LORD.8:1 And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sonsjudges over Israel.8:2 Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of hissecond, Abiah: they were judges in Beersheba.8:3 And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre,and took bribes, and perverted judgment.8:4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, andcame to Samuel unto Ramah, 8:5 And said unto him, Behold, thou artold, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge uslike all the nations.8:6 But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king tojudge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.8:7 And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of thepeople in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejectedthee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.8:8 According to all the works which they have done since the day thatI brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they haveforsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee.8:9 Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protestsolemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shallreign over them.8:10 And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people thatasked of him a king.8:11 And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reignover you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, forhis chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before hischariots.8:12 And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captainsover fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap hisharvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of hischariots.8:13 And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to becooks, and to be bakers.8:14 And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and youroliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.8:15 And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards,and give to his officers, and to his servants.8:16 And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, andyour goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.8:17 He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be hisservants.8:18 And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which yeshall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.8:19 Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; andthey said, Nay; but we will have a king over us; 8:20 That we also maybe like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go outbefore us, and fight our battles.8:21 And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsedthem in the ears of the LORD.8:22 And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and makethem a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye every manunto his city.9:1 Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son ofAbiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, aBenjamite, a mighty man of power.9:2 And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and agoodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlierperson than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than anyof the people.9:3 And the asses of Kish Saul's father were lost. And Kish said toSaul his son, Take now one of the servants with thee, and arise, goseek the asses.9:4 And he passed through mount Ephraim, and passed through the landof Shalisha, but they found them not: then they passed through theland of Shalim, and there they were not: and he passed through theland of the Benjamites, but they found them not.9:5 And when they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to hisservant that was with him, Come, and let us return; lest my fatherleave caring for the asses, and take thought for us.9:6 And he said unto him, Behold now, there is in this city a man ofGod, and he is an honourable man; all that he saith cometh surely topass: now let us go thither; peradventure he can shew us our way thatwe should go.9:7 Then said Saul to his servant, But, behold, if we go, what shallwe bring the man? for the bread is spent in our vessels, and there isnot a present to bring to the man of God: what have we?  9:8 And theservant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have here at hand thefourth part of a shekel of silver: that will I give to the man of God,to tell us our way.9:9 (Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to enquire of God, thus hespake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for he that is now called aProphet was beforetime called a Seer.)  9:10 Then said Saul to hisservant, Well said; come, let us go. So they went unto the city wherethe man of God was.9:11 And as they went up the hill to the city, they found youngmaidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here?9:12 And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, he is beforeyou: make haste now, for he came to day to the city; for there is asacrifice of the people to day in the high place: 9:13 As soon as yebe come into the city, ye shall straightway find him, before he go upto the high place to eat: for the people will not eat until he come,because he doth bless the sacrifice; and afterwards they eat that bebidden. Now therefore get you up; for about this time ye shall findhim.9:14 And they went up into the city: and when they were come into thecity, behold, Samuel came out against them, for to go up to the highplace.9:15 Now the LORD had told Samuel in his ear a day before Saul came,saying, 9:16 To morrow about this time I will send thee a man out ofthe land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to be captain over mypeople Israel, that he may save my people out of the hand of thePhilistines: for I have looked upon my people, because their cry iscome unto me.9:17 And when Samuel saw Saul, the LORD said unto him, Behold the manwhom I spake to thee of! this same shall reign over my people.9:18 Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, Ipray thee, where the seer's house is.9:19 And Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am the seer: go up beforeme unto the high place; for ye shall eat with me to day, and to morrowI will let thee go, and will tell thee all that is in thine heart.9:20 And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not thymind on them; for they are found. And on whom is all the desire ofIsrael? Is it not on thee, and on all thy father's house?  9:21 AndSaul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of thetribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of thetribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou so to me?  9:22 AndSamuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the parlour,and made them sit in the chiefest place among them that were bidden,which were about thirty persons.9:23 And Samuel said unto the cook, Bring the portion which I gavethee, of which I said unto thee, Set it by thee.9:24 And the cook took up the shoulder, and that which was upon it,and set it before Saul. And Samuel said, Behold that which is left!set it before thee, and eat: for unto this time hath it been kept forthee since I said, I have invited the people. So Saul did eat withSamuel that day.9:25 And when they were come down from the high place into the city,Samuel communed with Saul upon the top of the house.9:26 And they arose early: and it came to pass about the spring of theday, that Samuel called Saul to the top of the house, saying, Up, thatI may send thee away. And Saul arose, and they went out both of them,he and Samuel, abroad.9:27 And as they were going down to the end of the city, Samuel saidto Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us, (and he passed on), butstand thou still a while, that I may shew thee the word of God.10:1 Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, andkissed him, and said, Is it not because the LORD hath anointed thee tobe captain over his inheritance?  10:2 When thou art departed from meto day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel's sepulchre in theborder of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto thee, The asseswhich thou wentest to seek are found: and, lo, thy father hath leftthe care of the asses, and sorroweth for you, saying, What shall I dofor my son?  10:3 Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thoushalt come to the plain of Tabor, and there shall meet thee three mengoing up to God to Bethel, one carrying three kids, and anothercarrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine:10:4 And they will salute thee, and give thee two loaves of bread;which thou shalt receive of their hands.10:5 After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where is thegarrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou artcome thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophetscoming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and apipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy: 10:6 And theSpirit of the LORD will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy withthem, and shalt be turned into another man.10:7 And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, that thou doas occasion serve thee; for God is with thee.10:8 And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I willcome down unto thee, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrificesacrifices of peace offerings: seven days shalt thou tarry, till Icome to thee, and shew thee what thou shalt do.10:9 And it was so, that when he had turned his back to go fromSamuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs came to passthat day.10:10 And when they came thither to the hill, behold, a company ofprophets met him; and the Spirit of God came upon him, and heprophesied among them.10:11 And it came to pass, when all that knew him beforetime saw that,behold, he prophesied among the prophets, then the people said one toanother, What is this that is come unto the son of Kish? Is Saul alsoamong the prophets?  10:12 And one of the same place answered andsaid, But who is their father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saulalso among the prophets?  10:13 And when he had made an end ofprophesying, he came to the high place.10:14 And Saul's uncle said unto him and to his servant, Whither wentye?  And he said, To seek the asses: and when we saw that they were nowhere, we came to Samuel.10:15 And Saul's uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel saidunto you.10:16 And Saul said unto his uncle, He told us plainly that the asseswere found. But of the matter of the kingdom, whereof Samuel spake, hetold him not.10:17 And Samuel called the people together unto the LORD to Mizpeh;10:18 And said unto the children of Israel, Thus saith the LORD God ofIsrael, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out of thehand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all kingdoms, and ofthem that oppressed you: 10:19 And ye have this day rejected your God,who himself saved you out of all your adversities and yourtribulations; and ye have said unto him, Nay, but set a king over us.Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes, andby your thousands.10:20 And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to comenear, the tribe of Benjamin was taken.10:21 When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by theirfamilies, the family of Matri was taken, and Saul the son of Kish wastaken: and when they sought him, he could not be found.10:22 Therefore they enquired of the LORD further, if the man shouldyet come thither. And the LORD answered, Behold he hath hid himselfamong the stuff.10:23 And they ran and fetched him thence: and when he stood among thepeople, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders andupward.10:24 And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the LORD hathchosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all thepeople shouted, and said, God save the king.10:25 Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wroteit in a book, and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all thepeople away, every man to his house.10:26 And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him aband of men, whose hearts God had touched.10:27 But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? Andthey despised him, and brought no presents. But he held his peace.11:1 Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped againstJabeshgilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make acovenant with us, and we will serve thee.11:2 And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, On this condition will Imake a covenant with you, that I may thrust out all your right eyes,and lay it for a reproach upon all Israel.11:3 And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days'respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel:and then, if there be no man to save us, we will come out to thee.11:4 Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidingsin the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voices,and wept.11:5 And, behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field; and Saulsaid, What aileth the people that they weep? And they told him thetidings of the men of Jabesh.11:6 And the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those tidings,and his anger was kindled greatly.11:7 And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sentthem throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers,saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, soshall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear of the LORD fell on thepeople, and they came out with one consent.11:8 And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel werethree hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.11:9 And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye sayunto the men of Jabeshgilead, To morrow, by that time the sun be hot,ye shall have help. And the messengers came and shewed it to the menof Jabesh; and they were glad.11:10 Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To morrow we will come outunto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you.11:11 And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in threecompanies; and they came into the midst of the host in the morningwatch, and slew the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it cameto pass, that they which remained were scattered, so that two of themwere not left together.11:12 And the people said unto Samuel, Who is he that said, Shall Saulreign over us? bring the men, that we may put them to death.11:13 And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day:for to day the LORD hath wrought salvation in Israel.11:14 Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal,and renew the kingdom there.11:15 And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul kingbefore the LORD in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed sacrifices ofpeace offerings before the LORD; and there Saul and all the men ofIsrael rejoiced greatly.12:1 And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened untoyour voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you.12:2 And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old andgrayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walkedbefore you from my childhood unto this day.12:3 Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and beforehis anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? orwhom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have Ireceived any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore ityou.12:4 And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us,neither hast thou taken ought of any man's hand.12:5 And he said unto them, The LORD is witness against you, and hisanointed is witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand.And they answered, He is witness.12:6 And Samuel said unto the people, It is the LORD that advancedMoses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land ofEgypt.12:7 Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before theLORD of all the righteous acts of the LORD, which he did to you and toyour fathers.12:8 When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto theLORD, then the LORD sent Moses and Aaron, which brought forth yourfathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place.12:9 And when they forgat the LORD their God, he sold them into thehand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of thePhilistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they foughtagainst them.12:10 And they cried unto the LORD, and said, We have sinned, becausewe have forsaken the LORD, and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: butnow deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee.12:11 And the LORD sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, andSamuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on everyside, and ye dwelled safe.12:12 And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammoncame against you, ye said unto me, Nay; but a king shall reign overus: when the LORD your God was your king.12:13 Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom yehave desired! and, behold, the LORD hath set a king over you.12:14 If ye will fear the LORD, and serve him, and obey his voice, andnot rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall both ye andalso the king that reigneth over you continue following the LORD yourGod: 12:15 But if ye will not obey the voice of the LORD, but rebelagainst the commandment of the LORD, then shall the hand of the LORDbe against you, as it was against your fathers.12:16 Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the LORDwill do before your eyes.12:17 Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the LORD, andhe shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that yourwickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, inasking you a king.12:18 So Samuel called unto the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder andrain that day: and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.12:19 And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants untothe LORD thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto all our sinsthis evil, to ask us a king.12:20 And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all thiswickedness: yet turn not aside from following the LORD, but serve theLORD with all your heart; 12:21 And turn ye not aside: for then shouldye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they arevain.12:22 For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name'ssake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people.12:23 Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against theLORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and theright way: 12:24 Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with allyour heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.12:25 But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both yeand your king.13:1 Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years overIsrael, 13:2 Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof twothousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Bethel, and athousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of thepeople he sent every man to his tent.13:3 And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was inGeba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpetthroughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear.13:4 And all Israel heard say that Saul had smitten a garrison of thePhilistines, and that Israel also was had in abomination with thePhilistines. And the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal.13:5 And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight withIsrael, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, andpeople as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and theycame up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Bethaven.13:6 When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for thepeople were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves,and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.13:7 And some of the Hebrews went over Jordan to the land of Gad andGilead. As for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followedhim trembling.13:8 And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuelhad appointed: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people werescattered from him.13:9 And Saul said, Bring hither a burnt offering to me, and peaceofferings. And he offered the burnt offering.13:10 And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an end ofoffering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out tomeet him, that he might salute him.13:11 And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because Isaw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest notwithin the days appointed, and that the Philistines gatheredthemselves together at Michmash; 13:12 Therefore said I, ThePhilistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not madesupplication unto the LORD: I forced myself therefore, and offered aburnt offering.13:13 And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast notkept the commandment of the LORD thy God, which he commanded thee: fornow would the LORD have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever.13:14 But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought hima man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him to becaptain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which theLORD commanded thee.13:15 And Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah ofBenjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were present with him,about six hundred men.13:16 And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were presentwith them, abode in Gibeah of Benjamin: but the Philistines encampedin Michmash.13:17 And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines inthree companies: one company turned unto the way that leadeth toOphrah, unto the land of Shual: 13:18 And another company turned theway to Bethhoron: and another company turned to the way of the borderthat looketh to the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.13:19 Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel:for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:13:20 But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpenevery man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock.13:21 Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, andfor the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.13:22 So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neithersword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were withSaul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was therefound.13:23 And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage ofMichmash.14:1 Now it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saulsaid unto the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go overto the Philistines' garrison, that is on the other side. But he toldnot his father.14:2 And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah under apomegranate tree which is in Migron: and the people that were with himwere about six hundred men; 14:3 And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub,Ichabod's brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the LORD'spriest in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people knew not thatJonathan was gone.14:4 And between the passages, by which Jonathan sought to go overunto the Philistines' garrison, there was a sharp rock on the oneside, and a sharp rock on the other side: and the name of the one wasBozez, and the name of the other Seneh.14:5 The forefront of the one was situate northward over againstMichmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah.14:6 And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come,and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may bethat the LORD will work for us: for there is no restraint to the LORDto save by many or by few.14:7 And his armourbearer said unto him, Do all that is in thineheart: turn thee; behold, I am with thee according to thy heart.14:8 Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto these men, andwe will discover ourselves unto them.14:9 If they say thus unto us, Tarry until we come to you; then wewill stand still in our place, and will not go up unto them.14:10 But if they say thus, Come up unto us; then we will go up: forthe LORD hath delivered them into our hand: and this shall be a signunto us.14:11 And both of them discovered themselves unto the garrison of thePhilistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come forthout of the holes where they had hid themselves.14:12 And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and hisarmourbearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will shew you a thing.And Jonathan said unto his armourbearer, Come up after me: for theLORD hath delivered them into the hand of Israel.14:13 And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, andhis armourbearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan; and hisarmourbearer slew after him.14:14 And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armourbearermade, was about twenty men, within as it were an half acre of land,which a yoke of oxen might plow.14:15 And there was trembling in the host, in the field, and among allthe people: the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled, andthe earth quaked: so it was a very great trembling.14:16 And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and,behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on beating down oneanother.14:17 Then said Saul unto the people that were with him, Number now,and see who is gone from us. And when they had numbered, behold,Jonathan and his armourbearer were not there.14:18 And Saul said unto Ahiah, Bring hither the ark of God. For theark of God was at that time with the children of Israel.14:19 And it came to pass, while Saul talked unto the priest, that thenoise that was in the host of the Philistines went on and increased:and Saul said unto the priest, Withdraw thine hand.14:20 And Saul and all the people that were with him assembledthemselves, and they came to the battle: and, behold, every man'ssword was against his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture.14:21 Moreover the Hebrews that were with the Philistines before thattime, which went up with them into the camp from the country roundabout, even they also turned to be with the Israelites that were withSaul and Jonathan.14:22 Likewise all the men of Israel which had hid themselves in mountEphraim, when they heard that the Philistines fled, even they alsofollowed hard after them in the battle.14:23 So the LORD saved Israel that day: and the battle passed overunto Bethaven.14:24 And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul hadadjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any fooduntil evening, that I may be avenged on mine enemies. So none of thepeople tasted any food.14:25 And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honeyupon the ground.14:26 And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honeydropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people fearedthe oath.14:27 But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people withthe oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in hishand, and dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth;and his eyes were enlightened.14:28 Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitlycharged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eatethany food this day. And the people were faint.14:29 Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, Ipray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted alittle of this honey.14:30 How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to day ofthe spoil of their enemies which they found? for had there not beennow a much greater slaughter among the Philistines?  14:31 And theysmote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and thepeople were very faint.14:32 And the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen,and calves, and slew them on the ground: and the people did eat themwith the blood.14:33 Then they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin against theLORD, in that they eat with the blood. And he said, Ye havetransgressed: roll a great stone unto me this day.14:34 And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and sayunto them, Bring me hither every man his ox, and every man his sheep,and slay them here, and eat; and sin not against the LORD in eatingwith the blood.And all the people brought every man his ox with him that night, andslew them there.14:35 And Saul built an altar unto the LORD: the same was the firstaltar that he built unto the LORD.14:36 And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night,and spoil them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man ofthem. And they said, Do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee. Then saidthe priest, Let us draw near hither unto God.14:37 And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after thePhilistines? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But heanswered him not that day.14:38 And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the chief of the people:and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day.14:39 For, as the LORD liveth, which saveth Israel, though it be inJonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man amongall the people that answered him.14:40 Then said he unto all Israel, Be ye on one side, and I andJonathan my son will be on the other side. And the people said untoSaul, Do what seemeth good unto thee.14:41 Therefore Saul said unto the LORD God of Israel, Give a perfectlot.And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped.14:42 And Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son. AndJonathan was taken.14:43 Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou hast done. AndJonathan told him, and said, I did but taste a little honey with theend of the rod that was in mine hand, and, lo, I must die.14:44 And Saul answered, God do so and more also: for thou shaltsurely die, Jonathan.14:45 And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hathwrought this great salvation in Israel? God forbid: as the LORDliveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; forhe hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan,that he died not.14:46 Then Saul went up from following the Philistines: and thePhilistines went to their own place.14:47 So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all hisenemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children ofAmmon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and againstthe Philistines: and whithersoever he turned himself, he vexed them.14:48 And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and deliveredIsrael out of the hands of them that spoiled them.14:49 Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchishua:and the names of his two daughters were these; the name of thefirstborn Merab, and the name of the younger Michal: 14:50 And thename of Saul's wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz: and the nameof the captain of his host was Abner, the son of Ner, Saul's uncle.14:51 And Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner wasthe son of Abiel.14:52 And there was sore war against the Philistines all the days ofSaul: and when Saul saw any strong man, or any valiant man, he tookhim unto him.15:1 Samuel also said unto Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint thee to beking over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto thevoice of the words of the LORD.15:2 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did toIsrael, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up fromEgypt.15:3 Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have,and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling,ox and sheep, camel and ass.15:4 And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them inTelaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.15:5 And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.15:6 And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down fromamong the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye shewedkindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out ofEgypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.15:7 And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest toShur, that is over against Egypt.15:8 And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterlydestroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.15:9 But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep,and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that wasgood, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that wasvile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.15:10 Then came the word of the LORD unto Samuel, saying, 15:11 Itrepenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned backfrom following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And itgrieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night.15:12 And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it wastold Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up aplace, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal.15:13 And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thouof the LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD.15:14 And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep inmine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?  15:15 And Saulsaid, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the peoplespared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto theLORD thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.15:16 Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what theLORD hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on.15:17 And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wastthou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointedthee king over Israel?  15:18 And the LORD sent thee on a journey, andsaid, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fightagainst them until they be consumed.15:19 Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD, butdidst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the LORD?15:20 And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of theLORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have broughtAgag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.15:21 But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief ofthe things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice untothe LORD thy God in Gilgal.15:22 And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burntofferings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold,to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.15:23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness isas iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of theLORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.15:24 And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I havetransgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because Ifeared the people, and obeyed their voice.15:25 Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again withme, that I may worship the LORD.15:26 And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thouhast rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD hath rejected theefrom being king over Israel.15:27 And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon theskirt of his mantle, and it rent.15:28 And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom ofIsrael from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine,that is better than thou.15:29 And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for heis not a man, that he should repent.15:30 Then he said, I have sinned: yet honour me now, I pray thee,before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again withme, that I may worship the LORD thy God.15:31 So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped the LORD.15:32 Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of theAmalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surelythe bitterness of death is past.15:33 And Samuel said, As the sword hath made women childless, soshall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag inpieces before the LORD in Gilgal.15:34 Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house toGibeah of Saul.15:35 And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death:nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the LORD repented that hehad made Saul king over Israel.16:1 And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul,seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine hornwith oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for Ihave provided me a king among his sons.16:2 And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me.And the LORD said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come tosacrifice to the LORD.16:3 And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will shew thee what thoushalt do: and thou shalt anoint unto me him whom I name unto thee.16:4 And Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and came to Bethlehem.And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comestthou peaceably?  16:5 And he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrificeunto the LORD: sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice.And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to thesacrifice.16:6 And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked onEliab, and said, Surely the LORD's anointed is before him.16:7 But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or onthe height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORDseeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, butthe LORD looketh on the heart.16:8 Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. Andhe said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.16:9 Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath theLORD chosen this.16:10 Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. AndSamuel said unto Jesse, The LORD hath not chosen these.16:11 And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And hesaid, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth thesheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will notsit down till he come hither.16:12 And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal ofa beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the LORD said,Arise, anoint him: for this is he.16:13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midstof his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from thatday forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.16:14 But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evilspirit from the LORD troubled him.16:15 And Saul's servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spiritfrom God troubleth thee.16:16 Let our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, toseek out a man, who is a cunning player on an harp: and it shall cometo pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shallplay with his hand, and thou shalt be well.16:17 And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that canplay well, and bring him to me.16:18 Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seena son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, that is cunning in playing, and amighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and acomely person, and the LORD is with him.16:19 Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send meDavid thy son, which is with the sheep.16:20 And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine,and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul.16:21 And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved himgreatly; and he became his armourbearer.16:22 And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, standbefore me; for he hath found favour in my sight.16:23 And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was uponSaul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul wasrefreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.17:1 Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, andwere gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, andpitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammim.17:2 And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, andpitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against thePhilistines.17:3 And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, andIsrael stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valleybetween them.17:4 And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines,named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.17:5 And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armedwith a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousandshekels of brass.17:6 And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brassbetween his shoulders.17:7 And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and hisspear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing ashield went before him.17:8 And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said untothem, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I aPhilistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and lethim come down to me.17:9 If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we beyour servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shallye be our servants, and serve us.17:10 And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day;give me a man, that we may fight together.17:11 When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine,they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.17:12 Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah,whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went amongmen for an old man in the days of Saul.17:13 And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to thebattle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle wereEliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the thirdShammah.17:14 And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.17:15 But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheepat Bethlehem.17:16 And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presentedhimself forty days.17:17 And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren anephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the campof thy brethren; 17:18 And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain oftheir thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.17:19 Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in thevalley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.17:20 And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep witha keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he cameto the trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shoutedfor the battle.17:21 For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, armyagainst army.17:22 And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of thecarriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren.17:23 And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion,the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of thePhilistines, and spake according to the same words: and David heardthem.17:24 And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him,and were sore afraid.17:25 And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is comeup?  surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that theman who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, andwill give him his daughter, and make his father's house free inIsrael.17:26 And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shallbe done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away thereproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, thathe should defy the armies of the living God?  17:27 And the peopleanswered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the manthat killeth him.17:28 And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men;and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camestthou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in thewilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; forthou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.17:29 And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?17:30 And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the samemanner: and the people answered him again after the former manner.17:31 And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsedthem before Saul: and he sent for him.17:32 And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him;thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine.17:33 And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against thisPhilistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a manof war from his youth.17:34 And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep,and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:17:35 And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out ofhis mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard,and smote him, and slew him.17:36 Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and thisuncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hathdefied the armies of the living God.17:37 David said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the pawof the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out ofthe hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and theLORD be with thee.17:38 And Saul armed David with his armour, and he put an helmet ofbrass upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail.17:39 And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed togo; for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot gowith these; for I have not proved them. And David put them off him.17:40 And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smoothstones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which hehad, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew nearto the Philistine.17:41 And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the manthat bare the shield went before him.17:42 And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, hedisdained him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a faircountenance.17:43 And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comestto me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.17:44 And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will givethy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field.17:45 Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with asword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in thename of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thouhast defied.17:46 This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I willsmite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give thecarcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of theair, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may knowthat there is a God in Israel.17:47 And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not withsword and spear: for the battle is the LORD's, and he will give youinto our hands.17:48 And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came, anddrew nigh to meet David, that David hastened, and ran toward the armyto meet the Philistine.17:49 And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, andslang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stonesunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.17:50 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with astone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no swordin the hand of David.17:51 Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took hissword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cutoff his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their championwas dead, they fled.17:52 And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, andpursued the Philistines, until thou come to the valley, and to thegates of Ekron.And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim,even unto Gath, and unto Ekron.17:53 And the children of Israel returned from chasing after thePhilistines, and they spoiled their tents.17:54 And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it toJerusalem; but he put his armour in his tent.17:55 And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he saidunto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth?And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell.17:56 And the king said, Enquire thou whose son the stripling is.17:57 And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine,Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of thePhilistine in his hand.17:58 And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou young man? AndDavid answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.18:1 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking untoSaul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, andJonathan loved him as his own soul.18:2 And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home tohis father's house.18:3 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him ashis own soul.18:4 And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, andgave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow,and to his girdle.18:5 And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behavedhimself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he wasaccepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight ofSaul's servants.18:6 And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned fromthe slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all citiesof Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, withjoy, and with instruments of musick.18:7 And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saulhath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.18:8 And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and hesaid, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they haveascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom?18:9 And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.18:10 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from Godcame upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and Davidplayed with his hand, as at other times: and there was a javelin inSaul's hand.18:11 And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite David evento the wall with it. And David avoided out of his presence twice.18:12 And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, andwas departed from Saul.18:13 Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captainover a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.18:14 And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORDwas with him.18:15 Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, hewas afraid of him.18:16 But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out andcame in before them.18:17 And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her willI give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the LORD'sbattles.For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of thePhilistines be upon him.18:18 And David said unto Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, or myfather's family in Israel, that I should be son in law to the king?18:19 But it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul's daughtershould have been given to David, that she was given unto Adriel theMeholathite to wife.18:20 And Michal Saul's daughter loved David: and they told Saul, andthe thing pleased him.18:21 And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare tohim, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him.Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law inthe one of the twain.18:22 And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Commune with Davidsecretly, and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all hisservants love thee: now therefore be the king's son in law.18:23 And Saul's servants spake those words in the ears of David. AndDavid said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a king's son in law,seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?  18:24 And theservants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake David.18:25 And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth notany dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avengedof the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the handof the Philistines.18:26 And when his servants told David these words, it pleased Davidwell to be the king's son in law: and the days were not expired.18:27 Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of thePhilistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, andthey gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king'sson in law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife.18:28 And Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David, and thatMichal Saul's daughter loved him.18:29 And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul becameDavid's enemy continually.18:30 Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came topass, after they went forth, that David behaved himself more wiselythan all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by.19:1 And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, thatthey should kill David.19:2 But Jonathan Saul's son delighted much in David: and Jonathantold David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: nowtherefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, andabide in a secret place, and hide thyself: 19:3 And I will go out andstand beside my father in the field where thou art, and I will communewith my father of thee; and what I see, that I will tell thee.19:4 And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and saidunto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David;because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works havebeen to thee-ward very good: 19:5 For he did put his life in his hand,and slew the Philistine, and the LORD wrought a great salvation forall Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice: wherefore then wiltthou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?  19:6And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As theLORD liveth, he shall not be slain.19:7 And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan shewed him all thosethings.And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as intimes past.19:8 And there was war again: and David went out, and fought with thePhilistines, and slew them with a great slaughter; and they fled fromhim.19:9 And the evil spirit from the LORD was upon Saul, as he sat in hishouse with his javelin in his hand: and David played with his hand.19:10 And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with thejavelin: but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he smote thejavelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.19:11 Saul also sent messengers unto David's house, to watch him, andto slay him in the morning: and Michal David's wife told him, saying,If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain.19:12 So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, andfled, and escaped.19:13 And Michal took an image, and laid it in the bed, and put apillow of goats' hair for his bolster, and covered it with a cloth.19:14 And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He issick.19:15 And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bringhim up to me in the bed, that I may slay him.19:16 And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an imagein the bed, with a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster.19:17 And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived me so, andsent away mine enemy, that he is escaped? And Michal answered Saul, Hesaid unto me, Let me go; why should I kill thee?  19:18 So David fled,and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saulhad done to him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth.19:19 And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth inRamah.19:20 And Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw thecompany of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as appointedover them, the Spirit of God was upon the messengers of Saul, and theyalso prophesied.19:21 And when it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and theyprophesied likewise. And Saul sent messengers again the third time,and they prophesied also.19:22 Then went he also to Ramah, and came to a great well that is inSechu: and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And onesaid, Behold, they be at Naioth in Ramah.19:23 And he went thither to Naioth in Ramah: and the Spirit of Godwas upon him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came toNaioth in Ramah.19:24 And he stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied beforeSamuel in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all thatnight. Wherefore they say, Is Saul also among the prophets?  20:1 AndDavid fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan,What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin before thyfather, that he seeketh my life?  20:2 And he said unto him, Godforbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father will do nothing eithergreat or small, but that he will shew it me: and why should my fatherhide this thing from me? it is not so.20:3 And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweththat I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathanknow this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the LORD liveth, and asthy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.20:4 Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth, Iwill even do it for thee.20:5 And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow is the new moon,and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go,that I may hide myself in the field unto the third day at even.20:6 If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly askedleave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city: for there is ayearly sacrifice there for all the family.20:7 If he say thus, It is well; thy servant shall have peace: but ifhe be very wroth, then be sure that evil is determined by him.20:8 Therefore thou shalt deal kindly with thy servant; for thou hastbrought thy servant into a covenant of the LORD with thee:notwithstanding, if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for whyshouldest thou bring me to thy father?  20:9 And Jonathan said, Far beit from thee: for if I knew certainly that evil were determined by myfather to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee?  20:10 Thensaid David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what if thy fatheranswer thee roughly?  20:11 And Jonathan said unto David, Come, andlet us go out into the field. And they went out both of them into thefield.20:12 And Jonathan said unto David, O LORD God of Israel, when I havesounded my father about to morrow any time, or the third day, and,behold, if there be good toward David, and I then send not unto thee,and shew it thee; 20:13 The LORD do so and much more to Jonathan: butif it please my father to do thee evil, then I will shew it thee, andsend thee away, that thou mayest go in peace: and the LORD be withthee, as he hath been with my father.20:14 And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness ofthe LORD, that I die not: 20:15 But also thou shalt not cut off thykindness from my house for ever: no, not when the LORD hath cut offthe enemies of David every one from the face of the earth.20:16 So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Letthe LORD even require it at the hand of David's enemies.20:17 And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him:for he loved him as he loved his own soul.20:18 Then Jonathan said to David, To morrow is the new moon: and thoushalt be missed, because thy seat will be empty.20:19 And when thou hast stayed three days, then thou shalt go downquickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself when thebusiness was in hand, and shalt remain by the stone Ezel.20:20 And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as though Ishot at a mark.20:21 And, behold, I will send a lad, saying, Go, find out the arrows.If I expressly say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this sideof thee, take them; then come thou: for there is peace to thee, and nohurt; as the LORD liveth.20:22 But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows arebeyond thee; go thy way: for the LORD hath sent thee away.20:23 And as touching the matter which thou and I have spoken of,behold, the LORD be between thee and me for ever.20:24 So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon wascome, the king sat him down to eat meat.20:25 And the king sat upon his seat, as at other times, even upon aseat by the wall: and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul's side,and David's place was empty.20:26 Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought,Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean.20:27 And it came to pass on the morrow, which was the second day ofthe month, that David's place was empty: and Saul said unto Jonathanhis son, Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to meat, neitheryesterday, nor to day?  20:28 And Jonathan answered Saul, Davidearnestly asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem: 20:29 And he said, Letme go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; andmy brother, he hath commanded me to be there: and now, if I have foundfavour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see mybrethren. Therefore he cometh not unto the king's table.20:30 Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said untohim, Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know thatthou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto theconfusion of thy mother's nakedness?  20:31 For as long as the son ofJesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thykingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surelydie.20:32 And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him,Wherefore shall he be slain? what hath he done?  20:33 And Saul cast ajavelin at him to smite him: whereby Jonathan knew that it wasdetermined of his father to slay David.20:34 So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did eat nomeat the second day of the month: for he was grieved for David,because his father had done him shame.20:35 And it came to pass in the morning, that Jonathan went out intothe field at the time appointed with David, and a little lad with him.20:36 And he said unto his lad, Run, find out now the arrows which Ishoot. And as the lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.20:37 And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow whichJonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and said, Is not thearrow beyond thee?  20:38 And Jonathan cried after the lad, Makespeed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows, andcame to his master.20:39 But the lad knew not any thing: only Jonathan and David knew thematter.20:40 And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad, and said unto him,Go, carry them to the city.20:41 And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a placetoward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowedhimself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one withanother, until David exceeded.20:42 And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we havesworn both of us in the name of the LORD, saying, The LORD be betweenme and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever. And he aroseand departed: and Jonathan went into the city.21:1 Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech wasafraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why art thou alone,and no man with thee?  21:2 And David said unto Ahimelech the priest,The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let noman know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what Ihave commanded thee: and I have appointed my servants to such and sucha place.21:3 Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves ofbread in mine hand, or what there is present.21:4 And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common breadunder mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men havekept themselves at least from women.21:5 And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truthwomen have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out,and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in amanner common, yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel.21:6 So the priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no breadthere but the shewbread, that was taken from before the LORD, to puthot bread in the day when it was taken away.21:7 Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day,detained before the LORD; and his name was Doeg, an Edomite, thechiefest of the herdmen that belonged to Saul.21:8 And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thinehand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor myweapons with me, because the king's business required haste.21:9 And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whomthou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in acloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it: for there isno other save that here. And David said, There is none like that; giveit me.21:10 And David arose and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went toAchish the king of Gath.21:11 And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David theking of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances,saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?21:12 And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraidof Achish the king of Gath.21:13 And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himselfmad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and lethis spittle fall down upon his beard.21:14 Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad:wherefore then have ye brought him to me?  21:15 Have I need of madmen, that ye have brought this fellow to play the mad man in mypresence? shall this fellow come into my house?  22:1 David thereforedeparted thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when hisbrethren and all his father's house heard it, they went down thitherto him.22:2 And every one that was in distress, and every one that was indebt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves untohim; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him aboutfour hundred men.22:3 And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said unto theking of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth,and be with you, till I know what God will do for me.22:4 And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt withhim all the while that David was in the hold.22:5 And the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in the hold;depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. Then David departed, andcame into the forest of Hareth.22:6 When Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that werewith him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, having hisspear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him;) 22:7Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, yeBenjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields andvineyards, and make you all captains of thousands, and captains ofhundreds; 22:8 That all of you have conspired against me, and there isnone that sheweth me that my son hath made a league with the son ofJesse, and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or sheweth untome that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait,as at this day?  22:9 Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was setover the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming toNob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.22:10 And he enquired of the LORD for him, and gave him victuals, andgave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.22:11 Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son ofAhitub, and all his father's house, the priests that were in Nob: andthey came all of them to the king.22:12 And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And he answered,Here I am, my lord.22:13 And Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired against me, thouand the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword,and hast enquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, tolie in wait, as at this day?  22:14 Then Ahimelech answered the king,and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as David,which is the king's son in law, and goeth at thy bidding, and ishonourable in thine house?  22:15 Did I then begin to enquire of Godfor him? be it far from me: let not the king impute any thing unto hisservant, nor to all the house of my father: for thy servant knewnothing of all this, less or more.22:16 And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, andall thy father's house.22:17 And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn,and slay the priests of the LORD: because their hand also is withDavid, and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me.But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fallupon the priests of the LORD.22:18 And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests.And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew onthat day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.22:19 And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of thesword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, andasses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.22:20 And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, namedAbiathar, escaped, and fled after David.22:21 And Abiathar shewed David that Saul had slain the LORD'spriests.22:22 And David said unto Abiathar, I knew it that day, when Doeg theEdomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul: I have occasionedthe death of all the persons of thy father's house.22:23 Abide thou with me, fear not: for he that seeketh my lifeseeketh thy life: but with me thou shalt be in safeguard.23:1 Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fightagainst Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors.23:2 Therefore David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go andsmite these Philistines? And the LORD said unto David, Go, and smitethe Philistines, and save Keilah.23:3 And David's men said unto him, Behold, we be afraid here inJudah: how much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies ofthe Philistines?  23:4 Then David enquired of the LORD yet again. Andthe LORD answered him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I willdeliver the Philistines into thine hand.23:5 So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with thePhilistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote them with agreat slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.23:6 And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled toDavid to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.23:7 And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saulsaid, God hath delivered him into mine hand; for he is shut in, byentering into a town that hath gates and bars.23:8 And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down toKeilah, to besiege David and his men.23:9 And David knew that Saul secretly practised mischief against him;and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod.23:10 Then said David, O LORD God of Israel, thy servant hathcertainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy thecity for my sake.23:11 Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saulcome down, as thy servant hath heard? O LORD God of Israel, I beseechthee, tell thy servant. And the LORD said, He will come down.23:12 Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my meninto the hand of Saul? And the LORD said, They will deliver thee up.23:13 Then David and his men, which were about six hundred, arose anddeparted out of Keilah, and went whithersoever they could go. And itwas told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he forbare to goforth.23:14 And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remainedin a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him everyday, but God delivered him not into his hand.23:15 And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and Davidwas in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.23:16 And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood,and strengthened his hand in God.23:17 And he said unto him, Fear not: for the hand of Saul my fathershall not find thee; and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shallbe next unto thee; and that also Saul my father knoweth.23:18 And they two made a covenant before the LORD: and David abode inthe wood, and Jonathan went to his house.23:19 Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth notDavid hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill ofHachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?  23:20 Now therefore, Oking, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down;and our part shall be to deliver him into the king's hand.23:21 And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the LORD; for ye have compassionon me.23:22 Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place wherehis haunt is, and who hath seen him there: for it is told me that hedealeth very subtilly.23:23 See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking placeswhere he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty,and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in theland, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands ofJudah.23:24 And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and hismen were in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south ofJeshimon.23:25 Saul also and his men went to seek him. And they told David;wherefore he came down into a rock, and abode in the wilderness ofMaon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in thewilderness of Maon.23:26 And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and hismen on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away forfear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men roundabout to take them.23:27 But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, andcome; for the Philistines have invaded the land.23:28 Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and wentagainst the Philistines: therefore they called that placeSelahammahlekoth.23:29 And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds atEngedi.24:1 And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from following thePhilistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David is in thewilderness of Engedi.24:2 Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, andwent to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats.24:3 And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where was a cave; andSaul went in to cover his feet: and David and his men remained in thesides of the cave.24:4 And the men of David said unto him, Behold the day of which theLORD said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thinehand, that thou mayest do to him as it shall seem good unto thee. ThenDavid arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe privily.24:5 And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart smote him,because he had cut off Saul's skirt.24:6 And he said unto his men, The LORD forbid that I should do thisthing unto my master, the LORD's anointed, to stretch forth mine handagainst him, seeing he is the anointed of the LORD.24:7 So David stayed his servants with these words, and suffered themnot to rise against Saul. But Saul rose up out of the cave, and wenton his way.24:8 David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and criedafter Saul, saying, My lord the king. And when Saul looked behind him,David stooped with his face to the earth, and bowed himself.24:9 And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men's words,saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?  24:10 Behold, this day thineeyes have seen how that the LORD had delivered thee to day into minehand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee: but mine eye sparedthee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; forhe is the LORD's anointed.24:11 Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in myhand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed theenot, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression inmine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest mysoul to take it.24:12 The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me ofthee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.24:13 As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth fromthe wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.24:14 After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thoupursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.24:15 The LORD therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, andsee, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand.24:16 And it came to pass, when David had made an end of speakingthese words unto Saul, that Saul said, Is this thy voice, my sonDavid? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept.24:17 And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thouhast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.24:18 And thou hast shewed this day how that thou hast dealt well withme: forasmuch as when the LORD had delivered me into thine hand, thoukilledst me not.24:19 For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go well away?wherefore the LORD reward thee good for that thou hast done unto methis day.24:20 And now, behold, I know well that thou shalt surely be king, andthat the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thine hand.24:21 Swear now therefore unto me by the LORD, that thou wilt not cutoff my seed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of myfather's house.24:22 And David sware unto Saul. And Saul went home; but David and hismen gat them up unto the hold.25:1 And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together,and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And Davidarose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.25:2 And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel;and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and athousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.25:3 Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wifeAbigail: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautifulcountenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and hewas of the house of Caleb.25:4 And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep.25:5 And David sent out ten young men, and David said unto the youngmen, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name:25:6 And thus shall ye say to him that liveth in prosperity, Peace beboth to thee, and peace be to thine house, and peace be unto all thatthou hast.25:7 And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: now thy shepherdswhich were with us, we hurt them not, neither was there ought missingunto them, all the while they were in Carmel.25:8 Ask thy young men, and they will shew thee. Wherefore let theyoung men find favour in thine eyes: for we come in a good day: give,I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thine hand unto thy servants, and tothy son David.25:9 And when David's young men came, they spake to Nabal according toall those words in the name of David, and ceased.25:10 And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? andwho is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that breakaway every man from his master.25:11 Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that Ihave killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know notwhence they be?  25:12 So David's young men turned their way, and wentagain, and came and told him all those sayings.25:13 And David said unto his men, Gird ye on every man his sword. Andthey girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on hissword: and there went up after David about four hundred men; and twohundred abode by the stuff.25:14 But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying,Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute ourmaster; and he railed on them.25:15 But the men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt,neither missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant with them,when we were in the fields: 25:16 They were a wall unto us both bynight and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.25:17 Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil isdetermined against our master, and against all his household: for heis such a son of Belial, that a man cannot speak to him.25:18 Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and twobottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures ofparched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundredcakes of figs, and laid them on asses.25:19 And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I comeafter you. But she told not her husband Nabal.25:20 And it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she came down by thecovert on the hill, and, behold, David and his men came down againsther; and she met them.25:21 Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that thisfellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all thatpertained unto him: and he hath requited me evil for good.25:22 So and more also do God unto the enemies of David, if I leave ofall that pertain to him by the morning light any that pisseth againstthe wall.25:23 And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off the ass,and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground,25:24 And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me letthis iniquity be: and let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thineaudience, and hear the words of thine handmaid.25:25 Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, evenNabal: for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly iswith him: but I thine handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whomthou didst send.25:26 Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD liveth, and as thy soulliveth, seeing the LORD hath withholden thee from coming to shedblood, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let thineenemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.25:27 And now this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought unto mylord, let it even be given unto the young men that follow my lord.25:28 I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for theLORD will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lordfighteth the battles of the LORD, and evil hath not been found in theeall thy days.25:29 Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but thesoul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thyGod; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as outof the middle of a sling.25:30 And it shall come to pass, when the LORD shall have done to mylord according to all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee,and shall have appointed thee ruler over Israel; 25:31 That this shallbe no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either thatthou hast shed blood causeless, or that my lord hath avenged himself:but when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then rememberthine handmaid.25:32 And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel,which sent thee this day to meet me: 25:33 And blessed be thy advice,and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shedblood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.25:34 For in very deed, as the LORD God of Israel liveth, which hathkept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come tomeet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morninglight any that pisseth against the wall.25:35 So David received of her hand that which she had brought him,and said unto her, Go up in peace to thine house; see, I havehearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person.25:36 And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in hishouse, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry withinhim, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less ormore, until the morning light.25:37 But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone outof Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart diedwithin him, and he became as a stone.25:38 And it came to pass about ten days after, that the LORD smoteNabal, that he died.25:39 And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed bethe LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand ofNabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the LORD hath returnedthe wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communedwith Abigail, to take her to him to wife.25:40 And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel,they spake unto her, saying, David sent us unto thee, to take thee tohim to wife.25:41 And she arose, and bowed herself on her face to the earth, andsaid, Behold, let thine handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of theservants of my lord.25:42 And Abigail hasted, and arose and rode upon an ass, with fivedamsels of hers that went after her; and she went after the messengersof David, and became his wife.25:43 David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they were also both ofthem his wives.25:44 But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Phaltithe son of Laish, which was of Gallim.26:1 And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not Davidhide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon?  26:2Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having threethousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in thewilderness of Ziph.26:3 And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which is beforeJeshimon, by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he sawthat Saul came after him into the wilderness.26:4 David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was comein very deed.26:5 And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched:and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner,the captain of his host: and Saul lay in the trench, and the peoplepitched round about him.26:6 Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and toAbishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go downwith me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down withthee.26:7 So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold,Saul lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the groundat his bolster: but Abner and the people lay round about him.26:8 Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy intothine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, withthe spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him thesecond time.26:9 And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretchforth his hand against the LORD's anointed, and be guiltless?  26:10David said furthermore, As the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite him;or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, andperish.26:11 The LORD forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand againstthe LORD's anointed: but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that isat his bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go.26:12 So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul'sbolster; and they gat them away, and no man saw it, nor knew it,neither awaked: for they were all asleep; because a deep sleep fromthe LORD was fallen upon them.26:13 Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top ofan hill afar off; a great space being between them: 26:14 And Davidcried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, Answerestthou not, Abner? Then Abner answered and said, Who art thou thatcriest to the king?  26:15 And David said to Abner, Art not thou avaliant man? and who is like to thee in Israel? wherefore then hastthou not kept thy lord the king? for there came one of the people into destroy the king thy lord.26:16 This thing is not good that thou hast done. As the LORD liveth,ye are worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the LORD'sanointed.And now see where the king's spear is, and the cruse of water that wasat his bolster.26:17 And Saul knew David's voice, and said, Is this thy voice, my sonDavid? And David said, It is my voice, my lord, O king.26:18 And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after hisservant?  for what have I done? or what evil is in mine hand?  26:19Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of hisservant. If the LORD have stirred thee up against me, let him acceptan offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be they beforethe LORD; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in theinheritance of the LORD, saying, Go, serve other gods.26:20 Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before theface of the LORD: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea,as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains.26:21 Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I willno more do thee harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes thisday: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.26:22 And David answered and said, Behold the king's spear! and letone of the young men come over and fetch it.26:23 The LORD render to every man his righteousness and hisfaithfulness; for the LORD delivered thee into my hand to day, but Iwould not stretch forth mine hand against the LORD's anointed.26:24 And, behold, as thy life was much set by this day in mine eyes,so let my life be much set by in the eyes of the LORD, and let himdeliver me out of all tribulation.26:25 Then Saul said to David, Blessed be thou, my son David: thoushalt both do great things, and also shalt still prevail. So Davidwent on his way, and Saul returned to his place.27:1 And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by thehand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I shouldspeedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shalldespair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall Iescape out of his hand.27:2 And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men thatwere with him unto Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.27:3 And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every manwith his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam theJezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's wife.27:4 And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he soughtno more again for him.27:5 And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace in thineeyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I maydwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city withthee?  27:6 Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklagpertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day.27:7 And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistineswas a full year and four months.27:8 And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, andthe Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old theinhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land ofEgypt.27:9 And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive,and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels,and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish.27:10 And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And Davidsaid, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of theJerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites.27:11 And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring tidings toGath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David, andso will be his manner all the while he dwelleth in the country of thePhilistines.27:12 And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his peopleIsrael utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant forever.28:1 And it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gatheredtheir armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. And Achishsaid unto David, Know thou assuredly, that thou shalt go out with meto battle, thou and thy men.28:2 And David said to Achish, Surely thou shalt know what thy servantcan do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make thee keeper ofmine head for ever.28:3 Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buriedhim in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away those thathad familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land.28:4 And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came andpitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and theypitched in Gilboa.28:5 And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, andhis heart greatly trembled.28:6 And when Saul enquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not,neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.28:7 Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath afamiliar spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And hisservants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiarspirit at Endor.28:8 And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and hewent, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: andhe said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bringme him up, whom I shall name unto thee.28:9 And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul hathdone, how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and thewizards, out of the land: wherefore then layest thou a snare for mylife, to cause me to die?  28:10 And Saul sware to her by the LORD,saying, As the LORD liveth, there shall no punishment happen to theefor this thing.28:11 Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And hesaid, Bring me up Samuel.28:12 And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice: andthe woman spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? for thouart Saul.28:13 And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou?And the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth.28:14 And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, An oldman cometh up; and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul perceivedthat it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, andbowed himself.28:15 And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bringme up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistinesmake war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me nomore, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have calledthee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do.28:16 Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing theLORD is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy?  28:17 And theLORD hath done to him, as he spake by me: for the LORD hath rent thekingdom out of thine hand, and given it to thy neighbour, even toDavid: 28:18 Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the LORD, norexecutedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the LORD donethis thing unto thee this day.28:19 Moreover the LORD will also deliver Israel with thee into thehand of the Philistines: and to morrow shalt thou and thy sons be withme: the LORD also shall deliver the host of Israel into the hand ofthe Philistines.28:20 Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth, and was soreafraid, because of the words of Samuel: and there was no strength inhim; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night.28:21 And the woman came unto Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled,and said unto him, Behold, thine handmaid hath obeyed thy voice, and Ihave put my life in my hand, and have hearkened unto thy words whichthou spakest unto me.28:22 Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also unto the voice ofthine handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before thee; and eat,that thou mayest have strength, when thou goest on thy way.28:23 But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants,together with the woman, compelled him; and he hearkened unto theirvoice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed.28:24 And the woman had a fat calf in the house; and she hasted, andkilled it, and took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake unleavenedbread thereof: 28:25 And she brought it before Saul, and before hisservants; and they did eat. Then they rose up, and went away thatnight.29:1 Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek:and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which is in Jezreel.29:2 And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and bythousands: but David and his men passed on in the rereward withAchish.29:3 Then said the princes of the Philistines, What do these Hebrewshere?  And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, Is notthis David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, which hath beenwith me these days, or these years, and I have found no fault in himsince he fell unto me unto this day?  29:4 And the princes of thePhilistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistinessaid unto him, Make this fellow return, that he may go again to hisplace which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with usto battle, lest in the battle he be an adversary to us: for wherewithshould he reconcile himself unto his master? should it not be with theheads of these men?  29:5 Is not this David, of whom they sang one toanother in dances, saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his tenthousands?  29:6 Then Achish called David, and said unto him, Surely,as the LORD liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thycoming in with me in the host is good in my sight: for I have notfound evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day:nevertheless the lords favour thee not.29:7 Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou displease notthe lords of the Philistines.29:8 And David said unto Achish, But what have I done? and what hastthou found in thy servant so long as I have been with thee unto thisday, that I may not go fight against the enemies of my lord the king?29:9 And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art goodin my sight, as an angel of God: notwithstanding the princes of thePhilistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle.29:10 Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with thy master'sservants that are come with thee: and as soon as ye be up early in themorning, and have light, depart.29:11 So David and his men rose up early to depart in the morning, toreturn into the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went upto Jezreel.30:1 And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklagon the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, andZiklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire; 30:2 And hadtaken the women captives, that were therein: they slew not any, eithergreat or small, but carried them away, and went on their way.30:3 So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burnedwith fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, weretaken captives.30:4 Then David and the people that were with him lifted up theirvoice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.30:5 And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam theJezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.30:6 And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoninghim, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for hissons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORDhis God.30:7 And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son, I praythee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither theephod to David.30:8 And David enquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after thistroop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thoushalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all.30:9 So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, andcame to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed.30:10 But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundredabode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over thebrook Besor.30:11 And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him toDavid, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drinkwater; 30:12 And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and twoclusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again tohim: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days andthree nights.30:13 And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence artthou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite;and my master left me, because three days agone I fell sick.30:14 We made an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites, and uponthe coast which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb; andwe burned Ziklag with fire.30:15 And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this company?And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nordeliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down tothis company.30:16 And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spreadabroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, becauseof all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of thePhilistines, and out of the land of Judah.30:17 And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening ofthe next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundredyoung men, which rode upon camels, and fled.30:18 And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away:and David rescued his two wives.30:19 And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great,neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they hadtaken to them: David recovered all.30:20 And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they dravebefore those other cattle, and said, This is David's spoil.30:21 And David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint thatthey could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at thebrook Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the peoplethat were with him: and when David came near to the people, he salutedthem.30:22 Then answered all the wicked men and men of Belial, of thosethat went with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we willnot give them ought of the spoil that we have recovered, save to everyman his wife and his children, that they may lead them away, anddepart.30:23 Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with thatwhich the LORD hath given us, who hath preserved us, and delivered thecompany that came against us into our hand.30:24 For who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as his part isthat goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth bythe stuff: they shall part alike.30:25 And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statuteand an ordinance for Israel unto this day.30:26 And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto theelders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold a present for youof the spoil of the enemies of the LORD; 30:27 To them which were inBethel, and to them which were in south Ramoth, and to them which werein Jattir, 30:28 And to them which were in Aroer, and to them whichwere in Siphmoth, and to them which were in Eshtemoa, 30:29 And tothem which were in Rachal, and to them which were in the cities of theJerahmeelites, and to them which were in the cities of the Kenites,30:30 And to them which were in Hormah, and to them which were inChorashan, and to them which were in Athach, 30:31 And to them whichwere in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his menwere wont to haunt.31:1 Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israelfled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.31:2 And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons;and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Melchishua,Saul's sons.31:3 And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him;and he was sore wounded of the archers.31:4 Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrustme through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust methrough, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was soreafraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.31:5 And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he felllikewise upon his sword, and died with him.31:6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and allhis men, that same day together.31:7 And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of thevalley, and they that were on the other side Jordan, saw that the menof Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook thecities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.31:8 And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came tostrip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen inmount Gilboa.31:9 And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armour, and sentinto the land of the Philistines round about, to publish it in thehouse of their idols, and among the people.31:10 And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and theyfastened his body to the wall of Bethshan.31:11 And when the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead heard of that which thePhilistines had done to Saul; 31:12 All the valiant men arose, andwent all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sonsfrom the wall of Bethshan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them there.31:13 And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree atJabesh, and fasted seven days.The Second Book of SamuelOtherwise Called:The Second Book of the Kings1:1 Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David wasreturned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode twodays in Ziklag; 1:2 It came even to pass on the third day, that,behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent,and earth upon his head: and so it was, when he came to David, that hefell to the earth, and did obeisance.1:3 And David said unto him, From whence comest thou? And he said untohim, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped.1:4 And David said unto him, How went the matter? I pray thee, tellme.And he answered, That the people are fled from the battle, and many ofthe people also are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son aredead also.1:5 And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thouthat Saul and Jonathan his son be dead?  1:6 And the young man thattold him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saulleaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followedhard after him.1:7 And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called unto me. AndI answered, Here am I.1:8 And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am anAmalekite.1:9 He said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay me:for anguish is come upon me, because my life is yet whole in me.1:10 So I stood upon him, and slew him, because I was sure that hecould not live after that he was fallen: and I took the crown that wasupon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have broughtthem hither unto my lord.1:11 Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewiseall the men that were with him: 1:12 And they mourned, and wept, andfasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for thepeople of the LORD, and for the house of Israel; because they werefallen by the sword.1:13 And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou?And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite.1:14 And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretchforth thine hand to destroy the LORD's anointed?  1:15 And Davidcalled one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. Andhe smote him that he died.1:16 And David said unto him, Thy blood be upon thy head; for thymouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the LORD'sanointed.1:17 And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and overJonathan his son: 1:18 (Also he bade them teach the children of Judahthe use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.)1:19 The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are themighty fallen!  1:20 Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in thestreets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice,lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.1:21 Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there berain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of themighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had notbeen anointed with oil.1:22 From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bowof Jonathan turned not back, and the sword of Saul returned not empty.1:23 Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and intheir death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, theywere stronger than lions.1:24 Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you inscarlet, with other delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon yourapparel.1:25 How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan,thou wast slain in thine high places.1:26 I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hastthou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love ofwomen.1:27 How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!  2:1And it came to pass after this, that David enquired of the LORD,saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? And the LORDsaid unto him, Go up. And David said, Whither shall I go up? And hesaid, Unto Hebron.2:2 So David went up thither, and his two wives also, Ahinoam theJezreelitess, and Abigail Nabal's wife the Carmelite.2:3 And his men that were with him did David bring up, every man withhis household: and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron.2:4 And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king overthe house of Judah. And they told David, saying, That the men ofJabeshgilead were they that buried Saul.2:5 And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabeshgilead, and saidunto them, Blessed be ye of the LORD, that ye have shewed thiskindness unto your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him.2:6 And now the LORD shew kindness and truth unto you: and I also willrequite you this kindness, because ye have done this thing.2:7 Therefore now let your hands be strengthened, and be ye valiant:for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah haveanointed me king over them.2:8 But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host, took Ishbosheththe son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim; 2:9 And made himking over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and overEphraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.2:10 Ishbosheth Saul's son was forty years old when he began to reignover Israel, and reigned two years. But the house of Judah followedDavid.2:11 And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house ofJudah was seven years and six months.2:12 And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the sonof Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.2:13 And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out,and met together by the pool of Gibeon: and they sat down, the one onthe one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool.2:14 And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and playbefore us. And Joab said, Let them arise.2:15 Then there arose and went over by number twelve of Benjamin,which pertained to Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of theservants of David.2:16 And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and thrust hissword in his fellow's side; so they fell down together: wherefore thatplace was called Helkathhazzurim, which is in Gibeon.2:17 And there was a very sore battle that day; and Abner was beaten,and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.2:18 And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai,and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe.2:19 And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to theright hand nor to the left from following Abner.2:20 Then Abner looked behind him, and said, Art thou Asahel? And heanswered, I am.2:21 And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or tothy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee hisarmour.But Asahel would not turn aside from following of him.2:22 And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from followingme: wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? how then should Ihold up my face to Joab thy brother?  2:23 Howbeit he refused to turnaside: wherefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote himunder the fifth rib, that the spear came out behind him; and he felldown there, and died in the same place: and it came to pass, that asmany as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still.2:24 Joab also and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went downwhen they were come to the hill of Ammah, that lieth before Giah bythe way of the wilderness of Gibeon.2:25 And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together afterAbner, and became one troop, and stood on the top of an hill.2:26 Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour forever?  knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end?how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return fromfollowing their brethren?  2:27 And Joab said, As God liveth, unlessthou hadst spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone upevery one from following his brother.2:28 So Joab blew a trumpet, and all the people stood still, andpursued after Israel no more, neither fought they any more.2:29 And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plain,and passed over Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and they came toMahanaim.2:30 And Joab returned from following Abner: and when he had gatheredall the people together, there lacked of David's servants nineteen menand Asahel.2:31 But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner'smen, so that three hundred and threescore men died.2:32 And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of hisfather, which was in Bethlehem. And Joab and his men went all night,and they came to Hebron at break of day.3:1 Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house ofDavid: but David waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of Saulwaxed weaker and weaker.3:2 And unto David were sons born in Hebron: and his firstborn wasAmnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; 3:3 And his second, Chileab, ofAbigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom theson of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; 3:4 And thefourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the sonof Abital; 3:5 And the sixth, Ithream, by Eglah David's wife. Thesewere born to David in Hebron.3:6 And it came to pass, while there was war between the house of Sauland the house of David, that Abner made himself strong for the houseof Saul.3:7 And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter ofAiah: and Ishbosheth said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in untomy father's concubine?  3:8 Then was Abner very wroth for the words ofIshbosheth, and said, Am I a dog's head, which against Judah do shewkindness this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren,and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand ofDavid, that thou chargest me to day with a fault concerning thiswoman?  3:9 So do God to Abner, and more also, except, as the LORDhath sworn to David, even so I do to him; 3:10 To translate thekingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David overIsrael and over Judah, from Dan even to Beersheba.3:11 And he could not answer Abner a word again, because he fearedhim.3:12 And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whoseis the land? saying also, Make thy league with me, and, behold, myhand shall be with thee, to bring about all Israel unto thee.3:13 And he said, Well; I will make a league with thee: but one thingI require of thee, that is, Thou shalt not see my face, except thoufirst bring Michal Saul's daughter, when thou comest to see my face.3:14 And David sent messengers to Ishbosheth Saul's son, saying,Deliver me my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for an hundredforeskins of the Philistines.3:15 And Ishbosheth sent, and took her from her husband, even fromPhaltiel the son of Laish.3:16 And her husband went with her along weeping behind her toBahurim.Then said Abner unto him, Go, return. And he returned.3:17 And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, Yesought for David in times past to be king over you: 3:18 Now then doit: for the LORD hath spoken of David, saying, By the hand of myservant David I will save my people Israel out of the hand of thePhilistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies.3:19 And Abner also spake in the ears of Benjamin: and Abner went alsoto speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good toIsrael, and that seemed good to the whole house of Benjamin.3:20 So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. AndDavid made Abner and the men that were with him a feast.3:21 And Abner said unto David, I will arise and go, and will gatherall Israel unto my lord the king, that they may make a league withthee, and that thou mayest reign over all that thine heart desireth.And David sent Abner away; and he went in peace.3:22 And, behold, the servants of David and Joab came from pursuing atroop, and brought in a great spoil with them: but Abner was not withDavid in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was gone in peace.3:23 When Joab and all the host that was with him were come, they toldJoab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he hath senthim away, and he is gone in peace.3:24 Then Joab came to the king, and said, What hast thou done?behold, Abner came unto thee; why is it that thou hast sent him away,and he is quite gone?  3:25 Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, that hecame to deceive thee, and to know thy going out and thy coming in, andto know all that thou doest.3:26 And when Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers afterAbner, which brought him again from the well of Sirah: but David knewit not.3:27 And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in thegate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifthrib, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.3:28 And afterward when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom areguiltless before the LORD for ever from the blood of Abner the son ofNer: 3:29 Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father'shouse; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath anissue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that fallethon the sword, or that lacketh bread.3:30 So Joab, and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slaintheir brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.3:31 And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him,Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn beforeAbner. And king David himself followed the bier.3:32 And they buried Abner in Hebron: and the king lifted up hisvoice, and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept.3:33 And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fooldieth?  3:34 Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters:as a man falleth before wicked men, so fellest thou. And all thepeople wept again over him.3:35 And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while itwas yet day, David sware, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if Itaste bread, or ought else, till the sun be down.3:36 And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them: aswhatsoever the king did pleased all the people.3:37 For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it wasnot of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner.3:38 And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is aprince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?  3:39 And I am thisday weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah betoo hard for me: the LORD shall reward the doer of evil according tohis wickedness.4:1 And when Saul's son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his handswere feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.4:2 And Saul's son had two men that were captains of bands: the nameof the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons ofRimmon a Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin: (for Beeroth alsowas reckoned to Benjamin.4:3 And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners thereuntil this day.)  4:4 And Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son that waslame of his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Sauland Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, and fled: andit came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and becamelame. And his name was Mephibosheth.4:5 And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went,and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth, who layon a bed at noon.4:6 And they came thither into the midst of the house, as though theywould have fetched wheat; and they smote him under the fifth rib: andRechab and Baanah his brother escaped.4:7 For when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in hisbedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, andtook his head, and gat them away through the plain all night.4:8 And they brought the head of Ishbosheth unto David to Hebron, andsaid to the king, Behold the head of Ishbosheth the son of Saul thineenemy, which sought thy life; and the LORD hath avenged my lord theking this day of Saul, and of his seed.4:9 And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons ofRimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, As the LORD liveth, whohath redeemed my soul out of all adversity, 4:10 When one told me,saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, Itook hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who thought that I wouldhave given him a reward for his tidings: 4:11 How much more, whenwicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon hisbed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, andtake you away from the earth?  4:12 And David commanded his young men,and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hangedthem up over the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth,and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.5:1 Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, andspake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.5:2 Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he thatleddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD said to thee, Thoushalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel.5:3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and kingDavid made a league with them in Hebron before the LORD: and theyanointed David king over Israel.5:4 David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reignedforty years.5:5 In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and inJerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah.5:6 And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, theinhabitants of the land: which spake unto David, saying, Except thoutake away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither:thinking, David cannot come in hither.5:7 Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is thecity of David.5:8 And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter,and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind that are hatedof David's soul, he shall be chief and captain. Wherefore they said,The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.5:9 So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. AndDavid built round about from Millo and inward.5:10 And David went on, and grew great, and the LORD God of hosts waswith him.5:11 And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees,and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house.5:12 And David perceived that the LORD had established him king overIsrael, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel'ssake.5:13 And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem,after he was come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughtersborn to David.5:14 And these be the names of those that were born unto him inJerusalem; Shammuah, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, 5:15 Ibharalso, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia, 5:16 And Elishama, andEliada, and Eliphalet.5:17 But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David kingover Israel, all the Philistines came up to seek David; and Davidheard of it, and went down to the hold.5:18 The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley ofRephaim.5:19 And David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up to thePhilistines? wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD saidunto David, Go up: for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines intothine hand.5:20 And David came to Baalperazim, and David smote them there, andsaid, The LORD hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me, as thebreach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that placeBaalperazim.5:21 And there they left their images, and David and his men burnedthem.5:22 And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves inthe valley of Rephaim.5:23 And when David enquired of the LORD, he said, Thou shalt not goup; but fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over againstthe mulberry trees.5:24 And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the topsof the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for thenshall the LORD go out before thee, to smite the host of thePhilistines.5:25 And David did so, as the LORD had commanded him; and smote thePhilistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer.6:1 Again, David gathered together all the chosen men of Israel,thirty thousand.6:2 And David arose, and went with all the people that were with himfrom Baale of Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, whosename is called by the name of the LORD of hosts that dwelleth betweenthe cherubims.6:3 And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out ofthe house of Abinadab that was in Gibeah: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sonsof Abinadab, drave the new cart.6:4 And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab which was atGibeah, accompanying the ark of God: and Ahio went before the ark.6:5 And David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD onall manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and onpsalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.6:6 And when they came to Nachon's threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth hishand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it.6:7 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and God smotehim there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God.6:8 And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach uponUzzah: and he called the name of the place Perezuzzah to this day.6:9 And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and said, How shall theark of the LORD come to me?  6:10 So David would not remove the ark ofthe LORD unto him into the city of David: but David carried it asideinto the house of Obededom the Gittite.6:11 And the ark of the LORD continued in the house of Obededom theGittite three months: and the LORD blessed Obededom, and all hishousehold.6:12 And it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed thehouse of Obededom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of theark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the houseof Obededom into the city of David with gladness.6:13 And it was so, that when they that bare the ark of the LORD hadgone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings.6:14 And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and Davidwas girded with a linen ephod.6:15 So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of theLORD with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.6:16 And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, MichalSaul's daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leapingand dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart.6:17 And they brought in the ark of the LORD, and set it in his place,in the midst of the tabernacle that David had pitched for it: andDavid offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.6:18 And as soon as David had made an end of offering burnt offeringsand peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD ofhosts.6:19 And he dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitudeof Israel, as well to the women as men, to every one a cake of bread,and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine. So all the peopledeparted every one to his house.6:20 Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal thedaughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious wasthe king of Israel to day, who uncovered himself to day in the eyes ofthe handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelesslyuncovereth himself!  6:21 And David said unto Michal, It was beforethe LORD, which chose me before thy father, and before all his house,to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel:therefore will I play before the LORD.6:22 And I will yet be more vile than thus, and will be base in mineown sight: and of the maidservants which thou hast spoken of, of themshall I be had in honour.6:23 Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the dayof her death.7:1 And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the LORDhad given him rest round about from all his enemies; 7:2 That the kingsaid unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar,but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.7:3 And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart;for the LORD is with thee.7:4 And it came to pass that night, that the word of the LORD cameunto Nathan, saying, 7:5 Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith theLORD, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in?  7:6 Whereas Ihave not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought up thechildren of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked ina tent and in a tabernacle.7:7 In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children ofIsrael spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom Icommanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me anhouse of cedar?  7:8 Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servantDavid, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote,from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel: 7:9And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off allthine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, likeunto the name of the great men that are in the earth.7:10 Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and willplant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move nomore; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more,as beforetime, 7:11 And as since the time that I commanded judges tobe over my people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thineenemies. Also the LORD telleth thee that he will make thee an house.7:12 And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thyfathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out ofthy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.7:13 He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish thethrone of his kingdom for ever.7:14 I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commitiniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripesof the children of men: 7:15 But my mercy shall not depart away fromhim, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.7:16 And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for everbefore thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.7:17 According to all these words, and according to all this vision,so did Nathan speak unto David.7:18 Then went king David in, and sat before the LORD, and he said,Who am I, O Lord GOD? and what is my house, that thou hast brought mehitherto?  7:19 And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O LordGOD; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a greatwhile to come. And is this the manner of man, O Lord GOD?  7:20 Andwhat can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord GOD, knowest thyservant.7:21 For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thoudone all these great things, to make thy servant know them.7:22 Wherefore thou art great, O LORD God: for there is none likethee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that wehave heard with our ears.7:23 And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even likeIsrael, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to makehim a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land,before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from thenations and their gods?  7:24 For thou hast confirmed to thyself thypeople Israel to be a people unto thee for ever: and thou, LORD, artbecome their God.7:25 And now, O LORD God, the word that thou hast spoken concerningthy servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and doas thou hast said.7:26 And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hostsis the God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David beestablished before thee.7:27 For thou, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thyservant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thyservant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee.7:28 And now, O Lord GOD, thou art that God, and thy words be true,and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant: 7:29 Thereforenow let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it maycontinue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord GOD, hast spoken it:and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed forever.8:1 And after this it came to pass that David smote the Philistines,and subdued them: and David took Methegammah out of the hand of thePhilistines.8:2 And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting themdown to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death,and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites becameDavid's servants, and brought gifts.8:3 David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as hewent to recover his border at the river Euphrates.8:4 And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundredhorsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all thechariot horses, but reserved of them for an hundred chariots.8:5 And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king ofZobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.8:6 Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syriansbecame servants to David, and brought gifts. And the LORD preservedDavid whithersoever he went.8:7 And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants ofHadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.8:8 And from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king Davidtook exceeding much brass.8:9 When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the hostof Hadadezer, 8:10 Then Toi sent Joram his son unto king David, tosalute him, and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer,and smitten him: for Hadadezer had wars with Toi. And Joram broughtwith him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass:8:11 Which also king David did dedicate unto the LORD, with the silverand gold that he had dedicated of all nations which he subdued; 8:12Of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of thePhilistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, son ofRehob, king of Zobah.8:13 And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting of theSyrians in the valley of salt, being eighteen thousand men.8:14 And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put hegarrisons, and all they of Edom became David's servants. And the LORDpreserved David whithersoever he went.8:15 And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgmentand justice unto all his people.8:16 And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphatthe son of Ahilud was recorder; 8:17 And Zadok the son of Ahitub, andAhimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Seraiah was thescribe; 8:18 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both theCherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief rulers.9:1 And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house ofSaul, that I may shew him kindness for Jonathan's sake?  9:2 And therewas of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba. And when theyhad called him unto David, the king said unto him, Art thou Ziba?  Andhe said, Thy servant is he.9:3 And the king said, Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, thatI may shew the kindness of God unto him? And Ziba said unto the king,Jonathan hath yet a son, which is lame on his feet.9:4 And the king said unto him, Where is he? And Ziba said unto theking, Behold, he is in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, inLodebar.9:5 Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir,the son of Ammiel, from Lodebar.9:6 Now when Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, wascome unto David, he fell on his face, and did reverence. And Davidsaid, Mephibosheth. And he answered, Behold thy servant!  9:7 AndDavid said unto him, Fear not: for I will surely shew thee kindnessfor Jonathan thy father's sake, and will restore thee all the land ofSaul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually.9:8 And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thoushouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?  9:9 Then the king calledto Ziba, Saul's servant, and said unto him, I have given unto thymaster's son all that pertained to Saul and to all his house.9:10 Thou therefore, and thy sons, and thy servants, shall till theland for him, and thou shalt bring in the fruits, that thy master'sson may have food to eat: but Mephibosheth thy master's son shall eatbread alway at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twentyservants.9:11 Then said Ziba unto the king, According to all that my lord theking hath commanded his servant, so shall thy servant do. As forMephibosheth, said the king, he shall eat at my table, as one of theking's sons.9:12 And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Micha. And allthat dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants unto Mephibosheth.9:13 So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem: for he did eat continually atthe king's table; and was lame on both his feet.10:1 And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children ofAmmon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead.10:2 Then said David, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son ofNahash, as his father shewed kindness unto me. And David sent tocomfort him by the hand of his servants for his father. And David'sservants came into the land of the children of Ammon.10:3 And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun theirlord, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hathsent comforters unto thee? hath not David rather sent his servantsunto thee, to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?10:4 Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved off the onehalf of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, evento their buttocks, and sent them away.10:5 When they told it unto David, he sent to meet them, because themen were greatly ashamed: and the king said, Tarry at Jericho untilyour beards be grown, and then return.10:6 And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David,the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Bethrehob and theSyrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah athousand men, and of Ishtob twelve thousand men.10:7 And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of themighty men.10:8 And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in arrayat the entering in of the gate: and the Syrians of Zoba, and of Rehob,and Ishtob, and Maacah, were by themselves in the field.10:9 When Joab saw that the front of the battle was against him beforeand behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them inarray against the Syrians: 10:10 And the rest of the people hedelivered into the hand of Abishai his brother, that he might put themin array against the children of Ammon.10:11 And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thoushalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee,then I will come and help thee.10:12 Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, andfor the cities of our God: and the LORD do that which seemeth himgood.10:13 And Joab drew nigh, and the people that were with him, unto thebattle against the Syrians: and they fled before him.10:14 And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled,then fled they also before Abishai, and entered into the city. So Joabreturned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.10:15 And when the Syrians saw that they were smitten before Israel,they gathered themselves together.10:16 And Hadarezer sent, and brought out the Syrians that were beyondthe river: and they came to Helam; and Shobach the captain of the hostof Hadarezer went before them.10:17 And when it was told David, he gathered all Israel together, andpassed over Jordan, and came to Helam. And the Syrians set themselvesin array against David, and fought with him.10:18 And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew the men ofseven hundred chariots of the Syrians, and forty thousand horsemen,and smote Shobach the captain of their host, who died there.10:19 And when all the kings that were servants to Hadarezer saw thatthey were smitten before Israel, they made peace with Israel, andserved them. So the Syrians feared to help the children of Ammon anymore.11:1 And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time whenkings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants withhim, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, andbesieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem.11:2 And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from offhis bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from theroof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautifulto look upon.11:3 And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is notthis Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?11:4 And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in untohim, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness:and she returned unto her house.11:5 And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I amwith child.11:6 And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. AndJoab sent Uriah to David.11:7 And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joabdid, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.11:8 And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet.And Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there followed him amess of meat from the king.11:9 But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all theservants of his lord, and went not down to his house.11:10 And when they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down untohis house, David said unto Uriah, Camest thou not from thy journey?why then didst thou not go down unto thine house?  11:11 And Uriahsaid unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; andmy lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the openfields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and tolie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will notdo this thing.11:12 And David said to Uriah, Tarry here to day also, and to morrow Iwill let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day, and themorrow.11:13 And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him;and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed withthe servants of his lord, but went not down to his house.11:14 And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter toJoab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.11:15 And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in theforefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he maybe smitten, and die.11:16 And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that heassigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men were.11:17 And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: andthere fell some of the people of the servants of David; and Uriah theHittite died also.11:18 Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;11:19 And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end oftelling the matters of the war unto the king, 11:20 And if so be thatthe king's wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore approached yeso nigh unto the city when ye did fight? knew ye not that they wouldshoot from the wall?  11:21 Who smote Abimelech the son ofJerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon himfrom the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? thensay thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.11:22 So the messenger went, and came and shewed David all that Joabhad sent him for.11:23 And the messenger said unto David, Surely the men prevailedagainst us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were upon themeven unto the entering of the gate.11:24 And the shooters shot from off the wall upon thy servants; andsome of the king's servants be dead, and thy servant Uriah the Hittiteis dead also.11:25 Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say untoJoab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth oneas well as another: make thy battle more strong against the city, andoverthrow it: and encourage thou him.11:26 And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband wasdead, she mourned for her husband.11:27 And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her tohis house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thingthat David had done displeased the LORD.12:1 And the LORD sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, andsaid unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and theother poor.12:2 The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds: 12:3 But thepoor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had boughtand nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with hischildren; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, andlay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.12:4 And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared totake of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaringman that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressedit for the man that was come to him.12:5 And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man; and hesaid to Nathan, As the LORD liveth, the man that hath done this thingshall surely die: 12:6 And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, becausehe did this thing, and because he had no pity.12:7 And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the LORDGod of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered theeout of the hand of Saul; 12:8 And I gave thee thy master's house, andthy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israeland of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover havegiven unto thee such and such things.12:9 Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to doevil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword,and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with thesword of the children of Ammon.12:10 Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house;because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah theHittite to be thy wife.12:11 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against theeout of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes,and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives inthe sight of this sun.12:12 For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before allIsrael, and before the sun.12:13 And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. AndNathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thoushalt not die.12:14 Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion tothe enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is born untothee shall surely die.12:15 And Nathan departed unto his house. And the LORD struck thechild that Uriah's wife bare unto David, and it was very sick.12:16 David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted,and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.12:17 And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise himup from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread withthem.12:18 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. Andthe servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: forthey said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him,and he would not hearken unto our voice: how will he then vex himself,if we tell him that the child is dead?  12:19 But when David saw thathis servants whispered, David perceived that the child was dead:therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And theysaid, He is dead.12:20 Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointedhimself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the LORD,and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required,they set bread before him, and he did eat.12:21 Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thouhast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive;but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.12:22 And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept:for I said, Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, that thechild may live?  12:23 But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast?can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not returnto me.12:24 And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in unto her,and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon:and the LORD loved him.12:25 And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called hisname Jedidiah, because of the LORD.12:26 And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, andtook the royal city.12:27 And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have foughtagainst Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters.12:28 Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encampagainst the city, and take it: lest I take the city, and it be calledafter my name.12:29 And David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah,and fought against it, and took it.12:30 And he took their king's crown from off his head, the weightwhereof was a talent of gold with the precious stones: and it was seton David's head. And he brought forth the spoil of the city in greatabundance.12:31 And he brought forth the people that were therein, and put themunder saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, andmade them pass through the brick-kiln: and thus did he unto all thecities of the children of Ammon. So David and all the people returnedunto Jerusalem.13:1 And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David hada fair sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David lovedher.13:2 And Amnon was so vexed, that he fell sick for his sister Tamar;for she was a virgin; and Amnon thought it hard for him to do anythingto her.13:3 But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son ofShimeah David's brother: and Jonadab was a very subtil man.13:4 And he said unto him, Why art thou, being the king's son, leanfrom day to day? wilt thou not tell me? And Amnon said unto him, Ilove Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister.13:5 And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and makethyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, Ipray thee, let my sister Tamar come, and give me meat, and dress themeat in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it at her hand.13:6 So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick: and when the king wascome to see him, Amnon said unto the king, I pray thee, let Tamar mysister come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eatat her hand.13:7 Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to thy brotherAmnon's house, and dress him meat.13:8 So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house; and he was laid down.And she took flour, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, anddid bake the cakes.13:9 And she took a pan, and poured them out before him; but herefused to eat. And Amnon said, Have out all men from me. And theywent out every man from him.13:10 And Amnon said unto Tamar, Bring the meat into the chamber, thatI may eat of thine hand. And Tamar took the cakes which she had made,and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her brother.13:11 And when she had brought them unto him to eat, he took hold ofher, and said unto her, Come lie with me, my sister.13:12 And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me; for nosuch thing ought to be done in Israel: do not thou this folly.13:13 And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? and as for thee,thou shalt be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I praythee, speak unto the king; for he will not withhold me from thee.13:14 Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice: but, being strongerthan she, forced her, and lay with her.13:15 Then Amnon hated her exceedingly; so that the hatred wherewithhe hated her was greater than the love wherewith he had loved her. AndAmnon said unto her, Arise, be gone.13:16 And she said unto him, There is no cause: this evil in sendingme away is greater than the other that thou didst unto me. But hewould not hearken unto her.13:17 Then he called his servant that ministered unto him, and said,Put now this woman out from me, and bolt the door after her.13:18 And she had a garment of divers colours upon her: for with suchrobes were the king's daughters that were virgins apparelled. Then hisservant brought her out, and bolted the door after her.13:19 And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of diverscolours that was on her, and laid her hand on her head, and went oncrying.13:20 And Absalom her brother said unto her, Hath Amnon thy brotherbeen with thee? but hold now thy peace, my sister: he is thy brother;regard not this thing. So Tamar remained desolate in her brotherAbsalom's house.13:21 But when king David heard of all these things, he was verywroth.13:22 And Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad:for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.13:23 And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom hadsheepshearers in Baalhazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalominvited all the king's sons.13:24 And Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold now, thy servanthath sheepshearers; let the king, I beseech thee, and his servants gowith thy servant.13:25 And the king said to Absalom, Nay, my son, let us not all nowgo, lest we be chargeable unto thee. And he pressed him: howbeit hewould not go, but blessed him.13:26 Then said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon gowith us. And the king said unto him, Why should he go with thee?13:27 But Absalom pressed him, that he let Amnon and all the king'ssons go with him.13:28 Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now whenAmnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, SmiteAmnon; then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you? becourageous, and be valiant.13:29 And the servants of Absalom did unto Amnon as Absalom hadcommanded.Then all the king's sons arose, and every man gat him up upon hismule, and fled.13:30 And it came to pass, while they were in the way, that tidingscame to David, saying, Absalom hath slain all the king's sons, andthere is not one of them left.13:31 Then the king arose, and tare his garments, and lay on theearth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent.13:32 And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother, answered andsaid, Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young menthe king's sons; for Amnon only is dead: for by the appointment ofAbsalom this hath been determined from the day that he forced hissister Tamar.13:33 Now therefore let not my lord the king take the thing to hisheart, to think that all the king's sons are dead: for Amnon only isdead.13:34 But Absalom fled. And the young man that kept the watch liftedup his eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came much people by theway of the hill side behind him.13:35 And Jonadab said unto the king, Behold, the king's sons come: asthy servant said, so it is.13:36 And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of speaking,that, behold, the king's sons came, and lifted up their voice andwept: and the king also and all his servants wept very sore.13:37 But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, kingof Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day.13:38 So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.13:39 And the soul of king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: forhe was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.14:1 Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart wastoward Absalom.14:2 And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, andsaid unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put onnow mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as awoman that had a long time mourned for the dead: 14:3 And come to theking, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in hermouth.14:4 And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on herface to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.14:5 And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, Iam indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.14:6 And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together inthe field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote theother, and slew him.14:7 And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid,and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may killhim, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy theheir also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shallnot leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the earth.14:8 And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I willgive charge concerning thee.14:9 And the woman of Tekoah said unto the king, My lord, O king, theiniquity be on me, and on my father's house: and the king and histhrone be guiltless.14:10 And the king said, Whoever saith ought unto thee, bring him tome, and he shall not touch thee any more.14:11 Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the LORD thyGod, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to destroyany more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As the LORD liveth,there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.14:12 Then the woman said, Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak oneword unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on.14:13 And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such athing against the people of God? for the king doth speak this thing asone which is faulty, in that the king doth not fetch home again hisbanished.14:14 For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground,which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect anyperson: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelledfrom him.14:15 Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lordthe king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and thyhandmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the kingwill perform the request of his handmaid.14:16 For the king will hear, to deliver his handmaid out of the handof the man that would destroy me and my son together out of theinheritance of God.14:17 Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall nowbe comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king todiscern good and bad: therefore the LORD thy God will be with thee.14:18 Then the king answered and said unto the woman, Hide not fromme, I pray thee, the thing that I shall ask thee. And the woman said,Let my lord the king now speak.14:19 And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with thee in allthis?  And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lordthe king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from oughtthat my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade me,and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid: 14:20 Tofetch about this form of speech hath thy servant Joab done this thing:and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, toknow all things that are in the earth.14:21 And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing:go therefore, bring the young man Absalom again.14:22 And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, andthanked the king: and Joab said, To day thy servant knoweth that Ihave found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hathfulfilled the request of his servant.14:23 So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom toJerusalem.14:24 And the king said, Let him turn to his own house, and let himnot see my face. So Absalom returned to his own house, and saw not theking's face.14:25 But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised asAbsalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown ofhis head there was no blemish in him.14:26 And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year's endthat he polled it: because the hair was heavy on him, therefore hepolled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekelsafter the king's weight.14:27 And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter,whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.14:28 So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not theking's face.14:29 Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent him to the king;but he would not come to him: and when he sent again the second time,he would not come.14:30 Therefore he said unto his servants, See, Joab's field is nearmine, and he hath barley there; go and set it on fire. And Absalom'sservants set the field on fire.14:31 Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto his house, and saidunto him, Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire?  14:32 AndAbsalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither,that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come fromGeshur? it had been good for me to have been there still: nowtherefore let me see the king's face; and if there be any iniquity inme, let him kill me.14:33 So Joab came to the king, and told him: and when he had calledfor Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to theground before the king: and the king kissed Absalom.15:1 And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared himchariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him.15:2 And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate:and it was so, that when any man that had a controversy came to theking for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of whatcity art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes ofIsrael.15:3 And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right;but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.15:4 Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land,that every man which hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and Iwould do him justice!  15:5 And it was so, that when any man came nighto him to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took him, andkissed him.15:6 And on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to theking for judgment: so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.15:7 And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto theking, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed untothe LORD, in Hebron.15:8 For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria,saying, If the LORD shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then Iwill serve the LORD.15:9 And the king said unto him, Go in peace. So he arose, and went toHebron.15:10 But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel,saying, As soon as ye hear the sound of the trumpet, then ye shallsay, Absalom reigneth in Hebron.15:11 And with Absalom went two hundred men out of Jerusalem, thatwere called; and they went in their simplicity, and they knew not anything.15:12 And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David'scounsellor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he offeredsacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increasedcontinually with Absalom.15:13 And there came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of themen of Israel are after Absalom.15:14 And David said unto all his servants that were with him atJerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not else escape fromAbsalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and bringevil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.15:15 And the king's servants said unto the king, Behold, thy servantsare ready to do whatsoever my lord the king shall appoint.15:16 And the king went forth, and all his household after him. Andthe king left ten women, which were concubines, to keep the house.15:17 And the king went forth, and all the people after him, andtarried in a place that was far off.15:18 And all his servants passed on beside him; and all theCherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundredmen which came after him from Gath, passed on before the king.15:19 Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thoualso with us? return to thy place, and abide with the king: for thouart a stranger, and also an exile.15:20 Whereas thou camest but yesterday, should I this day make theego up and down with us? seeing I go whither I may, return thou, andtake back thy brethren: mercy and truth be with thee.15:21 And Ittai answered the king, and said, As the LORD liveth, andas my lord the king liveth, surely in what place my lord the kingshall be, whether in death or life, even there also will thy servantbe.15:22 And David said to Ittai, Go and pass over. And Ittai the Gittitepassed over, and all his men, and all the little ones that were withhim.15:23 And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the peoplepassed over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, andall the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.15:24 And lo Zadok also, and all the Levites were with him, bearingthe ark of the covenant of God: and they set down the ark of God; andAbiathar went up, until all the people had done passing out of thecity.15:25 And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into thecity: if I shall find favour in the eyes of the LORD, he will bring meagain, and shew me both it, and his habitation: 15:26 But if he thussay, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me asseemeth good unto him.15:27 The king said also unto Zadok the priest, Art not thou a seer?return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz thyson, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.15:28 See, I will tarry in the plain of the wilderness, until therecome word from you to certify me.15:29 Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried the ark of God again toJerusalem: and they tarried there.15:30 And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and wept as hewent up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot: and all thepeople that was with him covered every man his head, and they went up,weeping as they went up.15:31 And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspiratorswith Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel ofAhithophel into foolishness.15:32 And it came to pass, that when David was come to the top of themount, where he worshipped God, behold, Hushai the Archite came tomeet him with his coat rent, and earth upon his head: 15:33 Unto whomDavid said, If thou passest on with me, then thou shalt be a burdenunto me: 15:34 But if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, Iwill be thy servant, O king; as I have been thy father's servanthitherto, so will I now also be thy servant: then mayest thou for medefeat the counsel of Ahithophel.15:35 And hast thou not there with thee Zadok and Abiathar thepriests?  therefore it shall be, that what thing soever thou shalthear out of the king's house, thou shalt tell it to Zadok and Abiatharthe priests.15:36 Behold, they have there with them their two sons, AhimaazZadok's son, and Jonathan Abiathar's son; and by them ye shall sendunto me every thing that ye can hear.15:37 So Hushai David's friend came into the city, and Absalom cameinto Jerusalem.16:1 And when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold,Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of assessaddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and an hundredbunches of raisins, and an hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle ofwine.16:2 And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Zibasaid, The asses be for the king's household to ride on; and the breadand summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such asbe faint in the wilderness may drink.16:3 And the king said, And where is thy master's son? And Ziba saidunto the king, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem: for he said, To dayshall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father.16:4 Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine are all that pertainedunto Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I humbly beseech thee that I mayfind grace in thy sight, my lord, O king.16:5 And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out aman of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the sonof Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came.16:6 And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of kingDavid: and all the people and all the mighty men were on his righthand and on his left.16:7 And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thoubloody man, and thou man of Belial: 16:8 The LORD hath returned uponthee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hastreigned; and the LORD hath delivered the kingdom into the hand ofAbsalom thy son: and, behold, thou art taken in thy mischief, becausethou art a bloody man.16:9 Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why shouldthis dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, andtake off his head.16:10 And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons ofZeruiah?  so let him curse, because the LORD hath said unto him, CurseDavid. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so?  16:11 AndDavid said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, whichcame forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more now may thisBenjamite do it? let him alone, and let him curse; for the LORD hathbidden him.16:12 It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and thatthe LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day.16:13 And as David and his men went by the way, Shimei went along onthe hill's side over against him, and cursed as he went, and threwstones at him, and cast dust.16:14 And the king, and all the people that were with him, came weary,and refreshed themselves there.16:15 And Absalom, and all the people the men of Israel, came toJerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.16:16 And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David's friend,was come unto Absalom, that Hushai said unto Absalom, God save theking, God save the king.16:17 And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend?why wentest thou not with thy friend?  16:18 And Hushai said untoAbsalom, Nay; but whom the LORD, and this people, and all the men ofIsrael, choose, his will I be, and with him will I abide.16:19 And again, whom should I serve? should I not serve in thepresence of his son? as I have served in thy father's presence, sowill I be in thy presence.16:20 Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what weshall do.16:21 And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father'sconcubines, which he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel shallhear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then shall the hands of allthat are with thee be strong.16:22 So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; andAbsalom went in unto his father's concubines in the sight of allIsrael.16:23 And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in thosedays, was as if a man had enquired at the oracle of God: so was allthe counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.17:1 Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose outtwelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David thisnight: 17:2 And I will come upon him while he is weary and weakhanded, and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with himshall flee; and I will smite the king only: 17:3 And I will bring backall the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest is as if allreturned: so all the people shall be in peace.17:4 And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders ofIsrael.17:5 Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let ushear likewise what he saith.17:6 And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spake unto him,saying, Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner: shall we do afterhis saying? if not; speak thou.17:7 And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hathgiven is not good at this time.17:8 For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that theybe mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed ofher whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will notlodge with the people.17:9 Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place: and itwill come to pass, when some of them be overthrown at the first, thatwhosoever heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the peoplethat follow Absalom.17:10 And he also that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of alion, shall utterly melt: for all Israel knoweth that thy father is amighty man, and they which be with him are valiant men.17:11 Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered untothee, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea formultitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.17:12 So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found,and we will light upon him as the dew falleth on the ground: and ofhim and of all the men that are with him there shall not be left somuch as one.17:13 Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all Israelbring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, untilthere be not one small stone found there.17:14 And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel ofHushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For theLORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to theintent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.17:15 Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thusand thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; andthus and thus have I counselled.17:16 Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge notthis night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over;lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him.17:17 Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by Enrogel; for they might notbe seen to come into the city: and a wench went and told them; andthey went and told king David.17:18 Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they wentboth of them away quickly, and came to a man's house in Bahurim, whichhad a well in his court; whither they went down.17:19 And the woman took and spread a covering over the well's mouth,and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known.17:20 And when Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house, theysaid, Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them,They be gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought andcould not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.17:21 And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came upout of the well, and went and told king David, and said unto David,Arise, and pass quickly over the water: for thus hath Ahithophelcounselled against you.17:22 Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, andthey passed over Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one ofthem that was not gone over Jordan.17:23 And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, hesaddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to hiscity, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died,and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.17:24 Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, heand all the men of Israel with him.17:25 And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab:which Amasa was a man's son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, thatwent in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab'smother.17:26 So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead.17:27 And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobithe son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir theson of Ammiel of Lodebar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,17:28 Brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, andbarley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentiles, andparched pulse, 17:29 And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese ofkine, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: forthey said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in thewilderness.18:1 And David numbered the people that were with him, and setcaptains of thousands, and captains of hundreds over them.18:2 And David sent forth a third part of the people under the hand ofJoab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah,Joab's brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite.And the king said unto the people, I will surely go forth with youmyself also.18:3 But the people answered, Thou shalt not go forth: for if we fleeaway, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will theycare for us: but now thou art worth ten thousand of us: therefore nowit is better that thou succour us out of the city.18:4 And the king said unto them, What seemeth you best I will do. Andthe king stood by the gate side, and all the people came out byhundreds and by thousands.18:5 And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Dealgently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom. And all thepeople heard when the king gave all the captains charge concerningAbsalom.18:6 So the people went out into the field against Israel: and thebattle was in the wood of Ephraim; 18:7 Where the people of Israelwere slain before the servants of David, and there was there a greatslaughter that day of twenty thousand men.18:8 For the battle was there scattered over the face of all thecountry: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sworddevoured.18:9 And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon amule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and hishead caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heavenand the earth; and the mule that was under him went away.18:10 And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I sawAbsalom hanged in an oak.18:11 And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thousawest him, and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? andI would have given thee ten shekels of silver, and a girdle.18:12 And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousandshekels of silver in mine hand, yet would I not put forth mine handagainst the king's son: for in our hearing the king charged thee andAbishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none touch the young manAbsalom.18:13 Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against mine own life:for there is no matter hid from the king, and thou thyself wouldesthave set thyself against me.18:14 Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he tookthree darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom,while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.18:15 And ten young men that bare Joab's armour compassed about andsmote Absalom, and slew him.18:16 And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuingafter Israel: for Joab held back the people.18:17 And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in thewood, and laid a very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israelfled every one to his tent.18:18 Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himselfa pillar, which is in the king's dale: for he said, I have no son tokeep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his ownname: and it is called unto this day, Absalom's place.18:19 Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear theking tidings, how that the LORD hath avenged him of his enemies.18:20 And Joab said unto him, Thou shalt not bear tidings this day,but thou shalt bear tidings another day: but this day thou shalt bearno tidings, because the king's son is dead.18:21 Then said Joab to Cushi, Go tell the king what thou hast seen.And Cushi bowed himself unto Joab, and ran.18:22 Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, Buthowsoever, let me, I pray thee, also run after Cushi. And Joab said,Wherefore wilt thou run, my son, seeing that thou hast no tidingsready?  18:23 But howsoever, said he, let me run. And he said untohim, Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi.18:24 And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman went up tothe roof over the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, andlooked, and behold a man running alone.18:25 And the watchman cried, and told the king. And the king said, Ifhe be alone, there is tidings in his mouth. And he came apace, anddrew near.18:26 And the watchman saw another man running: and the watchmancalled unto the porter, and said, Behold another man running alone.And the king said, He also bringeth tidings.18:27 And the watchman said, Me thinketh the running of the foremostis like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, Heis a good man, and cometh with good tidings.18:28 And Ahimaaz called, and said unto the king, All is well. And hefell down to the earth upon his face before the king, and said,Blessed be the LORD thy God, which hath delivered up the men thatlifted up their hand against my lord the king.18:29 And the king said, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Ahimaazanswered, When Joab sent the king's servant, and me thy servant, I sawa great tumult, but I knew not what it was.18:30 And the king said unto him, Turn aside, and stand here. And heturned aside, and stood still.18:31 And, behold, Cushi came; and Cushi said, Tidings, my lord theking: for the LORD hath avenged thee this day of all them that rose upagainst thee.18:32 And the king said unto Cushi, Is the young man Absalom safe? AndCushi answered, The enemies of my lord the king, and all that riseagainst thee to do thee hurt, be as that young man is.18:33 And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over thegate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, myson, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son,my son!  19:1 And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth andmourneth for Absalom.19:2 And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all thepeople: for the people heard say that day how the king was grieved forhis son.19:3 And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, aspeople being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.19:4 But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loudvoice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!  19:5 And Joabcame into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this daythe faces of all thy servants, which this day have saved thy life, andthe lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thywives, and the lives of thy concubines; 19:6 In that thou lovest thineenemies, and hatest thy friends. For thou hast declared this day, thatthou regardest neither princes nor servants: for this day I perceive,that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it hadpleased thee well.19:7 Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thyservants: for I swear by the LORD, if thou go not forth, there willnot tarry one with thee this night: and that will be worse unto theethan all the evil that befell thee from thy youth until now.19:8 Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. And they told unto allthe people, saying, Behold, the king doth sit in the gate. And all thepeople came before the king: for Israel had fled every man to histent.19:9 And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes ofIsrael, saying, The king saved us out of the hand of our enemies, andhe delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fledout of the land for Absalom.19:10 And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Nowtherefore why speak ye not a word of bringing the king back?  19:11And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying,Speak unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye the last to bringthe king back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is come tothe king, even to his house.19:12 Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: wherefore thenare ye the last to bring back the king?  19:13 And say ye to Amasa,Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and morealso, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in theroom of Joab.19:14 And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as theheart of one man; so that they sent this word unto the king, Returnthou, and all thy servants.19:15 So the king returned, and came to Jordan. And Judah came toGilgal, to go to meet the king, to conduct the king over Jordan.19:16 And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which was of Bahurim,hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.19:17 And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba theservant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twentyservants with him; and they went over Jordan before the king.19:18 And there went over a ferry boat to carry over the king'shousehold, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gerafell down before the king, as he was come over Jordan; 19:19 And saidunto the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me, neither dothou remember that which thy servant did perversely the day that mylord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it tohis heart.19:20 For thy servant doth know that I have sinned: therefore, behold,I am come the first this day of all the house of Joseph to go down tomeet my lord the king.19:21 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Shall notShimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD'sanointed?  19:22 And David said, What have I to do with you, ye sonsof Zeruiah, that ye should this day be adversaries unto me? shallthere any man be put to death this day in Israel? for do not I knowthat I am this day king over Israel?  19:23 Therefore the king saidunto Shimei, Thou shalt not die. And the king sware unto him.19:24 And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king, andhad neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed hisclothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came again inpeace.19:25 And it came to pass, when he was come to Jerusalem to meet theking, that the king said unto him, Wherefore wentest not thou with me,Mephibosheth?  19:26 And he answered, My lord, O king, my servantdeceived me: for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I mayride thereon, and go to the king; because thy servant is lame.19:27 And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but mylord the king is as an angel of God: do therefore what is good inthine eyes.19:28 For all of my father's house were but dead men before my lordthe king: yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat atthine own table. What right therefore have I yet to cry any more untothe king?  19:29 And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou anymore of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land.19:30 And Mephibosheth said unto the king, Yea, let him take all,forasmuch as my lord the king is come again in peace unto his ownhouse.19:31 And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim, and wentover Jordan with the king, to conduct him over Jordan.19:32 Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: andhe had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; forhe was a very great man.19:33 And the king said unto Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and Iwill feed thee with me in Jerusalem.19:34 And Barzillai said unto the king, How long have I to live, thatI should go up with the king unto Jerusalem?  19:35 I am this dayfourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thyservant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more thevoice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thyservant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?  19:36 Thy servant willgo a little way over Jordan with the king: and why should the kingrecompense it me with such a reward?  19:37 Let thy servant, I praythee, turn back again, that I may die in mine own city, and be buriedby the grave of my father and of my mother. But behold thy servantChimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him whatshall seem good unto thee.19:38 And the king answered, Chimham shall go over with me, and I willdo to him that which shall seem good unto thee: and whatsoever thoushalt require of me, that will I do for thee.19:39 And all the people went over Jordan. And when the king was comeover, the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned untohis own place.19:40 Then the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went on with him:and all the people of Judah conducted the king, and also half thepeople of Israel.19:41 And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and saidunto the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen theeaway, and have brought the king, and his household, and all David'smen with him, over Jordan?  19:42 And all the men of Judah answeredthe men of Israel, Because the king is near of kin to us: whereforethen be ye angry for this matter? have we eaten at all of the king'scost? or hath he given us any gift?  19:43 And the men of Israelanswered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king,and we have also more right in David than ye: why then did ye despiseus, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king?And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of themen of Israel.20:1 And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name wasSheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, andsaid, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the sonof Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.20:2 So every man of Israel went up from after David, and followedSheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah clave unto their king,from Jordan even to Jerusalem.20:3 And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took theten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and putthem in ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they wereshut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.20:4 Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah withinthree days, and be thou here present.20:5 So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longerthan the set time which he had appointed him.20:6 And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri dous more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord's servants, andpursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us.20:7 And there went out after him Joab's men, and the Cherethites, andthe Pelethites, and all the mighty men: and they went out ofJerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.20:8 When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa wentbefore them. And Joab's garment that he had put on was girded untohim, and upon it a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in thesheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out.20:9 And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Joabtook Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him.20:10 But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand: sohe smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels tothe ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishaihis brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.20:11 And one of Joab's men stood by him, and said, He that favourethJoab, and he that is for David, let him go after Joab.20:12 And Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. Andwhen the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed Amasa outof the highway into the field, and cast a cloth upon him, when he sawthat every one that came by him stood still.20:13 When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went onafter Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.20:14 And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and toBethmaachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, andwent also after him.20:15 And they came and besieged him in Abel of Bethmaachah, and theycast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and allthe people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.20:16 Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I prayyou, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.20:17 And when he was come near unto her, the woman said, Art thouJoab?  And he answered, I am he. Then she said unto him, Hear thewords of thine handmaid. And he answered, I do hear.20:18 Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time,saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended thematter.20:19 I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thouseekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thouswallow up the inheritance of the LORD?  20:20 And Joab answered andsaid, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up ordestroy.20:21 The matter is not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the sonof Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, evenagainst David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. Andthe woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to theeover the wall.20:22 Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And theycut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it out to Joab.And he blew a trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man tohis tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king.20:23 Now Joab was over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son ofJehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites: 20:24 AndAdoram was over the tribute: and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud wasrecorder: 20:25 And Sheva was scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar were thepriests: 20:26 And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David.21:1 Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, yearafter year; and David enquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, Itis for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.21:2 And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now theGibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant ofthe Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saulsought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.)21:3 Wherefore David said unto the Gibeonites, What shall I do foryou?  and wherewith shall I make the atonement, that ye may bless theinheritance of the LORD?  21:4 And the Gibeonites said unto him, Wewill have no silver nor gold of Saul, nor of his house; neither for usshalt thou kill any man in Israel. And he said, What ye shall say,that will I do for you.21:5 And they answered the king, The man that consumed us, and thatdevised against us that we should be destroyed from remaining in anyof the coasts of Israel, 21:6 Let seven men of his sons be deliveredunto us, and we will hang them up unto the LORD in Gibeah of Saul,whom the LORD did choose. And the king said, I will give them.21:7 But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son ofSaul, because of the LORD's oath that was between them, between Davidand Jonathan the son of Saul.21:8 But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah,whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons ofMichal the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the son ofBarzillai the Meholathite: 21:9 And he delivered them into the handsof the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the LORD:and they fell all seven together, and were put to death in the days ofharvest, in the first days, in the beginning of barley harvest.21:10 And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread itfor her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until waterdropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of theair to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.21:11 And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, theconcubine of Saul, had done.21:12 And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones ofJonathan his son from the men of Jabeshgilead, which had stolen themfrom the street of Bethshan, where the Philistines had hanged them,when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa: 21:13 And he brought upfrom thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son; andthey gathered the bones of them that were hanged.21:14 And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in thecountry of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: andthey performed all that the king commanded. And after that God wasintreated for the land.21:15 Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; andDavid went down, and his servants with him, and fought against thePhilistines: and David waxed faint.21:16 And Ishbibenob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weightof whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, hebeing girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David.21:17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote thePhilistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him,saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quenchnot the light of Israel.21:18 And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battlewith the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph,which was of the sons of the giant.21:19 And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, whereElhanan the son of Jaareoregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother ofGoliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver'sbeam.21:20 And there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of greatstature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot sixtoes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant.21:21 And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimeah thebrother of David slew him.21:22 These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the handof David, and by the hand of his servants.22:1 And David spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the daythat the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies,and out of the hand of Saul: 22:2 And he said, The LORD is my rock,and my fortress, and my deliverer; 22:3 The God of my rock; in himwill I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my hightower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.22:4 I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall Ibe saved from mine enemies.22:5 When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly menmade me afraid; 22:6 The sorrows of hell compassed me about; thesnares of death prevented me; 22:7 In my distress I called upon theLORD, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple,and my cry did enter into his ears.22:8 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heavenmoved and shook, because he was wroth.22:9 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of hismouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.22:10 He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was underhis feet.22:11 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon thewings of the wind.22:12 And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, andthick clouds of the skies.22:13 Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.22:14 The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered hisvoice.22:15 And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, anddiscomfited them.22:16 And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of theworld were discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast ofthe breath of his nostrils.22:17 He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;22:18 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hatedme: for they were too strong for me.22:19 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was mystay.22:20 He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me,because he delighted in me.22:21 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according tothe cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.22:22 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedlydeparted from my God.22:23 For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, Idid not depart from them.22:24 I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mineiniquity.22:25 Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to myrighteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight.22:26 With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with theupright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.22:27 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the frowardthou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.22:28 And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are uponthe haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.22:29 For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten mydarkness.22:30 For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leapedover a wall.22:31 As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried:he is a buckler to all them that trust in him.22:32 For who is God, save the LORD? and who is a rock, save our God?22:33 God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect.22:34 He maketh my feet like hinds' feet: and setteth me upon my highplaces.22:35 He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken bymine arms.22:36 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thygentleness hath made me great.22:37 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did notslip.22:38 I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned notagain until I had consumed them.22:39 And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could notarise: yea, they are fallen under my feet.22:40 For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that roseup against me hast thou subdued under me.22:41 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I mightdestroy them that hate me.22:42 They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the LORD, buthe answered them not.22:43 Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I didstamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad.22:44 Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people,thou hast kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew notshall serve me.22:45 Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear,they shall be obedient unto me.22:46 Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of theirclose places.22:47 The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the Godof the rock of my salvation.22:48 It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the peopleunder me.22:49 And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: thou also hastlifted me up on high above them that rose up against me: thou hastdelivered me from the violent man.22:50 Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among theheathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name.22:51 He is the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy tohis anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore.23:1 Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jessesaid, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the Godof Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said, 23:2 The Spirit ofthe LORD spake by me, and his word was in my tongue.23:3 The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He thatruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.23:4 And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth,even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out ofthe earth by clear shining after rain.23:5 Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me aneverlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is allmy salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.23:6 But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrustaway, because they cannot be taken with hands: 23:7 But the man thatshall touch them must be fenced with iron and the staff of a spear;and they shall be utterly burned with fire in the same place.23:8 These be the names of the mighty men whom David had: TheTachmonite that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the samewas Adino the Eznite: he lift up his spear against eight hundred, whomhe slew at one time.23:9 And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of thethree mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines thatwere there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel weregone away: 23:10 He arose, and smote the Philistines until his handwas weary, and his hand clave unto the sword: and the LORD wrought agreat victory that day; and the people returned after him only tospoil.23:11 And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And thePhilistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece ofground full of lentiles: and the people fled from the Philistines.23:12 But he stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it, andslew the Philistines: and the LORD wrought a great victory.23:13 And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David inthe harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of thePhilistines pitched in the valley of Rephaim.23:14 And David was then in an hold, and the garrison of thePhilistines was then in Bethlehem.23:15 And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink ofthe water of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!  23:16 Andthe three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, anddrew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, andtook it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drinkthereof, but poured it out unto the LORD.23:17 And he said, Be it far from me, O LORD, that I should do this:is not this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives?therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mightymen.23:18 And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chiefamong three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred, andslew them, and had the name among three.23:19 Was he not most honourable of three? therefore he was theircaptain: howbeit he attained not unto the first three.23:20 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, ofKabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: hewent down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow:23:21 And he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had aspear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and pluckedthe spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.23:22 These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the nameamong three mighty men.23:23 He was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not tothe first three. And David set him over his guard.23:24 Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan theson of Dodo of Bethlehem, 23:25 Shammah the Harodite, Elika theHarodite, 23:26 Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,23:27 Abiezer the Anethothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite, 23:28 Zalmonthe Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite, 23:29 Heleb the son of Baanah,a Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai out of Gibeah of the childrenof Benjamin, 23:30 Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks ofGaash, 23:31 Abialbon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite, 23:32Eliahba the Shaalbonite, of the sons of Jashen, Jonathan, 23:33Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite, 23:34Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maachathite, Eliam theson of Ahithophel the Gilonite, 23:35 Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai theArbite, 23:36 Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite, 23:37Zelek the Ammonite, Nahari the Beerothite, armourbearer to Joab theson of Zeruiah, 23:38 Ira an Ithrite, Gareb an Ithrite, 23:39 Uriahthe Hittite: thirty and seven in all.24:1 And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, andhe moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.24:2 For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was withhim, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even toBeersheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of thepeople.24:3 And Joab said unto the king, Now the LORD thy God add unto thepeople, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes ofmy lord the king may see it: but why doth my lord the king delight inthis thing?  24:4 Notwithstanding the king's word prevailed againstJoab, and against the captains of the host. And Joab and the captainsof the host went out from the presence of the king, to number thepeople of Israel.24:5 And they passed over Jordan, and pitched in Aroer, on the rightside of the city that lieth in the midst of the river of Gad, andtoward Jazer: 24:6 Then they came to Gilead, and to the land ofTahtimhodshi; and they came to Danjaan, and about to Zidon, 24:7 Andcame to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites,and of the Canaanites: and they went out to the south of Judah, evento Beersheba.24:8 So when they had gone through all the land, they came toJerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.24:9 And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto theking: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men thatdrew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.24:10 And David's heart smote him after that he had numbered thepeople.And David said unto the LORD, I have sinned greatly in that I havedone: and now, I beseech thee, O LORD, take away the iniquity of thyservant; for I have done very foolishly.24:11 For when David was up in the morning, the word of the LORD cameunto the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying, 24:12 Go and say untoDavid, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three things; choose thee oneof them, that I may do it unto thee.24:13 So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shallseven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou fleethree months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or thatthere be three days' pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see whatanswer I shall return to him that sent me.24:14 And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall nowinto the hand of the LORD; for his mercies are great: and let me notfall into the hand of man.24:15 So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning evento the time appointed: and there died of the people from Dan even toBeersheba seventy thousand men.24:16 And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem todestroy it, the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the angelthat destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And theangel of the LORD was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite.24:17 And David spake unto the LORD when he saw the angel that smotethe people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: butthese sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, beagainst me, and against my father's house.24:18 And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rearan altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite.24:19 And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as the LORDcommanded.24:20 And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming ontoward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king onhis face upon the ground.24:21 And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to hisservant?  And David said, To buy the threshingfloor of thee, to buildan altar unto the LORD, that the plague may be stayed from the people.24:22 And Araunah said unto David, Let my lord the king take and offerup what seemeth good unto him: behold, here be oxen for burntsacrifice, and threshing instruments and other instruments of the oxenfor wood.24:23 All these things did Araunah, as a king, give unto the king. AndAraunah said unto the king, The LORD thy God accept thee.24:24 And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it ofthee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD myGod of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought thethreshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.24:25 And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burntofferings and peace offerings. So the LORD was intreated for the land,and the plague was stayed from Israel.The First Book of the KingsCommonly Called:The Third Book of the Kings1:1 Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they coveredhim with clothes, but he gat no heat.1:2 Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for mylord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, andlet her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord theking may get heat.1:3 So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts ofIsrael, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.1:4 And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, andministered to him: but the king knew her not.1:5 Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I willbe king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men torun before him.1:6 And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Whyhast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his motherbare him after Absalom.1:7 And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiatharthe priest: and they following Adonijah helped him.1:8 But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathanthe prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men which belonged toDavid, were not with Adonijah.1:9 And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone ofZoheleth, which is by Enrogel, and called all his brethren the king'ssons, and all the men of Judah the king's servants: 1:10 But Nathanthe prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother,he called not.1:11 Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bathsheba the mother of Solomon,saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith dothreign, and David our lord knoweth it not?  1:12 Now therefore come,let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thineown life, and the life of thy son Solomon.1:13 Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst notthou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, AssuredlySolomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?why then doth Adonijah reign?  1:14 Behold, while thou yet talkestthere with the king, I also will come in after thee, and confirm thywords.1:15 And Bathsheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and theking was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto theking.1:16 And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And theking said, What wouldest thou?  1:17 And she said unto him, My lord,thou swarest by the LORD thy God unto thine handmaid, saying,Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit uponmy throne.1:18 And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king,thou knowest it not: 1:19 And he hath slain oxen and fat cattle andsheep in abundance, and hath called all the sons of the king, andAbiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the host: but Solomon thyservant hath he not called.1:20 And thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon thee,that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lordthe king after him.1:21 Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shallsleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be countedoffenders.1:22 And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophetalso came in.1:23 And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet. Andwhen he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the kingwith his face to the ground.1:24 And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shallreign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?  1:25 For he is gonedown this day, and hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep inabundance, and hath called all the king's sons, and the captains ofthe host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they eat and drinkbefore him, and say, God save king Adonijah.1:26 But me, even me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiahthe son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not called.1:27 Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shewedit unto thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the kingafter him?  1:28 Then king David answered and said, Call me Bathsheba.And she came into the king's presence, and stood before the king.1:29 And the king sware, and said, As the LORD liveth, that hathredeemed my soul out of all distress, 1:30 Even as I sware unto theeby the LORD God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shallreign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; even sowill I certainly do this day.1:31 Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and didreverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever.1:32 And king David said, Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan theprophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before theking.1:33 The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants of yourlord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bringhim down to Gihon: 1:34 And let Zadok the priest and Nathan theprophet anoint him there king over Israel: and blow ye with thetrumpet, and say, God save king Solomon.1:35 Then ye shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon mythrone; for he shall be king in my stead: and I have appointed him tobe ruler over Israel and over Judah.1:36 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said,Amen: the LORD God of my lord the king say so too.1:37 As the LORD hath been with my lord the king, even so be he withSolomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord kingDavid.1:38 So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the sonof Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down, andcaused Solomon to ride upon king David's mule, and brought him toGihon.1:39 And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle,and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the peoplesaid, God save king Solomon.1:40 And all the people came up after him, and the people piped withpipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with thesound of them.1:41 And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard it asthey had made an end of eating. And when Joab heard the sound of thetrumpet, he said, Wherefore is this noise of the city being in anuproar?  1:42 And while he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son ofAbiathar the priest came; and Adonijah said unto him, Come in; forthou art a valiant man, and bringest good tidings.1:43 And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord kingDavid hath made Solomon king.1:44 And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan theprophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and thePelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king's mule:1:45 And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed himking in Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that thecity rang again. This is the noise that ye have heard.1:46 And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom.1:47 And moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord kingDavid, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, andmake his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himselfupon the bed.1:48 And also thus said the king, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel,which hath given one to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes evenseeing it.1:49 And all the guests that were with Adonijah were afraid, and roseup, and went every man his way.1:50 And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, andcaught hold on the horns of the altar.1:51 And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth kingSolomon: for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar,saying, Let king Solomon swear unto me today that he will not slay hisservant with the sword.1:52 And Solomon said, If he will shew himself a worthy man, thereshall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall befound in him, he shall die.1:53 So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar.And he came and bowed himself to king Solomon: and Solomon said untohim, Go to thine house.2:1 Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he chargedSolomon his son, saying, 2:2 I go the way of all the earth: be thoustrong therefore, and shew thyself a man; 2:3 And keep the charge ofthe LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and hiscommandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is writtenin the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest,and whithersoever thou turnest thyself: 2:4 That the LORD may continuehis word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children takeheed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart andwith all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on thethrone of Israel.2:5 Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me,and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abnerthe son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, andshed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon hisgirdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on hisfeet.2:6 Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head godown to the grave in peace.2:7 But shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, andlet them be of those that eat at thy table: for so they came to mewhen I fled because of Absalom thy brother.2:8 And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, aBenjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the daywhen I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and Isware to him by the LORD, saying, I will not put thee to death withthe sword.2:9 Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, andknowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bringthou down to the grave with blood.2:10 So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city ofDavid.2:11 And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years:seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reignedhe in Jerusalem.2:12 Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and hiskingdom was established greatly.2:13 And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother ofSolomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.2:14 He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said,Say on.2:15 And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that allIsrael set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdomis turned about, and is become my brother's: for it was his from theLORD.2:16 And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she saidunto him, Say on.2:17 And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for hewill not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite towife.2:18 And Bathsheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.2:19 Bathsheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him forAdonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself untoher, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for theking's mother; and she sat on his right hand.2:20 Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee,say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for Iwill not say thee nay.2:21 And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thybrother to wife.2:22 And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dostthou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdomalso; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar thepriest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.2:23 Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, andmore also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life.2:24 Now therefore, as the LORD liveth, which hath established me, andset me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made me anhouse, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day.2:25 And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada;and he fell upon him that he died.2:26 And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth,unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I will not atthis time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the LORDGod before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted inall wherein my father was afflicted.2:27 So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the LORD;that he might fulfil the word of the LORD, which he spake concerningthe house of Eli in Shiloh.2:28 Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah,though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacleof the LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.2:29 And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto thetabernacle of the LORD; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomonsent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him.2:30 And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the LORD, and said untohim, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will diehere. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab,and thus he answered me.2:31 And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall uponhim, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood,which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father.2:32 And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fellupon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with thesword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son ofNer, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether,captain of the host of Judah.2:33 Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, andupon the head of his seed for ever: but upon David, and upon his seed,and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace for everfrom the LORD.2:34 So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, andslew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.2:35 And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over thehost: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar.2:36 And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Buildthee an house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth thenceany whither.2:37 For it shall be, that on the day thou goest out, and passest overthe brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surelydie: thy blood shall be upon thine own head.2:38 And Shimei said unto the king, The saying is good: as my lord theking hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalemmany days.2:39 And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of theservants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah king of Gath.And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants be in Gath.2:40 And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achishto seek his servants: and Shimei went, and brought his servants fromGath.2:41 And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem toGath, and was come again.2:42 And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Did Inot make thee to swear by the LORD, and protested unto thee, saying,Know for a certain, on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad anywhither, that thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me, The wordthat I have heard is good.2:43 Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and thecommandment that I have charged thee with?  2:44 The king saidmoreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heartis privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the LORDshall return thy wickedness upon thine own head; 2:45 And king Solomonshall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established beforethe LORD for ever.2:46 So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which wentout, and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was establishedin the hand of Solomon.3:1 And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and tookPharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until hehad made an end of building his own house, and the house of the LORD,and the wall of Jerusalem round about.3:2 Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was nohouse built unto the name of the LORD, until those days.3:3 And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David hisfather: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places.3:4 And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was thegreat high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer uponthat altar.3:5 In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: andGod said, Ask what I shall give thee.3:6 And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David myfather great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, andin righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hastkept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son tosit on his throne, as it is this day.3:7 And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead ofDavid my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go outor come in.3:8 And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hastchosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted formultitude.3:9 Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thypeople, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able tojudge this thy so great a people?  3:10 And the speech pleased theLORD, that Solomon had asked this thing.3:11 And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, andhast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches forthyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked forthyself understanding to discern judgment; 3:12 Behold, I have doneaccording to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and anunderstanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee,neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.3:13 And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, bothriches, and honour: so that there shall not be any among the kingslike unto thee all thy days.3:14 And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and mycommandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thydays.3:15 And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was a dream. And he came toJerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, andoffered up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and made afeast to all his servants.3:16 Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, andstood before him.3:17 And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in onehouse; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house.3:18 And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered,that this woman was delivered also: and we were together; there was nostranger with us in the house, save we two in the house.3:19 And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaidit.3:20 And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, whilethine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her deadchild in my bosom.3:21 And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, itwas dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it wasnot my son, which I did bear.3:22 And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is my son, and thedead is thy son. And this said, No; but the dead is thy son, and theliving is my son. Thus they spake before the king.3:23 Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth,and thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son is thedead, and my son is the living.3:24 And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a swordbefore the king.3:25 And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give halfto the one, and half to the other.3:26 Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king,for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give herthe living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let itbe neither mine nor thine, but divide it.3:27 Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, andin no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.3:28 And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged;and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was inhim, to do judgment.4:1 So king Solomon was king over all Israel.4:2 And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadokthe priest, 4:3 Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes;Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder.4:4 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok andAbiathar were the priests: 4:5 And Azariah the son of Nathan was overthe officers: and Zabud the son of Nathan was principal officer, andthe king's friend: 4:6 And Ahishar was over the household: andAdoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute.4:7 And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which providedvictuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a yearmade provision.4:8 And these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim: 4:9The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Bethshemesh, andElonbethhanan: 4:10 The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertainedSochoh, and all the land of Hepher: 4:11 The son of Abinadab, in allthe region of Dor; which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife:4:12 Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo,and all Bethshean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, fromBethshean to Abelmeholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam:4:13 The son of Geber, in Ramothgilead; to him pertained the towns ofJair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also pertainedthe region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities withwalls and brasen bars: 4:14 Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim:4:15 Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter ofSolomon to wife: 4:16 Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher and inAloth: 4:17 Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar: 4:18 Shimeithe son of Elah, in Benjamin: 4:19 Geber the son of Uri was in thecountry of Gilead, in the country of Sihon king of the Amorites, andof Og king of Bashan; and he was the only officer which was in theland.4:20 Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea inmultitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.4:21 And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto theland of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they broughtpresents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.4:22 And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fineflour, and threescore measures of meal, 4:23 Ten fat oxen, and twentyoxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, androebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl.4:24 For he had dominion over all the region on this side the river,from Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all the kings on this side the river:and he had peace on all sides round about him.4:25 And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine andunder his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days ofSolomon.4:26 And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots,and twelve thousand horsemen.4:27 And those officers provided victual for king Solomon, and for allthat came unto king Solomon's table, every man in his month: theylacked nothing.4:28 Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought theyunto the place where the officers were, every man according to hischarge.4:29 And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, andlargeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.4:30 And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children ofthe east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.4:31 For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, andHeman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was inall nations round about.4:32 And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were athousand and five.4:33 And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanoneven unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also ofbeasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.4:34 And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, fromall kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom.5:1 And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he hadheard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: forHiram was ever a lover of David.5:2 And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying, 5:3 Thou knowest how that Davidmy father could not build an house unto the name of the LORD his Godfor the wars which were about him on every side, until the LORD putthem under the soles of his feet.5:4 But now the LORD my God hath given me rest on every side, so thatthere is neither adversary nor evil occurrent.5:5 And, behold, I purpose to build an house unto the name of the LORDmy God, as the LORD spake unto David my father, saying, Thy son, whomI will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build an house untomy name.5:6 Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar trees out ofLebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants: and unto theewill I give hire for thy servants according to all that thou shaltappoint: for thou knowest that there is not among us any that canskill to hew timber like unto the Sidonians.5:7 And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, thathe rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed be the LORD this day, whichhath given unto David a wise son over this great people.5:8 And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have considered the thingswhich thou sentest to me for: and I will do all thy desire concerningtimber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir.5:9 My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea: and Iwill convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou shaltappoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shaltreceive them: and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food formy household.5:10 So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to allhis desire.5:11 And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for foodto his household, and twenty measures of pure oil: thus gave Solomonto Hiram year by year.5:12 And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him: and therewas peace between Hiram and Solomon; and they two made a leaguetogether.5:13 And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levywas thirty thousand men.5:14 And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses: amonth they were in Lebanon, and two months at home: and Adoniram wasover the levy.5:15 And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens,and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains; 5:16 Beside the chiefof Solomon's officers which were over the work, three thousand andthree hundred, which ruled over the people that wrought in the work.5:17 And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costlystones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.5:18 And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew them, and thestonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.6:1 And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year afterthe children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in thefourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which isthe second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD.6:2 And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the lengththereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits,and the height thereof thirty cubits.6:3 And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits wasthe length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; and tencubits was the breadth thereof before the house.6:4 And for the house he made windows of narrow lights.6:5 And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about,against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and ofthe oracle: and he made chambers round about: 6:6 The nethermostchamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad,and the third was seven cubits broad: for without in the wall of thehouse he made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not befastened in the walls of the house.6:7 And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone madeready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammernor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was inbuilding.6:8 The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of thehouse: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber,and out of the middle into the third.6:9 So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house withbeams and boards of cedar.6:10 And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubitshigh: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.6:11 And the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying, 6:12 Concerningthis house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in mystatutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments towalk in them; then will I perform my word with thee, which I spakeunto David thy father: 6:13 And I will dwell among the children ofIsrael, and will not forsake my people Israel.6:14 So Solomon built the house, and finished it.6:15 And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar,both the floor of the house, and the walls of the ceiling: and hecovered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of thehouse with planks of fir.6:16 And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both thefloor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for itwithin, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place.6:17 And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubitslong.6:18 And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and openflowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.6:19 And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there theark of the covenant of the LORD.6:20 And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length, andtwenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: andhe overlaid it with pure gold; and so covered the altar which was ofcedar.6:21 So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he madea partition by the chains of gold before the oracle; and he overlaidit with gold.6:22 And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finishedall the house: also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaidwith gold.6:23 And within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive tree, eachten cubits high.6:24 And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubitsthe other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wingunto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits.6:25 And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubims were ofone measure and one size.6:26 The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of theother cherub.6:27 And he set the cherubims within the inner house: and theystretched forth the wings of the cherubims, so that the wing of theone touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched theother wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of thehouse.6:28 And he overlaid the cherubims with gold.6:29 And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carvedfigures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within andwithout.6:30 And the floors of the house he overlaid with gold, within andwithout.6:31 And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive tree:the lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall.6:32 The two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon themcarvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaidthem with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the palmtrees.6:33 So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive tree, afourth part of the wall.6:34 And the two doors were of fir tree: the two leaves of the onedoor were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.6:35 And he carved thereon cherubims and palm trees and open flowers:and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work.6:36 And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, anda row of cedar beams.6:37 In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORDlaid, in the month Zif: 6:38 And in the eleventh year, in the monthBul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout allthe parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was heseven years in building it.7:1 But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and hefinished all his house.7:2 He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the lengththereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits,and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars,with cedar beams upon the pillars.7:3 And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay onforty five pillars, fifteen in a row.7:4 And there were windows in three rows, and light was against lightin three ranks.7:5 And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: andlight was against light in three ranks.7:6 And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof was fiftycubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch wasbefore them: and the other pillars and the thick beam were beforethem.7:7 Then he made a porch for the throne where he might judge, even theporch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from one side of thefloor to the other.7:8 And his house where he dwelt had another court within the porch,which was of the like work. Solomon made also an house for Pharaoh'sdaughter, whom he had taken to wife, like unto this porch.7:9 All these were of costly stones, according to the measures ofhewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from thefoundation unto the coping, and so on the outside toward the greatcourt.7:10 And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones,stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.7:11 And above were costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones,and cedars.7:12 And the great court round about was with three rows of hewedstones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of thehouse of the LORD, and for the porch of the house.7:13 And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.7:14 He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father wasa man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, andunderstanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came toking Solomon, and wrought all his work.7:15 For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece:and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.7:16 And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set upon the topsof the pillars: the height of the one chapiter was five cubits, andthe height of the other chapiter was five cubits: 7:17 And nets ofchecker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the chapiters which wereupon the top of the pillars; seven for the one chapiter, and seven forthe other chapiter.7:18 And he made the pillars, and two rows round about upon the onenetwork, to cover the chapiters that were upon the top, withpomegranates: and so did he for the other chapiter.7:19 And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were oflily work in the porch, four cubits.7:20 And the chapiters upon the two pillars had pomegranates alsoabove, over against the belly which was by the network: and thepomegranates were two hundred in rows round about upon the otherchapiter.7:21 And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple: and he setup the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin: and he set upthe left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz.7:22 And upon the top of the pillars was lily work: so was the work ofthe pillars finished.7:23 And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to theother: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and aline of thirty cubits did compass it round about.7:24 And under the brim of it round about there were knops compassingit, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about: the knops werecast in two rows, when it was cast.7:25 It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, andthree looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, andthree looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them,and all their hinder parts were inward.7:26 And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof waswrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it containedtwo thousand baths.7:27 And he made ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of onebase, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits the heightof it.7:28 And the work of the bases was on this manner: they had borders,and the borders were between the ledges: 7:29 And on the borders thatwere between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubims: and upon theledges there was a base above: and beneath the lions and oxen werecertain additions made of thin work.7:30 And every base had four brasen wheels, and plates of brass: andthe four corners thereof had undersetters: under the laver wereundersetters molten, at the side of every addition.7:31 And the mouth of it within the chapiter and above was a cubit:but the mouth thereof was round after the work of the base, a cubitand an half: and also upon the mouth of it were gravings with theirborders, foursquare, not round.7:32 And under the borders were four wheels; and the axletrees of thewheels were joined to the base: and the height of a wheel was a cubitand half a cubit.7:33 And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel:their axletrees, and their naves, and their felloes, and their spokes,were all molten.7:34 And there were four undersetters to the four corners of one base:and the undersetters were of the very base itself.7:35 And in the top of the base was there a round compass of half acubit high: and on the top of the base the ledges thereof and theborders thereof were of the same.7:36 For on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the bordersthereof, he graved cherubims, lions, and palm trees, according to theproportion of every one, and additions round about.7:37 After this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had onecasting, one measure, and one size.7:38 Then made he ten lavers of brass: one laver contained fortybaths: and every laver was four cubits: and upon every one of the tenbases one laver.7:39 And he put five bases on the right side of the house, and five onthe left side of the house: and he set the sea on the right side ofthe house eastward over against the south.7:40 And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basons. SoHiram made an end of doing all the work that he made king Solomon forthe house of the LORD: 7:41 The two pillars, and the two bowls of thechapiters that were on the top of the two pillars; and the twonetworks, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters which were upon thetop of the pillars; 7:42 And four hundred pomegranates for the twonetworks, even two rows of pomegranates for one network, to cover thetwo bowls of the chapiters that were upon the pillars; 7:43 And theten bases, and ten lavers on the bases; 7:44 And one sea, and twelveoxen under the sea; 7:45 And the pots, and the shovels, and thebasons: and all these vessels, which Hiram made to king Solomon forthe house of the LORD, were of bright brass.7:46 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay groundbetween Succoth and Zarthan.7:47 And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they wereexceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out.7:48 And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained unto the house ofthe LORD: the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon theshewbread was, 7:49 And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on theright side, and five on the left, before the oracle, with the flowers,and the lamps, and the tongs of gold, 7:50 And the bowls, and thesnuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers of puregold; and the hinges of gold, both for the doors of the inner house,the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, to wit, of thetemple.7:51 So was ended all the work that king Solomon made for the house ofthe LORD. And Solomon brought in the things which David his father haddedicated; even the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he putamong the treasures of the house of the LORD.8:1 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads ofthe tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, untoking Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of thecovenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion.8:2 And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomonat the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.8:3 And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up theark.8:4 And they brought up the ark of the LORD, and the tabernacle of thecongregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle,even those did the priests and the Levites bring up.8:5 And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that wereassembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheepand oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude.8:6 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORDunto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place,even under the wings of the cherubims.8:7 For the cherubims spread forth their two wings over the place ofthe ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereofabove.8:8 And they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves wereseen out in the holy place before the oracle, and they were not seenwithout: and there they are unto this day.8:9 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, whichMoses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with thechildren of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.8:10 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holyplace, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD, 8:11 So that thepriests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for theglory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD.8:12 Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in thethick darkness.8:13 I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled placefor thee to abide in for ever.8:14 And the king turned his face about, and blessed all thecongregation of Israel: (and all the congregation of Israel stood;)8:15 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which spake withhis mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled it,saying, 8:16 Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel outof Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build anhouse, that my name might be therein; but I chose David to be over mypeople Israel.8:17 And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house forthe name of the LORD God of Israel.8:18 And the LORD said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thineheart to build an house unto my name, thou didst well that it was inthine heart.8:19 Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son thatshall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto myname.8:20 And the LORD hath performed his word that he spake, and I amrisen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne ofIsrael, as the LORD promised, and have built an house for the name ofthe LORD God of Israel.8:21 And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is the covenantof the LORD, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them outof the land of Egypt.8:22 And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence ofall the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands towardheaven: 8:23 And he said, LORD God of Israel, there is no God likethee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keepest covenant andmercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart:8:24 Who hast kept with thy servant David my father that thoupromisedst him: thou spakest also with thy mouth, and hast fulfilledit with thine hand, as it is this day.8:25 Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David myfather that thou promisedst him, saying, There shall not fail thee aman in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; so that thy childrentake heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou hast walkedbefore me.8:26 And now, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified,which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father.8:27 But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven andheaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that Ihave builded?  8:28 Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thyservant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto thecry and to the prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee to day:8:29 That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, eventoward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: thatthou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall maketoward this place.8:30 And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thypeople Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thouin heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.8:31 If any man trespass against his neighbour, and an oath be laidupon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine altarin this house: 8:32 Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thyservants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; andjustifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.8:33 When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, becausethey have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, andconfess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in thishouse: 8:34 Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thypeople Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavestunto their fathers.8:35 When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they havesinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thyname, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them: 8:36 Thenhear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thypeople Israel, that thou teach them the good way wherein they shouldwalk, and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy peoplefor an inheritance.8:37 If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting,mildew, locust, or if there be caterpiller; if their enemy besiegethem in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoeversickness there be; 8:38 What prayer and supplication soever be made byany man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man theplague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:8:39 Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do,and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest;(for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children ofmen;) 8:40 That they may fear thee all the days that they live in theland which thou gavest unto our fathers.8:41 Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel,but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake; 8:42 (For theyshall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong hand, and of thystretched out arm;) when he shall come and pray toward this house;8:43 Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to allthat the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earthmay know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and thatthey may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thyname.8:44 If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoeverthou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the LORD toward the citywhich thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built for thyname: 8:45 Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and theirsupplication, and maintain their cause.8:46 If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,)and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so thatthey carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or near;8:47 Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither theywere carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee inthe land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned,and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness; 8:48 And soreturn unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in theland of their enemies, which led them away captive, and pray unto theetoward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the citywhich thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name:8:49 Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thydwelling place, and maintain their cause, 8:50 And forgive thy peoplethat have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions whereinthey have transgressed against thee, and give them compassion beforethem who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them:8:51 For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thoubroughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron:8:52 That thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant,and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto themin all that they call for unto thee.8:53 For thou didst separate them from among all the people of theearth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by the hand of Mosesthy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O LORDGod.8:54 And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying allthis prayer and supplication unto the LORD, he arose from before thealtar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread upto heaven.8:55 And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with aloud voice, saying, 8:56 Blessed be the LORD, that hath given restunto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hathnot failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by thehand of Moses his servant.8:57 The LORD our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let himnot leave us, nor forsake us: 8:58 That he may incline our hearts untohim, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and hisstatutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers.8:59 And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication beforethe LORD, be nigh unto the LORD our God day and night, that hemaintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israelat all times, as the matter shall require: 8:60 That all the people ofthe earth may know that the LORD is God, and that there is none else.8:61 Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, towalk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.8:62 And the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice beforethe LORD.8:63 And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which heoffered unto the LORD, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an hundredand twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israeldedicated the house of the LORD.8:64 The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that wasbefore the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings,and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings: because thebrasen altar that was before the LORD was too little to receive theburnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peaceofferings.8:65 And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, agreat congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river ofEgypt, before the LORD our God, seven days and seven days, evenfourteen days.8:66 On the eighth day he sent the people away: and they blessed theking, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all thegoodness that the LORD had done for David his servant, and for Israelhis people.9:1 And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of thehouse of the LORD, and the king's house, and all Solomon's desirewhich he was pleased to do, 9:2 That the LORD appeared to Solomon thesecond time, as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon.9:3 And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thysupplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed thishouse, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mineeyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.9:4 And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, inintegrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that Ihave commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments: 9:5Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever,as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee aman upon the throne of Israel.9:6 But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or yourchildren, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which Ihave set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them:9:7 Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have giventhem; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I castout of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among allpeople: 9:8 And at this house, which is high, every one that passethby it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Whyhath the LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house?  9:9 Andthey shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their God, whobrought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have takenhold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them:therefore hath the LORD brought upon them all this evil.9:10 And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon hadbuilt the two houses, the house of the LORD, and the king's house,9:11 (Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedartrees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) thatthen king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.9:12 And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon hadgiven him; and they pleased him not.9:13 And he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me, mybrother? And he called them the land of Cabul unto this day.9:14 And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold.9:15 And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; forto build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and thewall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.9:16 For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burntit with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, andgiven it for a present unto his daughter, Solomon's wife.9:17 And Solomon built Gezer, and Bethhoron the nether, 9:18 AndBaalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land, 9:19 And all thecities of store that Solomon had, and cities for his chariots, andcities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build inJerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.9:20 And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites,Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of the children ofIsrael, 9:21 Their children that were left after them in the land,whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy,upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day.9:22 But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen: butthey were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and hiscaptains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen.9:23 These were the chief of the officers that were over Solomon'swork, five hundred and fifty, which bare rule over the people thatwrought in the work.9:24 But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David unto herhouse which Solomon had built for her: then did he build Millo.9:25 And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings andpeace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the LORD, and heburnt incense upon the altar that was before the LORD. So he finishedthe house.9:26 And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Eziongeber, which isbeside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom.9:27 And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that hadknowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.9:28 And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, fourhundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.10:1 And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomonconcerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hardquestions.10:2 And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camelsthat bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and whenshe was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in herheart.10:3 And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not any thinghid from the king, which he told her not.10:4 And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom, andthe house that he had built, 10:5 And the meat of his table, and thesitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, andtheir apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went upunto the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her.10:6 And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard inmine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom.10:7 Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes hadseen it: and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom andprosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard.10:8 Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which standcontinually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.10:9 Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee, to set theeon the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for ever,therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice.10:10 And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, andof spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no moresuch abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave toking Solomon.10:11 And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir,brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and preciousstones.10:12 And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house ofthe LORD, and for the king's house, harps also and psalteries forsingers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day.10:13 And king Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her desire,whatsoever she asked, beside that which Solomon gave her of his royalbounty.So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants.10:14 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was sixhundred threescore and six talents of gold, 10:15 Beside that he hadof the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the spice merchants, and ofall the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country.10:16 And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: sixhundred shekels of gold went to one target.10:17 And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound ofgold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of theforest of Lebanon.10:18 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid itwith the best gold.10:19 The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was roundbehind: and there were stays on either side on the place of the seat,and two lions stood beside the stays.10:20 And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the otherupon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom.10:21 And all king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and allthe vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold;none were of silver: it was nothing accounted of in the days ofSolomon.10:22 For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy ofHiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold,and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.10:23 So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for richesand for wisdom.10:24 And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, whichGod had put in his heart.10:25 And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, andvessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, horses, andmules, a rate year by year.10:26 And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he hada thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen,whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king atJerusalem.10:27 And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, andcedars made he to be as the sycomore trees that are in the vale, forabundance.10:28 And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: theking's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.10:29 And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundredshekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so forall the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did theybring them out by their means.11:1 But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with thedaughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites,Zidonians, and Hittites: 11:2 Of the nations concerning which the LORDsaid unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neithershall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heartafter their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.11:3 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundredconcubines: and his wives turned away his heart.11:4 For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turnedaway his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect withthe LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.11:5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians,and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.11:6 And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fullyafter the LORD, as did David his father.11:7 Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abominationof Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, theabomination of the children of Ammon.11:8 And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burntincense and sacrificed unto their gods.11:9 And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turnedfrom the LORD God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice, 11:10And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not goafter other gods: but he kept not that which the LORD commanded.11:11 Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is doneof thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which Ihave commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, andwill give it to thy servant.11:12 Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David thyfather's sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son.11:13 Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give onetribe to thy son for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sakewhich I have chosen.11:14 And the LORD stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad theEdomite: he was of the king's seed in Edom.11:15 For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab thecaptain of the host was gone up to bury the slain, after he hadsmitten every male in Edom; 11:16 (For six months did Joab remainthere with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom:) 11:17That Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants withhim, to go into Egypt; Hadad being yet a little child.11:18 And they arose out of Midian, and came to Paran: and they tookmen with them out of Paran, and they came to Egypt, unto Pharaoh kingof Egypt; which gave him an house, and appointed him victuals, andgave him land.11:19 And Hadad found great favour in the sight of Pharaoh, so that hegave him to wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenesthe queen.11:20 And the sister of Tahpenes bare him Genubath his son, whomTahpenes weaned in Pharaoh's house: and Genubath was in Pharaoh'shousehold among the sons of Pharaoh.11:21 And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers,and that Joab the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh,Let me depart, that I may go to mine own country.11:22 Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast thou lacked with me,that, behold, thou seekest to go to thine own country? And heanswered, Nothing: howbeit let me go in any wise.11:23 And God stirred him up another adversary, Rezon the son ofEliadah, which fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah: 11:24 Andhe gathered men unto him, and became captain over a band, when Davidslew them of Zobah: and they went to Damascus, and dwelt therein, andreigned in Damascus.11:25 And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon,beside the mischief that Hadad did: and he abhorred Israel, andreigned over Syria.11:26 And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda,Solomon's servant, whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow woman, evenhe lifted up his hand against the king.11:27 And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against theking: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breaches of the city ofDavid his father.11:28 And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour: and Solomonseeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler overall the charge of the house of Joseph.11:29 And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out ofJerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way;and he had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone inthe field: 11:30 And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him,and rent it in twelve pieces: 11:31 And he said to Jeroboam, Take theeten pieces: for thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, Behold, I willrend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribesto thee: 11:32 (But he shall have one tribe for my servant David'ssake, and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out ofall the tribes of Israel:) 11:33 Because that they have forsaken me,and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemoshthe god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon,and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mineeyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David hisfather.11:34 Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand: but Iwill make him prince all the days of his life for David my servant'ssake, whom I chose, because he kept my commandments and my statutes:11:35 But I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand, and will giveit unto thee, even ten tribes.11:36 And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servantmay have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I havechosen me to put my name there.11:37 And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all thatthy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel.11:38 And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I commandthee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that is right in my sight, tokeep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that Iwill be with thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built for David,and will give Israel unto thee.11:39 And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever.11:40 Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose,and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egyptuntil the death of Solomon.11:41 And the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, andhis wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon?11:42 And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israelwas forty years.11:43 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the cityof David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.12:1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechemto make him king.12:2 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was yetin Egypt, heard of it, (for he was fled from the presence of kingSolomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;) 12:3 That they sent and calledhim. And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spakeunto Rehoboam, saying, 12:4 Thy father made our yoke grievous: nowtherefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavyyoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee.12:5 And he said unto them, Depart yet for three days, then come againto me. And the people departed.12:6 And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, that stood beforeSolomon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise thatI may answer this people?  12:7 And they spake unto him, saying, Ifthou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them,and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thyservants for ever.12:8 But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had givenhim, and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him, andwhich stood before him: 12:9 And he said unto them, What counsel giveye that we may answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Makethe yoke which thy father did put upon us lighter?  12:10 And theyoung men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thusshalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thyfather made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thusshalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than myfather's loins.12:11 And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I willadd to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whips, but I willchastise you with scorpions.12:12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day,as the king had appointed, saying, Come to me again the third day.12:13 And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the oldmen's counsel that they gave him; 12:14 And spake to them after thecounsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, andI will add to your yoke: my father also chastised you with whips, butI will chastise you with scorpions.12:15 Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for the causewas from the LORD, that he might perform his saying, which the LORDspake by Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat.12:16 So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them,the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David?neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, OIsrael: now see to thine own house, David. So Israel departed untotheir tents.12:17 But as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities ofJudah, Rehoboam reigned over them.12:18 Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the tribute; andall Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. Therefore kingRehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee toJerusalem.12:19 So Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.12:20 And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam wascome again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, andmade him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the houseof David, but the tribe of Judah only.12:21 And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all thehouse of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred and fourscorethousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against the houseof Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.12:22 But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying,12:23 Speak unto Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and untoall the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the remnant of the people,saying, 12:24 Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fightagainst your brethren the children of Israel: return every man to hishouse; for this thing is from me. They hearkened therefore to the wordof the LORD, and returned to depart, according to the word of theLORD.12:25 Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein;and went out from thence, and built Penuel.12:26 And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return tothe house of David: 12:27 If this people go up to do sacrifice in thehouse of the LORD at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this peopleturn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and theyshall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah.12:28 Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold,and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem:behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land ofEgypt.12:29 And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan.12:30 And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worshipbefore the one, even unto Dan.12:31 And he made an house of high places, and made priests of thelowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.12:32 And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on thefifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, andhe offered upon the altar. So did he in Bethel, sacrificing unto thecalves that he had made: and he placed in Bethel the priests of thehigh places which he had made.12:33 So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Bethel thefifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he haddevised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children ofIsrael: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense.13:1 And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word ofthe LORD unto Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.13:2 And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said,O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be bornunto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offerthe priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men'sbones shall be burnt upon thee.13:3 And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign whichthe LORD hath spoken; Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashesthat are upon it shall be poured out.13:4 And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of theman of God, which had cried against the altar in Bethel, that he putforth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand,which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull itin again to him.13:5 The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar,according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word ofthe LORD.13:6 And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat nowthe face of the LORD thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may berestored me again. And the man of God besought the LORD, and theking's hand was restored him again, and became as it was before.13:7 And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, andrefresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward.13:8 And the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give me halfthine house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nordrink water in this place: 13:9 For so was it charged me by the wordof the LORD, saying, Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor turn again bythe same way that thou camest.13:10 So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he cameto Bethel.13:11 Now there dwelt an old prophet in Bethel; and his sons came andtold him all the works that the man of God had done that day inBethel: the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they toldalso to their father.13:12 And their father said unto them, What way went he? For his sonshad seen what way the man of God went, which came from Judah.13:13 And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddledhim the ass: and he rode thereon, 13:14 And went after the man of God,and found him sitting under an oak: and he said unto him, Art thou theman of God that camest from Judah? And he said, I am.13:15 Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread.13:16 And he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee:neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place:13:17 For it was said to me by the word of the LORD, Thou shalt eat nobread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thoucamest.13:18 He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angelspake unto me by the word of the LORD, saying, Bring him back withthee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But helied unto him.13:19 So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, anddrank water.13:20 And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word ofthe LORD came unto the prophet that brought him back: 13:21 And hecried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith theLORD, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the LORD, and hastnot kept the commandment which the LORD thy God commanded thee, 13:22But camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place, ofthe which the Lord did say to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water;thy carcase shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers.13:23 And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he haddrunk, that he saddled for him the ass, to wit, for the prophet whomhe had brought back.13:24 And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him:and his carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lionalso stood by the carcase.13:25 And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcase cast in the way,and the lion standing by the carcase: and they came and told it in thecity where the old prophet dwelt.13:26 And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heardthereof, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient unto theword of the LORD: therefore the LORD hath delivered him unto the lion,which hath torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the LORD,which he spake unto him.13:27 And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And theysaddled him.13:28 And he went and found his carcase cast in the way, and the assand the lion standing by the carcase: the lion had not eaten thecarcase, nor torn the ass.13:29 And the prophet took up the carcase of the man of God, and laidit upon the ass, and brought it back: and the old prophet came to thecity, to mourn and to bury him.13:30 And he laid his carcase in his own grave; and they mourned overhim, saying, Alas, my brother!  13:31 And it came to pass, after hehad buried him, that he spake to his sons, saying, When I am dead,then bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of God is buried; lay mybones beside his bones: 13:32 For the saying which he cried by theword of the LORD against the altar in Bethel, and against all thehouses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, shallsurely come to pass.13:33 After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, butmade again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places:whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priestsof the high places.13:34 And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even tocut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.14:1 At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.14:2 And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguisethyself, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and getthee to Shiloh: behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, which told methat I should be king over this people.14:3 And take with thee ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse ofhoney, and go to him: he shall tell thee what shall become of thechild.14:4 And Jeroboam's wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, andcame to the house of Ahijah. But Ahijah could not see; for his eyeswere set by reason of his age.14:5 And the LORD said unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboamcometh to ask a thing of thee for her son; for he is sick: thus andthus shalt thou say unto her: for it shall be, when she cometh in,that she shall feign herself to be another woman.14:6 And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as shecame in at the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; whyfeignest thou thyself to be another? for I am sent to thee with heavytidings.14:7 Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Forasmuchas I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over mypeople Israel, 14:8 And rent the kingdom away from the house of David,and gave it thee: and yet thou hast not been as my servant David, whokept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to dothat only which was right in mine eyes; 14:9 But hast done evil aboveall that were before thee: for thou hast gone and made thee othergods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast mebehind thy back: 14:10 Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon thehouse of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pissethagainst the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, and willtake away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh awaydung, till it be all gone.14:11 Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; andhim that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat: for theLORD hath spoken it.14:12 Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house: and when thyfeet enter into the city, the child shall die.14:13 And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only ofJeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found somegood thing toward the LORD God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.14:14 Moreover the LORD shall raise him up a king over Israel, whoshall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: but what? even now.14:15 For the LORD shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in thewater, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which hegave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river,because they have made their groves, provoking the LORD to anger.14:16 And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, whodid sin, and who made Israel to sin.14:17 And Jeroboam's wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: andwhen she came to the threshold of the door, the child died; 14:18 Andthey buried him; and all Israel mourned for him, according to the wordof the LORD, which he spake by the hand of his servant Ahijah theprophet.14:19 And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how hereigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of thekings of Israel.14:20 And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years:and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead.14:21 And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam wasforty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reignedseventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD did choose outof all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother'sname was Naamah an Ammonitess.14:22 And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provokedhim to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above allthat their fathers had done.14:23 For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, onevery high hill, and under every green tree.14:24 And there were also sodomites in the land: and they didaccording to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD castout before the children of Israel.14:25 And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, thatShishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem: 14:26 And he tookaway the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of theking's house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shieldsof gold which Solomon had made.14:27 And king Rehoboam made in their stead brasen shields, andcommitted them unto the hands of the chief of the guard, which keptthe door of the king's house.14:28 And it was so, when the king went into the house of the LORD,that the guard bare them, and brought them back into the guardchamber.14:29 Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, arethey not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?14:30 And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days.14:31 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with hisfathers in the city of David. And his mother's name was Naamah anAmmonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.15:1 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebatreigned Abijam over Judah.15:2 Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. and his mother's name wasMaachah, the daughter of Abishalom.15:3 And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had donebefore him: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, asthe heart of David his father.15:4 Nevertheless for David's sake did the LORD his God give him alamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establishJerusalem: 15:5 Because David did that which was right in the eyes ofthe LORD, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded himall the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah theHittite.15:6 And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days ofhis life.15:7 Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are theynot written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Andthere was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.15:8 And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in thecity of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead.15:9 And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asaover Judah.15:10 And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And hismother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.15:11 And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as didDavid his father.15:12 And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed allthe idols that his fathers had made.15:13 And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from beingqueen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed heridol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron.15:14 But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heartwas perfect with the LORD all his days.15:15 And he brought in the things which his father had dedicated, andthe things which himself had dedicated, into the house of the LORD,silver, and gold, and vessels.15:16 And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel alltheir days.15:17 And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and builtRamah, that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa kingof Judah.15:18 Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in thetreasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king'shouse, and delivered them into the hand of his servants: and king Asasent them to Benhadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king ofSyria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying, 15:19 There is a league betweenme and thee, and between my father and thy father: behold, I have sentunto thee a present of silver and gold; come and break thy league withBaasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.15:20 So Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains ofthe hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon,and Dan, and Abelbethmaachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land ofNaphtali.15:21 And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left offbuilding of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.15:22 Then king Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none wasexempted: and they took away the stones of Ramah, and the timberthereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and king Asa built with themGeba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.15:23 The rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all thathe did, and the cities which he built, are they not written in thebook of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Nevertheless in the timeof his old age he was diseased in his feet.15:24 And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathersin the city of David his father: and Jehoshaphat his son reigned inhis stead.15:25 And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in thesecond year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned over Israel two years.15:26 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the wayof his father, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.15:27 And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar,conspired against him; and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, whichbelonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel laid siege toGibbethon.15:28 Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him,and reigned in his stead.15:29 And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all thehouse of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until hehad destroyed him, according unto the saying of the LORD, which hespake by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite: 15:30 Because of the sinsof Jeroboam which he sinned, and which he made Israel sin, by hisprovocation wherewith he provoked the LORD God of Israel to anger.15:31 Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, are theynot written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?15:32 And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel alltheir days.15:33 In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son ofAhijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, twenty and four years.15:34 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the wayof Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.16:1 Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani againstBaasha, saying, 16:2 Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, andmade thee prince over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in theway of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke meto anger with their sins; 16:3 Behold, I will take away the posterityof Baasha, and the posterity of his house; and will make thy houselike the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.16:4 Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat; and himthat dieth of his in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat.16:5 Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and hismight, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kingsof Israel?  16:6 So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried inTirzah: and Elah his son reigned in his stead.16:7 And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani camethe word of the LORD against Baasha, and against his house, even forall the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD, in provoking him toanger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam;and because he killed him.16:8 In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah theson of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years.16:9 And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspiredagainst him, as he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the houseof Arza steward of his house in Tirzah.16:10 And Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him, in the twentyand seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his stead.16:11 And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he saton his throne, that he slew all the house of Baasha: he left him notone that pisseth against a wall, neither of his kinsfolks, nor of hisfriends.16:12 Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to theword of the LORD, which he spake against Baasha by Jehu the prophet.16:13 For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, bywhich they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in provokingthe LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities.16:14 Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, are theynot written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?16:15 In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimrireign seven days in Tirzah. And the people were encamped againstGibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.16:16 And the people that were encamped heard say, Zimri hathconspired, and hath also slain the king: wherefore all Israel madeOmri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp.16:17 And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, andthey besieged Tirzah.16:18 And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was taken,that he went into the palace of the king's house, and burnt the king'shouse over him with fire, and died.16:19 For his sins which he sinned in doing evil in the sight of theLORD, in walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did,to make Israel to sin.16:20 Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that hewrought, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of thekings of Israel?  16:21 Then were the people of Israel divided intotwo parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, tomake him king; and half followed Omri.16:22 But the people that followed Omri prevailed against the peoplethat followed Tibni the son of Ginath: so Tibni died, and Omrireigned.16:23 In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri toreign over Israel, twelve years: six years reigned he in Tirzah.16:24 And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents ofsilver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city whichhe built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria.16:25 But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did worsethan all that were before him.16:26 For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, andin his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin, to provoke the LORD God ofIsrael to anger with their vanities.16:27 Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his mightthat he shewed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles ofthe kings of Israel?  16:28 So Omri slept with his fathers, and wasburied in Samaria: and Ahab his son reigned in his stead.16:29 And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah beganAhab the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omrireigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years.16:30 And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD aboveall that were before him.16:31 And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him towalk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wifeJezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went andserved Baal, and worshipped him.16:32 And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, whichhe had built in Samaria.16:33 And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the LORD Godof Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him.16:34 In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho: he laid thefoundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gatesthereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the LORD,which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.17:1 And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead,said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand,there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.17:2 And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, 17:3 Get theehence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith,that is before Jordan.17:4 And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I havecommanded the ravens to feed thee there.17:5 So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for hewent and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.17:6 And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, andbread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.17:7 And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up,because there had been no rain in the land.17:8 And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, 17:9 Arise, getthee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold,I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.17:10 So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gateof the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks:and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little waterin a vessel, that I may drink.17:11 And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said,Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand.17:12 And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, butan handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and,behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it forme and my son, that we may eat it, and die.17:13 And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said:but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, andafter make for thee and for thy son.17:14 For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shallnot waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that theLORD sendeth rain upon the earth.17:15 And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she,and he, and her house, did eat many days.17:16 And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oilfail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah.17:17 And it came to pass after these things, that the son of thewoman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was sosore, that there was no breath left in him.17:18 And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thouman of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, andto slay my son?  17:19 And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And hetook him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where heabode, and laid him upon his own bed.17:20 And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thoualso brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying herson?  17:21 And he stretched himself upon the child three times, andcried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I pray thee, let thischild's soul come into him again.17:22 And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of thechild came into him again, and he revived.17:23 And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of thechamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijahsaid, See, thy son liveth.17:24 And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art aman of God, and that the word of the LORD in thy mouth is truth.18:1 And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORDcame to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab;and I will send rain upon the earth.18:2 And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sorefamine in Samaria.18:3 And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house.(Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly: 18:4 For it was so, when Jezebelcut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundredprophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread andwater.)  18:5 And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto allfountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may findgrass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all thebeasts.18:6 So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahabwent one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.18:7 And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and heknew him, and fell on his face, and said, Art thou that my lordElijah?  18:8 And he answered him, I am: go, tell thy lord, Behold,Elijah is here.18:9 And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thyservant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?  18:10 As the LORD thy Godliveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sentto seek thee: and when they said, He is not there; he took an oath ofthe kingdom and nation, that they found thee not.18:11 And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.18:12 And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, thatthe Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not; and sowhen I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me:but I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth.18:13 Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew theprophets of the LORD, how I hid an hundred men of the LORD's prophetsby fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?  18:14 And nowthou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here: and he shallslay me.18:15 And Elijah said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom Istand, I will surely shew myself unto him to day.18:16 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went tomeet Elijah.18:17 And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said untohim, Art thou he that troubleth Israel?  18:18 And he answered, I havenot troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father's house, in that ye haveforsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim.18:19 Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mountCarmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and theprophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel's table.18:20 So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered theprophets together unto mount Carmel.18:21 And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt yebetween two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal,then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.18:22 Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only, remain aprophet of the LORD; but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fiftymen.18:23 Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose onebullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on wood, andput no fire under: and I will dress the other bullock, and lay it onwood, and put no fire under: 18:24 And call ye on the name of yourgods, and I will call on the name of the LORD: and the God thatanswereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered andsaid, It is well spoken.18:25 And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you onebullock for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many; and callon the name of your gods, but put no fire under.18:26 And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressedit, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon,saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any thatanswered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made.18:27 And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said,Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing,or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must beawaked.18:28 And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner withknives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.18:29 And it came to pass, when midday was past, and they prophesieduntil the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that therewas neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded.18:30 And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And allthe people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the LORDthat was broken down.18:31 And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of thetribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came,saying, Israel shall be thy name: 18:32 And with the stones he builtan altar in the name of the LORD: and he made a trench about thealtar, as great as would contain two measures of seed.18:33 And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, andlaid him on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pourit on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood.18:34 And he said, Do it the second time. And they did it the secondtime.And he said, Do it the third time. And they did it the third time.18:35 And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled thetrench also with water.18:36 And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the eveningsacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God ofAbraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou artGod in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done allthese things at thy word.18:37 Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thouart the LORD God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.18:38 Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burntsacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked upthe water that was in the trench.18:39 And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: andthey said, The LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the God.18:40 And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let notone of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them downto the brook Kishon, and slew them there.18:41 And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for thereis a sound of abundance of rain.18:42 So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to thetop of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put hisface between his knees, 18:43 And said to his servant, Go up now, looktoward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There isnothing. And he said, Go again seven times.18:44 And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold,there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand. And hesaid, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee downthat the rain stop thee not.18:45 And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was blackwith clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, andwent to Jezreel.18:46 And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up hisloins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.19:1 And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how hehad slain all the prophets with the sword.19:2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let thegods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life ofone of them by to morrow about this time.19:3 And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and cameto Beersheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there.19:4 But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and cameand sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself thathe might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life;for I am not better than my fathers.19:5 And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then anangel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.19:6 And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals,and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laidhim down again.19:7 And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touchedhim, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great forthee.19:8 And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength ofthat meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.19:9 And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold,the word of the LORD came to him, and he said unto him, What doestthou here, Elijah?  19:10 And he said, I have been very jealous forthe LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thycovenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with thesword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take itaway.19:11 And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD.And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent themountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORDwas not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORDwas not in the earthquake: 19:12 And after the earthquake a fire; butthe LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.19:13 And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face inhis mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave.And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thouhere, Elijah?  19:14 And he said, I have been very jealous for theLORD God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken thycovenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with thesword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take itaway.19:15 And the LORD said unto him, Go, return on thy way to thewilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest, anoint Hazael to be kingover Syria: 19:16 And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to beking over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah shaltthou anoint to be prophet in thy room.19:17 And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword ofHazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehushall Elisha slay.19:18 Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees whichhave not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.19:19 So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, whowas plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with thetwelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him.19:20 And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, Ipray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee.And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?19:21 And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slewthem, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, andgave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went afterElijah, and ministered unto him.20:1 And Benhadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together:and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, andchariots; and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it.20:2 And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, andsaid unto him, Thus saith Benhadad, 20:3 Thy silver and thy gold ismine; thy wives also and thy children, even the goodliest, are mine.20:4 And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king,according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have.20:5 And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh Benhadad,saying, Although I have sent unto thee, saying, Thou shalt deliver methy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children; 20:6 Yet Iwill send my servants unto thee to morrow about this time, and theyshall search thine house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shallbe, that whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put it intheir hand, and take it away.20:7 Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, andsaid, Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh mischief: for hesent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, andfor my gold; and I denied him not.20:8 And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken notunto him, nor consent.20:9 Wherefore he said unto the messengers of Benhadad, Tell my lordthe king, All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first Iwill do: but this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, andbrought him word again.20:10 And Benhadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me,and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls forall the people that follow me.20:11 And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not himthat girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.20:12 And it came to pass, when Ben-hadad heard this message, as hewas drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions, that he said unto hisservants, Set yourselves in array. And they set themselves in arrayagainst the city.20:13 And, behold, there came a prophet unto Ahab king of Israel,saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou seen all this great multitude?behold, I will deliver it into thine hand this day; and thou shaltknow that I am the LORD.20:14 And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Evenby the young men of the princes of the provinces. Then he said, Whoshall order the battle? And he answered, Thou.20:15 Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces,and they were two hundred and thirty two: and after them he numberedall the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand.20:16 And they went out at noon. But Benhadad was drinking himselfdrunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kingsthat helped him.20:17 And the young men of the princes of the provinces went outfirst; and Benhadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are mencome out of Samaria.20:18 And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take themalive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.20:19 So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out ofthe city, and the army which followed them.20:20 And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled; andIsrael pursued them: and Benhadad the king of Syria escaped on anhorse with the horsemen.20:21 And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses andchariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.20:22 And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said unto him,Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest: for at thereturn of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee.20:23 And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their godsare gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but letus fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be strongerthan they.20:24 And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of hisplace, and put captains in their rooms: 20:25 And number thee an army,like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot forchariot: and we will fight against them in the plain, and surely weshall be stronger than they. And he hearkened unto their voice, anddid so.20:26 And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Benhadadnumbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.20:27 And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all present,and went against them: and the children of Israel pitched before themlike two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country.20:28 And there came a man of God, and spake unto the king of Israel,and said, Thus saith the LORD, Because the Syrians have said, The LORDis God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore willI deliver all this great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall knowthat I am the LORD.20:29 And they pitched one over against the other seven days. And soit was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined: and thechildren of Israel slew of the Syrians an hundred thousand footmen inone day.20:30 But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fellupon twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left. And Benhadadfled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.20:31 And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard thatthe kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I praythee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go outto the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life.20:32 So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on theirheads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Benhadadsaith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he ismy brother.20:33 Now the men did diligently observe whether any thing would comefrom him, and did hastily catch it: and they said, Thy brotherBenhadad. Then he said, Go ye, bring him. Then Benhadad came forth tohim; and he caused him to come up into the chariot.20:34 And Ben-hadad said unto him, The cities, which my father tookfrom thy father, I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for theein Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. Then said Ahab, I will sendthee away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and senthim away.20:35 And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto hisneighbour in the word of the LORD, Smite me, I pray thee. And the manrefused to smite him.20:36 Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice ofthe LORD, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shallslay thee.And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slewhim.20:37 Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. Andthe man smote him, so that in smiting he wounded him.20:38 So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, anddisguised himself with ashes upon his face.20:39 And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king: and he said,Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a manturned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man: ifby any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, orelse thou shalt pay a talent of silver.20:40 And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And theking of Israel said unto him, So shall thy judgment be; thyself hastdecided it.20:41 And he hasted, and took the ashes away from his face; and theking of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets.20:42 And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Because thou hast letgo out of thy hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction,therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for hispeople.20:43 And the king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased,and came to Samaria.21:1 And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth theJezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace ofAhab king of Samaria.21:2 And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that Imay have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house:and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seemgood to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money.21:3 And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me, that I shouldgive the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.21:4 And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of theword which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, Iwill not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him downupon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.21:5 But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thyspirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?  21:6 And he said unto her,Because I spake unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and said unto him, Give methy vineyard for money; or else, if it please thee, I will give theeanother vineyard for it: and he answered, I will not give thee myvineyard.21:7 And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern thekingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart be merry:I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.21:8 So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with hisseal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that werein his city, dwelling with Naboth.21:9 And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and setNaboth on high among the people: 21:10 And set two men, sons ofBelial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didstblaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him,that he may die.21:11 And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who werethe inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, and asit was written in the letters which she had sent unto them.21:12 They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.21:13 And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat beforehim: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth,in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God andthe king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned himwith stones, that he died.21:14 Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and isdead.21:15 And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned,and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of thevineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give thee formoney: for Naboth is not alive, but dead.21:16 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, thatAhab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, totake possession of it.21:17 And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,21:18 Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, which is in Samaria:behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone down topossess it.21:19 And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hastthou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him,saying, Thus saith the LORD, In the place where dogs licked the bloodof Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.21:20 And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? Andhe answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to workevil in the sight of the LORD.21:21 Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thyposterity, and will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against thewall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, 21:22 And will makethine house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like thehouse of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation wherewith thouhast provoked me to anger, and made Israel to sin.21:23 And of Jezebel also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eatJezebel by the wall of Jezreel.21:24 Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and himthat dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat.21:25 But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself towork wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wifestirred up.21:26 And he did very abominably in following idols, according to allthings as did the Amorites, whom the LORD cast out before the childrenof Israel.21:27 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he renthis clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay insackcloth, and went softly.21:28 And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,21:29 Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because hehumbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: butin his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house.22:1 And they continued three years without war between Syria andIsrael.22:2 And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the kingof Judah came down to the king of Israel.22:3 And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye thatRamoth in Gilead is ours, and we be still, and take it not out of thehand of the king of Syria?  22:4 And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wiltthou go with me to battle to Ramothgilead? And Jehoshaphat said to theking of Israel, I am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horsesas thy horses.22:5 And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I praythee, at the word of the LORD to day.22:6 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, aboutfour hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramothgileadto battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the LORDshall deliver it into the hand of the king.22:7 And Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORDbesides, that we might enquire of him?  22:8 And the king of Israelsaid unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah,by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth notprophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let notthe king say so.22:9 Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Hastenhither Micaiah the son of Imlah.22:10 And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sateach on his throne, having put on their robes, in a void place in theentrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesiedbefore them.22:11 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron: and hesaid, Thus saith the LORD, With these shalt thou push the Syrians,until thou have consumed them.22:12 And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up toRamothgilead, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into theking's hand.22:13 And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto him,saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto theking with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word ofone of them, and speak that which is good.22:14 And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, what the LORD saith untome, that will I speak.22:15 So he came to the king. And the king said unto him, Micaiah,shall we go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall we forbear? Andhe answered him, Go, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it intothe hand of the king.22:16 And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure theethat thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of theLORD?  22:17 And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills,as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the LORD said, These have nomaster: let them return every man to his house in peace.22:18 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not tellthee that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil?  22:19And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORDsitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him onhis right hand and on his left.22:20 And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go upand fall at Ramothgilead? And one said on this manner, and anothersaid on that manner.22:21 And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, andsaid, I will persuade him.22:22 And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will goforth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.And he said, Thou shalt persude him, and prevail also: go forth, anddo so.22:23 Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in themouth of all these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evilconcerning thee.22:24 But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiahon the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from meto speak unto thee?  22:25 And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see inthat day, when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.22:26 And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him backunto Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son; 22:27And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feedhim with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until Icome in peace.22:28 And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, the LORD hathnot spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, O people, every one of you.22:29 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went upto Ramothgilead.22:30 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguisemyself, and enter into the battle; but put thou on thy robes. And theking of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle.22:31 But the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two captains thathad rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small norgreat, save only with the king of Israel.22:32 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots sawJehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it is the king of Israel. And theyturned aside to fight against him: and Jehoshaphat cried out.22:33 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots perceivedthat it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back frompursuing him.22:34 And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king ofIsrael between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said unto thedriver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host;for I am wounded.22:35 And the battle increased that day: and the king was stayed up inhis chariot against the Syrians, and died at even: and the blood ranout of the wound into the midst of the chariot.22:36 And there went a proclamation throughout the host about thegoing down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man tohis own country.22:37 So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buriedthe king in Samaria.22:38 And one washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria; and the dogslicked up his blood; and they washed his armour; according unto theword of the LORD which he spake.22:39 Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and theivory house which he made, and all the cities that he built, are theynot written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?22:40 So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned inhis stead.22:41 And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in thefourth year of Ahab king of Israel.22:42 Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he began toreign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And hismother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.22:43 And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned notaside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the LORD:nevertheless the high places were not taken away; for the peopleoffered and burnt incense yet in the high places.22:44 And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.22:45 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that heshewed, and how he warred, are they not written in the book of thechronicles of the kings of Judah?  22:46 And the remnant of thesodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took outof the land.22:47 There was then no king in Edom: a deputy was king.22:48 Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: butthey went not; for the ships were broken at Eziongeber.22:49 Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let myservants go with thy servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not.22:50 And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with hisfathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoram his son reignedin his stead.22:51 Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samariathe seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twoyears over Israel.22:52 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the wayof his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way ofJeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin: 22:53 For he servedBaal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger the LORD God ofIsrael, according to all that his father had done.The Second Book of the KingsCommonly Called:The Fourth Book of the Kings1:1 Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.1:2 And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber thatwas in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said untothem, Go, enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron whether I shallrecover of this disease.1:3 But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, goup to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them,Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to enquireof Baalzebub the god of Ekron?  1:4 Now therefore thus saith the LORD,Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, butshalt surely die. And Elijah departed.1:5 And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them,Why are ye now turned back?  1:6 And they said unto him, There came aman up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king thatsent you, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Is it not becausethere is not a God in Israel, that thou sendest to enquire ofBaalzebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down fromthat bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.1:7 And he said unto them, What manner of man was he which came up tomeet you, and told you these words?  1:8 And they answered him, He wasan hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. Andhe said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.1:9 Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. Andhe went up to him: and, behold, he sat on the top of an hill. And hespake unto him, Thou man of God, the king hath said, Come down.1:10 And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be aman of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee andthy fifty.And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.1:11 Again also he sent unto him another captain of fifty with hisfifty.And he answered and said unto him, O man of God, thus hath the kingsaid, Come down quickly.1:12 And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a man of God, letfire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And thefire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.1:13 And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty.And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his kneesbefore Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, Ipray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, beprecious in thy sight.1:14 Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the twocaptains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let mylife now be precious in thy sight.1:15 And the angel of the LORD said unto Elijah, Go down with him: benot afraid of him. And he arose, and went down with him unto the king.1:16 And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hastsent messengers to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron, is it notbecause there is no God in Israel to enquire of his word? thereforethou shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, butshalt surely die.1:17 So he died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah hadspoken.And Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the sonof Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son.1:18 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they notwritten in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?  2:1 Andit came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into heaven by awhirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.2:2 And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORDhath sent me to Bethel. And Elisha said unto him, As the LORD liveth,and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down toBethel.2:3 And the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel came forth toElisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take awaythy master from thy head to day? And he said, Yea, I know it; hold yeyour peace.2:4 And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for theLORD hath sent me to Jericho. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and asthy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to Jericho.2:5 And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came to Elisha,and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thymaster from thy head to day? And he answered, Yea, I know it; hold yeyour peace.2:6 And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I pray thee, here; for the LORDhath sent me to Jordan. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thysoul liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two went on.2:7 And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to viewafar off: and they two stood by Jordan.2:8 And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote thewaters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they twowent over on dry ground.2:9 And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah saidunto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away fromthee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spiritbe upon me.2:10 And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thousee me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but ifnot, it shall not be so.2:11 And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that,behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, andparted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind intoheaven.2:12 And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, thechariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more:and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.2:13 He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and wentback, and stood by the bank of Jordan; 2:14 And he took the mantle ofElijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where isthe LORD God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, theyparted hither and thither: and Elisha went over.2:15 And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jerichosaw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And theycame to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.2:16 And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servantsfifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lestperadventure the Spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and cast himupon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall notsend.2:17 And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. Theysent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found himnot.2:18 And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) hesaid unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?  2:19 And the men ofthe city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of thiscity is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and theground barren.2:20 And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And theybrought it to him.2:21 And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast thesalt in there, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have healed thesewaters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land.2:22 So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the sayingof Elisha which he spake.2:23 And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up bythe way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mockedhim, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.2:24 And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in thename of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood,and tare forty and two children of them.2:25 And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence hereturned to Samaria.3:1 Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samariathe eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelveyears.3:2 And he wrought evil in the sight of the LORD; but not like hisfather, and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal thathis father had made.3:3 Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son ofNebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.3:4 And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto theking of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousandrams, with the wool.3:5 But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moabrebelled against the king of Israel.3:6 And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and numberedall Israel.3:7 And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, Theking of Moab hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me againstMoab to battle? And he said, I will go up: I am as thou art, my peopleas thy people, and my horses as thy horses.3:8 And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The waythrough the wilderness of Edom.3:9 So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king ofEdom: and they fetched a compass of seven days' journey: and there wasno water for the host, and for the cattle that followed them.3:10 And the king of Israel said, Alas! that the LORD hath calledthese three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab!3:11 But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD,that we may enquire of the LORD by him? And one of the king ofIsrael's servants answered and said, Here is Elisha the son ofShaphat, which poured water on the hands of Elijah.3:12 And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the LORD is with him. So theking of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.3:13 And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do withthee?  get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets ofthy mother.And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for the LORD hath calledthese three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab.3:14 And Elisha said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom Istand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphatthe king of Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee.3:15 But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when theminstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him.3:16 And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full ofditches.3:17 For thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall yesee rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye maydrink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts.3:18 And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he willdeliver the Moabites also into your hand.3:19 And ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city, andshall fell every good tree, and stop all wells of water, and mar everygood piece of land with stones.3:20 And it came to pass in the morning, when the meat offering wasoffered, that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and thecountry was filled with water.3:21 And when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up tofight against them, they gathered all that were able to put on armour,and upward, and stood in the border.3:22 And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon thewater, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as red asblood: 3:23 And they said, This is blood: the kings are surely slain,and they have smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.3:24 And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose upand smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them: but they wentforward smiting the Moabites, even in their country.3:25 And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of landcast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all thewells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kirharasethleft they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, andsmote it.3:26 And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore forhim, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to breakthrough even unto the king of Edom: but they could not.3:27 Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in hisstead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. And therewas great indignation against Israel: and they departed from him, andreturned to their own land.4:1 Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of theprophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thouknowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is cometo take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.4:2 And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, whathast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not anything in the house, save a pot of oil.4:3 Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thyneighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.4:4 And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee andupon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thoushalt set aside that which is full.4:5 So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon hersons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out.4:6 And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she saidunto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There isnot a vessel more. And the oil stayed.4:7 Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell theoil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest.4:8 And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was agreat woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, thatas oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.4:9 And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this isan holy man of God, which passeth by us continually.4:10 Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and letus set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and acandlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turnin thither.4:11 And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned intothe chamber, and lay there.4:12 And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And whenhe had called her, she stood before him.4:13 And he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast beencareful for us with all this care; what is to be done for thee?wouldest thou be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of thehost? And she answered, I dwell among mine own people.4:14 And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazianswered, Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old.4:15 And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood inthe door.4:16 And he said, About this season, according to the time of life,thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God,do not lie unto thine handmaid.4:17 And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season thatElisha had said unto her, according to the time of life.4:18 And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went outto his father to the reapers.4:19 And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to alad, Carry him to his mother.4:20 And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he saton her knees till noon, and then died.4:21 And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, andshut the door upon him, and went out.4:22 And she called unto her husband, and said, Send me, I pray thee,one of the young men, and one of the asses, that I may run to the manof God, and come again.4:23 And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to day? it is neithernew moon, nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well.4:24 Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and goforward; slack not thy riding for me, except I bid thee.4:25 So she went and came unto the man of God to mount Carmel. And itcame to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said toGehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is that Shunammite: 4:26 Run now, Ipray thee, to meet her, and say unto her, Is it well with thee? is itwell with thy husband? is it well with the child? And she answered, Itis well: 4:27 And when she came to the man of God to the hill, shecaught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. Andthe man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her:and the LORD hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.4:28 Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Donot deceive me?  4:29 Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, andtake my staff in thine hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man,salute him not; and if any salute thee, answer him not again: and laymy staff upon the face of the child.4:30 And the mother of the child said, As the LORD liveth, and as thysoul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed her.4:31 And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon theface of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Whereforehe went again to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is notawaked.4:32 And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child wasdead, and laid upon his bed.4:33 He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, andprayed unto the LORD.4:34 And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth uponhis mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands:and stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child waxedwarm.4:35 Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and wentup, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times,and the child opened his eyes.4:36 And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So hecalled her. And when she was come in unto him, he said, Take up thyson.4:37 Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to theground, and took up her son, and went out.4:38 And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth in theland; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him: and hesaid unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage forthe sons of the prophets.4:39 And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wildvine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came andshred them into the pot of pottage: for they knew them not.4:40 So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, asthey were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O thouman of God, there is death in the pot. And they could not eat thereof.4:41 But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot; and hesaid, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was noharm in the pot.4:42 And there came a man from Baalshalisha, and brought the man ofGod bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full earsof corn in the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, thatthey may eat.4:43 And his servitor said, What, should I set this before an hundredmen?  He said again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thussaith the LORD, They shall eat, and shall leave thereof.4:44 So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof,according to the word of the LORD.5:1 Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a greatman with his master, and honourable, because by him the LORD had givendeliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he wasa leper.5:2 And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought awaycaptive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited onNaaman's wife.5:3 And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with theprophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy.5:4 And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said themaid that is of the land of Israel.5:5 And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letterunto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him tentalents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes ofraiment.5:6 And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, Now whenthis letter is come unto thee, behold, I have therewith sent Naaman myservant to thee, that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy.5:7 And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter,that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to makealive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of hisleprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh aquarrel against me.5:8 And it was so, when Elisha the man of God had heard that the kingof Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying,Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now to me, and heshall know that there is a prophet in Israel.5:9 So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood atthe door of the house of Elisha.5:10 And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash inJordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thoushalt be clean.5:11 But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought,He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of theLORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover theleper.5:12 Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than allthe waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So heturned and went away in a rage.5:13 And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, Myfather, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thounot have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash,and be clean?  5:14 Then went he down, and dipped himself seven timesin Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his fleshcame again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.5:15 And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, andcame, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that thereis no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee,take a blessing of thy servant.5:16 But he said, As the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I willreceive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused.5:17 And Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given tothy servant two mules' burden of earth? for thy servant willhenceforth offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice unto other gods,but unto the LORD.5:18 In this thing the LORD pardon thy servant, that when my mastergoeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth on myhand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon: when I bow down myselfin the house of Rimmon, the LORD pardon thy servant in this thing.5:19 And he said unto him, Go in peace. So he departed from him alittle way.5:20 But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold,my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at hishands that which he brought: but, as the LORD liveth, I will run afterhim, and take somewhat of him.5:21 So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him runningafter him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and said, Isall well?  5:22 And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me,saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim twoyoung men of the sons of the prophets: give them, I pray thee, atalent of silver, and two changes of garments.5:23 And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him,and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes ofgarments, and laid them upon two of his servants; and they bare thembefore him.5:24 And when he came to the tower, he took them from their hand, andbestowed them in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed.5:25 But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said untohim, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went nowhither.5:26 And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the manturned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receivemoney, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, andsheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants?  5:27 The leprosytherefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed forever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.6:1 And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, theplace where we dwell with thee is too strait for us.6:2 Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man abeam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And heanswered, Go ye.6:3 And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants.And he answered, I will go.6:4 So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut downwood.6:5 But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water:and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed.6:6 And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him theplace.And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron didswim.6:7 Therefore said he, Take it up to thee. And he put out his hand,and took it.6:8 Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counselwith his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp.6:9 And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, saying, Bewarethat thou pass not such a place; for thither the Syrians are comedown.6:10 And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of Godtold him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nortwice.6:11 Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled forthis thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them, Will yenot shew me which of us is for the king of Israel?  6:12 And one ofhis servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet thatis in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakestin thy bedchamber.6:13 And he said, Go and spy where he is, that I may send and fetchhim.And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.6:14 Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host:and they came by night, and compassed the city about.6:15 And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and goneforth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses andchariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall wedo?  6:16 And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are morethan they that be with them.6:17 And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes,that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and hesaw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fireround about Elisha.6:18 And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the LORD, andsaid, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smotethem with blindness according to the word of Elisha.6:19 And Elisha said unto them, This is not the way, neither is thisthe city: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek. Buthe led them to Samaria.6:20 And it came to pass, when they were come into Samaria, thatElisha said, LORD, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. Andthe LORD opened their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they were inthe midst of Samaria.6:21 And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, Myfather, shall I smite them? shall I smite them?  6:22 And he answered,Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hasttaken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and waterbefore them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.6:23 And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eatenand drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So thebands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.6:24 And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syriagathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.6:25 And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, theybesieged it, until an ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces ofsilver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces ofsilver.6:26 And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, therecried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.6:27 And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I helpthee?  out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?  6:28 And theking said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This womansaid unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to day, and we willeat my son to morrow.6:29 So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on thenext day, Give thy son, that we may eat him: and she hath hid her son.6:30 And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman,that he rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and thepeople looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh.6:31 Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head ofElisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.6:32 But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and theking sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, hesaid to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent totake away mine head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door,and hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his master's feetbehind him?  6:33 And while he yet talked with them, behold, themessenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of theLORD; what should I wait for the LORD any longer?  7:1 Then Elishasaid, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, To morrowabout this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel,and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.7:2 Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God,and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might thisthing be?  And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, butshalt not eat thereof.7:3 And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate:and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?  7:4 If wesay, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, andwe shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Nowtherefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if theysave us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.7:5 And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of theSyrians: and when they were come to the uttermost part of the camp ofSyria, behold, there was no man there.7:6 For the LORD had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise ofchariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: andthey said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against usthe kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to comeupon us.7:7 Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left theirtents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, andfled for their life.7:8 And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp, theywent into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence silver,and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it; and came again, andentered into another tent, and carried thence also, and went and hidit.7:9 Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a dayof good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morninglight, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that wemay go and tell the king's household.7:10 So they came and called unto the porter of the city: and theytold them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold,there was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, andasses tied, and the tents as they were.7:11 And he called the porters; and they told it to the king's housewithin.7:12 And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, Iwill now shew you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that webe hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselvesin the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catchthem alive, and get into the city.7:13 And one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I praythee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city,(behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it:behold, I say, they are even as all the multitude of the Israelitesthat are consumed:) and let us send and see.7:14 They took therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent afterthe host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.7:15 And they went after them unto Jordan: and, lo, all the way wasfull of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in theirhaste. And the messengers returned, and told the king.7:16 And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. Soa measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures ofbarley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD.7:17 And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to havethe charge of the gate: and the people trode upon him in the gate, andhe died, as the man of God had said, who spake when the king came downto him.7:18 And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king,saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fineflour for a shekel, shall be to morrow about this time in the gate ofSamaria: 7:19 And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now,behold, if the LORD should make windows in heaven, might such a thingbe? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shaltnot eat thereof.7:20 And so it fell out unto him: for the people trode upon him in thegate, and he died.8:1 Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored tolife, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojournwheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the LORD hath called for a famine;and it shall also come upon the land seven years.8:2 And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of God:and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of thePhilistines seven years.8:3 And it came to pass at the seven years' end, that the womanreturned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cryunto the king for her house and for her land.8:4 And the king talked with Gehazi the servant of the man of God,saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hathdone.8:5 And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he hadrestored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son hehad restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for herland. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this isher son, whom Elisha restored to life.8:6 And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the kingappointed unto her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that washers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left theland, even until now.8:7 And Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria wassick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come hither.8:8 And the king said unto Hazael, Take a present in thine hand, andgo, meet the man of God, and enquire of the LORD by him, saying, ShallI recover of this disease?  8:9 So Hazael went to meet him, and took apresent with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels'burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Thy son Benhadad kingof Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of thisdisease?  8:10 And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayestcertainly recover: howbeit the LORD hath shewed me that he shallsurely die.8:11 And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was ashamed:and the man of God wept.8:12 And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because Iknow the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: theirstrong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slaywith the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their womenwith child.8:13 And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he shoulddo this great thing? And Elisha answered, The LORD hath shewed me thatthou shalt be king over Syria.8:14 So he departed from Elisha, and came to his master; who said tohim, What said Elisha to thee? And he answered, He told me that thoushouldest surely recover.8:15 And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth,and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died:and Hazael reigned in his stead.8:16 And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel,Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Je hoshaphatking of Judah began to reign.8:17 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and hereigned eight years in Jerusalem.8:18 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the houseof Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in thesight of the LORD.8:19 Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah for David his servant'ssake, as he promised him to give him alway a light, and to hischildren.8:20 In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and madea king over themselves.8:21 So Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him: and herose by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him about, andthe captains of the chariots: and the people fled into their tents.8:22 Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day.Then Libnah revolted at the same time.8:23 And the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, are theynot written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?  8:24And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers inthe city of David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.8:25 In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel didAhaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign.8:26 Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; andhe reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Athaliah,the daughter of Omri king of Israel.8:27 And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil inthe sight of the LORD, as did the house of Ahab: for he was the son inlaw of the house of Ahab.8:28 And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazaelking of Syria in Ramothgilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram.8:29 And king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel of the woundswhich the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought againstHazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judahwent down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he wassick.9:1 And Elisha the prophet called one of the children of the prophets,and said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this box of oil inthine hand, and go to Ramothgilead: 9:2 And when thou comest thither,look out there Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and goin, and make him arise up from among his brethren, and carry him to aninner chamber; 9:3 Then take the box of oil, and pour it on his head,and say, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel.Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not.9:4 So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went toRamothgilead.9:5 And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting;and he said, I have an errand to thee, O captain. And Jehu said, Untowhich of all us? And he said, To thee, O captain.9:6 And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil onhis head, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I haveanointed thee king over the people of the LORD, even over Israel.9:7 And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I mayavenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all theservants of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel.9:8 For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off fromAhab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up andleft in Israel: 9:9 And I will make the house of Ahab like the houseof Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son ofAhijah: 9:10 And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel,and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled.9:11 Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one saidunto him, Is all well? wherefore came this mad fellow to thee? And hesaid unto them, Ye know the man, and his communication.9:12 And they said, It is false; tell us now. And he said, Thus andthus spake he to me, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed theeking over Israel.9:13 Then they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put itunder him on the top of the stairs, and blew with trumpets, saying,Jehu is king.9:14 So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspiredagainst Joram. (Now Joram had kept Ramothgilead, he and all Israel,because of Hazael king of Syria.9:15 But king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the woundswhich the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king ofSyria.)  And Jehu said, If it be your minds, then let none go forthnor escape out of the city to go to tell it in Jezreel.9:16 So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram laythere.And Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram.9:17 And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he spiedthe company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joramsaid, Take an horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is itpeace?  9:18 So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said,Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to dowith peace? turn thee behind me. And the watchman told, saying, Themessenger came to them, but he cometh not again.9:19 Then he sent out a second on horseback, which came to them, andsaid, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu answered, What hastthou to do with peace? turn thee behind me.9:20 And the watchman told, saying, He came even unto them, and comethnot again: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son ofNimshi; for he driveth furiously.9:21 And Joram said, Make ready. And his chariot was made ready. AndJoram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in hischariot, and they went out against Jehu, and met him in the portion ofNaboth the Jezreelite.9:22 And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is itpeace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms ofthy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?  9:23 And Joramturned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, OAhaziah.9:24 And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jehorambetween his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunkdown in his chariot.9:25 Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him inthe portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember howthat, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the LORDlaid this burden upon him; 9:26 Surely I have seen yesterday the bloodof Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the LORD; and I willrequite thee in this plat, saith the LORD. Now therefore take and casthim into the plat of ground, according to the word of the LORD.9:27 But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the wayof the garden house. And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite himalso in the chariot. And they did so at the going up to Gur, which isby Ibleam.And he fled to Megiddo, and died there.9:28 And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, andburied him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David.9:29 And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziahto reign over Judah.9:30 And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and shepainted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window.9:31 And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace,who slew his master?  9:32 And he lifted up his face to the window,and said, Who is on my side?  who? And there looked out to him two orthree eunuchs.9:33 And he said, Throw her down. So they threw her down: and some ofher blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and he trodeher under foot.9:34 And when he was come in, he did eat and drink, and said, Go, seenow this cursed woman, and bury her: for she is a king's daughter.9:35 And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than theskull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.9:36 Wherefore they came again, and told him. And he said, This is theword of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite,saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel:9:37 And the carcase of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of thefield in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This isJezebel.10:1 And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, andsent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and tothem that brought up Ahab's children, saying, 10:2 Now as soon as thisletter cometh to you, seeing your master's sons are with you, andthere are with you chariots and horses, a fenced city also, andarmour; 10:3 Look even out the best and meetest of your master's sons,and set him on his father's throne, and fight for your master's house.10:4 But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kingsstood not before him: how then shall we stand?  10:5 And he that wasover the house, and he that was over the city, the elders also, andthe bringers up of the children, sent to Jehu, saying, We are thyservants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make anyking: do thou that which is good in thine eyes.10:6 Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye bemine, and if ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of themen your master's sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to morrow thistime. Now the king's sons, being seventy persons, were with the greatmen of the city, which brought them up.10:7 And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they tookthe king's sons, and slew seventy persons, and put their heads inbaskets, and sent him them to Jezreel.10:8 And there came a messenger, and told him, saying, They havebrought the heads of the king's sons. And he said, Lay ye them in twoheaps at the entering in of the gate until the morning.10:9 And it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood,and said to all the people, Ye be righteous: behold, I conspiredagainst my master, and slew him: but who slew all these?  10:10 Knownow that there shall fall unto the earth nothing of the word of theLORD, which the LORD spake concerning the house of Ahab: for the LORDhath done that which he spake by his servant Elijah.10:11 So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel,and all his great men, and his kinsfolks, and his priests, until heleft him none remaining.10:12 And he arose and departed, and came to Samaria. And as he was atthe shearing house in the way, 10:13 Jehu met with the brethren ofAhaziah king of Judah, and said, Who are ye? And they answered, We arethe brethren of Ahaziah; and we go down to salute the children of theking and the children of the queen.10:14 And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slewthem at the pit of the shearing house, even two and forty men; neitherleft he any of them.10:15 And when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the sonof Rechab coming to meet him: and he saluted him, and said to him, Isthine heart right, as my heart is with thy heart? And Jehonadabanswered, It is. If it be, give me thine hand. And he gave him hishand; and he took him up to him into the chariot.10:16 And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So theymade him ride in his chariot.10:17 And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained unto Ahabin Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the saying of theLORD, which he spake to Elijah.10:18 And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them,Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu shall serve him much.10:19 Now therefore call unto me all the prophets of Baal, all hisservants, and all his priests; let none be wanting: for I have a greatsacrifice to do to Baal; whosoever shall be wanting, he shall notlive. But Jehu did it in subtilty, to the intent that he might destroythe worshippers of Baal.10:20 And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal. And theyproclaimed it.10:21 And Jehu sent through all Israel: and all the worshippers ofBaal came, so that there was not a man left that came not. And theycame into the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was full from oneend to another.10:22 And he said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring forthvestments for all the worshippers of Baal. And he brought them forthvestments.10:23 And Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into the houseof Baal, and said unto the worshippers of Baal, Search, and look thatthere be here with you none of the servants of the LORD, but theworshippers of Baal only.10:24 And when they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings,Jehu appointed fourscore men without, and said, If any of the men whomI have brought into your hands escape, he that letteth him go, hislife shall be for the life of him.10:25 And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offeringthe burnt offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains,Go in, and slay them; let none come forth. And they smote them withthe edge of the sword; and the guard and the captains cast them out,and went to the city of the house of Baal.10:26 And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, andburned them.10:27 And they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the houseof Baal, and made it a draught house unto this day.10:28 Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.10:29 Howbeit from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who madeIsrael to sin, Jehu departed not from after them, to wit, the goldencalves that were in Bethel, and that were in Dan.10:30 And the LORD said unto Jehu, Because thou hast done well inexecuting that which is right in mine eyes, and hast done unto thehouse of Ahab according to all that was in mine heart, thy children ofthe fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.10:31 But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the LORD God ofIsrael with all his heart: for he departed not from the sins ofJeroboam, which made Israel to sin.10:32 In those days the LORD began to cut Israel short: and Hazaelsmote them in all the coasts of Israel; 10:33 From Jordan eastward,all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and theManassites, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, even Gilead andBashan.10:34 Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and allhis might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of thekings of Israel?  10:35 And Jehu slept with his fathers: and theyburied him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead.10:36 And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twentyand eight years.11:1 And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son wasdead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.11:2 But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah,took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king'ssons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, inthe bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.11:3 And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years. AndAthaliah did reign over the land.11:4 And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers overhundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to himinto the house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took anoath of them in the house of the LORD, and shewed them the king's son.11:5 And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shalldo; A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even bekeepers of the watch of the king's house; 11:6 And a third part shallbe at the gate of Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard:so shall ye keep the watch of the house, that it be not broken down.11:7 And two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even theyshall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the king.11:8 And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with hisweapons in his hand: and he that cometh within the ranges, let him beslain: and be ye with the king as he goeth out and as he cometh in.11:9 And the captains over the hundreds did according to all thingsthat Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his menthat were to come in on the sabbath, with them that should go out onthe sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.11:10 And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give kingDavid's spears and shields, that were in the temple of the LORD.11:11 And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand,round about the king, from the right corner of the temple to the leftcorner of the temple, along by the altar and the temple.11:12 And he brought forth the king's son, and put the crown upon him,and gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him;and they clapped their hands, and said, God save the king.11:13 And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of thepeople, she came to the people into the temple of the LORD.11:14 And when she looked, behold, the king stood by a pillar, as themanner was, and the princes and the trumpeters by the king, and allthe people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets: and Athaliahrent her clothes, and cried, Treason, Treason.11:15 But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds,the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth withoutthe ranges: and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For thepriest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the LORD.11:16 And they laid hands on her; and she went by the way by the whichthe horses came into the king's house: and there was she slain.11:17 And Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king andthe people, that they should be the LORD's people; between the kingalso and the people.11:18 And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, andbrake it down; his altars and his images brake they in piecesthoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. Andthe priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD.11:19 And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and theguard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the kingfrom the house of the LORD, and came by the way of the gate of theguard to the king's house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.11:20 And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was inquiet: and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king's house.11:21 Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign.12:1 In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and fortyyears reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zibiah ofBeersheba.12:2 And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD allhis days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.12:3 But the high places were not taken away: the people stillsacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.12:4 And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the dedicatedthings that is brought into the house of the LORD, even the money ofevery one that passeth the account, the money that every man is setat, and all the money that cometh into any man's heart to bring intothe house of the LORD, 12:5 Let the priests take it to them, every manof his acquaintance: and let them repair the breaches of the house,wheresoever any breach shall be found.12:6 But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of kingJehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.12:7 Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the otherpriests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of thehouse? now therefore receive no more money of your acquaintance, butdeliver it for the breaches of the house.12:8 And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people,neither to repair the breaches of the house.12:9 But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lidof it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one comethinto the house of the LORD: and the priests that kept the door puttherein all the money that was brought into the house of the LORD.12:10 And it was so, when they saw that there was much money in thechest, that the king's scribe and the high priest came up, and theyput up in bags, and told the money that was found in the house of theLORD.12:11 And they gave the money, being told, into the hands of them thatdid the work, that had the oversight of the house of the LORD: andthey laid it out to the carpenters and builders, that wrought upon thehouse of the LORD, 12:12 And to masons, and hewers of stone, and tobuy timber and hewed stone to repair the breaches of the house of theLORD, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it.12:13 Howbeit there were not made for the house of the LORD bowls ofsilver, snuffers, basons, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels ofsilver, of the money that was brought into the house of the LORD:12:14 But they gave that to the workmen, and repaired therewith thehouse of the LORD.12:15 Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand theydelivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealtfaithfully.12:16 The trespass money and sin money was not brought into the houseof the LORD: it was the priests'.12:17 Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, andtook it: and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.12:18 And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things thatJehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah,had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that wasfound in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and in the king'shouse, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away fromJerusalem.12:19 And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are theynot written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?12:20 And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash inthe house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla.12:21 For Jozachar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son ofShomer, his servants, smote him, and he died; and they buried him withhis fathers in the city of David: and Amaziah his son reigned in hisstead.13:1 In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah kingof Judah Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel inSamaria, and reigned seventeen years.13:2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, andfollowed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel tosin; he departed not therefrom.13:3 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and hedelivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into thehand of Benhadad the son of Hazael, all their days.13:4 And Jehoahaz besought the LORD, and the LORD hearkened unto him:for he saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syriaoppressed them.13:5 (And the LORD gave Israel a saviour, so that they went out fromunder the hand of the Syrians: and the children of Israel dwelt intheir tents, as beforetime.13:6 Nevertheless they departed not from the sins of the house ofJeroboam, who made Israel sin, but walked therein: and there remainedthe grove also in Samaria.)  13:7 Neither did he leave of the peopleto Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousandfootmen; for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made themlike the dust by threshing.13:8 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he did, andhis might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of thekings of Israel?  13:9 And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; and theyburied him in Samaria: and Joash his son reigned in his stead.13:10 In the thirty and seventh year of Joash king of Judah beganJehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria, andreigned sixteen years.13:11 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD; hedeparted not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who madeIsrael sin: but he walked therein.13:12 And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and hismight wherewith he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they notwritten in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?  13:13And Joash slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat upon his throne:and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.13:14 Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. AndJoash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face,and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and thehorsemen thereof.13:15 And Elisha said unto him, Take bow and arrows. And he took untohim bow and arrows.13:16 And he said to the king of Israel, Put thine hand upon the bow.And he put his hand upon it: and Elisha put his hands upon the king'shands.13:17 And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened it. ThenElisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of the LORD'sdeliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for thou shaltsmite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed them.13:18 And he said, Take the arrows. And he took them. And he said untothe king of Israel, Smite upon the ground. And he smote thrice, andstayed.13:19 And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldesthave smitten five or six times; then hadst thou smitten Syria tillthou hadst consumed it: whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice.13:20 And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of theMoabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year.13:21 And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold,they spied a band of men; and they cast the man into the sepulchre ofElisha: and when the man was let down, and touched the bones ofElisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet.13:22 But Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days ofJehoahaz.13:23 And the LORD was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them,and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham,Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he themfrom his presence as yet.13:24 So Hazael king of Syria died; and Benhadad his son reigned inhis stead.13:25 And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand ofBenhadad the son of Hazael the cities, which he had taken out of thehand of Jehoahaz his father by war. Three times did Joash beat him,and recovered the cities of Israel.14:1 In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israelreigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah.14:2 He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, andreigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name wasJehoaddan of Jerusalem.14:3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, yet notlike David his father: he did according to all things as Joash hisfather did.14:4 Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the peopledid sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places.14:5 And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in hishand, that he slew his servants which had slain the king his father.14:6 But the children of the murderers he slew not: according untothat which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein theLORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for thechildren, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but everyman shall be put to death for his own sin.14:7 He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and tookSelah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day.14:8 Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz sonof Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in theface.14:9 And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah,saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was inLebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passedby a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.14:10 Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted theeup: glory of this, and tarry at home: for why shouldest thou meddle tothy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?14:11 But Amaziah would not hear. Therefore Jehoash king of Israelwent up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in theface at Bethshemesh, which belongeth to Judah.14:12 And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fledevery man to their tents.14:13 And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the sonof Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Bethshemesh, and came to Jerusalem,and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto thecorner gate, four hundred cubits.14:14 And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels thatwere found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of theking's house, and hostages, and returned to Samaria.14:15 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might,and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written inthe book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?  14:16 And Jehoashslept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings ofIsrael; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead.14:17 And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the deathof Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.14:18 And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in thebook of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?  14:19 Now they made aconspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he fled to Lachish; but theysent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.14:20 And they brought him on horses: and he was buried at Jerusalemwith his fathers in the city of David.14:21 And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which was sixteenyears old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.14:22 He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the kingslept with his fathers.14:23 In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of JudahJeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria,and reigned forty and one years.14:24 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: hedeparted not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who madeIsrael to sin.14:25 He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath untothe sea of the plain, according to the word of the LORD God of Israel,which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai,the prophet, which was of Gathhepher.14:26 For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, that it was verybitter: for there was not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helperfor Israel.14:27 And the LORD said not that he would blot out the name of Israelfrom under heaven: but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the sonof Joash.14:28 Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, andhis might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath,which belonged to Judah, for Israel, are they not written in the bookof the chronicles of the kings of Israel?  14:29 And Jeroboam sleptwith his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and Zachariah his sonreigned in his stead.15:1 In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel beganAzariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign.15:2 Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reignedtwo and fifty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jecholiahof Jerusalem.15:3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD,according to all that his father Amaziah had done; 15:4 Save that thehigh places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incensestill on the high places.15:5 And the LORD smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the dayof his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Jotham the king's sonwas over the house, judging the people of the land.15:6 And the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, arethey not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?15:7 So Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with hisfathers in the city of David: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.15:8 In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah didZachariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six months.15:9 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as hisfathers had done: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son ofNebat, who made Israel to sin.15:10 And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smotehim before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.15:11 And the rest of the acts of Zachariah, behold, they are writtenin the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.15:12 This was the word of the LORD which he spake unto Jehu, saying,Thy sons shall sit on the throne of Israel unto the fourth generation.And so it came to pass.15:13 Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine andthirtieth year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned a full month inSamaria.15:14 For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came toSamaria, and smote Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew him,and reigned in his stead.15:15 And the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy which hemade, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of thekings of Israel.15:16 Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and thecoasts thereof from Tirzah: because they opened not to him, thereforehe smote it; and all the women therein that were with child he rippedup.15:17 In the nine and thirtieth year of Azariah king of Judah beganMenahem the son of Gadi to reign over Israel, and reigned ten years inSamaria.15:18 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: hedeparted not all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat,who made Israel to sin.15:19 And Pul the king of Assyria came against the land: and Menahemgave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with himto confirm the kingdom in his hand.15:20 And Menahem exacted the money of Israel, even of all the mightymen of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to theking of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and stayed notthere in the land.15:21 And the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, arethey not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?15:22 And Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reignedin his stead.15:23 In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekahiah the sonof Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned twoyears.15:24 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: hedeparted not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who madeIsrael to sin.15:25 But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspiredagainst him, and smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king'shouse, with Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites:and he killed him, and reigned in his room.15:26 And the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did,behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings ofIsrael.15:27 In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekah theson of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reignedtwenty years.15:28 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: hedeparted not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who madeIsrael to sin.15:29 In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser king ofAssyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh,and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, andcarried them captive to Assyria.15:30 And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah theson of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in hisstead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.15:31 And the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he did, behold,they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.15:32 In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israelbegan Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign.15:33 Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and hereigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jerusha,the daughter of Zadok.15:34 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD: he didaccording to all that his father Uzziah had done.15:35 Howbeit the high places were not removed: the people sacrificedand burned incense still in the high places. He built the higher gateof the house of the LORD.15:36 Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, arethey not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?15:37 In those days the LORD began to send against Judah Rezin theking of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.15:38 And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with hisfathers in the city of David his father: and Ahaz his son reigned inhis stead.16:1 In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the sonof Jotham king of Judah began to reign.16:2 Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reignedsixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not that which was right in thesight of the LORD his God, like David his father.16:3 But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and madehis son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of theheathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel.16:4 And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and onthe hills, and under every green tree.16:5 Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israelcame up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could notovercome him.16:6 At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, anddrave the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dweltthere unto this day.16:7 So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglathpileser king of Assyria,saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of thehand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel,which rise up against me.16:8 And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house ofthe LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house, and sent it for apresent to the king of Assyria.16:9 And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king ofAssyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the peopleof it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin.16:10 And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglathpileser king ofAssyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent toUrijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it,according to all the workmanship thereof.16:11 And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that kingAhaz had sent from Damascus: so Urijah the priest made it against kingAhaz came from Damascus.16:12 And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw thealtar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered thereon.16:13 And he burnt his burnt offering and his meat offering, andpoured his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peaceofferings, upon the altar.16:14 And he brought also the brasen altar, which was before the LORD,from the forefront of the house, from between the altar and the houseof the LORD, and put it on the north side of the altar.16:15 And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon thegreat altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meatoffering, and the king's burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, withthe burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meatoffering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle upon it all theblood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: andthe brasen altar shall be for me to enquire by.16:16 Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahazcommanded.16:17 And king Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed thelaver from off them; and took down the sea from off the brasen oxenthat were under it, and put it upon the pavement of stones.16:18 And the covert for the sabbath that they had built in the house,and the king's entry without, turned he from the house of the LORD forthe king of Assyria.16:19 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, are they notwritten in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?  16:20And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers inthe city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.17:1 In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son ofElah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years.17:2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, but notas the kings of Israel that were before him.17:3 Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hosheabecame his servant, and gave him presents.17:4 And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he hadsent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to theking of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king ofAssyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.17:5 Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, andwent up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.17:6 In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, andcarried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and inHabor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.17:7 For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against theLORD their God, which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt,from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared othergods, 17:8 And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the LORDcast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings ofIsrael, which they had made.17:9 And the children of Israel did secretly those things that werenot right against the LORD their God, and they built them high placesin all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fencedcity.17:10 And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, andunder every green tree: 17:11 And there they burnt incense in all thehigh places, as did the heathen whom the LORD carried away beforethem; and wrought wicked things to provoke the LORD to anger: 17:12For they served idols, whereof the LORD had said unto them, Ye shallnot do this thing.17:13 Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by allthe prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evilways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all thelaw which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by myservants the prophets.17:14 Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks,like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORDtheir God.17:15 And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he madewith their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified againstthem; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after theheathen that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD hadcharged them, that they should not do like them.17:16 And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, andmade them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, andworshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.17:17 And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass throughthe fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves todo evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.17:18 Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed themout of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only.17:19 Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, butwalked in the statutes of Israel which they made.17:20 And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflictedthem, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had castthem out of his sight.17:21 For he rent Israel from the house of David; and they madeJeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drave Israel fromfollowing the LORD, and made them sin a great sin.17:22 For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboamwhich he did; they departed not from them; 17:23 Until the LORDremoved Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all his servantsthe prophets. So was Israel carried away out of their own land toAssyria unto this day.17:24 And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and fromCuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placedthem in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: andthey possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.17:25 And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, thatthey feared not the LORD: therefore the LORD sent lions among them,which slew some of them.17:26 Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nationswhich thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know notthe manner of the God of the land: therefore he hath sent lions amongthem, and, behold, they slay them, because they know not the manner ofthe God of the land.17:27 Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither one ofthe priests whom ye brought from thence; and let them go and dwellthere, and let him teach them the manner of the God of the land.17:28 Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samariacame and dwelt in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear theLORD.17:29 Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in thehouses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nationin their cities wherein they dwelt.17:30 And the men of Babylon made Succothbenoth, and the men of Cuthmade Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima, 17:31 And the Avitesmade Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children infire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.17:32 So they feared the LORD, and made unto themselves of the lowestof them priests of the high places, which sacrificed for them in thehouses of the high places.17:33 They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after themanner of the nations whom they carried away from thence.17:34 Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear notthe LORD, neither do they after their statutes, or after theirordinances, or after the law and commandment which the LORD commandedthe children of Jacob, whom he named Israel; 17:35 With whom the LORDhad made a covenant, and charged them, saying, Ye shall not fear othergods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice tothem: 17:36 But the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egyptwith great power and a stretched out arm, him shall ye fear, and himshall ye worship, and to him shall ye do sacrifice.17:37 And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and thecommandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do forevermore; and ye shall not fear other gods.17:38 And the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget;neither shall ye fear other gods.17:39 But the LORD your God ye shall fear; and he shall deliver youout of the hand of all your enemies.17:40 Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their formermanner.17:41 So these nations feared the LORD, and served their gravenimages, both their children, and their children's children: as didtheir fathers, so do they unto this day.18:1 Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah kingof Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.18:2 Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and hereigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also wasAbi, the daughter of Zachariah.18:3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD,according to all that David his father did.18:4 He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut downthe groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses hadmade: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense toit: and he called it Nehushtan.18:5 He trusted in the LORD God of Israel; so that after him was nonelike him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him.18:6 For he clave to the LORD, and departed not from following him,but kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses.18:7 And the LORD was with him; and he prospered whithersoever he wentforth: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served himnot.18:8 He smote the Philistines, even unto Gaza, and the bordersthereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.18:9 And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, whichwas the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, thatShalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.18:10 And at the end of three years they took it: even in the sixthyear of Hezekiah, that is in the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel,Samaria was taken.18:11 And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, andput them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in thecities of the Medes: 18:12 Because they obeyed not the voice of theLORD their God, but transgressed his covenant, and all that Moses theservant of the LORD commanded, and would not hear them, nor do them.18:13 Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib kingof Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and tookthem.18:14 And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria toLachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thouputtest on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed untoHezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirtytalents of gold.18:15 And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the houseof the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house.18:16 At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of thetemple of the LORD, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judahhad overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.18:17 And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakehfrom Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. Andthey went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, theycame and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in thehighway of the fuller's field.18:18 And when they had called to the king, there came out to themEliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebnathe scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder.18:19 And Rabshakeh said unto them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thussaith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is thiswherein thou trustest?  18:20 Thou sayest, (but they are but vainwords,) I have counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thoutrust, that thou rebellest against me?  18:21 Now, behold, thoutrustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, onwhich if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so isPharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.18:22 But if ye say unto me, We trust in the LORD our God: is not thathe, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, andhath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altarin Jerusalem?  18:23 Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to mylord the king of Assyria, and I will deliver thee two thousand horses,if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.18:24 How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of theleast of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariotsand for horsemen?  18:25 Am I now come up without the LORD againstthis place to destroy it?  The LORD said to me, Go up against thisland, and destroy it.18:26 Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, untoRabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language;for we understand it: and talk not with us in the Jews' language inthe ears of the people that are on the wall.18:27 But Rabshakeh said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thymaster, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not sent me to themen which sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drinktheir own piss with you?  18:28 Then Rabshakeh stood and cried with aloud voice in the Jews' language, and spake, saying, Hear the word ofthe great king, the king of Assyria: 18:29 Thus saith the king, Letnot Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you outof his hand: 18:30 Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD,saying, The LORD will surely deliver us, and this city shall not bedelivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.18:31 Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria,Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me, and theneat ye every man of his own vine, and every one of his fig tree, anddrink ye every one the waters of his cistern: 18:32 Until I come andtake you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, aland of bread and vineyards, a land of oil olive and of honey, that yemay live, and not die: and hearken not unto Hezekiah, when hepersuadeth you, saying, The LORD will deliver us.18:33 Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered at all his landout of the hand of the king of Assyria?  18:34 Where are the gods ofHamath, and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, andIvah? have they delivered Samaria out of mine hand?  18:35 Who arethey among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered theircountry out of mine hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem outof mine hand?  18:36 But the people held their peace, and answered himnot a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.18:37 Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over thehousehold, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph therecorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the wordsof Rabshakeh.19:1 And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he renthis clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into thehouse of the LORD.19:2 And he sent Eliakim, which was over the household, and Shebna thescribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, toIsaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.19:3 And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day oftrouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy; for the children are come tothe birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.19:4 It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh,whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the livingGod; and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard:wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are left.19:5 So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.19:6 And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thussaith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard, withwhich the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.19:7 Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour,and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by thesword in his own land.19:8 So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warringagainst Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.19:9 And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he iscome out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again untoHezekiah, saying, 19:10 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah,saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying,Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.19:11 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done toall lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?19:12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathershave destroyed; as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children ofEden which were in Thelasar?  19:13 Where is the king of Hamath, andthe king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena,and Ivah?  19:14 And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of themessengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of theLORD, and spread it before the LORD.19:15 And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God ofIsrael, which dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, eventhou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heavenand earth.19:16 LORD, bow down thine ear, and hear: open, LORD, thine eyes, andsee: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him toreproach the living God.19:17 Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed thenations and their lands, 19:18 And have cast their gods into the fire:for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone:therefore they have destroyed them.19:19 Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech thee, save thou us outof his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou artthe LORD God, even thou only.19:20 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saiththe LORD God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed to me againstSennacherib king of Assyria I have heard.19:21 This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him; Thevirgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and laughed thee toscorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.19:22 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hastthou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even againstthe Holy One of Israel.19:23 By thy messengers thou hast reproached the LORD, and hast said,With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of themountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedartrees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter intothe lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel.19:24 I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of myfeet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.19:25 Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancienttimes that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thoushouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps.19:26 Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they weredismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and asthe green herb, as the grass on the house tops, and as corn blastedbefore it be grown up.19:27 But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, andthy rage against me.19:28 Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mineears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thylips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.19:29 And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year suchthings as grow of themselves, and in the second year that whichspringeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, andplant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof.19:30 And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yetagain take root downward, and bear fruit upward.19:31 For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they thatescape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this.19:32 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, Heshall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor comebefore it with shield, nor cast a bank against it.19:33 By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shallnot come into this city, saith the LORD.19:34 For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, andfor my servant David's sake.19:35 And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD wentout, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore andfive thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, theywere all dead corpses.19:36 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned,and dwelt at Nineveh.19:37 And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house ofNisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him withthe sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddonhis son reigned in his stead.20:1 In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophetIsaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith theLORD, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.20:2 Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD,saying, 20:3 I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walkedbefore thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done thatwhich is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.20:4 And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middlecourt, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying, 20:5 Turn again,and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, theGod of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thytears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go upunto the house of the LORD.20:6 And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliverthee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I willdefend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.20:7 And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid iton the boil, and he recovered.20:8 And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign that theLORD will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the LORDthe third day?  20:9 And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of theLORD, that the LORD will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall theshadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees?  20:10 AndHezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down tendegrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees.20:11 And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the LORD: and he brought theshadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial ofAhaz.20:12 At that time Berodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king ofBabylon, sent letters and a present unto Hezekiah: for he had heardthat Hezekiah had been sick.20:13 And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and shewed them all the houseof his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, andthe precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all thatwas found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in allhis dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not.20:14 Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said untohim, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? AndHezekiah said, They are come from a far country, even from Babylon.20:15 And he said, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiahanswered, All the things that are in mine house have they seen: thereis nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them.20:16 And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD.20:17 Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and thatwhich thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall becarried into Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD.20:18 And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shaltbeget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palaceof the king of Babylon.20:19 Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORDwhich thou hast spoken. And he said, Is it not good, if peace andtruth be in my days?  20:20 And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, andall his might, and how he made a pool, and a conduit, and broughtwater into the city, are they not written in the book of thechronicles of the kings of Judah?  20:21 And Hezekiah slept with hisfathers: and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.21:1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and reignedfifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name wasHephzibah.21:2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, afterthe abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out before thechildren of Israel.21:3 For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his fatherhad destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, asdid Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, andserved them.21:4 And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORDsaid, In Jerusalem will I put my name.21:5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courtsof the house of the LORD.21:6 And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times,and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: hewrought much wickedness in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him toanger.21:7 And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in thehouse, of which the LORD said to David, and to Solomon his son, Inthis house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes ofIsrael, will I put my name for ever: 21:8 Neither will I make the feetof Israel move any more out of the land which I gave their fathers;only if they will observe to do according to all that I have commandedthem, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commandedthem.21:9 But they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do more evilthan did the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the children ofIsrael.21:10 And the LORD spake by his servants the prophets, saying, 21:11Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations, and hathdone wickedly above all that the Amorites did, which were before him,and hath made Judah also to sin with his idols: 21:12 Therefore thussaith the LORD God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing such evil uponJerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shalltingle.21:13 And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and theplummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a manwipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down.21:14 And I will forsake the remnant of mine inheritance, and deliverthem into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey anda spoil to all their enemies; 21:15 Because they have done that whichwas evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the daytheir fathers came forth out of Egypt, even unto this day.21:16 Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he hadfilled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith hemade Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of theLORD.21:17 Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, andhis sin that he sinned, are they not written in the book of thechronicles of the kings of Judah?  21:18 And Manasseh slept with hisfathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the gardenof Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.21:19 Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and hereigned two years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name wasMeshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.21:20 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as hisfather Manasseh did.21:21 And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, andserved the idols that his father served, and worshipped them: 21:22And he forsook the LORD God of his fathers, and walked not in the wayof the LORD.21:23 And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew theking in his own house.21:24 And the people of the land slew all them that had conspiredagainst king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son kingin his stead.21:25 Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they notwritten in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?  21:26And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza: and Josiahhis son reigned in his stead.22:1 Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reignedthirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jedidah,the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath.22:2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, andwalked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to theright hand or to the left.22:3 And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, thatthe king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, thescribe, to the house of the LORD, saying, 22:4 Go up to Hilkiah thehigh priest, that he may sum the silver which is brought into thehouse of the LORD, which the keepers of the door have gathered of thepeople: 22:5 And let them deliver it into the hand of the doers of thework, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD: and let themgive it to the doers of the work which is in the house of the LORD, torepair the breaches of the house, 22:6 Unto carpenters, and builders,and masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house.22:7 Howbeit there was no reckoning made with them of the money thatwas delivered into their hand, because they dealt faithfully.22:8 And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I havefound the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah gavethe book to Shaphan, and he read it.22:9 And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the kingword again, and said, Thy servants have gathered the money that wasfound in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of them thatdo the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD.22:10 And Shaphan the scribe shewed the king, saying, Hilkiah thepriest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.22:11 And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of thebook of the law, that he rent his clothes.22:12 And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son ofShaphan, and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, andAsahiah a servant of the king's, saying, 22:13 Go ye, enquire of theLORD for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning thewords of this book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORDthat is kindled against us, because our fathers have not hearkenedunto the words of this book, to do according unto all that which iswritten concerning us.22:14 So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, andAsahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the sonof Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dweltin Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her.22:15 And she said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tellthe man that sent you to me, 22:16 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I willbring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even allthe words of the book which the king of Judah hath read: 22:17 Becausethey have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, thatthey might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands;therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and shall notbe quenched.22:18 But to the king of Judah which sent you to enquire of the LORD,thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Astouching the words which thou hast heard; 22:19 Because thine heartwas tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thouheardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitantsthereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hastrent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saiththe LORD.22:20 Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thoushalt be gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall notsee all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they broughtthe king word again.23:1 And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders ofJudah and of Jerusalem.23:2 And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the menof Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and thepriests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great:and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenantwhich was found in the house of the LORD.23:3 And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before theLORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and histestimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their soul,to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book.And all the people stood to the covenant.23:4 And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priestsof the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth outof the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, andfor the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned themwithout Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes ofthem unto Bethel.23:5 And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judahhad ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities ofJudah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burnedincense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets,and to all the host of heaven.23:6 And he brought out the grove from the house of the LORD, withoutJerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron,and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon thegraves of the children of the people.23:7 And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were by thehouse of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the grove.23:8 And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, anddefiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, fromGeba to Beersheba, and brake down the high places of the gates thatwere in the entering in of the gate of Joshua the governor of thecity, which were on a man's left hand at the gate of the city.23:9 Nevertheless the priests of the high places came not up to thealtar of the LORD in Jerusalem, but they did eat of the unleavenedbread among their brethren.23:10 And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the childrenof Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to passthrough the fire to Molech.23:11 And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given tothe sun, at the entering in of the house of the LORD, by the chamberof Nathanmelech the chamberlain, which was in the suburbs, and burnedthe chariots of the sun with fire.23:12 And the altars that were on the top of the upper chamber ofAhaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manassehhad made in the two courts of the house of the LORD, did the king beatdown, and brake them down from thence, and cast the dust of them intothe brook Kidron.23:13 And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were onthe right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king ofIsrael had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, andfor Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom theabomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.23:14 And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, andfilled their places with the bones of men.23:15 Moreover the altar that was at Bethel, and the high place whichJeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both thataltar and the high place he brake down, and burned the high place, andstamped it small to powder, and burned the grove.23:16 And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that werethere in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of thesepulchres, and burned them upon the altar, and polluted it, accordingto the word of the LORD which the man of God proclaimed, whoproclaimed these words.23:17 Then he said, What title is that that I see? And the men of thecity told him, It is the sepulchre of the man of God, which came fromJudah, and proclaimed these things that thou hast done against thealtar of Bethel.23:18 And he said, Let him alone; let no man move his bones. So theylet his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet that came out ofSamaria.23:19 And all the houses also of the high places that were in thecities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke theLord to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all theacts that he had done in Bethel.23:20 And he slew all the priests of the high places that were thereupon the altars, and burned men's bones upon them, and returned toJerusalem.23:21 And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passoverunto the LORD your God, as it is written in the book of this covenant.23:22 Surely there was not holden such a passover from the days of thejudges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel,nor of the kings of Judah; 23:23 But in the eighteenth year of kingJosiah, wherein this passover was holden to the LORD in Jerusalem.23:24 Moreover the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, andthe images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied inthe land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he mightperform the words of the law which were written in the book thatHilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD.23:25 And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned tothe LORD with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all hismight, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arosethere any like him.23:26 Notwithstanding the LORD turned not from the fierceness of hisgreat wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, because ofall the provocations that Manasseh had provoked him withal.23:27 And the LORD said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, asI have removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which Ihave chosen, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.23:28 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, arethey not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?23:29 In his days Pharaohnechoh king of Egypt went up against the kingof Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him;and he slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him.23:30 And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, andbrought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And thepeople of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him,and made him king in his father's stead.23:31 Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign;and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. And his mother's name wasHamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.23:32 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD,according to all that his fathers had done.23:33 And Pharaohnechoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land ofHamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to atribute of an hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.23:34 And Pharaohnechoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in theroom of Josiah his father, and turned his name to Jehoiakim, and tookJehoahaz away: and he came to Egypt, and died there.23:35 And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but hetaxed the land to give the money according to the commandment ofPharaoh: he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land,of every one according to his taxation, to give it unto Pharaohnechoh.23:36 Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign;and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name wasZebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.23:37 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD,according to all that his fathers had done.24:1 In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakimbecame his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled againsthim.24:2 And the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands ofthe Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children ofAmmon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to theword of the LORD, which he spake by his servants the prophets.24:3 Surely at the commandment of the LORD came this upon Judah, toremove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according toall that he did; 24:4 And also for the innocent blood that he shed:for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would notpardon.24:5 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, arethey not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?24:6 So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his sonreigned in his stead.24:7 And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land:for the king of Babylon had taken from the river of Egypt unto theriver Euphrates all that pertained to the king of Egypt.24:8 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and hereigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother's name was Nehushta,the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.24:9 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD,according to all that his father had done.24:10 At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon cameup against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.24:11 And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, andhis servants did besiege it.24:12 And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king ofBabylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, andhis officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year ofhis reign.24:13 And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of theLORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and cut in pieces all thevessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple ofthe LORD, as the LORD had said.24:14 And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and allthe mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all thecraftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of thepeople of the land.24:15 And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king'smother, and the king's wives, and his officers, and the mighty of theland, those carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.24:16 And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and craftsmen andsmiths a thousand, all that were strong and apt for war, even them theking of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.24:17 And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother kingin his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.24:18 Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign,and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name wasHamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.24:19 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD,according to all that Jehoiakim had done.24:20 For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalemand Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiahrebelled against the king of Babylon.25:1 And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenthmonth, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king ofBabylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitchedagainst it; and they built forts against it round about.25:2 And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of kingZedekiah.25:3 And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed inthe city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.25:4 And the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by nightby the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king'sgarden: (now the Chaldees were against the city round about:) and theking went the way toward the plain.25:5 And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and overtookhim in the plains of Jericho: and all his army were scattered fromhim.25:6 So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylonto Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.25:7 And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put outthe eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carriedhim to Babylon.25:8 And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which isthe nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, cameNebuzaradan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon,unto Jerusalem: 25:9 And he burnt the house of the LORD, and theking's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man'shouse burnt he with fire.25:10 And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain ofthe guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about.25:11 Now the rest of the people that were left in the city, and thefugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant ofthe multitude, did Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carry away.25:12 But the captain of the guard left of the door of the poor of theland to be vinedressers and husbandmen.25:13 And the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, andthe bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the LORD, didthe Chaldees break in pieces, and carried the brass of them toBabylon.25:14 And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons,and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took theyaway.25:15 And the firepans, and the bowls, and such things as were ofgold, in gold, and of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard tookaway.25:16 The two pillars, one sea, and the bases which Solomon had madefor the house of the LORD; the brass of all these vessels was withoutweight.25:17 The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and thechapiter upon it was brass: and the height of the chapiter threecubits; and the wreathen work, and pomegranates upon the chapiterround about, all of brass: and like unto these had the second pillarwith wreathen work.25:18 And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, andZephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door: 25:19And out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men ofwar, and five men of them that were in the king's presence, which werefound in the city, and the principal scribe of the host, whichmustered the people of the land, and threescore men of the people ofthe land that were found in the city: 25:20 And Nebuzaradan captain ofthe guard took these, and brought them to the king of Babylon toRiblah: 25:21 And the king of Babylon smote them, and slew them atRiblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away out of theirland.25:22 And as for the people that remained in the land of Judah, whomNebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he madeGedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, ruler.25:23 And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men,heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, there cameto Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johananthe son of Careah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite,and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.25:24 And Gedaliah sware to them, and to their men, and said untothem, Fear not to be the servants of the Chaldees: dwell in the land,and serve the king of Babylon; and it shall be well with you.25:25 But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the sonof Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and tenmen with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and theChaldees that were with him at Mizpah.25:26 And all the people, both small and great, and the captains ofthe armies, arose, and came to Egypt: for they were afraid of theChaldees.25:27 And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of thecaptivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on theseven and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king ofBabylon in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head ofJehoiachin king of Judah out of prison; 25:28 And he spake kindly tohim, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were withhim in Babylon; 25:29 And changed his prison garments: and he did eatbread continually before him all the days of his life.25:30 And his allowance was a continual allowance given him of theking, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life.The First Book of the Chronicles1:1 Adam, Sheth, Enosh, 1:2 Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered, 1:3 Henoch,Methuselah, Lamech, 1:4 Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.1:5 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, andTubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.1:6 And the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.1:7 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.1:8 The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.1:9 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah,and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.1:10 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.1:11 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,1:12 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (of whom came the Philistines,) andCaphthorim.1:13 And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth, 1:14 The Jebusitealso, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite, 1:15 And the Hivite, andthe Arkite, and the Sinite, 1:16 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite,and the Hamathite.1:17 The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, andAram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.1:18 And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber.1:19 And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg;because in his days the earth was divided: and his brother's name wasJoktan.1:20 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, andJerah, 1:21 Hadoram also, and Uzal, and Diklah, 1:22 And Ebal, andAbimael, and Sheba, 1:23 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All thesewere the sons of Joktan.1:24 Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah, 1:25 Eber, Peleg, Reu, 1:26 Serug, Nahor,Terah, 1:27 Abram; the same is Abraham.1:28 The sons of Abraham; Isaac, and Ishmael.1:29 These are their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth;then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, 1:30 Mishma, and Dumah, Massa,Hadad, and Tema, 1:31 Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sonsof Ishmael.1:32 Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bare Zimran,and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And thesons of Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan.1:33 And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Henoch, and Abida,and Eldaah. All these are the sons of Keturah.1:34 And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac; Esau and Israel.1:35 The sons of Esau; Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, andKorah.1:36 The sons of Eliphaz; Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz,and Timna, and Amalek.1:37 The sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.1:38 And the sons of Seir; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,and Dishon, and Ezar, and Dishan.1:39 And the sons of Lotan; Hori, and Homam: and Timna was Lotan'ssister.1:40 The sons of Shobal; Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, andOnam.and the sons of Zibeon; Aiah, and Anah.1:41 The sons of Anah; Dishon. And the sons of Dishon; Amram, andEshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.1:42 The sons of Ezer; Bilhan, and Zavan, and Jakan. The sons ofDishan; Uz, and Aran.1:43 Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom beforeany king reigned over the children of Israel; Bela the son of Beor:and the name of his city was Dinhabah.1:44 And when Bela was dead, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reignedin his stead.1:45 And when Jobab was dead, Husham of the land of the Temanitesreigned in his stead.1:46 And when Husham was dead, Hadad the son of Bedad, which smoteMidian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of hiscity was Avith.1:47 And when Hadad was dead, Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.1:48 And when Samlah was dead, Shaul of Rehoboth by the river reignedin his stead.1:49 And when Shaul was dead, Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned inhis stead.1:50 And when Baalhanan was dead, Hadad reigned in his stead: and thename of his city was Pai; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, thedaughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.1:51 Hadad died also. And the dukes of Edom were; duke Timnah, dukeAliah, duke Jetheth, 1:52 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon, 1:53Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar, 1:54 Duke Magdiel, duke Iram.These are the dukes of Edom.2:1 These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,Issachar, and Zebulun, 2:2 Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad,and Asher.2:3 The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were bornunto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, thefirstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he slewhim.2:4 And Tamar his daughter in law bore him Pharez and Zerah. All thesons of Judah were five.2:5 The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul.2:6 And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol,and Dara: five of them in all.2:7 And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, whotransgressed in the thing accursed.2:8 And the sons of Ethan; Azariah.2:9 The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him; Jerahmeel, andRam, and Chelubai.2:10 And Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince ofthe children of Judah; 2:11 And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begatBoaz, 2:12 And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse, 2:13 And Jessebegat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma thethird, 2:14 Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, 2:15 Ozem thesixth, David the seventh: 2:16 Whose sisters were Zeruiah, andAbigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel,three.2:17 And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether theIshmeelite.2:18 And Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of Azubah his wife,and of Jerioth: her sons are these; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.2:19 And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which barehim Hur.2:20 And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel.2:21 And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the fatherof Gilead, whom he married when he was threescore years old; and shebare him Segub.2:22 And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the landof Gilead.2:23 And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them,with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All thesebelonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.2:24 And after that Hezron was dead in Calebephratah, then AbiahHezron's wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa.2:25 And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were, Ram thefirstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahijah.2:26 Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name was Atarah; she wasthe mother of Onam.2:27 And the sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were, Maaz, andJamin, and Eker.2:28 And the sons of Onam were, Shammai, and Jada. And the sons ofShammai; Nadab and Abishur.2:29 And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she bare himAhban, and Molid.2:30 And the sons of Nadab; Seled, and Appaim: but Seled died withoutchildren.2:31 And the sons of Appaim; Ishi. And the sons of Ishi; Sheshan. Andthe children of Sheshan; Ahlai.2:32 And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai; Jether, andJonathan: and Jether died without children.2:33 And the sons of Jonathan; Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sonsof Jerahmeel.2:34 Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had aservant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.2:35 And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; andshe bare him Attai.2:36 And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad, 2:37 And Zabadbegat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed, 2:38 And Obed begat Jehu, andJehu begat Azariah, 2:39 And Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begatEleasah, 2:40 And Eleasah begat Sisamai, and Sisamai begat Shallum,2:41 And Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama.2:42 Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were, Mesha hisfirstborn, which was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah thefather of Hebron.2:43 And the sons of Hebron; Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema.2:44 And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam: and Rekem begatShammai.2:45 And the son of Shammai was Maon: and Maon was the father ofBethzur.2:46 And Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez:and Haran begat Gazez.2:47 And the sons of Jahdai; Regem, and Jotham, and Gesham, and Pelet,and Ephah, and Shaaph.2:48 Maachah, Caleb's concubine, bare Sheber, and Tirhanah.2:49 She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father ofMachbenah, and the father of Gibea: and the daughter of Caleb wasAchsa.2:50 These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn ofEphratah; Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim.2:51 Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Bethgader.2:52 And Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim had sons; Haroeh, and halfof the Manahethites.2:53 And the families of Kirjathjearim; the Ithrites, and the Puhites,and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zareathites,and the Eshtaulites, 2:54 The sons of Salma; Bethlehem, and theNetophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half of theManahethites, the Zorites.2:55 And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; theTirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenitesthat came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.3:1 Now these were the sons of David, which were born unto him inHebron; the firstborn Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the secondDaniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess: 3:2 The third, Absalom the son ofMaachah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur: the fourth, Adonijahthe son of Haggith: 3:3 The fifth, Shephatiah of Abital: the sixth,Ithream by Eglah his wife.3:4 These six were born unto him in Hebron; and there he reigned sevenyears and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and threeyears.3:5 And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, andNathan, and Solomon, four, of Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel: 3:6Ibhar also, and Elishama, and Eliphelet, 3:7 And Nogah, and Nepheg,and Japhia, 3:8 And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine.3:9 These were all the sons of David, beside the sons of theconcubines, and Tamar their sister.3:10 And Solomon's son was Rehoboam, Abia his son, Asa his son,Jehoshaphat his son, 3:11 Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash hisson, 3:12 Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son, 3:13 Ahazhis son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son, 3:14 Amon his son, Josiahhis son.3:15 And the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan, the secondJehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.3:16 And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son.3:17 And the sons of Jeconiah; Assir, Salathiel his son, 3:18Malchiram also, and Pedaiah, and Shenazar, Jecamiah, Hoshama, andNedabiah.3:19 And the sons of Pedaiah were, Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and thesons of Zerubbabel; Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith theirsister: 3:20 And Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah,Jushabhesed, five.3:21 And the sons of Hananiah; Pelatiah, and Jesaiah: the sons ofRephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons ofShechaniah.3:22 And the sons of Shechaniah; Shemaiah: and the sons of Shemaiah;Hattush, and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six.3:23 And the sons of Neariah; Elioenai, and Hezekiah, and Azrikam,three.3:24 And the sons of Elioenai were, Hodaiah, and Eliashib, andPelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Dalaiah, and Anani, seven.4:1 The sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.4:2 And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begatAhumai, and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites.4:3 And these were of the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, andIdbash: and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi: 4:4 And Penuelthe father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sonsof Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, the father of Bethlehem.4:5 And Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.4:6 And Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, andHaahashtari.These were the sons of Naarah.4:7 And the sons of Helah were, Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan.4:8 And Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel theson of Harum.4:9 And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mothercalled his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.4:10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thouwouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine handmight be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that itmay not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.4:11 And Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir, which was the fatherof Eshton.4:12 And Eshton begat Bethrapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the fatherof Irnahash. These are the men of Rechah.4:13 And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons ofOthniel; Hathath.4:14 And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab, the father ofthe valley of Charashim; for they were craftsmen.4:15 And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and Naam:and the sons of Elah, even Kenaz.4:16 And the sons of Jehaleleel; Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel.4:17 And the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, andJalon: and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father ofEshtemoa.4:18 And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heberthe father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these arethe sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took.4:19 And the sons of his wife Hodiah the sister of Naham, the fatherof Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite.4:20 And the sons of Shimon were, Amnon, and Rinnah, Benhanan, andTilon.And the sons of Ishi were, Zoheth, and Benzoheth.4:21 The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were, Er the father of Lecah,and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house ofthem that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea, 4:22 And Jokim,and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had the dominion inMoab, and Jashubilehem. And these are ancient things.4:23 These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plants andhedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work.4:24 The sons of Simeon were, Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, andShaul: 4:25 Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.4:26 And the sons of Mishma; Hamuel his son, Zacchur his son, Shimeihis son.4:27 And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters: but his brethrenhad not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like tothe children of Judah.4:28 And they dwelt at Beersheba, and Moladah, and Hazarshual, 4:29And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad, 4:30 And at Bethuel, and atHormah, and at Ziklag, 4:31 And at Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusim, andat Bethbirei, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reignof David.4:32 And their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, andAshan, five cities: 4:33 And all their villages that were round aboutthe same cities, unto Baal. These were their habitations, and theirgenealogy.4:34 And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah, the son of Amaziah, 4:35And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son ofAsiel, 4:36 And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah,and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah, 4:37 And Ziza the son of Shiphi,the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son ofShemaiah; 4:38 These mentioned by their names were princes in theirfamilies: and the house of their fathers increased greatly.4:39 And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east sideof the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.4:40 And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, andquiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old.4:41 And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king ofJudah, and smote their tents, and the habitations that were foundthere, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in theirrooms: because there was pasture there for their flocks.4:42 And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men,went to mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah,and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.4:43 And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, anddwelt there unto this day.5:1 Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was thefirstborn; but forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, hisbirthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: andthe genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.5:2 For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chiefruler; but the birthright was Joseph's:) 5:3 The sons, I say, ofReuben the firstborn of Israel were, Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, andCarmi.5:4 The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,5:5 Micah his son, Reaia his son, Baal his son, 5:6 Beerah his son,whom Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria carried away captive: he wasprince of the Reubenites.5:7 And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of theirgenerations was reckoned, were the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah, 5:8And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dweltin Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baalmeon: 5:9 And eastward he inhabitedunto the entering in of the wilderness from the river Euphrates:because their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead.5:10 And in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagarites, whofell by their hand: and they dwelt in their tents throughout all theeast land of Gilead.5:11 And the children of Gad dwelt over against them, in the land ofBashan unto Salcah: 5:12 Joel the chief, and Shapham the next, andJaanai, and Shaphat in Bashan.5:13 And their brethren of the house of their fathers were, Michael,and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber,seven.5:14 These are the children of Abihail the son of Huri, the son ofJaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai,the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz; 5:15 Ahi the son of Abdiel, the sonof Guni, chief of the house of their fathers.5:16 And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in her towns, and in allthe suburbs of Sharon, upon their borders.5:17 All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham kingof Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.5:18 The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe ofManasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and toshoot with bow, and skilful in war, were four and forty thousand sevenhundred and threescore, that went out to the war.5:19 And they made war with the Hagarites, with Jetur, and Nephish,and Nodab.5:20 And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites weredelivered into their hand, and all that were with them: for they criedto God in the battle, and he was intreated of them; because they puttheir trust in him.5:21 And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand,and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses twothousand, and of men an hundred thousand.5:22 For there fell down many slain, because the war was of God. Andthey dwelt in their steads until the captivity.5:23 And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land:they increased from Bashan unto Baalhermon and Senir, and unto mountHermon.5:24 And these were the heads of the house of their fathers, evenEpher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah,and Jahdiel, mighty men of valour, famous men, and heads of the houseof their fathers.5:25 And they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and wenta whoring after the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyedbefore them.5:26 And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king ofAssyria, and the spirit of Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria, and hecarried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the halftribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara,and to the river Gozan, unto this day.6:1 The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.6:2 And the sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.6:3 And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sonsalso of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.6:4 Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua, 6:5 And Abishuabegat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi, 6:6 And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, andZerahiah begat Meraioth, 6:7 Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begatAhitub, 6:8 And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz, 6:9 AndAhimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan, 6:10 And Johananbegat Azariah, (he it is that executed the priest's office in thetemple that Solomon built in Jerusalem:) 6:11 And Azariah begatAmariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub, 6:12 And Ahitub begat Zadok, andZadok begat Shallum, 6:13 And Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begatAzariah, 6:14 And Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak,6:15 And Jehozadak went into captivity, when the LORD carried awayJudah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.6:16 The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.6:17 And these be the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni, and Shimei.6:18 And the sons of Kohath were, Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, andUzziel.6:19 The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the familiesof the Levites according to their fathers.6:20 Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son, 6:21Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai his son.6:22 The sons of Kohath; Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir hisson, 6:23 Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son,6:24 Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.6:25 And the sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and Ahimoth.6:26 As for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his son, and Nahathhis son, 6:27 Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.6:28 And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn Vashni, and Abiah.6:29 The sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzahis son, 6:30 Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.6:31 And these are they whom David set over the service of song in thehouse of the LORD, after that the ark had rest.6:32 And they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacleof the congregation with singing, until Solomon had built the house ofthe LORD in Jerusalem: and then they waited on their office accordingto their order.6:33 And these are they that waited with their children. Of the sonsof the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the son ofShemuel, 6:34 The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son ofEliel, the son of Toah, 6:35 The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, theson of Mahath, the son of Amasai, 6:36 The son of Elkanah, the son ofJoel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah, 6:37 The son ofTahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, 6:38The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son ofIsrael.6:39 And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaphthe son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea, 6:40 The son of Michael, theson of Baaseiah, the son of Malchiah, 6:41 The son of Ethni, the sonof Zerah, the son of Adaiah, 6:42 The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah,the son of Shimei, 6:43 The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the sonof Levi.6:44 And their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left hand:Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch, 6:45 Theson of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah, 6:46 The sonof Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shamer, 6:47 The son of Mahli,the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.6:48 Their brethren also the Levites were appointed unto all manner ofservice of the tabernacle of the house of God.6:49 But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burntoffering, and on the altar of incense, and were appointed for all thework of the place most holy, and to make an atonement for Israel,according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.6:50 And these are the sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son, Phinehas hisson, Abishua his son, 6:51 Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah hisson, 6:52 Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son, 6:53Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.6:54 Now these are their dwelling places throughout their castles intheir coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites:for theirs was the lot.6:55 And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbsthereof round about it.6:56 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gaveto Caleb the son of Jephunneh.6:57 And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely,Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir,and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs, 6:58 And Hilen with her suburbs,Debir with her suburbs, 6:59 And Ashan with her suburbs, andBethshemesh with her suburbs: 6:60 And out of the tribe of Benjamin;Geba with her suburbs, and Alemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth withher suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteencities.6:61 And unto the sons of Kohath, which were left of the family ofthat tribe, were cities given out of the half tribe, namely, out ofthe half tribe of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities.6:62 And to the sons of Gershom throughout their families out of thetribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribeof Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteencities.6:63 Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, throughout theirfamilies, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, andout of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.6:64 And the children of Israel gave to the Levites these cities withtheir suburbs.6:65 And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah,and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribeof the children of Benjamin, these cities, which are called by theirnames.6:66 And the residue of the families of the sons of Kohath had citiesof their coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim.6:67 And they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem inmount Ephraim with her suburbs; they gave also Gezer with her suburbs,6:68 And Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs,6:69 And Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs:6:70 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with her suburbs, andBileam with her suburbs, for the family of the remnant of the sons ofKohath.6:71 Unto the sons of Gershom were given out of the family of the halftribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and Ashtarothwith her suburbs: 6:72 And out of the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh withher suburbs, Daberath with her suburbs, 6:73 And Ramoth with hersuburbs, and Anem with her suburbs: 6:74 And out of the tribe ofAsher; Mashal with her suburbs, and Abdon with her suburbs, 6:75 AndHukok with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs: 6:76 And out ofthe tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, and Hammonwith her suburbs, and Kirjathaim with her suburbs.6:77 Unto the rest of the children of Merari were given out of thetribe of Zebulun, Rimmon with her suburbs, Tabor with her suburbs:6:78 And on the other side Jordan by Jericho, on the east side ofJordan, were given them out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in thewilderness with her suburbs, and Jahzah with her suburbs, 6:79Kedemoth also with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs: 6:80And out of the tribe of Gad; Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, andMahanaim with her suburbs, 6:81 And Heshbon with her suburbs, andJazer with her suburbs.7:1 Now the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah, Jashub, andShimrom, four.7:2 And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai,and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father's house, to wit, ofTola: they were valiant men of might in their generations; whosenumber was in the days of David two and twenty thousand and sixhundred.7:3 And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael,and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, five: all of them chief men.7:4 And with them, by their generations, after the house of theirfathers, were bands of soldiers for war, six and thirty thousand men:for they had many wives and sons.7:5 And their brethren among all the families of Issachar were valiantmen of might, reckoned in all by their genealogies fourscore and seventhousand.7:6 The sons of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.7:7 And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth,and Iri, five; heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men ofvalour; and were reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two thousandand thirty and four.7:8 And the sons of Becher; Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer, andElioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, andAlameth. All these are the sons of Becher.7:9 And the number of them, after their genealogy by theirgenerations, heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men ofvalour, was twenty thousand and two hundred.7:10 The sons also of Jediael; Bilhan: and the sons of Bilhan; Jeush,and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tharshish, andAhishahar.7:11 All these the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their fathers,mighty men of valour, were seventeen thousand and two hundredsoldiers, fit to go out for war and battle.7:12 Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, and Hushim, thesons of Aher.7:13 The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum,the sons of Bilhah.7:14 The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: (but his concubinethe Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead: 7:15 And Machir tookto wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's name wasMaachah;) and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehadhad daughters.7:16 And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called hisname Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sonswere Ulam and Rakem.7:17 And the sons of Ulam; Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, theson of Machir, the son of Manasseh.7:18 And his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah.7:19 And the sons of Shemidah were, Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, andAniam.7:20 And the sons of Ephraim; Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahathhis son, and Eladah his son, and Tahath his son, 7:21 And Zabad hisson, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gaththat were born in that land slew, because they came down to take awaytheir cattle.7:22 And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren cameto comfort him.7:23 And when he went in to his wife, she conceived, and bare a son,and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house.7:24 (And his daughter was Sherah, who built Bethhoron the nether, andthe upper, and Uzzensherah.)  7:25 And Rephah was his son, alsoResheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan his son.7:26 Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son.7:27 Non his son, Jehoshuah his son.7:28 And their possessions and habitations were, Bethel and the townsthereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the townsthereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Gaza and the townsthereof: 7:29 And by the borders of the children of Manasseh,Bethshean and her towns, Taanach and her towns, Megiddo and her towns,Dor and her towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph the son ofIsrael.7:30 The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Isuah, and Ishuai, and Beriah, andSerah their sister.7:31 And the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel, who is the father ofBirzavith.7:32 And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua theirsister.7:33 And the sons of Japhlet; Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath. Theseare the children of Japhlet.7:34 And the sons of Shamer; Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.7:35 And the sons of his brother Helem; Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh,and Amal.7:36 The sons of Zophah; Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri, andImrah, 7:37 Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Ithran, andBeera.7:38 And the sons of Jether; Jephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara.7:39 And the sons of Ulla; Arah, and Haniel, and Rezia.7:40 All these were the children of Asher, heads of their father'shouse, choice and mighty men of valour, chief of the princes. And thenumber throughout the genealogy of them that were apt to the war andto battle was twenty and six thousand men.8:1 Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, andAharah the third, 8:2 Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.8:3 And the sons of Bela were, Addar, and Gera, and Abihud, 8:4 AndAbishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah, 8:5 And Gera, and Shephuphan, andHuram.8:6 And these are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of the fathersof the inhabitants of Geba, and they removed them to Manahath: 8:7 AndNaaman, and Ahiah, and Gera, he removed them, and begat Uzza, andAhihud.8:8 And Shaharaim begat children in the country of Moab, after he hadsent them away; Hushim and Baara were his wives.8:9 And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, andMalcham, 8:10 And Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirma. These were his sons,heads of the fathers.8:11 And of Hushim he begat Abitub, and Elpaal.8:12 The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who built Ono,and Lod, with the towns thereof: 8:13 Beriah also, and Shema, who wereheads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove away theinhabitants of Gath: 8:14 And Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth, 8:15 AndZebadiah, and Arad, and Ader, 8:16 And Michael, and Ispah, and Joha,the sons of Beriah; 8:17 And Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hezeki, andHeber, 8:18 Ishmerai also, and Jezliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal;8:19 And Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi, 8:20 And Elienai, and Zilthai,and Eliel, 8:21 And Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons ofShimhi; 8:22 And Ishpan, and Heber, and Eliel, 8:23 And Abdon, andZichri, and Hanan, 8:24 And Hananiah, and Elam, and Antothijah, 8:25And Iphedeiah, and Penuel, the sons of Shashak; 8:26 And Shamsherai,and Shehariah, and Athaliah, 8:27 And Jaresiah, and Eliah, and Zichri,the sons of Jeroham.8:28 These were heads of the fathers, by their generations, chief men.These dwelt in Jerusalem.8:29 And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; whose wife's name wasMaachah: 8:30 And his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, andBaal, and Nadab, 8:31 And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zacher.8:32 And Mikloth begat Shimeah. And these also dwelt with theirbrethren in Jerusalem, over against them.8:33 And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan,and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.8:34 And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal; and Meribbaal begat Micah.8:35 And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, andAhaz.8:36 And Ahaz begat Jehoadah; and Jehoadah begat Alemeth, andAzmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza, 8:37 And Moza begat Binea:Rapha was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son: 8:38 And Azel hadsix sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, andSheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.8:39 And the sons of Eshek his brother were, Ulam his firstborn,Jehush the second, and Eliphelet the third.8:40 And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour, archers, and hadmany sons, and sons' sons, an hundred and fifty. All these are of thesons of Benjamin.9:1 So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, they werewritten in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, who were carriedaway to Babylon for their transgression.9:2 Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in theircities were, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims.9:3 And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of thechildren of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim, and Manasseh;9:4 Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, theson of Bani, of the children of Pharez the son of Judah.9:5 And of the Shilonites; Asaiah the firstborn, and his sons.9:6 And of the sons of Zerah; Jeuel, and their brethren, six hundredand ninety.9:7 And of the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the sonof Hodaviah, the son of Hasenuah, 9:8 And Ibneiah the son of Jeroham,and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and Meshullam the son ofShephathiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah; 9:9 And theirbrethren, according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty andsix. All these men were chief of the fathers in the house of theirfathers.9:10 And of the priests; Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin, 9:11 AndAzariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok,the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God;9:12 And Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashur, the son ofMalchijah, and Maasiai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the sonof Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer; 9:13 Andtheir brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, a thousand andseven hundred and threescore; very able men for the work of theservice of the house of God.9:14 And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son ofAzrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari; 9:15 AndBakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the sonof Zichri, the son of Asaph; 9:16 And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, theson of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, theson of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.9:17 And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman,and their brethren: Shallum was the chief; 9:18 Who hitherto waited inthe king's gate eastward: they were porters in the companies of thechildren of Levi.9:19 And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son ofKorah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites,were over the work of the service, keepers of the gates of thetabernacle: and their fathers, being over the host of the LORD, werekeepers of the entry.9:20 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in timepast, and the LORD was with him.9:21 And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door ofthe tabernacle of the congregation.9:22 All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were twohundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in theirvillages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their setoffice.9:23 So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of thehouse of the LORD, namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards.9:24 In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north,and south.9:25 And their brethren, which were in their villages, were to comeafter seven days from time to time with them.9:26 For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their setoffice, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.9:27 And they lodged round about the house of God, because the chargewas upon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained tothem.9:28 And certain of them had the charge of the ministering vessels,that they should bring them in and out by tale.9:29 Some of them also were appointed to oversee the vessels, and allthe instruments of the sanctuary, and the fine flour, and the wine,and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices.9:30 And some of the sons of the priests made the ointment of thespices.9:31 And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn ofShallum the Korahite, had the set office over the things that weremade in the pans.9:32 And other of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, wereover the shewbread, to prepare it every sabbath.9:33 And these are the singers, chief of the fathers of the Levites,who remaining in the chambers were free: for they were employed inthat work day and night.9:34 These chief fathers of the Levites were chief throughout theirgenerations; these dwelt at Jerusalem.9:35 And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife'sname was Maachah: 9:36 And his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, andKish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab.9:37 And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth.9:38 And Mikloth begat Shimeam. And they also dwelt with theirbrethren at Jerusalem, over against their brethren.9:39 And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan,and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.9:40 And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal: and Meribbaal begat Micah.9:41 And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea, andAhaz.9:42 And Ahaz begat Jarah; and Jarah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, andZimri; and Zimri begat Moza; 9:43 And Moza begat Binea; and Rephaiahhis son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son.9:44 And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru,and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan: these were the sonsof Azel.10:1 Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israelfled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.10:2 And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after his sons;and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, thesons of Saul.10:3 And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him,and he was wounded of the archers.10:4 Then said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust methrough therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But hisarmourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. So Saul took a sword,and fell upon it.10:5 And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he felllikewise on the sword, and died.10:6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house diedtogether.10:7 And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw thatthey fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, then they forsooktheir cities, and fled: and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.10:8 And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came tostrip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in mountGilboa.10:9 And when they had stripped him, they took his head, and hisarmour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, tocarry tidings unto their idols, and to the people.10:10 And they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastenedhis head in the temple of Dagon.10:11 And when all Jabeshgilead heard all that the Philistines haddone to Saul, 10:12 They arose, all the valiant men, and took away thebody of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh,and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.10:13 So Saul died for his transgression which he committed againstthe LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, andalso for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to enquireof it; 10:14 And enquired not of the LORD: therefore he slew him, andturned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.11:1 Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying,Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.11:2 And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou wast hethat leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD thy God saidunto thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be rulerover my people Israel.11:3 Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron;and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD; andthey anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of theLORD by Samuel.11:4 And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; wherethe Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.11:5 And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not comehither. Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion, which is the cityof David.11:6 And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall bechief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and waschief.11:7 And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the cityof David.11:8 And he built the city round about, even from Millo round about:and Joab repaired the rest of the city.11:9 So David waxed greater and greater: for the LORD of hosts waswith him.11:10 These also are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, whostrengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, and with all Israel,to make him king, according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel.11:11 And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had;Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up hisspear against three hundred slain by him at one time.11:12 And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who wasone of the three mighties.11:13 He was with David at Pasdammim, and there the Philistines weregathered together to battle, where was a parcel of ground full ofbarley; and the people fled from before the Philistines.11:14 And they set themselves in the midst of that parcel, anddelivered it, and slew the Philistines; and the LORD saved them by agreat deliverance.11:15 Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David,into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped inthe valley of Rephaim.11:16 And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines' garrisonwas then at Bethlehem.11:17 And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink ofthe water of the well of Bethlehem, that is at the gate!  11:18 Andthe three brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew waterout of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, andbrought it to David: but David would not drink of it, but poured itout to the LORD.11:19 And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing:shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their lives injeopardy? for with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it.Therefore he would not drink it.These things did these three mightiest.11:20 And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three: forlifting up his spear against three hundred, he slew them, and had aname among the three.11:21 Of the three, he was more honourable than the two; for he wastheir captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three.11:22 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man ofKabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of Moab:also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day.11:23 And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubitshigh; and in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam; andhe went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of theEgyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.11:24 These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the nameamong the three mighties.11:25 Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not tothe first three: and David set him over his guard.11:26 Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother ofJoab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem, 11:27 Shammoth theHarorite, Helez the Pelonite, 11:28 Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,Abiezer the Antothite, 11:29 Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai theAhohite, 11:30 Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah theNetophathite, 11:31 Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah, that pertainedto the children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite, 11:32 Hurai ofthe brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite, 11:33 Azmaveth theBaharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite, 11:34 The sons of Hashem theGizonite, Jonathan the son of Shage the Hararite, 11:35 Ahiam the sonof Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur, 11:36 Hepher theMecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite, 11:37 Hezro the Carmelite, Naaraithe son of Ezbai, 11:38 Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son ofHaggeri, 11:39 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, thearmourbearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah, 11:40 Ira the Ithrite, Garebthe Ithrite, 11:41 Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai, 11:42Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a captain of the Reubenites, andthirty with him, 11:43 Hanan the son of Maachah, and Joshaphat theMithnite, 11:44 Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jehiel the sons ofHothan the Aroerite, 11:45 Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha hisbrother, the Tizite, 11:46 Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, andJoshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite, 11:47 Eliel,and Obed, and Jasiel the Mesobaite.12:1 Now these are they that came to David to Ziklag, while he yetkept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish: and they wereamong the mighty men, helpers of the war.12:2 They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand andthe left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow, even ofSaul's brethren of Benjamin.12:3 The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah theGibeathite; and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and Berachah,and Jehu the Antothite.12:4 And Ismaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, andover the thirty; and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Josabadthe Gederathite, 12:5 Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, andShemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite, 12:6 Elkanah, and Jesiah, andAzareel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korhites, 12:7 And Joelah, andZebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.12:8 And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into thehold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for thebattle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were likethe faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes upon the mountains;12:9 Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third, 12:10Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth, 12:11 Attai the sixth,Eliel the seventh, 12:12 Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth, 12:13Jeremiah the tenth, Machbanai the eleventh.12:14 These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one of theleast was over an hundred, and the greatest over a thousand.12:15 These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when ithad overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all them of thevalleys, both toward the east, and toward the west.12:16 And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the holdunto David.12:17 And David went out to meet them, and answered and said untothem, If ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, mine heart shall beknit unto you: but if ye be come to betray me to mine enemies, seeingthere is no wrong in mine hands, the God of our fathers look thereon,and rebuke it.12:18 Then the spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the captains,and he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse:peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be to thine helpers; for thy Godhelpeth thee.Then David received them, and made them captains of the band.12:19 And there fell some of Manasseh to David, when he came with thePhilistines against Saul to battle: but they helped them not: for thelords of the Philistines upon advisement sent him away, saying, Hewill fall to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads.12:20 As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah, andJozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, andZilthai, captains of the thousands that were of Manasseh.12:21 And they helped David against the band of the rovers: for theywere all mighty men of valour, and were captains in the host.12:22 For at that time day by day there came to David to help him,until it was a great host, like the host of God.12:23 And these are the numbers of the bands that were ready armed tothe war, and came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul tohim, according to the word of the LORD.12:24 The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were sixthousand and eight hundred, ready armed to the war.12:25 Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valour for the war,seven thousand and one hundred.12:26 Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred.12:27 And Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronites, and with him werethree thousand and seven hundred; 12:28 And Zadok, a young man mightyof valour, and of his father's house twenty and two captains.12:29 And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, threethousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept the ward ofthe house of Saul.12:30 And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eighthundred, mighty men of valour, famous throughout the house of theirfathers.12:31 And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, which wereexpressed by name, to come and make David king.12:32 And of the children of Issachar, which were men that hadunderstanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the headsof them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at theircommandment.12:33 Of Zebulun, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, withall instruments of war, fifty thousand, which could keep rank: theywere not of double heart.12:34 And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shieldand spear thirty and seven thousand.12:35 And of the Danites expert in war twenty and eight thousand andsix hundred.12:36 And of Asher, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, fortythousand.12:37 And on the other side of Jordan, of the Reubenites, and theGadites, and of the half tribe of Manasseh, with all manner ofinstruments of war for the battle, an hundred and twenty thousand.12:38 All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfectheart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the restalso of Israel were of one heart to make David king.12:39 And there they were with David three days, eating and drinking:for their brethren had prepared for them.12:40 Moreover they that were nigh them, even unto Issachar andZebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and onmules, and on oxen, and meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches ofraisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly: for therewas joy in Israel.13:1 And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds,and with every leader.13:2 And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If it seemgood unto you, and that it be of the LORD our God, let us send abroadunto our brethren every where, that are left in all the land ofIsrael, and with them also to the priests and Levites which are intheir cities and suburbs, that they may gather themselves unto us:13:3 And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we enquirednot at it in the days of Saul.13:4 And all the congregation said that they would do so: for thething was right in the eyes of all the people.13:5 So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt evenunto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God fromKirjathjearim.13:6 And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, toKirjathjearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up thence the ark ofGod the LORD, that dwelleth between the cherubims, whose name iscalled on it.13:7 And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house ofAbinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart.13:8 And David and all Israel played before God with all their might,and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and withtimbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.13:9 And when they came unto the threshingfloor of Chidon, Uzza putforth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled.13:10 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzza, and he smotehim, because he put his hand to the ark: and there he died before God.13:11 And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breachupon Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perezuzza to this day.13:12 And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bringthe ark of God home to me?  13:13 So David brought not the ark home tohimself to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house ofObededom the Gittite.13:14 And the ark of God remained with the family of Obededom in hishouse three months. And the LORD blessed the house of Obededom, andall that he had.14:1 Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber ofcedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him an house.14:2 And David perceived that the LORD had confirmed him king overIsrael, for his kingdom was lifted up on high, because of his peopleIsrael.14:3 And David took more wives at Jerusalem: and David begat more sonsand daughters.14:4 Now these are the names of his children which he had inJerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon, 14:5 And Ibhar,and Elishua, and Elpalet, 14:6 And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, 14:7And Elishama, and Beeliada, and Eliphalet.14:8 And when the Philistines heard that David was anointed king overall Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David. And David heardof it, and went out against them.14:9 And the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valley ofRephaim.14:10 And David enquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against thePhilistines? And wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORDsaid unto him, Go up; for I will deliver them into thine hand.14:11 So they came up to Baalperazim; and David smote them there. ThenDavid said, God hath broken in upon mine enemies by mine hand like thebreaking forth of waters: therefore they called the name of that placeBaalperazim.14:12 And when they had left their gods there, David gave acommandment, and they were burned with fire.14:13 And the Philistines yet again spread themselves abroad in thevalley.14:14 Therefore David enquired again of God; and God said unto him, Gonot up after them; turn away from them, and come upon them overagainst the mulberry trees.14:15 And it shall be, when thou shalt hear a sound of going in thetops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt go out to battle: forGod is gone forth before thee to smite the host of the Philistines.14:16 David therefore did as God commanded him: and they smote thehost of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gazer.14:17 And the fame of David went out into all lands; and the LORDbrought the fear of him upon all nations.15:1 And David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared aplace for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.15:2 Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but theLevites: for them hath the LORD chosen to carry the ark of God, and tominister unto him for ever.15:3 And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring upthe ark of the LORD unto his place, which he had prepared for it.15:4 And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites: 15:5Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren an hundredand twenty: 15:6 Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and hisbrethren two hundred and twenty: 15:7 Of the sons of Gershom; Joel thechief and his brethren an hundred and thirty: 15:8 Of the sons ofElizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred: 15:9 Ofthe sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore: 15:10Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren anhundred and twelve.15:11 And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for theLevites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, andAmminadab, 15:12 And said unto them, Ye are the chief of the fathersof the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, thatye may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel unto the place thatI have prepared for it.15:13 For because ye did it not at the first, the LORD our God made abreach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.15:14 So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring upthe ark of the LORD God of Israel.15:15 And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon theirshoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded according to theword of the LORD.15:16 And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint theirbrethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries andharps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.15:17 So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of hisbrethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari theirbrethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah; 15:18 And with them theirbrethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, andShemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah,and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel,the porters.15:19 So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to soundwith cymbals of brass; 15:20 And Zechariah, and Aziel, andShemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, andBenaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth; 15:21 And Mattithiah, andElipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, withharps on the Sheminith to excel.15:22 And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructedabout the song, because he was skilful.15:23 And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.15:24 And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, andZechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with thetrumpets before the ark of God: and Obededom and Jehiah weredoorkeepers for the ark.15:25 So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains overthousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out ofthe house of Obededom with joy.15:26 And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare theark of the covenant of the LORD, that they offered seven bullocks andseven rams.15:27 And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all theLevites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the masterof the song with the singers: David also had upon him an ephod oflinen.15:28 Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORDwith shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, andwith cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps.15:29 And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the LORD cameto the city of David, that Michal, the daughter of Saul looking out ata window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him inher heart.16:1 So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of thetent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt sacrificesand peace offerings before God.16:2 And when David had made an end of offering the burnt offeringsand the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of theLORD.16:3 And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to everyone a loaf of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine.16:4 And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before theark of the LORD, and to record, and to thank and praise the LORD Godof Israel: 16:5 Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, andShemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, andObededom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made asound with cymbals; 16:6 Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests withtrumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God.16:7 Then on that day David delivered first this psalm to thank theLORD into the hand of Asaph and his brethren.16:8 Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name, make known hisdeeds among the people.16:9 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrousworks.16:10 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice thatseek the LORD.16:11 Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his face continually.16:12 Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, his wonders,and the judgments of his mouth; 16:13 O ye seed of Israel his servant,ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones.16:14 He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth.16:15 Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the word which hecommanded to a thousand generations; 16:16 Even of the covenant whichhe made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac; 16:17 And hathconfirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for aneverlasting covenant, 16:18 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land ofCanaan, the lot of your inheritance; 16:19 When ye were but few, evena few, and strangers in it.16:20 And when they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdomto another people; 16:21 He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, hereproved kings for their sakes, 16:22 Saying, Touch not mine anointed,and do my prophets no harm.16:23 Sing unto the LORD, all the earth; shew forth from day to dayhis salvation.16:24 Declare his glory among the heathen; his marvellous works amongall nations.16:25 For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised: he also is tobe feared above all gods.16:26 For all the gods of the people are idols: but the LORD made theheavens.16:27 Glory and honour are in his presence; strength and gladness arein his place.16:28 Give unto the LORD, ye kindreds of the people, give unto theLORD glory and strength.16:29 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring anoffering, and come before him: worship the LORD in the beauty ofholiness.16:30 Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable,that it be not moved.16:31 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let mensay among the nations, The LORD reigneth.16:32 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the fieldsrejoice, and all that is therein.16:33 Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence of theLORD, because he cometh to judge the earth.16:34 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good; for his mercyendureth for ever.16:35 And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather ustogether, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give thanks tothy holy name, and glory in thy praise.16:36 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel for ever and ever. And all thepeople said, Amen, and praised the LORD.16:37 So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the LORDAsaph and his brethren, to minister before the ark continually, asevery day's work required: 16:38 And Obededom with their brethren,threescore and eight; Obededom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah tobe porters: 16:39 And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests,before the tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that was atGibeon, 16:40 To offer burnt offerings unto the LORD upon the altar ofthe burnt offering continually morning and evening, and to doaccording to all that is written in the law of the LORD, which hecommanded Israel; 16:41 And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the restthat were chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to theLORD, because his mercy endureth for ever; 16:42 And with them Hemanand Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should make asound, and with musical instruments of God. And the sons of Jeduthunwere porters.16:43 And all the people departed every man to his house: and Davidreturned to bless his house.17:1 Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David saidto Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the arkof the covenant of the LORD remaineth under curtains.17:2 Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; forGod is with thee.17:3 And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came toNathan, saying, 17:4 Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith theLORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in: 17:5 For I havenot dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel unto thisday; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle toanother.17:6 Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to anyof the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying,Why have ye not built me an house of cedars?  17:7 Now therefore thusshalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Itook thee from the sheepcote, even from following the sheep, that thoushouldest be ruler over my people Israel: 17:8 And I have been withthee whithersoever thou hast walked, and have cut off all thineenemies from before thee, and have made thee a name like the name ofthe great men that are in the earth.17:9 Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will plantthem, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more;neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as atthe beginning, 17:10 And since the time that I commanded judges to beover my people Israel. Moreover I will subdue all thine enemies.Furthermore I tell thee that the LORD will build thee an house.17:11 And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thoumust go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed afterthee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom.17:12 He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne forever.17:13 I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will nottake my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was beforethee: 17:14 But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom forever: and his throne shall be established for evermore.17:15 According to all these words, and according to all this vision,so did Nathan speak unto David.17:16 And David the king came and sat before the LORD, and said, Whoam I, O LORD God, and what is mine house, that thou hast brought mehitherto?  17:17 And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God;for thou hast also spoken of thy servant's house for a great while tocome, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of highdegree, O LORD God.17:18 What can David speak more to thee for the honour of thy servant?for thou knowest thy servant.17:19 O LORD, for thy servant's sake, and according to thine ownheart, hast thou done all this greatness, in making known all thesegreat things.17:20 O LORD, there is none like thee, neither is there any God besidethee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.17:21 And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whomGod went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name ofgreatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thypeople whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt?  17:22 For thy peopleIsrael didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, LORD,becamest their God.17:23 Therefore now, LORD, let the thing that thou hast spokenconcerning thy servant and concerning his house be established forever, and do as thou hast said.17:24 Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified forever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God toIsrael: and let the house of David thy servant be established beforethee.17:25 For thou, O my God, hast told thy servant that thou wilt buildhim an house: therefore thy servant hath found in his heart to praybefore thee.17:26 And now, LORD, thou art God, and hast promised this goodnessunto thy servant: 17:27 Now therefore let it please thee to bless thehouse of thy servant, that it may be before thee for ever: for thoublessest, O LORD, and it shall be blessed for ever.18:1 Now after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines,and subdued them, and took Gath and her towns out of the hand of thePhilistines.18:2 And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became David's servants, andbrought gifts.18:3 And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he wentto stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates.18:4 And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousandhorsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: David also houghed all thechariot horses, but reserved of them an hundred chariots.18:5 And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king ofZobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.18:6 Then David put garrisons in Syriadamascus; and the Syrians becameDavid's servants, and brought gifts. Thus the LORD preserved Davidwhithersoever he went.18:7 And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants ofHadarezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.18:8 Likewise from Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer,brought David very much brass, wherewith Solomon made the brasen sea,and the pillars, and the vessels of brass.18:9 Now when Tou king of Hamath heard how David had smitten all thehost of Hadarezer king of Zobah; 18:10 He sent Hadoram his son to kingDavid, to enquire of his welfare, and to congratulate him, because hehad fought against Hadarezer, and smitten him; (for Hadarezer had warwith Tou;) and with him all manner of vessels of gold and silver andbrass.18:11 Them also king David dedicated unto the LORD, with the silverand the gold that he brought from all these nations; from Edom, andfrom Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines,and from Amalek.18:12 Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in thevalley of salt eighteen thousand.18:13 And he put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites becameDavid's servants. Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.18:14 So David reigned over all Israel, and executed judgment andjustice among all his people.18:15 And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphatthe son of Ahilud, recorder.18:16 And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar,were the priests; and Shavsha was scribe; 18:17 And Benaiah the son ofJehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons ofDavid were chief about the king.19:1 Now it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of thechildren of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead.19:2 And David said, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son ofNahash, because his father shewed kindness to me. And David sentmessengers to comfort him concerning his father. So the servants ofDavid came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comforthim.19:3 But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkestthou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comfortersunto thee?  are not his servants come unto thee for to search, and tooverthrow, and to spy out the land?  19:4 Wherefore Hanun took David'sservants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the midsthard by their buttocks, and sent them away.19:5 Then there went certain, and told David how the men were served.And he sent to meet them: for the men were greatly ashamed. And theking said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and thenreturn.19:6 And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselvesodious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousandtalents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out ofMesopotamia, and out of Syriamaachah, and out of Zobah.19:7 So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king ofMaachah and his people; who came and pitched before Medeba. And thechildren of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, andcame to battle.19:8 And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of themighty men.19:9 And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in arraybefore the gate of the city: and the kings that were come were bythemselves in the field.19:10 Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before andbehind, he chose out of all the choice of Israel, and put them inarray against the Syrians.19:11 And the rest of the people he delivered unto the hand of Abishaihis brother, and they set themselves in array against the children ofAmmon.19:12 And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thoushalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee,then I will help thee.19:13 Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly forour people, and for the cities of our God: and let the LORD do thatwhich is good in his sight.19:14 So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh before theSyrians unto the battle; and they fled before him.19:15 And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled,they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered into thecity. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.19:16 And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse beforeIsrael, they sent messengers, and drew forth the Syrians that werebeyond the river: and Shophach the captain of the host of Hadarezerwent before them.19:17 And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel, and passedover Jordan, and came upon them, and set the battle in array againstthem. So when David had put the battle in array against the Syrians,they fought with him.19:18 But the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew of theSyrians seven thousand men which fought in chariots, and fortythousand footmen, and killed Shophach the captain of the host.19:19 And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to theworse before Israel, they made peace with David, and became hisservants: neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon anymore.20:1 And it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at the timethat kings go out to battle, Joab led forth the power of the army, andwasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besiegedRabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, anddestroyed it.20:2 And David took the crown of their king from off his head, andfound it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones init; and it was set upon David's head: and he brought also exceedingmuch spoil out of the city.20:3 And he brought out the people that were in it, and cut them withsaws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes. Even so dealt Davidwith all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all thepeople returned to Jerusalem.20:4 And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezerwith the Philistines; at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite slewSippai, that was of the children of the giant: and they were subdued.20:5 And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the sonof Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spearstaff was like a weaver's beam.20:6 And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of greatstature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on eachhand, and six on each foot and he also was the son of the giant.20:7 But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David'sbrother slew him.20:8 These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the handof David, and by the hand of his servants.21:1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to numberIsrael.21:2 And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go,number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring the number of themto me, that I may know it.21:3 And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an hundred times somany more as they be: but, my lord the king, are they not all mylord's servants?  why then doth my lord require this thing? why willhe be a cause of trespass to Israel?  21:4 Nevertheless the king'sword prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and wentthroughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.21:5 And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David. Andall they of Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousandmen that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred threescore and tenthousand men that drew sword.21:6 But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king'sword was abominable to Joab.21:7 And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smoteIsrael.21:8 And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, because I havedone this thing: but now, I beseech thee, do away the iniquity of thyservant; for I have done very foolishly.21:9 And the LORD spake unto Gad, David's seer, saying, 21:10 Go andtell David, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three things:choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.21:11 So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD,Choose thee 21:12 Either three years' famine; or three months to bedestroyed before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemiesovertaketh thee; or else three days the sword of the LORD, even thepestilence, in the land, and the angel of the LORD destroyingthroughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise thyself whatword I shall bring again to him that sent me.21:13 And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall nowinto the hand of the LORD; for very great are his mercies: but let menot fall into the hand of man.21:14 So the LORD sent pestilence upon Israel: and there fell ofIsrael seventy thousand men.21:15 And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as hewas destroying, the LORD beheld, and he repented him of the evil, andsaid to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand.And the angel of the LORD stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan theJebusite.21:16 And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the LORDstand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in hishand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders ofIsrael, who were clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.21:17 And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the peopleto be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed;but as for these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I praythee, O LORD my God, be on me, and on my father's house; but not onthy people, that they should be plagued.21:18 Then the angel of the LORD commanded Gad to say to David, thatDavid should go up, and set up an altar unto the LORD in thethreshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.21:19 And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in thename of the LORD.21:20 And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons withhim hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.21:21 And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and wentout of the threshingfloor, and bowed himself to David with his face tothe ground.21:22 Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of thisthreshingfloor, that I may build an altar therein unto the LORD: thoushalt grant it me for the full price: that the plague may be stayedfrom the people.21:23 And Ornan said unto David, Take it to thee, and let my lord theking do that which is good in his eyes: lo, I give thee the oxen alsofor burnt offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and thewheat for the meat offering; I give it all.21:24 And king David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy it forthe full price: for I will not take that which is thine for the LORD,nor offer burnt offerings without cost.21:25 So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of goldby weight.21:26 And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burntofferings and peace offerings, and called upon the LORD; and heanswered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering.21:27 And the LORD commanded the angel; and he put up his sword againinto the sheath thereof.21:28 At that time when David saw that the LORD had answered him inthe threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there.21:29 For the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses made in thewilderness, and the altar of the burnt offering, were at that seasonin the high place at Gibeon.21:30 But David could not go before it to enquire of God: for he wasafraid because of the sword of the angel of the LORD.22:1 Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this isthe altar of the burnt offering for Israel.22:2 And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were inthe land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to buildthe house of God.22:3 And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doorsof the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance withoutweight; 22:4 Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and theyof Tyre brought much cedar wood to David.22:5 And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the housethat is to be builded for the LORD must be exceeding magnifical, offame and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore now makepreparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.22:6 Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build anhouse for the LORD God of Israel.22:7 And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mindto build an house unto the name of the LORD my God: 22:8 But the wordof the LORD came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, andhast made great wars: thou shalt not build an house unto my name,because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight.22:9 Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest;and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for hisname shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israelin his days.22:10 He shall build an house for my name; and he shall be my son, andI will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdomover Israel for ever.22:11 Now, my son, the LORD be with thee; and prosper thou, and buildthe house of the LORD thy God, as he hath said of thee.22:12 Only the LORD give thee wisdom and understanding, and give theecharge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the LORDthy God.22:13 Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil thestatutes and judgments which the LORD charged Moses with concerningIsrael: be strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed.22:14 Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of theLORD an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousandtalents of silver; and of brass and iron without weight; for it is inabundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and thou mayest addthereto.22:15 Moreover there are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers andworkers of stone and timber, and all manner of cunning men for everymanner of work.22:16 Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there isno number. Arise therefore, and be doing, and the LORD be with thee.22:17 David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomonhis son, saying, 22:18 Is not the LORD your God with you? and hath henot given you rest on every side? for he hath given the inhabitants ofthe land into mine hand; and the land is subdued before the LORD, andbefore his people.22:19 Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God;arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the LORD God, to bringthe ark of the covenant of the LORD, and the holy vessels of God, intothe house that is to be built to the name of the LORD.23:1 So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his sonking over Israel.23:2 And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with thepriests and the Levites.23:3 Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years andupward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty andeight thousand.23:4 Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the workof the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges:23:5 Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praisedthe LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praisetherewith.23:6 And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi,namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.23:7 Of the Gershonites were, Laadan, and Shimei.23:8 The sons of Laadan; the chief was Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel,three.23:9 The sons of Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three.These were the chief of the fathers of Laadan.23:10 And the sons of Shimei were, Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, andBeriah.These four were the sons of Shimei.23:11 And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush andBeriah had not many sons; therefore they were in one reckoning,according to their father's house.23:12 The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.23:13 The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated,that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons forever, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister unto him, and tobless in his name for ever.23:14 Now concerning Moses the man of God, his sons were named of thetribe of Levi.23:15 The sons of Moses were, Gershom, and Eliezer.23:16 Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel was the chief.23:17 And the sons of Eliezer were, Rehabiah the chief. And Eliezerhad none other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.23:18 Of the sons of Izhar; Shelomith the chief.23:19 Of the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second,Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.23:20 Of the sons of Uzziel; Micah the first and Jesiah the second.23:21 The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli;Eleazar, and Kish.23:22 And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and theirbrethren the sons of Kish took them.23:23 The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.23:24 These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers;even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of namesby their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of theLORD, from the age of twenty years and upward.23:25 For David said, The LORD God of Israel hath given rest unto hispeople, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever: 23:26 And also untothe Levites; they shall no more carry the tabernacle, nor any vesselsof it for the service thereof.23:27 For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered fromtwenty years old and above: 23:28 Because their office was to wait onthe sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the LORD, in thecourts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things,and the work of the service of the house of God; 23:29 Both for theshewbread, and for the fine flour for meat offering, and for theunleavened cakes, and for that which is baked in the pan, and for thatwhich is fried, and for all manner of measure and size; 23:30 And tostand every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and likewise ateven: 23:31 And to offer all burnt sacrifices unto the LORD in thesabbaths, in the new moons, and on the set feasts, by number,according to the order commanded unto them, continually before theLORD: 23:32 And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle ofthe congregation, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge ofthe sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of theLORD.24:1 Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons ofAaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.24:2 But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had nochildren: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest's office.24:3 And David distributed them, both Zadok of the sons of Eleazar,and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their offices intheir service.24:4 And there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar thanof the sons of Ithamar, and thus were they divided. Among the sons ofEleazar there were sixteen chief men of the house of their fathers,and eight among the sons of Ithamar according to the house of theirfathers.24:5 Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for thegovernors of the sanctuary, and governors of the house of God, were ofthe sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar.24:6 And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one of the Levites,wrote them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, andAhimelech the son of Abiathar, and before the chief of the fathers ofthe priests and Levites: one principal household being taken forEleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.24:7 Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,24:8 The third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim, 24:9 The fifth toMalchijah, the sixth to Mijamin, 24:10 The seventh to Hakkoz, theeighth to Abijah, 24:11 The ninth to Jeshuah, the tenth to Shecaniah,24:12 The eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim, 24:13 Thethirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab, 24:14 The fifteenthto Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer, 24:15 The seventeenth to Hezir, theeighteenth to Aphses, 24:16 The nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentiethto Jehezekel, 24:17 The one and twentieth to Jachin, the two andtwentieth to Gamul, 24:18 The three and twentieth to Delaiah, the fourand twentieth to Maaziah.24:19 These were the orderings of them in their service to come intothe house of the LORD, according to their manner, under Aaron theirfather, as the LORD God of Israel had commanded him.24:20 And the rest of the sons of Levi were these: Of the sons ofAmram; Shubael: of the sons of Shubael; Jehdeiah.24:21 Concerning Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, the first wasIsshiah.24:22 Of the Izharites; Shelomoth: of the sons of Shelomoth; Jahath.24:23 And the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second,Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.24:24 Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah: of the sons of Michah; Shamir.24:25 The brother of Michah was Isshiah: of the sons of Isshiah;Zechariah.24:26 The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi: the sons of Jaaziah;Beno.24:27 The sons of Merari by Jaaziah; Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur, andIbri.24:28 Of Mahli came Eleazar, who had no sons.24:29 Concerning Kish: the son of Kish was Jerahmeel.24:30 The sons also of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. Thesewere the sons of the Levites after the house of their fathers.24:31 These likewise cast lots over against their brethren the sons ofAaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, andthe chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites, even theprincipal fathers over against their younger brethren.25:1 Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to theservice of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, whoshould prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and thenumber of the workmen according to their service was: 25:2 Of the sonsof Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons ofAsaph under the hands of Asaph, which prophesied according to theorder of the king.25:3 Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, andJeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of theirfather Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and topraise the LORD.25:4 Of Heman: the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel,and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamtiezer,Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth: 25:5 All these were thesons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to lift up thehorn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.25:6 All these were under the hands of their father for song in thehouse of the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for theservice of the house of God, according to the king's order to Asaph,Jeduthun, and Heman.25:7 So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructedin the songs of the LORD, even all that were cunning, was two hundredfourscore and eight.25:8 And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as thegreat, the teacher as the scholar.25:9 Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second toGedaliah, who with his brethren and sons were twelve: 25:10 The thirdto Zaccur, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 25:11 Thefourth to Izri, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 25:12 Thefifth to Nethaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 25:13The sixth to Bukkiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:25:14 The seventh to Jesharelah, he, his sons, and his brethren, weretwelve: 25:15 The eighth to Jeshaiah, he, his sons, and his brethren,were twelve: 25:16 The ninth to Mattaniah, he, his sons, and hisbrethren, were twelve: 25:17 The tenth to Shimei, he, his sons, andhis brethren, were twelve: 25:18 The eleventh to Azareel, he, hissons, and his brethren, were twelve: 25:19 The twelfth to Hashabiah,he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 25:20 The thirteenth toShubael, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 25:21 Thefourteenth to Mattithiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:25:22 The fifteenth to Jeremoth, he, his sons, and his brethren, weretwelve: 25:23 The sixteenth to Hananiah, he, his sons, and hisbrethren, were twelve: 25:24 The seventeenth to Joshbekashah, he, hissons, and his brethren, were twelve: 25:25 The eighteenth to Hanani,he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 25:26 The nineteenth toMallothi, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 25:27 Thetwentieth to Eliathah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:25:28 The one and twentieth to Hothir, he, his sons, and his brethren,were twelve: 25:29 The two and twentieth to Giddalti, he, his sons,and his brethren, were twelve: 25:30 The three and twentieth toMahazioth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 25:31 The fourand twentieth to Romamtiezer, he, his sons, and his brethren, weretwelve.26:1 Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites wasMeshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.26:2 And the sons of Meshelemiah were, Zechariah the firstborn,Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth, 26:3 Elamthe fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh.26:4 Moreover the sons of Obededom were, Shemaiah the firstborn,Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, andNethaneel the fifth.26:5 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth: forGod blessed him.26:6 Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled throughoutthe house of their father: for they were mighty men of valour.26:7 The sons of Shemaiah; Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad,whose brethren were strong men, Elihu, and Semachiah.26:8 All these of the sons of Obededom: they and their sons and theirbrethren, able men for strength for the service, were threescore andtwo of Obededom.26:9 And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong men, eighteen.26:10 Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons; Simri thechief, (for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made himthe chief;) 26:11 Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariahthe fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen.26:12 Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among thechief men, having wards one against another, to minister in the houseof the LORD.26:13 And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according tothe house of their fathers, for every gate.26:14 And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah hisson, a wise counsellor, they cast lots; and his lot came outnorthward.26:15 To Obededom southward; and to his sons the house of Asuppim.26:16 To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth westward, with the gateShallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward against ward.26:17 Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward foura day, and toward Asuppim two and two.26:18 At Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and two at Parbar.26:19 These are the divisions of the porters among the sons of Kore,and among the sons of Merari.26:20 And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the houseof God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things.26:21 As concerning the sons of Laadan; the sons of the GershoniteLaadan, chief fathers, even of Laadan the Gershonite, were Jehieli.26:22 The sons of Jehieli; Zetham, and Joel his brother, which wereover the treasures of the house of the LORD.26:23 Of the Amramites, and the Izharites, the Hebronites, and theUzzielites: 26:24 And Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses,was ruler of the treasures.26:25 And his brethren by Eliezer; Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah hisson, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomith his son.26:26 Which Shelomith and his brethren were over all the treasures ofthe dedicated things, which David the king, and the chief fathers, thecaptains over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the host,had dedicated.26:27 Out of the spoils won in battles did they dedicate to maintainthe house of the LORD.26:28 And all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, andAbner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had dedicated; andwhosoever had dedicated any thing, it was under the hand of Shelomith,and of his brethren.26:29 Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the outwardbusiness over Israel, for officers and judges.26:30 And of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brethren, men ofvalour, a thousand and seven hundred, were officers among them ofIsrael on this side Jordan westward in all the business of the LORD,and in the service of the king.26:31 Among the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief, even among theHebronites, according to the generations of his fathers. In thefortieth year of the reign of David they were sought for, and therewere found among them mighty men of valour at Jazer of Gilead.26:32 And his brethren, men of valour, were two thousand and sevenhundred chief fathers, whom king David made rulers over theReubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, for everymatter pertaining to God, and affairs of the king.27:1 Now the children of Israel after their number, to wit, the chieffathers and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officersthat served the king in any matter of the courses, which came in andwent out month by month throughout all the months of the year, ofevery course were twenty and four thousand.27:2 Over the first course for the first month was Jashobeam the sonof Zabdiel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.27:3 Of the children of Perez was the chief of all the captains of thehost for the first month.27:4 And over the course of the second month was Dodai an Ahohite, andof his course was Mikloth also the ruler: in his course likewise weretwenty and four thousand.27:5 The third captain of the host for the third month was Benaiah theson of Jehoiada, a chief priest: and in his course were twenty andfour thousand.27:6 This is that Benaiah, who was mighty among the thirty, and abovethe thirty: and in his course was Ammizabad his son.27:7 The fourth captain for the fourth month was Asahel the brother ofJoab, and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his course were twentyand four thousand.27:8 The fifth captain for the fifth month was Shamhuth the Izrahite:and in his course were twenty and four thousand.27:9 The sixth captain for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkeshthe Tekoite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.27:10 The seventh captain for the seventh month was Helez thePelonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twentyand four thousand.27:11 The eighth captain for the eighth month was Sibbecai theHushathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and fourthousand.27:12 The ninth captain for the ninth month was Abiezer theAnetothite, of the Benjamites: and in his course were twenty and fourthousand.27:13 The tenth captain for the tenth month was Maharai theNetophathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and fourthousand.27:14 The eleventh captain for the eleventh month was Benaiah thePirathonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twentyand four thousand.27:15 The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was Heldai theNetophathite, of Othniel: and in his course were twenty and fourthousand.27:16 Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: the ruler of theReubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri: of the Simeonites,Shephatiah the son of Maachah: 27:17 Of the Levites, Hashabiah the sonof Kemuel: of the Aaronites, Zadok: 27:18 Of Judah, Elihu, one of thebrethren of David: of Issachar, Omri the son of Michael: 27:19 OfZebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah: of Naphtali, Jerimoth the son ofAzriel: 27:20 Of the children of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah:of the half tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah: 27:21 Of thehalf tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah: ofBenjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner: 27:22 Of Dan, Azareel the son ofJeroham. These were the princes of the tribes of Israel.27:23 But David took not the number of them from twenty years old andunder: because the LORD had said he would increase Israel like to thestars of the heavens.27:24 Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but he finished not,because there fell wrath for it against Israel; neither was the numberput in the account of the chronicles of king David.27:25 And over the king's treasures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel: andover the storehouses in the fields, in the cities, and in thevillages, and in the castles, was Jehonathan the son of Uzziah: 27:26And over them that did the work of the field for tillage of the groundwas Ezri the son of Chelub: 27:27 And over the vineyards was Shimeithe Ramathite: over the increase of the vineyards for the wine cellarswas Zabdi the Shiphmite: 27:28 And over the olive trees and thesycomore trees that were in the low plains was Baalhanan the Gederite:and over the cellars of oil was Joash: 27:29 And over the herds thatfed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite: and over the herds that werein the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai: 27:30 Over the camelsalso was Obil the Ishmaelite: and over the asses was Jehdeiah theMeronothite: 27:31 And over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagerite. Allthese were the rulers of the substance which was king David's.27:32 Also Jonathan David's uncle was a counsellor, a wise man, and ascribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king's sons: 27:33And Ahithophel was the king's counsellor: and Hushai the Archite wasthe king's companion: 27:34 And after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the sonof Benaiah, and Abiathar: and the general of the king's army was Joab.28:1 And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of thetribes, and the captains of the companies that ministered to the kingby course, and the captains over the thousands, and captains over thehundreds, and the stewards over all the substance and possession ofthe king, and of his sons, with the officers, and with the mighty men,and with all the valiant men, unto Jerusalem.28:2 Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, mybrethren, and my people: As for me, I had in mine heart to build anhouse of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for thefootstool of our God, and had made ready for the building: 28:3 ButGod said unto me, Thou shalt not build an house for my name, becausethou hast been a man of war, and hast shed blood.28:4 Howbeit the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house ofmy father to be king over Israel for ever: for he hath chosen Judah tobe the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; andamong the sons of my father he liked me to make me king over allIsrael: 28:5 And of all my sons, (for the LORD hath given me manysons,) he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of thekingdom of the LORD over Israel.28:6 And he said unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house andmy courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be hisfather.28:7 Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be constantto do my commandments and my judgments, as at this day.28:8 Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of theLORD, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek for all thecommandments of the LORD your God: that ye may possess this good land,and leave it for an inheritance for your children after you for ever.28:9 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, andserve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORDsearcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of thethoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thouforsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.28:10 Take heed now; for the LORD hath chosen thee to build an housefor the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.28:11 Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, andof the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upperchambers thereof, and of the inner parlours thereof, and of the placeof the mercy seat, 28:12 And the pattern of all that he had by thespirit, of the courts of the house of the LORD, and of all thechambers round about, of the treasuries of the house of God, and ofthe treasuries of the dedicated things: 28:13 Also for the courses ofthe priests and the Levites, and for all the work of the service ofthe house of the LORD, and for all the vessels of service in the houseof the LORD.28:14 He gave of gold by weight for things of gold, for allinstruments of all manner of service; silver also for all instrumentsof silver by weight, for all instruments of every kind of service:28:15 Even the weight for the candlesticks of gold, and for theirlamps of gold, by weight for every candlestick, and for the lampsthereof: and for the candlesticks of silver by weight, both for thecandlestick, and also for the lamps thereof, according to the use ofevery candlestick.28:16 And by weight he gave gold for the tables of shewbread, forevery table; and likewise silver for the tables of silver: 28:17 Alsopure gold for the fleshhooks, and the bowls, and the cups: and for thegolden basons he gave gold by weight for every bason; and likewisesilver by weight for every bason of silver: 28:18 And for the altar ofincense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of thechariot of the cherubims, that spread out their wings, and covered theark of the covenant of the LORD.28:19 All this, said David, the LORD made me understand in writing byhis hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern.28:20 And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of goodcourage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, evenmy God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee,until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house ofthe LORD.28:21 And, behold, the courses of the priests and the Levites, eventhey shall be with thee for all the service of the house of God: andthere shall be with thee for all manner of workmanship every willingskilful man, for any manner of service: also the princes and all thepeople will be wholly at thy commandment.29:1 Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation,Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender,and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the LORDGod.29:2 Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God thegold for things to be made of gold, and the silver for things ofsilver, and the brass for things of brass, the iron for things ofiron, and wood for things of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set,glistering stones, and of divers colours, and all manner of preciousstones, and marble stones in abundance.29:3 Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God,I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have givento the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared forthe holy house.29:4 Even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, andseven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of thehouses withal: 29:5 The gold for things of gold, and the silver forthings of silver, and for all manner of work to be made by the handsof artificers. And who then is willing to consecrate his service thisday unto the LORD?  29:6 Then the chief of the fathers and princes ofthe tribes of Israel and the captains of thousands and of hundreds,with the rulers of the king's work, offered willingly, 29:7 And gavefor the service of the house of God of gold five thousand talents andten thousand drams, and of silver ten thousand talents, and of brasseighteen thousand talents, and one hundred thousand talents of iron.29:8 And they with whom precious stones were found gave them to thetreasure of the house of the LORD, by the hand of Jehiel theGershonite.29:9 Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly,because with perfect heart they offered willingly to the LORD: andDavid the king also rejoiced with great joy.29:10 Wherefore David blessed the LORD before all the congregation:and David said, Blessed be thou, LORD God of Israel our father, forever and ever.29:11 Thine, O LORD is the greatness, and the power, and the glory,and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and inthe earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exaltedas head above all.29:12 Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all;and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to makegreat, and to give strength unto all.29:13 Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy gloriousname.29:14 But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able tooffer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, andof thine own have we given thee.29:15 For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were allour fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is noneabiding.29:16 O LORD our God, all this store that we have prepared to buildthee an house for thine holy name cometh of thine hand, and is allthine own.29:17 I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hastpleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart Ihave willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joythy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.29:18 O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keepthis for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thypeople, and prepare their heart unto thee: 29:19 And give unto Solomonmy son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, andthy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, forthe which I have made provision.29:20 And David said to all the congregation, Now bless the LORD yourGod.And all the congregation blessed the LORD God of their fathers, andbowed down their heads, and worshipped the LORD, and the king.29:21 And they sacrificed sacrifices unto the LORD, and offered burntofferings unto the LORD, on the morrow after that day, even a thousandbullocks, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, with their drinkofferings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel: 29:22 And dideat and drink before the LORD on that day with great gladness. Andthey made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointedhim unto the LORD to be the chief governor, and Zadok to be priest.29:23 Then Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king instead ofDavid his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him.29:24 And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sonslikewise of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king.29:25 And the LORD magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of allIsrael, and bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not been onany king before him in Israel.29:26 Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel.29:27 And the time that he reigned over Israel was forty years; sevenyears reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he inJerusalem.29:28 And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honour:and Solomon his son reigned in his stead.29:29 Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they arewritten in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan theprophet, and in the book of Gad the seer, 29:30 With all his reign andhis might, and the times that went over him, and over Israel, and overall the kingdoms of the countries.The Second Book of the Chronicles1:1 And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, andthe LORD his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly.1:2 Then Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of thousandsand of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every governor in allIsrael, the chief of the fathers.1:3 So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the highplace that was at Gibeon; for there was the tabernacle of thecongregation of God, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made inthe wilderness.1:4 But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjathjearim to theplace which David had prepared for it: for he had pitched a tent forit at Jerusalem.1:5 Moreover the brasen altar, that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the sonof Hur, had made, he put before the tabernacle of the LORD: andSolomon and the congregation sought unto it.1:6 And Solomon went up thither to the brasen altar before the LORD,which was at the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered athousand burnt offerings upon it.1:7 In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Askwhat I shall give thee.1:8 And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast shewed great mercy unto Davidmy father, and hast made me to reign in his stead.1:9 Now, O LORD God, let thy promise unto David my father beestablished: for thou hast made me king over a people like the dust ofthe earth in multitude.1:10 Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come inbefore this people: for who can judge this thy people, that is sogreat?  1:11 And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thine heart,and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honour, nor the life ofthine enemies, neither yet hast asked long life; but hast asked wisdomand knowledge for thyself, that thou mayest judge my people, over whomI have made thee king: 1:12 Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee;and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none ofthe kings have had that have been before thee, neither shall there anyafter thee have the like.1:13 Then Solomon came from his journey to the high place that was atGibeon to Jerusalem, from before the tabernacle of the congregation,and reigned over Israel.1:14 And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousandand four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which heplaced in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.1:15 And the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem as plenteous asstones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in thevale for abundance.1:16 And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: theking's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.1:17 And they fetched up, and brought forth out of Egypt a chariot forsix hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty:and so brought they out horses for all the kings of the Hittites, andfor the kings of Syria, by their means.2:1 And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the LORD,and an house for his kingdom.2:2 And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bearburdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and threethousand and six hundred to oversee them.2:3 And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didstdeal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him anhouse to dwell therein, even so deal with me.2:4 Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, todedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for thecontinual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening,on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of theLORD our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel.2:5 And the house which I build is great: for great is our God aboveall gods.2:6 But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven andheaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I shouldbuild him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before him?  2:7 Sendme now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and inbrass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that canskill to grave with the cunning men that are with me in Judah and inJerusalem, whom David my father did provide.2:8 Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out ofLebanon: for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber inLebanon; and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants, 2:9 Evento prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about tobuild shall be wonderful great.2:10 And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cuttimber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousandmeasures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twentythousand baths of oil.2:11 Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent toSolomon, Because the LORD hath loved his people, he hath made theeking over them.2:12 Huram said moreover, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, that madeheaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, enduedwith prudence and understanding, that might build an house for theLORD, and an house for his kingdom.2:13 And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, ofHuram my father's, 2:14 The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan,and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and insilver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, inblue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner ofgraving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, withthy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father.2:15 Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine,which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants: 2:16 Andwe will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need: and wewill bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carryit up to Jerusalem.2:17 And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land ofIsrael, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numberedthem; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and threethousand and six hundred.2:18 And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers ofburdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain, andthree thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work.3:1 Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem inmount Moriah, where the Lord appeared unto David his father, in theplace that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan theJebusite.3:2 And he began to build in the second day of the second month, inthe fourth year of his reign.3:3 Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for thebuilding of the house of God. The length by cubits after the firstmeasure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.3:4 And the porch that was in the front of the house, the length of itwas according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and theheight was an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with puregold.3:5 And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaidwith fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.3:6 And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: andthe gold was gold of Parvaim.3:7 He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the wallsthereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on thewalls.3:8 And he made the most holy house, the length whereof was accordingto the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereoftwenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to sixhundred talents.3:9 And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And heoverlaid the upper chambers with gold.3:10 And in the most holy house he made two cherubims of image work,and overlaid them with gold.3:11 And the wings of the cherubims were twenty cubits long: one wingof the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house:and the other wing was likewise five cubits, reaching to the wing ofthe other cherub.3:12 And one wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to thewall of the house: and the other wing was five cubits also, joining tothe wing of the other cherub.3:13 The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twentycubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward.3:14 And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and finelinen, and wrought cherubims thereon.3:15 Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and fivecubits high, and the chapiter that was on the top of each of them wasfive cubits.3:16 And he made chains, as in the oracle, and put them on the headsof the pillars; and made an hundred pomegranates, and put them on thechains.3:17 And he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the righthand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on theright hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.4:1 Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the lengththereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits theheight thereof.4:2 Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, roundin compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirtycubits did compass it round about.4:3 And under it was the similitude of oxen, which did compass itround about: ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about. Two rowsof oxen were cast, when it was cast.4:4 It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, andthree looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, andthree looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them,and all their hinder parts were inward.4:5 And the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of itlike the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; and itreceived and held three thousand baths.4:6 He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and fiveon the left, to wash in them: such things as they offered for theburnt offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests towash in.4:7 And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to their form, andset them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.4:8 He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five onthe right side, and five on the left. And he made an hundred basons ofgold.4:9 Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court,and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.4:10 And he set the sea on the right side of the east end, overagainst the south.4:11 And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basons. AndHuram finished the work that he was to make for king Solomon for thehouse of God; 4:12 To wit, the two pillars, and the pommels, and thechapiters which were on the top of the two pillars, and the twowreaths to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were on thetop of the pillars; 4:13 And four hundred pomegranates on the twowreaths; two rows of pomegranates on each wreath, to cover the twopommels of the chapiters which were upon the pillars.4:14 He made also bases, and lavers made he upon the bases; 4:15 Onesea, and twelve oxen under it.4:16 The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all theirinstruments, did Huram his father make to king Solomon for the houseof the LORD of bright brass.4:17 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay groundbetween Succoth and Zeredathah.4:18 Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for theweight of the brass could not be found out.4:19 And Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house of God,the golden altar also, and the tables whereon the shewbread was set;4:20 Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burnafter the manner before the oracle, of pure gold; 4:21 And theflowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, made he of gold, and thatperfect gold; 4:22 And the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons,and the censers, of pure gold: and the entry of the house, the innerdoors thereof for the most holy place, and the doors of the house ofthe temple, were of gold.5:1 Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house of the LORD wasfinished: and Solomon brought in all the things that David his fatherhad dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the instruments,put he among the treasures of the house of God.5:2 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads ofthe tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, untoJerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of thecity of David, which is Zion.5:3 Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the kingin the feast which was in the seventh month.5:4 And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up theark.5:5 And they brought up the ark, and the tabernacle of thecongregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle,these did the priests and the Levites bring up.5:6 Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that wereassembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, whichcould not be told nor numbered for multitude.5:7 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORDunto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy place,even under the wings of the cherubims: 5:8 For the cherubims spreadforth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims coveredthe ark and the staves thereof above.5:9 And they drew out the staves of the ark, that the ends of thestaves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were notseen without. And there it is unto this day.5:10 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses puttherein at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children ofIsrael, when they came out of Egypt.5:11 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holyplace: (for all the priests that were present were sanctified, and didnot then wait by course: 5:12 Also the Levites which were the singers,all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and theirbrethren, being arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteriesand harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them anhundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets:) 5:13 It came evento pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one soundto be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted uptheir voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick,and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endurethfor ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the houseof the LORD; 5:14 So that the priests could not stand to minister byreason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house ofGod.6:1 Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in thethick darkness.6:2 But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place forthy dwelling for ever.6:3 And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole congregationof Israel: and all the congregation of Israel stood.6:4 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who hath with hishands fulfilled that which he spake with his mouth to my father David,saying, 6:5 Since the day that I brought forth my people out of theland of Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to buildan house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man tobe a ruler over my people Israel: 6:6 But I have chosen Jerusalem,that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over mypeople Israel.6:7 Now it was in the heart of David my father to build an house forthe name of the LORD God of Israel.6:8 But the LORD said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thineheart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was inthine heart: 6:9 Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; butthy son which shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build thehouse for my name.6:10 The LORD therefore hath performed his word that he hath spoken:for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and am set on thethrone of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house forthe name of the LORD God of Israel.6:11 And in it have I put the ark, wherein is the covenant of theLORD, that he made with the children of Israel.6:12 And he stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of allthe congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands: 6:13 ForSolomon had made a brasen scaffold of five cubits long, and fivecubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst ofthe court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his kneesbefore all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his handstoward heaven.6:14 And said, O LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee in theheaven, nor in the earth; which keepest covenant, and shewest mercyunto thy servants, that walk before thee with all their hearts: 6:15Thou which hast kept with thy servant David my father that which thouhast promised him; and spakest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled itwith thine hand, as it is this day.6:16 Now therefore, O LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant Davidmy father that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall notfail thee a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel; yet sothat thy children take heed to their way to walk in my law, as thouhast walked before me.6:17 Now then, O LORD God of Israel, let thy word be verified, whichthou hast spoken unto thy servant David.6:18 But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold,heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much lessthis house which I have built!  6:19 Have respect therefore to theprayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, tohearken unto the cry and the prayer which thy servant prayeth beforethee: 6:20 That thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night,upon the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy namethere; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth towardthis place.6:21 Hearken therefore unto the supplications of thy servant, and ofthy people Israel, which they shall make toward this place: hear thoufrom thy dwelling place, even from heaven; and when thou hearest,forgive.6:22 If a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon himto make him swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house;6:23 Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, byrequiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; andby justifying the righteous, by giving him according to hisrighteousness.6:24 And if thy people Israel be put to the worse before the enemy,because they have sinned against thee; and shall return and confessthy name, and pray and make supplication before thee in this house;6:25 Then hear thou from the heavens, and forgive the sin of thypeople Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest tothem and to their fathers.6:26 When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because theyhave sinned against thee; yet if they pray toward this place, andconfess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflictthem; 6:27 Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thyservants, and of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them thegood way, wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, whichthou hast given unto thy people for an inheritance.6:28 If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if therebe blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillers; if their enemiesbesiege them in the cities of their land; whatsoever sore orwhatsoever sickness there be: 6:29 Then what prayer or whatsupplication soever shall be made of any man, or of all thy peopleIsrael, when every one shall know his own sore and his own grief, andshall spread forth his hands in this house: 6:30 Then hear thou fromheaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render unto every manaccording unto all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou onlyknowest the hearts of the children of men:) 6:31 That they may fearthee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live in the land which thougavest unto our fathers.6:32 Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy peopleIsrael, but is come from a far country for thy great name's sake, andthy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and pray inthis house; 6:33 Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thydwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth tothee for; that all people of the earth may know thy name, and fearthee, as doth thy people Israel, and may know that this house which Ihave built is called by thy name.6:34 If thy people go out to war against their enemies by the way thatthou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee toward this city whichthou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name; 6:35Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication,and maintain their cause.6:36 If they sin against thee, (for there is no man which sinnethnot,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before theirenemies, and they carry them away captives unto a land far off ornear; 6:37 Yet if they bethink themselves in the land whither they arecarried captive, and turn and pray unto thee in the land of theircaptivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done amiss, and have dealtwickedly; 6:38 If they return to thee with all their heart and withall their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they havecarried them captives, and pray toward their land, which thou gavestunto their fathers, and toward the city which thou hast chosen, andtoward the house which I have built for thy name: 6:39 Then hear thoufrom the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, their prayer and theirsupplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people whichhave sinned against thee.6:40 Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and letthine ears be attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.6:41 Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into thy resting place, thou,and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O LORD God, be clothedwith salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness.6:42 O LORD God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: rememberthe mercies of David thy servant.7:1 Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came downfrom heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; andthe glory of the LORD filled the house.7:2 And the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD,because the glory of the LORD had filled the LORD's house.7:3 And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down,and the glory of the LORD upon the house, they bowed themselves withtheir faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, andpraised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth forever.7:4 Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before theLORD.7:5 And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousandoxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep: so the king and allthe people dedicated the house of God.7:6 And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also withinstruments of musick of the LORD, which David the king had made topraise the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever, when Davidpraised by their ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets beforethem, and all Israel stood.7:7 Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that was beforethe house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and thefat of the peace offerings, because the brasen altar which Solomon hadmade was not able to receive the burnt offerings, and the meatofferings, and the fat.7:8 Also at the same time Solomon kept the feast seven days, and allIsrael with him, a very great congregation, from the entering in ofHamath unto the river of Egypt.7:9 And in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they keptthe dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.7:10 And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sentthe people away into their tents, glad and merry in heart for thegoodness that the LORD had shewed unto David, and to Solomon, and toIsrael his people.7:11 Thus Solomon finished the house of the LORD, and the king'shouse: and all that came into Solomon's heart to make in the house ofthe LORD, and in his own house, he prosperously effected.7:12 And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, Ihave heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for anhouse of sacrifice.7:13 If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command thelocusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;7:14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humblethemselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wickedways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, andwill heal their land.7:15 Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayerthat is made in this place.7:16 For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name maybe there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be thereperpetually.7:17 And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy fatherwalked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and shaltobserve my statutes and my judgments; 7:18 Then will I stablish thethrone of thy kingdom, according as I have covenanted with David thyfather, saying, There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel.7:19 But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments,which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, andworship them; 7:20 Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of myland which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctifiedfor my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be aproverb and a byword among all nations.7:21 And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to everyone that passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath the LORD donethus unto this land, and unto this house?  7:22 And it shall beanswered, Because they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, whichbrought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on othergods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath he broughtall this evil upon them.8:1 And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomonhad built the house of the LORD, and his own house, 8:2 That thecities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, andcaused the children of Israel to dwell there.8:3 And Solomon went to Hamathzobah, and prevailed against it.8:4 And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities,which he built in Hamath.8:5 Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether,fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars; 8:6 And Baalath, and allthe store cities that Solomon had, and all the chariot cities, and thecities of the horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build inJerusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all the land of hisdominion.8:7 As for all the people that were left of the Hittites, and theAmorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites,which were not of Israel, 8:8 But of their children, who were leftafter them in the land, whom the children of Israel consumed not, themdid Solomon make to pay tribute until this day.8:9 But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for hiswork; but they were men of war, and chief of his captains, andcaptains of his chariots and horsemen.8:10 And these were the chief of king Solomon's officers, even twohundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people.8:11 And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city ofDavid unto the house that he had built for her: for he said, My wifeshall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because theplaces are holy, whereunto the ark of the LORD hath come.8:12 Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the altarof the LORD, which he had built before the porch, 8:13 Even after acertain rate every day, offering according to the commandment ofMoses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemnfeasts, three times in the year, even in the feast of unleavenedbread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles.8:14 And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, thecourses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to theircharges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty ofevery day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate:for so had David the man of God commanded.8:15 And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto thepriests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning thetreasures.8:16 Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of thefoundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished. So thehouse of the LORD was perfected.8:17 Then went Solomon to Eziongeber, and to Eloth, at the sea side inthe land of Edom.8:18 And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, andservants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with theservants of Solomon to Ophir, and took thence four hundred and fiftytalents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.9:1 And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she cameto prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very greatcompany, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, andprecious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed withhim of all that was in her heart.9:2 And Solomon told her all her questions: and there was nothing hidfrom Solomon which he told her not.9:3 And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, andthe house that he had built, 9:4 And the meat of his table, and thesitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, andtheir apparel; his cupbearers also, and their apparel; and his ascentby which he went up into the house of the LORD; there was no morespirit in her.9:5 And she said to the king, It was a true report which I heard inmine own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom: 9:6 Howbeit I believednot their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold,the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: for thouexceedest the fame that I heard.9:7 Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, which standcontinually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.9:8 Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee to set theeon his throne, to be king for the LORD thy God: because thy God lovedIsrael, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king overthem, to do judgment and justice.9:9 And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, andof spices great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there anysuch spice as the queen of Sheba gave king Solomon.9:10 And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon,which brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and preciousstones.9:11 And the king made of the algum trees terraces to the house of theLORD, and to the king's palace, and harps and psalteries for singers:and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.9:12 And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire,whatsoever she asked, beside that which she had brought unto the king.So she turned, and went away to her own land, she and her servants.9:13 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was sixhundred and threescore and six talents of gold; 9:14 Beside that whichchapmen and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia andgovernors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.9:15 And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: sixhundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target.9:16 And three hundred shields made he of beaten gold: three hundredshekels of gold went to one shield. And the king put them in the houseof the forest of Lebanon.9:17 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid itwith pure gold.9:18 And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold,which were fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of thesitting place, and two lions standing by the stays: 9:19 And twelvelions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps.There was not the like made in any kingdom.9:20 And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon were of gold, andall the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of puregold: none were of silver; it was not any thing accounted of in thedays of Solomon.9:21 For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram:every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, andsilver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.9:22 And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches andwisdom.9:23 And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, tohear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart.9:24 And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, andvessels of gold, and raiment, harness, and spices, horses, and mules,a rate year by year.9:25 And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, andtwelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, andwith the king at Jerusalem.9:26 And he reigned over all the kings from the river even unto theland of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.9:27 And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar treesmade he as the sycomore trees that are in the low plains in abundance.9:28 And they brought unto Solomon horses out of Egypt, and out of alllands.9:29 Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they notwritten in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy ofAhijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer againstJeroboam the son of Nebat?  9:30 And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem overall Israel forty years.9:31 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the cityof David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.10:1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem were all Israel cometo make him king.10:2 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was inEgypt, whither he fled from the presence of Solomon the king, heardit, that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt.10:3 And they sent and called him. So Jeroboam and all Israel came andspake to Rehoboam, saying, 10:4 Thy father made our yoke grievous: nowtherefore ease thou somewhat the grievous servitude of thy father, andhis heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve thee.10:5 And he said unto them, Come again unto me after three days. Andthe people departed.10:6 And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men that had stoodbefore Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counselgive ye me to return answer to this people?  10:7 And they spake untohim, saying, If thou be kind to this people, and please them, andspeak good words to them, they will be thy servants for ever.10:8 But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and tookcounsel with the young men that were brought up with him, that stoodbefore him.10:9 And he said unto them, What advice give ye that we may returnanswer to this people, which have spoken to me, saying, Ease somewhatthe yoke that thy father did put upon us?  10:10 And the young menthat were brought up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thouanswer the people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made ouryoke heavy, but make thou it somewhat lighter for us; thus shalt thousay unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father'sloins.10:11 For whereas my father put a heavy yoke upon you, I will put moreto your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastiseyou with scorpions.10:12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the thirdday, as the king bade, saying, Come again to me on the third day.10:13 And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsookthe counsel of the old men, 10:14 And answered them after the adviceof the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I willadd thereto: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastiseyou with scorpions.10:15 So the king hearkened not unto the people: for the cause was ofGod, that the LORD might perform his word, which he spake by the handof Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.10:16 And when all Israel saw that the king would not hearken untothem, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we inDavid?  and we have none inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man toyour tents, O Israel: and now, David, see to thine own house. So allIsrael went to their tents.10:17 But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities ofJudah, Rehoboam reigned over them.10:18 Then king Rehoboam sent Hadoram that was over the tribute; andthe children of Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. But kingRehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee toJerusalem.10:19 And Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.11:1 And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered of the houseof Judah and Benjamin an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men,which were warriors, to fight against Israel, that he might bring thekingdom again to Rehoboam.11:2 But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,11:3 Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to allIsrael in Judah and Benjamin, saying, 11:4 Thus saith the LORD, Yeshall not go up, nor fight against your brethren: return every man tohis house: for this thing is done of me. And they obeyed the words ofthe LORD, and returned from going against Jeroboam.11:5 And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence inJudah.11:6 He built even Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa, 11:7 And Bethzur,and Shoco, and Adullam, 11:8 And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph, 11:9And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah, 11:10 And Zorah, and Aijalon,and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin fenced cities.11:11 And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, andstore of victual, and of oil and wine.11:12 And in every several city he put shields and spears, and madethem exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.11:13 And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel resortedto him out of all their coasts.11:14 For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, andcame to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had cast themoff from executing the priest's office unto the LORD: 11:15 And heordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and forthe calves which he had made.11:16 And after them out of all the tribes of Israel such as set theirhearts to seek the LORD God of Israel came to Jerusalem, to sacrificeunto the LORD God of their fathers.11:17 So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam theson of Solomon strong, three years: for three years they walked in theway of David and Solomon.11:18 And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the sonof David to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;11:19 Which bare him children; Jeush, and Shamariah, and Zaham.11:20 And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; whichbare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.11:21 And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all hiswives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescoreconcubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescoredaughters.)  11:22 And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah thechief, to be ruler among his brethren: for he thought to make himking.11:23 And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his childrenthroughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fencedcity: and he gave them victual in abundance. And he desired manywives.12:1 And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom,and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the LORD, and allIsrael with him.12:2 And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king RehoboamShishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they hadtransgressed against the LORD, 12:3 With twelve hundred chariots, andthreescore thousand horsemen: and the people were without number thatcame with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and theEthiopians.12:4 And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and cameto Jerusalem.12:5 Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes ofJudah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak,and said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have forsaken me, andtherefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.12:6 Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves;and they said, The LORD is righteous.12:7 And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word ofthe LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves;therefore I will not destroy them, but I will grant them somedeliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem bythe hand of Shishak.12:8 Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know myservice, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.12:9 So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took awaythe treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of theking's house; he took all: he carried away also the shields of goldwhich Solomon had made.12:10 Instead of which king Rehoboam made shields of brass, andcommitted them to the hands of the chief of the guard, that kept theentrance of the king's house.12:11 And when the king entered into the house of the LORD, the guardcame and fetched them, and brought them again into the guard chamber.12:12 And when he humbled himself, the wrath of the LORD turned fromhim, that he would not destroy him altogether: and also in Judahthings went well.12:13 So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned:for Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign, andhe reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD hadchosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And hismother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess.12:14 And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek theLORD.12:15 Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not writtenin the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerninggenealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboamcontinually.12:16 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the cityof David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.13:1 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reignover Judah.13:2 He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also wasMichaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war betweenAbijah and Jeroboam.13:3 And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant men ofwar, even four hundred thousand chosen men: Jeroboam also set thebattle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men,being mighty men of valour.13:4 And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is in mountEphraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel; 13:5 Oughtye not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom overIsrael to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant ofsalt?  13:6 Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon theson of David, is risen up, and hath rebelled against his lord.13:7 And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of Belial,and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon,when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstandthem.13:8 And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in the handof the sons of David; and ye be a great multitude, and there are withyour golden calves, which Jeroboam made you for gods.13:9 Have ye not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron,and the Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of thenations of other lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himselfwith a young bullock and seven rams, the same may be a priest of themthat are no gods.13:10 But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsakenhim; and the priests, which minister unto the LORD, are the sons ofAaron, and the Levites wait upon their business: 13:11 And they burnunto the LORD every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices andsweet incense: the shewbread also set they in order upon the puretable; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burnevery evening: for we keep the charge of the LORD our God; but ye haveforsaken him.13:12 And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and hispriests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children ofIsrael, fight ye not against the LORD God of your fathers; for yeshall not prosper.13:13 But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them: sothey were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them.13:14 And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before andbehind: and they cried unto the LORD, and the priests sounded with thetrumpets.13:15 Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judahshouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israelbefore Abijah and Judah.13:16 And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God deliveredthem into their hand.13:17 And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: sothere fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.13:18 Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, andthe children of Judah prevailed, because they relied upon the LORD Godof their fathers.13:19 And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him,Bethel with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof,and Ephraim with the towns thereof.13:20 Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days ofAbijah: and the LORD struck him, and he died.13:21 But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begattwenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.13:22 And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and hissayings, are written in the story of the prophet Iddo.14:1 So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the cityof David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the landwas quiet ten years.14:2 And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the LORDhis God: 14:3 For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and thehigh places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves: 14:4And commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of their fathers, and to dothe law and the commandment.14:5 Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high placesand the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.14:6 And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, andhe had no war in those years; because the LORD had given him rest.14:7 Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and makeabout them walls, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yetbefore us; because we have sought the LORD our God, we have soughthim, and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built andprospered.14:8 And Asa had an army of men that bare targets and spears, out ofJudah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shieldsand drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these weremighty men of valour.14:9 And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an hostof a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came untoMareshah.14:10 Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in arrayin the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.14:11 And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it isnothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that haveno power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thyname we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God; let noman prevail against thee.14:12 So the LORD smote the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah;and the Ethiopians fled.14:13 And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them untoGerar: and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recoverthemselves; for they were destroyed before the LORD, and before hishost; and they carried away very much spoil.14:14 And they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear ofthe LORD came upon them: and they spoiled all the cities; for therewas exceeding much spoil in them.14:15 They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep andcamels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem.15:1 And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded: 15:2 Andhe went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and allJudah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and ifye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he willforsake you.15:3 Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, andwithout a teaching priest, and without law.15:4 But when they in their trouble did turn unto the LORD God ofIsrael, and sought him, he was found of them.15:5 And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, norto him that came in, but great vexations were upon all the inhabitantsof the countries.15:6 And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God didvex them with all adversity.15:7 Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for yourwork shall be rewarded.15:8 And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded theprophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of allthe land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he hadtaken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the LORD, that wasbefore the porch of the LORD.15:9 And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers withthem out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell tohim out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that the LORD his Godwas with him.15:10 So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the thirdmonth, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.15:11 And they offered unto the LORD the same time, of the spoil whichthey had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.15:12 And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of theirfathers with all their heart and with all their soul; 15:13 Thatwhosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put todeath, whether small or great, whether man or woman.15:14 And they sware unto the LORD with a loud voice, and withshouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.15:15 And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with alltheir heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was foundof them: and the LORD gave them rest round about.15:16 And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king, heremoved her from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove:and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burnt it at the brookKidron.15:17 But the high places were not taken away out of Israel:nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.15:18 And he brought into the house of God the things that his fatherhad dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold,and vessels.15:19 And there was no more war unto the five and thirtieth year ofthe reign of Asa.16:1 In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa Baasha king ofIsrael came up against Judah, and built Ramah, to the intent that hemight let none go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.16:2 Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of thehouse of the LORD and of the king's house, and sent to Benhadad kingof Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying, 16:3 There is a leaguebetween me and thee, as there was between my father and thy father:behold, I have sent thee silver and gold; go, break thy league withBaasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.16:4 And Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains ofhis armies against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon, and Dan,and Abelmaim, and all the store cities of Naphtali.16:5 And it came to pass, when Baasha heard it, that he left offbuilding of Ramah, and let his work cease.16:6 Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away thestones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha wasbuilding; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah.16:7 And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, andsaid unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and notrelied on the LORD thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syriaescaped out of thine hand.16:8 Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host, with verymany chariots and horsemen? yet, because thou didst rely on the LORD,he delivered them into thine hand.16:9 For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the wholeearth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart isperfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore fromhenceforth thou shalt have wars.16:10 Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house;for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressedsome of the people the same time.16:11 And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they arewritten in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.16:12 And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseasedin his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his diseasehe sought not to the LORD, but to the physicians.16:13 And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortiethyear of his reign.16:14 And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made forhimself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filledwith sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by theapothecaries' art: and they made a very great burning for him.17:1 And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthenedhimself against Israel.17:2 And he placed forces in all the fenced cities of Judah, and setgarrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, whichAsa his father had taken.17:3 And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the firstways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim; 17:4 But soughtto the Lord God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and notafter the doings of Israel.17:5 Therefore the LORD stablished the kingdom in his hand; and allJudah brought to Jehoshaphat presents; and he had riches and honour inabundance.17:6 And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD: moreover hetook away the high places and groves out of Judah.17:7 Also in the third year of his reign he sent to his princes, evento Benhail, and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to Nethaneel, and toMichaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah.17:8 And with them he sent Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, andZebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah,and Tobijah, and Tobadonijah, Levites; and with them Elishama andJehoram, priests.17:9 And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the law of the LORDwith them, and went about throughout all the cities of Judah, andtaught the people.17:10 And the fear of the LORD fell upon all the kingdoms of the landsthat were round about Judah, so that they made no war againstJehoshaphat.17:11 Also some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents, andtribute silver; and the Arabians brought him flocks, seven thousandand seven hundred rams, and seven thousand and seven hundred he goats.17:12 And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judahcastles, and cities of store.17:13 And he had much business in the cities of Judah: and the men ofwar, mighty men of valour, were in Jerusalem.17:14 And these are the numbers of them according to the house oftheir fathers: Of Judah, the captains of thousands; Adnah the chief,and with him mighty men of valour three hundred thousand.17:15 And next to him was Jehohanan the captain, and with him twohundred and fourscore thousand.17:16 And next him was Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willinglyoffered himself unto the LORD; and with him two hundred thousandmighty men of valour.17:17 And of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man of valour, and with himarmed men with bow and shield two hundred thousand.17:18 And next him was Jehozabad, and with him an hundred andfourscore thousand ready prepared for the war.17:19 These waited on the king, beside those whom the king put in thefenced cities throughout all Judah.18:1 Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance, and joinedaffinity with Ahab.18:2 And after certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria. And Ahabkilled sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people that hehad with him, and persuaded him to go up with him to Ramothgilead.18:3 And Ahab king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Wiltthou go with me to Ramothgilead? And he answered him, I am as thouart, and my people as thy people; and we will be with thee in the war.18:4 And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I praythee, at the word of the LORD to day.18:5 Therefore the king of Israel gathered together of prophets fourhundred men, and said unto them, Shall we go to Ramothgilead tobattle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for God will deliverit into the king's hand.18:6 But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORDbesides, that we might enquire of him?  18:7 And the king of Israelsaid unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, by whom we may enquire ofthe LORD: but I hate him; for he never prophesied good unto me, butalways evil: the same is Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphatsaid, Let not the king say so.18:8 And the king of Israel called for one of his officers, and said,Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imla.18:9 And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah sat eitherof them on his throne, clothed in their robes, and they sat in a voidplace at the entering in of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophetsprophesied before them.18:10 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made him horns of iron,and said, Thus saith the LORD, With these thou shalt push Syria untilthey be consumed.18:11 And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up toRamothgilead, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the handof the king.18:12 And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spake to him,saying, Behold, the words of the prophets declare good to the kingwith one assent; let thy word therefore, I pray thee, be like one oftheir's, and speak thou good.18:13 And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, even what my God saith,that will I speak.18:14 And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him,Micaiah, shall we go to Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear?And he said, Go ye up, and prosper, and they shall be delivered intoyour hand.18:15 And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure theethat thou say nothing but the truth to me in the name of the LORD?18:16 Then he said, I did see all Israel scattered upon the mountains,as sheep that have no shepherd: and the LORD said, These have nomaster; let them return therefore every man to his house in peace.18:17 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell theethat he would not prophesy good unto me, but evil?  18:18 Again hesaid, Therefore hear the word of the LORD; I saw the LORD sitting uponhis throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand andon his left.18:19 And the LORD said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that hemay go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one spake saying after thismanner, and another saying after that manner.18:20 Then there came out a spirit, and stood before the LORD, andsaid, I will entice him. And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith?  18:21And he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of allhis prophets. And the Lord said, Thou shalt entice him, and thou shaltalso prevail: go out, and do even so.18:22 Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in themouth of these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil againstthee.18:23 Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiahupon the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD fromme to speak unto thee?  18:24 And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt seeon that day when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.18:25 Then the king of Israel said, Take ye Micaiah, and carry himback to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son;18:26 And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, andfeed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, untilI return in peace.18:27 And Micaiah said, If thou certainly return in peace, then hathnot the LORD spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, all ye people.18:28 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went upto Ramothgilead.18:29 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguisemyself, and I will go to the battle; but put thou on thy robes. So theking of Israel disguised himself; and they went to the battle.18:30 Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of the chariotsthat were with him, saying, Fight ye not with small or great, saveonly with the king of Israel.18:31 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots sawJehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore theycompassed about him to fight: but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORDhelped him; and God moved them to depart from him.18:32 For it came to pass, that, when the captains of the chariotsperceived that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back againfrom pursuing him.18:33 And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king ofIsrael between the joints of the harness: therefore he said to hischariot man, Turn thine hand, that thou mayest carry me out of thehost; for I am wounded.18:34 And the battle increased that day: howbeit the king of Israelstayed himself up in his chariot against the Syrians until the even:and about the time of the sun going down he died.19:1 And Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his house in peaceto Jerusalem.19:2 And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, andsaid to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and lovethem that hate the LORD? therefore is wrath upon thee from before theLORD.19:3 Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thouhast taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thineheart to seek God.19:4 And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went out again throughthe people from Beersheba to mount Ephraim, and brought them back untothe LORD God of their fathers.19:5 And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities ofJudah, city by city, 19:6 And said to the judges, Take heed what yedo: for ye judge not for man, but for the LORD, who is with you in thejudgment.19:7 Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed anddo it: for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect ofpersons, nor taking of gifts.19:8 Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites, and ofthe priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Israel, for thejudgment of the LORD, and for controversies, when they returned toJerusalem.19:9 And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of theLORD, faithfully, and with a perfect heart.19:10 And what cause soever shall come to you of your brethren thatdwell in your cities, between blood and blood, between law andcommandment, statutes and judgments, ye shall even warn them that theytrespass not against the LORD, and so wrath come upon you, and uponyour brethren: this do, and ye shall not trespass.19:11 And, behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all mattersof the LORD; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the houseof Judah, for all the king's matters: also the Levites shall beofficers before you. Deal courageously, and the LORD shall be with thegood.20:1 It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, andthe children of Ammon, and with them other beside the Ammonites, cameagainst Jehoshaphat to battle.20:2 Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometha great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria;and, behold, they be in Hazazontamar, which is Engedi.20:3 And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, andproclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.20:4 And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the LORD:even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD.20:5 And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem,in the house of the LORD, before the new court, 20:6 And said, O LORDGod of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest not thouover all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there notpower and might, so that none is able to withstand thee?  20:7 Art notthou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land beforethy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend forever?  20:8 And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuarytherein for thy name, saying, 20:9 If, when evil cometh upon us, asthe sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before thishouse, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cryunto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help.20:10 And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir,whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of theland of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not;20:11 Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thypossession, which thou hast given us to inherit.20:12 O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no mightagainst this great company that cometh against us; neither know wewhat to do: but our eyes are upon thee.20:13 And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones,their wives, and their children.20:14 Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, theson of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph,came the Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the congregation; 20:15And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem,and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraidnor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is notyours, but God's.20:16 To morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by thecliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, beforethe wilderness of Jeruel.20:17 Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, standye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah andJerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them:for the LORD will be with you.20:18 And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: andall Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD,worshipping the LORD.20:19 And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of thechildren of the Korhites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israelwith a loud voice on high.20:20 And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into thewilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood andsaid, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe inthe LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets,so shall ye prosper.20:21 And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singersunto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as theywent out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercyendureth for ever.20:22 And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD setambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, whichwere come against Judah; and they were smitten.20:23 For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against theinhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and whenthey had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped todestroy another.20:24 And when Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness,they looked unto the multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodiesfallen to the earth, and none escaped.20:25 And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoilof them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the deadbodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves,more than they could carry away: and they were three days in gatheringof the spoil, it was so much.20:26 And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley ofBerachah; for there they blessed the LORD: therefore the name of thesame place was called, The valley of Berachah, unto this day.20:27 Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, andJehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem withjoy; for the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies.20:28 And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps andtrumpets unto the house of the LORD.20:29 And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries,when they had heard that the LORD fought against the enemies ofIsrael.20:30 So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him restround about.20:31 And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty and five yearsold when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years inJerusalem.And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.20:32 And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and departed notfrom it, doing that which was right in the sight of the LORD.20:33 Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for as yet thepeople had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers.20:34 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold,they are written in the book of Jehu the son of Hanani, who ismentioned in the book of the kings of Israel.20:35 And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself withAhaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly: 20:36 And he joinedhimself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made theships in Eziongaber.20:37 Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied againstJehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah,the LORD hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that theywere not able to go to Tarshish.21:1 Now Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with hisfathers in the city of David. And Jehoram his son reigned in hisstead.21:2 And he had brethren the sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Jehiel,and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah: all thesewere the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel.21:3 And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold,and of precious things, with fenced cities in Judah: but the kingdomgave he to Jehoram; because he was the firstborn.21:4 Now when Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his father, hestrengthened himself, and slew all his brethren with the sword, anddivers also of the princes of Israel.21:5 Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he began to reign, andhe reigned eight years in Jerusalem.21:6 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did thehouse of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife: and he wroughtthat which was evil in the eyes of the LORD.21:7 Howbeit the LORD would not destroy the house of David, because ofthe covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give alight to him and to his sons for ever.21:8 In his days the Edomites revolted from under the dominion ofJudah, and made themselves a king.21:9 Then Jehoram went forth with his princes, and all his chariotswith him: and he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites whichcompassed him in, and the captains of the chariots.21:10 So the Edomites revolted from under the hand of Judah unto thisday.The same time also did Libnah revolt from under his hand; because hehad forsaken the LORD God of his fathers.21:11 Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah andcaused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, andcompelled Judah thereto.21:12 And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying,Thus saith the LORD God of David thy father, Because thou hast notwalked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asaking of Judah, 21:13 But hast walked in the way of the kings ofIsrael, and hast made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go awhoring, like to the whoredoms of the house of Ahab, and also hastslain thy brethren of thy father's house, which were better thanthyself: 21:14 Behold, with a great plague will the LORD smite thypeople, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy goods: 21:15 Andthou shalt have great sickness by disease of thy bowels, until thybowels fall out by reason of the sickness day by day.21:16 Moreover the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of thePhilistines, and of the Arabians, that were near the Ethiopians: 21:17And they came up into Judah, and brake into it, and carried away allthe substance that was found in the king's house, and his sons also,and his wives; so that there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz,the youngest of his sons.21:18 And after all this the LORD smote him in his bowels with anincurable disease.21:19 And it came to pass, that in process of time, after the end oftwo years, his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness: so he diedof sore diseases. And his people made no burning for him, like theburning of his fathers.21:20 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and hereigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being desired.Howbeit they buried him in the city of David, but not in thesepulchres of the kings.22:1 And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest sonking in his stead: for the band of men that came with the Arabians tothe camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram kingof Judah reigned.22:2 Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign, andhe reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Athaliahthe daughter of Omri.22:3 He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his motherwas his counsellor to do wickedly.22:4 Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house ofAhab: for they were his counsellors after the death of his father tohis destruction.22:5 He walked also after their counsel, and went with Jehoram the sonof Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria atRamothgilead: and the Syrians smote Joram.22:6 And he returned to be healed in Jezreel because of the woundswhich were given him at Ramah, when he fought with Hazael king ofSyria. And Azariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to seeJehoram the son of Ahab at Jezreel, because he was sick.22:7 And the destruction of Ahaziah was of God by coming to Joram: forwhen he was come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son ofNimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab.22:8 And it came to pass, that, when Jehu was executing judgment uponthe house of Ahab, and found the princes of Judah, and the sons of thebrethren of Ahaziah, that ministered to Ahaziah, he slew them.22:9 And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for he was hid inSamaria,) and brought him to Jehu: and when they had slain him, theyburied him: Because, said they, he is the son of Jehoshaphat, whosought the LORD with all his heart. So the house of Ahaziah had nopower to keep still the kingdom.22:10 But when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son wasdead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal of the house ofJudah.22:11 But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the sonof Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons that were slain,and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, thedaughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest, (for shewas the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that she slewhim not.22:12 And he was with them hid in the house of God six years: andAthaliah reigned over the land.23:1 And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and tookthe captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael theson of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son ofAdaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him.23:2 And they went about in Judah, and gathered the Levites out of allthe cities of Judah, and the chief of the fathers of Israel, and theycame to Jerusalem.23:3 And all the congregation made a covenant with the king in thehouse of God. And he said unto them, Behold, the king's son shallreign, as the LORD hath said of the sons of David.23:4 This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you enteringon the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be porters ofthe doors; 23:5 And a third part shall be at the king's house; and athird part at the gate of the foundation: and all the people shall bein the courts of the house of the LORD.23:6 But let none come into the house of the LORD, save the priests,and they that minister of the Levites; they shall go in, for they areholy: but all the people shall keep the watch of the LORD.23:7 And the Levites shall compass the king round about, every manwith his weapons in his hand; and whosoever else cometh into thehouse, he shall be put to death: but be ye with the king when hecometh in, and when he goeth out.23:8 So the Levites and all Judah did according to all things thatJehoiada the priest had commanded, and took every man his men thatwere to come in on the sabbath, with them that were to go out on thesabbath: for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses.23:9 Moreover Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains ofhundreds spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been kingDavid's, which were in the house of God.23:10 And he set all the people, every man having his weapon in hishand, from the right side of the temple to the left side of thetemple, along by the altar and the temple, by the king round about.23:11 Then they brought out the king's son, and put upon him thecrown, and gave him the testimony, and made him king. And Jehoiada andhis sons anointed him, and said, God save the king.23:12 Now when Athaliah heard the noise of the people running andpraising the king, she came to the people into the house of the LORD:23:13 And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at theentering in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king: and all thepeople of the land rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also thesingers with instruments of musick, and such as taught to sing praise.Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason, Treason.23:14 Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundredsthat were set over the host, and said unto them, Have her forth of theranges: and whoso followeth her, let him be slain with the sword. Forthe priest said, Slay her not in the house of the LORD.23:15 So they laid hands on her; and when she was come to the enteringof the horse gate by the king's house, they slew her there.23:16 And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all thepeople, and between the king, that they should be the LORD's people.23:17 Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake itdown, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattanthe priest of Baal before the altars.23:18 Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the LORD bythe hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in thehouse of the LORD, to offer the burnt offerings of the LORD, as it iswritten in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, as itwas ordained by David.23:19 And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the LORD,that none which was unclean in any thing should enter in.23:20 And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and thegovernors of the people, and all the people of the land, and broughtdown the king from the house of the LORD: and they came through thehigh gate into the king's house, and set the king upon the throne ofthe kingdom.23:21 And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city was quiet,after that they had slain Athaliah with the sword.24:1 Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reignedforty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Zibiah ofBeersheba.24:2 And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD allthe days of Jehoiada the priest.24:3 And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons anddaughters.24:4 And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to repairthe house of the LORD.24:5 And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said tothem, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel moneyto repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that yehasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened it not.24:6 And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him,Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah andout of Jerusalem the collection, according to the commandment of Mosesthe servant of the LORD, and of the congregation of Israel, for thetabernacle of witness?  24:7 For the sons of Athaliah, that wickedwoman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicatedthings of the house of the LORD did they bestow upon Baalim.24:8 And at the king's commandment they made a chest, and set itwithout at the gate of the house of the LORD.24:9 And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, tobring in to the LORD the collection that Moses the servant of God laidupon Israel in the wilderness.24:10 And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in,and cast into the chest, until they had made an end.24:11 Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was broughtunto the king's office by the hand of the Levites, and when they sawthat there was much money, the king's scribe and the high priest'sofficer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to hisplace again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money inabundance.24:12 And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of theservice of the house of the LORD, and hired masons and carpenters torepair the house of the LORD, and also such as wrought iron and brassto mend the house of the LORD.24:13 So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, andthey set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it.24:14 And when they had finished it, they brought the rest of themoney before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for thehouse of the LORD, even vessels to minister, and to offer withal, andspoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burntofferings in the house of the LORD continually all the days ofJehoiada.24:15 But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; anhundred and thirty years old was he when he died.24:16 And they buried him in the city of David among the kings,because he had done good in Israel, both toward God, and toward hishouse.24:17 Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, andmade obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.24:18 And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, andserved groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem forthis their trespass.24:19 Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the LORD;and they testified against them: but they would not give ear.24:20 And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiadathe priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thussaith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the LORD, that yecannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the LORD, he hath alsoforsaken you.24:21 And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones atthe commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD.24:22 Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiadahis father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, hesaid, The LORD look upon it, and require it.24:23 And it came to pass at the end of the year, that the host ofSyria came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, anddestroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, andsent all the spoil of them unto the king of Damascus.24:24 For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men,and the LORD delivered a very great host into their hand, because theyhad forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. So they executed judgmentagainst Joash.24:25 And when they were departed from him, (for they left him ingreat diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the bloodof the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and hedied: and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried himnot in the sepulchres of the kings.24:26 And these are they that conspired against him; Zabad the son ofShimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a Moabitess.24:27 Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens laidupon him, and the repairing of the house of God, behold, they arewritten in the story of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his sonreigned in his stead.25:1 Amaziah was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, andhe reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's namewas Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.25:2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, but notwith a perfect heart.25:3 Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him,that he slew his servants that had killed the king his father.25:4 But he slew not their children, but did as it is written in thelaw in the book of Moses, where the LORD commanded, saying, Thefathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children diefor the fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin.25:5 Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captainsover thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses oftheir fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered themfrom twenty years old and above, and found them three hundred thousandchoice men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear andshield.25:6 He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valour out ofIsrael for an hundred talents of silver.25:7 But there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, let not thearmy of Israel go with thee; for the LORD is not with Israel, to wit,with all the children of Ephraim.25:8 But if thou wilt go, do it; be strong for the battle: God shallmake thee fall before the enemy: for God hath power to help, and tocast down.25:9 And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for thehundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the manof God answered, The LORD is able to give thee much more than this.25:10 Then Amaziah separated them, to wit, the army that was come tohim out of Ephraim, to go home again: wherefore their anger wasgreatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home in great anger.25:11 And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, andwent to the valley of salt, and smote of the children of Seir tenthousand.25:12 And other ten thousand left alive did the children of Judahcarry away captive, and brought them unto the top of the rock, andcast them down from the top of the rock, that they all were broken inpieces.25:13 But the soldiers of the army which Amaziah sent back, that theyshould not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah, fromSamaria even unto Bethhoron, and smote three thousand of them, andtook much spoil.25:14 Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from theslaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children ofSeir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself beforethem, and burned incense unto them.25:15 Wherefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, andhe sent unto him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast thou soughtafter the gods of the people, which could not deliver their own peopleout of thine hand?  25:16 And it came to pass, as he talked with him,that the king said unto him, Art thou made of the king's counsel?forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, andsaid, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thouhast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.25:17 Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, theson of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let ussee one another in the face.25:18 And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying,The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon,saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by awild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.25:19 Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten the Edomites; and thine heartlifteth thee up to boast: abide now at home; why shouldest thou meddleto thine hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah withthee?  25:20 But Amaziah would not hear; for it came of God, that hemight deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they soughtafter the gods of Edom.25:21 So Joash the king of Israel went up; and they saw one another inthe face, both he and Amaziah king of Judah, at Bethshemesh, whichbelongeth to Judah.25:22 And Judah was put to the worse before Israel, and they fledevery man to his tent.25:23 And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the sonof Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Bethshemesh, and brought him toJerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate ofEphraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.25:24 And he took all the gold and the silver, and all the vesselsthat were found in the house of God with Obededom, and the treasuresof the king's house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria.25:25 And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the deathof Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.25:26 Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold, arethey not written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel?  25:27Now after the time that Amaziah did turn away from following the LORDthey made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled toLachish: but they sent to Lachish after him, and slew him there.25:28 And they brought him upon horses, and buried him with hisfathers in the city of Judah.26:1 Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen yearsold, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.26:2 He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the kingslept with his fathers.26:3 Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign, and hereigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also wasJecoliah of Jerusalem.26:4 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD,according to all that his father Amaziah did.26:5 And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understandingin the visions of God: and as long as he sought the LORD, God made himto prosper.26:6 And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and brakedown the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod,and built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines.26:7 And God helped him against the Philistines, and against theArabians that dwelt in Gurbaal, and the Mehunims.26:8 And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah: and his name spreadabroad even to the entering in of Egypt; for he strengthened himselfexceedingly.26:9 Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, andat the valley gate, and at the turning of the wall, and fortifiedthem.26:10 Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: forhe had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains:husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel:for he loved husbandry.26:11 Moreover Uzziah had an host of fighting men, that went out towar by bands, according to the number of their account by the hand ofJeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the hand of Hananiah,one of the king's captains.26:12 The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty menof valour were two thousand and six hundred.26:13 And under their hand was an army, three hundred thousand andseven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, tohelp the king against the enemy.26:14 And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields,and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to caststones.26:15 And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to beon the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stoneswithal.And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, tillhe was strong.26:16 But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to hisdestruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and wentinto the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense.26:17 And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscorepriests of the LORD, that were valiant men: 26:18 And they withstoodUzziah the king, and said unto him, It appertaineth not unto thee,Uzziah, to burn incense unto the LORD, but to the priests the sons ofAaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary;for thou hast trespassed; neither shall it be for thine honour fromthe LORD God.26:19 Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand to burnincense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy evenrose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the LORD,from beside the incense altar.26:20 And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked uponhim, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust himout from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because the LORDhad smitten him.26:21 And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, anddwelt in a several house, being a leper; for he was cut off from thehouse of the LORD: and Jotham his son was over the king's house,judging the people of the land.26:22 Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, did Isaiahthe prophet, the son of Amoz, write.26:23 So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with hisfathers in the field of the burial which belonged to the kings; forthey said, He is a leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.27:1 Jotham was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, andhe reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also wasJerushah, the daughter of Zadok.27:2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD,according to all that his father Uzziah did: howbeit he entered notinto the temple of the LORD. And the people did yet corruptly.27:3 He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wallof Ophel he built much.27:4 Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in theforests he built castles and towers.27:5 He fought also with the king of the Ammonites, and prevailedagainst them. And the children of Ammon gave him the same year anhundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and tenthousand of barley. So much did the children of Ammon pay unto him,both the second year, and the third.27:6 So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before theLORD his God.27:7 Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars, and hisways, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel andJudah.27:8 He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, andreigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.27:9 And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in thecity of David: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.28:1 Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reignedsixteen years in Jerusalem: but he did not that which was right in thesight of the LORD, like David his father: 28:2 For he walked in theways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim.28:3 Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, andburnt his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathenwhom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.28:4 He sacrificed also and burnt incense in the high places, and onthe hills, and under every green tree.28:5 Wherefore the LORD his God delivered him into the hand of theking of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away a great multitudeof them captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was alsodelivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with agreat slaughter.28:6 For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah an hundred and twentythousand in one day, which were all valiant men; because they hadforsaken the LORD God of their fathers.28:7 And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king'sson, and Azrikam the governor of the house, and Elkanah that was nextto the king.28:8 And the children of Israel carried away captive of their brethrentwo hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took also awaymuch spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria.28:9 But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name was Oded: and hewent out before the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them,Behold, because the LORD God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, hehath delivered them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a ragethat reacheth up unto heaven.28:10 And now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah andJerusalem for bondmen and bondwomen unto you: but are there not withyou, even with you, sins against the LORD your God?  28:11 Now hear metherefore, and deliver the captives again, which ye have taken captiveof your brethren: for the fierce wrath of the LORD is upon you.28:12 Then certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariahthe son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, and Jehizkiahthe son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against themthat came from the war, 28:13 And said unto them, Ye shall not bringin the captives hither: for whereas we have offended against the LORDalready, ye intend to add more to our sins and to our trespass: forour trespass is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel.28:14 So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before theprinces and all the congregation.28:15 And the men which were expressed by name rose up, and took thecaptives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them,and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink,and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them upon asses, andbrought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brethren:then they returned to Samaria.28:16 At that time did king Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria tohelp him.28:17 For again the Edomites had come and smitten Judah, and carriedaway captives.28:18 The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low country,and of the south of Judah, and had taken Bethshemesh, and Ajalon, andGederoth, and Shocho with the villages thereof, and Timnah with thevillages thereof, Gimzo also and the villages thereof: and they dweltthere.28:19 For the LORD brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel;for he made Judah naked, and transgressed sore against the LORD.28:20 And Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria came unto him, anddistressed him, but strengthened him not.28:21 For Ahaz took away a portion out of the house of the LORD, andout of the house of the king, and of the princes, and gave it unto theking of Assyria: but he helped him not.28:22 And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more againstthe LORD: this is that king Ahaz.28:23 For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him:and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them,therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But theywere the ruin of him, and of all Israel.28:24 And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God, andcut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and shut up the doorsof the house of the LORD, and he made him altars in every corner ofJerusalem.28:25 And in every several city of Judah he made high places to burnincense unto other gods, and provoked to anger the LORD God of hisfathers.28:26 Now the rest of his acts and of all his ways, first and last,behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.28:27 And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in thecity, even in Jerusalem: but they brought him not into the sepulchresof the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.29:1 Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old,and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem. And his mother'sname was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.29:2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD,according to all that David his father had done.29:3 He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened thedoors of the house of the LORD, and repaired them.29:4 And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered themtogether into the east street, 29:5 And said unto them, Hear me, yeLevites, sanctify now yourselves, and sanctify the house of the LORDGod of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holyplace.29:6 For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil inthe eyes of the LORD our God, and have forsaken him, and have turnedaway their faces from the habitation of the LORD, and turned theirbacks.29:7 Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out thelamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in theholy place unto the God of Israel.29:8 Wherefore the wrath of the LORD was upon Judah and Jerusalem, andhe hath delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, asye see with your eyes.29:9 For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons andour daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.29:10 Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with the LORD God ofIsrael, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us.29:11 My sons, be not now negligent: for the LORD hath chosen you tostand before him, to serve him, and that ye should minister unto him,and burn incense.29:12 Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel theson of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: and of the sons ofMerari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel: and ofthe Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah:29:13 And of the sons of Elizaphan; Shimri, and Jeiel: and of the sonsof Asaph; Zechariah, and Mattaniah: 29:14 And of the sons of Heman;Jehiel, and Shimei: and of the sons of Jeduthun; Shemaiah, and Uzziel.29:15 And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselves, andcame, according to the commandment of the king, by the words of theLORD, to cleanse the house of the LORD.29:16 And the priests went into the inner part of the house of theLORD, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that theyfound in the temple of the LORD into the court of the house of theLORD. And the Levites took it, to carry it out abroad into the brookKidron.29:17 Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify,and on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of the LORD:so they sanctified the house of the LORD in eight days; and in thesixteenth day of the first month they made an end.29:18 Then they went in to Hezekiah the king, and said, We havecleansed all the house of the LORD, and the altar of burnt offering,with all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread table, with all thevessels thereof.29:19 Moreover all the vessels, which king Ahaz in his reign did castaway in his transgression, have we prepared and sanctified, and,behold, they are before the altar of the LORD.29:20 Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers ofthe city, and went up to the house of the LORD.29:21 And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and sevenlambs, and seven he goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom, and forthe sanctuary, and for Judah. And he commanded the priests the sons ofAaron to offer them on the altar of the LORD.29:22 So they killed the bullocks, and the priests received the blood,and sprinkled it on the altar: likewise, when they had killed therams, they sprinkled the blood upon the altar: they killed also thelambs, and they sprinkled the blood upon the altar.29:23 And they brought forth the he goats for the sin offering beforethe king and the congregation; and they laid their hands upon them:29:24 And the priests killed them, and they made reconciliation withtheir blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all Israel: forthe king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering shouldbe made for all Israel.29:25 And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals,with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment ofDavid, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet: for so wasthe commandment of the LORD by his prophets.29:26 And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and thepriests with the trumpets.29:27 And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt offering upon thealtar.And when the burnt offering began, the song of the LORD began alsowith the trumpets, and with the instruments ordained by David king ofIsrael.29:28 And all the congregation worshipped, and the singers sang, andthe trumpeters sounded: and all this continued until the burntoffering was finished.29:29 And when they had made an end of offering, the king and all thatwere present with him bowed themselves, and worshipped.29:30 Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levitesto sing praise unto the LORD with the words of David, and of Asaph theseer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their headsand worshipped.29:31 Then Hezekiah answered and said, Now ye have consecratedyourselves unto the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices and thankofferings into the house of the LORD. And the congregation brought insacrifices and thank offerings; and as many as were of a free heartburnt offerings.29:32 And the number of the burnt offerings, which the congregationbrought, was threescore and ten bullocks, an hundred rams, and twohundred lambs: all these were for a burnt offering to the LORD.29:33 And the consecrated things were six hundred oxen and threethousand sheep.29:34 But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay allthe burnt offerings: wherefore their brethren the Levites did helpthem, till the work was ended, and until the other priests hadsanctified themselves: for the Levites were more upright in heart tosanctify themselves than the priests.29:35 And also the burnt offerings were in abundance, with the fat ofthe peace offerings, and the drink offerings for every burnt offering.So the service of the house of the LORD was set in order.29:36 And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had preparedthe people: for the thing was done suddenly.30:1 And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters alsoto Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of theLORD at Jerusalem, to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel.30:2 For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all thecongregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month.30:3 For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests hadnot sanctified themselves sufficiently, neither had the peoplegathered themselves together to Jerusalem.30:4 And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation.30:5 So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout allIsrael, from Beersheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep thepassover unto the LORD God of Israel at Jerusalem: for they had notdone it of a long time in such sort as it was written.30:6 So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princesthroughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment ofthe king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto the LORD Godof Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the remnant ofyou, that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria.30:7 And be not ye like your fathers, and like your brethren, whichtrespassed against the LORD God of their fathers, who therefore gavethem up to desolation, as ye see.30:8 Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yieldyourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hathsanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fiercenessof his wrath may turn away from you.30:9 For if ye turn again unto the LORD, your brethren and yourchildren shall find compassion before them that lead them captive, sothat they shall come again into this land: for the LORD your God isgracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if yereturn unto him.30:10 So the posts passed from city to city through the country ofEphraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them toscorn, and mocked them.30:11 Nevertheless divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbledthemselves, and came to Jerusalem.30:12 Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to dothe commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of theLORD.30:13 And there assembled at Jerusalem much people to keep the feastof unleavened bread in the second month, a very great congregation.30:14 And they arose and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem,and all the altars for incense took they away, and cast them into thebrook Kidron.30:15 Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of thesecond month: and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, andsanctified themselves, and brought in the burnt offerings into thehouse of the LORD.30:16 And they stood in their place after their manner, according tothe law of Moses the man of God: the priests sprinkled the blood,which they received of the hand of the Levites.30:17 For there were many in the congregation that were notsanctified: therefore the Levites had the charge of the killing of thepassovers for every one that was not clean, to sanctify them unto theLORD.30:18 For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, andManasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet didthey eat the passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiahprayed for them, saying, The good LORD pardon every one 30:19 Thatprepareth his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his fathers, thoughhe be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary.30:20 And the LORD hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.30:21 And the children of Israel that were present at Jerusalem keptthe feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness: and theLevites and the priests praised the LORD day by day, singing with loudinstruments unto the LORD.30:22 And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites that taughtthe good knowledge of the LORD: and they did eat throughout the feastseven days, offering peace offerings, and making confession to theLORD God of their fathers.30:23 And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days:and they kept other seven days with gladness.30:24 For Hezekiah king of Judah did give to the congregation athousand bullocks and seven thousand sheep; and the princes gave tothe congregation a thousand bullocks and ten thousand sheep: and agreat number of priests sanctified themselves.30:25 And all the congregation of Judah, with the priests and theLevites, and all the congregation that came out of Israel, and thestrangers that came out of the land of Israel, and that dwelt inJudah, rejoiced.30:26 So there was great joy in Jerusalem: for since the time ofSolomon the son of David king of Israel there was not the like inJerusalem.30:27 Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: andtheir voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy dwellingplace, even unto heaven.31:1 Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present wentout to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cutdown the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out ofall Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they hadutterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned,every man to his possession, into their own cities.31:2 And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the Levitesafter their courses, every man according to his service, the priestsand Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister,and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the tents of theLORD.31:3 He appointed also the king's portion of his substance for theburnt offerings, to wit, for the morning and evening burnt offerings,and the burnt offerings for the sabbaths, and for the new moons, andfor the set feasts, as it is written in the law of the LORD.31:4 Moreover he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to givethe portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might beencouraged in the law of the LORD.31:5 And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children ofIsrael brought in abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil,and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of allthings brought they in abundantly.31:6 And concerning the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelt inthe cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep,and the tithe of holy things which were consecrated unto the LORDtheir God, and laid them by heaps.31:7 In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps,and finished them in the seventh month.31:8 And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, theyblessed the LORD, and his people Israel.31:9 Then Hezekiah questioned with the priests and the Levitesconcerning the heaps.31:10 And Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok answered him,and said, Since the people began to bring the offerings into the houseof the LORD, we have had enough to eat, and have left plenty: for theLORD hath blessed his people; and that which is left is this greatstore.31:11 Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of theLORD; and they prepared them, 31:12 And brought in the offerings andthe tithes and the dedicated things faithfully: over which Cononiahthe Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was the next.31:13 And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth,and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, wereoverseers under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei his brother, at thecommandment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of the houseof God.31:14 And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter toward theeast, was over the freewill offerings of God, to distribute theoblations of the LORD, and the most holy things.31:15 And next him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah,Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their setoffice, to give to their brethren by courses, as well to the great asto the small: 31:16 Beside their genealogy of males, from three yearsold and upward, even unto every one that entereth into the house ofthe LORD, his daily portion for their service in their chargesaccording to their courses; 31:17 Both to the genealogy of the priestsby the house of their fathers, and the Levites from twenty years oldand upward, in their charges by their courses; 31:18 And to thegenealogy of all their little ones, their wives, and their sons, andtheir daughters, through all the congregation: for in their set officethey sanctified themselves in holiness: 31:19 Also of the sons ofAaron the priests, which were in the fields of the suburbs of theircities, in every several city, the men that were expressed by name, togive portions to all the males among the priests, and to all that werereckoned by genealogies among the Levites.31:20 And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought thatwhich was good and right and truth before the LORD his God.31:21 And in every work that he began in the service of the house ofGod, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he didit with all his heart, and prospered.32:1 After these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacheribking of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against thefenced cities, and thought to win them for himself.32:2 And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he waspurposed to fight against Jerusalem, 32:3 He took counsel with hisprinces and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains whichwere without the city: and they did help him.32:4 So there was gathered much people together, who stopped all thefountains, and the brook that ran through the midst of the land,saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water?32:5 Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that wasbroken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, andrepaired Millo in the city of David, and made darts and shields inabundance.32:6 And he set captains of war over the people, and gathered themtogether to him in the street of the gate of the city, and spakecomfortably to them, saying, 32:7 Be strong and courageous, be notafraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitudethat is with him: for there be more with us than with him: 32:8 Withhim is an arm of flesh; but with us is the LORD our God to help us,and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon thewords of Hezekiah king of Judah.32:9 After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants toJerusalem, (but he himself laid siege against Lachish, and all hispower with him,) unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto all Judah thatwere at Jerusalem, saying, 32:10 Thus saith Sennacherib king ofAssyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem?32:11 Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over yourselves to die byfamine and by thirst, saying, The LORD our God shall deliver us out ofthe hand of the king of Assyria?  32:12 Hath not the same Hezekiahtaken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah andJerusalem, saying, Ye shall worship before one altar, and burn incenseupon it?  32:13 Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto allthe people of other lands? were the gods of the nations of those landsany ways able to deliver their lands out of mine hand?  32:14 Who wasthere among all the gods of those nations that my fathers utterlydestroyed, that could deliver his people out of mine hand, that yourGod should be able to deliver you out of mine hand?  32:15 Nowtherefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on thismanner, neither yet believe him: for no god of any nation or kingdomwas able to deliver his people out of mine hand, and out of the handof my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of minehand?  32:16 And his servants spake yet more against the LORD God, andagainst his servant Hezekiah.32:17 He wrote also letters to rail on the LORD God of Israel, and tospeak against him, saying, As the gods of the nations of other landshave not delivered their people out of mine hand, so shall not the Godof Hezekiah deliver his people out of mine hand.32:18 Then they cried with a loud voice in the Jews' speech unto thepeople of Jerusalem that were on the wall, to affright them, and totrouble them; that they might take the city.32:19 And they spake against the God of Jerusalem, as against the godsof the people of the earth, which were the work of the hands of man.32:20 And for this cause Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah theson of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven.32:21 And the LORD sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men ofvalour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king ofAssyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And whenhe was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his ownbowels slew him there with the sword.32:22 Thus the LORD saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalemfrom the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand ofall other, and guided them on every side.32:23 And many brought gifts unto the LORD to Jerusalem, and presentsto Hezekiah king of Judah: so that he was magnified in the sight ofall nations from thenceforth.32:24 In those days Hezekiah was sick to the death, and prayed untothe LORD: and he spake unto him, and he gave him a sign.32:25 But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit doneunto him; for his heart was lifted up: therefore there was wrath uponhim, and upon Judah and Jerusalem.32:26 Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of hisheart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath ofthe LORD came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah.32:27 And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honour: and he madehimself treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones,and for spices, and for shields, and for all manner of pleasantjewels; 32:28 Storehouses also for the increase of corn, and wine, andoil; and stalls for all manner of beasts, and cotes for flocks.32:29 Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks andherds in abundance: for God had given him substance very much.32:30 This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon,and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David.And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.32:31 Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes ofBabylon, who sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was done inthe land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was inhis heart.32:32 Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his goodness, behold,they are written in the vision of Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz,and in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.32:33 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in thechiefest of the sepulchres of the sons of David: and all Judah and theinhabitants of Jerusalem did him honour at his death. And Manasseh hisson reigned in his stead.33:1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and hereigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem: 33:2 But did that which wasevil in the sight of the LORD, like unto the abominations of theheathen, whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.33:3 For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father hadbroken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, andworshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.33:4 Also he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORDhad said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.33:5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courtsof the house of the LORD.33:6 And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valleyof the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments,and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and withwizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke himto anger.33:7 And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in thehouse of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son,In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all thetribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever: 33:8 Neither will I anymore remove the foot of Israel from out of the land which I haveappointed for your fathers; so that they will take heed to do all thatI have commanded them, according to the whole law and the statutes andthe ordinances by the hand of Moses.33:9 So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err,and to do worse than the heathen, whom the LORD had destroyed beforethe children of Israel.33:10 And the LORD spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but theywould not hearken.33:11 Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host ofthe king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and boundhim with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.33:12 And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, andhumbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers, 33:13 Andprayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard hissupplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom.Then Manasseh knew that the LORD he was God.33:14 Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on thewest side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fishgate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height,and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah.33:15 And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the houseof the LORD, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of thehouse of the LORD, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.33:16 And he repaired the altar of the LORD, and sacrificed thereonpeace offerings and thank offerings, and commanded Judah to serve theLORD God of Israel.33:17 Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places,yet unto the LORD their God only.33:18 Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer unto hisGod, and the words of the seers that spake to him in the name of theLORD God of Israel, behold, they are written in the book of the kingsof Israel.33:19 His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all hissins, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places,and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold,they are written among the sayings of the seers.33:20 So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in hisown house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.33:21 Amon was two and twenty years old when he began to reign, andreigned two years in Jerusalem.33:22 But he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as didManasseh his father: for Amon sacrificed unto all the carved imageswhich Manasseh his father had made, and served them; 33:23 And humblednot himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbledhimself; but Amon trespassed more and more.33:24 And his servants conspired against him, and slew him in his ownhouse.33:25 But the people of the land slew all them that had conspiredagainst king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son kingin his stead.34:1 Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reignedin Jerusalem one and thirty years.34:2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, andwalked in the ways of David his father, and declined neither to theright hand, nor to the left.34:3 For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, hebegan to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfthyear he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, andthe groves, and the carved images, and the molten images.34:4 And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and theimages, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, andthe carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and madedust of them, and strowed it upon the graves of them that hadsacrificed unto them.34:5 And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, andcleansed Judah and Jerusalem.34:6 And so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon,even unto Naphtali, with their mattocks round about.34:7 And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and hadbeaten the graven images into powder, and cut down all the idolsthroughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem.34:8 Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged theland, and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiahthe governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, torepair the house of the LORD his God.34:9 And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered themoney that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites thatkept the doors had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, andof all the remnant of Israel, and of all Judah and Benjamin; and theyreturned to Jerusalem.34:10 And they put it in the hand of the workmen that had theoversight of the house of the LORD, and they gave it to the workmenthat wrought in the house of the LORD, to repair and amend the house:34:11 Even to the artificers and builders gave they it, to buy hewnstone, and timber for couplings, and to floor the houses which thekings of Judah had destroyed.34:12 And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of themwere Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; andZechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set itforward; and other of the Levites, all that could skill of instrumentsof musick.34:13 Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and were overseersof all that wrought the work in any manner of service: and of theLevites there were scribes, and officers, and porters.34:14 And when they brought out the money that was brought into thehouse of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found a book of the law of theLORD given by Moses.34:15 And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, I havefound the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiahdelivered the book to Shaphan.34:16 And Shaphan carried the book to the king, and brought the kingword back again, saying, All that was committed to thy servants, theydo it.34:17 And they have gathered together the money that was found in thehouse of the LORD, and have delivered it into the hand of theoverseers, and to the hand of the workmen.34:18 Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah thepriest hath given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.34:19 And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of thelaw, that he rent his clothes.34:20 And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan,and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah aservant of the king's, saying, 34:21 Go, enquire of the LORD for me,and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning thewords of the book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORDthat is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the wordof the LORD, to do after all that is written in this book.34:22 And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went toHuldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the sonof Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in thecollege:) and they spake to her to that effect.34:23 And she answered them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tellye the man that sent you to me, 34:24 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, Iwill bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof,even all the curses that are written in the book which they have readbefore the king of Judah: 34:25 Because they have forsaken me, andhave burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me toanger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall bepoured out upon this place, and shall not be quenched.34:26 And as for the king of Judah, who sent you to enquire of theLORD, so shall ye say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israelconcerning the words which thou hast heard; 34:27 Because thine heartwas tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thouheardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitantsthereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes,and weep before me; I have even heard thee also, saith the LORD.34:28 Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt begathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all theevil that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants ofthe same. So they brought the king word again.34:29 Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judahand Jerusalem.34:30 And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the menof Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and theLevites, and all the people, great and small: and he read in theirears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in thehouse of the LORD.34:31 And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before theLORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments, and histestimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all hissoul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in thisbook.34:32 And he caused all that were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin tostand to it. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to thecovenant of God, the God of their fathers.34:33 And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all thecountries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all thatwere present in Israel to serve, even to serve the LORD their God. Andall his days they departed not from following the LORD, the God oftheir fathers.35:1 Moreover Josiah kept a passover unto the LORD in Jerusalem: andthey killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.35:2 And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them tothe service of the house of the LORD, 35:3 And said unto the Levitesthat taught all Israel, which were holy unto the LORD, Put the holyark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel didbuild; it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders: serve now theLORD your God, and his people Israel, 35:4 And prepare yourselves bythe houses of your fathers, after your courses, according to thewriting of David king of Israel, and according to the writing ofSolomon his son.35:5 And stand in the holy place according to the divisions of thefamilies of the fathers of your brethren the people, and after thedivision of the families of the Levites.35:6 So kill the passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare yourbrethren, that they may do according to the word of the LORD by thehand of Moses.35:7 And Josiah gave to the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, allfor the passover offerings, for all that were present, to the numberof thirty thousand, and three thousand bullocks: these were of theking's substance.35:8 And his princes gave willingly unto the people, to the priests,and to the Levites: Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, rulers of thehouse of God, gave unto the priests for the passover offerings twothousand and six hundred small cattle and three hundred oxen.35:9 Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethaneel, his brethren, andHashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, chief of the Levites, gave unto theLevites for passover offerings five thousand small cattle, and fivehundred oxen.35:10 So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in theirplace, and the Levites in their courses, according to the king'scommandment.35:11 And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled theblood from their hands, and the Levites flayed them.35:12 And they removed the burnt offerings, that they might giveaccording to the divisions of the families of the people, to offerunto the LORD, as it is written in the book of Moses. And so did theywith the oxen.35:13 And they roasted the passover with fire according to theordinance: but the other holy offerings sod they in pots, and incaldrons, and in pans, and divided them speedily among all the people.35:14 And afterward they made ready for themselves, and for thepriests: because the priests the sons of Aaron were busied in offeringof burnt offerings and the fat until night; therefore the Levitesprepared for themselves, and for the priests the sons of Aaron.35:15 And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, accordingto the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun theking's seer; and the porters waited at every gate; they might notdepart from their service; for their brethren the Levites prepared forthem.35:16 So all the service of the LORD was prepared the same day, tokeep the passover, and to offer burnt offerings upon the altar of theLORD, according to the commandment of king Josiah.35:17 And the children of Israel that were present kept the passoverat that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days.35:18 And there was no passover like to that kept in Israel from thedays of Samuel the prophet; neither did all the kings of Israel keepsuch a passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, andall Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants ofJerusalem.35:19 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passoverkept.35:20 After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho kingof Egypt came up to fight against Charchemish by Euphrates: and Josiahwent out against him.35:21 But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do withthee, thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, butagainst the house wherewith I have war: for God commanded me to makehaste: forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that hedestroy thee not.35:22 Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, butdisguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened notunto the words of Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight inthe valley of Megiddo.35:23 And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to hisservants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded.35:24 His servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put himin the second chariot that he had; and they brought him to Jerusalem,and he died, and was buried in one of the sepulchres of his fathers.And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.35:25 And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men andthe singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day,and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written inthe lamentations.35:26 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his goodness, accordingto that which was written in the law of the LORD, 35:27 And his deeds,first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings ofIsrael and Judah.36:1 Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, andmade him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem.36:2 Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign,and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.36:3 And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, and condemnedthe land in an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.36:4 And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judahand Jerusalem, and turned his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho tookJehoahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.36:5 Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign,and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that which wasevil in the sight of the LORD his God.36:6 Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound himin fetters, to carry him to Babylon.36:7 Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of theLORD to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon.36:8 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations whichhe did, and that which was found in him, behold, they are written inthe book of the kings of Israel and Judah: and Jehoiachin his sonreigned in his stead.36:9 Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and hereigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that whichwas evil in the sight of the LORD.36:10 And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, andbrought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of theLORD, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.36:11 Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign,and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.36:12 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God,and humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from themouth of the LORD.36:13 And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had madehim swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heartfrom turning unto the LORD God of Israel.36:14 Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people,transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; andpolluted the house of the LORD which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.36:15 And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by hismessengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassionon his people, and on his dwelling place: 36:16 But they mocked themessengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets,until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there wasno remedy.36:17 Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, whoslew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary,and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him thatstooped for age: he gave them all into his hand.36:18 And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, andthe treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king,and of his princes; all these he brought to Babylon.36:19 And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall ofJerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyedall the goodly vessels thereof.36:20 And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away toBabylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the reignof the kingdom of Persia: 36:21 To fulfil the word of the LORD by themouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for aslong as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore andten years.36:22 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word ofthe LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, theLORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made aproclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing,saying, 36:23 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of theearth hath the LORD God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me tobuild him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there amongyou of all his people?  The LORD his God be with him, and let him go up.Ezra1:1 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word ofthe LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirredup the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamationthroughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, 1:2Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The LORD God of heaven hath given meall the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him anhouse at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.1:3 Who is there among you of all his people? his God be with him, andlet him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house ofthe LORD God of Israel, (he is the God,) which is in Jerusalem.1:4 And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, let themen of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods,and with beasts, beside the freewill offering for the house of Godthat is in Jerusalem.1:5 Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, andthe priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God hadraised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem.1:6 And all they that were about them strengthened their hands withvessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and withprecious things, beside all that was willingly offered.1:7 Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of theLORD, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and hadput them in the house of his gods; 1:8 Even those did Cyrus king ofPersia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, andnumbered them unto Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.1:9 And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, athousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives, 1:10 Thirtybasons of gold, silver basons of a second sort four hundred and ten,and other vessels a thousand.1:11 All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and fourhundred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up with them of the captivitythat were brought up from Babylon unto Jerusalem.2:1 Now these are the children of the province that went up out of thecaptivity, of those which had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzarthe king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, and came again untoJerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city; 2:2 Which came withZerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan,Mizpar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people ofIsrael: 2:3 The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventyand two.2:4 The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.2:5 The children of Arah, seven hundred seventy and five.2:6 The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab,two thousand eight hundred and twelve.2:7 The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.2:8 The children of Zattu, nine hundred forty and five.2:9 The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore.2:10 The children of Bani, six hundred forty and two.2:11 The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and three.2:12 The children of Azgad, a thousand two hundred twenty and two.2:13 The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty and six.2:14 The children of Bigvai, two thousand fifty and six.2:15 The children of Adin, four hundred fifty and four.2:16 The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight.2:17 The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and three.2:18 The children of Jorah, an hundred and twelve.2:19 The children of Hashum, two hundred twenty and three.2:20 The children of Gibbar, ninety and five.2:21 The children of Bethlehem, an hundred twenty and three.2:22 The men of Netophah, fifty and six.2:23 The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight.2:24 The children of Azmaveth, forty and two.2:25 The children of Kirjatharim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, sevenhundred and forty and three.2:26 The children of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred twenty and one.2:27 The men of Michmas, an hundred twenty and two.2:28 The men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred twenty and three.2:29 The children of Nebo, fifty and two.2:30 The children of Magbish, an hundred fifty and six.2:31 The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty andfour.2:32 The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty.2:33 The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty andfive.2:34 The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five.2:35 The children of Senaah, three thousand and six hundred andthirty.2:36 The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua,nine hundred seventy and three.2:37 The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two.2:38 The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven.2:39 The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.2:40 The Levites: the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the childrenof Hodaviah, seventy and four.2:41 The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred twenty and eight.2:42 The children of the porters: the children of Shallum, thechildren of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, thechildren of Hatita, the children of Shobai, in all an hundred thirtyand nine.2:43 The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, thechildren of Tabbaoth, 2:44 The children of Keros, the children ofSiaha, the children of Padon, 2:45 The children of Lebanah, thechildren of Hagabah, the children of Akkub, 2:46 The children ofHagab, the children of Shalmai, the children of Hanan, 2:47 Thechildren of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of Reaiah,2:48 The children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the children ofGazzam, 2:49 The children of Uzza, the children of Paseah, thechildren of Besai, 2:50 The children of Asnah, the children ofMehunim, the children of Nephusim, 2:51 The children of Bakbuk, thechildren of Hakupha, the children of Harhur, 2:52 The children ofBazluth, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha, 2:53 Thechildren of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Thamah,2:54 The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.2:55 The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, thechildren of Sophereth, the children of Peruda, 2:56 The children ofJaalah, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel, 2:57 Thechildren of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children ofPochereth of Zebaim, the children of Ami.2:58 All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, werethree hundred ninety and two.2:59 And these were they which went up from Telmelah, Telharsa,Cherub, Addan, and Immer: but they could not shew their father'shouse, and their seed, whether they were of Israel: 2:60 The childrenof Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, sixhundred fifty and two.2:61 And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, thechildren of Koz, the children of Barzillai; which took a wife of thedaughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name:2:62 These sought their register among those that were reckoned bygenealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they, as polluted,put from the priesthood.2:63 And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of themost holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and withThummim.2:64 The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand threehundred and threescore, 2:65 Beside their servants and their maids, ofwhom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: andthere were among them two hundred singing men and singing women.2:66 Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, twohundred forty and five; 2:67 Their camels, four hundred thirty andfive; their asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty.2:68 And some of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the houseof the LORD which is at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of Godto set it up in his place: 2:69 They gave after their ability unto thetreasure of the work threescore and one thousand drams of gold, andfive thousand pound of silver, and one hundred priests' garments.2:70 So the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and thesingers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, dwelt in their cities,and all Israel in their cities.3:1 And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israelwere in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one manto Jerusalem.3:2 Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren thepriests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, andbuilded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offeringsthereon, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God.3:3 And they set the altar upon his bases; for fear was upon thembecause of the people of those countries: and they offered burntofferings thereon unto the LORD, even burnt offerings morning andevening.3:4 They kept also the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, andoffered the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the custom,as the duty of every day required; 3:5 And afterward offered thecontinual burnt offering, both of the new moons, and of all the setfeasts of the LORD that were consecrated, and of every one thatwillingly offered a freewill offering unto the LORD.3:6 From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burntofferings unto the LORD. But the foundation of the temple of the LORDwas not yet laid.3:7 They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; andmeat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, tobring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to thegrant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.3:8 Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God atJerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel,and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren thepriests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of thecaptivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty yearsold and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the LORD.3:9 Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and hissons, the sons of Judah, together, to set forward the workmen in thehouse of God: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brethrenthe Levites.3:10 And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of theLORD, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and theLevites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the LORD, after theordinance of David king of Israel.3:11 And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanksunto the LORD; because he is good, for his mercy endureth for evertoward Israel.And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised theLORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.3:12 But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, whowere ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundationof this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; andmany shouted aloud for joy: 3:13 So that the people could not discernthe noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of thepeople: for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise washeard afar off.4:1 Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that thechildren of the captivity builded the temple unto the LORD God ofIsrael; 4:2 Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of thefathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek yourGod, as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days ofEsarhaddon king of Assur, which brought us up hither.4:3 But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of thefathers of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us tobuild an house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build untothe LORD God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hathcommanded us.4:4 Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people ofJudah, and troubled them in building, 4:5 And hired counsellorsagainst them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus kingof Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.4:6 And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign,wrote they unto him an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah andJerusalem.4:7 And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel,and the rest of their companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; andthe writing of the letter was written in the Syrian tongue, andinterpreted in the Syrian tongue.4:8 Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letteragainst Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort: 4:9 Then wroteRehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of theircompanions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, theApharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, theDehavites, and the Elamites, 4:10 And the rest of the nations whom thegreat and noble Asnapper brought over, and set in the cities ofSamaria, and the rest that are on this side the river, and at such atime.4:11 This is the copy of the letter that they sent unto him, even untoArtaxerxes the king; Thy servants the men on this side the river, andat such a time.4:12 Be it known unto the king, that the Jews which came up from theeto us are come unto Jerusalem, building the rebellious and the badcity, and have set up the walls thereof, and joined the foundations.4:13 Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, andthe walls set up again, then will they not pay toll, tribute, andcustom, and so thou shalt endamage the revenue of the kings.4:14 Now because we have maintenance from the king's palace, and itwas not meet for us to see the king's dishonour, therefore have wesent and certified the king; 4:15 That search may be made in the bookof the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of therecords, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtfulunto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within thesame of old time: for which cause was this city destroyed.4:16 We certify the king that, if this city be builded again, and thewalls thereof set up, by this means thou shalt have no portion on thisside the river.4:17 Then sent the king an answer unto Rehum the chancellor, and toShimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions that dwell inSamaria, and unto the rest beyond the river, Peace, and at such atime.4:18 The letter which ye sent unto us hath been plainly read beforeme.4:19 And I commanded, and search hath been made, and it is found thatthis city of old time hath made insurrection against kings, and thatrebellion and sedition have been made therein.4:20 There have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem, which haveruled over all countries beyond the river; and toll, tribute, andcustom, was paid unto them.4:21 Give ye now commandment to cause these men to cease, and thatthis city be not builded, until another commandment shall be givenfrom me.4:22 Take heed now that ye fail not to do this: why should damage growto the hurt of the kings?  4:23 Now when the copy of king Artaxerxes'letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and theircompanions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and madethem to cease by force and power.4:24 Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem.So it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius king ofPersia.5:1 Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son ofIddo, prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem in thename of the God of Israel, even unto them.5:2 Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the sonof Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which is at Jerusalem:and with them were the prophets of God helping them.5:3 At the same time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side theriver, and Shetharboznai and their companions, and said thus untothem, Who hath commanded you to build this house, and to make up thiswall?  5:4 Then said we unto them after this manner, What are thenames of the men that make this building?  5:5 But the eye of theirGod was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not cause them tocease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they returned answerby letter concerning this matter.5:6 The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side theriver, and Shetharboznai and his companions the Apharsachites, whichwere on this side the river, sent unto Darius the king: 5:7 They senta letter unto him, wherein was written thus; Unto Darius the king, allpeace.5:8 Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province ofJudea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with greatstones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on,and prospereth in their hands.5:9 Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who commandedyou to build this house, and to make up these walls?  5:10 We askedtheir names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names ofthe men that were the chief of them.5:11 And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants ofthe God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was buildedthese many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and set up.5:12 But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven untowrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king ofBabylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried thepeople away into Babylon.5:13 But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same kingCyrus made a decree to build this house of God.5:14 And the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God,which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was in Jerusalem, andbrought them into the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus the king takeout of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered unto one, whosename was Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor; 5:15 And said untohim, Take these vessels, go, carry them into the temple that is inJerusalem, and let the house of God be builded in his place.5:16 Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundation of thehouse of God which is in Jerusalem: and since that time even until nowhath it been in building, and yet it is not finished.5:17 Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be searchmade in the king's treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whetherit be so, that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this houseof God at Jerusalem, and let the king send his pleasure to usconcerning this matter.6:1 Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in thehouse of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.6:2 And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in theprovince of the Medes, a roll, and therein was a record thus written:6:3 In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made adecree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house bebuilded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let thefoundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescorecubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits; 6:4 With three rowsof great stones, and a row of new timber: and let the expenses begiven out of the king's house: 6:5 And also let the golden and silvervessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took forth out ofthe temple which is at Jerusalem, and brought unto Babylon, berestored, and brought again unto the temple which is at Jerusalem,every one to his place, and place them in the house of God.6:6 Now therefore, Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shetharboznai,and your companions the Apharsachites, which are beyond the river, beye far from thence: 6:7 Let the work of this house of God alone; letthe governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this houseof God in his place.6:8 Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to the elders of theseJews for the building of this house of God: that of the king's goods,even of the tribute beyond the river, forthwith expenses be given untothese men, that they be not hindered.6:9 And that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams,and lambs, for the burnt offerings of the God of heaven, wheat, salt,wine, and oil, according to the appointment of the priests which areat Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail: 6:10 Thatthey may offer sacrifices of sweet savours unto the God of heaven, andpray for the life of the king, and of his sons.6:11 Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word,let timber be pulled down from his house, and being set up, let him behanged thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this.6:12 And the God that hath caused his name to dwell there destroy allkings and people, that shall put to their hand to alter and to destroythis house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree;let it be done with speed.6:13 Then Tatnai, governor on this side the river, Shetharboznai, andtheir companions, according to that which Darius the king had sent, sothey did speedily.6:14 And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered throughthe prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo.And they builded, and finished it, according to the commandment of theGod of Israel, and according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius,and Artaxerxes king of Persia.6:15 And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar,which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.6:16 And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and therest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of thishouse of God with joy.6:17 And offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundredbullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offeringfor all Israel, twelve he goats, according to the number of the tribesof Israel.6:18 And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites intheir courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it iswritten in the book of Moses.6:19 And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon thefourteenth day of the first month.6:20 For the priests and the Levites were purified together, all ofthem were pure, and killed the passover for all the children of thecaptivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.6:21 And the children of Israel, which were come again out ofcaptivity, and all such as had separated themselves unto them from thefilthiness of the heathen of the land, to seek the LORD God of Israel,did eat, 6:22 And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days withjoy: for the LORD had made them joyful, and turned the heart of theking of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work ofthe house of God, the God of Israel.7:1 Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia,Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah, 7:2The son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub, 7:3 The sonof Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth, 7:4 The son ofZerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki, 7:5 The son of Abishua,the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chiefpriest: 7:6 This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribein the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and theking granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORDhis God upon him.7:7 And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of thepriests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and theNethinims, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.7:8 And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in theseventh year of the king.7:9 For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up fromBabylon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem,according to the good hand of his God upon him.7:10 For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, andto do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.7:11 Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gaveunto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of thecommandments of the LORD, and of his statutes to Israel.7:12 Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of thelaw of the God of heaven, perfect peace, and at such a time.7:13 I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and ofhis priests and Levites, in my realm, which are minded of their ownfreewill to go up to Jerusalem, go with thee.7:14 Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his sevencounsellors, to enquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according tothe law of thy God which is in thine hand; 7:15 And to carry thesilver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have freelyoffered unto the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem, 7:16And all the silver and gold that thou canst find in all the provinceof Babylon, with the freewill offering of the people, and of thepriests, offering willingly for the house of their God which is inJerusalem: 7:17 That thou mayest buy speedily with this moneybullocks, rams, lambs, with their meat offerings and their drinkofferings, and offer them upon the altar of the house of your Godwhich is in Jerusalem.7:18 And whatsoever shall seem good to thee, and to thy brethren, todo with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do after the will ofyour God.7:19 The vessels also that are given thee for the service of the houseof thy God, those deliver thou before the God of Jerusalem.7:20 And whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of thy God,which thou shalt have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of the king'streasure house.7:21 And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all thetreasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra thepriest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require ofyou, it be done speedily, 7:22 Unto an hundred talents of silver, andto an hundred measures of wheat, and to an hundred baths of wine, andto an hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much.7:23 Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it bediligently done for the house of the God of heaven: for why shouldthere be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons?  7:24 Alsowe certify you, that touching any of the priests and Levites, singers,porters, Nethinims, or ministers of this house of God, it shall not belawful to impose toll, tribute, or custom, upon them.7:25 And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thinehand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people thatare beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teachye them that know them not.7:26 And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of theking, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it be untodeath, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or toimprisonment.7:27 Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put such athing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the LORDwhich is in Jerusalem: 7:28 And hath extended mercy unto me before theking, and his counsellors, and before all the king's mighty princes.And I was strengthened as the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, andI gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.8:1 These are now the chief of their fathers, and this is thegenealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign ofArtaxerxes the king.8:2 Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel:of the sons of David; Hattush.8:3 Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh; Zechariah: andwith him were reckoned by genealogy of the males an hundred and fifty.8:4 Of the sons of Pahathmoab; Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and withhim two hundred males.8:5 Of the sons of Shechaniah; the son of Jahaziel, and with him threehundred males.8:6 Of the sons also of Adin; Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with himfifty males.8:7 And of the sons of Elam; Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and withhim seventy males.8:8 And of the sons of Shephatiah; Zebadiah the son of Michael, andwith him fourscore males.8:9 Of the sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him twohundred and eighteen males.8:10 And of the sons of Shelomith; the son of Josiphiah, and with himan hundred and threescore males.8:11 And of the sons of Bebai; Zechariah the son of Bebai, and withhim twenty and eight males.8:12 And of the sons of Azgad; Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and withhim an hundred and ten males.8:13 And of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these,Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them threescore males.8:14 Of the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and Zabbud, and with themseventy males.8:15 And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava;and there abode we in tents three days: and I viewed the people, andthe priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi.8:16 Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and forElnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and forZechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and forElnathan, men of understanding.8:17 And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief at the placeCasiphia, and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, and to hisbrethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should bringunto us ministers for the house of our God.8:18 And by the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man ofunderstanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son ofIsrael; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen; 8:19And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, hisbrethren and their sons, twenty; 8:20 Also of the Nethinims, whomDavid and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites,two hundred and twenty Nethinims: all of them were expressed by name.8:21 Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that wemight afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way forus, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.8:22 For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers andhorsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we hadspoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them forgood that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all themthat forsake him.8:23 So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreatedof us.8:24 Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah,Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them, 8:25 And weighed untothem the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering ofthe house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and hislords, and all Israel there present, had offered: 8:26 I even weighedunto their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silvervessels an hundred talents, and of gold an hundred talents; 8:27 Alsotwenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of finecopper, precious as gold.8:28 And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto the LORD; the vessels areholy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering untothe LORD God of your fathers.8:29 Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chief ofthe priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, atJerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the LORD.8:30 So took the priests and the Levites the weight of the silver, andthe gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem unto the houseof our God.8:31 Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day ofthe first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God wasupon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of suchas lay in wait by the way.8:32 And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days.8:33 Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vesselsweighed in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son ofUriah the priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; andwith them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son ofBinnui, Levites; 8:34 By number and by weight of every one: and allthe weight was written at that time.8:35 Also the children of those that had been carried away, which werecome out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings unto the God ofIsrael, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventyand seven lambs, twelve he goats for a sin offering: all this was aburnt offering unto the LORD.8:36 And they delivered the king's commissions unto the king'slieutenants, and to the governors on this side the river: and theyfurthered the people, and the house of God.9:1 Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying,The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have notseparated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according totheir abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, thePerizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians,and the Amorites.9:2 For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and fortheir sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with thepeople of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hathbeen chief in this trespass.9:3 And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, andplucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat downastonied.9:4 Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the wordsof the God of Israel, because of the transgression of those that hadbeen carried away; and I sat astonied until the evening sacrifice.9:5 And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; andhaving rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spreadout my hands unto the LORD my God, 9:6 And said, O my God, I amashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for ouriniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown upunto the heavens.9:7 Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespassunto this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and ourpriests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, tothe sword, to captivity, and to a spoil, and to confusion of face, asit is this day.9:8 And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the LORDour God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in hisholy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a littlereviving in our bondage.9:9 For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in ourbondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings ofPersia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and torepair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and inJerusalem.9:10 And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we haveforsaken thy commandments, 9:11 Which thou hast commanded by thyservants the prophets, saying, The land, unto which ye go to possessit, is an unclean land with the filthiness of the people of the lands,with their abominations, which have filled it from one end to anotherwith their uncleanness.9:12 Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neithertake their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or theirwealth for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land,and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever.9:13 And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and forour great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us lessthan our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance asthis; 9:14 Should we again break thy commandments, and join inaffinity with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou beangry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be noremnant nor escaping?  9:15 O LORD God of Israel, thou art righteous:for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are beforethee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because ofthis.10:1 Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping andcasting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto himout of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children:for the people wept very sore.10:2 And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam,answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, andhave taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there ishope in Israel concerning this thing.10:3 Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away allthe wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel ofmy lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; andlet it be done according to the law.10:4 Arise; for this matter belongeth unto thee: we also will be withthee: be of good courage, and do it.10:5 Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and allIsrael, to swear that they should do according to this word. And theysware.10:6 Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into thechamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, hedid eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of thetransgression of them that had been carried away.10:7 And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem untoall the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselvestogether unto Jerusalem; 10:8 And that whosoever would not come withinthree days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders,all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from thecongregation of those that had been carried away.10:9 Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselvestogether unto Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, onthe twentieth day of the month; and all the people sat in the streetof the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for thegreat rain.10:10 And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, Ye havetransgressed, and have taken strange wives, to increase the trespassof Israel.10:11 Now therefore make confession unto the LORD God of your fathers,and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the people of theland, and from the strange wives.10:12 Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice,As thou hast said, so must we do.10:13 But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and weare not able to stand without, neither is this a work of one day ortwo: for we are many that have transgressed in this thing.10:14 Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let allthem which have taken strange wives in our cities come at appointedtimes, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof,until the fierce wrath of our God for this matter be turned from us.10:15 Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvahwere employed about this matter: and Meshullam and Shabbethai theLevite helped them.10:16 And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest,with certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers,and all of them by their names, were separated, and sat down in thefirst day of the tenth month to examine the matter.10:17 And they made an end with all the men that had taken strangewives by the first day of the first month.10:18 And among the sons of the priests there were found that hadtaken strange wives: namely, of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak,and his brethren; Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.10:19 And they gave their hands that they would put away their wives;and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their trespass.10:20 And of the sons of Immer; Hanani, and Zebadiah.10:21 And of the sons of Harim; Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah,and Jehiel, and Uzziah.10:22 And of the sons of Pashur; Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael,Nethaneel, Jozabad, and Elasah.10:23 Also of the Levites; Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah, (the sameis Kelita,) Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.10:24 Of the singers also; Eliashib: and of the porters; Shallum, andTelem, and Uri.10:25 Moreover of Israel: of the sons of Parosh; Ramiah, and Jeziah,and Malchiah, and Miamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah.10:26 And of the sons of Elam; Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, andAbdi, and Jeremoth, and Eliah.10:27 And of the sons of Zattu; Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, andJeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza.10:28 Of the sons also of Bebai; Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, andAthlai.10:29 And of the sons of Bani; Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub,and Sheal, and Ramoth.10:30 And of the sons of Pahathmoab; Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah,Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezaleel, and Binnui, and Manasseh.10:31 And of the sons of Harim; Eliezer, Ishijah, Malchiah, Shemaiah,Shimeon, 10:32 Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah.10:33 Of the sons of Hashum; Mattenai, Mattathah, Zabad, Eliphelet,Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei.10:34 Of the sons of Bani; Maadai, Amram, and Uel, 10:35 Benaiah,Bedeiah, Chelluh, 10:36 Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib, 10:37 Mattaniah,Mattenai, and Jaasau, 10:38 And Bani, and Binnui, Shimei, 10:39 AndShelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah, 10:40 Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,10:41 Azareel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah, 10:42 Shallum, Amariah, andJoseph.10:43 Of the sons of Nebo; Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jadau,and Joel, Benaiah.10:44 All these had taken strange wives: and some of them had wives bywhom they had children.The Book of Nehemiah1:1 The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to passin the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan thepalace, 1:2 That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain menof Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, whichwere left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.1:3 And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivitythere in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wallof Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burnedwith fire.1:4 And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down andwept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the Godof heaven, 1:5 And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, thegreat and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them thatlove him and observe his commandments: 1:6 Let thine ear now beattentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer ofthy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for thechildren of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the childrenof Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father'shouse have sinned.1:7 We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept thecommandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thoucommandedst thy servant Moses.1:8 Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thyservant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroadamong the nations: 1:9 But if ye turn unto me, and keep mycommandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto theuttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, andwill bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my namethere.1:10 Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hastredeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand.1:11 O LORD, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to theprayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desireto fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, andgrant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king'scupbearer.2:1 And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year ofArtaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine,and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in hispresence.2:2 Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad,seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart.Then I was very sore afraid, 2:3 And said unto the king, Let the kinglive for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city,the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gatesthereof are consumed with fire?  2:4 Then the king said unto me, Forwhat dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.2:5 And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thyservant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send meunto Judah, unto the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may buildit.2:6 And the king said unto me, (the queen also sitting by him,) Forhow long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return? So itpleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.2:7 Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let lettersbe given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey meover till I come into Judah; 2:8 And a letter unto Asaph the keeper ofthe king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for thegates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wallof the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the kinggranted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.2:9 Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them theking's letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army andhorsemen with me.2:10 When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, theAmmonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was comea man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.2:11 So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.2:12 And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neithertold I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem:neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon.2:13 And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even beforethe dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls ofJerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumedwith fire.2:14 Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king'spool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.2:15 Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall,and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and soreturned.2:16 And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neitherhad I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to thenobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work.2:17 Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, howJerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire:come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more areproach.2:18 Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; asalso the king's words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Letus rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this goodwork.2:19 But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, theAmmonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn,and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will yerebel against the king?  2:20 Then answered I them, and said untothem, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servantswill arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial,in Jerusalem.3:1 Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren thepriests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and setup the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it,unto the tower of Hananeel.3:2 And next unto him builded the men of Jericho. And next to thembuilded Zaccur the son of Imri.3:3 But the fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build, who also laidthe beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof,and the bars thereof.3:4 And next unto them repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah, the son ofKoz. And next unto them repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah, theson of Meshezabeel. And next unto them repaired Zadok the son ofBaana.3:5 And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put nottheir necks to the work of their LORD.3:6 Moreover the old gate repaired Jehoiada the son of Paseah, andMeshullam the son of Besodeiah; they laid the beams thereof, and setup the doors thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.3:7 And next unto them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon theMeronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, unto the throne of thegovernor on this side the river.3:8 Next unto him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, of thegoldsmiths.Next unto him also repaired Hananiah the son of one of theapothecaries, and they fortified Jerusalem unto the broad wall.3:9 And next unto them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler ofthe half part of Jerusalem.3:10 And next unto them repaired Jedaiah the son of Harumaph, evenover against his house. And next unto him repaired Hattush the son ofHashabniah.3:11 Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hashub the son of Pahathmoab,repaired the other piece, and the tower of the furnaces.3:12 And next unto him repaired Shallum the son of Halohesh, the rulerof the half part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.3:13 The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah;they built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, andthe bars thereof, and a thousand cubits on the wall unto the dunggate.3:14 But the dung gate repaired Malchiah the son of Rechab, the rulerof part of Bethhaccerem; he built it, and set up the doors thereof,the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.3:15 But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son ofColhozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it,and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof,and the wall of the pool of Siloah by the king's garden, and unto thestairs that go down from the city of David.3:16 After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of thehalf part of Bethzur, unto the place over against the sepulchres ofDavid, and to the pool that was made, and unto the house of themighty.3:17 After him repaired the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani. Next untohim repaired Hashabiah, the ruler of the half part of Keilah, in hispart.3:18 After him repaired their brethren, Bavai the son of Henadad, theruler of the half part of Keilah.3:19 And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler ofMizpah, another piece over against the going up to the armoury at theturning of the wall.3:20 After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired the otherpiece, from the turning of the wall unto the door of the house ofEliashib the high priest.3:21 After him repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah the son of Kozanother piece, from the door of the house of Eliashib even to the endof the house of Eliashib.3:22 And after him repaired the priests, the men of the plain.3:23 After him repaired Benjamin and Hashub over against their house.After him repaired Azariah the son of Maaseiah the son of Ananiah byhis house.3:24 After him repaired Binnui the son of Henadad another piece, fromthe house of Azariah unto the turning of the wall, even unto thecorner.3:25 Palal the son of Uzai, over against the turning of the wall, andthe tower which lieth out from the king's high house, that was by thecourt of the prison. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh.3:26 Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, unto the place overagainst the water gate toward the east, and the tower that lieth out.3:27 After them the Tekoites repaired another piece, over against thegreat tower that lieth out, even unto the wall of Ophel.3:28 From above the horse gate repaired the priests, every one overagainst his house.3:29 After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer over against hishouse.After him repaired also Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah, the keeper ofthe east gate.3:30 After him repaired Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun thesixth son of Zalaph, another piece. After him repaired Meshullam theson of Berechiah over against his chamber.3:31 After him repaired Malchiah the goldsmith's son unto the place ofthe Nethinims, and of the merchants, over against the gate Miphkad,and to the going up of the corner.3:32 And between the going up of the corner unto the sheep gaterepaired the goldsmiths and the merchants.4:1 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded thewall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.4:2 And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, andsaid, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? willthey sacrifice?  will they make an end in a day? will they revive thestones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned?  4:3 NowTobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which theybuild, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.4:4 Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upontheir own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity: 4:5And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted outfrom before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before thebuilders.4:6 So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together untothe half thereof: for the people had a mind to work.4:7 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and theArabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the wallsof Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped,then they were very wroth, 4:8 And conspired all of them together tocome and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.4:9 Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watchagainst them day and night, because of them.4:10 And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens isdecayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to buildthe wall.4:11 And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, tillwe come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work tocease.4:12 And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelt by them came,they said unto us ten times, From all places whence ye shall returnunto us they will be upon you.4:13 Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on thehigher places, I even set the people after their families with theirswords, their spears, and their bows.4:14 And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to therulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them:remember the LORD, which is great and terrible, and fight for yourbrethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.4:15 And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was knownunto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returnedall of us to the wall, every one unto his work.4:16 And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of myservants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both thespears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulerswere behind all the house of Judah.4:17 They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, withthose that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work,and with the other hand held a weapon.4:18 For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, andso builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.4:19 And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest ofthe people, The work is great and large, and we are separated upon thewall, one far from another.4:20 In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resortye thither unto us: our God shall fight for us.4:21 So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears fromthe rising of the morning till the stars appeared.4:22 Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every onewith his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may bea guard to us, and labour on the day.4:23 So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men ofthe guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, savingthat every one put them off for washing.5:1 And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives againsttheir brethren the Jews.5:2 For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, aremany: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live.5:3 Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands,vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.5:4 There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king'stribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.5:5 Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children astheir children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and ourdaughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought untobondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for othermen have our lands and vineyards.5:6 And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.5:7 Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and therulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother.And I set a great assembly against them.5:8 And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed ourbrethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye evensell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held theytheir peace, and found nothing to answer.5:9 Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk inthe fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen ourenemies?  5:10 I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, mightexact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury.5:11 Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, theirvineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth partof the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye exact ofthem.5:12 Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing ofthem; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, andtook an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise.5:13 Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man fromhis house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, eventhus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said,Amen, and praised the LORD. And the people did according to thispromise.5:14 Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governorin the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two andthirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and mybrethren have not eaten the bread of the governor.5:15 But the former governors that had been before me were chargeableunto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside fortyshekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people:but so did not I, because of the fear of God.5:16 Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought weany land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work.5:17 Moreover there were at my table an hundred and fifty of the Jewsand rulers, beside those that came unto us from among the heathen thatare about us.5:18 Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and sixchoice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten daysstore of all sorts of wine: yet for all this required not I the breadof the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people.5:19 Think upon me, my God, for good, according to all that I havedone for this people.6:1 Now it came to pass when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem theArabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded thewall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though at that timeI had not set up the doors upon the gates;) 6:2 That Sanballat andGeshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in some one ofthe villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief.6:3 And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work,so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leaveit, and come down to you?  6:4 Yet they sent unto me four times afterthis sort; and I answered them after the same manner.6:5 Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifthtime with an open letter in his hand; 6:6 Wherein was written, It isreported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith it, that thou and theJews think to rebel: for which cause thou buildest the wall, that thoumayest be their king, according to these words.6:7 And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee atJerusalem, saying, There is a king in Judah: and now shall it bereported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, andlet us take counsel together.6:8 Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done asthou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.6:9 For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakenedfrom the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God, strengthenmy hands.6:10 Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiahthe son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meettogether in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut thedoors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in thenight will they come to slay thee.6:11 And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that,being as I am, would go into the temple to save his life? I will notgo in.6:12 And, lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that hepronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat hadhired him.6:13 Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, andsin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that theymight reproach me.6:14 My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to thesetheir works, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of theprophets, that would have put me in fear.6:15 So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the monthElul, in fifty and two days.6:16 And it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard thereof, andall the heathen that were about us saw these things, they were muchcast down in their own eyes: for they perceived that this work waswrought of our God.6:17 Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters untoTobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them.6:18 For there were many in Judah sworn unto him, because he was theson in law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son Johanan hadtaken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah.6:19 Also they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my wordsto him. And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.7:1 Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up thedoors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed,7:2 That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of thepalace, charge over Jerusalem: for he was a faithful man, and fearedGod above many.7:3 And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be openeduntil the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut thedoors, and bar them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants ofJerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one to be over againsthis house.7:4 Now the city was large and great: but the people were few therein,and the houses were not builded.7:5 And my God put into mine heart to gather together the nobles, andthe rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy.And I found a register of the genealogy of them which came up at thefirst, and found written therein, 7:6 These are the children of theprovince, that went up out of the captivity, of those that had beencarried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carriedaway, and came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one unto hiscity; 7:7 Who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah,Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum,Baanah. The number, I say, of the men of the people of Israel wasthis; 7:8 The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy andtwo.7:9 The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.7:10 The children of Arah, six hundred fifty and two.7:11 The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab,two thousand and eight hundred and eighteen.7:12 The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.7:13 The children of Zattu, eight hundred forty and five.7:14 The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore.7:15 The children of Binnui, six hundred forty and eight.7:16 The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and eight.7:17 The children of Azgad, two thousand three hundred twenty and two.7:18 The children of Adonikam, six hundred threescore and seven.7:19 The children of Bigvai, two thousand threescore and seven.7:20 The children of Adin, six hundred fifty and five.7:21 The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight.7:22 The children of Hashum, three hundred twenty and eight.7:23 The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and four.7:24 The children of Hariph, an hundred and twelve.7:25 The children of Gibeon, ninety and five.7:26 The men of Bethlehem and Netophah, an hundred fourscore andeight.7:27 The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight.7:28 The men of Bethazmaveth, forty and two.7:29 The men of Kirjathjearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundredforty and three.7:30 The men of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred twenty and one.7:31 The men of Michmas, an hundred and twenty and two.7:32 The men of Bethel and Ai, an hundred twenty and three.7:33 The men of the other Nebo, fifty and two.7:34 The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty andfour.7:35 The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty.7:36 The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five.7:37 The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty andone.7:38 The children of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred and thirty.7:39 The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua,nine hundred seventy and three.7:40 The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two.7:41 The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven.7:42 The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.7:43 The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, and of thechildren of Hodevah, seventy and four.7:44 The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred forty and eight.7:45 The porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, thechildren of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, thechildren of Shobai, an hundred thirty and eight.7:46 The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hashupha,the children of Tabbaoth, 7:47 The children of Keros, the children ofSia, the children of Padon, 7:48 The children of Lebana, the childrenof Hagaba, the children of Shalmai, 7:49 The children of Hanan, thechildren of Giddel, the children of Gahar, 7:50 The children ofReaiah, the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, 7:51 Thechildren of Gazzam, the children of Uzza, the children of Phaseah,7:52 The children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the children ofNephishesim, 7:53 The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, thechildren of Harhur, 7:54 The children of Bazlith, the children ofMehida, the children of Harsha, 7:55 The children of Barkos, thechildren of Sisera, the children of Tamah, 7:56 The children ofNeziah, the children of Hatipha.7:57 The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, thechildren of Sophereth, the children of Perida, 7:58 The children ofJaala, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel, 7:59 Thechildren of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children ofPochereth of Zebaim, the children of Amon.7:60 All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, werethree hundred ninety and two.7:61 And these were they which went up also from Telmelah, Telharesha,Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not shew their father'shouse, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel.7:62 The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children ofNekoda, six hundred forty and two.7:63 And of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz,the children of Barzillai, which took one of the daughters ofBarzillai the Gileadite to wife, and was called after their name.7:64 These sought their register among those that were reckoned bygenealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they, as polluted, putfrom the priesthood.7:65 And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of themost holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim.7:66 The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand threehundred and threescore, 7:67 Beside their manservants and theirmaidservants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirtyand seven: and they had two hundred forty and five singing men andsinging women.7:68 Their horses, seven hundred thirty and six: their mules, twohundred forty and five: 7:69 Their camels, four hundred thirty andfive: six thousand seven hundred and twenty asses.7:70 And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. TheTirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty basons,five hundred and thirty priests' garments.7:71 And some of the chief of the fathers gave to the treasure of thework twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand and two hundredpound of silver.7:72 And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousanddrams of gold, and two thousand pound of silver, and threescore andseven priests' garments.7:73 So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and thesingers, and some of the people, and the Nethinims, and all Israel,dwelt in their cities; and when the seventh month came, the childrenof Israel were in their cities.8:1 And all the people gathered themselves together as one man intothe street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezrathe scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD hadcommanded to Israel.8:2 And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation bothof men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon thefirst day of the seventh month.8:3 And he read therein before the street that was before the watergate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, andthose that could understand; and the ears of all the people wereattentive unto the book of the law.8:4 And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they hadmade for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, andAnaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; andon his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, andHashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam.8:5 And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for hewas above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stoodup: 8:6 And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the peopleanswered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowedtheir heads, and worshipped the LORD with their faces to the ground.8:7 Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai,Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and theLevites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stoodin their place.8:8 So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gavethe sense, and caused them to understand the reading.8:9 And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest thescribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all thepeople, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep.For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.8:10 Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink thesweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: forthis day is holy unto our LORD: neither be ye sorry; for the joy ofthe LORD is your strength.8:11 So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace,for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.8:12 And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and tosend portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understoodthe words that were declared unto them.8:13 And on the second day were gathered together the chief of thefathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra thescribe, even to understand the words of the law.8:14 And they found written in the law which the LORD had commanded byMoses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feastof the seventh month: 8:15 And that they should publish and proclaimin all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto themount, and fetch olive branches, and pine branches, and myrtlebranches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to makebooths, as it is written.8:16 So the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselvesbooths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, andin the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the watergate, and in the street of the gate of Ephraim.8:17 And all the congregation of them that were come again out of thecaptivity made booths, and sat under the booths: for since the days ofJeshua the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israeldone so. And there was very great gladness.8:18 Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read inthe book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and onthe eighth day was a solemn assembly, according unto the manner.9:1 Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children ofIsrael were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earthupon them.9:2 And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers,and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of theirfathers.9:3 And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the lawof the LORD their God one fourth part of the day; and another fourthpart they confessed, and worshipped the LORD their God.9:4 Then stood up upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani,Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and criedwith a loud voice unto the LORD their God.9:5 Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah,Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and blessthe LORD your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name,which is exalted above all blessing and praise.9:6 Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heavenof heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that aretherein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest themall; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.9:7 Thou art the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtesthim forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name ofAbraham; 9:8 And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest acovenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites,the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and theGirgashites, to give it, I say, to his seed, and hast performed thywords; for thou art righteous: 9:9 And didst see the affliction of ourfathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea; 9:10 Andshewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, andon all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealtproudly against them. So didst thou get thee a name, as it is thisday.9:11 And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they wentthrough the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutorsthou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.9:12 Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and inthe night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way whereinthey should go.9:13 Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with themfrom heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, goodstatutes and commandments: 9:14 And madest known unto them thy holysabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by thehand of Moses thy servant: 9:15 And gavest them bread from heaven fortheir hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock fortheir thirst, and promisedst them that they should go in to possessthe land which thou hadst sworn to give them.9:16 But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks,and hearkened not to thy commandments, 9:17 And refused to obey,neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; buthardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain toreturn to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, graciousand merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookestthem not.9:18 Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thyGod that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought greatprovocations; 9:19 Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest themnot in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from themby day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night,to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go.9:20 Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, andwithheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water fortheir thirst.9:21 Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, sothat they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feetswelled not.9:22 Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst dividethem into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the landof the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.9:23 Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, andbroughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised totheir fathers, that they should go in to possess it.9:24 So the children went in and possessed the land, and thousubduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, andgavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of theland, that they might do with them as they would.9:25 And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed housesfull of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruittrees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat,and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.9:26 Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee,and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets whichtestified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought greatprovocations.9:27 Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies,who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried untothee, thou heardest them from heaven; and according to thy manifoldmercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand oftheir enemies.9:28 But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee:therefore leftest thou them in the land of their enemies, so that theyhad the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried untothee, thou heardest them from heaven; and many times didst thoudeliver them according to thy mercies; 9:29 And testifiedst againstthem, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealtproudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned againstthy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;) andwithdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.9:30 Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst againstthem by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear:therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands.9:31 Nevertheless for thy great mercies' sake thou didst not utterlyconsume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and mercifulGod.9:32 Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terribleGod, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seemlittle before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on ourprinces, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers,and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria untothis day.9:33 Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thouhast done right, but we have done wickedly: 9:34 Neither have ourkings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, norhearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thoudidst testify against them.9:35 For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy greatgoodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land whichthou gavest before them, neither turned they from their wicked works.9:36 Behold, we are servants this day, and for the land that thougavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof,behold, we are servants in it: 9:37 And it yieldeth much increase untothe kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also theyhave dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure,and we are in great distress.9:38 And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it;and our princes, Levites, and priests, seal unto it.10:1 Now those that sealed were, Nehemiah, the Tirshatha, the son ofHachaliah, and Zidkijah, 10:2 Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah, 10:3 Pashur,Amariah, Malchijah, 10:4 Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch, 10:5 Harim,Meremoth, Obadiah, 10:6 Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch, 10:7 Meshullam,Abijah, Mijamin, 10:8 Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were thepriests.10:9 And the Levites: both Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of thesons of Henadad, Kadmiel; 10:10 And their brethren, Shebaniah,Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan, 10:11 Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah, 10:12Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah, 10:13 Hodijah, Bani, Beninu.10:14 The chief of the people; Parosh, Pahathmoab, Elam, Zatthu, Bani,10:15 Bunni, Azgad, Bebai, 10:16 Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin, 10:17 Ater,Hizkijah, Azzur, 10:18 Hodijah, Hashum, Bezai, 10:19 Hariph, Anathoth,Nebai, 10:20 Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir, 10:21 Meshezabeel, Zadok,Jaddua, 10:22 Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah, 10:23 Hoshea, Hananiah, Hashub,10:24 Hallohesh, Pileha, Shobek, 10:25 Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,10:26 And Ahijah, Hanan, Anan, 10:27 Malluch, Harim, Baanah.10:28 And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, theporters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separatedthemselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, theirwives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge,and having understanding; 10:29 They clave to their brethren, theirnobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God'slaw, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe anddo all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and his judgments andhis statutes; 10:30 And that we would not give our daughters unto thepeople of the land, not take their daughters for our sons: 10:31 Andif the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbathday to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or onthe holy day: and that we would leave the seventh year, and theexaction of every debt.10:32 Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly withthe third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God;10:33 For the shewbread, and for the continual meat offering, and forthe continual burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, forthe set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin offerings tomake an atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of ourGod.10:34 And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and thepeople, for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God,after the houses of our fathers, at times appointed year by year, toburn upon the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the law:10:35 And to bring the firstfruits of our ground, and the firstfruitsof all fruit of all trees, year by year, unto the house of the LORD:10:36 Also the firstborn of our sons, and of our cattle, as it iswritten in the law, and the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks,to bring to the house of our God, unto the priests that minister inthe house of our God: 10:37 And that we should bring the firstfruitsof our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees,of wine and of oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house ofour God; and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites, that the sameLevites might have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage.10:38 And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, whenthe Levites take tithes: and the Levites shall bring up the tithe ofthe tithes unto the house of our God, to the chambers, into thetreasure house.10:39 For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bringthe offering of the corn, of the new wine, and the oil, unto thechambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests thatminister, and the porters, and the singers: and we will not forsakethe house of our God.11:1 And the rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem: the rest of thepeople also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem theholy city, and nine parts to dwell in other cities.11:2 And the people blessed all the men, that willingly offeredthemselves to dwell at Jerusalem.11:3 Now these are the chief of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem:but in the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his possession in theircities, to wit, Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and theNethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants.11:4 And at Jerusalem dwelt certain of the children of Judah, and ofthe children of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah; Athaiah the son ofUzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son ofShephatiah, the son of Mahalaleel, of the children of Perez; 11:5 AndMaaseiah the son of Baruch, the son of Colhozeh, the son of Hazaiah,the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the sonof Shiloni.11:6 All the sons of Perez that dwelt at Jerusalem were four hundredthreescore and eight valiant men.11:7 And these are the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam,the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son ofMaaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jesaiah.11:8 And after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty and eight.11:9 And Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer: and Judah the sonof Senuah was second over the city.11:10 Of the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin.11:11 Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son ofZadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, was the ruler of thehouse of God.11:12 And their brethren that did the work of the house were eighthundred twenty and two: and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son ofPelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashur,the son of Malchiah.11:13 And his brethren, chief of the fathers, two hundred forty andtwo: and Amashai the son of Azareel, the son of Ahasai, the son ofMeshillemoth, the son of Immer, 11:14 And their brethren, mighty menof valour, an hundred twenty and eight: and their overseer wasZabdiel, the son of one of the great men.11:15 Also of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hashub, the son ofAzrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni; 11:16 And Shabbethaiand Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, had the oversight of theoutward business of the house of God.11:17 And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son ofAsaph, was the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer: andBakbukiah the second among his brethren, and Abda the son of Shammua,the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.11:18 All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore andfour.11:19 Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren thatkept the gates, were an hundred seventy and two.11:20 And the residue of Israel, of the priests, and the Levites, werein all the cities of Judah, every one in his inheritance.11:21 But the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gispa were overthe Nethinims.11:22 The overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the sonof Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micha.Of the sons of Asaph, the singers were over the business of the houseof God.11:23 For it was the king's commandment concerning them, that acertain portion should be for the singers, due for every day.11:24 And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabeel, of the children of Zerahthe son of Judah, was at the king's hand in all matters concerning thepeople.11:25 And for the villages, with their fields, some of the children ofJudah dwelt at Kirjatharba, and in the villages thereof, and at Dibon,and in the villages thereof, and at Jekabzeel, and in the villagesthereof, 11:26 And at Jeshua, and at Moladah, and at Bethphelet, 11:27And at Hazarshual, and at Beersheba, and in the villages thereof,11:28 And at Ziklag, and at Mekonah, and in the villages thereof,11:29 And at Enrimmon, and at Zareah, and at Jarmuth, 11:30 Zanoah,Adullam, and in their villages, at Lachish, and the fields thereof, atAzekah, and in the villages thereof. And they dwelt from Beershebaunto the valley of Hinnom.11:31 The children also of Benjamin from Geba dwelt at Michmash, andAija, and Bethel, and in their villages.11:32 And at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah, 11:33 Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,11:34 Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat, 11:35 Lod, and Ono, the valley ofcraftsmen.11:36 And of the Levites were divisions in Judah, and in Benjamin.12:1 Now these are the priests and the Levites that went up withZerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,12:2 Amariah, Malluch, Hattush, 12:3 Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth, 12:4Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah, 12:5 Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah, 12:6 Shemaiah,and Joiarib, Jedaiah, 12:7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These werethe chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.12:8 Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah,and Mattaniah, which was over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren.12:9 Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against themin the watches.12:10 And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, andEliashib begat Joiada, 12:11 And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathanbegat Jaddua.12:12 And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of thefathers: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah; 12:13 Of Ezra,Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan; 12:14 Of Melicu, Jonathan; ofShebaniah, Joseph; 12:15 Of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai; 12:16 OfIddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam; 12:17 Of Abijah, Zichri; ofMiniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai: 12:18 Of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah,Jehonathan; 12:19 And of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi; 12:20 OfSallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber; 12:21 Of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; ofJedaiah, Nethaneel.12:22 The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, andJaddua, were recorded chief of the fathers: also the priests, to thereign of Darius the Persian.12:23 The sons of Levi, the chief of the fathers, were written in thebook of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son ofEliashib.12:24 And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshuathe son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praiseand to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man ofGod, ward over against ward.12:25 Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub,were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates.12:26 These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son ofJozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra thepriest, the scribe.12:27 And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought theLevites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keepthe dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and withsinging, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps.12:28 And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, bothout of the plain country round about Jerusalem, and from the villagesof Netophathi; 12:29 Also from the house of Gilgal, and out of thefields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers had builded them villagesround about Jerusalem.12:30 And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, andpurified the people, and the gates, and the wall.12:31 Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, andappointed two great companies of them that gave thanks, whereof onewent on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate: 12:32 Andafter them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah, 12:33 AndAzariah, Ezra, and Meshullam, 12:34 Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah,and Jeremiah, 12:35 And certain of the priests' sons with trumpets;namely, Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son ofMattaniah, the son of Michaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph:12:36 And his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai,Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of Davidthe man of God, and Ezra the scribe before them.12:37 And at the fountain gate, which was over against them, they wentup by the stairs of the city of David, at the going up of the wall,above the house of David, even unto the water gate eastward.12:38 And the other company of them that gave thanks went over againstthem, and I after them, and the half of the people upon the wall, frombeyond the tower of the furnaces even unto the broad wall; 12:39 Andfrom above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above thefish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even untothe sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate.12:40 So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the houseof God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me: 12:41 And thepriests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah,and Hananiah, with trumpets; 12:42 And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, andEleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer.And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.12:43 Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: forGod had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and thechildren rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afaroff.12:44 And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for thetreasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes,to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions ofthe law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for thepriests and for the Levites that waited.12:45 And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God,and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment ofDavid, and of Solomon his son.12:46 For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief ofthe singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.12:47 And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days ofNehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, every dayhis portion: and they sanctified holy things unto the Levites; and theLevites sanctified them unto the children of Aaron.13:1 On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of thepeople; and therein was found written, that the Ammonite and theMoabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever; 13:2Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water,but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit ourGod turned the curse into a blessing.13:3 Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that theyseparated from Israel all the mixed multitude.13:4 And before this, Eliashib the priest, having the oversight of thechamber of the house of our God, was allied unto Tobiah: 13:5 And hehad prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they laid themeat offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes ofthe corn, the new wine, and the oil, which was commanded to be givento the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the offerings ofthe priests.13:6 But in all this time was not I at Jerusalem: for in the two andthirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon came I unto the king, andafter certain days obtained I leave of the king: 13:7 And I came toJerusalem, and understood of the evil that Eliashib did for Tobiah, inpreparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God.13:8 And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the householdstuff to Tobiah out of the chamber.13:9 Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers: and thitherbrought I again the vessels of the house of God, with the meatoffering and the frankincense.13:10 And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not beengiven them: for the Levites and the singers, that did the work, werefled every one to his field.13:11 Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house ofGod forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in theirplace.13:12 Then brought all Judah the tithe of the corn and the new wineand the oil unto the treasuries.13:13 And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest,and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to themwas Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah: for they werecounted faithful, and their office was to distribute unto theirbrethren.13:14 Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my gooddeeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the officesthereof.13:15 In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on thesabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine,grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought intoJerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified against them in the daywherein they sold victuals.13:16 There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish, andall manner of ware, and sold on the sabbath unto the children ofJudah, and in Jerusalem.13:17 Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them,What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day?13:18 Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all thisevil upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israelby profaning the sabbath.13:19 And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began tobe dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut,and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: andsome of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden bebrought in on the sabbath day.13:20 So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged withoutJerusalem once or twice.13:21 Then I testified against them, and said unto them, Why lodge yeabout the wall? if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you. From thattime forth came they no more on the sabbath.13:22 And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves,and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbathday.Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according tothe greatness of thy mercy.13:23 In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod,of Ammon, and of Moab: 13:24 And their children spake half in thespeech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, butaccording to the language of each people.13:25 And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain ofthem, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying,Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take theirdaughters unto your sons, or for yourselves.13:26 Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet amongmany nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God,and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him didoutlandish women cause to sin.13:27 Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, totransgress against our God in marrying strange wives?  13:28 And oneof the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son inlaw to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me.13:29 Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled thepriesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.13:30 Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed the wardsof the priests and the Levites, every one in his business; 13:31 Andfor the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the firstfruits.Remember me, O my God, for good.The Book of Esther1:1 Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasueruswhich reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred andseven and twenty provinces:) 1:2 That in those days, when the kingAhasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan thepalace, 1:3 In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto allhis princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, thenobles and princes of the provinces, being before him: 1:4 When heshewed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honour of hisexcellent majesty many days, even an hundred and fourscore days.1:5 And when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto allthe people that were present in Shushan the palace, both unto greatand small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king'spalace; 1:6 Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened withcords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble:the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue,and white, and black, marble.1:7 And they gave them drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels beingdiverse one from another,) and royal wine in abundance, according tothe state of the king.1:8 And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel: for sothe king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that theyshould do according to every man's pleasure.1:9 Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royalhouse which belonged to king Ahasuerus.1:10 On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry withwine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha,Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the presenceof Ahasuerus the king, 1:11 To bring Vashti the queen before the kingwith the crown royal, to shew the people and the princes her beauty:for she was fair to look on.1:12 But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment byhis chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his angerburned in him.1:13 Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times, (for sowas the king's manner toward all that knew law and judgment: 1:14 Andthe next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres,Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which sawthe king's face, and which sat the first in the kingdom;) 1:15 Whatshall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, because she hathnot performed the commandment of the king Ahasuerus by thechamberlains?  1:16 And Memucan answered before the king and theprinces, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, butalso to all the princes, and to all the people that are in all theprovinces of the king Ahasuerus.1:17 For this deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women, sothat they shall despise their husbands in their eyes, when it shall bereported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be broughtin before him, but she came not.1:18 Likewise shall the ladies of Persia and Media say this day untoall the king's princes, which have heard of the deed of the queen.Thus shall there arise too much contempt and wrath.1:19 If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him,and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes,that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before kingAhasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that isbetter than she.1:20 And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be publishedthroughout all his empire, (for it is great,) all the wives shall giveto their husbands honour, both to great and small.1:21 And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king didaccording to the word of Memucan: 1:22 For he sent letters into allthe king's provinces, into every province according to the writingthereof, and to every people after their language, that every manshould bear rule in his own house, and that it should be publishedaccording to the language of every people.2:1 After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased,he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreedagainst her.2:2 Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, Let therebe fair young virgins sought for the king: 2:3 And let the kingappoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they maygather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, tothe house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king'schamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things forpurification be given them: 2:4 And let the maiden which pleaseth theking be queen instead of Vashti.And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.2:5 Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name wasMordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, aBenjamite; 2:6 Who had been carried away from Jerusalem with thecaptivity which had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah,whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away.2:7 And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter:for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair andbeautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, tookfor his own daughter.2:8 So it came to pass, when the king's commandment and his decree washeard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan thepalace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto theking's house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.2:9 And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; andhe speedily gave her her things for purification, with such things asbelonged to her, and seven maidens, which were meet to be given her,out of the king's house: and he preferred her and her maids unto thebest place of the house of the women.2:10 Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecaihad charged her that she should not shew it.2:11 And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women'shouse, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her.2:12 Now when every maid's turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus,after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of thewomen, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, towit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours,and with other things for the purifying of the women;) 2:13 Then thuscame every maiden unto the king; whatsoever she desired was given herto go with her out of the house of the women unto the king's house.2:14 In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into thesecond house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king'schamberlain, which kept the concubines: she came in unto the king nomore, except the king delighted in her, and that she were called byname.2:15 Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle ofMordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in untothe king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain,the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in thesight of all them that looked upon her.2:16 So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal inthe tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of hisreign.2:17 And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtainedgrace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that heset the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead ofVashti.2:18 Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and hisservants, even Esther's feast; and he made a release to the provinces,and gave gifts, according to the state of the king.2:19 And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, thenMordecai sat in the king's gate.2:20 Esther had not yet shewed her kindred nor her people; as Mordecaihad charged her: for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, like aswhen she was brought up with him.2:21 In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's gate, two of theking's chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door,were wroth, and sought to lay hands on the king Ahasuerus.2:22 And the thing was known to Mordecai, who told it unto Esther thequeen; and Esther certified the king thereof in Mordecai's name.2:23 And when inquisition was made of the matter, it was found out;therefore they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in thebook of the chronicles before the king.3:1 After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son ofHammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above allthe princes that were with him.3:2 And all the king's servants, that were in the king's gate, bowed,and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him.But Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence.3:3 Then the king's servants, which were in the king's gate, said untoMordecai, Why transgressest thou the king's commandment?  3:4 Now itcame to pass, when they spake daily unto him, and he hearkened notunto them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai's matterswould stand: for he had told them that he was a Jew.3:5 And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence,then was Haman full of wrath.3:6 And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they hadshewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroyall the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, eventhe people of Mordecai.3:7 In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth yearof king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman fromday to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is,the month Adar.3:8 And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain peoplescattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provincesof thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neitherkeep they the king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profitto suffer them.3:9 If it please the king, let it be written that they may bedestroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the handsof those that have the charge of the business, to bring it into theking's treasuries.3:10 And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Hamanthe son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy.3:11 And the king said unto Haman, The silver is given to thee, thepeople also, to do with them as it seemeth good to thee.3:12 Then were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day of thefirst month, and there was written according to all that Haman hadcommanded unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors that wereover every province, and to the rulers of every people of everyprovince according to the writing thereof, and to every people aftertheir language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, andsealed with the king's ring.3:13 And the letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces,to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young andold, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenthday of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take thespoil of them for a prey.3:14 The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in everyprovince was published unto all people, that they should be readyagainst that day.3:15 The posts went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, andthe decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman satdown to drink; but the city Shushan was perplexed.4:1 When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent hisclothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midstof the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry; 4:2 And came evenbefore the king's gate: for none might enter into the king's gateclothed with sackcloth.4:3 And in every province, whithersoever the king's commandment andhis decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting,and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.4:4 So Esther's maids and her chamberlains came and told it her. Thenwas the queen exceedingly grieved; and she sent raiment to clotheMordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him: but he received itnot.4:5 Then called Esther for Hatach, one of the king's chamberlains,whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and gave him a commandmentto Mordecai, to know what it was, and why it was.4:6 So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city,which was before the king's gate.4:7 And Mordecai told him of all that had happened unto him, and ofthe sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king'streasuries for the Jews, to destroy them.4:8 Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that wasgiven at Shushan to destroy them, to shew it unto Esther, and todeclare it unto her, and to charge her that she should go in unto theking, to make supplication unto him, and to make request before himfor her people.4:9 And Hatach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai.4:10 Again Esther spake unto Hatach, and gave him commandment untoMordecai; 4:11 All the king's servants, and the people of the king'sprovinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or women, shall comeunto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is onelaw of his to put him to death, except such to whom the king shallhold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not beencalled to come in unto the king these thirty days.4:12 And they told to Mordecai Esther's words.4:13 Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyselfthat thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews.4:14 For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shallthere enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from anotherplace; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and whoknoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?4:15 Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer, 4:16 Go,gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast yefor me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also andmy maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king,which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.4:17 So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Estherhad commanded him.5:1 Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royalapparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's house, overagainst the king's house: and the king sat upon his royal throne inthe royal house, over against the gate of the house.5:2 And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in thecourt, that she obtained favour in his sight: and the king held out toEsther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near,and touched the top of the sceptre.5:3 Then said the king unto her, What wilt thou, queen Esther? andwhat is thy request? it shall be even given thee to the half of thekingdom.5:4 And Esther answered, If it seem good unto the king, let the kingand Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him.5:5 Then the king said, Cause Haman to make haste, that he may do asEsther hath said. So the king and Haman came to the banquet thatEsther had prepared.5:6 And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thypetition? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? evento the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.5:7 Then answered Esther, and said, My petition and my request is; 5:8If I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it please theking to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king andHaman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will doto morrow as the king hath said.5:9 Then went Haman forth that day joyful and with a glad heart: butwhen Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he stood not up, normoved for him, he was full of indignation against Mordecai.5:10 Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, hesent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife.5:11 And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitudeof his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him,and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of theking.5:12 Haman said moreover, Yea, Esther the queen did let no man come inwith the king unto the banquet that she had prepared but myself; andto morrow am I invited unto her also with the king.5:13 Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai theJew sitting at the king's gate.5:14 Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let agallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou untothe king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrilywith the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and hecaused the gallows to be made.6:1 On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bringthe book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before theking.6:2 And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana andTeresh, two of the king's chamberlains, the keepers of the door, whosought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.6:3 And the king said, What honour and dignity hath been done toMordecai for this? Then said the king's servants that ministered untohim, There is nothing done for him.6:4 And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come intothe outward court of the king's house, to speak unto the king to hangMordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.6:5 And the king's servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth inthe court. And the king said, Let him come in.6:6 So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be doneunto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now Haman thought inhis heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than tomyself?  6:7 And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the kingdelighteth to honour, 6:8 Let the royal apparel be brought which theking useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and thecrown royal which is set upon his head: 6:9 And let this apparel andhorse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most nobleprinces, that they may array the man withal whom the king delightethto honour, and bring him on horseback through the street of the city,and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom theking delighteth to honour.6:10 Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel andthe horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, thatsitteth at the king's gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hastspoken.6:11 Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai,and brought him on horseback through the street of the city, andproclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom theking delighteth to honour.6:12 And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted tohis house mourning, and having his head covered.6:13 And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thingthat had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife untohim, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hastbegun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surelyfall before him.6:14 And while they were yet talking with him, came the king'schamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that Estherhad prepared.7:1 So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.7:2 And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at thebanquet of wine, What is thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall begranted thee: and what is thy request? and it shall be performed, evento the half of the kingdom.7:3 Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour inthy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given meat my petition, and my people at my request: 7:4 For we are sold, Iand my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if wehad been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue,although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage.7:5 Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen,Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?7:6 And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman.Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.7:7 And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath wentinto the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for hislife to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determinedagainst him by the king.7:8 Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place ofthe banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Estherwas. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in thehouse? As the word went out of king's mouth, they covered Haman'sface.7:9 And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king,Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made forMordecai, who spoken good for the king, standeth in the house ofHaman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon.7:10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared forMordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.8:1 On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman theJews' enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king;for Esther had told what he was unto her.8:2 And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, andgave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house ofHaman.8:3 And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at hisfeet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Hamanthe Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.8:4 Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So Estherarose, and stood before the king, 8:5 And said, If it please the king,and if I have favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before theking, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse theletters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which hewrote to destroy the Jews which are in all the king's provinces: 8:6For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people?or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?  8:7 Thenthe king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew,Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they havehanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews.8:8 Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king's name,and seal it with the king's ring: for the writing which is written inthe king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, may no man reverse.8:9 Then were the king's scribes called at that time in the thirdmonth, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth daythereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commandedunto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers ofthe provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twentyand seven provinces, unto every province according to the writingthereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jewsaccording to their writing, and according to their language.8:10 And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus' name, and sealed it with theking's ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders onmules, camels, and young dromedaries: 8:11 Wherein the king grantedthe Jews which were in every city to gather themselves together, andto stand for their life, to destroy, to slay and to cause to perish,all the power of the people and province that would assault them, bothlittle ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey, 8:12Upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely, upon thethirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.8:13 The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in everyprovince was published unto all people, and that the Jews should beready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.8:14 So the posts that rode upon mules and camels went out, beinghastened and pressed on by the king's commandment. And the decree wasgiven at Shushan the palace.8:15 And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royalapparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with agarment of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced andwas glad.8:16 The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour.8:17 And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever theking's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness,a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land becameJews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them.9:1 Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on thethirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decreedrew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of theJews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to thecontrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;) 9:2 TheJews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all theprovinces of the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought theirhurt: and no man could withstand them; for the fear of them fell uponall people.9:3 And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and thedeputies, and officers of the king, helped the Jews; because the fearof Mordecai fell upon them.9:4 For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went outthroughout all the provinces: for this man Mordecai waxed greater andgreater.9:5 Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of thesword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would untothose that hated them.9:6 And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundredmen.9:7 And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha, 9:8 And Poratha, andAdalia, and Aridatha, 9:9 And Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, andVajezatha, 9:10 The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemyof the Jews, slew they; but on the spoil laid they not their hand.9:11 On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan thepalace was brought before the king.9:12 And the king said unto Esther the queen, The Jews have slain anddestroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons ofHaman; what have they done in the rest of the king's provinces? nowwhat is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: or what is thyrequest further? and it shall be done.9:13 Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to theJews which are in Shushan to do to morrow also according unto thisday's decree, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged upon the gallows.9:14 And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was givenat Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.9:15 For the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together onthe fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred menat Shushan; but on the prey they laid not their hand.9:16 But the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gatheredthemselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest fromtheir enemies, and slew of their foes seventy and five thousand, butthey laid not their hands on the prey, 9:17 On the thirteenth day ofthe month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same rested they, andmade it a day of feasting and gladness.9:18 But the Jews that were at Shushan assembled together on thethirteenth day thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on thefifteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feastingand gladness.9:19 Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalledtowns, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness andfeasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.9:20 And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all theJews that were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both nighand far, 9:21 To stablish this among them, that they should keep thefourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same,yearly, 9:22 As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies,and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and frommourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feastingand joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to thepoor.9:23 And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecaihad written unto them; 9:24 Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, theAgagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews todestroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, andto destroy them; 9:25 But when Esther came before the king, hecommanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised againstthe Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sonsshould be hanged on the gallows.9:26 Wherefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur.Therefore for all the words of this letter, and of that which they hadseen concerning this matter, and which had come unto them, 9:27 TheJews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon allsuch as joined themselves unto them, so as it should not fail, thatthey would keep these two days according to their writing, andaccording to their appointed time every year; 9:28 And that these daysshould be remembered and kept throughout every generation, everyfamily, every province, and every city; and that these days of Purimshould not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of them perishfrom their seed.9:29 Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai theJew, wrote with all authority, to confirm this second letter of Purim.9:30 And he sent the letters unto all the Jews, to the hundred twentyand seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of peaceand truth, 9:31 To confirm these days of Purim in their timesappointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen hadenjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for theirseed, the matters of the fastings and their cry.9:32 And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and itwas written in the book.10:1 And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon theisles of the sea.10:2 And all the acts of his power and of his might, and thedeclaration of the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king advancedhim, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kingsof Media and Persia?  10:3 For Mordecai the Jew was next unto kingAhasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude ofhis brethren, seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace toall his seed.The Book of Job1:1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and thatman was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.1:2 And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.1:3 His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousandcamels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, anda very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all themen of the east.1:4 And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day;and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink withthem.1:5 And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about,that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning,and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: forJob said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in theirhearts. Thus did Job continually.1:6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to presentthemselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.1:7 And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satananswered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, andfrom walking up and down in it.1:8 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job,that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an uprightman, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?  1:9 Then Satananswered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?  1:10 Hastnot thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about allthat he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands,and his substance is increased in the land.1:11 But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and hewill curse thee to thy face.1:12 And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thypower; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forthfrom the presence of the LORD.1:13 And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eatingand drinking wine in their eldest brother's house: 1:14 And there camea messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the assesfeeding beside them: 1:15 And the Sabeans fell upon them, and tookthem away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of thesword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.1:16 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thefire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, andthe servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tellthee.1:17 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, TheChaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and havecarried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of thesword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.1:18 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thysons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldestbrother's house: 1:19 And, behold, there came a great wind from thewilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell uponthe young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tellthee.1:20 Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, andfell down upon the ground, and worshipped, 1:21 And said, Naked came Iout of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORDgave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.1:22 In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.2:1 Again there was a day when the sons of God came to presentthemselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to presenthimself before the LORD.2:2 And the LORD said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satananswered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, andfrom walking up and down in it.2:3 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job,that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an uprightman, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdethfast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroyhim without cause.2:4 And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, allthat a man hath will he give for his life.2:5 But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh,and he will curse thee to thy face.2:6 And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; butsave his life.2:7 So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Jobwith sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.2:8 And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he satdown among the ashes.2:9 Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thineintegrity?  curse God, and die.2:10 But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish womenspeaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall wenot receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.2:11 Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was comeupon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz theTemanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for theyhad made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and tocomfort him.2:12 And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not,they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one hismantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.2:13 So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and sevennights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his griefwas very great.3:1 After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.3:2 And Job spake, and said, 3:3 Let the day perish wherein I wasborn, and the night in which it was said, There is a man childconceived.3:4 Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above,neither let the light shine upon it.3:5 Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwellupon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.3:6 As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not bejoined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number ofthe months.3:7 Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.3:8 Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise uptheir mourning.3:9 Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look forlight, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day: 3:10Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hid sorrowfrom mine eyes.3:11 Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghostwhen I came out of the belly?  3:12 Why did the knees prevent me? orwhy the breasts that I should suck?  3:13 For now should I have lainstill and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,3:14 With kings and counsellors of the earth, which build desolateplaces for themselves; 3:15 Or with princes that had gold, who filledtheir houses with silver: 3:16 Or as an hidden untimely birth I hadnot been; as infants which never saw light.3:17 There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be atrest.3:18 There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of theoppressor.3:19 The small and great are there; and the servant is free from hismaster.3:20 Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life untothe bitter in soul; 3:21 Which long for death, but it cometh not; anddig for it more than for hid treasures; 3:22 Which rejoiceexceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?  3:23 Why islight given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?3:24 For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are pouredout like the waters.3:25 For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and thatwhich I was afraid of is come unto me.3:26 I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yettrouble came.4:1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, 4:2 If we assay tocommune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himselffrom speaking?  4:3 Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou haststrengthened the weak hands.4:4 Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou haststrengthened the feeble knees.4:5 But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee,and thou art troubled.4:6 Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and theuprightness of thy ways?  4:7 Remember, I pray thee, who everperished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?  4:8Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reapthe same.4:9 By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrilsare they consumed.4:10 The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, andthe teeth of the young lions, are broken.4:11 The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion'swhelps are scattered abroad.4:12 Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received alittle thereof.4:13 In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleepfalleth on men, 4:14 Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made allmy bones to shake.4:15 Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stoodup: 4:16 It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: animage was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice,saying, 4:17 Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man bemore pure than his maker?  4:18 Behold, he put no trust in hisservants; and his angels he charged with folly: 4:19 How much less inthem that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust,which are crushed before the moth?  4:20 They are destroyed frommorning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it.4:21 Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die,even without wisdom.5:1 Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which ofthe saints wilt thou turn?  5:2 For wrath killeth the foolish man, andenvy slayeth the silly one.5:3 I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed hishabitation.5:4 His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in thegate, neither is there any to deliver them.5:5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of thethorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.5:6 Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither dothtrouble spring out of the ground; 5:7 Yet man is born unto trouble, asthe sparks fly upward.5:8 I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause: 5:9Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things withoutnumber: 5:10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters uponthe fields: 5:11 To set up on high those that be low; that those whichmourn may be exalted to safety.5:12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their handscannot perform their enterprise.5:13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel ofthe froward is carried headlong.5:14 They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope in the noondayas in the night.5:15 But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and fromthe hand of the mighty.5:16 So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.5:17 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despisenot thou the chastening of the Almighty: 5:18 For he maketh sore, andbindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.5:19 He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shallno evil touch thee.5:20 In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from thepower of the sword.5:21 Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shaltthou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.5:22 At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou beafraid of the beasts of the earth.5:23 For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and thebeasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.5:24 And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; andthou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.5:25 Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thineoffspring as the grass of the earth.5:26 Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock ofcorn cometh in in his season.5:27 Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou itfor thy good.6:1 But Job answered and said, 6:2 Oh that my grief were throughlyweighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!  6:3 For nowit would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words areswallowed up.6:4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereofdrinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in arrayagainst me.6:5 Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox overhis fodder?  6:6 Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? oris there any taste in the white of an egg?  6:7 The things that mysoul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.6:8 Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me thething that I long for!  6:9 Even that it would please God to destroyme; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!  6:10 Thenshould I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: lethim not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.6:11 What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end,that I should prolong my life?  6:12 Is my strength the strength ofstones? or is my flesh of brass?  6:13 Is not my help in me? and iswisdom driven quite from me?  6:14 To him that is afflicted pityshould be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of theAlmighty.6:15 My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the streamof brooks they pass away; 6:16 Which are blackish by reason of theice, and wherein the snow is hid: 6:17 What time they wax warm, theyvanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.6:18 The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, andperish.6:19 The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited forthem.6:20 They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither,and were ashamed.6:21 For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid.6:22 Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of yoursubstance?  6:23 Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem mefrom the hand of the mighty?  6:24 Teach me, and I will hold mytongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.6:25 How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?6:26 Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that isdesperate, which are as wind?  6:27 Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless,and ye dig a pit for your friend.6:28 Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident untoyou if I lie.6:29 Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, myrighteousness is in it.6:30 Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perversethings?  7:1 Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are nothis days also like the days of an hireling?  7:2 As a servantearnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for thereward of his work: 7:3 So am I made to possess months of vanity, andwearisome nights are appointed to me.7:4 When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone?and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.7:5 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin isbroken, and become loathsome.7:6 My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent withouthope.7:7 O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.7:8 The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyesare upon me, and I am not.7:9 As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth downto the grave shall come up no more.7:10 He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his placeknow him any more.7:11 Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in theanguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.7:12 Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?  7:13When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease mycomplaints; 7:14 Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest methrough visions: 7:15 So that my soul chooseth strangling, and deathrather than my life.7:16 I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my daysare vanity.7:17 What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thoushouldest set thine heart upon him?  7:18 And that thou shouldestvisit him every morning, and try him every moment?  7:19 How long wiltthou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down myspittle?  7:20 I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thoupreserver of men?  why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, sothat I am a burden to myself?  7:21 And why dost thou not pardon mytransgression, and take away my iniquity? for now shall I sleep in thedust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.8:1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, 8:2 How long wilt thouspeak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be likea strong wind?  8:3 Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almightypervert justice?  8:4 If thy children have sinned against him, and hehave cast them away for their transgression; 8:5 If thou wouldest seekunto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty; 8:6 Ifthou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, andmake the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.8:7 Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatlyincrease.8:8 For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyselfto the search of their fathers: 8:9 (For we are but of yesterday, andknow nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:) 8:10 Shallnot they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of theirheart?  8:11 Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag growwithout water?  8:12 Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cutdown, it withereth before any other herb.8:13 So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hopeshall perish: 8:14 Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shallbe a spider's web.8:15 He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shallhold it fast, but it shall not endure.8:16 He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in hisgarden.8:17 His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place ofstones.8:18 If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying,I have not seen thee.8:19 Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shallothers grow.8:20 Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will hehelp the evil doers: 8:21 Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, andthy lips with rejoicing.8:22 They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwellingplace of the wicked shall come to nought.9:1 Then Job answered and said, 9:2 I know it is so of a truth: buthow should man be just with God?  9:3 If he will contend with him, hecannot answer him one of a thousand.9:4 He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardenedhimself against him, and hath prospered?  9:5 Which removeth themountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger.9:6 Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereoftremble.9:7 Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up thestars.9:8 Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the wavesof the sea.9:9 Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers ofthe south.9:10 Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonderswithout number.9:11 Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but Iperceive him not.9:12 Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say untohim, What doest thou?  9:13 If God will not withdraw his anger, theproud helpers do stoop under him.9:14 How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words toreason with him?  9:15 Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I notanswer, but I would make supplication to my judge.9:16 If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believethat he had hearkened unto my voice.9:17 For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my woundswithout cause.9:18 He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me withbitterness.9:19 If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, whoshall set me a time to plead?  9:20 If I justify myself, mine ownmouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove meperverse.9:21 Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I woulddespise my life.9:22 This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfectand the wicked.9:23 If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of theinnocent.9:24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth thefaces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he?  9:25 Nowmy days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.9:26 They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle thathasteth to the prey.9:27 If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off myheaviness, and comfort myself: 9:28 I am afraid of all my sorrows, Iknow that thou wilt not hold me innocent.9:29 If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?  9:30 If I wash myselfwith snow water, and make my hands never so clean; 9:31 Yet shalt thouplunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.9:32 For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and weshould come together in judgment.9:33 Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his handupon us both.9:34 Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrifyme: 9:35 Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so withme.10:1 My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint uponmyself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.10:2 I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thoucontendest with me.10:3 Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thoushouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counselof the wicked?  10:4 Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as manseeth?  10:5 Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man'sdays, 10:6 That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchestafter my sin?  10:7 Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there isnone that can deliver out of thine hand.10:8 Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about;yet thou dost destroy me.10:9 Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; andwilt thou bring me into dust again?  10:10 Hast thou not poured me outas milk, and curdled me like cheese?  10:11 Thou hast clothed me withskin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews.10:12 Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hathpreserved my spirit.10:13 And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that thisis with thee.10:14 If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me frommine iniquity.10:15 If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will Inot lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mineaffliction; 10:16 For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion:and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.10:17 Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thineindignation upon me; changes and war are against me.10:18 Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Ohthat I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!  10:19 I shouldhave been as though I had not been; I should have been carried fromthe womb to the grave.10:20 Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I maytake comfort a little, 10:21 Before I go whence I shall not return,even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death; 10:22 A land ofdarkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without anyorder, and where the light is as darkness.11:1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, 11:2 Should notthe multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk bejustified?  11:3 Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and whenthou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?  11:4 For thou hastsaid, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.11:5 But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee; 11:6And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they aredouble to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee lessthan thine iniquity deserveth.11:7 Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out theAlmighty unto perfection?  11:8 It is as high as heaven; what canstthou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?  11:9 The measurethereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.11:10 If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who canhinder him?  11:11 For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also;will he not then consider it?  11:12 For vain men would be wise,though man be born like a wild ass's colt.11:13 If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands towardhim; 11:14 If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let notwickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.11:15 For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thoushalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear: 11:16 Because thou shalt forgetthy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away: 11:17 And thineage shall be clearer than the noonday: thou shalt shine forth, thoushalt be as the morning.11:18 And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shaltdig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.11:19 Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea,many shall make suit unto thee.11:20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall notescape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.12:1 And Job answered and said, 12:2 No doubt but ye are the people,and wisdom shall die with you.12:3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior toyou: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?  12:4 I am as onemocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him:the just upright man is laughed to scorn.12:5 He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised inthe thought of him that is at ease.12:6 The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God aresecure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.12:7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowlsof the air, and they shall tell thee: 12:8 Or speak to the earth, andit shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare untothee.12:9 Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hathwrought this?  12:10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing,and the breath of all mankind.12:11 Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?  12:12With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.12:13 With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel andunderstanding.12:14 Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: heshutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.12:15 Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also hesendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.12:16 With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiverare his.12:17 He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judgesfools.12:18 He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with agirdle.12:19 He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.12:20 He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away theunderstanding of the aged.12:21 He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength ofthe mighty.12:22 He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out tolight the shadow of death.12:23 He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth thenations, and straiteneth them again.12:24 He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of theearth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is noway.12:25 They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them tostagger like a drunken man.13:1 Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath heard andunderstood it.13:2 What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior untoyou.13:3 Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason withGod.13:4 But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.13:5 O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be yourwisdom.13:6 Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.13:7 Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?13:8 Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?  13:9 Is itgood that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, doye so mock him?  13:10 He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretlyaccept persons.13:11 Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fallupon you?  13:12 Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies tobodies of clay.13:13 Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come onme what will.13:14 Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life inmine hand?  13:15 Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but Iwill maintain mine own ways before him.13:16 He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not comebefore him.13:17 Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears.13:18 Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall bejustified.13:19 Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue,I shall give up the ghost.13:20 Only do not two things unto me: then will I not hide myself fromthee.13:21 Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make meafraid.13:22 Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answerthou me.13:23 How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know mytransgression and my sin.13:24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?13:25 Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursuethe dry stubble?  13:26 For thou writest bitter things against me, andmakest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.13:27 Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowlyunto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.13:28 And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is motheaten.14:1 Man that is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble.14:2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also asa shadow, and continueth not.14:3 And doth thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest meinto judgment with thee?  14:4 Who can bring a clean thing out of anunclean? not one.14:5 Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are withthee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass; 14:6 Turnfrom him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling,his day.14:7 For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it willsprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.14:8 Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stockthereof die in the ground; 14:9 Yet through the scent of water it willbud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.14:10 But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost,and where is he?  14:11 As the waters fail from the sea, and the flooddecayeth and drieth up: 14:12 So man lieth down, and riseth not: tillthe heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out oftheir sleep.14:13 O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldestkeep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint mea set time, and remember me!  14:14 If a man die, shall he live again?all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.14:15 Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desireto the work of thine hands.14:16 For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over mysin?  14:17 My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest upmine iniquity.14:18 And surely the mountains falling cometh to nought, and the rockis removed out of his place.14:19 The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things whichgrow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope ofman.14:20 Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thouchangest his countenance, and sendest him away.14:21 His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they arebrought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.14:22 But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within himshall mourn.15:1 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said, 15:2 Should a wiseman utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?  15:3Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith hecan do no good?  15:4 Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainestprayer before God.15:5 For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest thetongue of the crafty.15:6 Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lipstestify against thee.15:7 Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made beforethe hills?  15:8 Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thourestrain wisdom to thyself?  15:9 What knowest thou, that we know not?what understandest thou, which is not in us?  15:10 With us are boththe grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.15:11 Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secretthing with thee?  15:12 Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and whatdo thy eyes wink at, 15:13 That thou turnest thy spirit against God,and lettest such words go out of thy mouth?  15:14 What is man, thathe should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should berighteous?  15:15 Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, theheavens are not clean in his sight.15:16 How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinkethiniquity like water?  15:17 I will shew thee, hear me; and that whichI have seen I will declare; 15:18 Which wise men have told from theirfathers, and have not hid it: 15:19 Unto whom alone the earth wasgiven, and no stranger passed among them.15:20 The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the numberof years is hidden to the oppressor.15:21 A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyershall come upon him.15:22 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he iswaited for of the sword.15:23 He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweththat the day of darkness is ready at his hand.15:24 Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevailagainst him, as a king ready to the battle.15:25 For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengthenethhimself against the Almighty.15:26 He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses ofhis bucklers: 15:27 Because he covereth his face with his fatness, andmaketh collops of fat on his flanks.15:28 And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no maninhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.15:29 He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue,neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.15:30 He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up hisbranches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.15:31 Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shallbe his recompence.15:32 It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shallnot be green.15:33 He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall castoff his flower as the olive.15:34 For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fireshall consume the tabernacles of bribery.15:35 They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their bellyprepareth deceit.16:1 Then Job answered and said, 16:2 I have heard many such things:miserable comforters are ye all.16:3 Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thouanswerest?  16:4 I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in mysoul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine headat you.16:5 But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of mylips should asswage your grief.16:6 Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear,what am I eased?  16:7 But now he hath made me weary: thou hast madedesolate all my company.16:8 And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness againstme: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.16:9 He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon mewith his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.16:10 They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten meupon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves togetheragainst me.16:11 God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over intothe hands of the wicked.16:12 I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also takenme by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.16:13 His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reinsasunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.16:14 He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me likea giant.16:15 I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in thedust.16:16 My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow ofdeath; 16:17 Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer ispure.16:18 O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.16:19 Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is onhigh.16:20 My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.16:21 O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth forhis neighbour!  16:22 When a few years are come, then I shall go theway whence I shall not return.17:1 My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are readyfor me.17:2 Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue intheir provocation?  17:3 Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee;who is he that will strike hands with me?  17:4 For thou hast hidtheir heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.17:5 He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of hischildren shall fail.17:6 He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I wasas a tabret.17:7 Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members areas a shadow.17:8 Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shallstir up himself against the hypocrite.17:9 The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath cleanhands shall be stronger and stronger.17:10 But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannotfind one wise man among you.17:11 My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughtsof my heart.17:12 They change the night into day: the light is short because ofdarkness.17:13 If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in thedarkness.17:14 I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thouart my mother, and my sister.17:15 And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?17:16 They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our resttogether is in the dust.18:1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, 18:2 How long will itbe ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.18:3 Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in yoursight?  18:4 He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth beforsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?18:5 Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark ofhis fire shall not shine.18:6 The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shallbe put out with him.18:7 The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his owncounsel shall cast him down.18:8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon asnare.18:9 The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevailagainst him.18:10 The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him inthe way.18:11 Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive himto his feet.18:12 His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall beready at his side.18:13 It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn ofdeath shall devour his strength.18:14 His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and itshall bring him to the king of terrors.18:15 It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his:brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.18:16 His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branchbe cut off.18:17 His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall haveno name in the street.18:18 He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out ofthe world.18:19 He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor anyremaining in his dwellings.18:20 They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as theythat went before were affrighted.18:21 Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is theplace of him that knoweth not God.19:1 Then Job answered and said, 19:2 How long will ye vex my soul,and break me in pieces with words?  19:3 These ten times have yereproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange tome.19:4 And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth withmyself.19:5 If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and pleadagainst me my reproach: 19:6 Know now that God hath overthrown me, andhath compassed me with his net.19:7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, butthere is no judgment.19:8 He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath setdarkness in my paths.19:9 He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from myhead.19:10 He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hopehath he removed like a tree.19:11 He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth meunto him as one of his enemies.19:12 His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, andencamp round about my tabernacle.19:13 He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance areverily estranged from me.19:14 My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgottenme.19:15 They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for astranger: I am an alien in their sight.19:16 I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated himwith my mouth.19:17 My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for thechildren's sake of mine own body.19:18 Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake againstme.19:19 All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved areturned against me.19:20 My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escapedwith the skin of my teeth.19:21 Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for thehand of God hath touched me.19:22 Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with myflesh?  19:23 Oh that my words were now written! oh that they wereprinted in a book!  19:24 That they were graven with an iron pen andlead in the rock for ever!  19:25 For I know that my redeemer liveth,and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: 19:26 Andthough after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall Isee God: 19:27 Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shallbehold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.19:28 But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of thematter is found in me?  19:29 Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrathbringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is ajudgment.20:1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, 20:2 Therefore domy thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.20:3 I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of myunderstanding causeth me to answer.20:4 Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,20:5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of thehypocrite but for a moment?  20:6 Though his excellency mount up tothe heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds; 20:7 Yet he shallperish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say,Where is he?  20:8 He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not befound: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.20:9 The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shallhis place any more behold him.20:10 His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shallrestore their goods.20:11 His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie downwith him in the dust.20:12 Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it underhis tongue; 20:13 Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep itstill within his mouth: 20:14 Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, itis the gall of asps within him.20:15 He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again:God shall cast them out of his belly.20:16 He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slayhim.20:17 He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey andbutter.20:18 That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall notswallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be,and he shall not rejoice therein.20:19 Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because hehath violently taken away an house which he builded not; 20:20 Surelyhe shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of thatwhich he desired.20:21 There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no manlook for his goods.20:22 In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: everyhand of the wicked shall come upon him.20:23 When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury ofhis wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.20:24 He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shallstrike him through.20:25 It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glitteringsword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.20:26 All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blownshall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in histabernacle.20:27 The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall riseup against him.20:28 The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flowaway in the day of his wrath.20:29 This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritageappointed unto him by God.21:1 But Job answered and said, 21:2 Hear diligently my speech, andlet this be your consolations.21:3 Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mockon.21:4 As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why shouldnot my spirit be troubled?  21:5 Mark me, and be astonished, and layyour hand upon your mouth.21:6 Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on myflesh.21:7 Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty inpower?  21:8 Their seed is established in their sight with them, andtheir offspring before their eyes.21:9 Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God uponthem.21:10 Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, andcasteth not her calf.21:11 They send forth their little ones like a flock, and theirchildren dance.21:12 They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of theorgan.21:13 They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to thegrave.21:14 Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire notthe knowledge of thy ways.21:15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profitshould we have, if we pray unto him?  21:16 Lo, their good is not intheir hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.21:17 How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft comeththeir destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.21:18 They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the stormcarrieth away.21:19 God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him,and he shall know it.21:20 His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of thewrath of the Almighty.21:21 For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when thenumber of his months is cut off in the midst?  21:22 Shall any teachGod knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.21:23 One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.21:24 His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened withmarrow.21:25 And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and nevereateth with pleasure.21:26 They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall coverthem.21:27 Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which yewrongfully imagine against me.21:28 For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are thedwelling places of the wicked?  21:29 Have ye not asked them that goby the way? and do ye not know their tokens, 21:30 That the wicked isreserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to theday of wrath.21:31 Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay himwhat he hath done?  21:32 Yet shall he be brought to the grave, andshall remain in the tomb.21:33 The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every manshall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.21:34 How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers thereremaineth falsehood?  22:1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered andsaid, 22:2 Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may beprofitable unto himself?  22:3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty,that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thyways perfect?  22:4 Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will heenter with thee into judgment?  22:5 Is not thy wickedness great? andthine iniquities infinite?  22:6 For thou hast taken a pledge from thybrother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.22:7 Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hastwithholden bread from the hungry.22:8 But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourableman dwelt in it.22:9 Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherlesshave been broken.22:10 Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleththee; 22:11 Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance ofwaters cover thee.22:12 Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of thestars, how high they are!  22:13 And thou sayest, How doth God know?can he judge through the dark cloud?  22:14 Thick clouds are acovering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit ofheaven.22:15 Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?22:16 Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflownwith a flood: 22:17 Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what canthe Almighty do for them?  22:18 Yet he filled their houses with goodthings: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.22:19 The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh themto scorn.22:20 Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of themthe fire consumeth.22:21 Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby goodshall come unto thee.22:22 Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up hiswords in thine heart.22:23 If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thoushalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.22:24 Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir asthe stones of the brooks.22:25 Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt haveplenty of silver.22:26 For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shaltlift up thy face unto God.22:27 Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, andthou shalt pay thy vows.22:28 Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established untothee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.22:29 When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is liftingup; and he shall save the humble person.22:30 He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is deliveredby the pureness of thine hands.23:1 Then Job answered and said, 23:2 Even to day is my complaintbitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.23:3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even tohis seat!  23:4 I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouthwith arguments.23:5 I would know the words which he would answer me, and understandwhat he would say unto me.23:6 Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he wouldput strength in me.23:7 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I bedelivered for ever from my judge.23:8 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but Icannot perceive him: 23:9 On the left hand, where he doth work, but Icannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannotsee him: 23:10 But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath triedme, I shall come forth as gold.23:11 My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and notdeclined.23:12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; Ihave esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.23:13 But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his souldesireth, even that he doeth.23:14 For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and manysuch things are with him.23:15 Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I amafraid of him.23:16 For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:23:17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath hecovered the darkness from my face.24:1 Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they thatknow him not see his days?  24:2 Some remove the landmarks; theyviolently take away flocks, and feed thereof.24:3 They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow'sox for a pledge.24:4 They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hidethemselves together.24:5 Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work;rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them andfor their children.24:6 They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather thevintage of the wicked.24:7 They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have nocovering in the cold.24:8 They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace therock for want of a shelter.24:9 They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge ofthe poor.24:10 They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take awaythe sheaf from the hungry; 24:11 Which make oil within their walls,and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.24:12 Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the woundedcrieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.24:13 They are of those that rebel against the light; they know notthe ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.24:14 The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy,and in the night is as a thief.24:15 The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying,No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.24:16 In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked forthemselves in the daytime: they know not the light.24:17 For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if oneknow them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.24:18 He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth:he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.24:19 Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the gravethose which have sinned.24:20 The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him;he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as atree.24:21 He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth notgood to the widow.24:22 He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and noman is sure of life.24:23 Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yethis eyes are upon their ways.24:24 They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and broughtlow; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as thetops of the ears of corn.24:25 And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make myspeech nothing worth?  25:1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, andsaid, 25:2 Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his highplaces.25:3 Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not hislight arise?  25:4 How then can man be justified with God? or how canhe be clean that is born of a woman?  25:5 Behold even to the moon,and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.25:6 How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is aworm?  26:1 But Job answered and said, 26:2 How hast thou helped himthat is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength?26:3 How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hastthou plentifully declared the thing as it is?  26:4 To whom hast thouuttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?  26:5 Dead things areformed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.26:6 Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.26:7 He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth theearth upon nothing.26:8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud isnot rent under them.26:9 He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloudupon it.26:10 He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day andnight come to an end.26:11 The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.26:12 He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding hesmiteth through the proud.26:13 By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hathformed the crooked serpent.26:14 Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion isheard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?  27:1Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, 27:2 As God liveth, whohath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;27:3 All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in mynostrils; 27:4 My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utterdeceit.27:5 God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will notremove mine integrity from me.27:6 My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heartshall not reproach me so long as I live.27:7 Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against meas the unrighteous.27:8 For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained,when God taketh away his soul?  27:9 Will God hear his cry whentrouble cometh upon him?  27:10 Will he delight himself in theAlmighty? will he always call upon God?  27:11 I will teach you by thehand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.27:12 Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thusaltogether vain?  27:13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God,and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of theAlmighty.27:14 If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and hisoffspring shall not be satisfied with bread.27:15 Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and hiswidows shall not weep.27:16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as theclay; 27:17 He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and theinnocent shall divide the silver.27:18 He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keepermaketh.27:19 The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: heopeneth his eyes, and he is not.27:20 Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him awayin the night.27:21 The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as astorm hurleth him out of his place.27:22 For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain fleeout of his hand.27:23 Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of hisplace.28:1 Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold wherethey fine it.28:2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of thestone.28:3 He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection:the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.28:4 The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the watersforgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.28:5 As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turnedup as it were fire.28:6 The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust ofgold.28:7 There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture'seye hath not seen: 28:8 The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor thefierce lion passed by it.28:9 He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth themountains by the roots.28:10 He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth everyprecious thing.28:11 He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that ishid bringeth he forth to light.28:12 But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place ofunderstanding?  28:13 Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is itfound in the land of the living.28:14 The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is notwith me.28:15 It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighedfor the price thereof.28:16 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the preciousonyx, or the sapphire.28:17 The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of itshall not be for jewels of fine gold.28:18 No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the priceof wisdom is above rubies.28:19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it bevalued with pure gold.28:20 Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place ofunderstanding?  28:21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living,and kept close from the fowls of the air.28:22 Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof withour ears.28:23 God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the placethereof.28:24 For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under thewhole heaven; 28:25 To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheththe waters by measure.28:26 When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightningof the thunder: 28:27 Then did he see it, and declare it; he preparedit, yea, and searched it out.28:28 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the LORD, that iswisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.29:1 Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, 29:2 Oh that I wereas in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; 29:3 When hiscandle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked throughdarkness; 29:4 As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret ofGod was upon my tabernacle; 29:5 When the Almighty was yet with me,when my children were about me; 29:6 When I washed my steps withbutter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil; 29:7 When I went outto the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!29:8 The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, andstood up.29:9 The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on theirmouth.29:10 The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to theroof of their mouth.29:11 When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye sawme, it gave witness to me: 29:12 Because I delivered the poor thatcried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.29:13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and Icaused the widow's heart to sing for joy.29:14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as arobe and a diadem.29:15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.29:16 I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not Isearched out.29:17 And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out ofhis teeth.29:18 Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply mydays as the sand.29:19 My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all nightupon my branch.29:20 My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.29:21 Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at mycounsel.29:22 After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped uponthem.29:23 And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened theirmouth wide as for the latter rain.29:24 If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of mycountenance they cast not down.29:25 I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in thearmy, as one that comforteth the mourners.30:1 But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whosefathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.30:2 Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whomold age was perished?  30:3 For want and famine they were solitary;fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.30:4 Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for theirmeat.30:5 They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them asafter a thief;) 30:6 To dwell in the cliffs of the valleys, in cavesof the earth, and in the rocks.30:7 Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they weregathered together.30:8 They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they wereviler than the earth.30:9 And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.30:10 They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit inmy face.30:11 Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have alsolet loose the bridle before me.30:12 Upon my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, andthey raise up against me the ways of their destruction.30:13 They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have nohelper.30:14 They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in thedesolation they rolled themselves upon me.30:15 Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: andmy welfare passeth away as a cloud.30:16 And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of afflictionhave taken hold upon me.30:17 My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinewstake no rest.30:18 By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: itbindeth me about as the collar of my coat.30:19 He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust andashes.30:20 I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thouregardest me not.30:21 Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposestthyself against me.30:22 Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it,and dissolvest my substance.30:23 For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the houseappointed for all living.30:24 Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, thoughthey cry in his destruction.30:25 Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soulgrieved for the poor?  30:26 When I looked for good, then evil cameunto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.30:27 My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of afflictionprevented me.30:28 I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in thecongregation.30:29 I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.30:30 My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.30:31 My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voiceof them that weep.31:1 I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon amaid?  31:2 For what portion of God is there from above? and whatinheritance of the Almighty from on high?  31:3 Is not destruction tothe wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?  31:4Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?  31:5 If I havewalked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit; 31:6 Let mebe weighed in an even balance that God may know mine integrity.31:7 If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walkedafter mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands; 31:8 Thenlet me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.31:9 If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laidwait at my neighbour's door; 31:10 Then let my wife grind untoanother, and let others bow down upon her.31:11 For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to bepunished by the judges.31:12 For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would rootout all mine increase.31:13 If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of mymaidservant, when they contended with me; 31:14 What then shall I dowhen God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?31:15 Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not onefashion us in the womb?  31:16 If I have withheld the poor from theirdesire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; 31:17 Or haveeaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eatenthereof; 31:18 (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with afather, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;) 31:19 If I haveseen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;31:20 If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed withthe fleece of my sheep; 31:21 If I have lifted up my hand against thefatherless, when I saw my help in the gate: 31:22 Then let mine armfall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.31:23 For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason ofhis highness I could not endure.31:24 If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thouart my confidence; 31:25 If I rejoice because my wealth was great, andbecause mine hand had gotten much; 31:26 If I beheld the sun when itshined, or the moon walking in brightness; 31:27 And my heart hathbeen secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand: 31:28 Thisalso were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should havedenied the God that is above.31:29 If I rejoice at the destruction of him that hated me, or liftedup myself when evil found him: 31:30 Neither have I suffered my mouthto sin by wishing a curse to his soul.31:31 If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of hisflesh!  we cannot be satisfied.31:32 The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doorsto the traveller.31:33 If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquityin my bosom: 31:34 Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contemptof families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of thedoor?  31:35 Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that theAlmighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.31:36 Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crownto me.31:37 I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a princewould I go near unto him.31:38 If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereofcomplain; 31:39 If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, orhave caused the owners thereof to lose their life: 31:40 Let thistlesgrow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley.The words of Job are ended.32:1 So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteousin his own eyes.32:2 Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel theBuzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled,because he justified himself rather than God.32:3 Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, becausethey had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.32:4 Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elderthan he.32:5 When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of thesethree men, then his wrath was kindled.32:6 And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I amyoung, and ye are very old; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not shewyou mine opinion.32:7 I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teachwisdom.32:8 But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almightygiveth them understanding.32:9 Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understandjudgment.32:10 Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will shew mine opinion.32:11 Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons,whilst ye searched out what to say.32:12 Yea, I attended unto you, and, behold, there was none of youthat convinced Job, or that answered his words: 32:13 Lest ye shouldsay, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man.32:14 Now he hath not directed his words against me: neither will Ianswer him with your speeches.32:15 They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off speaking.32:16 When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, andanswered no more;) 32:17 I said, I will answer also my part, I alsowill shew mine opinion.32:18 For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me.32:19 Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready toburst like new bottles.32:20 I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips andanswer.32:21 Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, neither let megive flattering titles unto man.32:22 For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my makerwould soon take me away.33:1 Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to allmy words.33:2 Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in mymouth.33:3 My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lipsshall utter knowledge clearly.33:4 The spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almightyhath given me life.33:5 If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, standup.33:6 Behold, I am according to thy wish in God's stead: I also amformed out of the clay.33:7 Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall myhand be heavy upon thee.33:8 Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard thevoice of thy words, saying, 33:9 I am clean without transgression, Iam innocent; neither is there iniquity in me.33:10 Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for hisenemy, 33:11 He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all mypaths.33:12 Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that Godis greater than man.33:13 Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account ofany of his matters.33:14 For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.33:15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep fallethupon men, in slumberings upon the bed; 33:16 Then he openeth the earsof men, and sealeth their instruction, 33:17 That he may withdraw manfrom his purpose, and hide pride from man.33:18 He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life fromperishing by the sword.33:19 He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitudeof his bones with strong pain: 33:20 So that his life abhorreth bread,and his soul dainty meat.33:21 His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and hisbones that were not seen stick out.33:22 Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to thedestroyers.33:23 If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among athousand, to shew unto man his uprightness: 33:24 Then he is graciousunto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I havefound a ransom.33:25 His flesh shall be fresher than a child's: he shall return tothe days of his youth: 33:26 He shall pray unto God, and he will befavourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he willrender unto man his righteousness.33:27 He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, andperverted that which was right, and it profited me not; 33:28 He willdeliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see thelight.33:29 Lo, all these things worketh God oftentimes with man, 33:30 Tobring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light ofthe living.33:31 Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I willspeak.33:32 If thou hast anything to say, answer me: speak, for I desire tojustify thee.33:33 If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach theewisdom.34:1 Furthermore Elihu answered and said, 34:2 Hear my words, O yewise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.34:3 For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.34:4 Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what isgood.34:5 For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away myjudgment.34:6 Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable withouttransgression.34:7 What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?  34:8Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh withwicked men.34:9 For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he shoulddelight himself with God.34:10 Therefore hearken unto me ye men of understanding: far be itfrom God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that heshould commit iniquity.34:11 For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause everyman to find according to his ways.34:12 Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almightypervert judgment.34:13 Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposedthe whole world?  34:14 If he set his heart upon man, if he gatherunto himself his spirit and his breath; 34:15 All flesh shall perishtogether, and man shall turn again unto dust.34:16 If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voiceof my words.34:17 Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemnhim that is most just?  34:18 Is it fit to say to a king, Thou artwicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly?  34:19 How much less to himthat accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich morethan the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.34:20 In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled atmidnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away withouthand.34:21 For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all hisgoings.34:22 There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers ofiniquity may hide themselves.34:23 For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he shouldenter into judgment with God.34:24 He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and setothers in their stead.34:25 Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in thenight, so that they are destroyed.34:26 He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;34:27 Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any ofhis ways: 34:28 So that they cause the cry of the poor to come untohim, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.34:29 When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when hehideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against anation, or against a man only: 34:30 That the hypocrite reign not,lest the people be ensnared.34:31 Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have bornechastisement, I will not offend any more: 34:32 That which I see notteach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.34:33 Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it,whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: thereforespeak what thou knowest.34:34 Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearkenunto me.34:35 Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were withoutwisdom.34:36 My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because of hisanswers for wicked men.34:37 For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his handsamong us, and multiplieth his words against God.35:1 Elihu spake moreover, and said, 35:2 Thinkest thou this to beright, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's?  35:3For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profitshall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?  35:4 I will answer thee,and thy companions with thee.35:5 Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which arehigher than thou.35:6 If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thytransgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?  35:7 If thoube righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thinehand?  35:8 Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thyrighteousness may profit the son of man.35:9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressedto cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.35:10 But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in thenight; 35:11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, andmaketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?  35:12 There they cry, butnone giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.35:13 Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almightyregard it.35:14 Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment isbefore him; therefore trust thou in him.35:15 But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yethe knoweth it not in great extremity: 35:16 Therefore doth Job openhis mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.36:1 Elihu also proceeded, and said, 36:2 Suffer me a little, and Iwill shew thee that I have yet to speak on God's behalf.36:3 I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascriberighteousness to my Maker.36:4 For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect inknowledge is with thee.36:5 Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty instrength and wisdom.36:6 He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to thepoor.36:7 He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kingsare they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and theyare exalted.36:8 And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords ofaffliction; 36:9 Then he sheweth them their work, and theirtransgressions that they have exceeded.36:10 He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth thatthey return from iniquity.36:11 If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days inprosperity, and their years in pleasures.36:12 But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and theyshall die without knowledge.36:13 But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when hebindeth them.36:14 They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.36:15 He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their earsin oppression.36:16 Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into abroad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should beset on thy table should be full of fatness.36:17 But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment andjustice take hold on thee.36:18 Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with hisstroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.36:19 Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces ofstrength.36:20 Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.36:21 Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen ratherthan affliction.36:22 Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?  36:23Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wroughtiniquity?  36:24 Remember that thou magnify his work, which menbehold.36:25 Every man may see it; man may behold it afar off.36:26 Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can thenumber of his years be searched out.36:27 For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rainaccording to the vapour thereof: 36:28 Which the clouds do drop anddistil upon man abundantly.36:29 Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or thenoise of his tabernacle?  36:30 Behold, he spreadeth his light uponit, and covereth the bottom of the sea.36:31 For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance.36:32 With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not toshine by the cloud that cometh betwixt.36:33 The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle alsoconcerning the vapour.37:1 At this also my heart trembleth, and is moved out of his place.37:2 Hear attentively the noise of his voice, and the sound that goethout of his mouth.37:3 He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning untothe ends of the earth.37:4 After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of hisexcellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard.37:5 God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doethhe, which we cannot comprehend.37:6 For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to thesmall rain, and to the great rain of his strength.37:7 He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know hiswork.37:8 Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places.37:9 Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north.37:10 By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of thewaters is straitened.37:11 Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth hisbright cloud: 37:12 And it is turned round about by his counsels: thatthey may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the worldin the earth.37:13 He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land,or for mercy.37:14 Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrousworks of God.37:15 Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light ofhis cloud to shine?  37:16 Dost thou know the balancings of theclouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?37:17 How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by thesouth wind?  37:18 Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which isstrong, and as a molten looking glass?  37:19 Teach us what we shallsay unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.37:20 Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely heshall be swallowed up.37:21 And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: butthe wind passeth, and cleanseth them.37:22 Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God is terriblemajesty.37:23 Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellentin power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will notafflict.37:24 Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any that are wiseof heart.38:1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, 38:2Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?  38:3Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, andanswer thou me.38:4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth?declare, if thou hast understanding.38:5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hathstretched the line upon it?  38:6 Whereupon are the foundationsthereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; 38:7 When themorning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?38:8 Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if ithad issued out of the womb?  38:9 When I made the cloud the garmentthereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it, 38:10 And brake upfor it my decreed place, and set bars and doors, 38:11 And said,Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proudwaves be stayed?  38:12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thydays; and caused the dayspring to know his place; 38:13 That it mighttake hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shakenout of it?  38:14 It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand asa garment.38:15 And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high armshall be broken.38:16 Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thouwalked in the search of the depth?  38:17 Have the gates of death beenopened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?38:18 Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thouknowest it all.38:19 Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness,where is the place thereof, 38:20 That thou shouldest take it to thebound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the housethereof?  38:21 Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? orbecause the number of thy days is great?  38:22 Hast thou entered intothe treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of thehail, 38:23 Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, againstthe day of battle and war?  38:24 By what way is the light parted,which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?  38:25 Who hath divideda watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for thelightning of thunder; 38:26 To cause it to rain on the earth, where noman is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man; 38:27 To satisfythe desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herbto spring forth?  38:28 Hath the rain a father? or who hath begottenthe drops of dew?  38:29 Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoaryfrost of heaven, who hath gendered it?  38:30 The waters are hid aswith a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.38:31 Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose thebands of Orion?  38:32 Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season?or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?  38:33 Knowest thou theordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in theearth?  38:34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, thatabundance of waters may cover thee?  38:35 Canst thou send lightnings,that they may go and say unto thee, Here we are?  38:36 Who hath putwisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to theheart?  38:37 Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay thebottles of heaven, 38:38 When the dust groweth into hardness, and theclods cleave fast together?  38:39 Wilt thou hunt the prey for thelion? or fill the appetite of the young lions, 38:40 When they couchin their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?  38:41 Whoprovideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God,they wander for lack of meat.39:1 Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bringforth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?  39:2 Canst thounumber the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when theybring forth?  39:3 They bow themselves, they bring forth their youngones, they cast out their sorrows.39:4 Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; theygo forth, and return not unto them.39:5 Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bandsof the wild ass?  39:6 Whose house I have made the wilderness, and thebarren land his dwellings.39:7 He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he thecrying of the driver.39:8 The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth afterevery green thing.39:9 Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?39:10 Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or willhe harrow the valleys after thee?  39:11 Wilt thou trust him, becausehis strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?  39:12Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather itinto thy barn?  39:13 Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks?or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?  39:14 Which leaveth her eggsin the earth, and warmeth them in dust, 39:15 And forgetteth that thefoot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.39:16 She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were nother's: her labour is in vain without fear; 39:17 Because God hathdeprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.39:18 What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horseand his rider.39:19 Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neckwith thunder?  39:20 Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? theglory of his nostrils is terrible.39:21 He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goethon to meet the armed men.39:22 He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth heback from the sword.39:23 The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and theshield.39:24 He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neitherbelieveth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.39:25 He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battleafar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.39:26 Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings towardthe south?  39:27 Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make hernest on high?  39:28 She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon thecrag of the rock, and the strong place.39:29 From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.39:30 Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are,there is she.40:1 Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said, 40:2 Shall he thatcontendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, lethim answer it.40:3 Then Job answered the LORD, and said, 40:4 Behold, I am vile;what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.40:5 Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I willproceed no further.40:6 Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,40:7 Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, anddeclare thou unto me.40:8 Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, thatthou mayest be righteous?  40:9 Hast thou an arm like God? or canstthou thunder with a voice like him?  40:10 Deck thyself now withmajesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.40:11 Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that isproud, and abase him.40:12 Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and treaddown the wicked in their place.40:13 Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret.40:14 Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand cansave thee.40:15 Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass asan ox.40:16 Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in thenavel of his belly.40:17 He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones arewrapped together.40:18 His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like barsof iron.40:19 He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can makehis sword to approach unto him.40:20 Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beastsof the field play.40:21 He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, andfens.40:22 The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of thebrook compass him about.40:23 Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteththat he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.40:24 He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares.41:1 Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with acord which thou lettest down?  41:2 Canst thou put an hook into hisnose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?  41:3 Will he make manysupplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee?  41:4Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servantfor ever?  41:5 Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thoubind him for thy maidens?  41:6 Shall the companions make a banquet ofhim? shall they part him among the merchants?  41:7 Canst thou fillhis skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?  41:8 Laythine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.41:9 Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast downeven at the sight of him?  41:10 None is so fierce that dare stir himup: who then is able to stand before me?  41:11 Who hath prevented me,that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.41:12 I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comelyproportion.41:13 Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to himwith his double bridle?  41:14 Who can open the doors of his face? histeeth are terrible round about.41:15 His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.41:16 One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.41:17 They are joined one to another, they stick together, that theycannot be sundered.41:18 By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like theeyelids of the morning.41:19 Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out.41:20 Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot orcaldron.41:21 His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.41:22 In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joybefore him.41:23 The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm inthemselves; they cannot be moved.41:24 His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of thenether millstone.41:25 When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason ofbreakings they purify themselves.41:26 The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, thedart, nor the habergeon.41:27 He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.41:28 The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with himinto stubble.41:29 Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of aspear.41:30 Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed thingsupon the mire.41:31 He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like apot of ointment.41:32 He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep tobe hoary.41:33 Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.41:34 He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the childrenof pride.42:1 Then Job answered the LORD, and said, 42:2 I know that thou canstdo every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee.42:3 Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have Iuttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which Iknew not.42:4 Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee,and declare thou unto me.42:5 I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eyeseeth thee.42:6 Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.42:7 And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words untoJob, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindledagainst thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken ofme the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.42:8 Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and goto my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; andmy servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I dealwith you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thingwhich is right, like my servant Job.42:9 So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar theNaamathite went, and did according as the LORD commanded them: theLORD also accepted Job.42:10 And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for hisfriends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.42:11 Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters,and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eatbread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted himover all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man alsogave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.42:12 So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than hisbeginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousandcamels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.42:13 He had also seven sons and three daughters.42:14 And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of thesecond, Kezia; and the name of the third, Kerenhappuch.42:15 And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughtersof Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.42:16 After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw hissons, and his sons' sons, even four generations.42:17 So Job died, being old and full of days.The Book of Psalms1:1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly,nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of thescornful.1:2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth hemeditate day and night.1:3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, thatbringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall notwither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.1:4 The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the winddriveth away.1:5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinnersin the congregation of the righteous.1:6 For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of theungodly shall perish.2:1 Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?2:2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counseltogether, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,2:3 Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords fromus.2:4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the LORD shall havethem in derision.2:5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in hissore displeasure.2:6 Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.2:7 I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art mySon; this day have I begotten thee.2:8 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thineinheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.2:9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them inpieces like a potter's vessel.2:10 Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges ofthe earth.2:11 Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.2:12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, whenhis wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put theirtrust in him.3:1 Lord, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they thatrise up against me.3:2 Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him inGod.Selah.3:3 But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter upof mine head.3:4 I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of hisholy hill. Selah.3:5 I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.3:6 I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have setthemselves against me round about.3:7 Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mineenemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of theungodly.3:8 Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing is upon thypeople.Selah.4:1 Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlargedme when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.4:2 O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? howlong will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.4:3 But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly forhimself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him.4:4 Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon yourbed, and be still. Selah.4:5 Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in theLORD.4:6 There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thouup the light of thy countenance upon us.4:7 Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time thattheir corn and their wine increased.4:8 I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, onlymakest me dwell in safety.5:1 Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.5:2 Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for untothee will I pray.5:3 My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morningwill I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.5:4 For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neithershall evil dwell with thee.5:5 The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workersof iniquity.5:6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhorthe bloody and deceitful man.5:7 But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thymercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.5:8 Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies;make thy way straight before my face.5:9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part isvery wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter withtheir tongue.5:10 Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels;cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they haverebelled against thee.5:11 But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let themever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also thatlove thy name be joyful in thee.5:12 For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thoucompass him as with a shield.6:1 O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thyhot displeasure.6:2 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for mybones are vexed.6:3 My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long?6:4 Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies' sake.6:5 For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave whoshall give thee thanks?6:6 I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim;I water my couch with my tears.6:7 Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because ofall mine enemies.6:8 Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD hathheard the voice of my weeping.6:9 The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive myprayer.6:10 Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them returnand be ashamed suddenly.7:1 O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all themthat persecute me, and deliver me:7:2 Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, whilethere is none to deliver.7:3 O LORD my God, If I have done this; if there be iniquity in myhands;7:4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea,I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)7:5 Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him treaddown my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.7:6 Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rageof mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hastcommanded.7:7 So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: fortheir sakes therefore return thou on high.7:8 The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to myrighteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.7:9 Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establishthe just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.7:10 My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.7:11 God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked everyday.7:12 If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, andmade it ready.7:13 He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; heordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.7:14 Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief,and brought forth falsehood.7:15 He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch whichhe made.7:16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violentdealing shall come down upon his own pate.7:17 I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and willsing praise to the name of the LORD most high.8:1 O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! whohast set thy glory above the heavens.8:2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordainedstrength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemyand the avenger.8:3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon andthe stars, which thou hast ordained;8:4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man,that thou visitest him?8:5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hastcrowned him with glory and honour.8:6 Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thouhast put all things under his feet:8:7 All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;8:8 The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoeverpasseth through the paths of the seas.8:9 O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!9:1 I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forthall thy marvellous works.9:2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thyname, O thou most High.9:3 When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish atthy presence.9:4 For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in thethrone judging right.9:5 Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked,thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.9:6 O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thouhast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.9:7 But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his thronefor judgment.9:8 And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall ministerjudgment to the people in uprightness.9:9 The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge intimes of trouble.9:10 And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: forthou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.9:11 Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare amongthe people his doings.9:12 When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: heforgetteth not the cry of the humble.9:13 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer ofthem that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:9:14 That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughterof Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.9:15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the netwhich they hid is their own foot taken.9:16 The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wickedis snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.9:17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations thatforget God.9:18 For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation ofthe poor shall not perish for ever.9:19 Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged inthy sight.9:20 Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves tobe but men. Selah.10:1 Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself intimes of trouble?10:2 The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them betaken in the devices that they have imagined.10:3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth thecovetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.10:4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seekafter God: God is not in all his thoughts.10:5 His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out ofhis sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.10:6 He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shallnever be in adversity.10:7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under histongue is mischief and vanity.10:8 He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secretplaces doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set againstthe poor.10:9 He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in waitto catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him intohis net.10:10 He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall byhis strong ones.10:11 He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth hisface; he will never see it.10:12 Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.10:13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in hisheart, Thou wilt not require it.10:14 Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, torequite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thouart the helper of the fatherless.10:15 Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out hiswickedness till thou find none.10:16 The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished outof his land.10:17 LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wiltprepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:10:18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of theearth may no more oppress.11:1 In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a birdto your mountain?11:2 For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrowupon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.11:3 If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?11:4 The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD's throne is in heaven:his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.11:5 The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that lovethviolence his soul hateth.11:6 Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and anhorrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.11:7 For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance dothbehold the upright.12:1 Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail fromamong the children of men.12:2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flatteringlips and with a double heart do they speak.12:3 The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue thatspeaketh proud things:12:4 Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are ourown: who is lord over us?12:5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, nowwill I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him thatpuffeth at him.12:6 The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in afurnace of earth, purified seven times.12:7 Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from thisgeneration for ever.12:8 The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.13:1 How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wiltthou hide thy face from me?13:2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in myheart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?13:3 Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest Isleep the sleep of death;13:4 Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those thattrouble me rejoice when I am moved.13:5 But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thysalvation.13:6 I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully withme.14:1 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They arecorrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doethgood.14:2 The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to seeif there were any that did understand, and seek God.14:3 They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy:there is none that doeth good, no, not one.14:4 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up mypeople as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.14:5 There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation ofthe righteous.14:6 Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is hisrefuge.14:7 Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! when theLORD bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice,and Israel shall be glad.15:1 Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thyholy hill?15:2 He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, andspeaketh the truth in his heart.15:3 He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to hisneighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.15:4 In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth themthat fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changethnot.15:5 He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh rewardagainst the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.16:1 Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.16:2 O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: mygoodness extendeth not to thee;16:3 But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, inwhom is all my delight.16:4 Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god:their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up theirnames into my lips.16:5 The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thoumaintainest my lot.16:6 The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have agoodly heritage.16:7 I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins alsoinstruct me in the night seasons.16:8 I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my righthand, I shall not be moved.16:9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh alsoshall rest in hope.16:10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thousuffer thine Holy One to see corruption.16:11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulnessof joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.17:1 Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto myprayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.17:2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyesbehold the things that are equal.17:3 Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night;thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that mymouth shall not transgress.17:4 Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have keptme from the paths of the destroyer.17:5 Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.17:6 I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: inclinethine ear unto me, and hear my speech.17:7 Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thyright hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise upagainst them.17:8 Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thywings,17:9 From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, whocompass me about.17:10 They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speakproudly.17:11 They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set theireyes bowing down to the earth;17:12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were ayoung lion lurking in secret places.17:13 Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soulfrom the wicked, which is thy sword:17:14 From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world,which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillestwith thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the restof their substance to their babes.17:15 As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall besatisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.18:1 I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.18:2 The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God,my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of mysalvation, and my high tower.18:3 I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shallI be saved from mine enemies.18:4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly menmade me afraid.18:5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of deathprevented me.18:6 In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: heheard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, eveninto his ears.18:7 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of thehills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.18:8 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of hismouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.18:9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was underhis feet.18:10 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon thewings of the wind.18:11 He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about himwere dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.18:12 At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed,hail stones and coals of fire.18:13 The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave hisvoice; hail stones and coals of fire.18:14 Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot outlightnings, and discomfited them.18:15 Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations ofthe world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of thebreath of thy nostrils.18:16 He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.18:17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hatedme: for they were too strong for me.18:18 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was mystay.18:19 He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me,because he delighted in me.18:20 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according tothe cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.18:21 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedlydeparted from my God.18:22 For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away hisstatutes from me.18:23 I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mineiniquity.18:24 Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to myrighteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.18:25 With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with anupright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;18:26 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the frowardthou wilt shew thyself froward.18:27 For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring downhigh looks.18:28 For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten mydarkness.18:29 For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have Ileaped over a wall.18:30 As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried:he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.18:31 For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God?18:32 It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my wayperfect.18:33 He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my highplaces.18:34 He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken bymine arms.18:35 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thyright hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.18:36 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.18:37 I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did Iturn again till they were consumed.18:38 I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they arefallen under my feet.18:39 For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hastsubdued under me those that rose up against me.18:40 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I mightdestroy them that hate me.18:41 They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD,but he answered them not.18:42 Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I didcast them out as the dirt in the streets.18:43 Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; andthou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have notknown shall serve me.18:44 As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangersshall submit themselves unto me.18:45 The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their closeplaces.18:46 The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of mysalvation be exalted.18:47 It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.18:48 He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me upabove those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from theviolent man.18:49 Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among theheathen, and sing praises unto thy name.18:50 Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy tohis anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.19:1 The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shewethhis handywork.19:2 Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night shewethknowledge.19:3 There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.19:4 Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words tothe end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,19:5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoicethas a strong man to run a race.19:6 His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuitunto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.19:7 The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: thetestimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.19:8 The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: thecommandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.19:9 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgmentsof the LORD are true and righteous altogether.19:10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold:sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.19:11 Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of themthere is great reward.19:12 Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secretfaults.19:13 Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them nothave dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall beinnocent from the great transgression.19:14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, beacceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.20:1 The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God ofJacob defend thee;20:2 Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out ofZion;20:3 Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice;Selah.20:4 Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thycounsel.20:5 We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God wewill set up our banners: the LORD fulfil all thy petitions.20:6 Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he will hear himfrom his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand.20:7 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will rememberthe name of the LORD our God.20:8 They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and standupright.20:9 Save, LORD: let the king hear us when we call.21:1 The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvationhow greatly shall he rejoice!21:2 Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholdenthe request of his lips. Selah.21:3 For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thousettest a crown of pure gold on his head.21:4 He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length ofdays for ever and ever.21:5 His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thoulaid upon him.21:6 For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made himexceeding glad with thy countenance.21:7 For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of themost High he shall not be moved.21:8 Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shallfind out those that hate thee.21:9 Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger:the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devourthem.21:10 Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seedfrom among the children of men.21:11 For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievousdevice, which they are not able to perform.21:12 Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shaltmake ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.21:13 Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: so will we singand praise thy power.22:1 My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so farfrom helping me, and from the words of my roaring?22:2 O my God, I cry in the day time, but thou hearest not; and in thenight season, and am not silent.22:3 But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.22:4 Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliverthem.22:5 They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee,and were not confounded.22:6 But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised ofthe people.22:7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip,they shake the head, saying,22:8 He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliverhim, seeing he delighted in him.22:9 But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make mehope when I was upon my mother's breasts.22:10 I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from mymother's belly.22:11 Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none tohelp.22:12 Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have besetme round.22:13 They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and aroaring lion.22:14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint:my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.22:15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleavethto my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.22:16 For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked haveinclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.22:17 I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.22:18 They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.22:19 But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste theeto help me.22:20 Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of thedog.22:21 Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from thehorns of the unicorns.22:22 I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of thecongregation will I praise thee.22:23 Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob,glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.22:24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of theafflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he criedunto him, he heard.22:25 My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will paymy vows before them that fear him.22:26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORDthat seek him: your heart shall live for ever.22:27 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD:and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.22:28 For the kingdom is the LORD's: and he is the governor among thenations.22:29 All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all theythat go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alivehis own soul.22:30 A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for ageneration.22:31 They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto apeople that shall be born, that he hath done this.23:1 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.23:2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me besidethe still waters.23:3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousnessfor his name's sake.23:4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, Iwill fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff theycomfort me.23:5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies:thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.23:6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of mylife: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.24:1 The earth is the LORD's, and the fulness thereof; the world, andthey that dwell therein.24:2 For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon thefloods.24:3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand inhis holy place?24:4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not liftedup his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.24:5 He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousnessfrom the God of his salvation.24:6 This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face,O Jacob. Selah.24:7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlastingdoors; and the King of glory shall come in.24:8 Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORDmighty in battle.24:9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlastingdoors; and the King of glory shall come in.24:10 Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King ofglory. Selah.25:1 Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.25:2 O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mineenemies triumph over me.25:3 Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamedwhich transgress without cause.25:4 Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.25:5 Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of mysalvation; on thee do I wait all the day.25:6 Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses;for they have been ever of old.25:7 Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions:according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, OLORD.25:8 Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners inthe way.25:9 The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teachhis way.25:10 All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keephis covenant and his testimonies.25:11 For thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it isgreat.25:12 What man is he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in theway that he shall choose.25:13 His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit theearth.25:14 The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he willshew them his covenant.25:15 Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD; for he shall pluck my feetout of the net.25:16 Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate andafflicted.25:17 The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of mydistresses.25:18 Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.25:19 Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me withcruel hatred.25:20 O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I putmy trust in thee.25:21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.25:22 Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.26:1 Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I havetrusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide.26:2 Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.26:3 For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked inthy truth.26:4 I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in withdissemblers.26:5 I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sitwith the wicked.26:6 I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thinealtar, O LORD:26:7 That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell ofall thy wondrous works.26:8 LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the placewhere thine honour dwelleth.26:9 Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:26:10 In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full ofbribes.26:11 But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and bemerciful unto me.26:12 My foot standeth in an even place: in the congregations will Ibless the LORD.27:1 The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? theLORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?27:2 When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me toeat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.27:3 Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear:though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.27:4 One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after;that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, tobehold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.27:5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: inthe secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upona rock.27:6 And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies roundabout me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy;I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD.27:7 Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me,and answer me.27:8 When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thyface, LORD, will I seek.27:9 Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger:thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of mysalvation.27:10 When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will takeme up.27:11 Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, becauseof mine enemies.27:12 Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for falsewitnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.27:13 I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of theLORD in the land of the living.27:14 Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthenthine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.28:1 Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest,if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.28:2 Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when Ilift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.28:3 Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers ofiniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is intheir hearts.28:4 Give them according to their deeds, and according to thewickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of theirhands; render to them their desert.28:5 Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operationof his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.28:6 Blessed be the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of mysupplications.28:7 The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him,and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with mysong will I praise him.28:8 The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of hisanointed.28:9 Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, andlift them up for ever.29:1 Give unto the LORD, O ye mighty, give unto the LORD glory andstrength.29:2 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORDin the beauty of holiness.29:3 The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: the God of glorythundereth: the LORD is upon many waters.29:4 The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is fullof majesty.29:5 The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars; yea, the LORD breakeththe cedars of Lebanon.29:6 He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion likea young unicorn.29:7 The voice of the LORD divideth the flames of fire.29:8 The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the LORD shakeththe wilderness of Kadesh.29:9 The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereththe forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory.29:10 The LORD sitteth upon the flood; yea, the LORD sitteth King forever.29:11 The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will blesshis people with peace.30:1 I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hastnot made my foes to rejoice over me.30:2 O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.30:3 O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hastkept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.30:4 Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at theremembrance of his holiness.30:5 For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life:weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.30:6 And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.30:7 LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong:thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.30:8 I cried to thee, O LORD; and unto the LORD I made supplication.30:9 What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit?Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?30:10 Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD, be thou my helper.30:11 Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast putoff my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;30:12 To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not besilent.O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.31:1 In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed:deliver me in thy righteousness.31:2 Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strongrock, for an house of defence to save me.31:3 For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name'ssake lead me, and guide me.31:4 Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: forthou art my strength.31:5 Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORDGod of truth.31:6 I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in theLORD.31:7 I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast consideredmy trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;31:8 And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast setmy feet in a large room.31:9 Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye isconsumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.31:10 For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: mystrength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.31:11 I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among myneighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see mewithout fled from me.31:12 I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a brokenvessel.31:13 For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side:while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take awaymy life.31:14 But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God.31:15 My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mineenemies, and from them that persecute me.31:16 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thymercies' sake.31:17 Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: letthe wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.31:18 Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievousthings proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.31:19 Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for themthat fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in theebefore the sons of men!31:20 Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from thepride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from thestrife of tongues.31:21 Blessed be the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellouskindness in a strong city.31:22 For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes:nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I criedunto thee.31:23 O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth thefaithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.31:24 Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all yethat hope in the LORD.32:1 Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin iscovered.32:2 Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, andin whose spirit there is no guile.32:3 When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring allthe day long.32:4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture isturned into the drought of summer. Selah.32:5 I acknowledge my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid.I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thouforgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.32:6 For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a timewhen thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters theyshall not come nigh unto him.32:7 Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble;thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.32:8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shaltgo: I will guide thee with mine eye.32:9 Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have nounderstanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lestthey come near unto thee.32:10 Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in theLORD, mercy shall compass him about.32:11 Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout forjoy, all ye that are upright in heart.33:1 Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for theupright.33:2 Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and aninstrument of ten strings.33:3 Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise.33:4 For the word of the LORD is right; and all his works are done intruth.33:5 He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of thegoodness of the LORD.33:6 By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the hostof them by the breath of his mouth.33:7 He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layethup the depth in storehouses.33:8 Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of theworld stand in awe of him.33:9 For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.33:10 The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: hemaketh the devices of the people of none effect.33:11 The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of hisheart to all generations.33:12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whomhe hath chosen for his own inheritance.33:13 The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men.33:14 From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all theinhabitants of the earth.33:15 He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all theirworks.33:16 There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty manis not delivered by much strength.33:17 An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliverany by his great strength.33:18 Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, uponthem that hope in his mercy;33:19 To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive infamine.33:20 Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield.33:21 For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted inhis holy name.33:22 Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in thee.34:1 I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continuallybe in my mouth.34:2 My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hearthereof, and be glad.34:3 O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.34:4 I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all myfears.34:5 They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces werenot ashamed.34:6 This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out ofall his troubles.34:7 The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him,and delivereth them.34:8 O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man thattrusteth in him.34:9 O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them thatfear him.34:10 The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seekthe LORD shall not want any good thing.34:11 Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear ofthe LORD.34:12 What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that hemay see good?34:13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.34:14 Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.34:15 The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears areopen unto their cry.34:16 The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut offthe remembrance of them from the earth.34:17 The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them outof all their troubles.34:18 The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; andsaveth such as be of a contrite spirit.34:19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORDdelivereth him out of them all.34:20 He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.34:21 Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteousshall be desolate.34:22 The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of themthat trust in him shall be desolate.35:1 Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fightagainst them that fight against me.35:2 Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.35:3 Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them thatpersecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.35:4 Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul:let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.35:5 Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of theLORD chase them.35:6 Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORDpersecute them.35:7 For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, whichwithout cause they have digged for my soul.35:8 Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net thathe hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.35:9 And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in hissalvation.35:10 All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, whichdeliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poorand the needy from him that spoileth him?35:11 False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things thatI knew not.35:12 They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.35:13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: Ihumbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine ownbosom.35:14 I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: Ibowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.35:15 But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselvestogether: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me,and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:35:16 With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me withtheir teeth.35:17 Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from theirdestructions, my darling from the lions.35:18 I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praisethee among much people.35:19 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me:neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.35:20 For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful mattersagainst them that are quiet in the land.35:21 Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha,aha, our eye hath seen it.35:22 This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be notfar from me.35:23 Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause,my God and my Lord.35:24 Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and letthem not rejoice over me.35:25 Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: letthem not say, We have swallowed him up.35:26 Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together thatrejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonourthat magnify themselves against me.35:27 Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteouscause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, whichhath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.35:28 And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praiseall the day long.36:1 The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that thereis no fear of God before his eyes.36:2 For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity befound to be hateful.36:3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left offto be wise, and to do good.36:4 He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a waythat is not good; he abhorreth not evil.36:5 Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulnessreacheth unto the clouds.36:6 Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments area great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.36:7 How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore thechildren of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.36:8 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house;and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.36:9 For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we seelight.36:10 O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thyrighteousness to the upright in heart.36:11 Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the handof the wicked remove me.36:12 There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down,and shall not be able to rise.37:1 Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou enviousagainst the workers of iniquity.37:2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as thegreen herb.37:3 Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land,and verily thou shalt be fed.37:4 Delight thyself also in the LORD: and he shall give thee thedesires of thine heart.37:5 Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shallbring it to pass.37:6 And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thyjudgment as the noonday.37:7 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyselfbecause of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man whobringeth wicked devices to pass.37:8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wiseto do evil.37:9 For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon theLORD, they shall inherit the earth.37:10 For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thoushalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.37:11 But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delightthemselves in the abundance of peace.37:12 The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him withhis teeth.37:13 The LORD shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day iscoming.37:14 The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, tocast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of uprightconversation.37:15 Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bowsshall be broken.37:16 A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches ofmany wicked.37:17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORDupholdeth the righteous.37:18 The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritanceshall be for ever.37:19 They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days offamine they shall be satisfied.37:20 But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shallbe as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall theyconsume away.37:21 The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteoussheweth mercy, and giveth.37:22 For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and theythat be cursed of him shall be cut off.37:23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and hedelighteth in his way.37:24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORDupholdeth him with his hand.37:25 I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen therighteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.37:26 He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.37:27 Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.37:28 For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; theyare preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.37:29 The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein forever.37:30 The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tonguetalketh of judgment.37:31 The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shallslide.37:32 The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.37:33 The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when heis judged.37:34 Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee toinherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.37:35 I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himselflike a green bay tree.37:36 Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, buthe could not be found.37:37 Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end ofthat man is peace.37:38 But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end ofthe wicked shall be cut off.37:39 But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is theirstrength in the time of trouble.37:40 And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliverthem from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.38:1 O lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hotdispleasure.38:2 For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.38:3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neitheris there any rest in my bones because of my sin.38:4 For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burdenthey are too heavy for me.38:5 My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.38:6 I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the daylong.38:7 For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is nosoundness in my flesh.38:8 I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of thedisquietness of my heart.38:9 Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hidfrom thee.38:10 My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light ofmine eyes, it also is gone from me.38:11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and mykinsmen stand afar off.38:12 They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and theythat seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits allthe day long.38:13 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man thatopeneth not his mouth.38:14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are noreproofs.38:15 For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.38:16 For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me:when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.38:17 For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.38:18 For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.38:19 But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they thathate me wrongfully are multiplied.38:20 They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries;because I follow the thing that good is.38:21 Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.38:22 Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.39:1 I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with mytongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is beforeme.39:2 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and mysorrow was stirred.39:3 My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned:then spake I with my tongue,39:4 LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, whatit is: that I may know how frail I am.39:5 Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age isas nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state isaltogether vanity.Selah.39:6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they aredisquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shallgather them.39:7 And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.39:8 Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproachof the foolish.39:9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.39:10 Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow ofthine hand.39:11 When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thoumakest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man isvanity. Selah.39:12 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thypeace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, asall my fathers were.39:13 O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, andbe no more.40:1 I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, andheard my cry.40:2 He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miryclay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.40:3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God:many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.40:4 Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, andrespecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.40:5 Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hastdone, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckonedup in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they aremore than can be numbered.40:6 Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thouopened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.40:7 Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is writtenof me,40:8 I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within myheart.40:9 I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, Ihave not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.40:10 I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I havedeclared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thylovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.40:11 Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thylovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.40:12 For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquitieshave taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they aremore than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.40:13 Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to helpme.40:14 Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after mysoul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame thatwish me evil.40:15 Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say untome, Aha, aha.40:16 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: letsuch as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified.40:17 But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou artmy help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.41:1 Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliverhim in time of trouble.41:2 The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall beblessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will ofhis enemies.41:3 The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thouwilt make all his bed in his sickness.41:4 I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I havesinned against thee.41:5 Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his nameperish?41:6 And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gatherethiniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.41:7 All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do theydevise my hurt.41:8 An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now thathe lieth he shall rise up no more.41:9 Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eatof my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.41:10 But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that Imay requite them.41:11 By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy dothnot triumph over me.41:12 And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settestme before thy face for ever.41:13 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and toeverlasting. Amen, and Amen.42:1 As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soulafter thee, O God.42:2 My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I comeand appear before God?42:3 My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continuallysay unto me, Where is thy God?42:4 When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I hadgone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, withthe voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.42:5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted inme?  hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of hiscountenance.42:6 O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will Iremember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from thehill Mizar.42:7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thywaves and thy billows are gone over me.42:8 Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the day time, andin the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God ofmy life.42:9 I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go Imourning because of the oppression of the enemy?42:10 As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; whilethey say daily unto me, Where is thy God?42:11 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquietedwithin me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is thehealth of my countenance, and my God.43:1 Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: Odeliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.43:2 For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off?why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?43:3 O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let thembring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.43:4 Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy:yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.43:5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquietedwithin me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the healthof my countenance, and my God.44:1 We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us,what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.44:2 How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedstthem; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.44:3 For they got not the land in possession by their own sword,neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thinearm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favourunto them.44:4 Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.44:5 Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name willwe tread them under that rise up against us.44:6 For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.44:7 But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them toshame that hated us.44:8 In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever.Selah.44:9 But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forthwith our armies.44:10 Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hateus spoil for themselves.44:11 Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hastscattered us among the heathen.44:12 Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thywealth by their price.44:13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and aderision to them that are round about us.44:14 Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the headamong the people.44:15 My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my facehath covered me,44:16 For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reasonof the enemy and avenger.44:17 All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee,neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.44:18 Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declinedfrom thy way;44:19 Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, andcovered us with the shadow of death.44:20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out ourhands to a strange god;44:21 Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of theheart.44:22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are countedas sheep for the slaughter.44:23 Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off forever.44:24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our afflictionand our oppression?44:25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth untothe earth.44:26 Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake.45:1 My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which Ihave made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.45:2 Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured intothy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.45:3 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory andthy majesty.45:4 And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth andmeekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach theeterrible things.45:5 Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies;whereby the people fall under thee.45:6 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thykingdom is a right sceptre.45:7 Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God,thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thyfellows.45:8 All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out ofthe ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.45:9 Kings' daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy righthand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.45:10 Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forgetalso thine own people, and thy father's house;45:11 So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord;and worship thou him.45:12 And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even therich among the people shall intreat thy favour.45:13 The king's daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is ofwrought gold.45:14 She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: thevirgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.45:15 With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shallenter into the king's palace.45:16 Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayestmake princes in all the earth.45:17 I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations:therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.46:1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.46:2 Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, andthough the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;46:3 Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though themountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.46:4 There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city ofGod, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.46:5 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shallhelp her, and that right early.46:6 The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice,the earth melted.46:7 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge.Selah.46:8 Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath madein the earth.46:9 He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breakeththe bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot inthe fire.46:10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among theheathen, I will be exalted in the earth.46:11 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge.Selah.47:1 O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voiceof triumph.47:2 For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over allthe earth.47:3 He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under ourfeet.47:4 He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacobwhom he loved. Selah.47:5 God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of atrumpet.47:6 Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King,sing praises.47:7 For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises withunderstanding.47:8 God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of hisholiness.47:9 The princes of the people are gathered together, even the peopleof the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong unto God:he is greatly exalted.48:1 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of ourGod, in the mountain of his holiness.48:2 Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mountZion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.48:3 God is known in her palaces for a refuge.48:4 For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.48:5 They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, andhasted away.48:6 Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman intravail.48:7 Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.48:8 As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD ofhosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.48:9 We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thytemple.48:10 According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends ofthe earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.48:11 Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad,because of thy judgments.48:12 Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towersthereof.48:13 Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye maytell it to the generation following.48:14 For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guideeven unto death.49:1 Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of theworld:49:2 Both low and high, rich and poor, together.49:3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heartshall be of understanding.49:4 I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark sayingupon the harp.49:5 Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity ofmy heels shall compass me about?49:6 They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in themultitude of their riches;49:7 None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to Goda ransom for him:49:8 (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth forever:)49:9 That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.49:10 For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and thebrutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.49:11 Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue forever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call theirlands after their own names.49:12 Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like thebeasts that perish.49:13 This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve theirsayings. Selah.49:14 Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them;and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; andtheir beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.49:15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for heshall receive me. Selah.49:16 Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of hishouse is increased;49:17 For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shallnot descend after him.49:18 Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praisethee, when thou doest well to thyself.49:19 He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall neversee light.49:20 Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beaststhat perish.50:1 The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earthfrom the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.50:2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.50:3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shalldevour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.50:4 He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, thathe may judge his people.50:5 Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made acovenant with me by sacrifice.50:6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judgehimself. Selah.50:7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testifyagainst thee: I am God, even thy God.50:8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burntofferings, to have been continually before me.50:9 I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thyfolds.50:10 For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon athousand hills.50:11 I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts ofthe field are mine.50:12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine,and the fulness thereof.50:13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?50:14 Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the mostHigh:50:15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, andthou shalt glorify me.50:16 But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declaremy statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?50:17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, and casteth my words behindthee.50:18 When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, andhast been partaker with adulterers.50:19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.50:20 Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderestthine own mother's son.50:21 These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtestthat I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee,and set them in order before thine eyes.50:22 Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you inpieces, and there be none to deliver.50:23 Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that orderethhis conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.51:1 Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness:according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out mytransgressions.51:2 Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.51:3 For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever beforeme.51:4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thysight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and beclear when thou judgest.51:5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my motherconceive me.51:6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in thehidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.51:7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shallbe whiter than snow.51:8 Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hastbroken may rejoice.51:9 Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spiritwithin me.51:11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spiritfrom me.51:12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thyfree spirit.51:13 Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall beconverted unto thee.51:14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of mysalvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.51:15 O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thypraise.51:16 For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thoudelightest not in burnt offering.51:17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and acontrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.51:18 Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls ofJerusalem.51:19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness,with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offerbullocks upon thine altar.52:1 Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodnessof God endureth continually.52:2 The tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, workingdeceitfully.52:3 Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speakrighteousness. Selah.52:4 Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.52:5 God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take theeaway, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out ofthe land of the living. Selah.52:6 The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:52:7 Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trustedin the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in hiswickedness.52:8 But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust inthe mercy of God for ever and ever.52:9 I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and Iwill wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.53:1 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt arethey, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doethgood.53:2 God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see ifthere were any that did understand, that did seek God.53:3 Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether becomefilthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.53:4 Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my peopleas they eat bread: they have not called upon God.53:5 There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hathscattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast putthem to shame, because God hath despised them.53:6 Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When Godbringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, andIsrael shall be glad.54:1 Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy strength.54:2 Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.54:3 For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek aftermy soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.54:4 Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them that uphold mysoul.54:5 He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thytruth.54:6 I will freely sacrifice unto thee: I will praise thy name, OLORD; for it is good.54:7 For he hath delivered me out of all trouble: and mine eye hathseen his desire upon mine enemies.55:1 Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from mysupplication.55:2 Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make anoise;55:3 Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression ofthe wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.55:4 My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death arefallen upon me.55:5 Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hathoverwhelmed me.55:6 And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I flyaway, and be at rest.55:7 Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness.Selah.55:8 I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.55:9 Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seenviolence and strife in the city.55:10 Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischiefalso and sorrow are in the midst of it.55:11 Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart notfrom her streets.55:12 For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could haveborne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himselfagainst me; then I would have hid myself from him:55:13 But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mineacquaintance.55:14 We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of Godin company.55:15 Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell:for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.55:16 As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.55:17 Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud:and he shall hear my voice.55:18 He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that wasagainst me: for there were many with me.55:19 God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old.Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.55:20 He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace withhim: he hath broken his covenant.55:21 The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was inhis heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.55:22 Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: heshall never suffer the righteous to be moved.55:23 But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit ofdestruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half theirdays; but I will trust in thee.56:1 Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; hefighting daily oppresseth me.56:2 Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many thatfight against me, O thou most High.56:3 What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.56:4 In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I willnot fear what flesh can do unto me.56:5 Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against mefor evil.56:6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they markmy steps, when they wait for my soul.56:7 Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down thepeople, O God.56:8 Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle:are they not in thy book?56:9 When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this Iknow; for God is for me.56:10 In God will I praise his word: in the LORD will I praise hisword.56:11 In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can dounto me.56:12 Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.56:13 For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thoudeliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the lightof the living?57:1 Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soultrusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make myrefuge, until these calamities be overpast.57:2 I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth allthings for me.57:3 He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of himthat would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy andhis truth.57:4 My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set onfire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, andtheir tongue a sharp sword.57:5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be aboveall the earth.57:6 They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down:they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they arefallen themselves. Selah.57:7 My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and givepraise.57:8 Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awakeearly.57:9 I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing untothee among the nations.57:10 For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto theclouds.57:11 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: let thy glory beabove all the earth.58:1 Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judgeuprightly, O ye sons of men?58:2 Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of yourhands in the earth.58:3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon asthey be born, speaking lies.58:4 Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like thedeaf adder that stoppeth her ear;58:5 Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming neverso wisely.58:6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the greatteeth of the young lions, O LORD.58:7 Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when hebendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.58:8 As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: likethe untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.58:9 Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away aswith a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.58:10 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: heshall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.58:11 So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for therighteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.59:1 Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them thatrise up against me.59:2 Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloodymen.59:3 For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gatheredagainst me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD.59:4 They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to helpme, and behold.59:5 Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake tovisit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors.Selah.59:6 They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and goround about the city.59:7 Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in theirlips: for who, say they, doth hear?59:8 But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all theheathen in derision.59:9 Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is mydefence.59:10 The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see mydesire upon mine enemies.59:11 Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power;and bring them down, O Lord our shield.59:12 For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let themeven be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which theyspeak.59:13 Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be: andlet them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth.Selah.59:14 And at evening let them return; and let them make a noise like adog, and go round about the city.59:15 Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be notsatisfied.59:16 But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thymercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in theday of my trouble.59:17 Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defence,and the God of my mercy.60:1 O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hastbeen displeased; O turn thyself to us again.60:2 Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: healthe breaches thereof; for it shaketh.60:3 Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us todrink the wine of astonishment.60:4 Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may bedisplayed because of the truth. Selah.60:5 That thy beloved may be delivered; save with thy right hand, andhear me.60:6 God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divideShechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.60:7 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is thestrength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;60:8 Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia,triumph thou because of me.60:9 Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me intoEdom?60:10 Wilt not thou, O God, which hadst cast us off? and thou, O God,which didst not go out with our armies?60:11 Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.60:12 Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall treaddown our enemies.61:1 Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer.61:2 From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart isoverwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.61:3 For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from theenemy.61:4 I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in thecovert of thy wings. Selah.61:5 For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given me theheritage of those that fear thy name.61:6 Thou wilt prolong the king's life: and his years as manygenerations.61:7 He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth,which may preserve him.61:8 So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever, that I may dailyperform my vows.62:1 Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.62:2 He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shallnot be greatly moved.62:3 How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall beslain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a totteringfence.62:4 They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: theydelight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly.Selah.62:5 My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.62:6 He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shallnot be moved.62:7 In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, andmy refuge, is in God.62:8 Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart beforehim: God is a refuge for us. Selah.62:9 Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are alie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter thanvanity.62:10 Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: ifriches increase, set not your heart upon them.62:11 God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that powerbelongeth unto God.62:12 Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: for thou renderest toevery man according to his work.63:1 O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirstethfor thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, whereno water is;63:2 To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in thesanctuary.63:3 Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shallpraise thee.63:4 Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands inthy name.63:5 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and mymouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:63:6 When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in thenight watches.63:7 Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thywings will I rejoice.63:8 My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.63:9 But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into thelower parts of the earth.63:10 They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes.63:11 But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth byhim shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall bestopped.64:1 Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear ofthe enemy.64:2 Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from theinsurrection of the workers of iniquity:64:3 Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoottheir arrows, even bitter words:64:4 That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do theyshoot at him, and fear not.64:5 They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune oflaying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?64:6 They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search:both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.64:7 But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they bewounded.64:8 So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: allthat see them shall flee away.64:9 And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; forthey shall wisely consider of his doing.64:10 The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him;and all the upright in heart shall glory.65:1 Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and unto thee shall thevow be performed.65:2 O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.65:3 Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thoushalt purge them away.65:4 Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approachunto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied withthe goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.65:5 By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God ofour salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth,and of them that are afar off upon the sea:65:6 Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; being girdedwith power:65:7 Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves,and the tumult of the people.65:8 They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thytokens: thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening torejoice.65:9 Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichestit with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest themcorn, when thou hast so provided for it.65:10 Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest thefurrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest thespringing thereof.65:11 Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths dropfatness.65:12 They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the littlehills rejoice on every side.65:13 The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also arecovered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.66:1 Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands:66:2 Sing forth the honour of his name: make his praise glorious.66:3 Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through thegreatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves untothee.66:4 All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; theyshall sing to thy name. Selah.66:5 Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doing towardthe children of men.66:6 He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood onfoot: there did we rejoice in him.66:7 He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations: letnot the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah.66:8 O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise tobe heard:66:9 Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to bemoved.66:10 For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silveris tried.66:11 Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon ourloins.66:12 Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went throughfire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthyplace.66:13 I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay theemy vows,66:14 Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I wasin trouble.66:15 I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with theincense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah.66:16 Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what hehath done for my soul.66:17 I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with mytongue.66:18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:66:19 But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice ofmy prayer.66:20 Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor hismercy from me.67:1 God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face toshine upon us; Selah.67:2 That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among allnations.67:3 Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praisethee.67:4 O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judgethe people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah.67:5 Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praisethee.67:6 Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our ownGod, shall bless us.67:7 God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him.68:1 Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also thathate him flee before him.68:2 As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax meltethbefore the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.68:3 But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea,let them exceedingly rejoice.68:4 Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that ridethupon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him.68:5 A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God inhis holy habitation.68:6 God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those whichare bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.68:7 O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didstmarch through the wilderness; Selah:68:8 The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God:even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.68:9 Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didstconfirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.68:10 Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast preparedof thy goodness for the poor.68:11 The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those thatpublished it.68:12 Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at homedivided the spoil.68:13 Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wingsof a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.68:14 When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was white as snow inSalmon.68:15 The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; an high hill as thehill of Bashan.68:16 Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God desirethto dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell in it for ever.68:17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands ofangels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.68:18 Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive:thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, thatthe LORD God might dwell among them.68:19 Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, eventhe God of our salvation. Selah.68:20 He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto GOD theLord belong the issues from death.68:21 But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalpof such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.68:22 The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring mypeople again from the depths of the sea:68:23 That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, andthe tongue of thy dogs in the same.68:24 They have seen thy goings, O God; even the goings of my God, myKing, in the sanctuary.68:25 The singers went before, the players on instruments followedafter; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.68:26 Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, from thefountain of Israel.68:27 There is little Benjamin with their ruler, the princes of Judahand their council, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes ofNaphtali.68:28 Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, thatwhich thou hast wrought for us.68:29 Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presentsunto thee.68:30 Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, withthe calves of the people, till every one submit himself with pieces ofsilver: scatter thou the people that delight in war.68:31 Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch outher hands unto God.68:32 Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto theLord; Selah:68:33 To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which were ofold; lo, he doth send out his voice, and that a mighty voice.68:34 Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel, andhis strength is in the clouds.68:35 O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: the God ofIsrael is he that giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessedbe God.69:1 Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.69:2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come intodeep waters, where the floods overflow me.69:3 I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail whileI wait for my God.69:4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of minehead: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, aremighty: then I restored that which I took not away.69:5 O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid fromthee.69:6 Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamedfor my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, OGod of Israel.69:7 Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered myface.69:8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto mymother's children.69:9 For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproachesof them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.69:10 When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to myreproach.69:11 I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb tothem.69:12 They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the songof the drunkards.69:13 But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptabletime: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth ofthy salvation.69:14 Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me bedelivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.69:15 Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallowme up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.69:16 Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto meaccording to the multitude of thy tender mercies.69:17 And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble:hear me speedily.69:18 Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because ofmine enemies.69:19 Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour:mine adversaries are all before thee.69:20 Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and Ilooked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters,but I found none.69:21 They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gaveme vinegar to drink.69:22 Let their table become a snare before them: and that whichshould have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.69:23 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make theirloins continually to shake.69:24 Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful angertake hold of them.69:25 Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in theirtents.69:26 For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk tothe grief of those whom thou hast wounded.69:27 Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thyrighteousness.69:28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not bewritten with the righteous.69:29 But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me upon high.69:30 I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify himwith thanksgiving.69:31 This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullockthat hath horns and hoofs.69:32 The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shalllive that seek God.69:33 For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.69:34 Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thingthat moveth therein.69:35 For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: thatthey may dwell there, and have it in possession.69:36 The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they thatlove his name shall dwell therein.70:1 Make haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O Lord.70:2 Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: letthem be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.70:3 Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say,Aha, aha.70:4 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and letsuch as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.70:5 But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art myhelp and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying.71:1 In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put toconfusion.71:2 Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: inclinethine ear unto me, and save me.71:3 Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort:thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and myfortress.71:4 Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of thehand of the unrighteous and cruel man.71:5 For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from myyouth.71:6 By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he thattook me out of my mother's bowels: my praise shall be continually ofthee.71:7 I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.71:8 Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour allthe day.71:9 Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when mystrength faileth.71:10 For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for mysoul take counsel together,71:11 Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for thereis none to deliver him.71:12 O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.71:13 Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to mysoul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek myhurt.71:14 But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more andmore.71:15 My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvationall the day; for I know not the numbers thereof.71:16 I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mentionof thy righteousness, even of thine only.71:17 O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have Ideclared thy wondrous works.71:18 Now also when I am old and greyheaded, O God, forsake me not;until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy powerto every one that is to come.71:19 Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done greatthings: O God, who is like unto thee!71:20 Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shaltquicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of theearth.71:21 Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side.71:22 I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, O myGod: unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.71:23 My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and mysoul, which thou hast redeemed.71:24 My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long:for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek myhurt.72:1 Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness untothe king's son.72:2 He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor withjudgment.72:3 The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the littlehills, by righteousness.72:4 He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the childrenof the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.72:5 They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure,throughout all generations.72:6 He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers thatwater the earth.72:7 In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peaceso long as the moon endureth.72:8 He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the riverunto the ends of the earth.72:9 They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and hisenemies shall lick the dust.72:10 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: thekings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.72:11 Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shallserve him.72:12 For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also,and him that hath no helper.72:13 He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls ofthe needy.72:14 He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: andprecious shall their blood be in his sight.72:15 And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold ofSheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; and daily shallhe be praised.72:16 There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top ofthe mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they ofthe city shall flourish like grass of the earth.72:17 His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued aslong as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shallcall him blessed.72:18 Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doethwondrous things.72:19 And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the wholeearth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.72:20 The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.73:1 Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a cleanheart.73:2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nighslipped.73:3 For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity ofthe wicked.73:4 For there are no bands in their death: but their strength isfirm.73:5 They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plaguedlike other men.73:6 Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violencecovereth them as a garment.73:7 Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heartcould wish.73:8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: theyspeak loftily.73:9 They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tonguewalketh through the earth.73:10 Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup arewrung out to them.73:11 And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in themost High?73:12 Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; theyincrease in riches.73:13 Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands ininnocency.73:14 For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened everymorning.73:15 If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against thegeneration of thy children.73:16 When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;73:17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I theirend.73:18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedstthem down into destruction.73:19 How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they areutterly consumed with terrors.73:20 As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thoushalt despise their image.73:21 Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.73:22 So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.73:23 Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me bymy right hand.73:24 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive meto glory.73:25 Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earththat I desire beside thee.73:26 My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of myheart, and my portion for ever.73:27 For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hastdestroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.73:28 But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trustin the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.74:1 O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine angersmoke against the sheep of thy pasture?74:2 Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; therod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion,wherein thou hast dwelt.74:3 Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all thatthe enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.74:4 Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set uptheir ensigns for signs.74:5 A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon thethick trees.74:6 But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axesand hammers.74:7 They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled bycasting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.74:8 They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: theyhave burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.74:9 We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither isthere among us any that knoweth how long.74:10 O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemyblaspheme thy name for ever?74:11 Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it outof thy bosom.74:12 For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of theearth.74:13 Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest theheads of the dragons in the waters.74:14 Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him tobe meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.74:15 Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst upmighty rivers.74:16 The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast preparedthe light and the sun.74:17 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast madesummer and winter.74:18 Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and thatthe foolish people have blasphemed thy name.74:19 O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude ofthe wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.74:20 Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earthare full of the habitations of cruelty.74:21 O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needypraise thy name.74:22 Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolishman reproacheth thee daily.74:23 Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those thatrise up against thee increaseth continually.75:1 Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks:for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare.75:2 When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly.75:3 The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bearup the pillars of it. Selah.75:4 I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked,Lift not up the horn:75:5 Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.75:6 For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west,nor from the south.75:7 But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth upanother.75:8 For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red;it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregsthereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drinkthem.75:9 But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God ofJacob.75:10 All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the hornsof the righteous shall be exalted.76:1 In Judah is God known: his name is great in Israel.76:2 In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion.76:3 There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword,and the battle. Selah.76:4 Thou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey.76:5 The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: andnone of the men of might have found their hands.76:6 At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse arecast into a dead sleep.76:7 Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sightwhen once thou art angry?76:8 Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earthfeared, and was still,76:9 When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth.Selah.76:10 Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder ofwrath shalt thou restrain.76:11 Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be round abouthim bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.76:12 He shall cut off the spirit of princes: he is terrible to thekings of the earth.77:1 I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; andhe gave ear unto me.77:2 In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in thenight, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.77:3 I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spiritwas overwhelmed. Selah.77:4 Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannotspeak.77:5 I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.77:6 I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mineown heart: and my spirit made diligent search.77:7 Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable nomore?77:8 Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail forevermore?77:9 Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up histender mercies? Selah.77:10 And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the yearsof the right hand of the most High.77:11 I will remember the works of the LORD: surely I will rememberthy wonders of old.77:12 I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings.77:13 Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God asour God?77:14 Thou art the God that doest wonders: thou hast declared thystrength among the people.77:15 Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacoband Joseph. Selah.77:16 The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they wereafraid: the depths also were troubled.77:17 The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thinearrows also went abroad.77:18 The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightningslightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.77:19 Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thyfootsteps are not known.77:20 Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses andAaron.78:1 Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the wordsof my mouth.78:2 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings ofold:78:3 Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.78:4 We will not hide them from their children, shewing to thegeneration to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and hiswonderful works that he hath done.78:5 For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law inIsrael, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make themknown to their children:78:6 That the generation to come might know them, even the childrenwhich should be born; who should arise and declare them to theirchildren:78:7 That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the worksof God, but keep his commandments:78:8 And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebelliousgeneration; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whosespirit was not stedfast with God.78:9 The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turnedback in the day of battle.78:10 They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in hislaw;78:11 And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them.78:12 Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in theland of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.78:13 He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he madethe waters to stand as an heap.78:14 In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the nightwith a light of fire.78:15 He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as outof the great depths.78:16 He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters torun down like rivers.78:17 And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most Highin the wilderness.78:18 And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for theirlust.78:19 Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a tablein the wilderness?78:20 Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and thestreams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh forhis people?78:21 Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so a fire waskindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;78:22 Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in hissalvation:78:23 Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened thedoors of heaven,78:24 And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given themof the corn of heaven.78:25 Man did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the full.78:26 He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his powerhe brought in the south wind.78:27 He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls likeas the sand of the sea:78:28 And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about theirhabitations.78:29 So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them theirown desire;78:30 They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meatwas yet in their mouths,78:31 The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them,and smote down the chosen men of Israel.78:32 For all this they sinned still, and believed not for hiswondrous works.78:33 Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their yearsin trouble.78:34 When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned andenquired early after God.78:35 And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high Godtheir redeemer.78:36 Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and theylied unto him with their tongues.78:37 For their heart was not right with him, neither were theystedfast in his covenant.78:38 But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, anddestroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and didnot stir up all his wrath.78:39 For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passethaway, and cometh not again.78:40 How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve himin the desert!78:41 Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy Oneof Israel.78:42 They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered themfrom the enemy.78:43 How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in thefield of Zoan.78:44 And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, thatthey could not drink.78:45 He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them;and frogs, which destroyed them.78:46 He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and theirlabour unto the locust.78:47 He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore treeswith frost.78:48 He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks tohot thunderbolts.78:49 He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, andindignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.78:50 He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death,but gave their life over to the pestilence;78:51 And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of theirstrength in the tabernacles of Ham:78:52 But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided themin the wilderness like a flock.78:53 And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the seaoverwhelmed their enemies.78:54 And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to thismountain, which his right hand had purchased.78:55 He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them aninheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in theirtents.78:56 Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept nothis testimonies:78:57 But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: theywere turned aside like a deceitful bow.78:58 For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and movedhim to jealousy with their graven images.78:59 When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:78:60 So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which heplaced among men;78:61 And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory intothe enemy's hand.78:62 He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth withhis inheritance.78:63 The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were notgiven to marriage.78:64 Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made nolamentation.78:65 Then the LORD awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty manthat shouteth by reason of wine.78:66 And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to aperpetual reproach.78:67 Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not thetribe of Ephraim:78:68 But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.78:69 And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earthwhich he hath established for ever.78:70 He chose David also his servant, and took him from thesheepfolds:78:71 From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feedJacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.78:72 So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; andguided them by the skilfulness of his hands.79:1 O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holytemple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.79:2 The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat untothe fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts ofthe earth.79:3 Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; andthere was none to bury them.79:4 We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derisionto them that are round about us.79:5 How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousyburn like fire?79:6 Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, andupon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.79:7 For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.79:8 O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tendermercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.79:9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: anddeliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake.79:10 Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him beknown among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood ofthy servants which is shed.79:11 Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according tothe greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed todie;79:12 And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom theirreproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.79:13 So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanksfor ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations.80:1 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like aflock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.80:2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength,and come and save us.80:3 Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shallbe saved.80:4 O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against theprayer of thy people?80:5 Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tearsto drink in great measure.80:6 Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemieslaugh among themselves.80:7 Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; andwe shall be saved.80:8 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out theheathen, and planted it.80:9 Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deeproot, and it filled the land.80:10 The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughsthereof were like the goodly cedars.80:11 She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto theriver.80:12 Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all theywhich pass by the way do pluck her?80:13 The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast ofthe field doth devour it.80:14 Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven,and behold, and visit this vine;80:15 And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and thebranch that thou madest strong for thyself.80:16 It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at therebuke of thy countenance.80:17 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son ofman whom thou madest strong for thyself.80:18 So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will callupon thy name.80:19 Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; andwe shall be saved.81:1 Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto theGod of Jacob.81:2 Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harpwith the psaltery.81:3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, onour solemn feast day.81:4 For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.81:5 This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went outthrough the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understoodnot.81:6 I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were deliveredfrom the pots.81:7 Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered theein the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters ofMeribah.Selah.81:8 Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, ifthou wilt hearken unto me;81:9 There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worshipany strange god.81:10 I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land ofEgypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.81:11 But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel wouldnone of me.81:12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walkedin their own counsels.81:13 Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walkedin my ways!81:14 I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my handagainst their adversaries.81:15 The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves untohim: but their time should have endured for ever.81:16 He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: andwith honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.82:1 God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth amongthe gods.82:2 How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of thewicked? Selah.82:3 Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted andneedy.82:4 Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of thewicked.82:5 They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on indarkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.82:6 I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the mostHigh.82:7 But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.82:8 Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit allnations.83:1 Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be notstill, O God.83:2 For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate theehave lifted up the head.83:3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consultedagainst thy hidden ones.83:4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being anation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.83:5 For they have consulted together with one consent: they areconfederate against thee:83:6 The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and theHagarenes;83:7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with theinhabitants of Tyre;83:8 Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children ofLot.Selah.83:9 Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin,at the brook of Kison:83:10 Which perished at Endor: they became as dung for the earth.83:11 Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all theirprinces as Zebah, and as Zalmunna:83:12 Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God inpossession.83:13 O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before thewind.83:14 As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth themountains on fire;83:15 So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid withthy storm.83:16 Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, OLORD.83:17 Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them beput to shame, and perish:83:18 That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, artthe most high over all the earth.84:1 How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!84:2 My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD:my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.84:3 Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest forherself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD ofhosts, my King, and my God.84:4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be stillpraising thee. Selah.84:5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart arethe ways of them.84:6 Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rainalso filleth the pools.84:7 They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zionappeareth before God.84:8 O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob.Selah.84:9 Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thineanointed.84:10 For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had ratherbe a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents ofwickedness.84:11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give graceand glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walkuprightly.84:12 O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.85:1 Lord, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast broughtback the captivity of Jacob.85:2 Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast coveredall their sin. Selah.85:3 Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself fromthe fierceness of thine anger.85:4 Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward usto cease.85:5 Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thineanger to all generations?85:6 Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice inthee?85:7 Shew us thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us thy salvation.85:8 I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peaceunto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again tofolly.85:9 Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory maydwell in our land.85:10 Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace havekissed each other.85:11 Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shalllook down from heaven.85:12 Yea, the LORD shall give that which is good; and our land shallyield her increase.85:13 Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the wayof his steps.86:1 Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy.86:2 Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O thou my God, save thy servantthat trusteth in thee.86:3 Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee daily.86:4 Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I liftup my soul.86:5 For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous inmercy unto all them that call upon thee.86:6 Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of mysupplications.86:7 In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wiltanswer me.86:8 Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord; neither arethere any works like unto thy works.86:9 All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship beforethee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.86:10 For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art Godalone.86:11 Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite myheart to fear thy name.86:12 I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I willglorify thy name for evermore.86:13 For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered mysoul from the lowest hell.86:14 O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies ofviolent men have sought after my soul; and have not set thee beforethem.86:15 But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious,long suffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.86:16 O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength untothy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.86:17 Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it,and be ashamed: because thou, LORD, hast holpen me, and comforted me.87:1 His foundation is in the holy mountains.87:2 The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings ofJacob.87:3 Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.87:4 I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me:behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there.87:5 And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her:and the highest himself shall establish her.87:6 The LORD shall count, when he writeth up the people, that thisman was born there. Selah.87:7 As well the singers as the players on instruments shall be there:all my springs are in thee.88:1 O lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night beforethee:88:2 Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;88:3 For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh untothe grave.88:4 I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a manthat hath no strength:88:5 Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whomthou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.88:6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.88:7 Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with allthy waves. Selah.88:8 Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast mademe an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.88:9 Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have calleddaily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.88:10 Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise andpraise thee? Selah.88:11 Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thyfaithfulness in destruction?88:12 Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness inthe land of forgetfulness?88:13 But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall myprayer prevent thee.88:14 LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy facefrom me?88:15 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I sufferthy terrors I am distracted.88:16 Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.88:17 They came round about me daily like water; they compassed meabout together.88:18 Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mineacquaintance into darkness.89:1 I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouthwill I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.89:2 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thyfaithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.89:3 I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David myservant,89:4 Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne toall generations. Selah.89:5 And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thyfaithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.89:6 For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who amongthe sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?89:7 God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and tobe had in reverence of all them that are about him.89:8 O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or tothy faithfulness round about thee?89:9 Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise,thou stillest them.89:10 Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thouhast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.89:11 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the worldand the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.89:12 The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermonshall rejoice in thy name.89:13 Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thyright hand.89:14 Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy andtruth shall go before thy face.89:15 Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shallwalk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.89:16 In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thyrighteousness shall they be exalted.89:17 For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour ourhorn shall be exalted.89:18 For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is ourking.89:19 Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I havelaid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out ofthe people.89:20 I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointedhim:89:21 With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shallstrengthen him.89:22 The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickednessafflict him.89:23 And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague themthat hate him.89:24 But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in myname shall his horn be exalted.89:25 I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in therivers.89:26 He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rockof my salvation.89:27 Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of theearth.89:28 My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shallstand fast with him.89:29 His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne asthe days of heaven.89:30 If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;89:31 If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;89:32 Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and theiriniquity with stripes.89:33 Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him,nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.89:34 My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is goneout of my lips.89:35 Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.89:36 His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun beforeme.89:37 It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithfulwitness in heaven. Selah.89:38 But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth withthine anointed.89:39 Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hastprofaned his crown by casting it to the ground.89:40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought hisstrong holds to ruin.89:41 All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to hisneighbours.89:42 Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hastmade all his enemies to rejoice.89:43 Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not madehim to stand in the battle.89:44 Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down tothe ground.89:45 The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered himwith shame. Selah.89:46 How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrathburn like fire?89:47 Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all menin vain?89:48 What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall hedeliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.89:49 Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarestunto David in thy truth?89:50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear inmy bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;89:51 Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith theyhave reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.89:52 Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.90:1 Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.90:2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadstformed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting,thou art God.90:3 Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye childrenof men.90:4 For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it ispast, and as a watch in the night.90:5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: inthe morning they are like grass which groweth up.90:6 In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening itis cut down, and withereth.90:7 For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are wetroubled.90:8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in thelight of thy countenance.90:9 For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our yearsas a tale that is told.90:10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if byreason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strengthlabour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.90:11 Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thyfear, so is thy wrath.90:12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our heartsunto wisdom.90:13 Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thyservants.90:14 O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and beglad all our days.90:15 Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflictedus, and the years wherein we have seen evil.90:16 Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto theirchildren.90:17 And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establishthou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our handsestablish thou it.91:1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abideunder the shadow of the Almighty.91:2 I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God;in him will I trust.91:3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, andfrom the noisome pestilence.91:4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shaltthou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.91:5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for thearrow that flieth by day;91:6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for thedestruction that wasteth at noonday.91:7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy righthand; but it shall not come nigh thee.91:8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of thewicked.91:9 Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even themost High, thy habitation;91:10 There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague comenigh thy dwelling.91:11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee inall thy ways.91:12 They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy footagainst a stone.91:13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and thedragon shalt thou trample under feet.91:14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliverhim: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.91:15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with himin trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.91:16 With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.92:1 It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to singpraises unto thy name, O most High:92:2 To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thyfaithfulness every night,92:3 Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; uponthe harp with a solemn sound.92:4 For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I willtriumph in the works of thy hands.92:5 O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep.92:6 A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.92:7 When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers ofiniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:92:8 But thou, LORD, art most high for evermore.92:9 For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, for, lo, thine enemies shallperish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.92:10 But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: Ishall be anointed with fresh oil.92:11 Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies, and mine earsshall hear my desire of the wicked that rise up against me.92:12 The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall growlike a cedar in Lebanon.92:13 Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish inthe courts of our God.92:14 They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fatand flourishing;92:15 To shew that the LORD is upright: he is my rock, and there is nounrighteousness in him.93:1 The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD isclothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the worldalso is stablished, that it cannot be moved.93:2 Thy throne is established of old: thou art from everlasting.93:3 The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted uptheir voice; the floods lift up their waves.93:4 The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea,than the mighty waves of the sea.93:5 Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, OLORD, for ever.94:1 O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeancebelongeth, shew thyself.94:2 Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to theproud.94:3 LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wickedtriumph?94:4 How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all theworkers of iniquity boast themselves?94:5 They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thineheritage.94:6 They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.94:7 Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God ofJacob regard it.94:8 Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when willye be wise?94:9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed theeye, shall he not see?94:10 He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he thatteacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?94:11 The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.94:12 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachesthim out of thy law;94:13 That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, untilthe pit be digged for the wicked.94:14 For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will heforsake his inheritance.94:15 But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all theupright in heart shall follow it.94:16 Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will standup for me against the workers of iniquity?94:17 Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt insilence.94:18 When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.94:19 In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delightmy soul.94:20 Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, whichframeth mischief by a law?94:21 They gather themselves together against the soul of therighteous, and condemn the innocent blood.94:22 But the LORD is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge.94:23 And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cutthem off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut themoff.95:1 O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise tothe rock of our salvation.95:2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make ajoyful noise unto him with psalms.95:3 For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods.95:4 In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of thehills is his also.95:5 The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dryland.95:6 O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORDour maker.95:7 For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and thesheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,95:8 Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the dayof temptation in the wilderness:95:9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.95:10 Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said,It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known myways:95:11 Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into myrest.96:1 O sing unto the LORD a new song: sing unto the LORD, all theearth.96:2 Sing unto the LORD, bless his name; shew forth his salvation fromday to day.96:3 Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among allpeople.96:4 For the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised: he is to befeared above all gods.96:5 For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made theheavens.96:6 Honour and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in hissanctuary.96:7 Give unto the LORD, O ye kindreds of the people, give unto theLORD glory and strength.96:8 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring anoffering, and come into his courts.96:9 O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: fear before him,all the earth.96:10 Say among the heathen that the LORD reigneth: the world alsoshall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge thepeople righteously.96:11 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the searoar, and the fulness thereof.96:12 Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall allthe trees of the wood rejoice96:13 Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge theearth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the peoplewith his truth.97:1 The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude ofisles be glad thereof.97:2 Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness andjudgment are the habitation of his throne.97:3 A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about.97:4 His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, andtrembled.97:5 The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at thepresence of the Lord of the whole earth.97:6 The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see hisglory.97:7 Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boastthemselves of idols: worship him, all ye gods.97:8 Zion heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoicedbecause of thy judgments, O LORD.97:9 For thou, LORD, art high above all the earth: thou art exaltedfar above all gods.97:10 Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of hissaints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.97:11 Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright inheart.97:12 Rejoice in the LORD, ye righteous; and give thanks at theremembrance of his holiness.98:1 O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvellousthings: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory.98:2 The LORD hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath heopenly shewed in the sight of the heathen.98:3 He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house ofIsrael: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.98:4 Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loudnoise, and rejoice, and sing praise.98:5 Sing unto the LORD with the harp; with the harp, and the voice ofa psalm.98:6 With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before theLORD, the King.98:7 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and theythat dwell therein.98:8 Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together98:9 Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: withrighteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.99:1 The LORD reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth between thecherubims; let the earth be moved.99:2 The LORD is great in Zion; and he is high above all the people.99:3 Let them praise thy great and terrible name; for it is holy.99:4 The king's strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establishequity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.99:5 Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool; for heis holy.99:6 Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them thatcall upon his name; they called upon the LORD, and he answered them.99:7 He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept histestimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them.99:8 Thou answeredst them, O LORD our God: thou wast a God thatforgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions.99:9 Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for theLORD our God is holy.100:1 Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands.100:2 Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence withsinging.100:3 Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, andnot we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.100:4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts withpraise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.100:5 For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truthendureth to all generations.101:1 I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will Ising.101:2 I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thoucome unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.101:3 I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work ofthem that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.101:4 A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wickedperson.101:5 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: himthat hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.101:6 Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they maydwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me.101:7 He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he thattelleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.101:8 I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cutoff all wicked doers from the city of the LORD.102:1 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.102:2 Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble;incline thine ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily.102:3 For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned asan hearth.102:4 My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forgetto eat my bread.102:5 By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to myskin.102:6 I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of thedesert.102:7 I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.102:8 Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are madagainst me are sworn against me.102:9 For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink withweeping.102:10 Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hastlifted me up, and cast me down.102:11 My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am witheredlike grass.102:12 But thou, O LORD, shall endure for ever; and thy remembranceunto all generations.102:13 Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time tofavour her, yea, the set time, is come.102:14 For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour thedust thereof.102:15 So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all thekings of the earth thy glory.102:16 When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in hisglory.102:17 He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despisetheir prayer.102:18 This shall be written for the generation to come: and thepeople which shall be created shall praise the LORD.102:19 For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; fromheaven did the LORD behold the earth;102:20 To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that areappointed to death;102:21 To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise inJerusalem;102:22 When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, toserve the LORD.102:23 He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.102:24 I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thyyears are throughout all generations.102:25 Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and theheavens are the work of thy hands.102:26 They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of themshall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, andthey shall be changed:102:27 But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.102:28 The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seedshall be established before thee.103:1 Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless hisholy name.103:2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:103:3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thydiseases;103:4 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee withlovingkindness and tender mercies;103:5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth isrenewed like the eagle's.103:6 The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that areoppressed.103:7 He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children ofIsrael.103:8 The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteousin mercy.103:9 He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger forever.103:10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded usaccording to our iniquities.103:11 For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is hismercy toward them that fear him.103:12 As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed ourtransgressions from us.103:13 Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth themthat fear him.103:14 For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.103:15 As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, sohe flourisheth.103:16 For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the placethereof shall know it no more.103:17 But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlastingupon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children'schildren;103:18 To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember hiscommandments to do them.103:19 The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and hiskingdom ruleth over all.103:20 Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that dohis commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.103:21 Bless ye the LORD, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, thatdo his pleasure.103:22 Bless the LORD, all his works in all places of his dominion:bless the LORD, O my soul.104:1 Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great;thou art clothed with honour and majesty.104:2 Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: whostretchest out the heavens like a curtain:104:3 Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who makeththe clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:104:4 Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:104:5 Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not beremoved for ever.104:6 Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the watersstood above the mountains.104:7 At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hastedaway.104:8 They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys untothe place which thou hast founded for them.104:9 Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that theyturn not again to cover the earth.104:10 He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among thehills.104:11 They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild assesquench their thirst.104:12 By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation,which sing among the branches.104:13 He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfiedwith the fruit of thy works.104:14 He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for theservice of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;104:15 And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make hisface to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.104:16 The trees of the LORD are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon,which he hath planted;104:17 Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the firtrees are her house.104:18 The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocksfor the conies.104:19 He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his goingdown.104:20 Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beastsof the forest do creep forth.104:21 The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat fromGod.104:22 The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay themdown in their dens.104:23 Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until theevening.104:24 O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou madethem all: the earth is full of thy riches.104:25 So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creepinginnumerable, both small and great beasts.104:26 There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hastmade to play therein.104:27 These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meatin due season.104:28 That thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand,they are filled with good.104:29 Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away theirbreath, they die, and return to their dust.104:30 Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thourenewest the face of the earth.104:31 The glory of the LORD shall endure for ever: the LORD shallrejoice in his works.104:32 He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth thehills, and they smoke.104:33 I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live: I will sing praiseto my God while I have my being.104:34 My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in theLORD.104:35 Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let thewicked be no more. Bless thou the LORD, O my soul. Praise ye the LORD.105:1 O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known hisdeeds among the people.105:2 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrousworks.105:3 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice thatseek the LORD.105:4 Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore.105:5 Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders,and the judgments of his mouth;105:6 O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob hischosen.105:7 He is the LORD our God: his judgments are in all the earth.105:8 He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which hecommanded to a thousand generations.105:9 Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;105:10 And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel foran everlasting covenant:105:11 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot ofyour inheritance:105:12 When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, andstrangers in it.105:13 When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom toanother people;105:14 He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings fortheir sakes;105:15 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.105:16 Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake thewhole staff of bread.105:17 He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for aservant:105:18 Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:105:19 Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD triedhim.105:20 The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, andlet him go free.105:21 He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance:105:22 To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senatorswisdom.105:23 Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land ofHam.105:24 And he increased his people greatly; and made them strongerthan their enemies.105:25 He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly withhis servants.105:26 He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen.105:27 They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land ofHam.105:28 He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled notagainst his word.105:29 He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.105:30 Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers oftheir kings.105:31 He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in alltheir coasts.105:32 He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land.105:33 He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake thetrees of their coasts.105:34 He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and thatwithout number,105:35 And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured thefruit of their ground.105:36 He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of alltheir strength.105:37 He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there wasnot one feeble person among their tribes.105:38 Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fellupon them.105:39 He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in thenight.105:40 The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied themwith the bread of heaven.105:41 He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in thedry places like a river.105:42 For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.105:43 And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen withgladness:105:44 And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited thelabour of the people;105:45 That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praiseye the LORD.106:1 Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good:for his mercy endureth for ever.106:2 Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can shew forthall his praise?106:3 Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doethrighteousness at all times.106:4 Remember me, O LORD, with the favour that thou bearest unto thypeople: O visit me with thy salvation;106:5 That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in thegladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.106:6 We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, wehave done wickedly.106:7 Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they rememberednot the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even atthe Red sea.106:8 Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he mightmake his mighty power to be known.106:9 He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led themthrough the depths, as through the wilderness.106:10 And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, andredeemed them from the hand of the enemy.106:11 And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of themleft.106:12 Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.106:13 They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:106:14 But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God inthe desert.106:15 And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into theirsoul.106:16 They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of theLORD.106:17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan and covered thecompany of Abiram.106:18 And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned upthe wicked.106:19 They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.106:20 Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox thateateth grass.106:21 They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things inEgypt;106:22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by theRed sea.106:23 Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses hischosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest heshould destroy them.106:24 Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not hisword:106:25 But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voiceof the LORD.106:26 Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow themin the wilderness:106:27 To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatterthem in the lands.106:28 They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate thesacrifices of the dead.106:29 Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and theplague brake in upon them.106:30 Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so theplague was stayed.106:31 And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto allgenerations for evermore.106:32 They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it wentill with Moses for their sakes:106:33 Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedlywith his lips.106:34 They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORDcommanded them:106:35 But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.106:36 And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.106:37 Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters untodevils,106:38 And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and oftheir daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: andthe land was polluted with blood.106:39 Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoringwith their own inventions.106:40 Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people,insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.106:41 And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they thathated them ruled over them.106:42 Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought intosubjection under their hand.106:43 Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him withtheir counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.106:44 Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard theircry:106:45 And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented accordingto the multitude of his mercies.106:46 He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried themcaptives.106:47 Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the heathen,to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise.106:48 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting toeverlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the LORD.107:1 O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercyendureth for ever.107:2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed fromthe hand of the enemy;107:3 And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from thewest, from the north, and from the south.107:4 They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found nocity to dwell in.107:5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.107:6 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he deliveredthem out of their distresses.107:7 And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to acity of habitation.107:8 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for hiswonderful works to the children of men!107:9 For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soulwith goodness.107:10 Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being boundin affliction and iron;107:11 Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemnedthe counsel of the most High:107:12 Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they felldown, and there was none to help.107:13 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he savedthem out of their distresses.107:14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, andbrake their bands in sunder.107:15 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for hiswonderful works to the children of men!107:16 For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of ironin sunder.107:17 Fools because of their transgression, and because of theiriniquities, are afflicted.107:18 Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw nearunto the gates of death.107:19 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saveththem out of their distresses.107:20 He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them fromtheir destructions.107:21 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for hiswonderful works to the children of men!107:22 And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, anddeclare his works with rejoicing.107:23 They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business ingreat waters;107:24 These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep.107:25 For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which liftethup the waves thereof.107:26 They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths:their soul is melted because of trouble.107:27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and areat their wit's end.107:28 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeththem out of their distresses.107:29 He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof arestill.107:30 Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth themunto their desired haven.107:31 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for hiswonderful works to the children of men!107:32 Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, andpraise him in the assembly of the elders.107:33 He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings intodry ground;107:34 A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of themthat dwell therein.107:35 He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry groundinto watersprings.107:36 And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may preparea city for habitation;107:37 And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruitsof increase.107:38 He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; andsuffereth not their cattle to decrease.107:39 Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression,affliction, and sorrow.107:40 He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander inthe wilderness, where there is no way.107:41 Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh himfamilies like a flock.107:42 The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shallstop her mouth.107:43 Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shallunderstand the lovingkindness of the LORD.108:1 O god, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even withmy glory.108:2 Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.108:3 I will praise thee, O LORD, among the people: and I will singpraises unto thee among the nations.108:4 For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reachethunto the clouds.108:5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory aboveall the earth;108:6 That thy beloved may be delivered: save with thy right hand, andanswer me.108:7 God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divideShechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.108:8 Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strengthof mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;108:9 Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; overPhilistia will I triumph.108:10 Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me intoEdom?108:11 Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou,O God, go forth with our hosts?108:12 Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.108:13 Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shalltread down our enemies.109:1 Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;109:2 For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful areopened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.109:3 They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and foughtagainst me without a cause.109:4 For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself untoprayer.109:5 And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.109:6 Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his righthand.109:7 When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let hisprayer become sin.109:8 Let his days be few; and let another take his office.109:9 Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.109:10 Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let themseek their bread also out of their desolate places.109:11 Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let thestrangers spoil his labour.109:12 Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let therebe any to favour his fatherless children.109:13 Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation followinglet their name be blotted out.109:14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD;and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.109:15 Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut offthe memory of them from the earth.109:16 Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecutedthe poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.109:17 As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delightednot in blessing, so let it be far from him.109:18 As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, solet it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.109:19 Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for agirdle wherewith he is girded continually.109:20 Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, andof them that speak evil against my soul.109:21 But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name's sake:because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me.109:22 For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.109:23 I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up anddown as the locust.109:24 My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth offatness.109:25 I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon methey shaked their heads.109:26 Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy mercy:109:27 That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, LORD, hastdone it.109:28 Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them beashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.109:29 Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them coverthemselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.109:30 I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea, I willpraise him among the multitude.109:31 For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save himfrom those that condemn his soul.110:1 The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until Imake thine enemies thy footstool.110:2 The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rulethou in the midst of thine enemies.110:3 Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in thebeauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dewof thy youth.110:4 The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.110:5 The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the dayof his wrath.110:6 He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places withthe dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.110:7 He shall drink of the brook in the way: therefore shall he liftup the head.111:1 Praise ye the LORD. I will praise the LORD with my whole heart,in the assembly of the upright, and in the congregation.111:2 The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them thathave pleasure therein.111:3 His work is honourable and glorious: and his righteousnessendureth for ever.111:4 He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: the LORD isgracious and full of compassion.111:5 He hath given meat unto them that fear him: he will ever bemindful of his covenant.111:6 He hath shewed his people the power of his works, that he maygive them the heritage of the heathen.111:7 The works of his hands are verity and judgment; all hiscommandments are sure.111:8 They stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in truth anduprightness.111:9 He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded hiscovenant for ever: holy and reverend is his name.111:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a goodunderstanding have all they that do his commandments: his praiseendureth for ever.112:1 Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD,that delighteth greatly in his commandments.112:2 His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of theupright shall be blessed.112:3 Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousnessendureth for ever.112:4 Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he isgracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.112:5 A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide hisaffairs with discretion.112:6 Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be ineverlasting remembrance.112:7 He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed,trusting in the LORD.112:8 His heart is established, he shall not be afraid, until he seehis desire upon his enemies.112:9 He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousnessendureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.112:10 The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash withhis teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.113:1 Praise ye the LORD. Praise, O ye servants of the LORD, praisethe name of the LORD.113:2 Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and forevermore.113:3 From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same theLORD's name is to be praised.113:4 The LORD is high above all nations, and his glory above theheavens.113:5 Who is like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high,113:6 Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven,and in the earth!113:7 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needyout of the dunghill;113:8 That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of hispeople.113:9 He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyfulmother of children. Praise ye the LORD.114:1 When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a peopleof strange language;114:2 Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion.114:3 The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.114:4 The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills likelambs.114:5 What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan,that thou wast driven back?114:6 Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills,like lambs?114:7 Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at thepresence of the God of Jacob;114:8 Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into afountain of waters.115:1 Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory,for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake.115:2 Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God?115:3 But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hathpleased.115:4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.115:5 They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but theysee not:115:6 They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but theysmell not:115:7 They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but theywalk not: neither speak they through their throat.115:8 They that make them are like unto them; so is every one thattrusteth in them.115:9 O Israel, trust thou in the LORD: he is their help and theirshield.115:10 O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD: he is their help and theirshield.115:11 Ye that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD: he is their help andtheir shield.115:12 The LORD hath been mindful of us: he will bless us; he willbless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron.115:13 He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small and great.115:14 The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and yourchildren.115:15 Ye are blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth.115:16 The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD's: but the earthhath he given to the children of men.115:17 The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down intosilence.115:18 But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and forevermore.Praise the LORD.116:1 I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and mysupplications.116:2 Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I callupon him as long as I live.116:3 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gathold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.116:4 Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee,deliver my soul.116:5 Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.116:6 The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helpedme.116:7 Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealtbountifully with thee.116:8 For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes fromtears, and my feet from falling.116:9 I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.116:10 I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted:116:11 I said in my haste, All men are liars.116:12 What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits towardme?116:13 I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of theLORD.116:14 I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all hispeople.116:15 Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.116:16 O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the sonof thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.116:17 I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and willcall upon the name of the LORD.116:18 I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all hispeople.116:19 In the courts of the LORD's house, in the midst of thee, OJerusalem. Praise ye the LORD.117:1 O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.117:2 For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth ofthe LORD endureth for ever. Praise ye the LORD.118:1 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: because his mercyendureth for ever.118:2 Let Israel now say, that his mercy endureth for ever.118:3 Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy endureth forever.118:4 Let them now that fear the LORD say, that his mercy endureth forever.118:5 I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, andset me in a large place.118:6 The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do untome?118:7 The LORD taketh my part with them that help me: therefore shallI see my desire upon them that hate me.118:8 It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.118:9 It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence inprinces.118:10 All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORDwill I destroy them.118:11 They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but inthe name of the LORD I will destroy them.118:12 They compassed me about like bees: they are quenched as thefire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.118:13 Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the LORDhelped me.118:14 The LORD is my strength and song, and is become my salvation.118:15 The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles ofthe righteous: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly.118:16 The right hand of the LORD is exalted: the right hand of theLORD doeth valiantly.118:17 I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.118:18 The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me overunto death.118:19 Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, andI will praise the LORD:118:20 This gate of the LORD, into which the righteous shall enter.118:21 I will praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and art become mysalvation.118:22 The stone which the builders refused is become the head stoneof the corner.118:23 This is the LORD's doing; it is marvellous in our eyes.118:24 This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice andbe glad in it.118:25 Save now, I beseech thee, O LORD: O LORD, I beseech thee, sendnow prosperity.118:26 Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the LORD: we haveblessed you out of the house of the LORD.118:27 God is the LORD, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrificewith cords, even unto the horns of the altar.118:28 Thou art my God, and I will praise thee: thou art my God, Iwill exalt thee.118:29 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercyendureth for ever.119:1 Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of theLORD.119:2 Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek himwith the whole heart.119:3 They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.119:4 Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.119:5 O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!119:6 Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thycommandments.119:7 I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall havelearned thy righteous judgments.119:8 I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.119:9 Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heedthereto according to thy word.119:10 With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wanderfrom thy commandments.119:11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin againstthee.119:12 Blessed art thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes.119:13 With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.119:14 I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as inall riches.119:15 I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thyways.119:16 I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thyword.119:17 Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keepthy word.119:18 Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out ofthy law.119:19 I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments fromme.119:20 My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thyjudgments at all times.119:21 Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err fromthy commandments.119:22 Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thytestimonies.119:23 Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant didmeditate in thy statutes.119:24 Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.119:25 My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according tothy word.119:26 I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thystatutes.119:27 Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talkof thy wondrous works.119:28 My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me accordingunto thy word.119:29 Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy lawgraciously.119:30 I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laidbefore me.119:31 I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame.119:32 I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlargemy heart.119:33 Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep itunto the end.119:34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shallobserve it with my whole heart.119:35 Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do Idelight.119:36 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.119:37 Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou mein thy way.119:38 Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear.119:39 Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are good.119:40 Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thyrighteousness.119:41 Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, even thy salvation,according to thy word.119:42 So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me:for I trust in thy word.119:43 And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for Ihave hoped in thy judgments.119:44 So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever.119:45 And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.119:46 I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will notbe ashamed.119:47 And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I haveloved.119:48 My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which Ihave loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.119:49 Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast causedme to hope.119:50 This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hathquickened me.119:51 The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I notdeclined from thy law.119:52 I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comfortedmyself.119:53 Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked thatforsake thy law.119:54 Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.119:55 I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have keptthy law.119:56 This I had, because I kept thy precepts.119:57 Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thywords.119:58 I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto meaccording to thy word.119:59 I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.119:60 I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.119:61 The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have notforgotten thy law.119:62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thyrighteous judgments.119:63 I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them thatkeep thy precepts.119:64 The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes.119:65 Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according untothy word.119:66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thycommandments.119:67 Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thyword.119:68 Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.119:69 The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thyprecepts with my whole heart.119:70 Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.119:71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I mightlearn thy statutes.119:72 The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of goldand silver.119:73 Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding,that I may learn thy commandments.119:74 They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because Ihave hoped in thy word.119:75 I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou infaithfulness hast afflicted me.119:76 Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort,according to thy word unto thy servant.119:77 Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thylaw is my delight.119:78 Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with mewithout a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.119:79 Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that haveknown thy testimonies.119:80 Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.119:81 My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.119:82 Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?119:83 For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forgetthy statutes.119:84 How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou executejudgment on them that persecute me?119:85 The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.119:86 All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute mewrongfully; help thou me.119:87 They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thyprecepts.119:88 Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep thetestimony of thy mouth.119:89 For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.119:90 Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast establishedthe earth, and it abideth.119:91 They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for allare thy servants.119:92 Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then haveperished in mine affliction.119:93 I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hastquickened me.119:94 I am thine, save me: for I have sought thy precepts.119:95 The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I willconsider thy testimonies.119:96 I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment isexceeding broad.119:97 O how I love thy law! it is my meditation all the day.119:98 Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mineenemies: for they are ever with me.119:99 I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thytestimonies are my meditation.119:100 I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thyprecepts.119:101 I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I mightkeep thy word.119:102 I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taughtme.119:103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honeyto my mouth!119:104 Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hateevery false way.119:105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.119:106 I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thyrighteous judgments.119:107 I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according untothy word.119:108 Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, OLORD, and teach me thy judgments.119:109 My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thylaw.119:110 The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thyprecepts.119:111 Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for theyare the rejoicing of my heart.119:112 I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, evenunto the end.119:113 I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love.119:114 Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.119:115 Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandmentsof my God.119:116 Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let menot be ashamed of my hope.119:117 Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respectunto thy statutes continually.119:118 Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes:for their deceit is falsehood.119:119 Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross:therefore I love thy testimonies.119:120 My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thyjudgments.119:121 I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mineoppressors.119:122 Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppressme.119:123 Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thyrighteousness.119:124 Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach methy statutes.119:125 I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thytestimonies.119:126 It is time for thee, LORD, to work: for they have made voidthy law.119:127 Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above finegold.119:128 Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things tobe right; and I hate every false way.119:129 Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keepthem.119:130 The entrance of thy words giveth light; it givethunderstanding unto the simple.119:131 I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thycommandments.119:132 Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest todo unto those that love thy name.119:133 Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity havedominion over me.119:134 Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thyprecepts.119:135 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thystatutes.119:136 Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thylaw.119:137 Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments.119:138 Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous andvery faithful.119:139 My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgottenthy words.119:140 Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.119:141 I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts.119:142 Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy lawis the truth.119:143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thycommandments are my delights.119:144 The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give meunderstanding, and I shall live.119:145 I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thystatutes.119:146 I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.119:147 I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped inthy word.119:148 Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate inthy word.119:149 Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O LORD,quicken me according to thy judgment.119:150 They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far fromthy law.119:151 Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth.119:152 Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hastfounded them for ever.119:153 Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forgetthy law.119:154 Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thyword.119:155 Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thystatutes.119:156 Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according tothy judgments.119:157 Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not declinefrom thy testimonies.119:158 I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they keptnot thy word.119:159 Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD,according to thy lovingkindness.119:160 Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thyrighteous judgments endureth for ever.119:161 Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heartstandeth in awe of thy word.119:162 I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.119:163 I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.119:164 Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteousjudgments.119:165 Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shalloffend them.119:166 LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thycommandments.119:167 My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love themexceedingly.119:168 I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my waysare before thee.119:169 Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give meunderstanding according to thy word.119:170 Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according tothy word.119:171 My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thystatutes.119:172 My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandmentsare righteousness.119:173 Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.119:174 I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is mydelight.119:175 Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thyjudgments help me.119:176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for Ido not forget thy commandments.120:1 In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.120:2 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitfultongue.120:3 What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee,thou false tongue?120:4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.120:5 Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tentsof Kedar!120:6 My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.120:7 I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.121:1 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh myhelp.121:2 My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.121:3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth theewill not slumber.121:4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.121:5 The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy righthand.121:6 The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.121:7 The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preservethy soul.121:8 The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in fromthis time forth, and even for evermore.122:1 I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house ofthe LORD.122:2 Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem.122:3 Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together:122:4 Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto thetestimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD.122:5 For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the houseof David.122:6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that lovethee.122:7 Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.122:8 For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace bewithin thee.122:9 Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good.123:1 Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in theheavens.123:2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of theirmasters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; soour eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.123:3 Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we areexceedingly filled with contempt.123:4 Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those thatare at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.124:1 If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israelsay;124:2 If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men roseup against us:124:3 Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath waskindled against us:124:4 Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over oursoul:124:5 Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.124:6 Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to theirteeth.124:7 Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers:the snare is broken, and we are escaped.124:8 Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.125:1 They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannotbe removed, but abideth for ever.125:2 As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is roundabout his people from henceforth even for ever.125:3 For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of therighteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.125:4 Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that areupright in their hearts.125:5 As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORDshall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall beupon Israel.126:1 When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were likethem that dream.126:2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue withsinging: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done greatthings for them.126:3 The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.126:4 Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south.126:5 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.126:6 He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shalldoubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.127:1 Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that buildit: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.127:2 It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat thebread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.127:3 Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of thewomb is his reward.127:4 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children ofthe youth.127:5 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shallnot be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.128:1 Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in hisways.128:2 For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thoube, and it shall be well with thee.128:3 Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thinehouse: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.128:4 Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth theLORD.128:5 The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see thegood of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.128:6 Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children, and peace uponIsrael.129:1 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel nowsay:129:2 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they havenot prevailed against me.129:3 The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.129:4 The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of thewicked.129:5 Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.129:6 Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which witherethafore it groweth up:129:7 Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindethsheaves his bosom.129:8 Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD beupon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD.130:1 Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD.130:2 Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice ofmy supplications.130:3 If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shallstand?130:4 But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.130:5 I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do Ihope.130:6 My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for themorning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.130:7 Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy,and with him is plenteous redemption.130:8 And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.131:1 Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do Iexercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.131:2 Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that isweaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.131:3 Let Israel hope in the LORD from henceforth and for ever.132:1 Lord, remember David, and all his afflictions:132:2 How he sware unto the LORD, and vowed unto the mighty God ofJacob;132:3 Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor goup into my bed;132:4 I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids,132:5 Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation for themighty God of Jacob.132:6 Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of thewood.132:7 We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at hisfootstool.132:8 Arise, O LORD, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength.132:9 Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thysaints shout for joy.132:10 For thy servant David's sake turn not away the face of thineanointed.132:11 The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn fromit; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.132:12 If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that Ishall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne forevermore.132:13 For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for hishabitation.132:14 This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desiredit.132:15 I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poorwith bread.132:16 I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saintsshall shout aloud for joy.132:17 There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained alamp for mine anointed.132:18 His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shallhis crown flourish.133:1 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwelltogether in unity!133:2 It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran downupon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts ofhis garments;133:3 As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon themountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, evenlife for evermore.134:1 Behold, bless ye the LORD, all ye servants of the LORD, which bynight stand in the house of the LORD.134:2 Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD.134:3 The LORD that made heaven and earth bless thee out of Zion.135:1 Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the name of the LORD; praise him,O ye servants of the LORD.135:2 Ye that stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of thehouse of our God.135:3 Praise the LORD; for the LORD is good: sing praises unto hisname; for it is pleasant.135:4 For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for hispeculiar treasure.135:5 For I know that the LORD is great, and that our Lord is aboveall gods.135:6 Whatsoever the LORD pleased, that did he in heaven, and inearth, in the seas, and all deep places.135:7 He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; hemaketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of histreasuries.135:8 Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast.135:9 Who sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee, O Egypt,upon Pharaoh, and upon all his servants.135:10 Who smote great nations, and slew mighty kings;135:11 Sihon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Bashan, and all thekingdoms of Canaan:135:12 And gave their land for an heritage, an heritage unto Israelhis people.135:13 Thy name, O LORD, endureth for ever; and thy memorial, O LORD,throughout all generations.135:14 For the LORD will judge his people, and he will repent himselfconcerning his servants.135:15 The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men'shands.135:16 They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but theysee not;135:17 They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there any breathin their mouths.135:18 They that make them are like unto them: so is every one thattrusteth in them.135:19 Bless the LORD, O house of Israel: bless the LORD, O house ofAaron:135:20 Bless the LORD, O house of Levi: ye that fear the LORD, blessthe LORD.135:21 Blessed be the LORD out of Zion, which dwelleth at Jerusalem.Praise ye the LORD.136:1 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercyendureth for ever.136:2 O give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy endureth forever.136:3 O give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy endureth forever.136:4 To him who alone doeth great wonders: for his mercy endureth forever.136:5 To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endurethfor ever.136:6 To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for hismercy endureth for ever.136:7 To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever:136:8 The sun to rule by day: for his mercy endureth for ever:136:9 The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endureth forever.136:10 To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercyendureth for ever:136:11 And brought out Israel from among them: for his mercy endurethfor ever:136:12 With a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm: for his mercyendureth for ever.136:13 To him which divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercyendureth for ever:136:14 And made Israel to pass through the midst of it: for his mercyendureth for ever:136:15 But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea: for hismercy endureth for ever.136:16 To him which led his people through the wilderness: for hismercy endureth for ever.136:17 To him which smote great kings: for his mercy endureth forever:136:18 And slew famous kings: for his mercy endureth for ever:136:19 Sihon king of the Amorites: for his mercy endureth for ever:136:20 And Og the king of Bashan: for his mercy endureth for ever:136:21 And gave their land for an heritage: for his mercy endureth forever:136:22 Even an heritage unto Israel his servant: for his mercyendureth for ever.136:23 Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy endureth forever:136:24 And hath redeemed us from our enemies: for his mercy endurethfor ever.136:25 Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever.136:26 O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy endurethfor ever.137:1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, whenwe remembered Zion.137:2 We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.137:3 For there they that carried us away captive required of us asong; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing usone of the songs of Zion.137:4 How shall we sing the LORD's song in a strange land?137:5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget hercunning.137:6 If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof ofmy mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.137:7 Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem;who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.137:8 O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall hebe, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.137:9 Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little onesagainst the stones.138:1 I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will Ising praise unto thee.138:2 I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name forthy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy wordabove all thy name.138:3 In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedstme with strength in my soul.138:4 All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD, when theyhear the words of thy mouth.138:5 Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the LORD: for great is theglory of the LORD.138:6 Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: butthe proud he knoweth afar off.138:7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thoushalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, andthy right hand shall save me.138:8 The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, OLORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.139:1 O lord, thou hast searched me, and known me.139:2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thouunderstandest my thought afar off.139:3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquaintedwith all my ways.139:4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thouknowest it altogether.139:5 Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand uponme.139:6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannotattain unto it.139:7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee fromthy presence?139:8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed inhell, behold, thou art there.139:9 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermostparts of the sea;139:10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shallhold me.139:11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the nightshall be light about me.139:12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shinethas the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.139:13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in mymother's womb.139:14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made:marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.139:15 My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret,and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.139:16 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and inthy book all my members were written, which in continuance werefashioned, when as yet there was none of them.139:17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great isthe sum of them!139:18 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand:when I awake, I am still with thee.139:19 Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from metherefore, ye bloody men.139:20 For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies takethy name in vain.139:21 Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not Igrieved with those that rise up against thee?139:22 I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.139:23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know mythoughts:139:24 And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in theway everlasting.140:1 Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from theviolent man;140:2 Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are theygathered together for war.140:3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poisonis under their lips. Selah.140:4 Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me fromthe violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.140:5 The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread anet by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.140:6 I said unto the LORD, Thou art my God: hear the voice of mysupplications, O LORD.140:7 O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast coveredmy head in the day of battle.140:8 Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not hiswicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah.140:9 As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischiefof their own lips cover them.140:10 Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into thefire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.140:11 Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shallhunt the violent man to overthrow him.140:12 I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted,and the right of the poor.140:13 Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: theupright shall dwell in thy presence.141:1 Lord, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto myvoice, when I cry unto thee.141:2 Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and thelifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.141:3 Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.141:4 Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked workswith men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.141:5 Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let himreprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break myhead: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.141:6 When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shallhear my words; for they are sweet.141:7 Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when onecutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.141:8 But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is mytrust; leave not my soul destitute.141:9 Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and thegins of the workers of iniquity.141:10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withalescape.142:1 I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORDdid I make my supplication.142:2 I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him mytrouble.142:3 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest mypath.In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.142:4 I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man thatwould know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.142:5 I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and myportion in the land of the living.142:6 Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me frommy persecutors; for they are stronger than I.142:7 Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: therighteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully withme.143:1 Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thyfaithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.143:2 And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sightshall no man living be justified.143:3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my lifedown to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as thosethat have been long dead.143:4 Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within meis desolate.143:5 I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I museon the work of thy hands.143:6 I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth afterthee, as a thirsty land. Selah.143:7 Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy facefrom me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.143:8 Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in theedo I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I liftup my soul unto thee.143:9 Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hideme.143:10 Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit isgood; lead me into the land of uprightness.143:11 Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name's sake: for thy righteousness'sake bring my soul out of trouble.143:12 And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all themthat afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.144:1 Blessed be the LORD my strength which teacheth my hands to war,and my fingers to fight:144:2 My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer;my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.144:3 LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the sonof man, that thou makest account of him!144:4 Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passethaway.144:5 Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, andthey shall smoke.144:6 Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows,and destroy them.144:7 Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of greatwaters, from the hand of strange children;144:8 Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a righthand of falsehood.144:9 I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and aninstrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.144:10 It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth Davidhis servant from the hurtful sword.144:11 Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whosemouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand offalsehood:144:12 That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; thatour daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitudeof a palace:144:13 That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store:that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in ourstreets:144:14 That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be nobreaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in ourstreets.144:15 Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy isthat people, whose God is the LORD.145:1 I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name forever and ever.145:2 Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for everand ever.145:3 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatnessis unsearchable.145:4 One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shalldeclare thy mighty acts.145:5 I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thywondrous works.145:6 And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and Iwill declare thy greatness.145:7 They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness,and shall sing of thy righteousness.145:8 The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, andof great mercy.145:9 The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all hisworks.145:10 All thy works shall praise thee, O LORD; and thy saints shallbless thee.145:11 They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thypower;145:12 To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and theglorious majesty of his kingdom.145:13 Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominionendureth throughout all generations.145:14 The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those thatbe bowed down.145:15 The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meatin due season.145:16 Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of everyliving thing.145:17 The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all hisworks.145:18 The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all thatcall upon him in truth.145:19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also willhear their cry, and will save them.145:20 The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wickedwill he destroy.145:21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD: and let all fleshbless his holy name for ever and ever.146:1 Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul.146:2 While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto myGod while I have any being.146:3 Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whomthere is no help.146:4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that veryday his thoughts perish.146:5 Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hopeis in the LORD his God:146:6 Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is:which keepeth truth for ever:146:7 Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food tothe hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:146:8 The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth themthat are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:146:9 The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherlessand widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.146:10 The LORD shall reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, unto allgenerations. Praise ye the LORD.147:1 Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God;for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.147:2 The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together theoutcasts of Israel.147:3 He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.147:4 He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by theirnames.147:5 Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding isinfinite.147:6 The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to theground.147:7 Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harpunto our God:147:8 Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for theearth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.147:9 He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens whichcry.147:10 He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh notpleasure in the legs of a man.147:11 The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those thathope in his mercy.147:12 Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.147:13 For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessedthy children within thee.147:14 He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with thefinest of the wheat.147:15 He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runnethvery swiftly.147:16 He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost likeashes.147:17 He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before hiscold?147:18 He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his windto blow, and the waters flow.147:19 He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgmentsunto Israel.147:20 He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments,they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD.148:1 Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the LORD from the heavens: praisehim in the heights.148:2 Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts.148:3 Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.148:4 Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be abovethe heavens.148:5 Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and theywere created.148:6 He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made adecree which shall not pass.148:7 Praise the LORD from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps:148:8 Fire, and hail; snow, and vapours; stormy wind fulfilling hisword:148:9 Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars:148:10 Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl:148:11 Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges ofthe earth:148:12 Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children:148:13 Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone isexcellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.148:14 He also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise of all hissaints; even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Praiseye the LORD.149:1 Praise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, and hispraise in the congregation of saints.149:2 Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children ofZion be joyful in their King.149:3 Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praisesunto him with the timbrel and harp.149:4 For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify themeek with salvation.149:5 Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upontheir beds.149:6 Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edgedsword in their hand;149:7 To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon thepeople;149:8 To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fettersof iron;149:9 To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have allhis saints. Praise ye the LORD.150:1 Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him inthe firmament of his power.150:2 Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to hisexcellent greatness.150:3 Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with thepsaltery and harp.150:4 Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringedinstruments and organs.150:5 Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the highsounding cymbals.150:6 Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.The Proverbs1:1 The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel; 1:2 Toknow wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;1:3 To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, andequity; 1:4 To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledgeand discretion.1:5 A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man ofunderstanding shall attain unto wise counsels: 1:6 To understand aproverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their darksayings.1:7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but foolsdespise wisdom and instruction.1:8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not thelaw of thy mother: 1:9 For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thyhead, and chains about thy neck.1:10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.1:11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurkprivily for the innocent without cause: 1:12 Let us swallow them upalive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:1:13 We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houseswith spoil: 1:14 Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:1:15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot fromtheir path: 1:16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shedblood.1:17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.1:18 And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily fortheir own lives.1:19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which takethaway the life of the owners thereof.1:20 Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:1:21 She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings ofthe gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying, 1:22 How long,ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight intheir scorning, and fools hate knowledge?  1:23 Turn you at myreproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make knownmy words unto you.1:24 Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out myhand, and no man regarded; 1:25 But ye have set at nought all mycounsel, and would none of my reproof: 1:26 I also will laugh at yourcalamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; 1:27 When your fearcometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; whendistress and anguish cometh upon you.1:28 Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shallseek me early, but they shall not find me: 1:29 For that they hatedknowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD: 1:30 They wouldnone of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.1:31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and befilled with their own devices.1:32 For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and theprosperity of fools shall destroy them.1:33 But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall bequiet from fear of evil.2:1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandmentswith thee; 2:2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and applythine heart to understanding; 2:3 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge,and liftest up thy voice for understanding; 2:4 If thou seekest her assilver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures; 2:5 Then shaltthou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.2:6 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge andunderstanding.2:7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler tothem that walk uprightly.2:8 He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of hissaints.2:9 Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, andequity; yea, every good path.2:10 When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasantunto thy soul; 2:11 Discretion shall preserve thee, understandingshall keep thee: 2:12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil man,from the man that speaketh froward things; 2:13 Who leave the paths ofuprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; 2:14 Who rejoice to doevil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked; 2:15 Whose waysare crooked, and they froward in their paths: 2:16 To deliver theefrom the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth withher words; 2:17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteththe covenant of her God.2:18 For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.2:19 None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of thepaths of life.2:20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the pathsof the righteous.2:21 For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shallremain in it.2:22 But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and thetransgressors shall be rooted out of it.3:1 My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep mycommandments: 3:2 For length of days, and long life, and peace, shallthey add to thee.3:3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck;write them upon the table of thine heart: 3:4 So shalt thou findfavour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.3:5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thineown understanding.3:6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.3:7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart fromevil.3:8 It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.3:9 Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits ofall thine increase: 3:10 So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, andthy presses shall burst out with new wine.3:11 My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be wearyof his correction: 3:12 For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; evenas a father the son in whom he delighteth.3:13 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that gettethunderstanding.3:14 For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise ofsilver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.3:15 She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canstdesire are not to be compared unto her.3:16 Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand richesand honour.3:17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.3:18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happyis every one that retaineth her.3:19 The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hathhe established the heavens.3:20 By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds dropdown the dew.3:21 My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdomand discretion: 3:22 So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace tothy neck.3:23 Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall notstumble.3:24 When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shaltlie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.3:25 Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of thewicked, when it cometh.3:26 For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy footfrom being taken.3:27 Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in thepower of thine hand to do it.3:28 Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow Iwill give; when thou hast it by thee.3:29 Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwellethsecurely by thee.3:30 Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee noharm.3:31 Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.3:32 For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret iswith the righteous.3:33 The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but heblesseth the habitation of the just.3:34 Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto thelowly.3:35 The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion offools.4:1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to knowunderstanding.4:2 For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.4:3 For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight ofmy mother.4:4 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain mywords: keep my commandments, and live.4:5 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline fromthe words of my mouth.4:6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and sheshall keep thee.4:7 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with allthy getting get understanding.4:8 Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee tohonour, when thou dost embrace her.4:9 She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown ofglory shall she deliver to thee.4:10 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy lifeshall be many.4:11 I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in rightpaths.4:12 When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thourunnest, thou shalt not stumble.4:13 Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for sheis thy life.4:14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way ofevil men.4:15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.4:16 For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and theirsleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.4:17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine ofviolence.4:18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shinethmore and more unto the perfect day.4:19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what theystumble.4:20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.4:21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst ofthine heart.4:22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to alltheir flesh.4:23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issuesof life.4:24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put farfrom thee.4:25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straightbefore thee.4:26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.4:27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot fromevil.5:1 My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to myunderstanding: 5:2 That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thylips may keep knowledge.5:3 For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and hermouth is smoother than oil: 5:4 But her end is bitter as wormwood,sharp as a two-edged sword.5:5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.5:6 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways aremoveable, that thou canst not know them.5:7 Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from thewords of my mouth.5:8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of herhouse: 5:9 Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years untothe cruel: 5:10 Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thylabours be in the house of a stranger; 5:11 And thou mourn at thelast, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed, 5:12 And say, How haveI hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; 5:13 And have notobeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them thatinstructed me!  5:14 I was almost in all evil in the midst of thecongregation and assembly.5:15 Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out ofthine own well.5:16 Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters inthe streets.5:17 Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.5:18 Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thyyouth.5:19 Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breastssatisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.5:20 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, andembrace the bosom of a stranger?  5:21 For the ways of man are beforethe eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.5:22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall beholden with the cords of his sins.5:23 He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of hisfolly he shall go astray.6:1 My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast strickenthy hand with a stranger, 6:2 Thou art snared with the words of thymouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.6:3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come intothe hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.6:4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.6:5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as abird from the hand of the fowler.6:6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: 6:7Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, 6:8 Provideth her meat inthe summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.6:9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out ofthy sleep?  6:10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a littlefolding of the hands to sleep: 6:11 So shall thy poverty come as onethat travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.6:12 A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.6:13 He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teachethwith his fingers; 6:14 Frowardness is in his heart, he devisethmischief continually; he soweth discord.6:15 Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he bebroken without remedy.6:16 These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are anabomination unto him: 6:17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and handsthat shed innocent blood, 6:18 An heart that deviseth wickedimaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, 6:19 A falsewitness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.6:20 My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law ofthy mother: 6:21 Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie themabout thy neck.6:22 When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shallkeep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.6:23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofsof instruction are the way of life: 6:24 To keep thee from the evilwoman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.6:25 Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her takethee with her eyelids.6:26 For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece ofbread: and the adultress will hunt for the precious life.6:27 Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?6:28 Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?  6:29 Sohe that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shallnot be innocent.6:30 Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul whenhe is hungry; 6:31 But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; heshall give all the substance of his house.6:32 But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding:he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.6:33 A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not bewiped away.6:34 For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare inthe day of vengeance.6:35 He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content,though thou givest many gifts.7:1 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.7:2 Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thineeye.7:3 Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thineheart.7:4 Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thykinswoman: 7:5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, fromthe stranger which flattereth with her words.7:6 For at the window of my house I looked through my casement, 7:7And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, ayoung man void of understanding, 7:8 Passing through the street nearher corner; and he went the way to her house, 7:9 In the twilight, inthe evening, in the black and dark night: 7:10 And, behold, there methim a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.7:11 (She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house: 7:12Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at everycorner.)  7:13 So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudentface said unto him, 7:14 I have peace offerings with me; this day haveI payed my vows.7:15 Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face,and I have found thee.7:16 I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carvedworks, with fine linen of Egypt.7:17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.7:18 Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let ussolace ourselves with loves.7:19 For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey: 7:20He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the dayappointed.7:21 With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with theflattering of her lips she forced him.7:22 He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter,or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; 7:23 Till a dart strikethrough his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth notthat it is for his life.7:24 Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to thewords of my mouth.7:25 Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in herpaths.7:26 For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men havebeen slain by her.7:27 Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers ofdeath.8:1 Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?  8:2She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places ofthe paths.8:3 She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the comingin at the doors.8:4 Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.8:5 O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of anunderstanding heart.8:6 Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of mylips shall be right things.8:7 For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abominationto my lips.8:8 All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothingfroward or perverse in them.8:9 They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to themthat find knowledge.8:10 Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather thanchoice gold.8:11 For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may bedesired are not to be compared to it.8:12 I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of wittyinventions.8:13 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, andthe evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.8:14 Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I havestrength.8:15 By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.8:16 By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth.8:17 I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall findme.8:18 Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches andrighteousness.8:19 My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenuethan choice silver.8:20 I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths ofjudgment: 8:21 That I may cause those that love me to inheritsubstance; and I will fill their treasures.8:22 The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before hisworks of old.8:23 I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever theearth was.8:24 When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there wereno fountains abounding with water.8:25 Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I broughtforth: 8:26 While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields,nor the highest part of the dust of the world.8:27 When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compassupon the face of the depth: 8:28 When he established the clouds above:when he strengthened the fountains of the deep: 8:29 When he gave tothe sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment:when he appointed the foundations of the earth: 8:30 Then I was byhim, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight,rejoicing always before him; 8:31 Rejoicing in the habitable part ofhis earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.8:32 Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed arethey that keep my ways.8:33 Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.8:34 Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates,waiting at the posts of my doors.8:35 For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of theLORD.8:36 But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all theythat hate me love death.9:1 Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her sevenpillars: 9:2 She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine;she hath also furnished her table.9:3 She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highestplaces of the city, 9:4 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: asfor him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, 9:5 Come, eat ofmy bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.9:6 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.9:7 He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he thatrebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.9:8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, andhe will love thee.9:9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach ajust man, and he will increase in learning.9:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and theknowledge of the holy is understanding.9:11 For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy lifeshall be increased.9:12 If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thouscornest, thou alone shalt bear it.9:13 A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.9:14 For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the highplaces of the city, 9:15 To call passengers who go right on theirways: 9:16 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for himthat wanteth understanding, she saith to him, 9:17 Stolen waters aresweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.9:18 But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guestsare in the depths of hell.10:1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but afoolish son is the heaviness of his mother.10:2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousnessdelivereth from death.10:3 The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: buthe casteth away the substance of the wicked.10:4 He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand ofthe diligent maketh rich.10:5 He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepethin harvest is a son that causeth shame.10:6 Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereththe mouth of the wicked.10:7 The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wickedshall rot.10:8 The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating foolshall fall.10:9 He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that pervertethhis ways shall be known.10:10 He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating foolshall fall.10:11 The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violencecovereth the mouth of the wicked.10:12 Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.10:13 In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: buta rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.10:14 Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is neardestruction.10:15 The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of thepoor is their poverty.10:16 The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of thewicked to sin.10:17 He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he thatrefuseth reproof erreth.10:18 He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth aslander, is a fool.10:19 In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he thatrefraineth his lips is wise.10:20 The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of thewicked is little worth.10:21 The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want ofwisdom.10:22 The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth nosorrow with it.10:23 It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man ofunderstanding hath wisdom.10:24 The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desireof the righteous shall be granted.10:25 As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but therighteous is an everlasting foundation.10:26 As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is thesluggard to them that send him.10:27 The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of thewicked shall be shortened.10:28 The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectationof the wicked shall perish.10:29 The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destructionshall be to the workers of iniquity.10:30 The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall notinhabit the earth.10:31 The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the frowardtongue shall be cut out.10:32 The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouthof the wicked speaketh frowardness.11:1 A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight ishis delight.11:2 When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly iswisdom.11:3 The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but theperverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.11:4 Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousnessdelivereth from death.11:5 The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but thewicked shall fall by his own wickedness.11:6 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: buttransgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.11:7 When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and thehope of unjust men perisheth.11:8 The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked comethin his stead.11:9 An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but throughknowledge shall the just be delivered.11:10 When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: andwhen the wicked perish, there is shouting.11:11 By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it isoverthrown by the mouth of the wicked.11:12 He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man ofunderstanding holdeth his peace.11:13 A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithfulspirit concealeth the matter.11:14 Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude ofcounsellors there is safety.11:15 He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he thathateth suretiship is sure.11:16 A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches.11:17 The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that iscruel troubleth his own flesh.11:18 The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that sowethrighteousness shall be a sure reward.11:19 As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evilpursueth it to his own death.11:20 They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD:but such as are upright in their way are his delight.11:21 Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished:but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.11:22 As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman whichis without discretion.11:23 The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation ofthe wicked is wrath.11:24 There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is thatwithholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.11:25 The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shallbe watered also himself.11:26 He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: butblessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.11:27 He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he thatseeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.11:28 He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; but the righteousshall flourish as a branch.11:29 He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and thefool shall be servant to the wise of heart.11:30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he thatwinneth souls is wise.11:31 Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: muchmore the wicked and the sinner.12:1 Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hatethreproof is brutish.12:2 A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wickeddevices will he condemn.12:3 A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of therighteous shall not be moved.12:4 A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that makethashamed is as rottenness in his bones.12:5 The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of thewicked are deceit.12:6 The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but themouth of the upright shall deliver them.12:7 The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of therighteous shall stand.12:8 A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that isof a perverse heart shall be despised.12:9 He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he thathonoureth himself, and lacketh bread.12:10 A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tendermercies of the wicked are cruel.12:11 He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but hethat followeth vain persons is void of understanding.12:12 The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of therighteous yieldeth fruit.12:13 The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but thejust shall come out of trouble.12:14 A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth:and the recompence of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.12:15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he thathearkeneth unto counsel is wise.12:16 A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent man coverethshame.12:17 He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a falsewitness deceit.12:18 There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but thetongue of the wise is health.12:19 The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lyingtongue is but for a moment.12:20 Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to thecounsellors of peace is joy.12:21 There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall befilled with mischief.12:22 Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal trulyare his delight.12:23 A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of foolsproclaimeth foolishness.12:24 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shallbe under tribute.12:25 Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good wordmaketh it glad.12:26 The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the wayof the wicked seduceth them.12:27 The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: butthe substance of a diligent man is precious.12:28 In the way of righteousness is life: and in the pathway thereofthere is no death.13:1 A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scornerheareth not rebuke.13:2 A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul ofthe transgressors shall eat violence.13:3 He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openethwide his lips shall have destruction.13:4 The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soulof the diligent shall be made fat.13:5 A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, andcometh to shame.13:6 Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: butwickedness overthroweth the sinner.13:7 There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there isthat maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.13:8 The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but the poor hearethnot rebuke.13:9 The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wickedshall be put out.13:10 Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised iswisdom.13:11 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he thatgathereth by labour shall increase.13:12 Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh,it is a tree of life.13:13 Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareththe commandment shall be rewarded.13:14 The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from thesnares of death.13:15 Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressorsis hard.13:16 Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth openhis folly.13:17 A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithfulambassador is health.13:18 Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: buthe that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.13:19 The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it isabomination to fools to depart from evil.13:20 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion offools shall be destroyed.13:21 Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall berepayed.13:22 A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children:and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.13:23 Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that isdestroyed for want of judgment.13:24 He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth himchasteneth him betimes.13:25 The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but thebelly of the wicked shall want.14:1 Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh itdown with her hands.14:2 He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but he thatis perverse in his ways despiseth him.14:3 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips ofthe wise shall preserve them.14:4 Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by thestrength of the ox.14:5 A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utterlies.14:6 A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge iseasy unto him that understandeth.14:7 Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest notin him the lips of knowledge.14:8 The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the follyof fools is deceit.14:9 Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there isfavour.14:10 The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth notintermeddle with his joy.14:11 The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacleof the upright shall flourish.14:12 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the endthereof are the ways of death.14:13 Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of thatmirth is heaviness.14:14 The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and agood man shall be satisfied from himself.14:15 The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man lookethwell to his going.14:16 A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the foolrageth, and is confident.14:17 He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wickeddevices is hated.14:18 The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned withknowledge.14:19 The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of therighteous.14:20 The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hathmany friends.14:21 He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercyon the poor, happy is he.14:22 Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall beto them that devise good.14:23 In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendethonly to penury.14:24 The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness offools is folly.14:25 A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witnessspeaketh lies.14:26 In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his childrenshall have a place of refuge.14:27 The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from thesnares of death.14:28 In the multitude of people is the king's honour: but in the wantof people is the destruction of the prince.14:29 He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he thatis hasty of spirit exalteth folly.14:30 A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottennessof the bones.14:31 He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he thathonoureth him hath mercy on the poor.14:32 The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteoushath hope in his death.14:33 Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: butthat which is in the midst of fools is made known.14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to anypeople.14:35 The king's favour is toward a wise servant: but his wrath isagainst him that causeth shame.15:1 A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir upanger.15:2 The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth offools poureth out foolishness.15:3 The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil andthe good.15:4 A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein isa breach in the spirit.15:5 A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardethreproof is prudent.15:6 In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in therevenues of the wicked is trouble.15:7 The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of thefoolish doeth not so.15:8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: butthe prayer of the upright is his delight.15:9 The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the LORD: but heloveth him that followeth after righteousness.15:10 Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and hethat hateth reproof shall die.15:11 Hell and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then thehearts of the children of men?  15:12 A scorner loveth not one thatreproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.15:13 A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow ofthe heart the spirit is broken.15:14 The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: butthe mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.15:15 All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of amerry heart hath a continual feast.15:16 Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasureand trouble therewith.15:17 Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox andhatred therewith.15:18 A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to angerappeaseth strife.15:19 The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but theway of the righteous is made plain.15:20 A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth hismother.15:21 Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man ofunderstanding walketh uprightly.15:22 Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitudeof counsellors they are established.15:23 A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken indue season, how good is it!  15:24 The way of life is above to thewise, that he may depart from hell beneath.15:25 The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he willestablish the border of the widow.15:26 The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: butthe words of the pure are pleasant words.15:27 He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he thathateth gifts shall live.15:28 The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth ofthe wicked poureth out evil things.15:29 The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer ofthe righteous.15:30 The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good reportmaketh the bones fat.15:31 The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.15:32 He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he thatheareth reproof getteth understanding.15:33 The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and beforehonour is humility.16:1 The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of thetongue, is from the LORD.16:2 All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORDweigheth the spirits.16:3 Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall beestablished.16:4 The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wickedfor the day of evil.16:5 Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD:though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.16:6 By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of theLORD men depart from evil.16:7 When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies tobe at peace with him.16:8 Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues withoutright.16:9 A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.16:10 A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouthtransgresseth not in judgment.16:11 A just weight and balance are the LORD's: all the weights of thebag are his work.16:12 It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for thethrone is established by righteousness.16:13 Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him thatspeaketh right.16:14 The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise manwill pacify it.16:15 In the light of the king's countenance is life; and his favouris as a cloud of the latter rain.16:16 How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to getunderstanding rather to be chosen than silver!  16:17 The highway ofthe upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preservethhis soul.16:18 Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before afall.16:19 Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than todivide the spoil with the proud.16:20 He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whosotrusteth in the LORD, happy is he.16:21 The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness ofthe lips increaseth learning.16:22 Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: butthe instruction of fools is folly.16:23 The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning tohis lips.16:24 Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, andhealth to the bones.16:25 There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the endthereof are the ways of death.16:26 He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth cravethit of him.16:27 An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as aburning fire.16:28 A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chieffriends.16:29 A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into theway that is not good.16:30 He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lipshe bringeth evil to pass.16:31 The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way ofrighteousness.16:32 He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he thatruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.16:33 The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof isof the LORD.17:1 Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an housefull of sacrifices with strife.17:2 A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, andshall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.17:3 The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but theLORD trieth the hearts.17:4 A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear toa naughty tongue.17:5 Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is gladat calamities shall not be unpunished.17:6 Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory ofchildren are their fathers.17:7 Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips aprince.17:8 A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it:whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.17:9 He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he thatrepeateth a matter separateth very friends.17:10 A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripesinto a fool.17:11 An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messengershall be sent against him.17:12 Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a foolin his folly.17:13 Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from hishouse.17:14 The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water:therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.17:15 He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just,even they both are abomination to the LORD.17:16 Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom,seeing he hath no heart to it?  17:17 A friend loveth at all times,and a brother is born for adversity.17:18 A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh suretyin the presence of his friend.17:19 He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exaltethhis gate seeketh destruction.17:20 He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath aperverse tongue falleth into mischief.17:21 He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the fatherof a fool hath no joy.17:22 A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spiritdrieth the bones.17:23 A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the waysof judgment.17:24 Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of afool are in the ends of the earth.17:25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to herthat bare him.17:26 Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes forequity.17:27 He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man ofunderstanding is of an excellent spirit.17:28 Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and hethat shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.18:1 Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh andintermeddleth with all wisdom.18:2 A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart maydiscover itself.18:3 When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and withignominy reproach.18:4 The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspringof wisdom as a flowing brook.18:5 It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrowthe righteous in judgment.18:6 A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth forstrokes.18:7 A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare ofhis soul.18:8 The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down intothe innermost parts of the belly.18:9 He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is agreat waster.18:10 The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runnethinto it, and is safe.18:11 The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall inhis own conceit.18:12 Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and beforehonour is humility.18:13 He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly andshame unto him.18:14 The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a woundedspirit who can bear?  18:15 The heart of the prudent gettethknowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.18:16 A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before greatmen.18:17 He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but hisneighbour cometh and searcheth him.18:18 The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between themighty.18:19 A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: andtheir contentions are like the bars of a castle.18:20 A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth;and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.18:21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they thatlove it shall eat the fruit thereof.18:22 Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favourof the LORD.18:23 The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.18:24 A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there isa friend that sticketh closer than a brother.19:1 Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that isperverse in his lips, and is a fool.19:2 Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and hethat hasteth with his feet sinneth.19:3 The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart frettethagainst the LORD.19:4 Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from hisneighbour.19:5 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speakethlies shall not escape.19:6 Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man is afriend to him that giveth gifts.19:7 All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do hisfriends go far from him? he pursueth them with words, yet they arewanting to him.19:8 He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepethunderstanding shall find good.19:9 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speakethlies shall perish.19:10 Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant tohave rule over princes.19:11 The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his gloryto pass over a transgression.19:12 The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour isas dew upon the grass.19:13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentionsof a wife are a continual dropping.19:14 House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudentwife is from the LORD.19:15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shallsuffer hunger.19:16 He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but hethat despiseth his ways shall die.19:17 He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and thatwhich he hath given will he pay him again.19:18 Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul sparefor his crying.19:19 A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thoudeliver him, yet thou must do it again.19:20 Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wisein thy latter end.19:21 There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless thecounsel of the LORD, that shall stand.19:22 The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is betterthan a liar.19:23 The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shallabide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.19:24 A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not somuch as bring it to his mouth again.19:25 Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove onethat hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.19:26 He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is ason that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.19:27 Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err fromthe words of knowledge.19:28 An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of thewicked devoureth iniquity.19:29 Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back offools.20:1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever isdeceived thereby is not wise.20:2 The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provokethhim to anger sinneth against his own soul.20:3 It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every foolwill be meddling.20:4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shallhe beg in harvest, and have nothing.20:5 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man ofunderstanding will draw it out.20:6 Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithfulman who can find?  20:7 The just man walketh in his integrity: hischildren are blessed after him.20:8 A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away allevil with his eyes.20:9 Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?20:10 Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alikeabomination to the LORD.20:11 Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure,and whether it be right.20:12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made evenboth of them.20:13 Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, andthou shalt be satisfied with bread.20:14 It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gonehis way, then he boasteth.20:15 There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips ofknowledge are a precious jewel.20:16 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take apledge of him for a strange woman.20:17 Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouthshall be filled with gravel.20:18 Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advicemake war.20:19 He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: thereforemeddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.20:20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be putout in obscure darkness.20:21 An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but theend thereof shall not be blessed.20:22 Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, andhe shall save thee.20:23 Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a falsebalance is not good.20:24 Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand hisown way?  20:25 It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which isholy, and after vows to make enquiry.20:26 A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel overthem.20:27 The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all theinward parts of the belly.20:28 Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden bymercy.20:29 The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of oldmen is the grey head.20:30 The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes theinward parts of the belly.21:1 The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers ofwater: he turneth it whithersoever he will.21:2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORDpondereth the hearts.21:3 To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD thansacrifice.21:4 An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked,is sin.21:5 The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but ofevery one that is hasty only to want.21:6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed toand fro of them that seek death.21:7 The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuseto do judgment.21:8 The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, hiswork is right.21:9 It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with abrawling woman in a wide house.21:10 The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth nofavour in his eyes.21:11 When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and whenthe wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.21:12 The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked:but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.21:13 Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shallcry himself, but shall not be heard.21:14 A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosomstrong wrath.21:15 It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall beto the workers of iniquity.21:16 The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shallremain in the congregation of the dead.21:17 He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wineand oil shall not be rich.21:18 The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and thetransgressor for the upright.21:19 It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentiousand an angry woman.21:20 There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of thewise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.21:21 He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life,righteousness, and honour.21:22 A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down thestrength of the confidence thereof.21:23 Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul fromtroubles.21:24 Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proudwrath.21:25 The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse tolabour.21:26 He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous givethand spareth not.21:27 The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, whenhe bringeth it with a wicked mind?  21:28 A false witness shallperish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.21:29 A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, hedirecteth his way.21:30 There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against theLORD.21:31 The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety isof the LORD.22:1 A GOOD name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and lovingfavour rather than silver and gold.22:2 The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of themall.22:3 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but thesimple pass on, and are punished.22:4 By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, andlife.22:5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that dothkeep his soul shall be far from them.22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, hewill not depart from it.22:7 The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to thelender.22:8 He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of hisanger shall fail.22:9 He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth ofhis bread to the poor.22:10 Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strifeand reproach shall cease.22:11 He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips theking shall be his friend.22:12 The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth thewords of the transgressor.22:13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall beslain in the streets.22:14 The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred ofthe LORD shall fall therein.22:15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod ofcorrection shall drive it far from him.22:16 He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he thatgiveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.22:17 Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and applythine heart unto my knowledge.22:18 For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; theyshall withal be fitted in thy lips.22:19 That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to theethis day, even to thee.22:20 Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels andknowledge, 22:21 That I might make thee know the certainty of thewords of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to themthat send unto thee?  22:22 Rob not the poor, because he is poor:neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: 22:23 For the LORD willplead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.22:24 Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious manthou shalt not go: 22:25 Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare tothy soul.22:26 Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that aresureties for debts.22:27 If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bedfrom under thee?  22:28 Remove not the ancient landmark, which thyfathers have set.22:29 Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand beforekings; he shall not stand before mean men.23:1 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently whatis before thee: 23:2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a mangiven to appetite.23:3 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.23:4 Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.23:5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for richescertainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle towardheaven.23:6 Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neitherdesire thou his dainty meats: 23:7 For as he thinketh in his heart, sois he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not withthee.23:8 The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and losethy sweet words.23:9 Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdomof thy words.23:10 Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields ofthe fatherless: 23:11 For their redeemer is mighty; he shall pleadtheir cause with thee.23:12 Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the wordsof knowledge.23:13 Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest himwith the rod, he shall not die.23:14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soulfrom hell.23:15 My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, evenmine.23:16 Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.23:17 Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of theLORD all the day long.23:18 For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not becut off.23:19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in theway.23:20 Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: 23:21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsinessshall clothe a man with rags.23:22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thymother when she is old.23:23 Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction,and understanding.23:24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he thatbegetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.23:25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare theeshall rejoice.23:26 My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.23:27 For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrowpit.23:28 She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth thetransgressors among men.23:29 Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hathbabbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?23:30 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixedwine.23:31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth hiscolour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.23:32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like anadder.23:33 Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shallutter perverse things.23:34 Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of thesea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.23:35 They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; theyhave beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek ityet again.24:1 Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be withthem.24:2 For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk ofmischief.24:3 Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it isestablished: 24:4 And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled withall precious and pleasant riches.24:5 A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increasethstrength.24:6 For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude ofcounsellors there is safety.24:7 Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in thegate.24:8 He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.24:9 The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is anabomination to men.24:10 If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.24:11 If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, andthose that are ready to be slain; 24:12 If thou sayest, Behold, weknew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and hethat keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render toevery man according to his works?  24:13 My son, eat thou honey,because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:24:14 So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thouhast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shallnot be cut off.24:15 Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of therighteous; spoil not his resting place: 24:16 For a just man fallethseven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall intomischief.24:17 Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart beglad when he stumbleth: 24:18 Lest the LORD see it, and it displeasehim, and he turn away his wrath from him.24:19 Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious atthe wicked: 24:20 For there shall be no reward to the evil man; thecandle of the wicked shall be put out.24:21 My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not withthem that are given to change: 24:22 For their calamity shall risesuddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?  24:23 These thingsalso belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons injudgment.24:24 He that saith unto the wicked, Thou are righteous; him shall thepeople curse, nations shall abhor him: 24:25 But to them that rebukehim shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.24:26 Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right answer.24:27 Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in thefield; and afterwards build thine house.24:28 Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; anddeceive not with thy lips.24:29 Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I willrender to the man according to his work.24:30 I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of theman void of understanding; 24:31 And, lo, it was all grown over withthorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wallthereof was broken down.24:32 Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, andreceived instruction.24:33 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of thehands to sleep: 24:34 So shall thy poverty come as one thattravelleth; and thy want as an armed man.25:1 These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiahking of Judah copied out.25:2 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour ofkings is to search out a matter.25:3 The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart ofkings is unsearchable.25:4 Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth avessel for the finer.25:5 Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shallbe established in righteousness.25:6 Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand notin the place of great men: 25:7 For better it is that it be said untothee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in thepresence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen.25:8 Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do inthe end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.25:9 Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not asecret to another: 25:10 Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame,and thine infamy turn not away.25:11 A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures ofsilver.25:12 As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is awise reprover upon an obedient ear.25:13 As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithfulmessenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of hismasters.25:14 Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and windwithout rain.25:15 By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tonguebreaketh the bone.25:16 Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee,lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.25:17 Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be wearyof thee, and so hate thee.25:18 A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is amaul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.25:19 Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like abroken tooth, and a foot out of joint.25:20 As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegarupon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.25:21 If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he bethirsty, give him water to drink: 25:22 For thou shalt heap coals offire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee.25:23 The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance abackbiting tongue.25:24 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with abrawling woman and in a wide house.25:25 As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a farcountry.25:26 A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubledfountain, and a corrupt spring.25:27 It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their ownglory is not glory.25:28 He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that isbroken down, and without walls.26:1 As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is notseemly for a fool.26:2 As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the cursecauseless shall not come.26:3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for thefool's back.26:4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be likeunto him.26:5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his ownconceit.26:6 He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off thefeet, and drinketh damage.26:7 The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouthof fools.26:8 As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that givethhonour to a fool.26:9 As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parablein the mouths of fools.26:10 The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool,and rewardeth transgressors.26:11 As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to hisfolly.26:12 Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope ofa fool than of him.26:13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is inthe streets.26:14 As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful uponhis bed.26:15 The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him tobring it again to his mouth.26:16 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that canrender a reason.26:17 He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not tohim, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.26:18 As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death, 26:19 Sois the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?26:20 Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is notalebearer, the strife ceaseth.26:21 As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is acontentious man to kindle strife.26:22 The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down intothe innermost parts of the belly.26:23 Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered withsilver dross.26:24 He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceitwithin him; 26:25 When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for thereare seven abominations in his heart.26:26 Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall beshewed before the whole congregation.26:27 Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth astone, it will return upon him.26:28 A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and aflattering mouth worketh ruin.27:1 Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a daymay bring forth.27:2 Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger,and not thine own lips.27:3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath isheavier than them both.27:4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to standbefore envy?  27:5 Open rebuke is better than secret love.27:6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemyare deceitful.27:7 The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul everybitter thing is sweet.27:8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man thatwandereth from his place.27:9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness ofa man's friend by hearty counsel.27:10 Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neithergo into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better isa neighbour that is near than a brother far off.27:11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer himthat reproacheth me.27:12 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but thesimple pass on, and are punished.27:13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take apledge of him for a strange woman.27:14 He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early inthe morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.27:15 A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious womanare alike.27:16 Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of hisright hand, which bewrayeth itself.27:17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of hisfriend.27:18 Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so hethat waiteth on his master shall be honoured.27:19 As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.27:20 Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man arenever satisfied.27:21 As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is aman to his praise.27:22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with apestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.27:23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look wellto thy herds.27:24 For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to everygeneration?  27:25 The hay appeareth, and the tender grass shewethitself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.27:26 The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price ofthe field.27:27 And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for thefood of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.28:1 The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are boldas a lion.28:2 For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: butby a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall beprolonged.28:3 A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain whichleaveth no food.28:4 They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep thelaw contend with them.28:5 Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORDunderstand all things.28:6 Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he thatis perverse in his ways, though he be rich.28:7 Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companionof riotous men shameth his father.28:8 He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, heshall gather it for him that will pity the poor.28:9 He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even hisprayer shall be abomination.28:10 Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, heshall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have goodthings in possession.28:11 The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hathunderstanding searcheth him out.28:12 When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but whenthe wicked rise, a man is hidden.28:13 He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whosoconfesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.28:14 Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth hisheart shall fall into mischief.28:15 As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler overthe poor people.28:16 The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor:but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.28:17 A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall fleeto the pit; let no man stay him.28:18 Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perversein his ways shall fall at once.28:19 He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he thatfolloweth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.28:20 A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that makethhaste to be rich shall not be innocent.28:21 To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of breadthat man will transgress.28:22 He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth notthat poverty shall come upon him.28:23 He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than hethat flattereth with the tongue.28:24 Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is notransgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer.28:25 He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he thatputteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.28:26 He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walkethwisely, he shall be delivered.28:27 He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hidethhis eyes shall have many a curse.28:28 When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish,the righteous increase.29:1 He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenlybe destroyed, and that without remedy.29:2 When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but whenthe wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.29:3 Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepethcompany with harlots spendeth his substance.29:4 The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receivethgifts overthroweth it.29:5 A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.29:6 In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but therighteous doth sing and rejoice.29:7 The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wickedregardeth not to know it.29:8 Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn awaywrath.29:9 If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage orlaugh, there is no rest.29:10 The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.29:11 A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in tillafterwards.29:12 If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked.29:13 The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORDlighteneth both their eyes.29:14 The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall beestablished for ever.29:15 The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himselfbringeth his mother to shame.29:16 When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: butthe righteous shall see their fall.29:17 Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall givedelight unto thy soul.29:18 Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeththe law, happy is he.29:19 A servant will not be corrected by words: for though heunderstand he will not answer.29:20 Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hopeof a fool than of him.29:21 He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shallhave him become his son at the length.29:22 An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth intransgression.29:23 A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold thehumble in spirit.29:24 Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he hearethcursing, and bewrayeth it not.29:25 The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust inthe LORD shall be safe.29:26 Many seek the ruler's favour; but every man's judgment comethfrom the LORD.29:27 An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that isupright in the way is abomination to the wicked.30:1 The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the manspake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal, 30:2 Surely I am morebrutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.30:3 I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.30:4 Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gatheredthe wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? whohath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and whatis his son's name, if thou canst tell?  30:5 Every word of God ispure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.30:6 Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou befound a liar.30:7 Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before Idie: 30:8 Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither povertynor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: 30:9 Lest I be full,and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal,and take the name of my God in vain.30:10 Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, andthou be found guilty.30:11 There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth notbless their mother.30:12 There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yetis not washed from their filthiness.30:13 There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and theireyelids are lifted up.30:14 There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jawteeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needyfrom among men.30:15 The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There arethree things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It isenough: 30:16 The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is notfilled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.30:17 The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey hismother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the youngeagles shall eat it.30:18 There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, fourwhich I know not: 30:19 The way of an eagle in the air; the way of aserpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; andthe way of a man with a maid.30:20 Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipethher mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.30:21 For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which itcannot bear: 30:22 For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when heis filled with meat; 30:23 For an odious woman when she is married;and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.30:24 There be four things which are little upon the earth, but theyare exceeding wise: 30:25 The ants are a people not strong, yet theyprepare their meat in the summer; 30:26 The conies are but a feeblefolk, yet make they their houses in the rocks; 30:27 The locusts haveno king, yet go they forth all of them by bands; 30:28 The spidertaketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces.30:29 There be three things which go well, yea, four are comely ingoing: 30:30 A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth notaway for any; 30:31 A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, againstwhom there is no rising up.30:32 If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thouhast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.30:33 Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and thewringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrathbringeth forth strife.31:1 The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taughthim.31:2 What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son ofmy vows?  31:3 Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to thatwhich destroyeth kings.31:4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine;nor for princes strong drink: 31:5 Lest they drink, and forget thelaw, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.31:6 Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine untothose that be of heavy hearts.31:7 Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery nomore.31:8 Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as areappointed to destruction.31:9 Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of thepoor and needy.31:10 Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far aboverubies.31:11 The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that heshall have no need of spoil.31:12 She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.31:13 She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with herhands.31:14 She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food fromafar.31:15 She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to herhousehold, and a portion to her maidens.31:16 She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of herhands she planteth a vineyard.31:17 She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.31:18 She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goethnot out by night.31:19 She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold thedistaff.31:20 She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forthher hands to the needy.31:21 She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all herhousehold are clothed with scarlet.31:22 She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silkand purple.31:23 Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among theelders of the land.31:24 She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdlesunto the merchant.31:25 Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice intime to come.31:26 She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the lawof kindness.31:27 She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth notthe bread of idleness.31:28 Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also,and he praiseth her.31:29 Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest themall.31:30 Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman thatfeareth the LORD, she shall be praised.31:31 Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praiseher in the gates.EcclesiastesorThe Preacher1:1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.1:2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all isvanity.1:3 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under thesun?  1:4 One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh:but the earth abideth for ever.1:5 The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to hisplace where he arose.1:6 The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north;it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again accordingto his circuits.1:7 All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto theplace from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.1:8 All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is notsatisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.1:9 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and thatwhich is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thingunder the sun.1:10 Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? ithath been already of old time, which was before us.1:11 There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there beany remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall comeafter.1:12 I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.1:13 And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerningall things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath Godgiven to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.1:14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and,behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.1:15 That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which iswanting cannot be numbered.1:16 I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to greatestate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have beenbefore me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdomand knowledge.1:17 And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness andfolly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.1:18 For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increasethknowledge increaseth sorrow.2:1 I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth,therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.2:2 I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?  2:3 Isought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mineheart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what wasthat good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heavenall the days of their life.2:4 I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted mevineyards: 2:5 I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees inthem of all kind of fruits: 2:6 I made me pools of water, to watertherewith the wood that bringeth forth trees: 2:7 I got me servantsand maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had greatpossessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalembefore me: 2:8 I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiartreasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and womensingers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments,and that of all sorts.2:9 So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me inJerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.2:10 And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheldnot my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: andthis was my portion of all my labour.2:11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and onthe labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity andvexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.2:12 And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: forwhat can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hathbeen already done.2:13 Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excellethdarkness.2:14 The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh indarkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to themall.2:15 Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so ithappeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in myheart, that this also is vanity.2:16 For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool forever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all beforgotten.And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.2:17 Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought underthe sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.2:18 Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun:because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.2:19 And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yetshall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, andwherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.2:20 Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all thelabour which I took under the sun.2:21 For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge,and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall heleave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.2:22 For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of hisheart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?  2:23 For all his daysare sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest inthe night. This is also vanity.2:24 There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat anddrink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. Thisalso I saw, that it was from the hand of God.2:25 For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I?2:26 For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, andknowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather andto heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This alsois vanity and vexation of spirit.3:1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purposeunder the heaven: 3:2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time toplant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; 3:3 A time tokill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to buildup; 3:4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and atime to dance; 3:5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to gatherstones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain fromembracing; 3:6 A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, anda time to cast away; 3:7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time tokeep silence, and a time to speak; 3:8 A time to love, and a time tohate; a time of war, and a time of peace.3:9 What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?3:10 I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of mento be exercised in it.3:11 He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath setthe world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work thatGod maketh from the beginning to the end.3:12 I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice,and to do good in his life.3:13 And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the goodof all his labour, it is the gift of God.3:14 I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothingcan be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, thatmen should fear before him.3:15 That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath alreadybeen; and God requireth that which is past.3:16 And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, thatwickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquitywas there.3:17 I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and thewicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for everywork.3:18 I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men,that God might manifest them, and that they might see that theythemselves are beasts.3:19 For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; evenone thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea,they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above abeast: for all is vanity.3:20 All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dustagain.3:21 Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spiritof the beast that goeth downward to the earth?  3:22 Wherefore Iperceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoicein his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him tosee what shall be after him?  4:1 So I returned, and considered allthe oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears ofsuch as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side oftheir oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.4:2 Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than theliving which are yet alive.4:3 Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, whohath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.4:4 Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that forthis a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity andvexation of spirit.4:5 The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.4:6 Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full withtravail and vexation of spirit.4:7 Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.4:8 There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hathneither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour;neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whomdo I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, itis a sore travail.4:9 Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for theirlabour.4:10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to himthat is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.4:11 Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can onebe warm alone?  4:12 And if one prevail against him, two shallwithstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.4:13 Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king,who will no more be admonished.4:14 For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that isborn in his kingdom becometh poor.4:15 I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with thesecond child that shall stand up in his stead.4:16 There is no end of all the people, even of all that have beenbefore them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him.Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.5:1 Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be moreready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they considernot that they do evil.5:2 Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty toutter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth:therefore let thy words be few.5:3 For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool'svoice is known by multitude of words.5:4 When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hathno pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.5:5 Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldestvow and not pay.5:6 Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thoubefore the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angryat thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?  5:7 For in themultitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: butfear thou God.5:8 If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent pervertingof judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: forhe that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher thanthey.5:9 Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself isserved by the field.5:10 He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor hethat loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.5:11 When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and whatgood is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them withtheir eyes?  5:12 The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether heeat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer himto sleep.5:13 There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely,riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.5:14 But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son,and there is nothing in his hand.5:15 As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return togo as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he maycarry away in his hand.5:16 And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, soshall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?5:17 All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrowand wrath with his sickness.5:18 Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one toeat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that hetaketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him:for it is his portion.5:19 Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hathgiven him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and torejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God.5:20 For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because Godanswereth him in the joy of his heart.6:1 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is commonamong men: 6:2 A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, andhonour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that hedesireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a strangereateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.6:3 If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so thatthe days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good,and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth isbetter than he.6:4 For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and hisname shall be covered with darkness.6:5 Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hathmore rest than the other.6:6 Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seenno good: do not all go to one place?  6:7 All the labour of man is forhis mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.6:8 For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor,that knoweth to walk before the living?  6:9 Better is the sight ofthe eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity andvexation of spirit.6:10 That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it isman: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.6:11 Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man thebetter?  6:12 For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, allthe days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who cantell a man what shall be after him under the sun?  7:1 A good name isbetter than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day ofone's birth.7:2 It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to thehouse of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living willlay it to his heart.7:3 Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of thecountenance the heart is made better.7:4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heartof fools is in the house of mirth.7:5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man tohear the song of fools.7:6 For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter ofthe fool: this also is vanity.7:7 Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth theheart.7:8 Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and thepatient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.7:9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in thebosom of fools.7:10 Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were betterthan these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.7:11 Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit tothem that see the sun.7:12 For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but theexcellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that haveit.7:13 Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, whichhe hath made crooked?  7:14 In the day of prosperity be joyful, but inthe day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over againstthe other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.7:15 All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a justman that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked manthat prolongeth his life in his wickedness.7:16 Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: whyshouldest thou destroy thyself ?  7:17 Be not over much wicked,neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?  7:18It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from thiswithdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth ofthem all.7:19 Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which arein the city.7:20 For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, andsinneth not.7:21 Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hearthy servant curse thee: 7:22 For oftentimes also thine own heartknoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.7:23 All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but itwas far from me.7:24 That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?7:25 I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek outwisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly,even of foolishness and madness: 7:26 And I find more bitter thandeath the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands asbands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shallbe taken by her.7:27 Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one byone, to find out the account: 7:28 Which yet my soul seeketh, but Ifind not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among allthose have I not found.7:29 Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; butthey have sought out many inventions.8:1 Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of athing?  a man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness ofhis face shall be changed.8:2 I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regardof the oath of God.8:3 Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing;for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.8:4 Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say untohim, What doest thou?  8:5 Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel noevil thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment.8:6 Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore themisery of man is great upon him.8:7 For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him whenit shall be?  8:8 There is no man that hath power over the spirit toretain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: andthere is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliverthose that are given to it.8:9 All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that isdone under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth overanother to his own hurt.8:10 And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from theplace of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they hadso done: this is also vanity.8:11 Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily,therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to doevil.8:12 Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days beprolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fearGod, which fear before him: 8:13 But it shall not be well with thewicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow;because he feareth not before God.8:14 There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there bejust men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked;again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the workof the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.8:15 Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing underthe sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shallabide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God givethhim under the sun.8:16 When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the businessthat is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nornight seeth sleep with his eyes:) 8:17 Then I beheld all the work ofGod, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun:because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it;yea farther; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not beable to find it.9:1 For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this,that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand ofGod: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.9:2 All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous,and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean;to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is thegood, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth anoath.9:3 This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, thatthere is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men isfull of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and afterthat they go to the dead.9:4 For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for aliving dog is better than a dead lion.9:5 For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them isforgotten.9:6 Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is nowperished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thingthat is done under the sun.9:7 Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with amerry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.9:8 Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack noointment.9:9 Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of thelife of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all thedays of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thylabour which thou takest under the sun.9:10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; forthere is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave,whither thou goest.9:11 I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to theswift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise,nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men ofskill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.9:12 For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are takenin an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so arethe sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly uponthem.9:13 This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed greatunto me: 9:14 There was a little city, and few men within it; andthere came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built greatbulwarks against it: 9:15 Now there was found in it a poor wise man,and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered thatsame poor man.9:16 Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless thepoor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.9:17 The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of himthat ruleth among fools.9:18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyethmuch good.10:1 Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth astinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation forwisdom and honour.10:2 A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart athis left.10:3 Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdomfaileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.10:4 If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thyplace; for yielding pacifieth great offences.10:5 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an errorwhich proceedeth from the ruler: 10:6 Folly is set in great dignity,and the rich sit in low place.10:7 I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servantsupon the earth.10:8 He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh anhedge, a serpent shall bite him.10:9 Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he thatcleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.10:10 If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must heput to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.10:11 Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbleris no better.10:12 The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of afool will swallow up himself.10:13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and theend of his talk is mischievous madness.10:14 A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be;and what shall be after him, who can tell him?  10:15 The labour ofthe foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how togo to the city.10:16 Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princeseat in the morning!  10:17 Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king isthe son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength,and not for drunkenness!  10:18 By much slothfulness the buildingdecayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeththrough.10:19 A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but moneyanswereth all things.10:20 Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not therich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice,and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.11:1 Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after manydays.11:2 Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest notwhat evil shall be upon the earth.11:3 If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon theearth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, inthe place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.11:4 He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeththe clouds shall not reap.11:5 As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how thebones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thouknowest not the works of God who maketh all.11:6 In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold notthine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this orthat, or whether they both shall be alike good.11:7 Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyesto behold the sun: 11:8 But if a man live many years, and rejoice inthem all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall bemany. All that cometh is vanity.11:9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer theein the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and inthe sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things Godwill bring thee into judgment.11:10 Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil fromthy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.12:1 Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evildays come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have nopleasure in them; 12:2 While the sun, or the light, or the moon, orthe stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain: 12:3In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strongmen shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few,and those that look out of the windows be darkened, 12:4 And the doorsshall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low,and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughtersof musick shall be brought low; 12:5 Also when they shall be afraid ofthat which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond treeshall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desireshall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners goabout the streets: 12:6 Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or thegolden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, orthe wheel broken at the cistern.12:7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spiritshall return unto God who gave it.12:8 Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.12:9 And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught thepeople knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set inorder many proverbs.12:10 The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that whichwas written was upright, even words of truth.12:11 The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by themasters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.12:12 And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making manybooks there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.12:13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, andkeep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.12:14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secretthing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.The Song of Solomon1:1 The song of songs, which is Solomon's.1:2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love isbetter than wine.1:3 Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is asointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.1:4 Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into hischambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thylove more than wine: the upright love thee.1:5 I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tentsof Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.1:6 Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath lookedupon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me thekeeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.1:7 Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, wherethou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one thatturneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?  1:8 If thou know not,O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of theflock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents.1:9 I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses inPharaoh's chariots.1:10 Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chainsof gold.1:11 We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver.1:12 While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forththe smell thereof.1:13 A bundle of myrrh is my well-beloved unto me; he shall lie allnight betwixt my breasts.1:14 My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyardsof Engedi.1:15 Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hastdoves' eyes.1:16 Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed isgreen.1:17 The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.2:1 I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.2:2 As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.2:3 As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my belovedamong the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, andhis fruit was sweet to my taste.2:4 He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me waslove.2:5 Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick oflove.2:6 His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embraceme.2:7 I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by thehinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till heplease.2:8 The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon themountains, skipping upon the hills.2:9 My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standethbehind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himselfthrough the lattice.2:10 My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fairone, and come away.2:11 For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; 2:12 Theflowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come,and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; 2:13 The fig treeputteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape givea good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.2:14 O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secretplaces of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thyvoice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.2:15 Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: forour vines have tender grapes.2:16 My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.2:17 Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved,and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.3:1 By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him,but I found him not.3:2 I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in thebroad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but Ifound him not.3:3 The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Sawye him whom my soul loveth?  3:4 It was but a little that I passedfrom them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and wouldnot let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, andinto the chamber of her that conceived me.3:5 I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by thehinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till heplease.3:6 Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars ofsmoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of themerchant?  3:7 Behold his bed, which is Solomon's; threescore valiantmen are about it, of the valiant of Israel.3:8 They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath hissword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.3:9 King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon.3:10 He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof ofgold, the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved withlove, for the daughters of Jerusalem.3:11 Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon withthe crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of hisespousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.4:1 Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hastdoves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, thatappear from mount Gilead.4:2 Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, whichcame up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none isbarren among them.4:3 Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely:thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.4:4 Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armoury,whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men.4:5 Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feedamong the lilies.4:6 Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me tothe mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.4:7 Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.4:8 Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon: lookfrom the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from thelions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards.4:9 Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hastravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.4:10 How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better isthy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!4:11 Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk areunder thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell ofLebanon.4:12 A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, afountain sealed.4:13 Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits;camphire, with spikenard, 4:14 Spikenard and saffron; calamus andcinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with allthe chief spices: 4:15 A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters,and streams from Lebanon.4:16 Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden,that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into hisgarden, and eat his pleasant fruits.5:1 I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered mymyrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I havedrunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drinkabundantly, O beloved.5:2 I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved thatknocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, myundefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the dropsof the night.5:3 I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed myfeet; how shall I defile them?  5:4 My beloved put in his hand by thehole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him.5:5 I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh,and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of thelock.5:6 I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, andwas gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could notfind him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.5:7 The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me,they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.5:8 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved,that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.5:9 What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairestamong women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thoudost so charge us?  5:10 My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefestamong ten thousand.5:11 His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and blackas a raven.5:12 His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washedwith milk, and fitly set.5:13 His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lipslike lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.5:14 His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is asbright ivory overlaid with sapphires.5:15 His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold:his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.5:16 His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is mybeloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.6:1 Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? whitheris thy beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with thee.6:2 My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, tofeed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.6:3 I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among thelilies.6:4 Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem,terrible as an army with banners.6:5 Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy hairis as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.6:6 Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing,whereof every one beareth twins, and there is not one barren amongthem.6:7 As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks.6:8 There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virginswithout number.6:9 My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of hermother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters sawher, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and theypraised her.6:10 Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon,clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?  6:11 I wentdown into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, and tosee whether the vine flourished and the pomegranates budded.6:12 Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots ofAmminadib.6:13 Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may lookupon thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the companyof two armies.7:1 How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince's daughter! thejoints of thy thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of acunning workman.7:2 Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thybelly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies.7:3 Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins.7:4 Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools inHeshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: thy nose is as the tower ofLebanon which looketh toward Damascus.7:5 Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine headlike purple; the king is held in the galleries.7:6 How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!  7:7This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clustersof grapes.7:8 I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of theboughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine,and the smell of thy nose like apples; 7:9 And the roof of thy mouthlike the best wine for my beloved, that goeth down sweetly, causingthe lips of those that are asleep to speak.7:10 I am my beloved's, and his desire is toward me.7:11 Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge inthe villages.7:12 Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vineflourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates budforth: there will I give thee my loves.7:13 The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner ofpleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O mybeloved.8:1 O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of mymother!  when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, Ishould not be despised.8:2 I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother's house, whowould instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of thejuice of my pomegranate.8:3 His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand shouldembrace me.8:4 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, norawake my love, until he please.8:5 Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon herbeloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy motherbrought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee.8:6 Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: forlove is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coalsthereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.8:7 Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it:if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it wouldutterly be contemned.8:8 We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we dofor our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?  8:9 If she bea wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be adoor, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.8:10 I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyesas one that found favour.8:11 Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon; he let out the vineyard untokeepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousandpieces of silver.8:12 My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon, musthave a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.8:13 Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thyvoice: cause me to hear it.8:14 Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a younghart upon the mountains of spices.The Book of the Prophet Isaiah1:1 The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerningJudah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah,kings of Judah.1:2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken,I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelledagainst me.1:3 The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: butIsrael doth not know, my people doth not consider.1:4 Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed ofevildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD,they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are goneaway backward.1:5 Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more:the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.1:6 From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundnessin it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have notbeen closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.1:7 Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: yourland, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, asoverthrown by strangers.1:8 And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as alodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.1:9 Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, weshould have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.1:10 Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto thelaw of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.1:11 To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me?saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fatof fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or oflambs, or of he goats.1:12 When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at yourhand, to tread my courts?  1:13 Bring no more vain oblations; incenseis an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling ofassemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemnmeeting.1:14 Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they area trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.1:15 And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes fromyou: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands arefull of blood.1:16 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings frombefore mine eyes; cease to do evil; 1:17 Learn to do well; seekjudgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for thewidow.1:18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though yoursins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be redlike crimson, they shall be as wool.1:19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:1:20 But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword:for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.1:21 How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full ofjudgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.1:22 Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water: 1:23 Thyprinces are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one lovethgifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless,neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.1:24 Therefore saith the LORD, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One ofIsrael, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mineenemies: 1:25 And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge awaythy dross, and take away all thy tin: 1:26 And I will restore thyjudges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning:afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, thefaithful city.1:27 Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts withrighteousness.1:28 And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shallbe together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed.1:29 For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, andye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.1:30 For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden thathath no water.1:31 And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark,and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.2:1 The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah andJerusalem.2:2 And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain ofthe LORD's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, andshall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.2:3 And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to themountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he willteach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zionshall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.2:4 And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke manypeople: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and theirspears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword againstnation, neither shall they learn war any more.2:5 O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of theLORD.2:6 Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob,because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers likethe Philistines, and they please themselves in the children ofstrangers.2:7 Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there anyend of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither isthere any end of their chariots: 2:8 Their land also is full of idols;they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingershave made: 2:9 And the mean man boweth down, and the great manhumbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.2:10 Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of theLORD, and for the glory of his majesty.2:11 The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness ofmen shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in thatday.2:12 For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that isproud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall bebrought low: 2:13 And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are highand lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan, 2:14 And upon all thehigh mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up, 2:15 Andupon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall, 2:16 And upon allthe ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.2:17 And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtinessof men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in thatday.2:18 And the idols he shall utterly abolish.2:19 And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the cavesof the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty,when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.2:20 In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idolsof gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the molesand to the bats; 2:21 To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into thetops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory ofhis majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.2:22 Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for whereinis he to be accounted of ?  3:1 For, behold, the Lord, the LORD ofhosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and thestaff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water.3:2 The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet,and the prudent, and the ancient, 3:3 The captain of fifty, and thehonourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and theeloquent orator.3:4 And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall ruleover them.3:5 And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and everyone by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly againstthe ancient, and the base against the honourable.3:6 When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of hisfather, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let thisruin be under thy hand: 3:7 In that day shall he swear, saying, I willnot be an healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: makeme not a ruler of the people.3:8 For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongueand their doings are against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of hisglory.3:9 The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and theydeclare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! forthey have rewarded evil unto themselves.3:10 Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for theyshall eat the fruit of their doings.3:11 Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward ofhis hands shall be given him.3:12 As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women ruleover them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, anddestroy the way of thy paths.3:13 The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people.3:14 The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of hispeople, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard;the spoil of the poor is in your houses.3:15 What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind thefaces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.3:16 Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion arehaughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walkingand mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet: 3:17Therefore the LORD will smite with a scab the crown of the head of thedaughters of Zion, and the LORD will discover their secret parts.3:18 In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinklingornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tireslike the moon, 3:19 The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers,3:20 The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands,and the tablets, and the earrings, 3:21 The rings, and nose jewels,3:22 The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and thewimples, and the crisping pins, 3:23 The glasses, and the fine linen,and the hoods, and the vails.3:24 And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell thereshall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of wellset hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth;and burning instead of beauty.3:25 Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.3:26 And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolateshall sit upon the ground.4:1 And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, Wewill eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us becalled by thy name, to take away our reproach.4:2 In that day shall the branch of the LORD be beautiful andglorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely forthem that are escaped of Israel.4:3 And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion, and hethat remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even every one thatis written among the living in Jerusalem: 4:4 When the Lord shall havewashed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purgedthe blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit ofjudgment, and by the spirit of burning.4:5 And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion,and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining ofa flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence.4:6 And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the day time fromthe heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm andfrom rain.5:1 Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touchinghis vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:5:2 And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and plantedit with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, andalso made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bringforth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.5:3 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, Ipray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.5:4 What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have notdone in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forthgrapes, brought it forth wild grapes?  5:5 And now go to; I will tellyou what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof,and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and itshall be trodden down: 5:6 And I will lay it waste: it shall not bepruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I willalso command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.5:7 For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, andthe men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, butbehold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.5:8 Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field,till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst ofthe earth!  5:9 In mine ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth manyhouses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.5:10 Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed ofan homer shall yield an ephah.5:11 Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they mayfollow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflamethem!  5:12 And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, andwine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD,neither consider the operation of his hands.5:13 Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have noknowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitudedried up with thirst.5:14 Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouthwithout measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp,and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.5:15 And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shallbe humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled: 5:16 But theLORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shallbe sanctified in righteousness.5:17 Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the wasteplaces of the fat ones shall strangers eat.5:18 Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin asit were with a cart rope: 5:19 That say, Let him make speed, andhasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the HolyOne of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!  5:20 Woe untothem that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light,and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet forbitter!  5:21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, andprudent in their own sight!  5:22 Woe unto them that are mighty todrink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink: 5:23 Whichjustify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of therighteous from him!  5:24 Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble,and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be asrottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they havecast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of theHoly One of Israel.5:25 Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people,and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smittenthem: and the hills did tremble, and their carcases were torn in themidst of the streets.For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretchedout still.5:26 And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and willhiss unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall comewith speed swiftly: 5:27 None shall be weary nor stumble among them;none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loinsbe loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken: 5:28 Whose arrowsare sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs shall becounted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind: 5:29 Theirroaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea,they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it awaysafe, and none shall deliver it.5:30 And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring ofthe sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow,and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.6:1 In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the LORD sitting upona throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.6:2 Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twainhe covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and withtwain he did fly.6:3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is theLORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.6:4 And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried,and the house was filled with smoke.6:5 Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man ofunclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips:for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.6:6 Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in hishand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar: 6:7 And helaid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; andthine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.6:8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, andwho will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.6:9 And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, butunderstand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.6:10 Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, andshut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with theirears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.6:11 Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities bewasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land beutterly desolate, 6:12 And the LORD have removed men far away, andthere be a great forsaking in the midst of the land.6:13 But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall beeaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, whenthey cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substancethereof.7:1 And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the sonof Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah theson of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to waragainst it, but could not prevail against it.7:2 And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederatewith Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, asthe trees of the wood are moved with the wind.7:3 Then said the LORD unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou,and Shearjashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper poolin the highway of the fuller's field; 7:4 And say unto him, Take heed,and be quiet; fear not, neither be fainthearted for the two tails ofthese smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria,and of the son of Remaliah.7:5 Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evilcounsel against thee, saying, 7:6 Let us go up against Judah, and vexit, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set a king in themidst of it, even the son of Tabeal: 7:7 Thus saith the Lord GOD, Itshall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.7:8 For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus isRezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken,that it be not a people.7:9 And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria isRemaliah's son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not beestablished.7:10 Moreover the LORD spake again unto Ahaz, saying, 7:11 Ask thee asign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the heightabove.7:12 But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD.7:13 And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thingfor you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?  7:14 Thereforethe Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shallconceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.7:15 Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse theevil, and choose the good.7:16 For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choosethe good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both herkings.7:17 The LORD shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thyfather's house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraimdeparted from Judah; even the king of Assyria.7:18 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall hissfor the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, andfor the bee that is in the land of Assyria.7:19 And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolatevalleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and uponall bushes.7:20 In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired,namely, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head,and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard.7:21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish ayoung cow, and two sheep; 7:22 And it shall come to pass, for theabundance of milk that they shall give he shall eat butter: for butterand honey shall every one eat that is left in the land.7:23 And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be,where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shalleven be for briers and thorns.7:24 With arrows and with bows shall men come thither; because all theland shall become briers and thorns.7:25 And on all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, thereshall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall befor the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle.8:1 Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and writein it with a man's pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz.8:2 And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest,and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.8:3 And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son.Then said the LORD to me, Call his name Mahershalalhashbaz.8:4 For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, andmy mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall betaken away before the king of Assyria.8:5 The LORD spake also unto me again, saying, 8:6 Forasmuch as thispeople refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice inRezin and Remaliah's son; 8:7 Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringethup upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the kingof Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all hischannels, and go over all his banks: 8:8 And he shall pass throughJudah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck;and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thyland, O Immanuel.8:9 Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken inpieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and yeshall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken inpieces.8:10 Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak theword, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.8:11 For the LORD spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructedme that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying, 8:12 Sayye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, Aconfederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.8:13 Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, andlet him be your dread.8:14 And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling andfor a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and fora snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.8:15 And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, andbe snared, and be taken.8:16 Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.8:17 And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from thehouse of Jacob, and I will look for him.8:18 Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me are forsigns and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwellethin mount Zion.8:19 And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that havefamiliar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: shouldnot a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?  8:20 Tothe law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to thisword, it is because there is no light in them.8:21 And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and itshall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fretthemselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.8:22 And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble anddarkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.9:1 Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation,when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and theland of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by theway of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations.9:2 The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: theythat dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath thelight shined.9:3 Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: theyjoy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoicewhen they divide the spoil.9:4 For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of hisshoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.9:5 For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, andgarments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel offire.9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and thegovernment shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be calledWonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, ThePrince of Peace.9:7 Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end,upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and toestablish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even forever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.9:8 The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel.9:9 And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant ofSamaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart, 9:10 The bricksare fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores arecut down, but we will change them into cedars.9:11 Therefore the LORD shall set up the adversaries of Rezin againsthim, and join his enemies together; 9:12 The Syrians before, and thePhilistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. Forall this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched outstill.9:13 For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither dothey seek the LORD of hosts.9:14 Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branchand rush, in one day.9:15 The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet thatteacheth lies, he is the tail.9:16 For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they thatare led of them are destroyed.9:17 Therefore the LORD shall have no joy in their young men, neithershall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is anhypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For allthis his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched outstill.9:18 For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briersand thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and theyshall mount up like the lifting up of smoke.9:19 Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts is the land darkened, andthe people shall be as the fuel of the fire: no man shall spare hisbrother.9:20 And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and heshall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: theyshall eat every man the flesh of his own arm: 9:21 Manasseh, Ephraim;and Ephraim, Manasseh: and they together shall be against Judah. Forall this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched outstill.10:1 Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that writegrievousness which they have prescribed; 10:2 To turn aside the needyfrom judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people,that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!10:3 And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in thedesolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help?and where will ye leave your glory?  10:4 Without me they shall bowdown under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For allthis his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched outstill.10:5 O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand ismine indignation.10:6 I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against thepeople of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and totake the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.10:7 Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; butit is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.10:8 For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings?  10:9 Is notCalno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria asDamascus?  10:10 As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, andwhose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria; 10:11Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do toJerusalem and her idols?  10:12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, thatwhen the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and onJerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king ofAssyria, and the glory of his high looks.10:13 For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and bymy wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of thepeople, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down theinhabitants like a valiant man: 10:14 And my hand hath found as a nestthe riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left,have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing,or opened the mouth, or peeped.10:15 Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? orshall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if therod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if thestaff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.10:16 Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fatones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like theburning of a fire.10:17 And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy Onefor a flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers inone day; 10:18 And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of hisfruitful field, both soul and body: and they shall be as when astandard-bearer fainteth.10:19 And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that achild may write them.10:20 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant ofIsrael, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no moreagain stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the LORD, theHoly One of Israel, in truth.10:21 The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto themighty God.10:22 For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet aremnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflowwith righteousness.10:23 For the Lord GOD of hosts shall make a consumption, evendetermined, in the midst of all the land.10:24 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, O my people thatdwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall smite theewith a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the mannerof Egypt.10:25 For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease,and mine anger in their destruction.10:26 And the LORD of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him accordingto the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and as his rod wasupon the sea, so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt.10:27 And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall betaken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, andthe yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.10:28 He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hathlaid up his carriages: 10:29 They are gone over the passage: they havetaken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul isfled.10:30 Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heardunto Laish, O poor Anathoth.10:31 Madmenah is removed; the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselvesto flee.10:32 As yet shall he remain at Nob that day: he shall shake his handagainst the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.10:33 Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the bough withterror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and thehaughty shall be humbled.10:34 And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, andLebanon shall fall by a mighty one.11:1 And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and aBranch shall grow out of his roots: 11:2 And the spirit of the LORDshall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, thespirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fearof the LORD; 11:3 And shall make him of quick understanding in thefear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes,neither reprove after the hearing of his ears: 11:4 But withrighteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for themeek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth: with the rod of hismouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.11:5 And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, andfaithfulness the girdle of his reins.11:6 The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shalllie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatlingtogether; and a little child shall lead them.11:7 And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall liedown together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.11:8 And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and theweaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den.11:9 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for theearth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters coverthe sea.11:10 And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shallstand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: andhis rest shall be glorious.11:11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall sethis hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people,which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros,and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, andfrom the islands of the sea.11:12 And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shallassemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed ofJudah from the four corners of the earth.11:13 The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries ofJudah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shallnot vex Ephraim.11:14 But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines towardthe west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall laytheir hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obeythem.11:15 And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptiansea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river,and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dryshod.11:16 And there shall be an highway for the remnant of his people,which shall be left, from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the daythat he came up out of the land of Egypt.12:1 And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee:though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thoucomfortedst me.12:2 Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: forthe LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become mysalvation.12:3 Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells ofsalvation.12:4 And in that day shall ye say, Praise the LORD, call upon hisname, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his nameis exalted.12:5 Sing unto the LORD; for he hath done excellent things: this isknown in all the earth.12:6 Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the HolyOne of Israel in the midst of thee.13:1 The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.13:2 Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice untothem, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles.13:3 I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mightyones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my highness.13:4 The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a greatpeople; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gatheredtogether: the LORD of hosts mustereth the host of the battle.13:5 They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even theLORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.13:6 Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as adestruction from the Almighty.13:7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shallmelt: 13:8 And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take holdof them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shallbe amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.13:9 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath andfierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy thesinners thereof out of it.13:10 For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall notgive their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, andthe moon shall not cause her light to shine.13:11 And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked fortheir iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease,and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.13:12 I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man thanthe golden wedge of Ophir.13:13 Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall removeout of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day ofhis fierce anger.13:14 And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no mantaketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee everyone into his own land.13:15 Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every onethat is joined unto them shall fall by the sword.13:16 Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes;their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.13:17 Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall notregard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.13:18 Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and theyshall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eyes shall notspare children.13:19 And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees'excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.13:20 It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in fromgeneration to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there;neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.13:21 But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their housesshall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, andsatyrs shall dance there.13:22 And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolatehouses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near tocome, and her days shall not be prolonged.14:1 For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet chooseIsrael, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall bejoined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.14:2 And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place:and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD forservants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whosecaptives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.14:3 And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall givethee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hardbondage wherein thou wast made to serve, 14:4 That thou shalt take upthis proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath theoppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!  14:5 The LORD hath brokenthe staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers.14:6 He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he thatruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth.14:7 The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth intosinging.14:8 Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon,saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.14:9 Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming:it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of theearth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of thenations.14:10 All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also becomeweak as we? art thou become like unto us?  14:11 Thy pomp is broughtdown to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spreadunder thee, and the worms cover thee.14:12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning!how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!14:13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, Iwill exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon themount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: 14:14 I willascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.14:15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.14:16 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and considerthee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that didshake kingdoms; 14:17 That made the world as a wilderness, anddestroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of hisprisoners?  14:18 All the kings of the nations, even all of them, liein glory, every one in his own house.14:19 But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch,and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with asword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase troddenunder feet.14:20 Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hastdestroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shallnever be renowned.14:21 Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of theirfathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill theface of the world with cities.14:22 For I will rise up against them, saith the LORD of hosts, andcut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saiththe LORD.14:23 I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools ofwater: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith theLORD of hosts.14:24 The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought,so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:14:25 That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountainstread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, andhis burden depart from off their shoulders.14:26 This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: andthis is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.14:27 For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it?and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?  14:28 Inthe year that king Ahaz died was this burden.14:29 Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him thatsmote thee is broken: for out of the serpent's root shall come forth acockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.14:30 And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shalllie down in safety: and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shallslay thy remnant.14:31 Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, art dissolved:for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alonein his appointed times.14:32 What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? Thatthe LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust init.15:1 The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laidwaste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab islaid waste, and brought to silence; 15:2 He is gone up to Bajith, andto Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, andover Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cutoff.15:3 In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: onthe tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl,weeping abundantly.15:4 And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heardeven unto Jahaz: therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out;his life shall be grievous unto him.15:5 My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee untoZoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhithwith weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim theyshall raise up a cry of destruction.15:6 For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay iswithered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.15:7 Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which theyhave laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows.15:8 For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howlingthereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beerelim.15:9 For the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood: for I will bringmore upon Dimon, lions upon him that escapeth of Moab, and upon theremnant of the land.16:1 Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to thewilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.16:2 For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest,so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.16:3 Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night inthe midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him thatwandereth.16:4 Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to themfrom the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, thespoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.16:5 And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall situpon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seekingjudgment, and hasting righteousness.16:6 We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of hishaughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not beso.16:7 Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for thefoundations of Kirhareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken.16:8 For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: thelords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof,they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness:her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea.16:9 Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine ofSibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: forthe shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen.16:10 And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field;and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there beshouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses; Ihave made their vintage shouting to cease.16:11 Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mineinward parts for Kirharesh.16:12 And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is weary onthe high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but heshall not prevail.16:13 This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning Moab sincethat time.16:14 But now the LORD hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as theyears of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, withall that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small andfeeble.17:1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from beinga city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.17:2 The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, whichshall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.17:3 The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom fromDamascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of thechildren of Israel, saith the LORD of hosts.17:4 And in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacobshall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean.17:5 And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the corn, andreapeth the ears with his arm; and it shall be as he that gatherethears in the valley of Rephaim.17:6 Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of anolive tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough,four or five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof, saith the LORDGod of Israel.17:7 At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shallhave respect to the Holy One of Israel.17:8 And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands,neither shall respect that which his fingers have made, either thegroves, or the images.17:9 In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough, andan uppermost branch, which they left because of the children ofIsrael: and there shall be desolation.17:10 Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hastnot been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thouplant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips: 17:11 Inthe day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shaltthou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in theday of grief and of desperate sorrow.17:12 Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like thenoise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushinglike the rushing of mighty waters!  17:13 The nations shall rush likethe rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shallflee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains beforethe wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.17:14 And behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he isnot.This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them thatrob us.18:1 Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the riversof Ethiopia: 18:2 That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vesselsof bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to anation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginninghitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivershave spoiled!  18:3 All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers onthe earth, see ye, when he lifteth up an ensign on the mountains; andwhen he bloweth a trumpet, hear ye.18:4 For so the LORD said unto me, I will take my rest, and I willconsider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, and like acloud of dew in the heat of harvest.18:5 For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sourgrape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs withpruning hooks, and take away and cut down the branches.18:6 They shall be left together unto the fowls of the mountains, andto the beasts of the earth: and the fowls shall summer upon them, andall the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them.18:7 In that time shall the present be brought unto the LORD of hostsof a people scattered and peeled, and from a people terrible fromtheir beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden under foot,whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the place of the name of theLORD of hosts, the mount Zion.19:1 The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud,and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved athis presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.19:2 And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and theyshall fight every one against his brother, and every one against hisneighbour; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.19:3 And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and Iwill destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols,and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and tothe wizards.19:4 And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord;and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the LORD ofhosts.19:5 And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall bewasted and dried up.19:6 And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks ofdefence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shallwither.19:7 The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, andevery thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and beno more.19:8 The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle intothe brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the watersshall languish.19:9 Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weavenetworks, shall be confounded.19:10 And they shall be broken in the purposes thereof, all that makesluices and ponds for fish.19:11 Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wisecounsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, Iam the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?  19:12 Where arethey? where are thy wise men? and let them tell thee now, and let themknow what the LORD of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt.19:13 The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph aredeceived; they have also seduced Egypt, even they that are the stay ofthe tribes thereof.19:14 The LORD hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof:and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunkenman staggereth in his vomit.19:15 Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head ortail, branch or rush, may do.19:16 In that day shall Egypt be like unto women: and it shall beafraid and fear because of the shaking of the hand of the LORD ofhosts, which he shaketh over it.19:17 And the land of Judah shall be a terror unto Egypt, every onethat maketh mention thereof shall be afraid in himself, because of thecounsel of the LORD of hosts, which he hath determined against it.19:18 In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak thelanguage of Canaan, and swear to the LORD of hosts; one shall becalled, The city of destruction.19:19 In that day shall there be an altar to the LORD in the midst ofthe land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the LORD.19:20 And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the LORD ofhosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the LORD becauseof the oppressors, and he shall send them a saviour, and a great one,and he shall deliver them.19:21 And the LORD shall be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians shallknow the LORD in that day, and shall do sacrifice and oblation; yea,they shall vow a vow unto the LORD, and perform it.19:22 And the LORD shall smite Egypt: he shall smite and heal it: andthey shall return even to the LORD, and he shall be intreated of them,and shall heal them.19:23 In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria,and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria,and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians.19:24 In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and withAssyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land: 19:25 Whom the LORDof hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyriathe work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.20:1 In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the kingof Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it; 20:2 Atthe same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go andloose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thyfoot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.20:3 And the LORD said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked nakedand barefoot three years for a sign and wonder upon Egypt and uponEthiopia; 20:4 So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptiansprisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked andbarefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.20:5 And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia theirexpectation, and of Egypt their glory.20:6 And the inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day, Behold,such is our expectation, whither we flee for help to be delivered fromthe king of Assyria: and how shall we escape?  21:1 The burden of thedesert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so itcometh from the desert, from a terrible land.21:2 A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealerdealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam:besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.21:3 Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken holdupon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down atthe hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.21:4 My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of mypleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.21:5 Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, yeprinces, and anoint the shield.21:6 For thus hath the LORD said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let himdeclare what he seeth.21:7 And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot ofasses, and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with muchheed: 21:8 And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon thewatchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights: 21:9And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen.And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all thegraven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.21:10 O my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that which I haveheard of the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared untoyou.21:11 The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman,what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?  21:12 The watchmansaid, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire,enquire ye: return, come.21:13 The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge,O ye travelling companies of Dedanim.21:14 The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him thatwas thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled.21:15 For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and fromthe bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.21:16 For thus hath the LORD said unto me, Within a year, according tothe years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail: 21:17And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of thechildren of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israelhath spoken it.22:1 The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, thatthou art wholly gone up to the housetops?  22:2 Thou that art full ofstirs, a tumultuous city, joyous city: thy slain men are not slainwith the sword, nor dead in battle.22:3 All thy rulers are fled together, they are bound by the archers:all that are found in thee are bound together, which have fled fromfar.22:4 Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labournot to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of mypeople.22:5 For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and ofperplexity by the Lord GOD of hosts in the valley of vision, breakingdown the walls, and of crying to the mountains.22:6 And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, andKir uncovered the shield.22:7 And it shall come to pass, that thy choicest valleys shall befull of chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array atthe gate.22:8 And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look inthat day to the armour of the house of the forest.22:9 Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that theyare many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool.22:10 And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houseshave ye broken down to fortify the wall.22:11 Ye made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of theold pool: but ye have not looked unto the maker thereof, neither hadrespect unto him that fashioned it long ago.22:12 And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, andto mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth: 22:13 Andbehold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eatingflesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shalldie.22:14 And it was revealed in mine ears by the LORD of hosts, Surelythis iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the LordGOD of hosts.22:15 Thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, Go, get thee unto thistreasurer, even unto Shebna, which is over the house, and say, 22:16What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewedthee out a sepulchre here, as he that heweth him out a sepulchre onhigh, and that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock?  22:17Behold, the LORD will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, andwill surely cover thee.22:18 He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into alarge country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thyglory shall be the shame of thy lord's house.22:19 And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shallhe pull thee down.22:20 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call myservant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah: 22:21 And I will clothe him withthy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thygovernment into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitantsof Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.22:22 And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder;so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and noneshall open.22:23 And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall befor a glorious throne to his father's house.22:24 And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father'shouse, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity,from the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons.22:25 In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall the nail that isfastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; andthe burden that was upon it shall be cut off: for the LORD hath spokenit.23:1 The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laidwaste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land ofChittim it is revealed to them.23:2 Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants ofZidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.23:3 And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river,is her revenue; and she is a mart of nations.23:4 Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, even thestrength of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring forth children,neither do I nourish up young men, nor bring up virgins.23:5 As at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they be sorely painedat the report of Tyre.23:6 Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle.23:7 Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? herown feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.23:8 Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city,whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable ofthe earth?  23:9 The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain thepride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable ofthe earth.23:10 Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: thereis no more strength.23:11 He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms:the LORD hath given a commandment against the merchant city, todestroy the strong holds thereof.23:12 And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressedvirgin, daughter of Zidon: arise, pass over to Chittim; there alsoshalt thou have no rest.23:13 Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, till theAssyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set upthe towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and he broughtit to ruin.23:14 Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste.23:15 And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall beforgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after theend of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot.23:16 Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast beenforgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest beremembered.23:17 And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, thatthe LORD will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shallcommit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face ofthe earth.23:18 And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the LORD:it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall befor them that dwell before the LORD, to eat sufficiently, and fordurable clothing.24:1 Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, andturneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.24:2 And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as withthe servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with hermistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender,so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver ofusury to him.24:3 The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for theLORD hath spoken this word.24:4 The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth andfadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.24:5 The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; becausethey have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken theeverlasting covenant.24:6 Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwelltherein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth areburned, and few men left.24:7 The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearteddo sigh.24:8 The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoiceendeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.24:9 They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall bebitter to them that drink it.24:10 The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up,that no man may come in.24:11 There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened,the mirth of the land is gone.24:12 In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten withdestruction.24:13 When thus it shall be in the midst of the land among the people,there shall be as the shaking of an olive tree, and as the gleaninggrapes when the vintage is done.24:14 They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majestyof the LORD, they shall cry aloud from the sea.24:15 Wherefore glorify ye the LORD in the fires, even the name of theLORD God of Israel in the isles of the sea.24:16 From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, evenglory to the righteous. But I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe untome! the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; yea, thetreacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously.24:17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant ofthe earth.24:18 And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise ofthe fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of themidst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from onhigh are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.24:19 The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved,the earth is moved exceedingly.24:20 The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall beremoved like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavyupon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.24:21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shallpunish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings ofthe earth upon the earth.24:22 And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gatheredin the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many daysshall they be visited.24:23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when theLORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and beforehis ancients gloriously.25:1 O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thyname; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old arefaithfulness and truth.25:2 For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin:a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.25:3 Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of theterrible nations shall fear thee.25:4 For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to theneedy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from theheat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against thewall.25:5 Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in adry place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of theterrible ones shall be brought low.25:6 And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all peoplea feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat thingsfull of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.25:7 And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the coveringcast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations.25:8 He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipeaway tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall hetake away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it.25:9 And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we havewaited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waitedfor him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.25:10 For in this mountain shall the hand of the LORD rest, and Moabshall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down for thedunghill.25:11 And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them, as hethat swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim: and he shall bringdown their pride together with the spoils of their hands.25:12 And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bringdown, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust.26:1 In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We havea strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks.26:2 Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth thetruth may enter in.26:3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed onthee: because he trusteth in thee.26:4 Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH iseverlasting strength: 26:5 For he bringeth down them that dwell onhigh; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to theground; he bringeth it even to the dust.26:6 The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and thesteps of the needy.26:7 The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dostweigh the path of the just.26:8 Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited forthee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance ofthee.26:9 With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with myspirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are inthe earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.26:10 Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learnrighteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, andwill not behold the majesty of the LORD.26:11 LORD, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but theyshall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fireof thine enemies shall devour them.26:12 LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wroughtall our works in us.26:13 O LORD our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion overus: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name.26:14 They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, theyshall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, andmade all their memory to perish.26:15 Thou hast increased the nation, O LORD, thou hast increased thenation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto all theends of the earth.26:16 LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out aprayer when thy chastening was upon them.26:17 Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of herdelivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been inthy sight, O LORD.26:18 We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as itwere brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in theearth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.26:19 Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall theyarise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as thedew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.26:20 Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thydoors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, untilthe indignation be overpast.26:21 For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish theinhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shalldisclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.27:1 In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong swordshall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan thatcrooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.27:2 In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine.27:3 I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest anyhurt it, I will keep it night and day.27:4 Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against mein battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.27:5 Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace withme; and he shall make peace with me.27:6 He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shallblossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.27:7 Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him? or is heslain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him?  27:8In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: hestayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.27:9 By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and thisis all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stonesof the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves andimages shall not stand up.27:10 Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitationforsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, andthere shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.27:11 When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off:the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of nounderstanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy onthem, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.27:12 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall beatoff from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt, and yeshall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel.27:13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpetshall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in theland of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shallworship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem.28:1 Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whoseglorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fatvalleys of them that are overcome with wine!  28:2 Behold, the Lordhath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and adestroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall castdown to the earth with the hand.28:3 The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be troddenunder feet: 28:4 And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of thefat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit beforethe summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yetin his hand he eateth it up.28:5 In that day shall the LORD of hosts be for a crown of glory, andfor a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people, 28:6 And for aspirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strengthto them that turn the battle to the gate.28:7 But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drinkare out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred throughstrong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the waythrough strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.28:8 For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there isno place clean.28:9 Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make tounderstand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawnfrom the breasts.28:10 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; lineupon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little: 28:11For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to thispeople.28:12 To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause theweary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.28:13 But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept,precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little,and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and bebroken, and snared, and taken.28:14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rulethis people which is in Jerusalem.28:15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, andwith hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall passthrough, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge,and under falsehood have we hid ourselves: 28:16 Therefore thus saiththe Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a triedstone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believethshall not make haste.28:17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to theplummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and thewaters shall overflow the hiding place.28:18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and youragreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourgeshall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.28:19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morningby morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be avexation only to understand the report.28:20 For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself onit: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it.28:21 For the LORD shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall bewroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strangework; and bring to pass his act, his strange act.28:22 Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong:for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, evendetermined upon the whole earth.28:23 Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.28:24 Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break theclods of his ground?  28:25 When he hath made plain the face thereof,doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and castin the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in theirplace?  28:26 For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and dothteach him.28:27 For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument,neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitchesare beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod.28:28 Bread corn is bruised; because he will not ever be threshing it,nor break it with the wheel of his cart, nor bruise it with hishorsemen.28:29 This also cometh forth from the LORD of hosts, which iswonderful in counsel, and excellent in working.29:1 Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye yearto year; let them kill sacrifices.29:2 Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness andsorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel.29:3 And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siegeagainst thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee.29:4 And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of theground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voiceshall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground,and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust.29:5 Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust,and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passethaway: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly.29:6 Thou shalt be visited of the LORD of hosts with thunder, and withearthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame ofdevouring fire.29:7 And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel,even all that fight against her and her munition, and that distressher, shall be as a dream of a night vision.29:8 It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, heeateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirstyman dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold,he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of allthe nations be, that fight against mount Zion.29:9 Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they aredrunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.29:10 For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep,and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seershath he covered.29:11 And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a bookthat is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Readthis, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed: 29:12 Andthe book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, Ipray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.29:13 Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near mewith their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removedtheir heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by theprecept of men: 29:14 Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do amarvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and awonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and theunderstanding of their prudent men shall be hid.29:15 Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from theLORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? andwho knoweth us?  29:16 Surely your turning of things upside down shallbe esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him thatmade it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him thatframed it, He had no understanding?  29:17 Is it not yet a very littlewhile, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and thefruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest?  29:18 And in that dayshall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blindshall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.29:19 The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the pooramong men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.29:20 For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner isconsumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off: 29:21 That makea man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reprovethin the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.29:22 Therefore thus saith the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, concerningthe house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall hisface now wax pale.29:23 But when he seeth his children, the work of mine hands, in themidst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy Oneof Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel.29:24 They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, andthey that murmured shall learn doctrine.30:1 Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that takecounsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of myspirit, that they may add sin to sin: 30:2 That walk to go down intoEgypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in thestrength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!  30:3Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trustin the shadow of Egypt your confusion.30:4 For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.30:5 They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them, norbe an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.30:6 The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of troubleand anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper andfiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shouldersof young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to apeople that shall not profit them.30:7 For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose:therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sitstill.30:8 Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book,that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever: 30:9 That thisis a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hearthe law of the LORD: 30:10 Which say to the seers, See not; and to theprophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooththings, prophesy deceits: 30:11 Get you out of the way, turn aside outof the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.30:12 Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despisethis word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon:30:13 Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready tofall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly atan instant.30:14 And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters' vesselthat is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall notbe found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth,or to take water withal out of the pit.30:15 For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; Inreturning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidenceshall be your strength: and ye would not.30:16 But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shallye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they thatpursue you be swift.30:17 One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke offive shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of amountain, and as an ensign on an hill.30:18 And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious untoyou, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy uponyou: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that waitfor him.30:19 For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weepno more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry;when he shall hear it, he will answer thee.30:20 And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and thewater of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into acorner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers: 30:21 Andthine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way,walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to theleft.30:22 Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images ofsilver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt castthem away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get theehence.30:23 Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow theground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall befat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in largepastures.30:24 The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shalleat clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and withthe fan.30:25 And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every highhill, rivers and streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter,when the towers fall.30:26 Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun,and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of sevendays, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people,and healeth the stroke of their wound.30:27 Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with hisanger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full ofindignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire: 30:28 And his breath,as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, tosift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridlein the jaws of the people, causing them to err.30:29 Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity iskept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to comeinto the mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of Israel.30:30 And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, andshall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of hisanger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, andtempest, and hailstones.30:31 For through the voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian be beatendown, which smote with a rod.30:32 And in every place where the grounded staff shall pass, whichthe LORD shall lay upon him, it shall be with tabrets and harps: andin battles of shaking will he fight with it.30:33 For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared;he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and muchwood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindleit.31:1 Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses,and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, becausethey are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel,neither seek the LORD!  31:2 Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil,and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house ofthe evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.31:3 Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh,and not spirit. When the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he thathelpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and theyall shall fail together.31:4 For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and theyoung lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds iscalled forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, norabase himself for the noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts comedown to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.31:5 As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem;defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserveit.31:6 Turn ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeplyrevolted.31:7 For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver,and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for asin.31:8 Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man;and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall fleefrom the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited.31:9 And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and hisprinces shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the LORD, whose fire isin Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.32:1 Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shallrule in judgment.32:2 And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covertfrom the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow ofa great rock in a weary land.32:3 And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears ofthem that hear shall hearken.32:4 The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and thetongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.32:5 The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churlsaid to be bountiful.32:6 For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will workiniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD,to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink ofthe thirsty to fail.32:7 The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wickeddevices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needyspeaketh right.32:8 But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal thingsshall he stand.32:9 Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye carelessdaughters; give ear unto my speech.32:10 Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women: forthe vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come.32:11 Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye carelessones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon yourloins.32:12 They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, forthe fruitful vine.32:13 Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea,upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city: 32:14 Because thepalaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left;the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses,a pasture of flocks; 32:15 Until the spirit be poured upon us from onhigh, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful fieldbe counted for a forest.32:16 Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousnessremain in the fruitful field.32:17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect ofrighteousness quietness and assurance for ever.32:18 And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in suredwellings, and in quiet resting places; 32:19 When it shall hail,coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place.32:20 Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forththither the feet of the ox and the ass.33:1 Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealesttreacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thoushalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt makean end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.33:2 O LORD, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thoutheir arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.33:3 At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up ofthyself the nations were scattered.33:4 And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of thecaterpiller: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run uponthem.33:5 The LORD is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zionwith judgment and righteousness.33:6 And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, andstrength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is his treasure.33:7 Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without: the ambassadors ofpeace shall weep bitterly.33:8 The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath brokenthe covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.33:9 The earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and hewndown: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake offtheir fruits.33:10 Now will I rise, saith the LORD; now will I be exalted; now willI lift up myself.33:11 Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: yourbreath, as fire, shall devour you.33:12 And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cutup shall they be burned in the fire.33:13 Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and, ye that arenear, acknowledge my might.33:14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised thehypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? whoamong us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?  33:15 He that walkethrighteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain ofoppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, thatstoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes fromseeing evil; 33:16 He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shallbe the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shallbe sure.33:17 Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall beholdthe land that is very far off.33:18 Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where isthe receiver? where is he that counted the towers?  33:19 Thou shaltnot see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canstperceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.33:20 Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shallsee Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be takendown; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neithershall any of the cords thereof be broken.33:21 But there the glorious LORD will be unto us a place of broadrivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neithershall gallant ship pass thereby.33:22 For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD isour king; he will save us.33:23 Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen theirmast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a greatspoil divided; the lame take the prey.33:24 And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people thatdwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.34:1 Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let theearth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things thatcome forth of it.34:2 For the indignation of the LORD is upon all nations, and his furyupon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hathdelivered them to the slaughter.34:3 Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come upout of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with theirblood.34:4 And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavensshall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall falldown, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig fromthe fig tree.34:5 For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall comedown upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.34:6 The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, it is made fat withfatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of thekidneys of rams: for the LORD hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a greatslaughter in the land of Idumea.34:7 And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks withthe bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dustmade fat with fatness.34:8 For it is the day of the LORD's vengeance, and the year ofrecompences for the controversy of Zion.34:9 And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dustthereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burningpitch.34:10 It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shallgo up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; noneshall pass through it for ever and ever.34:11 But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl alsoand the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it theline of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.34:12 They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but noneshall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing.34:13 And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles inthe fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, anda court for owls.34:14 The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wildbeasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; thescreech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place ofrest.34:15 There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, andgather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered,every one with her mate.34:16 Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of theseshall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded,and his spirit it hath gathered them.34:17 And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided itunto them by line: they shall possess it for ever, from generation togeneration shall they dwell therein.35:1 The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; andthe desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.35:2 It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy andsinging: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellencyof Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and theexcellency of our God.35:3 Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.35:4 Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not:behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence;he will come and save you.35:5 Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of thedeaf shall be unstopped.35:6 Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of thedumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streamsin the desert.35:7 And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty landsprings of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shallbe grass with reeds and rushes.35:8 And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be calledThe way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shallbe for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.35:9 No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go upthereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walkthere: 35:10 And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come toZion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shallobtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.36:1 Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, thatSennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the defenced cities ofJudah, and took them.36:2 And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalemunto king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit ofthe upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field.36:3 Then came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah's son, which was overthe house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph's son, the recorder.36:4 And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saiththe great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this whereinthou trustest?  36:5 I say, sayest thou, (but they are but vain words)I have counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, thatthou rebellest against me?  36:6 Lo, thou trustest in the staff ofthis broken reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into hishand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust inhim.36:7 But if thou say to me, We trust in the LORD our God: is it nothe, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, andsaid to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar?36:8 Now therefore give pledges, I pray thee, to my master the king ofAssyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able onthy part to set riders upon them.36:9 How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the leastof my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots andfor horsemen?  36:10 And am I now come up without the LORD againstthis land to destroy it? the LORD said unto me, Go up against thisland, and destroy it.36:11 Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, Ipray thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understandit: and speak not to us in the Jews' language, in the ears of thepeople that are on the wall.36:12 But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master and tothee to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men that situpon the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their ownpiss with you?  36:13 Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loudvoice in the Jews' language, and said, Hear ye the words of the greatking, the king of Assyria.36:14 Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shallnot be able to deliver you.36:15 Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, TheLORD will surely deliver us: this city shall not be delivered into thehand of the king of Assyria.36:16 Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria,Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me: and eat yeevery one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink yeevery one the waters of his own cistern; 36:17 Until I come and takeyou away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a landof bread and vineyards.36:18 Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, the LORD will deliverus.Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the handof the king of Assyria?  36:19 Where are the gods of Hamath andArphad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they deliveredSamaria out of my hand?  36:20 Who are they among all the gods ofthese lands, that have delivered their land out of my hand, that theLORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?  36:21 But they heldtheir peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandmentwas, saying, Answer him not.36:22 Then came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, that was over thehousehold, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, therecorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the wordsof Rabshakeh.37:1 And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he renthis clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into thehouse of the LORD.37:2 And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna thescribe, and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth, untoIsaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.37:3 And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day oftrouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come tothe birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.37:4 It may be the LORD thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whomthe king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God,and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard:wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left.37:5 So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.37:6 And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say unto your master,Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard,wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.37:7 Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour,and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the swordin his own land.37:8 So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warringagainst Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.37:9 And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is comeforth to make war with thee. And when he heard it, he sent messengersto Hezekiah, saying, 37:10 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king ofJudah, saying, Let not thy God, in whom thou trustest, deceive thee,saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king ofAssyria.37:11 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done toall lands by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered?37:12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathershave destroyed, as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children ofEden which were in Telassar?  37:13 Where is the king of Hamath, andthe king of Arphad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, andIvah?  37:14 And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of themessengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up unto the house of theLORD, and spread it before the LORD.37:15 And Hezekiah prayed unto the LORD, saying, 37:16 O LORD ofhosts, God of Israel, that dwellest between the cherubims, thou artthe God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hastmade heaven and earth.37:17 Incline thine ear, O LORD, and hear; open thine eyes, O LORD,and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent toreproach the living God.37:18 Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all thenations, and their countries, 37:19 And have cast their gods into thefire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood andstone: therefore they have destroyed them.37:20 Now therefore, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that allthe kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD, even thouonly.37:21 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thussaith the LORD God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me againstSennacherib king of Assyria: 37:22 This is the word which the LORDhath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hathdespised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalemhath shaken her head at thee.37:23 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hastthou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even againstthe Holy One of Israel.37:24 By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, Bythe multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of themountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tallcedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enterinto the height of his border, and the forest of his Carmel.37:25 I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feethave I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places.37:26 Hast thou not heard long ago, how I have done it; and of ancienttimes, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thoushouldest be to lay waste defenced cities into ruinous heaps.37:27 Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they weredismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and asthe green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blastedbefore it be grown up.37:28 But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, andthy rage against me.37:29 Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up intomine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle inthy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.37:30 And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year suchas groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of thesame: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, andeat the fruit thereof.37:31 And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shallagain take root downward, and bear fruit upward: 37:32 For out ofJerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mountZion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this.37:33 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, Heshall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor comebefore it with shields, nor cast a bank against it.37:34 By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shallnot come into this city, saith the LORD.37:35 For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, andfor my servant David's sake.37:36 Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp ofthe Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when theyarose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.37:37 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned,and dwelt at Nineveh.37:38 And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house ofNisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him withthe sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia: and Esarhaddonhis son reigned in his stead.38:1 In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah theprophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saiththe LORD, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live.38:2 Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed untothe LORD, 38:3 And said, Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how Ihave walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and havedone that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.38:4 Then came the word of the LORD to Isaiah, saying, 38:5 Go, andsay to Hezekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, Ihave heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add untothy days fifteen years.38:6 And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the kingof Assyria: and I will defend this city.38:7 And this shall be a sign unto thee from the LORD, that the LORDwill do this thing that he hath spoken; 38:8 Behold, I will bringagain the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial ofAhaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by whichdegrees it was gone down.38:9 The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, andwas recovered of his sickness: 38:10 I said in the cutting off of mydays, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of theresidue of my years.38:11 I said, I shall not see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land ofthe living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of theworld.38:12 Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd'stent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off withpining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.38:13 I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break allmy bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.38:14 Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as adove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed;undertake for me.38:15 What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hathdone it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.38:16 O LORD, by these things men live, and in all these things is thelife of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live.38:17 Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in loveto my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast castall my sins behind thy back.38:18 For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee:they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.38:19 The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day:the father to the children shall make known thy truth.38:20 The LORD was ready to save me: therefore we will sing my songsto the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house ofthe LORD.38:21 For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay itfor a plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover.38:22 Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up tothe house of the LORD?  39:1 At that time Merodachbaladan, the son ofBaladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah: forhe had heard that he had been sick, and was recovered.39:2 And Hezekiah was glad of them, and shewed them the house of hisprecious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and theprecious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that wasfound in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all hisdominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not.39:3 Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said untohim, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? AndHezekiah said, They are come from a far country unto me, even fromBabylon.39:4 Then said he, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiahanswered, All that is in mine house have they seen: there is nothingamong my treasures that I have not shewed them.39:5 Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD of hosts:39:6 Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and thatwhich thy fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall becarried to Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD.39:7 And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shaltbeget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palaceof the king of Babylon.39:8 Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD whichthou hast spoken. He said moreover, For there shall be peace and truthin my days.40:1 Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.40:2 Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that herwarfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hathreceived of the LORD's hand double for all her sins.40:3 The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye theway of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.40:4 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shallbe made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the roughplaces plain: 40:5 And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, andall flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spokenit.40:6 The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh isgrass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:40:7 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of theLORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.40:8 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our Godshall stand for ever.40:9 O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the highmountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voicewith strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities ofJudah, Behold your God!  40:10 Behold, the Lord GOD will come withstrong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward iswith him, and his work before him.40:11 He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather thelambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently leadthose that are with young.40:12 Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, andmeted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earthin a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in abalance?  40:13 Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being hiscounsellor hath taught him?  40:14 With whom took he counsel, and whoinstructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught himknowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding?  40:15 Behold,the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the smalldust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very littlething.40:16 And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereofsufficient for a burnt offering.40:17 All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted tohim less than nothing, and vanity.40:18 To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compareunto him?  40:19 The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmithspreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.40:20 He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth atree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman toprepare a graven image, that shall not be moved.40:21 Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told youfrom the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of theearth?  40:22 It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, andthe inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out theheavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:40:23 That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges ofthe earth as vanity.40:24 Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown:yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall alsoblow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall takethem away as stubble.40:25 To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith theHoly One.40:26 Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created thesethings, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all bynames by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power;not one faileth.40:27 Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hidfrom the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God?  40:28 Hastthou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, theLORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither isweary? there is no searching of his understanding.40:29 He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might heincreaseth strength.40:30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young menshall utterly fall: 40:31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renewtheir strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shallrun, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.41:1 Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew theirstrength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come neartogether to judgment.41:2 Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to hisfoot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? hegave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow.41:3 He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he hadnot gone with his feet.41:4 Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from thebeginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he.41:5 The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid,drew near, and came.41:6 They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to hisbrother, Be of good courage.41:7 So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smoothethwith the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for thesodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.41:8 But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, theseed of Abraham my friend.41:9 Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and calledthee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art myservant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.41:10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thyGod: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will upholdthee with the right hand of my righteousness.41:11 Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall beashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strivewith thee shall perish.41:12 Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them thatcontended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing,and as a thing of nought.41:13 For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying untothee, Fear not; I will help thee.41:14 Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will helpthee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.41:15 Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument havingteeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shaltmake the hills as chaff.41:16 Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and thewhirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, andshalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.41:17 When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and theirtongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God ofIsrael will not forsake them.41:18 I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst ofthe valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dryland springs of water.41:19 I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, andthe myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree,and the pine, and the box tree together: 41:20 That they may see, andknow, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the LORDhath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.41:21 Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strongreasons, saith the King of Jacob.41:22 Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: letthem shew the former things, what they be, that we may consider them,and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come.41:23 Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may knowthat ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed,and behold it together.41:24 Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: anabomination is he that chooseth you.41:25 I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from therising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come uponprinces as upon morter, and as the potter treadeth clay.41:26 Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? andbeforetime, that we may say, He is righteous? yea, there is none thatsheweth, yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none thatheareth your words.41:27 The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I willgive to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.41:28 For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and therewas no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.41:29 Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: theirmolten images are wind and confusion.42:1 Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my souldelighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forthjudgment to the Gentiles.42:2 He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard inthe street.42:3 A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall henot quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.42:4 He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgmentin the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.42:5 Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, andstretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that whichcometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, andspirit to them that walk therein: 42:6 I the LORD have called thee inrighteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and givethee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles; 42:7To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison,and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.42:8 I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give toanother, neither my praise to graven images.42:9 Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do Ideclare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.42:10 Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise from the end ofthe earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; theisles, and the inhabitants thereof.42:11 Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice,the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rocksing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.42:12 Let them give glory unto the LORD, and declare his praise in theislands.42:13 The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir upjealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevailagainst his enemies.42:14 I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, andrefrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I willdestroy and devour at once.42:15 I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all theirherbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up thepools.42:16 And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I willlead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darknesslight before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I dounto them, and not forsake them.42:17 They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, thattrust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye are ourgods.42:18 Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.42:19 Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that Isent?  who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the LORD'sservant?  42:20 Seeing many things, but thou observest not; openingthe ears, but he heareth not.42:21 The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he willmagnify the law, and make it honourable.42:22 But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of themsnared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for aprey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore.42:23 Who among you will give ear to this? who will hearken and hearfor the time to come?  42:24 Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel tothe robbers? did not the LORD, he against whom we have sinned? forthey would not walk in his ways, neither were they obedient unto hislaw.42:25 Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and thestrength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet heknew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.43:1 But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and hethat formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I havecalled thee by thy name; thou art mine.43:2 When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; andthrough the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkestthrough the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flamekindle upon thee.43:3 For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: Igave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.43:4 Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable,and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and peoplefor thy life.43:5 Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from theeast, and gather thee from the west; 43:6 I will say to the north,Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, andmy daughters from the ends of the earth; 43:7 Even every one that iscalled by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formedhim; yea, I have made him.43:8 Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf thathave ears.43:9 Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people beassembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us former things?let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: orlet them hear, and say, It is truth.43:10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I havechosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he:before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.43:11 I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour.43:12 I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when therewas no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith theLORD, that I am God.43:13 Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that candeliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it?  43:14 Thussaith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake Ihave sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and theChaldeans, whose cry is in the ships.43:15 I am the LORD, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King.43:16 Thus saith the LORD, which maketh a way in the sea, and a pathin the mighty waters; 43:17 Which bringeth forth the chariot andhorse, the army and the power; they shall lie down together, theyshall not rise: they are extinct, they are quenched as tow.43:18 Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the thingsof old.43:19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shallye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and riversin the desert.43:20 The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and theowls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in thedesert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.43:21 This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth mypraise.43:22 But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast beenweary of me, O Israel.43:23 Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burntofferings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I havenot caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee withincense.43:24 Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thoufilled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made me toserve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities.43:25 I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mineown sake, and will not remember thy sins.43:26 Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, thatthou mayest be justified.43:27 Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressedagainst me.43:28 Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and havegiven Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches.44:1 Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:44:2 Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from thewomb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou,Jesurun, whom I have chosen.44:3 For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods uponthe dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessingupon thine offspring: 44:4 And they shall spring up as among thegrass, as willows by the water courses.44:5 One shall say, I am the LORD's; and another shall call himself bythe name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto theLORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel.44:6 Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORDof hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is noGod.44:7 And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it inorder for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the thingsthat are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto them.44:8 Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from thattime, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a Godbeside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.44:9 They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and theirdelectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses;they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.44:10 Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that isprofitable for nothing?  44:11 Behold, all his fellows shall beashamed: and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gatheredtogether, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, and they shall beashamed together.44:12 The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, andfashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of hisarms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh nowater, and is faint.44:13 The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with aline; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with thecompass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to thebeauty of a man; that it may remain in the house.44:14 He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak,which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: heplanteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it.44:15 Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof,and warm himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread; yea, hemaketh a god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, andfalleth down thereto.44:16 He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eatethflesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth himself,and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire: 44:17 And the residuethereof he maketh a god, even his graven image: he falleth down untoit, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me;for thou art my god.44:18 They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes,that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.44:19 And none considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledgenor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea,also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh,and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination?shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?  44:20 He feedeth on ashes:a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver hissoul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?  44:21 Rememberthese, O Jacob and Israel; for thou art my servant: I have formedthee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten ofme.44:22 I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and,as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.44:23 Sing, O ye heavens; for the LORD hath done it: shout, ye lowerparts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest,and every tree therein: for the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, andglorified himself in Israel.44:24 Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee fromthe womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forththe heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself; 44:25That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad;that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;44:26 That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth thecounsel of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt beinhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I willraise up the decayed places thereof: 44:27 That saith to the deep, Bedry, and I will dry up thy rivers: 44:28 That saith of Cyrus, He is myshepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem,Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.45:1 Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand Ihave holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loinsof kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shallnot be shut; 45:2 I will go before thee, and make the crooked placesstraight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunderthe bars of iron: 45:3 And I will give thee the treasures of darkness,and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, theLORD, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.45:4 For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have evencalled thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast notknown me.45:5 I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me:I girded thee, though thou hast not known me: 45:6 That they may knowfrom the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is nonebeside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else.45:7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and createevil: I the LORD do all these things.45:8 Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour downrighteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation,and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created it.45:9 Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherdstrive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him thatfashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?  45:10Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or tothe woman, What hast thou brought forth?  45:11 Thus saith the LORD,the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to comeconcerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me.45:12 I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even myhands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have Icommanded.45:13 I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all hisways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not forprice nor reward, saith the LORD of hosts.45:14 Thus saith the LORD, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise ofEthiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over untothee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chainsthey shall come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shallmake supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee; and thereis none else, there is no God.45:15 Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, theSaviour.45:16 They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: theyshall go to confusion together that are makers of idols.45:17 But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlastingsalvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.45:18 For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himselfthat formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he createdit not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and thereis none else.45:19 I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: Isaid not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speakrighteousness, I declare things that are right.45:20 Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that areescaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood oftheir graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.45:21 Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counseltogether: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told itfrom that time?  have not I the LORD? and there is no God else besideme; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.45:22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for Iam God, and there is none else.45:23 I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth inrighteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shallbow, every tongue shall swear.45:24 Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have I righteousness andstrength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensedagainst him shall be ashamed.45:25 In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shallglory.46:1 Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts,and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are aburden to the weary beast.46:2 They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver theburden, but themselves are gone into captivity.46:3 Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of thehouse of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which arecarried from the womb: 46:4 And even to your old age I am he; and evento hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even Iwill carry, and will deliver you.46:5 To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, thatwe may be like?  46:6 They lavish gold out of the bag, and weighsilver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god:they fall down, yea, they worship.46:7 They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him inhis place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea,one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of histrouble.46:8 Remember this, and shew yourselves men: bring it again to mind, Oye transgressors.46:9 Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there isnone else; I am God, and there is none like me, 46:10 Declaring theend from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are notyet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all mypleasure: 46:11 Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man thatexecuteth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I willalso bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.46:12 Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far fromrighteousness: 46:13 I bring near my righteousness; it shall not befar off, and my salvation shall not tarry: and I will place salvationin Zion for Israel my glory.47:1 Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, siton the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: forthou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.47:2 Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make barethe leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.47:3 Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: Iwill take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man.47:4 As for our redeemer, the LORD of hosts is his name, the Holy Oneof Israel.47:5 Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of theChaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms.47:6 I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, andgiven them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon theancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.47:7 And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so that thou didstnot lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latterend of it.47:8 Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, thatdwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none elsebeside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the lossof children: 47:9 But these two things shall come to thee in a momentin one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come uponthee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and forthe great abundance of thine enchantments.47:10 For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, Noneseeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; andthou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me.47:11 Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know fromwhence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not beable to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly,which thou shalt not know.47:12 Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thysorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thoushalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail.47:13 Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now theastrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up,and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee.47:14 Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; theyshall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shallnot be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it.47:15 Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, eventhy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to hisquarter; none shall save thee.48:1 Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name ofIsrael, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear bythe name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, but notin truth, nor in righteousness.48:2 For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselvesupon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is his name.48:3 I have declared the former things from the beginning; and theywent forth out of my mouth, and I shewed them; I did them suddenly,and they came to pass.48:4 Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an ironsinew, and thy brow brass; 48:5 I have even from the beginningdeclared it to thee; before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lestthou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, andmy molten image, hath commanded them.48:6 Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not ye declare it? I haveshewed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, and thoudidst not know them.48:7 They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before theday when thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, Iknew them.48:8 Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from thattime that thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest dealvery treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.48:9 For my name's sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praisewill I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.48:10 Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosenthee in the furnace of affliction.48:11 For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for howshould my name be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto another.48:12 Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I amthe first, I also am the last.48:13 Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and myright hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they standup together.48:14 All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among them hathdeclared these things? The LORD hath loved him: he will do hispleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans.48:15 I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have broughthim, and he shall make his way prosperous.48:16 Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secretfrom the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now theLord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent me.48:17 Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I amthe LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee bythe way that thou shouldest go.48:18 O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thypeace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:48:19 Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thybowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut offnor destroyed from before me.48:20 Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voiceof singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of theearth; say ye, The LORD hath redeemed his servant Jacob.48:21 And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts: hecaused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rockalso, and the waters gushed out.48:22 There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked.49:1 Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; TheLORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hathhe made mention of my name.49:2 And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow ofhis hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiverhath he hid me; 49:3 And said unto me, Thou art my servant, O Israel,in whom I will be glorified.49:4 Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strengthfor nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, andmy work with my God.49:5 And now, saith the LORD that formed me from the womb to be hisservant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered,yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my God shall bemy strength.49:6 And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be myservant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preservedof Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, thatthou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.49:7 Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, tohim whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servantof rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship,because of the LORD that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, andhe shall choose thee.49:8 Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, andin a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee,and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, tocause to inherit the desolate heritages; 49:9 That thou mayest say tothe prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shewyourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall bein all high places.49:10 They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sunsmite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even bythe springs of water shall he guide them.49:11 And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall beexalted.49:12 Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the northand from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.49:13 Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth intosinging, O mountains: for the LORD hath comforted his people, and willhave mercy upon his afflicted.49:14 But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hathforgotten me.49:15 Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not havecompassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will Inot forget thee.49:16 Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy wallsare continually before me.49:17 Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that madethee waste shall go forth of thee.49:18 Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gatherthemselves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith the LORD, thoushalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bindthem on thee, as a bride doeth.49:19 For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thydestruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of theinhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.49:20 The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost theother, shall say again in thine ears, The place is too strait for me:give place to me that I may dwell.49:21 Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these,seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, andremoving to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was leftalone; these, where had they been?  49:22 Thus saith the Lord GOD,Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up mystandard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in their arms,and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.49:23 And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thynursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face towardthe earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know thatI am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.49:24 Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captivedelivered?  49:25 But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of themighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall bedelivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, andI will save thy children.49:26 And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; andthey shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: andall flesh shall know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer,the mighty One of Jacob.50:1 Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother'sdivorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it towhom I have sold you?  Behold, for your iniquities have ye soldyourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.50:2 Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, wasthere none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannotredeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry upthe sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, becausethere is no water, and dieth for thirst.50:3 I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth theircovering.50:4 The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that Ishould know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: hewakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as thelearned.50:5 The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious,neither turned away back.50:6 I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that pluckedoff the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.50:7 For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not beconfounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know thatI shall not be ashamed.50:8 He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let usstand together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me.50:9 Behold, the Lord GOD will help me; who is he that shall condemnme?  lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat themup.50:10 Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voiceof his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let himtrust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God.50:11 Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves aboutwith sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that yehave kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down insorrow.51:1 Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seekthe LORD: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole ofthe pit whence ye are digged.51:2 Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: forI called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.51:3 For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her wasteplaces; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert likethe garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein,thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.51:4 Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation:for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to restfor a light of the people.51:5 My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and minearms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on minearm shall they trust.51:6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earthbeneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earthshall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die inlike manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousnessshall not be abolished.51:7 Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whoseheart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraidof their revilings.51:8 For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shalleat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and mysalvation from generation to generation.51:9 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as inthe ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hathcut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?  51:10 Art thou not it which hathdried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depthsof the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over?  51:11 Therefore theredeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion;and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtaingladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.51:12 I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thoushouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of manwhich shall be made as grass; 51:13 And forgettest the LORD thy maker,that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of theearth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury ofthe oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the furyof the oppressor?  51:14 The captive exile hasteneth that he may beloosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his breadshould fail.51:15 But I am the LORD thy God, that divided the sea, whose wavesroared: The LORD of hosts is his name.51:16 And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee inthe shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay thefoundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people.51:17 Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at thehand of the LORD the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs ofthe cup of trembling, and wrung them out.51:18 There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hathbrought forth; neither is there any that taketh her by the hand of allthe sons that she hath brought up.51:19 These two things are come unto thee; who shall be sorry forthee?  desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: bywhom shall I comfort thee?  51:20 Thy sons have fainted, they lie atthe head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are full ofthe fury of the LORD, the rebuke of thy God.51:21 Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but notwith wine: 51:22 Thus saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God thatpleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thinehand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thoushalt no more drink it again: 51:23 But I will put it into the hand ofthem that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that wemay go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as thestreet, to them that went over.52:1 Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautifulgarments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall nomore come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.52:2 Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem:loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.52:3 For thus saith the LORD, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; andye shall be redeemed without money.52:4 For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went down aforetime intoEgypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.52:5 Now therefore, what have I here, saith the LORD, that my peopleis taken away for nought? they that rule over them make them to howl,saith the LORD; and my name continually every day is blasphemed.52:6 Therefore my people shall know my name: therefore they shall knowin that day that I am he that doth speak: behold, it is I.52:7 How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him thatbringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth goodtidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, ThyGod reigneth!  52:8 Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with thevoice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, whenthe LORD shall bring again Zion.52:9 Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places ofJerusalem: for the LORD hath comforted his people, he hath redeemedJerusalem.52:10 The LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all thenations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of ourGod.52:11 Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no uncleanthing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear thevessels of the LORD.52:12 For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for theLORD will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rereward.52:13 Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted andextolled, and be very high.52:14 As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred morethan any man, and his form more than the sons of men: 52:15 So shallhe sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him:for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that whichthey had not heard shall they consider.53:1 Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORDrevealed?  53:2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, andas a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; andwhen we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.53:3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, andacquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; hewas despised, and we esteemed him not.53:4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet wedid esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.53:5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for ouriniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with hisstripes we are healed.53:6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one tohis own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.53:7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not hismouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep beforeher shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.53:8 He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declarehis generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: forthe transgression of my people was he stricken.53:9 And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in hisdeath; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in hismouth.53:10 Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief:when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see hisseed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shallprosper in his hand.53:11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied:by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shallbear their iniquities.53:12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and heshall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out hissoul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and hebare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.54:1 Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth intosinging, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: formore are the children of the desolate than the children of the marriedwife, saith the LORD.54:2 Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth thecurtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, andstrengthen thy stakes; 54:3 For thou shalt break forth on the righthand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, andmake the desolate cities to be inhabited.54:4 Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thouconfounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forgetthe shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thywidowhood any more.54:5 For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name;and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earthshall he be called.54:6 For the LORD hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved inspirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God.54:7 For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercieswill I gather thee.54:8 In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but witheverlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thyRedeemer.54:9 For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have swornthat the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have Isworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.54:10 For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but mykindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of mypeace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee.54:11 O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted,behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thyfoundations with sapphires.54:12 And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates ofcarbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.54:13 And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and greatshall be the peace of thy children.54:14 In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be farfrom oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for itshall not come near thee.54:15 Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me:whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake.54:16 Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in thefire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I havecreated the waster to destroy.54:17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and everytongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn.This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and theirrighteousness is of me, saith the LORD.55:1 Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he thathath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milkwithout money and without price.55:2 Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and yourlabour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, andeat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself infatness.55:3 Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shalllive; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the suremercies of David.55:4 Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leaderand commander to the people.55:5 Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, andnations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the LORD thyGod, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee.55:6 Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while heis near: 55:7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous manhis thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercyupon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.55:8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways myways, saith the LORD.55:9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my wayshigher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.55:10 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, andreturneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bringforth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to theeater: 55:11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: itshall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which Iplease, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.55:12 For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: themountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, andall the trees of the field shall clap their hands.55:13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead ofthe brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORDfor a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.56:1 Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for mysalvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.56:2 Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man thatlayeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, andkeepeth his hand from doing any evil.56:3 Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself tothe LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from hispeople: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.56:4 For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths,and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant;56:5 Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls aplace and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will givethem an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.56:6 Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the LORD,to serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants,every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh holdof my covenant; 56:7 Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, andmake them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings andtheir sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine houseshall be called an house of prayer for all people.56:8 The Lord GOD, which gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith, Yetwill I gather others to him, beside those that are gathered unto him.56:9 All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beasts inthe forest.56:10 His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumbdogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.56:11 Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and theyare shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way,every one for his gain, from his quarter.56:12 Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselveswith strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much moreabundant.57:1 The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: andmerciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous istaken away from the evil to come.57:2 He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, eachone walking in his uprightness.57:3 But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of theadulterer and the whore.57:4 Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a widemouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression,a seed of falsehood.57:5 Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slayingthe children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks?  57:6 Amongthe smooth stones of the stream is thy portion; they, they are thylot: even to them hast thou poured a drink offering, thou hast offereda meat offering. Should I receive comfort in these?  57:7 Upon a loftyand high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither wentest thou upto offer sacrifice.57:8 Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thyremembrance: for thou hast discovered thyself to another than me, andart gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee a covenant withthem; thou lovedst their bed where thou sawest it.57:9 And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increasethy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debasethyself even unto hell.57:10 Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way; yet saidst thounot, There is no hope: thou hast found the life of thine hand;therefore thou wast not grieved.57:11 And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hastlied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have not Iheld my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not?  57:12 I willdeclare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profitthee.57:13 When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the windshall carry them all away; vanity shall take them: but he that puttethhis trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holymountain; 57:14 And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare theway, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.57:15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity,whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him alsothat is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of thehumble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.57:16 For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth:for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.57:17 For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him:I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of hisheart.57:18 I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also,and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.57:19 I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is faroff, and to him that is near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him.57:20 But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest,whose waters cast up mire and dirt.57:21 There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.58:1 Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shewmy people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.58:2 Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nationthat did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God:they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight inapproaching to God.58:3 Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? whereforehave we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, inthe day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.58:4 Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fistof wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voiceto be heard on high.58:5 Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflicthis soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spreadsackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and anacceptable day to the LORD?  58:6 Is not this the fast that I havechosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens,and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?  58:7Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring thepoor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, thatthou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?58:8 Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine healthshall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go beforethee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward.58:9 Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry,and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of theethe yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity; 58:10And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflictedsoul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be asthe noon day: 58:11 And the LORD shall guide thee continually, andsatisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt belike a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters failnot.58:12 And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places:thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thoushalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths todwell in.58:13 If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thypleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy ofthe LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways,nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: 58:14Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee toride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with theheritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spokenit.59:1 Behold, the LORD's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save;neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: 59:2 But your iniquitieshave separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid hisface from you, that he will not hear.59:3 For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers withiniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath mutteredperverseness.59:4 None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trustin vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forthiniquity.59:5 They hatch cockatrice' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he thateateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh outinto a viper.59:6 Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they coverthemselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, andthe act of violence is in their hands.59:7 Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocentblood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting anddestruction are in their paths.59:8 The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in theirgoings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth thereinshall not know peace.59:9 Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtakeus: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but wewalk in darkness.59:10 We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we hadno eyes: we stumble at noon day as in the night; we are in desolateplaces as dead men.59:11 We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look forjudgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.59:12 For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sinstestify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for ouriniquities, we know them; 59:13 In transgressing and lying against theLORD, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt,conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.59:14 And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afaroff: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.59:15 Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil makethhimself a prey: and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that therewas no judgment.59:16 And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was nointercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and hisrighteousness, it sustained him.59:17 For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet ofsalvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance forclothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak.59:18 According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to hisadversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repayrecompence.59:19 So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and hisglory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like aflood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.59:20 And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turnfrom transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD.59:21 As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; Myspirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth,shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed,nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the LORD, fromhenceforth and for ever.60:1 Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD isrisen upon thee.60:2 For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and grossdarkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his gloryshall be seen upon thee.60:3 And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to thebrightness of thy rising.60:4 Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gatherthemselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far,and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side.60:5 Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shallfear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall beconverted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee.60:6 The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries ofMidian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bringgold and incense; and they shall shew forth the praises of the LORD.60:7 All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, therams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come up withacceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory.60:8 Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to theirwindows?  60:9 Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships ofTarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and theirgold with them, unto the name of the LORD thy God, and to the Holy Oneof Israel, because he hath glorified thee.60:10 And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and theirkings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but inmy favour have I had mercy on thee.60:11 Therefore thy gates shall be open continually; they shall not beshut day nor night; that men may bring unto thee the forces of theGentiles, and that their kings may be brought.60:12 For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shallperish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.60:13 The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, thepine tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of mysanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.60:14 The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bendingunto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves downat the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee; The city of theLORD, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.60:15 Whereas thou has been forsaken and hated, so that no man wentthrough thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of manygenerations.60:16 Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suckthe breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the LORD am thySaviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.60:17 For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver,and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officerspeace, and thine exactors righteousness.60:18 Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nordestruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy wallsSalvation, and thy gates Praise.60:19 The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither forbrightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall beunto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.60:20 Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdrawitself: for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days ofthy mourning shall be ended.60:21 Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit theland for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that Imay be glorified.60:22 A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strongnation: I the LORD will hasten it in his time.61:1 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hathanointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me tobind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, andthe opening of the prison to them that are bound; 61:2 To proclaim theacceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; tocomfort all that mourn; 61:3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion,to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, thegarment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might becalled trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he mightbe glorified.61:4 And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up theformer desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, thedesolations of many generations.61:5 And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons ofthe alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.61:6 But ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD: men shall call youthe Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, andin their glory shall ye boast yourselves.61:7 For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shallrejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possessthe double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.61:8 For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering;and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlastingcovenant with them.61:9 And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and theiroffspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them,that they are the seed which the LORD hath blessed.61:10 I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful inmy God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hathcovered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom deckethhimself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with herjewels.61:11 For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the gardencauseth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the LordGOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all thenations.62:1 For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem'ssake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth asbrightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.62:2 And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thyglory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of theLORD shall name.62:3 Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, anda royal diadem in the hand of thy God.62:4 Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land anymore be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thyland Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall bemarried.62:5 For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marrythee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy Godrejoice over thee.62:6 I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shallnever hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of theLORD, keep not silence, 62:7 And give him no rest, till he establish,and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.62:8 The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of hisstrength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thineenemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, forthe which thou hast laboured: 62:9 But they that have gathered itshall eat it, and praise the LORD; and they that have brought ittogether shall drink it in the courts of my holiness.62:10 Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of thepeople; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up astandard for the people.62:11 Behold, the LORD hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Sayye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, hisreward is with him, and his work before him.62:12 And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of theLORD: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.63:1 Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments fromBozrah?  this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in thegreatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty tosave.63:2 Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments likehim that treadeth in the winefat?  63:3 I have trodden the winepressalone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread themin mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall besprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment.63:4 For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of myredeemed is come.63:5 And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered thatthere was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvationunto me; and my fury, it upheld me.63:6 And I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make themdrunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth.63:7 I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, and the praisesof the LORD, according to all that the LORD hath bestowed on us, andthe great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowedon them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude ofhis lovingkindnesses.63:8 For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will notlie: so he was their Saviour.63:9 In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of hispresence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; andhe bare them, and carried them all the days of old.63:10 But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he wasturned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.63:11 Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people,saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with theshepherd of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit withinhim?  63:12 That led them by the right hand of Moses with his gloriousarm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlastingname?  63:13 That led them through the deep, as an horse in thewilderness, that they should not stumble?  63:14 As a beast goeth downinto the valley, the Spirit of the LORD caused him to rest: so didstthou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name.63:15 Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thyholiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, thesounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are theyrestrained?  63:16 Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham beignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art ourfather, our redeemer; thy name is from everlasting.63:17 O LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardenedour heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants' sake, the tribes ofthine inheritance.63:18 The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while:our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.63:19 We are thine: thou never barest rule over them; they were notcalled by thy name.64:1 Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest comedown, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence, 64:2 As whenthe melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to makethy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble atthy presence!  64:3 When thou didst terrible things which we lookednot for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence.64:4 For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, norperceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee,what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.64:5 Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, thosethat remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we havesinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved.64:6 But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnessesare as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities,like the wind, have taken us away.64:7 And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth uphimself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, andhast consumed us, because of our iniquities.64:8 But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thouour potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.64:9 Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity forever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.64:10 Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness,Jerusalem a desolation.64:11 Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praisedthee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laidwaste.64:12 Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O LORD? wilt thouhold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?  65:1 I am sought of themthat asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said,Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name.65:2 I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people,which walketh in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts;65:3 A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; thatsacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick; 65:4Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eatswine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;65:5 Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holierthan thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all theday.65:6 Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, butwill recompense, even recompense into their bosom, 65:7 Youriniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith theLORD, which have burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed meupon the hills: therefore will I measure their former work into theirbosom.65:8 Thus saith the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, andone saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do formy servants' sakes, that I may not destroy them all.65:9 And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah aninheritor of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, and myservants shall dwell there.65:10 And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor aplace for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me.65:11 But ye are they that forsake the LORD, that forget my holymountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish thedrink offering unto that number.65:12 Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bowdown to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; whenI spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and didchoose that wherein I delighted not.65:13 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shalleat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but yeshall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall beashamed: 65:14 Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but yeshall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.65:15 And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for theLord GOD shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name: 65:16That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in theGod of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the Godof truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because theyare hid from mine eyes.65:17 For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and theformer shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.65:18 But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for,behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.65:19 And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and thevoice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice ofcrying.65:20 There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old manthat hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundredyears old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall beaccursed.65:21 And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shallplant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.65:22 They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant,and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people,and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.65:23 They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; forthey are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring withthem.65:24 And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer;and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.65:25 The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shalleat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent's meat. Theyshall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD.66:1 Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is myfootstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is theplace of my rest?  66:2 For all those things hath mine hand made, andall those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will Ilook, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and tremblethat my word.66:3 He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificetha lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation,as if he offered swine's blood; he that burneth incense, as if heblessed an idol.Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth intheir abominations.66:4 I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fearsupon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, theydid not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that inwhich I delighted not.66:5 Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; Yourbrethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said,Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and theyshall be ashamed.66:6 A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voiceof the LORD that rendereth recompence to his enemies.66:7 Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came,she was delivered of a man child.66:8 Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall theearth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born atonce?  for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.66:9 Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saiththe LORD: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? saith thyGod.66:10 Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye thatlove her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her: 66:11That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of herconsolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with theabundance of her glory.66:12 For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her likea river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: thenshall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled uponher knees.66:13 As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and yeshall be comforted in Jerusalem.66:14 And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bonesshall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the LORD shall be knowntoward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies.66:15 For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariotslike a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke withflames of fire.66:16 For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh:and the slain of the LORD shall be many.66:17 They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in thegardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and theabomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith theLORD.66:18 For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that Iwill gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see myglory.66:19 And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those thatescape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that drawthe bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have notheard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare myglory among the Gentiles.66:20 And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto theLORD out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters,and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalem,saith the LORD, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a cleanvessel into the house of the LORD.66:21 And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, saiththe LORD.66:22 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make,shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and yourname remain.66:23 And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another,and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worshipbefore me, saith the LORD.66:24 And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the menthat have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die,neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorringunto all flesh.The Book of the Prophet Jeremiah1:1 The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests thatwere in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin: 1:2 To whom the word of theLORD came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in thethirteenth year of his reign.1:3 It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king ofJudah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiahking of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in thefifth month.1:4 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 1:5 Before Iformed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth outof the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto thenations.1:6 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am achild.1:7 But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shaltgo to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thoushalt speak.1:8 Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee,saith the LORD.1:9 Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And theLORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.1:10 See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over thekingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throwdown, to build, and to plant.1:11 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Jeremiah,what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.1:12 Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I willhasten my word to perform it.1:13 And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying,What seest thou? And I said, I see a seething pot; and the facethereof is toward the north.1:14 Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall breakforth upon all the inhabitants of the land.1:15 For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of thenorth, saith the LORD; and they shall come, and they shall set everyone his throne at the entering of the gates of Jerusalem, and againstall the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities ofJudah.1:16 And I will utter my judgments against them touching all theirwickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto othergods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.1:17 Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto themall that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest Iconfound thee before them.1:18 For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and aniron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against thekings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the prieststhereof, and against the people of the land.1:19 And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevailagainst thee; for I am with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee.2:1 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 2:2 Go and cryin the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I rememberthee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, whenthou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.2:3 Israel was holiness unto the LORD, and the firstfruits of hisincrease: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them,saith the LORD.2:4 Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all thefamilies of the house of Israel: 2:5 Thus saith the LORD, Whatiniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far fromme, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?  2:6 Neithersaid they, Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the land ofEgypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of desertsand of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death,through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?2:7 And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruitthereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled myland, and made mine heritage an abomination.2:8 The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle thelaw knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and theprophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do notprofit.2:9 Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with yourchildren's children will I plead.2:10 For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar,and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing.2:11 Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but mypeople have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.2:12 Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, beye very desolate, saith the LORD.2:13 For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me thefountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, brokencisterns, that can hold no water.2:14 Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled?2:15 The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made hisland waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.2:16 Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown ofthy head.2:17 Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hastforsaken the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way?  2:18 And nowwhat hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters ofSihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink thewaters of the river?  2:19 Thine own wickedness shall correct thee,and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see thatit is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thyGod, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.2:20 For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; andthou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill andunder every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.2:21 Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: howthen art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine untome?  2:22 For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee muchsoap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD.2:23 How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone afterBaalim?  see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou arta swift dromedary traversing her ways; 2:24 A wild ass used to thewilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasionwho can turn her away? all they that seek her will not wearythemselves; in her month they shall find her.2:25 Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst:but thou saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, andafter them will I go.2:26 As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house ofIsrael ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests,and their prophets.2:27 Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hastbrought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and nottheir face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, andsave us.2:28 But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise,if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to thenumber of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.2:29 Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed againstme, saith the LORD.2:30 In vain have I smitten your children; they received nocorrection: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like adestroying lion.2:31 O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been awilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people,We are lords; we will come no more unto thee?  2:32 Can a maid forgether ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten medays without number.2:33 Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou alsotaught the wicked ones thy ways.2:34 Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poorinnocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.2:35 Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shallturn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, Ihave not sinned.2:36 Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shaltbe ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.2:37 Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and thine hands upon thinehead: for the LORD hath rejected thy confidences, and thou shalt notprosper in them.3:1 They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, andbecome another man's, shall he return unto her again? shall not thatland be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with manylovers; yet return again to me, saith the LORD.3:2 Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hastnot been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabianin the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredomsand with thy wickedness.3:3 Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been nolatter rain; and thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou refusedst to beashamed.3:4 Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art theguide of my youth?  3:5 Will he reserve his anger for ever? will hekeep it to the end?  Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things asthou couldest.3:6 The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hastthou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up uponevery high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath playedthe harlot.3:7 And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me.But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.3:8 And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israelcommitted adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill ofdivorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went andplayed the harlot also.3:9 And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, thatshe defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and withstocks.3:10 And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turnedunto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the LORD.3:11 And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justifiedherself more than treacherous Judah.3:12 Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return,thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mineanger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LORD, and I willnot keep anger for ever.3:13 Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressedagainst the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangersunder every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith theLORD.3:14 Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am marriedunto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, andI will bring you to Zion: 3:15 And I will give you pastors accordingto mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.3:16 And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased inthe land, in those days, saith the LORD, they shall say no more, Theark of the covenant of the LORD: neither shall it come to mind:neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit it; neithershall that be done any more.3:17 At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD;and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of theLORD, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after theimagination of their evil heart.3:18 In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house ofIsrael, and they shall come together out of the land of the north tothe land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers.3:19 But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and givethee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and Isaid, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me.3:20 Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, sohave ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith theLORD.3:21 A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplicationsof the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and theyhave forgotten the LORD their God.3:22 Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal yourbackslidings.Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the LORD our God.3:23 Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from themultitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation ofIsrael.3:24 For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth;their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.3:25 We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for wehave sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from ouryouth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORDour God.4:1 If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: andif thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shaltthou not remove.4:2 And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, andin righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, andin him shall they glory.4:3 For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Breakup your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.4:4 Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins ofyour heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my furycome forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of theevil of your doings.4:5 Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow yethe trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assembleyourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities.4:6 Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I willbring evil from the north, and a great destruction.4:7 The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of theGentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thyland desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without aninhabitant.4:8 For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierceanger of the LORD is not turned back from us.4:9 And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the LORD, that theheart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and thepriests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder.4:10 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! surely thou hast greatly deceived thispeople and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the swordreacheth unto the soul.4:11 At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, Adry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter ofmy people, not to fan, nor to cleanse, 4:12 Even a full wind fromthose places shall come unto me: now also will I give sentence againstthem.4:13 Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be asa whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for weare spoiled.4:14 O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayestbe saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?  4:15For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from mountEphraim.4:16 Make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish againstJerusalem, that watchers come from a far country, and give out theirvoice against the cities of Judah.4:17 As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; becauseshe hath been rebellious against me, saith the LORD.4:18 Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; thisis thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth untothine heart.4:19 My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heartmaketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard,O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.4:20 Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land isspoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment.4:21 How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of thetrumpet?  4:22 For my people is foolish, they have not known me; theyare sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wiseto do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.4:23 I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; andthe heavens, and they had no light.4:24 I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hillsmoved lightly.4:25 I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of theheavens were fled.4:26 I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and allthe cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, andby his fierce anger.4:27 For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate;yet will I not make a full end.4:28 For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black;because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent,neither will I turn back from it.4:29 The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen andbowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks:every city shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell therein.4:30 And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thouclothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornamentsof gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shaltthou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seekthy life.4:31 For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and theanguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice ofthe daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth herhands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because ofmurderers.5:1 Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now,and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man,if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and Iwill pardon it.5:2 And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely.5:3 O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast strickenthem, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but theyhave refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harderthan a rock; they have refused to return.5:4 Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: forthey know not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God.5:5 I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; forthey have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God:but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.5:6 Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf ofthe evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over theircities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces:because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings areincreased.5:7 How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me,and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full,they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops inthe harlots' houses.5:8 They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed afterhis neighbour's wife.5:9 Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: and shall notmy soul be avenged on such a nation as this?  5:10 Go ye up upon herwalls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away herbattlements; for they are not the LORD's.5:11 For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt verytreacherously against me, saith the LORD.5:12 They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shallevil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine: 5:13 And theprophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall itbe done unto them.5:14 Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, Because ye speak thisword, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this peoplewood, and it shall devour them.5:15 Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel,saith the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, anation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest whatthey say.5:16 Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.5:17 And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thysons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks andthine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shallimpoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword.5:18 Nevertheless in those days, saith the LORD, I will not make afull end with you.5:19 And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth theLORD our God all these things unto us? then shalt thou answer them,Like as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, soshall ye serve strangers in a land that is not your's.5:20 Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah,saying, 5:21 Hear now this, O foolish people, and withoutunderstanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hearnot: 5:22 Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at mypresence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by aperpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereoftoss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet canthey not pass over it?  5:23 But this people hath a revolting and arebellious heart; they are revolted and gone.5:24 Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD ourGod, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season:he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.5:25 Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins havewithholden good things from you.5:26 For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as hethat setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.5:27 As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit:therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.5:28 They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds ofthe wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yetthey prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.5:29 Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: shall not mysoul be avenged on such a nation as this?  5:30 A wonderful andhorrible thing is committed in the land; 5:31 The prophets prophesyfalsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people loveto have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?  6:1 O yechildren of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst ofJerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire inBethhaccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and greatdestruction.6:2 I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicatewoman.6:3 The shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shallpitch their tents against her round about; they shall feed every onein his place.6:4 Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woeunto us! for the day goeth away, for the shadows of the evening arestretched out.6:5 Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces.6:6 For thus hath the LORD of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and casta mount against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she iswholly oppression in the midst of her.6:7 As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out herwickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continuallyis grief and wounds.6:8 Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee;lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited.6:9 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall throughly glean theremnant of Israel as a vine: turn back thine hand as a grapegathererinto the baskets.6:10 To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear?behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold,the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight init.6:11 Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD; I am weary withholding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon theassembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wifeshall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days.6:12 And their houses shall be turned unto others, with their fieldsand wives together: for I will stretch out my hand upon theinhabitants of the land, saith the LORD.6:13 For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them everyone is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto thepriest every one dealeth falsely.6:14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my peopleslightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.6:15 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, theywere not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore theyshall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them theyshall be cast down, saith the LORD.6:16 Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask forthe old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shallfind rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.6:17 Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of thetrumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.6:18 Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what isamong them.6:19 Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, eventhe fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto mywords, nor to my law, but rejected it.6:20 To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and thesweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are notacceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.6:21 Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will lay stumblingblocksbefore this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fallupon them; the neighbour and his friend shall perish.6:22 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, a people cometh from the northcountry, and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of theearth.6:23 They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have nomercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses,set in array as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion.6:24 We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguishhath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.6:25 Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the swordof the enemy and fear is on every side.6:26 O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallowthyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitterlamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.6:27 I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, thatthou mayest know and try their way.6:28 They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they arebrass and iron; they are all corrupters.6:29 The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; thefounder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.6:30 Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the LORD hathrejected them.7:1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, 7:2 Stand inthe gate of the LORD's house, and proclaim there this word, and say,Hear the word of the LORD, all ye of Judah, that enter in at thesegates to worship the LORD.7:3 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your waysand your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.7:4 Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, Thetemple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these.7:5 For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if yethroughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour; 7:6 If yeoppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed notinnocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to yourhurt: 7:7 Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the landthat I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever.7:8 Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.7:9 Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, andburn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;7:10 And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by myname, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations?  7:11 Isthis house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers inyour eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the LORD.7:12 But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set myname at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of mypeople Israel.7:13 And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the LORD,and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not;and I called you, but ye answered not; 7:14 Therefore will I do untothis house, which is called by my name, wherein ye trust, and unto theplace which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done toShiloh.7:15 And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all yourbrethren, even the whole seed of Ephraim.7:16 Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry norprayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hearthee.7:17 Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in thestreets of Jerusalem?  7:18 The children gather wood, and the fatherskindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to thequeen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, thatthey may provoke me to anger.7:19 Do they provoke me to anger? saith the LORD: do they not provokethemselves to the confusion of their own faces?  7:20 Therefore thussaith the Lord GOD; Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured outupon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of thefield, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shallnot be quenched.7:21 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burntofferings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh.7:22 For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the daythat I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burntofferings or sacrifices: 7:23 But this thing commanded I them, saying,Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: andwalk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be wellunto you.7:24 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in thecounsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and wentbackward, and not forward.7:25 Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land ofEgypt unto this day I have even sent unto you all my servants theprophets, daily rising up early and sending them: 7:26 Yet theyhearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened theirneck: they did worse than their fathers.7:27 Therefore thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but theywill not hearken to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but theywill not answer thee.7:28 But thou shalt say unto them, This is a nation that obeyeth notthe voice of the LORD their God, nor receiveth correction: truth isperished, and is cut off from their mouth.7:29 Cut off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up alamentation on high places; for the LORD hath rejected and forsakenthe generation of his wrath.7:30 For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith theLORD: they have set their abominations in the house which is called bymy name, to pollute it.7:31 And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in thevalley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters inthe fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart.7:32 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shallno more be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but thevalley of slaughter: for they shall bury in Tophet, till there be noplace.7:33 And the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls ofthe heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray themaway.7:34 Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from thestreets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness,the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the landshall be desolate.8:1 At that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring out the bones ofthe kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of thepriests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of theinhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves: 8:2 And they shallspread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven,whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom theyhave walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped:they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung uponthe face of the earth.8:3 And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue ofthem that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the placeswhither I have driven them, saith the LORD of hosts.8:4 Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; Shall theyfall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return?  8:5 Why thenis this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding?they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.8:6 I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repentedhim of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned tohis course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.8:7 Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and theturtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming;but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.8:8 How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us?Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.8:9 The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, theyhave rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them?  8:10Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields tothem that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even untothe greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto thepriest every one dealeth falsely.8:11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my peopleslightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.8:12 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, theywere not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shallthey fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation theyshall be cast down, saith the LORD.8:13 I will surely consume them, saith the LORD: there shall be nograpes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade;and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them.8:14 Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter intothe defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our Godhath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, becausewe have sinned against the LORD.8:15 We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health,and behold trouble!  8:16 The snorting of his horses was heard fromDan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of hisstrong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and allthat is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein.8:17 For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, whichwill not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.8:18 When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint inme.8:19 Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people becauseof them that dwell in a far country: Is not the LORD in Zion? is nother king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their gravenimages, and with strange vanities?  8:20 The harvest is past, thesummer is ended, and we are not saved.8:21 For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black;astonishment hath taken hold on me.8:22 Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why thenis not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?  9:1 Oh thatmy head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I mightweep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!  9:2 Ohthat I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that Imight leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers,an assembly of treacherous men.9:3 And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they arenot valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evilto evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.9:4 Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in anybrother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbourwill walk with slanders.9:5 And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speakthe truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and wearythemselves to commit iniquity.9:6 Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit theyrefuse to know me, saith the LORD.9:7 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt them,and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people?  9:8Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speakethpeaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth hiswait.9:9 Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the LORD: shall notmy soul be avenged on such a nation as this?  9:10 For the mountainswill I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of thewilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none canpass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; boththe fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone.9:11 And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I willmake the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.9:12 Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he towhom the mouth of the LORD hath spoken, that he may declare it, forwhat the land perisheth and is burned up like a wilderness, that nonepasseth through?  9:13 And the LORD saith, Because they have forsakenmy law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neitherwalked therein; 9:14 But have walked after the imagination of theirown heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them: 9:15Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, Iwill feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them waterof gall to drink.9:16 I will scatter them also among the heathen, whom neither they northeir fathers have known: and I will send a sword after them, till Ihave consumed them.9:17 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for themourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, thatthey may come: 9:18 And let them make haste, and take up a wailing forus, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush outwith waters.9:19 For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled!we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, becauseour dwellings have cast us out.9:20 Yet hear the word of the LORD, O ye women, and let your earreceive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, andevery one her neighbour lamentation.9:21 For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into ourpalaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men fromthe streets.9:22 Speak, Thus saith the LORD, Even the carcases of men shall fallas dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman,and none shall gather them.9:23 Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom,neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich manglory in his riches: 9:24 But let him that glorieth glory in this,that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD whichexercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth:for in these things I delight, saith the LORD.9:25 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish allthem which are circumcised with the uncircumcised; 9:26 Egypt, andJudah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that arein the utmost corners, that dwell in the wilderness: for all thesenations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel areuncircumcised in the heart.10:1 Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house ofIsrael: 10:2 Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen,and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen aredismayed at them.10:3 For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a treeout of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.10:4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nailsand with hammers, that it move not.10:5 They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needsbe borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for theycannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.10:6 Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou artgreat, and thy name is great in might.10:7 Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth itappertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and inall their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.10:8 But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is adoctrine of vanities.10:9 Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold fromUphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blueand purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men.10:10 But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and aneverlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and thenations shall not be able to abide his indignation.10:11 Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made theheavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and fromunder these heavens.10:12 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established theworld by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by hisdiscretion.10:13 When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters inthe heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of theearth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind outof his treasures.10:14 Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder isconfounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, andthere is no breath in them.10:15 They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of theirvisitation they shall perish.10:16 The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former ofall things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The LORD ofhosts is his name.10:17 Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of thefortress.10:18 For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will sling out theinhabitants of the land at this once, and will distress them, thatthey may find it so.10:19 Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous; but I said, Trulythis is a grief, and I must bear it.10:20 My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: mychildren are gone forth of me, and they are not: there is none tostretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.10:21 For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought theLORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall bescattered.10:22 Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotionout of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and aden of dragons.10:23 O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is notin man that walketh to direct his steps.10:24 O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lestthou bring me to nothing.10:25 Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and uponthe families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob,and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitationdesolate.11:1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD saying, 11:2 Hear yethe words of this covenant, and speak unto the men of Judah, and tothe inhabitants of Jerusalem; 11:3 And say thou unto them, Thus saiththe LORD God of Israel; Cursed be the man that obeyeth not the wordsof this covenant, 11:4 Which I commanded your fathers in the day thatI brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace,saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I commandyou: so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God: 11:5 That I mayperform the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers, to give them aland flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then answered I,and said, So be it, O LORD.11:6 Then the LORD said unto me, Proclaim all these words in thecities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, Hear ye thewords of this covenant, and do them.11:7 For I earnestly protested unto your fathers in the day that Ibrought them up out of the land of Egypt, even unto this day, risingearly and protesting, saying, Obey my voice.11:8 Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every onein the imagination of their evil heart: therefore I will bring uponthem all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do: butthey did them not.11:9 And the LORD said unto me, A conspiracy is found among the men ofJudah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.11:10 They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers,which refused to hear my words; and they went after other gods toserve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken mycovenant which I made with their fathers.11:11 Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil uponthem, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shallcry unto me, I will not hearken unto them.11:12 Then shall the cities of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem go,and cry unto the gods unto whom they offer incense: but they shall notsave them at all in the time of their trouble.11:13 For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, OJudah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have yeset up altars to that shameful thing, even altars to burn incense untoBaal.11:14 Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cryor prayer for them: for I will not hear them in the time that they cryunto me for their trouble.11:15 What hath my beloved to do in mine house, seeing she hathwrought lewdness with many, and the holy flesh is passed from thee?when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest.11:16 The LORD called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, and ofgoodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fireupon it, and the branches of it are broken.11:17 For the LORD of hosts, that planted thee, hath pronounced evilagainst thee, for the evil of the house of Israel and of the house ofJudah, which they have done against themselves to provoke me to angerin offering incense unto Baal.11:18 And the LORD hath given me knowledge of it, and I know it: thenthou shewedst me their doings.11:19 But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter;and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Letus destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him offfrom the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.11:20 But, O LORD of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest thereins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto theehave I revealed my cause.11:21 Therefore thus saith the LORD of the men of Anathoth, that seekthy life, saying, Prophesy not in the name of the LORD, that thou dienot by our hand: 11:22 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold,I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sonsand their daughters shall die by famine: 11:23 And there shall be noremnant of them: for I will bring evil upon the men of Anathoth, eventhe year of their visitation.12:1 Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let metalk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wickedprosper?  wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?12:2 Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow,yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and farfrom their reins.12:3 But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mineheart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, andprepare them for the day of slaughter.12:4 How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every fieldwither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts areconsumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our lastend.12:5 If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee,then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace,wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do inthe swelling of Jordan?  12:6 For even thy brethren, and the house ofthy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, theyhave called a multitude after thee: believe them not, though theyspeak fair words unto thee.12:7 I have forsaken mine house, I have left mine heritage; I havegiven the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.12:8 Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth outagainst me: therefore have I hated it.12:9 Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird, the birds roundabout are against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field,come to devour.12:10 Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden myportion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolatewilderness.12:11 They have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourneth untome; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it toheart.12:12 The spoilers are come upon all high places through thewilderness: for the sword of the LORD shall devour from the one end ofthe land even to the other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace.12:13 They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have putthemselves to pain, but shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed ofyour revenues because of the fierce anger of the LORD.12:14 Thus saith the LORD against all mine evil neighbours, that touchthe inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit;Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, and pluck out the houseof Judah from among them.12:15 And it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them out Iwill return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them again,every man to his heritage, and every man to his land.12:16 And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn theways of my people, to swear by my name, The LORD liveth; as theytaught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built in themidst of my people.12:17 But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroythat nation, saith the LORD.13:1 Thus saith the LORD unto me, Go and get thee a linen girdle, andput it upon thy loins, and put it not in water.13:2 So I got a girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put iton my loins.13:3 And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying,13:4 Take the girdle that thou hast got, which is upon thy loins, andarise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock.13:5 So I went, and hid it by Euphrates, as the LORD commanded me.13:6 And it came to pass after many days, that the LORD said unto me,Arise, go to Euphrates, and take the girdle from thence, which Icommanded thee to hide there.13:7 Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle fromthe place where I had hid it: and, behold, the girdle was marred, itwas profitable for nothing.13:8 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 13:9 Thus saiththe LORD, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and thegreat pride of Jerusalem.13:10 This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk inthe imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to servethem, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is goodfor nothing.13:11 For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have Icaused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole houseof Judah, saith the LORD; that they might be unto me for a people, andfor a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would nothear.13:12 Therefore thou shalt speak unto them this word; Thus saith theLORD God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and theyshall say unto thee, Do we not certainly know that every bottle shallbe filled with wine?  13:13 Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saiththe LORD, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, eventhe kings that sit upon David's throne, and the priests, and theprophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.13:14 And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers andthe sons together, saith the LORD: I will not pity, nor spare, norhave mercy, but destroy them.13:15 Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD hath spoken.13:16 Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, andbefore your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye lookfor light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it grossdarkness.13:17 But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret placesfor your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears,because the LORD's flock is carried away captive.13:18 Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down:for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory.13:19 The cities of the south shall be shut up, and none shall openthem: Judah shall be carried away captive all of it, it shall bewholly carried away captive.13:20 Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north:where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock?  13:21What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast taughtthem to be captains, and as chief over thee: shall not sorrows takethee, as a woman in travail?  13:22 And if thou say in thine heart,Wherefore come these things upon me?  For the greatness of thineiniquity are thy skirts discovered, and thy heels made bare.13:23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.13:24 Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth awayby the wind of the wilderness.13:25 This is thy lot, the portion of thy measures from me, saith theLORD; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.13:26 Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, that thyshame may appear.13:27 I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness ofthy whoredom, and thine abominations on the hills in the fields. Woeunto thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean? when shall itonce be?  14:1 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerningthe dearth.14:2 Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are blackunto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.14:3 And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: theycame to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vesselsempty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.14:4 Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth,the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.14:5 Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, becausethere was no grass.14:6 And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed upthe wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because there was nograss.14:7 O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it forthy name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned againstthee.14:8 O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, whyshouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring manthat turneth aside to tarry for a night?  14:9 Why shouldest thou beas a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O LORD,art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.14:10 Thus saith the LORD unto this people, Thus have they loved towander, they have not refrained their feet, therefore the LORD dothnot accept them; he will now remember their iniquity, and visit theirsins.14:11 Then said the LORD unto me, Pray not for this people for theirgood.14:12 When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offerburnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I willconsume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.14:13 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the prophets say unto them,Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I willgive you assured peace in this place.14:14 Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in myname: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spakeunto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and athing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.14:15 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets thatprophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword andfamine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall thoseprophets be consumed.14:16 And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in thestreets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and theyshall have none to bury them, them, their wives, nor their sons, northeir daughters: for I will pour their wickedness upon them.14:17 Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes rundown with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgindaughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a verygrievous blow.14:18 If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with thesword!  and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sickwith famine!  yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into aland that they know not.14:19 Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? whyhast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked forpeace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and beholdtrouble!  14:20 We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and theiniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.14:21 Do not abhor us, for thy name's sake, do not disgrace the throneof thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.14:22 Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can causerain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD ourGod?  therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all thesethings.15:1 Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood beforeme, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of mysight, and let them go forth.15:2 And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shallwe go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the LORD; Such asare for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword;and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for thecaptivity, to the captivity.15:3 And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: thesword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, andthe beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy.15:4 And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of theearth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for thatwhich he did in Jerusalem.15:5 For who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or who shallbemoan thee? or who shall go aside to ask how thou doest?  15:6 Thouhast forsaken me, saith the LORD, thou art gone backward: thereforewill I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am wearywith repenting.15:7 And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I willbereave them of children, I will destroy my people since they returnnot from their ways.15:8 Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: Ihave brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoilerat noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and terrorsupon the city.15:9 She that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath given up theghost; her sun is gone down while it was yet day: she hath beenashamed and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to thesword before their enemies, saith the LORD.15:10 Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strifeand a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent onusury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them dothcurse me.15:11 The LORD said, Verily it shall be well with thy remnant; verilyI will cause the enemy to entreat thee well in the time of evil and inthe time of affliction.15:12 Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel?  15:13 Thysubstance and thy treasures will I give to the spoil without price,and that for all thy sins, even in all thy borders.15:14 And I will make thee to pass with thine enemies into a landwhich thou knowest not: for a fire is kindled in mine anger, whichshall burn upon you.15:15 O LORD, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge meof my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know thatfor thy sake I have suffered rebuke.15:16 Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was untome the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, OLORD God of hosts.15:17 I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I satalone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.15:18 Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refusethto be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as watersthat fail?  15:19 Therefore thus saith the LORD, If thou return, thenwill I bring thee again, and thou shalt stand before me: and if thoutake forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: letthem return unto thee; but return not thou unto them.15:20 And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: andthey shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail againstthee: for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith theLORD.15:21 And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and Iwill redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible.16:1 The word of the LORD came also unto me, saying, 16:2 Thou shaltnot take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters inthis place.16:3 For thus saith the LORD concerning the sons and concerning thedaughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothersthat bare them, and concerning their fathers that begat them in thisland; 16:4 They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not belamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung uponthe face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and byfamine; and their carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, andfor the beasts of the earth.16:5 For thus saith the LORD, Enter not into the house of mourning,neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my peacefrom this people, saith the LORD, even lovingkindness and mercies.16:6 Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shallnot be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves,nor make themselves bald for them: 16:7 Neither shall men tearthemselves for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neithershall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their fatheror for their mother.16:8 Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit withthem to eat and to drink.16:9 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, Iwill cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in your days,the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of thebridegroom, and the voice of the bride.16:10 And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew this people allthese words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath the LORDpronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? orwhat is our sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?16:11 Then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers haveforsaken me, saith the LORD, and have walked after other gods, andhave served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, andhave not kept my law; 16:12 And ye have done worse than your fathers;for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evilheart, that they may not hearken unto me: 16:13 Therefore will I castyou out of this land into a land that ye know not, neither ye nor yourfathers; and there shall ye serve other gods day and night; where Iwill not shew you favour.16:14 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shallno more be said, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children ofIsrael out of the land of Egypt; 16:15 But, The LORD liveth, thatbrought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and fromall the lands whither he had driven them: and I will bring them againinto their land that I gave unto their fathers.16:16 Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the LORD, and theyshall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and theyshall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out ofthe holes of the rocks.16:17 For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from myface, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes.16:18 And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double;because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritancewith the carcases of their detestable and abominable things.16:19 O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the dayof affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of theearth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity,and things wherein there is no profit.16:20 Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods?  16:21Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will causethem to know mine hand and my might; and they shall know that my nameis The LORD.17:1 The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with thepoint of a diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart, andupon the horns of your altars; 17:2 Whilst their children remembertheir altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills.17:3 O my mountain in the field, I will give thy substance and all thytreasures to the spoil, and thy high places for sin, throughout allthy borders.17:4 And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thine heritagethat I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in theland which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger,which shall burn for ever.17:5 Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, andmaketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.17:6 For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not seewhen good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in thewilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.17:7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope theLORD is.17:8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and thatspreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heatcometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in theyear of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked:who can know it?  17:10 I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins,even to give every man according to his ways, and according to thefruit of his doings.17:11 As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so hethat getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midstof his days, and at his end shall be a fool.17:12 A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of oursanctuary.17:13 O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall beashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth,because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.17:14 Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall besaved: for thou art my praise.17:15 Behold, they say unto me, Where is the word of the LORD? let itcome now.17:16 As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to followthee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that whichcame out of my lips was right before thee.17:17 Be not a terror unto me: thou art my hope in the day of evil.17:18 Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me beconfounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bringupon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.17:19 Thus said the LORD unto me; Go and stand in the gate of thechildren of the people, whereby the kings of Judah come in, and by thewhich they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem; 17:20 And sayunto them, Hear ye the word of the LORD, ye kings of Judah, and allJudah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by thesegates: 17:21 Thus saith the LORD; Take heed to yourselves, and bear noburden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem;17:22 Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbathday, neither do ye any work, but hallow ye the sabbath day, as Icommanded your fathers.17:23 But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made theirneck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction.17:24 And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me,saith the LORD, to bring in no burden through the gates of this cityon the sabbath day, but hallow the sabbath day, to do no work therein;17:25 Then shall there enter into the gates of this city kings andprinces sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and onhorses, they, and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitantsof Jerusalem: and this city shall remain for ever.17:26 And they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from theplaces about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from theplain, and from the mountains, and from the south, bringing burntofferings, and sacrifices, and meat offerings, and incense, andbringing sacrifices of praise, unto the house of the LORD.17:27 But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day,and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalemon the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof,and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not bequenched.18:1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, 18:2Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause theeto hear my words.18:3 Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought awork on the wheels.18:4 And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of thepotter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to thepotter to make it.18:5 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 18:6 O house ofIsrael, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold,as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O houseof Israel.18:7 At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerninga kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; 18:8 Ifthat nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, Iwill repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.18:9 And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, andconcerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it; 18:10 If it do evil inmy sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good,wherewith I said I would benefit them.18:11 Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to theinhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I frameevil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now everyone from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good.18:12 And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our owndevices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart.18:13 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ask ye now among the heathen, whohath heard such things: the virgin of Israel hath done a very horriblething.18:14 Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon which cometh from the rockof the field? or shall the cold flowing waters that come from anotherplace be forsaken?  18:15 Because my people hath forgotten me, theyhave burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble intheir ways from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not castup; 18:16 To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; everyone that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.18:17 I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; Iwill shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of theircalamity.18:18 Then said they, Come and let us devise devices against Jeremiah;for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from thewise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him withthe tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.18:19 Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of them thatcontend with me.18:20 Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pitfor my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them,and to turn away thy wrath from them.18:21 Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour outtheir blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereavedof their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death;let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.18:22 Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring atroop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, andhid snares for my feet.18:23 Yet, LORD, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me:forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight,but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in thetime of thine anger.19:1 Thus saith the LORD, Go and get a potter's earthen bottle, andtake of the ancients of the people, and of the ancients of thepriests; 19:2 And go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, whichis by the entry of the east gate, and proclaim there the words that Ishall tell thee, 19:3 And say, Hear ye the word of the LORD, O kingsof Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem; Thus saith the LORD of hosts,the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, thewhich whosoever heareth, his ears shall tingle.19:4 Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, andhave burned incense in it unto other gods, whom neither they nor theirfathers have known, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled this placewith the blood of innocents; 19:5 They have built also the high placesof Baal, to burn their sons with fire for burnt offerings unto Baal,which I commanded not, nor spake it, neither came it into my mind:19:6 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that this placeshall no more be called Tophet, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom,but The valley of slaughter.19:7 And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in thisplace; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before theirenemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and theircarcases will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and forthe beasts of the earth.19:8 And I will make this city desolate, and an hissing; every onethat passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all theplagues thereof.19:9 And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and theflesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh ofhis friend in the siege and straitness, wherewith their enemies, andthey that seek their lives, shall straiten them.19:10 Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that gowith thee, 19:11 And shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD ofhosts; Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaketha potter's vessel, that cannot be made whole again: and they shallbury them in Tophet, till there be no place to bury.19:12 Thus will I do unto this place, saith the LORD, and to theinhabitants thereof, and even make this city as Tophet: 19:13 And thehouses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall bedefiled as the place of Tophet, because of all the houses upon whoseroofs they have burned incense unto all the host of heaven, and havepoured out drink offerings unto other gods.19:14 Then came Jeremiah from Tophet, whither the LORD had sent him toprophesy; and he stood in the court of the LORD's house; and said toall the people, 19:15 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel;Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all her towns all theevil that I have pronounced against it, because they have hardenedtheir necks, that they might not hear my words.20:1 Now Pashur the son of Immer the priest, who was also chiefgovernor in the house of the LORD, heard that Jeremiah prophesiedthese things.20:2 Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocksthat were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of theLORD.20:3 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashur brought forthJeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him, The LORD hathnot called thy name Pashur, but Magormissabib.20:4 For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will make thee a terror tothyself, and to all thy friends: and they shall fall by the sword oftheir enemies, and thine eyes shall behold it: and I will give allJudah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry themcaptive into Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword.20:5 Moreover I will deliver all the strength of this city, and allthe labours thereof, and all the precious things thereof, and all thetreasures of the kings of Judah will I give into the hand of theirenemies, which shall spoil them, and take them, and carry them toBabylon.20:6 And thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in thine house shall go intocaptivity: and thou shalt come to Babylon, and there thou shalt die,and shalt be buried there, thou, and all thy friends, to whom thouhast prophesied lies.20:7 O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived; thou artstronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every onemocketh me.20:8 For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil;because the word of the LORD was made a reproach unto me, and aderision, daily.20:9 Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any morein his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut upin my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.20:10 For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report,say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for myhalting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevailagainst him, and we shall take our revenge on him.20:11 But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore mypersecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall begreatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlastingconfusion shall never be forgotten.20:12 But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest thereins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto theehave I opened my cause.20:13 Sing unto the LORD, praise ye the LORD: for he hath deliveredthe soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers.20:14 Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein mymother bare me be blessed.20:15 Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, Aman child is born unto thee; making him very glad.20:16 And let that man be as the cities which the LORD overthrew, andrepented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and theshouting at noontide; 20:17 Because he slew me not from the womb; orthat my mother might have been my grave, and her womb to be alwaysgreat with me.20:18 Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow,that my days should be consumed with shame?  21:1 The word which cameunto Jeremiah from the LORD, when king Zedekiah sent unto him Pashurthe son of Melchiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest,saying, 21:2 Enquire, I pray thee, of the LORD for us; forNebuchadrezzar king of Babylon maketh war against us; if so be thatthe LORD will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, thathe may go up from us.21:3 Then said Jeremiah unto them, Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah: 21:4Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Behold, I will turn back theweapons of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight against theking of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans, which besiege you withoutthe walls, and I will assemble them into the midst of this city.21:5 And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand andwith a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath.21:6 And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man andbeast: they shall die of a great pestilence.21:7 And afterward, saith the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king ofJudah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in thiscity from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, intothe hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of theirenemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shallsmite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them,neither have pity, nor have mercy.21:8 And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the LORD; Behold,I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.21:9 He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by thefamine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth tothe Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall beunto him for a prey.21:10 For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not forgood, saith the LORD: it shall be given into the hand of the king ofBabylon, and he shall burn it with fire.21:11 And touching the house of the king of Judah, say, Hear ye theword of the LORD; 21:12 O house of David, thus saith the LORD; Executejudgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of thehand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn thatnone can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.21:13 Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant of the valley, and rockof the plain, saith the LORD; which say, Who shall come down againstus? or who shall enter into our habitations?  21:14 But I will punishyou according to the fruit of your doings, saith the LORD: and I willkindle a fire in the forest thereof, and it shall devour all thingsround about it.22:1 Thus saith the LORD; Go down to the house of the king of Judah,and speak there this word, 22:2 And say, Hear the word of the LORD, Oking of Judah, that sittest upon the throne of David, thou, and thyservants, and thy people that enter in by these gates: 22:3 Thus saiththe LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver thespoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do noviolence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shedinnocent blood in this place.22:4 For if ye do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in by thegates of this house kings sitting upon the throne of David, riding inchariots and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people.22:5 But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith theLORD, that this house shall become a desolation.22:6 For thus saith the LORD unto the king's house of Judah; Thou artGilead unto me, and the head of Lebanon: yet surely I will make thee awilderness, and cities which are not inhabited.22:7 And I will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with hisweapons: and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast them intothe fire.22:8 And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall sayevery man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus untothis great city?  22:9 Then they shall answer, Because they haveforsaken the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshipped othergods, and served them.22:10 Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him: but weep sore forhim that goeth away: for he shall return no more, nor see his nativecountry.22:11 For thus saith the LORD touching Shallum the son of Josiah kingof Judah, which reigned instead of Josiah his father, which went forthout of this place; He shall not return thither any more: 22:12 But heshall die in the place whither they have led him captive, and shallsee this land no more.22:13 Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and hischambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour's service without wages,and giveth him not for his work; 22:14 That saith, I will build me awide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it iscieled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.22:15 Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did notthy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it waswell with him?  22:16 He judged the cause of the poor and needy; thenit was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD.22:17 But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness,and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence,to do it.22:18 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son ofJosiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah mybrother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament for him, saying, Ahlord! or, Ah his glory!  22:19 He shall be buried with the burial ofan ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.22:20 Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in Bashan, andcry from the passages: for all thy lovers are destroyed.22:21 I spake unto thee in thy prosperity; but thou saidst, I will nothear. This hath been thy manner from thy youth, that thou obeyedst notmy voice.22:22 The wind shall eat up all thy pastors, and thy lovers shall gointo captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded forall thy wickedness.22:23 O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, howgracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of awoman in travail!  22:24 As I live, saith the LORD, though Coniah theson of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yetwould I pluck thee thence; 22:25 And I will give thee into the hand ofthem that seek thy life, and into the hand of them whose face thoufearest, even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, andinto the hand of the Chaldeans.22:26 And I will cast thee out, and thy mother that bare thee, intoanother country, where ye were not born; and there shall ye die.22:27 But to the land whereunto they desire to return, thither shallthey not return.22:28 Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? is he a vesselwherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed,and are cast into a land which they know not?  22:29 O earth, earth,earth, hear the word of the LORD.22:30 Thus saith the LORD, Write ye this man childless, a man thatshall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper,sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah.23:1 Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of mypasture! saith the LORD.23:2 Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel against the pastorsthat feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away,and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil ofyour doings, saith the LORD.23:3 And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countrieswhither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds;and they shall be fruitful and increase.23:4 And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: andthey shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they belacking, saith the LORD.23:5 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise untoDavid a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, andshall execute judgment and justice in the earth.23:6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely:and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OURRIGHTEOUSNESS.23:7 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that they shallno more say, The LORD liveth, which brought up the children of Israelout of the land of Egypt; 23:8 But, The LORD liveth, which brought upand which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the northcountry, and from all countries whither I had driven them; and theyshall dwell in their own land.23:9 Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all mybones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hathovercome, because of the LORD, and because of the words of hisholiness.23:10 For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing theland mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, andtheir course is evil, and their force is not right.23:11 For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have Ifound their wickedness, saith the LORD.23:12 Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery ways in thedarkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bringevil upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith the LORD.23:13 And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; theyprophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.23:14 I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing:they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the handsof evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness; they are allof them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.23:15 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets;Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the waterof gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forthinto all the land.23:16 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of theprophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak avision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD.23:17 They say still unto them that despise me, The LORD hath said, Yeshall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after theimagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you.23:18 For who hath stood in the counsel of the LORD, and hathperceived and heard his word? who hath marked his word, and heard it?23:19 Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD is gone forth in fury, even agrievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon the head of thewicked.23:20 The anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have executed,and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latterdays ye shall consider it perfectly.23:21 I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spokento them, yet they prophesied.23:22 But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people tohear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way,and from the evil of their doings.23:23 Am I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off?23:24 Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him?saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.23:25 I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in myname, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.23:26 How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets thatprophesy lies? yea, they are prophets of the deceit of their ownheart; 23:27 Which think to cause my people to forget my name by theirdreams which they tell every man to his neighbour, as their fathershave forgotten my name for Baal.23:28 The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he thathath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff tothe wheat? saith the LORD.23:29 Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammerthat breaketh the rock in pieces?  23:30 Therefore, behold, I amagainst the prophets, saith the LORD, that steal my words every onefrom his neighbour.23:31 Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that usetheir tongues, and say, He saith.23:32 Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith theLORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, andby their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: thereforethey shall not profit this people at all, saith the LORD.23:33 And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall askthee, saying, What is the burden of the LORD? thou shalt then say untothem, What burden? I will even forsake you, saith the LORD.23:34 And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, thatshall say, The burden of the LORD, I will even punish that man and hishouse.23:35 Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbour, and every one tohis brother, What hath the LORD answered? and, What hath the LORDspoken?  23:36 And the burden of the LORD shall ye mention no more:for every man's word shall be his burden; for ye have perverted thewords of the living God, of the LORD of hosts our God.23:37 Thus shalt thou say to the prophet, What hath the LORD answeredthee? and, What hath the LORD spoken?  23:38 But since ye say, Theburden of the LORD; therefore thus saith the LORD; Because ye say thisword, The burden of the LORD, and I have sent unto you, saying, Yeshall not say, The burden of the LORD; 23:39 Therefore, behold, I,even I, will utterly forget you, and I will forsake you, and the citythat I gave you and your fathers, and cast you out of my presence:23:40 And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and aperpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.24:1 The LORD shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were setbefore the temple of the LORD, after that Nebuchadrezzar king ofBabylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king ofJudah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, fromJerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.24:2 One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are firstripe: and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not beeaten, they were so bad.24:3 Then said the LORD unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And Isaid, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the evil, very evil, thatcannot be eaten, they are so evil.24:4 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 24:5 Thus saiththe LORD, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will Iacknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I havesent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their good.24:6 For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bringthem again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull themdown; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up.24:7 And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD: andthey shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shallreturn unto me with their whole heart.24:8 And as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil;surely thus saith the LORD, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah,and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in thisland, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt: 24:9 And I willdeliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth fortheir hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, inall places whither I shall drive them.24:10 And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, amongthem, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto themand to their fathers.25:1 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judahin the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, thatwas the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; 25:2 The whichJeremiah the prophet spake unto all the people of Judah, and to allthe inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, 25:3 From the thirteenth year ofJosiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that is thethree and twentieth year, the word of the LORD hath come unto me, andI have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye have nothearkened.25:4 And the LORD hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets,rising early and sending them; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclinedyour ear to hear.25:5 They said, Turn ye again now every one from his evil way, andfrom the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD hathgiven unto you and to your fathers for ever and ever: 25:6 And go notafter other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke menot to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt.25:7 Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith the LORD; that ye mightprovoke me to anger with the works of your hands to your own hurt.25:8 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Because ye have not heardmy words, 25:9 Behold, I will send and take all the families of thenorth, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, myservant, and will bring them against this land, and against theinhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, andwill utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and anhissing, and perpetual desolations.25:10 Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voiceof gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride,the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle.25:11 And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment;and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.25:12 And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished,that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith theLORD, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will makeit perpetual desolations.25:13 And I will bring upon that land all my words which I havepronounced against it, even all that is written in this book, whichJeremiah hath prophesied against all the nations.25:14 For many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of themalso: and I will recompense them according to their deeds, andaccording to the works of their own hands.25:15 For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cupof this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I sendthee, to drink it.25:16 And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of thesword that I will send among them.25:17 Then took I the cup at the LORD's hand, and made all the nationsto drink, unto whom the LORD had sent me: 25:18 To wit, Jerusalem, andthe cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof,to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse;as it is this day; 25:19 Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, andhis princes, and all his people; 25:20 And all the mingled people, andall the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of thePhilistines, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant ofAshdod, 25:21 Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon, 25:22 And allthe kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of theisles which are beyond the sea, 25:23 Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, andall that are in the utmost corners, 25:24 And all the kings of Arabia,and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the desert,25:25 And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and allthe kings of the Medes, 25:26 And all the kings of the north, far andnear, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which areupon the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink afterthem.25:27 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD ofhosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, andfall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send amongyou.25:28 And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thine hand todrink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Yeshall certainly drink.25:29 For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by myname, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished:for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth,saith the LORD of hosts.25:30 Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and sayunto them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his voice fromhis holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; heshall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all theinhabitants of the earth.25:31 A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the LORDhath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; hewill give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the LORD.25:32 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth fromnation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from thecoasts of the earth.25:33 And the slain of the LORD shall be at that day from one end ofthe earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not belamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon theground.25:34 Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes,ye principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of yourdispersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasantvessel.25:35 And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principalof the flock to escape.25:36 A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and an howling of theprincipal of the flock, shall be heard: for the LORD hath spoiledtheir pasture.25:37 And the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierceanger of the LORD.25:38 He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land isdesolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because ofhis fierce anger.26:1 In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah kingof Judah came this word from the LORD, saying, 26:2 Thus saith theLORD; Stand in the court of the LORD's house, and speak unto all thecities of Judah, which come to worship in the LORD's house, all thewords that I command thee to speak unto them; diminish not a word:26:3 If so be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way,that I may repent me of the evil, which I purpose to do unto thembecause of the evil of their doings.26:4 And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; If ye will nothearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you, 26:5 Tohearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I sent untoyou, both rising up early, and sending them, but ye have nothearkened; 26:6 Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will makethis city a curse to all the nations of the earth.26:7 So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiahspeaking these words in the house of the LORD.26:8 Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speakingall that the LORD had commanded him to speak unto all the people, thatthe priests and the prophets and all the people took him, saying, Thoushalt surely die.26:9 Why hast thou prophesied in the name of the LORD, saying, Thishouse shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate without aninhabitant?  And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in thehouse of the LORD.26:10 When the princes of Judah heard these things, then they came upfrom the king's house unto the house of the LORD, and sat down in theentry of the new gate of the LORD's house.26:11 Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes and toall the people, saying, This man is worthy to die; for he hathprophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears.26:12 Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people,saying, The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and againstthis city all the words that ye have heard.26:13 Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey thevoice of the LORD your God; and the LORD will repent him of the evilthat he hath pronounced against you.26:14 As for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as seemeth goodand meet unto you.26:15 But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shallsurely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, andupon the inhabitants thereof: for of a truth the LORD hath sent meunto you to speak all these words in your ears.26:16 Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and tothe prophets; This man is not worthy to die: for he hath spoken to usin the name of the LORD our God.26:17 Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spake to allthe assembly of the people, saying, 26:18 Micah the Morasthiteprophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all thepeople of Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Zion shall beplowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and themountain of the house as the high places of a forest.26:19 Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all todeath?  did he not fear the LORD, and besought the LORD, and the LORDrepented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thusmight we procure great evil against our souls.26:20 And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of theLORD, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjathjearim, who prophesiedagainst this city and against this land according to all the words ofJeremiah.26:21 And when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men, and allthe princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death: butwhen Urijah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt;26:22 And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, namely, Elnathan theson of Achbor, and certain men with him into Egypt.26:23 And they fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him untoJehoiakim the king; who slew him with the sword, and cast his deadbody into the graves of the common people.26:24 Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was withJeremiah, that they should not give him into the hand of the people toput him to death.27:1 In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah kingof Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, 27:2 Thussaith the LORD to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thyneck, 27:3 And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab,and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyrus, and to theking of Zidon, by the hand of the messengers which come to Jerusalemunto Zedekiah king of Judah; 27:4 And command them to say unto theirmasters, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Thus shallye say unto your masters; 27:5 I have made the earth, the man and thebeast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by myoutstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me.27:6 And now have I given all these lands into the hand ofNebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of thefield have I given him also to serve him.27:7 And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son,until the very time of his land come: and then many nations and greatkings shall serve themselves of him.27:8 And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which willnot serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that willnot put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nationwill I punish, saith the LORD, with the sword, and with the famine,and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.27:9 Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners,nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers,which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon:27:10 For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from yourland; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.27:11 But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the kingof Babylon, and serve him, those will I let remain still in their ownland, saith the LORD; and they shall till it, and dwell therein.27:12 I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all thesewords, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon,and serve him and his people, and live.27:13 Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by thefamine, and by the pestilence, as the LORD hath spoken against thenation that will not serve the king of Babylon?  27:14 Thereforehearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you,saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: for they prophesy alie unto you.27:15 For I have not sent them, saith the LORD, yet they prophesy alie in my name; that I might drive you out, and that ye might perish,ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you.27:16 Also I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thussaith the LORD; Hearken not to the words of your prophets thatprophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the LORD's houseshall now shortly be brought again from Babylon: for they prophesy alie unto you.27:17 Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live:wherefore should this city be laid waste?  27:18 But if they beprophets, and if the word of the LORD be with them, let them now makeintercession to the LORD of hosts, that the vessels which are left inthe house of the LORD, and in the house of the king of Judah, and atJerusalem, go not to Babylon.27:19 For thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the pillars, andconcerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning theresidue of the vessels that remain in this city.27:20 Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not, when he carriedaway captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah fromJerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem; 27:21Yea, thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning thevessels that remain in the house of the LORD, and in the house of theking of Judah and of Jerusalem; 27:22 They shall be carried toBabylon, and there shall they be until the day that I visit them,saith the LORD; then will I bring them up, and restore them to thisplace.28:1 And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reignof Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, and in the fifth month,that Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, which was of Gibeon, spakeunto me in the house of the LORD, in the presence of the priests andof all the people, saying, 28:2 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, theGod of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.28:3 Within two full years will I bring again into this place all thevessels of the LORD's house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon tookaway from this place, and carried them to Babylon: 28:4 And I willbring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah,with all the captives of Judah, that went into Babylon, saith theLORD: for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.28:5 Then the prophet Jeremiah said unto the prophet Hananiah in thepresence of the priests, and in the presence of all the people thatstood in the house of the LORD, 28:6 Even the prophet Jeremiah said,Amen: the LORD do so: the LORD perform thy words which thou hastprophesied, to bring again the vessels of the LORD's house, and allthat is carried away captive, from Babylon into this place.28:7 Nevertheless hear thou now this word that I speak in thine ears,and in the ears of all the people; 28:8 The prophets that have beenbefore me and before thee of old prophesied both against manycountries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and ofpestilence.28:9 The prophet which prophesieth of peace, when the word of theprophet shall come to pass, then shall the prophet be known, that theLORD hath truly sent him.28:10 Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophetJeremiah's neck, and brake it.28:11 And Hananiah spake in the presence of all the people, saying,Thus saith the LORD; Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzarking of Babylon from the neck of all nations within the space of twofull years. And the prophet Jeremiah went his way.28:12 Then the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the prophet, afterthat Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke from off the neck of theprophet Jeremiah, saying, 28:13 Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thussaith the LORD; Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but thou shaltmake for them yokes of iron.28:14 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; I have puta yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that they may serveNebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I havegiven him the beasts of the field also.28:15 Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hearnow, Hananiah; The LORD hath not sent thee; but thou makest thispeople to trust in a lie.28:16 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will cast thee from offthe face of the earth: this year thou shalt die, because thou hasttaught rebellion against the LORD.28:17 So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.29:1 Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophetsent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders which were carriedaway captives, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all thepeople whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem toBabylon; 29:2 (After that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and theeunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, andthe smiths, were departed from Jerusalem;) 29:3 By the hand of Elasahthe son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiahking of Judah sent unto Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon)saying, 29:4 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, unto allthat are carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried awayfrom Jerusalem unto Babylon; 29:5 Build ye houses, and dwell in them;and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them; 29:6 Take ye wives, andbeget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give yourdaughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that yemay be increased there, and not diminished.29:7 And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to becarried away captives, and pray unto the LORD for it: for in the peacethereof shall ye have peace.29:8 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not yourprophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you,neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.29:9 For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sentthem, saith the LORD.29:10 For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years beaccomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good wordtoward you, in causing you to return to this place.29:11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD,thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.29:12 Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me,and I will hearken unto you.29:13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for mewith all your heart.29:14 And I will be found of you, saith the LORD: and I will turn awayyour captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and fromall the places whither I have driven you, saith the LORD; and I willbring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried awaycaptive.29:15 Because ye have said, The LORD hath raised us up prophets inBabylon; 29:16 Know that thus saith the LORD of the king that sittethupon the throne of David, and of all the people that dwelleth in thiscity, and of your brethren that are not gone forth with you intocaptivity; 29:17 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will sendupon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will makethem like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.29:18 And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, andwith the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all thekingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and anhissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driventhem: 29:19 Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith theLORD, which I sent unto them by my servants the prophets, rising upearly and sending them; but ye would not hear, saith the LORD.29:20 Hear ye therefore the word of the LORD, all ye of the captivity,whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon: 29:21 Thus saith the LORDof hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and ofZedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which prophesy a lie unto you in myname; Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar kingof Babylon; and he shall slay them before your eyes; 29:22 And of themshall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which are inBabylon, saying, The LORD make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whomthe king of Babylon roasted in the fire; 29:23 Because they havecommitted villany in Israel, and have committed adultery with theirneighbours' wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which Ihave not commanded them; even I know, and am a witness, saith theLORD.29:24 Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,29:25 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying,Because thou hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people thatare at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, andto all the priests, saying, 29:26 The LORD hath made thee priest inthe stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in thehouse of the LORD, for every man that is mad, and maketh himself aprophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks.29:27 Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth,which maketh himself a prophet to you?  29:28 For therefore he sentunto us in Babylon, saying, This captivity is long: build ye houses,and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.29:29 And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears ofJeremiah the prophet.29:30 Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying, 29:31 Sendto all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith the LORD concerningShemaiah the Nehelamite; Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied untoyou, and I sent him not, and he caused you to trust in a lie: 29:32Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will punish Shemaiah theNehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell among thispeople; neither shall he behold the good that I will do for my people,saith the LORD; because he hath taught rebellion against the LORD.30:1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, 30:2 Thusspeaketh the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words thatI have spoken unto thee in a book.30:3 For, lo, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will bring againthe captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the LORD: and Iwill cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers,and they shall possess it.30:4 And these are the words that the LORD spake concerning Israel andconcerning Judah.30:5 For thus saith the LORD; We have heard a voice of trembling, offear, and not of peace.30:6 Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child?wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a womanin travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?  30:7 Alas! forthat day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time ofJacob's trouble, but he shall be saved out of it.30:8 For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts,that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thybonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him: 30:9 Butthey shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I willraise up unto them.30:10 Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD;neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar,and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return,and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid.30:11 For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I makea full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet I willnot make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, andwill not leave thee altogether unpunished.30:12 For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy woundis grievous.30:13 There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up:thou hast no healing medicines.30:14 All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for Ihave wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement ofa cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sinswere increased.30:15 Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow is incurablefor the multitude of thine iniquity: because thy sins were increased,I have done these things unto thee.30:16 Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and allthine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; andthey that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon theewill I give for a prey.30:17 For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thywounds, saith the LORD; because they called thee an Outcast, saying,This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.30:18 Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity ofJacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the cityshall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain afterthe manner thereof.30:19 And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of themthat make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few;I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.30:20 Their children also shall be as aforetime, and theircongregation shall be established before me, and I will punish allthat oppress them.30:21 And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governorshall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to drawnear, and he shall approach unto me: for who is this that engaged hisheart to approach unto me? saith the LORD.30:22 And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.30:23 Behold, the whirlwind of the LORD goeth forth with fury, acontinuing whirlwind: it shall fall with pain upon the head of thewicked.30:24 The fierce anger of the LORD shall not return, until he hathdone it, and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in thelatter days ye shall consider it.31:1 At the same time, saith the LORD, will I be the God of all thefamilies of Israel, and they shall be my people.31:2 Thus saith the LORD, The people which were left of the swordfound grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause himto rest.31:3 The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have lovedthee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have Idrawn thee.31:4 Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin ofIsrael: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt goforth in the dances of them that make merry.31:5 Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria: theplanters shall plant, and shall eat them as common things.31:6 For there shall be a day, that the watchmen upon the mountEphraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto the LORDour God.31:7 For thus saith the LORD; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shoutamong the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, OLORD, save thy people, the remnant of Israel.31:8 Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather themfrom the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame,the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: agreat company shall return thither.31:9 They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I leadthem: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straightway, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, andEphraim is my firstborn.31:10 Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in theisles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, andkeep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.31:11 For the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the handof him that was stronger than he.31:12 Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, andshall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and forwine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: andtheir soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow anymore at all.31:13 Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men andold together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and willcomfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.31:14 And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and mypeople shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the LORD.31:15 Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation,and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to becomforted for her children, because they were not.31:16 Thus saith the LORD; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thineeyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the LORD; andthey shall come again from the land of the enemy.31:17 And there is hope in thine end, saith the LORD, that thychildren shall come again to their own border.31:18 I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hastchastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to theyoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD myGod.31:19 Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I wasinstructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, evenconfounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.31:20 Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since Ispake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore mybowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saiththe LORD.31:21 Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine hearttoward the highway, even the way which thou wentest: turn again, Ovirgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities.31:22 How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? forthe LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compassa man.31:23 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As yet theyshall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof,when I shall bring again their captivity; The LORD bless thee, Ohabitation of justice, and mountain of holiness.31:24 And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and in all the citiesthereof together, husbandmen, and they that go forth with flocks.31:25 For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished everysorrowful soul.31:26 Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.31:27 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will sow the houseof Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with theseed of beast.31:28 And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched overthem, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and todestroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and toplant, saith the LORD.31:29 In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten asour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge.31:30 But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man thateateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.31:31 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a newcovenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: 31:32Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in theday that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land ofEgypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband untothem, saith the LORD: 31:33 But this shall be the covenant that I willmake with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, Iwill put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts;and will be their God, and they shall be my people.31:34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and everyman his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me,from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: forI will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.31:35 Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day,and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night,which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hostsis his name: 31:36 If those ordinances depart from before me, saiththe LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nationbefore me for ever.31:37 Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and thefoundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast offall the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD.31:38 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the city shall bebuilt to the LORD from the tower of Hananeel unto the gate of thecorner.31:39 And the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it uponthe hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath.31:40 And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, andall the fields unto the brook of Kidron, unto the corner of the horsegate toward the east, shall be holy unto the LORD; it shall not beplucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever.32:1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year ofZedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year ofNebuchadrezzar.32:2 For then the king of Babylon's army besieged Jerusalem: andJeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which wasin the king of Judah's house.32:3 For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Whereforedost thou prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will givethis city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it;32:4 And Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand ofthe Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the kingof Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyesshall behold his eyes; 32:5 And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, andthere shall he be until I visit him, saith the LORD: though ye fightwith the Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper.32:6 And Jeremiah said, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying,32:7 Behold, Hanameel the son of Shallum thine uncle shall come untothee saying, Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth: for the right ofredemption is thine to buy it.32:8 So Hanameel mine uncle's son came to me in the court of theprison according to the word of the LORD, and said unto me, Buy myfield, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in the country ofBenjamin: for the right of inheritance is thine, and the redemption isthine; buy it for thyself.Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD.32:9 And I bought the field of Hanameel my uncle's son, that was inAnathoth, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver.32:10 And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed it, and tookwitnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances.32:11 So I took the evidence of the purchase, both that which wassealed according to the law and custom, and that which was open: 32:12And I gave the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah,the son of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel mine uncle's son, and inthe presence of the witnesses that subscribed the book of thepurchase, before all the Jews that sat in the court of the prison.32:13 And I charged Baruch before them, saying, 32:14 Thus saith theLORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Take these evidences, this evidenceof the purchase, both which is sealed, and this evidence which isopen; and put them in an earthen vessel, that they may continue manydays.32:15 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Houses andfields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land.32:16 Now when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase untoBaruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto the LORD, saying, 32:17 AhLord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy greatpower and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:32:18 Thou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest theiniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them:the Great, the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts, is his name, 32:19 Greatin counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all theways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, andaccording to the fruit of his doings: 32:20 Which hast set signs andwonders in the land of Egypt, even unto this day, and in Israel, andamong other men; and hast made thee a name, as at this day; 32:21 Andhast brought forth thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt withsigns, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with a stretchedout arm, and with great terror; 32:22 And hast given them this land,which thou didst swear to their fathers to give them, a land flowingwith milk and honey; 32:23 And they came in, and possessed it; butthey obeyed not thy voice, neither walked in thy law; they have donenothing of all that thou commandedst them to do: therefore thou hastcaused all this evil to come upon them: 32:24 Behold the mounts, theyare come unto the city to take it; and the city is given into the handof the Chaldeans, that fight against it, because of the sword, and ofthe famine, and of the pestilence: and what thou hast spoken is cometo pass; and, behold, thou seest it.32:25 And thou hast said unto me, O Lord GOD, Buy thee the field formoney, and take witnesses; for the city is given into the hand of theChaldeans.32:26 Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying, 32:27Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing toohard for me?  32:28 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will givethis city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand ofNebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall take it: 32:29 And theChaldeans, that fight against this city, shall come and set fire onthis city, and burn it with the houses, upon whose roofs they haveoffered incense unto Baal, and poured out drink offerings unto othergods, to provoke me to anger.32:30 For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have onlydone evil before me from their youth: for the children of Israel haveonly provoked me to anger with the work of their hands, saith theLORD.32:31 For this city hath been to me as a provocation of mine anger andof my fury from the day that they built it even unto this day; that Ishould remove it from before my face, 32:32 Because of all the evil ofthe children of Israel and of the children of Judah, which they havedone to provoke me to anger, they, their kings, their princes, theirpriests, and their prophets, and the men of Judah, and the inhabitantsof Jerusalem.32:33 And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: thoughI taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have nothearkened to receive instruction.32:34 But they set their abominations in the house, which is called bymy name, to defile it.32:35 And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valleyof the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to passthrough the fire unto Molech; which I commanded them not, neither cameit into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judahto sin.32:36 And now therefore thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel,concerning this city, whereof ye say, It shall be delivered into thehand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by the famine, and bythe pestilence; 32:37 Behold, I will gather them out of all countries,whither I have driven them in mine anger, and in my fury, and in greatwrath; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will causethem to dwell safely: 32:38 And they shall be my people, and I will betheir God: 32:39 And I will give them one heart, and one way, thatthey may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their childrenafter them: 32:40 And I will make an everlasting covenant with them,that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will putmy fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.32:41 Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plantthem in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my wholesoul.32:42 For thus saith the LORD; Like as I have brought all this greatevil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that Ihave promised them.32:43 And fields shall be bought in this land, whereof ye say, It isdesolate without man or beast; it is given into the hand of theChaldeans.32:44 Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe evidences, andseal them, and take witnesses in the land of Benjamin, and in theplaces about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the citiesof the mountains, and in the cities of the valley, and in the citiesof the south: for I will cause their captivity to return, saith theLORD.33:1 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the second time,while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison, saying, 33:2 Thussaith the LORD the maker thereof, the LORD that formed it, toestablish it; the LORD is his name; 33:3 Call unto me, and I willanswer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowestnot.33:4 For thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the housesof this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, whichare thrown down by the mounts, and by the sword; 33:5 They come tofight with the Chaldeans, but it is to fill them with the dead bodiesof men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my fury, and for allwhose wickedness I have hid my face from this city.33:6 Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them,and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.33:7 And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity ofIsrael to return, and will build them, as at the first.33:8 And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby theyhave sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities,whereby they have sinned, and whereby they have transgressed againstme.33:9 And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honourbefore all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the goodthat I do unto them: and they shall fear and tremble for all thegoodness and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it.33:10 Thus saith the LORD; Again there shall be heard in this place,which ye say shall be desolate without man and without beast, even inthe cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that aredesolate, without man, and without inhabitant, and without beast,33:11 The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of thebridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shallsay, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercyendureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice ofpraise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause to return thecaptivity of the land, as at the first, saith the LORD.33:12 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Again in this place, which isdesolate without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof,shall be an habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.33:13 In the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the vale, andin the cities of the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in theplaces about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flockspass again under the hands of him that telleth them, saith the LORD.33:14 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will perform thatgood thing which I have promised unto the house of Israel and to thehouse of Judah.33:15 In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch ofrighteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment andrighteousness in the land.33:16 In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwellsafely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The LORDour righteousness.33:17 For thus saith the LORD; David shall never want a man to situpon the throne of the house of Israel; 33:18 Neither shall thepriests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt offerings, andto kindle meat offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.33:19 And the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, saying, 33:20 Thussaith the LORD; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and mycovenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night intheir season; 33:21 Then may also my covenant be broken with David myservant, that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; andwith the Levites the priests, my ministers.33:22 As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand ofthe sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, andthe Levites that minister unto me.33:23 Moreover the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying, 33:24Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The twofamilies which the LORD hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? thusthey have despised my people, that they should be no more a nationbefore them.33:25 Thus saith the LORD; If my covenant be not with day and night,and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth; 33:26Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob and David my servant, so thatI will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham,Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and havemercy on them.34:1 The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, whenNebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdomsof the earth of his dominion, and all the people, fought againstJerusalem, and against all the cities thereof, saying, 34:2 Thus saiththe LORD, the God of Israel; Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah,and tell him, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give this city intothe hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire: 34:3And thou shalt not escape out of his hand, but shalt surely be taken,and delivered into his hand; and thine eyes shall behold the eyes ofthe king of Babylon, and he shall speak with thee mouth to mouth, andthou shalt go to Babylon.34:4 Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah; Thussaith the LORD of thee, Thou shalt not die by the sword: 34:5 But thoushalt die in peace: and with the burnings of thy fathers, the formerkings which were before thee, so shall they burn odours for thee; andthey will lament thee, saying, Ah lord! for I have pronounced theword, saith the LORD.34:6 Then Jeremiah the prophet spake all these words unto Zedekiahking of Judah in Jerusalem, 34:7 When the king of Babylon's armyfought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah thatwere left, against Lachish, and against Azekah: for these defencedcities remained of the cities of Judah.34:8 This is the word that came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, afterthat the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people whichwere at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them; 34:9 That every manshould let his manservant, and every man his maidservant, being anHebrew or an Hebrewess, go free; that none should serve himself ofthem, to wit, of a Jew his brother.34:10 Now when all the princes, and all the people, which had enteredinto the covenant, heard that every one should let his manservant, andevery one his maidservant, go free, that none should serve themselvesof them any more, then they obeyed, and let them go.34:11 But afterward they turned, and caused the servants and thehandmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them intosubjection for servants and for handmaids.34:12 Therefore the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD,saying, 34:13 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; I made acovenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out ofthe land of Egypt, out of the house of bondmen, saying, 34:14 At theend of seven years let ye go every man his brother an Hebrew, whichhath been sold unto thee; and when he hath served thee six years, thoushalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not untome, neither inclined their ear.34:15 And ye were now turned, and had done right in my sight, inproclaiming liberty every man to his neighbour; and ye had made acovenant before me in the house which is called by my name: 34:16 Butye turned and polluted my name, and caused every man his servant, andevery man his handmaid, whom ye had set at liberty at their pleasure,to return, and brought them into subjection, to be unto you forservants and for handmaids.34:17 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ye have not hearkened unto me, inproclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every man to hisneighbour: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, saith the LORD, tothe sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make youto be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.34:18 And I will give the men that have transgressed my covenant,which have not performed the words of the covenant which they had madebefore me, when they cut the calf in twain, and passed between theparts thereof, 34:19 The princes of Judah, and the princes ofJerusalem, the eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of theland, which passed between the parts of the calf; 34:20 I will evengive them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of themthat seek their life: and their dead bodies shall be for meat unto thefowls of the heaven, and to the beasts of the earth.34:21 And Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I give into thehand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life,and into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which are gone upfrom you.34:22 Behold, I will command, saith the LORD, and cause them to returnto this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burnit with fire: and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation withoutan inhabitant.35:1 The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD in the days ofJehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying, 35:2 Go unto thehouse of the Rechabites, and speak unto them, and bring them into thehouse of the LORD, into one of the chambers, and give them wine todrink.35:3 Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habaziniah,and his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole house of theRechabites; 35:4 And I brought them into the house of the LORD, intothe chamber of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man of God,which was by the chamber of the princes, which was above the chamberof Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door: 35:5 And I setbefore the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine, andcups, and I said unto them, Drink ye wine.35:6 But they said, We will drink no wine: for Jonadab the son ofRechab our father commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine,neither ye, nor your sons for ever: 35:7 Neither shall ye build house,nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any: but all your days yeshall dwell in tents; that ye may live many days in the land where yebe strangers.35:8 Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab ourfather in all that he hath charged us, to drink no wine all our days,we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters; 35:9 Nor to build housesfor us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:35:10 But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done accordingto all that Jonadab our father commanded us.35:11 But it came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came upinto the land, that we said, Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for fearof the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians:so we dwell at Jerusalem.35:12 Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying, 35:13 Thussaith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Go and tell the men ofJudah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will ye not receiveinstruction to hearken to my words? saith the LORD.35:14 The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded hissons not to drink wine, are performed; for unto this day they drinknone, but obey their father's commandment: notwithstanding I havespoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye hearkened not untome.35:15 I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, risingup early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every man from hisevil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to servethem, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and toyour fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened untome.35:16 Because the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed thecommandment of their father, which he commanded them; but this peoplehath not hearkened unto me: 35:17 Therefore thus saith the LORD God ofhosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon Judah and upon allthe inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronouncedagainst them: because I have spoken unto them, but they have notheard; and I have called unto them, but they have not answered.35:18 And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saiththe LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Because ye have obeyed thecommandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, anddone according unto all that he hath commanded you: 35:19 Thereforethus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Jonadab the son ofRechab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever.36:1 And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son ofJosiah king of Judah, that this word came unto Jeremiah from the LORD,saying, 36:2 Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all thewords that I have spoken unto thee against Israel, and against Judah,and against all the nations, from the day I spake unto thee, from thedays of Josiah, even unto this day.36:3 It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which Ipurpose to do unto them; that they may return every man from his evilway; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.36:4 Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrotefrom the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD, which he hadspoken unto him, upon a roll of a book.36:5 And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot gointo the house of the LORD: 36:6 Therefore go thou, and read in theroll, which thou hast written from my mouth, the words of the LORD inthe ears of the people in the LORD's house upon the fasting day: andalso thou shalt read them in the ears of all Judah that come out oftheir cities.36:7 It may be they will present their supplication before the LORD,and will return every one from his evil way: for great is the angerand the fury that the LORD hath pronounced against this people.36:8 And Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiahthe prophet commanded him, reading in the book the words of the LORDin the LORD's house.36:9 And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son ofJosiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fastbefore the LORD to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the peoplethat came from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem.36:10 Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the houseof the LORD, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe,in the higher court, at the entry of the new gate of the LORD's house,in the ears of all the people.36:11 When Michaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heardout of the book all the words of the LORD, 36:12 Then he went downinto the king's house, into the scribe's chamber: and, lo, all theprinces sat there, even Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah the son ofShemaiah, and Elnathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son ofShaphan, and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the princes.36:13 Then Michaiah declared unto them all the words that he hadheard, when Baruch read the book in the ears of the people.36:14 Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, theson of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, unto Baruch, saying, Take in thinehand the roll wherein thou hast read in the ears of the people, andcome. So Baruch the son of Neriah took the roll in his hand, and cameunto them.36:15 And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears.So Baruch read it in their ears.36:16 Now it came to pass, when they had heard all the words, theywere afraid both one and other, and said unto Baruch, We will surelytell the king of all these words.36:17 And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou writeall these words at his mouth?  36:18 Then Baruch answered them, Hepronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote themwith ink in the book.36:19 Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou andJeremiah; and let no man know where ye be.36:20 And they went in to the king into the court, but they laid upthe roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told all the wordsin the ears of the king.36:21 So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll: and he took it out ofElishama the scribe's chamber. And Jehudi read it in the ears of theking, and in the ears of all the princes which stood beside the king.36:22 Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: andthere was a fire on the hearth burning before him.36:23 And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or fourleaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire thatwas on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire thatwas on the hearth.36:24 Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither theking, nor any of his servants that heard all these words.36:25 Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had madeintercession to the king that he would not burn the roll: but he wouldnot hear them.36:26 But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, andSeraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to takeBaruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the LORD hid them.36:27 Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, after that the kinghad burned the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth ofJeremiah, saying, 36:28 Take thee again another roll, and write in itall the former words that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim theking of Judah hath burned.36:29 And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith theLORD; Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou writtentherein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroythis land, and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast?  36:30Therefore thus saith the LORD of Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shallhave none to sit upon the throne of David: and his dead body shall becast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost.36:31 And I will punish him and his seed and his servants for theiriniquity; and I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants ofJerusalem, and upon the men of Judah, all the evil that I havepronounced against them; but they hearkened not.36:32 Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch thescribe, the son of Neriah; who wrote therein from the mouth ofJeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah hadburned in the fire: and there were added besides unto them many likewords.37:1 And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah theson of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in theland of Judah.37:2 But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, didhearken unto the words of the LORD, which he spake by the prophetJeremiah.37:3 And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah andZephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest to the prophet Jeremiah,saying, Pray now unto the LORD our God for us.37:4 Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they hadnot put him into prison.37:5 Then Pharaoh's army was come forth out of Egypt: and when theChaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they departedfrom Jerusalem.37:6 Then came the word of the LORD unto the prophet Jeremiah saying,37:7 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to theking of Judah, that sent you unto me to enquire of me; Behold,Pharaoh's army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egyptinto their own land.37:8 And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city,and take it, and burn it with fire.37:9 Thus saith the LORD; Deceive not yourselves, saying, TheChaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart.37:10 For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans thatfight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yetshould they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city withfire.37:11 And it came to pass, that when the army of the Chaldeans wasbroken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's army, 37:12 ThenJeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin,to separate himself thence in the midst of the people.37:13 And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the wardwas there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son ofHananiah; and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest awayto the Chaldeans.37:14 Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I fall not away to theChaldeans.But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought himto the princes.37:15 Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him,and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for theyhad made that the prison.37:16 When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins,and Jeremiah had remained there many days; 37:17 Then Zedekiah theking sent, and took him out: and the king asked him secretly in hishouse, and said, Is there any word from the LORD? And Jeremiah said,There is: for, said he, thou shalt be delivered into the hand of theking of Babylon.37:18 Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offendedagainst thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that yehave put me in prison?  37:19 Where are now your prophets whichprophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not comeagainst you, nor against this land?  37:20 Therefore hear now, I praythee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, beaccepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the house ofJonathan the scribe, lest I die there.37:21 Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commitJeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give himdaily a piece of bread out of the bakers' street, until all the breadin the city were spent.Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.38:1 Then Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son ofPashur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son ofMalchiah, heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken unto all thepeople, saying, 38:2 Thus saith the LORD, He that remaineth in thiscity shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: buthe that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have hislife for a prey, and shall live.38:3 Thus saith the LORD, This city shall surely be given into thehand of the king of Babylon's army, which shall take it.38:4 Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, letthis man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the menof war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, inspeaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare ofthis people, but the hurt.38:5 Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for theking is not he that can do any thing against you.38:6 Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon ofMalchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison:and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was nowater, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.38:7 Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which wasin the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon;the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin; 38:8 Ebedmelech wentforth out of the king's house, and spake to the king saying, 38:9 Mylord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done toJeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he islike to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no morebread in the city.38:10 Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Takefrom hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet outof the dungeon, before he die.38:11 So Ebedmelech took the men with him, and went into the house ofthe king under the treasury, and took thence old cast clouts and oldrotten rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah.38:12 And Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now theseold cast clouts and rotten rags under thine armholes under the cords.And Jeremiah did so.38:13 So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of thedungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.38:14 Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet untohim into the third entry that is in the house of the LORD: and theking said unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing fromme.38:15 Then Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, If I declare it unto thee,wilt thou not surely put me to death? and if I give thee counsel, wiltthou not hearken unto me?  38:16 So Zedekiah the king sware secretlyunto Jeremiah, saying, As the LORD liveth, that made us this soul, Iwill not put thee to death, neither will I give thee into the hand ofthese men that seek thy life.38:17 Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the Godof hosts, the God of Israel; If thou wilt assuredly go forth unto theking of Babylon's princes, then thy soul shall live, and this cityshall not be burned with fire; and thou shalt live, and thine house:38:18 But if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylon's princes,then shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and theyshall burn it with fire, and thou shalt not escape out of their hand.38:19 And Zedekiah the king said unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of theJews that are fallen to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into theirhand, and they mock me.38:20 But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee. Obey, I beseechthee, the voice of the LORD, which I speak unto thee: so it shall bewell unto thee, and thy soul shall live.38:21 But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that the LORDhath shewed me: 38:22 And, behold, all the women that are left in theking of Judah's house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon'sprinces, and those women shall say, Thy friends have set thee on, andhave prevailed against thee: thy feet are sunk in the mire, and theyare turned away back.38:23 So they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to theChaldeans: and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt betaken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou shalt cause thiscity to be burned with fire.38:24 Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of thesewords, and thou shalt not die.38:25 But if the princes hear that I have talked with thee, and theycome unto thee, and say unto thee, Declare unto us now what thou hastsaid unto the king, hide it not from us, and we will not put thee todeath; also what the king said unto thee: 38:26 Then thou shalt sayunto them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he wouldnot cause me to return to Jonathan's house, to die there.38:27 Then came all the princes unto Jeremiah, and asked him: and hetold them according to all these words that the king had commanded. Sothey left off speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived.38:28 So Jeremiah abode in the court of the prison until the day thatJerusalem was taken: and he was there when Jerusalem was taken.39:1 In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month,came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army againstJerusalem, and they besieged it.39:2 And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, theninth day of the month, the city was broken up.39:3 And all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat inthe middle gate, even Nergalsharezer, Samgarnebo, Sarsechim, Rabsaris,Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, with all the residue of the princes of theking of Babylon.39:4 And it came to pass, that when Zedekiah the king of Judah sawthem, and all the men of war, then they fled, and went forth out ofthe city by night, by the way of the king's garden, by the gatebetwixt the two walls: and he went out the way of the plain.39:5 But the Chaldeans' army pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiahin the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they broughthim up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land ofHamath, where he gave judgment upon him.39:6 Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblahbefore his eyes: also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles ofJudah.39:7 Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him with chains,to carry him to Babylon.39:8 And the Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the houses of thepeople, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem.39:9 Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captiveinto Babylon the remnant of the people that remained in the city, andthose that fell away, that fell to him, with the rest of the peoplethat remained.39:10 But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poor of thepeople, which had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave themvineyards and fields at the same time.39:11 Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon gave charge concerningJeremiah to Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, saying, 39:12 Takehim, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even ashe shall say unto thee.39:13 So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard sent, and Nebushasban,Rabsaris, and Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, and all the king of Babylon'sprinces; 39:14 Even they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court ofthe prison, and committed him unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the sonof Shaphan, that he should carry him home: so he dwelt among thepeople.39:15 Now the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, while he was shutup in the court of the prison, saying, 39:16 Go and speak toEbedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, theGod of Israel; Behold, I will bring my words upon this city for evil,and not for good; and they shall be accomplished in that day beforethee.39:17 But I will deliver thee in that day, saith the LORD: and thoushalt not be given into the hand of the men of whom thou art afraid.39:18 For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by thesword, but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee: because thou hastput thy trust in me, saith the LORD.40:1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after thatNebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, whenhe had taken him being bound in chains among all that were carriedaway captive of Jerusalem and Judah, which were carried away captiveunto Babylon.40:2 And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him,The LORD thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place.40:3 Now the LORD hath brought it, and done according as he hath said:because ye have sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed hisvoice, therefore this thing is come upon you.40:4 And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which wereupon thine hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with me intoBabylon, come; and I will look well unto thee: but if it seem ill untothee to come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land isbefore thee: whither it seemeth good and convenient for thee to go,thither go.40:5 Now while he was not yet gone back, he said, Go back also toGedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom the king ofBabylon hath made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell withhim among the people: or go wheresoever it seemeth convenient untothee to go. So the captain of the guard gave him victuals and areward, and let him go.40:6 Then went Jeremiah unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; anddwelt with him among the people that were left in the land.40:7 Now when all the captains of the forces which were in the fields,even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had madeGedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committedunto him men, and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, ofthem that were not carried away captive to Babylon; 40:8 Then theycame to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, andJohanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son ofTanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah theson of a Maachathite, they and their men.40:9 And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan sware unto themand to their men, saying, Fear not to serve the Chaldeans: dwell inthe land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well withyou.40:10 As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah, to serve theChaldeans, which will come unto us: but ye, gather ye wine, and summerfruits, and oil, and put them in your vessels, and dwell in yourcities that ye have taken.40:11 Likewise when all the Jews that were in Moab, and among theAmmonites, and in Edom, and that were in all the countries, heard thatthe king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah, and that he had setover them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan; 40:12 Evenall the Jews returned out of all places whither they were driven, andcame to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, unto Mizpah, and gathered wineand summer fruits very much.40:13 Moreover Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of theforces that were in the fields, came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, 40:14 Andsaid unto him, Dost thou certainly know that Baalis the king of theAmmonites hath sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to slay thee? ButGedaliah the son of Ahikam believed them not.40:15 Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpahsecretly saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael theson of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: wherefore should he slaythee, that all the Jews which are gathered unto thee should bescattered, and the remnant in Judah perish?  40:16 But Gedaliah theson of Ahikam said unto Johanan the son of Kareah, Thou shalt not dothis thing: for thou speakest falsely of Ishmael.41:1 Now it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son ofNethaniah the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, and the princes ofthe king, even ten men with him, came unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikamto Mizpah; and there they did eat bread together in Mizpah.41:2 Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men thatwere with him, and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphanwith the sword, and slew him, whom the king of Babylon had madegovernor over the land.41:3 Ishmael also slew all the Jews that were with him, even withGedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans that were found there, and themen of war.41:4 And it came to pass the second day after he had slain Gedaliah,and no man knew it, 41:5 That there came certain from Shechem, fromShiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beardsshaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, withofferings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of theLORD.41:6 And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth from Mizpah to meetthem, weeping all along as he went: and it came to pass, as he metthem, he said unto them, Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam.41:7 And it was so, when they came into the midst of the city, thatIshmael the son of Nethaniah slew them, and cast them into the midstof the pit, he, and the men that were with him.41:8 But ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael, Slay usnot: for we have treasures in the field, of wheat, and of barley, andof oil, and of honey. So he forbare, and slew them not among theirbrethren.41:9 Now the pit wherein Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies of themen, whom he had slain because of Gedaliah, was it which Asa the kinghad made for fear of Baasha king of Israel: and Ishmael the son ofNethaniah filled it with them that were slain.41:10 Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the peoplethat were in Mizpah, even the king's daughters, and all the peoplethat remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard hadcommitted to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam: and Ishmael the son ofNethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to theAmmonites.41:11 But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of theforces that were with him, heard of all the evil that Ishmael the sonof Nethaniah had done, 41:12 Then they took all the men, and went tofight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and found him by the greatwaters that are in Gibeon.41:13 Now it came to pass, that when all the people which were withIshmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of theforces that were with him, then they were glad.41:14 So all the people that Ishmael had carried away captive fromMizpah cast about and returned, and went unto Johanan the son ofKareah.41:15 But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eightmen, and went to the Ammonites.41:16 Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of theforces that were with him, all the remnant of the people whom he hadrecovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after thathe had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, even mighty men of war, andthe women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had broughtagain from Gibeon: 41:17 And they departed, and dwelt in thehabitation of Chimham, which is by Bethlehem, to go to enter intoEgypt, 41:18 Because of the Chaldeans: for they were afraid of them,because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had slain Gedaliah the son ofAhikam, whom the king of Babylon made governor in the land.42:1 Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son ofKareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from theleast even unto the greatest, came near, 42:2 And said unto Jeremiahthe prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our supplication be accepted beforethee, and pray for us unto the LORD thy God, even for all thisremnant; (for we are left but a few of many, as thine eyes do beholdus:) 42:3 That the LORD thy God may shew us the way wherein we maywalk, and the thing that we may do.42:4 Then Jeremiah the prophet said unto them, I have heard you;behold, I will pray unto the LORD your God according to your words;and it shall come to pass, that whatsoever thing the LORD shall answeryou, I will declare it unto you; I will keep nothing back from you.42:5 Then they said to Jeremiah, The LORD be a true and faithfulwitness between us, if we do not even according to all things for thewhich the LORD thy God shall send thee to us.42:6 Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voiceof the LORD our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well withus, when we obey the voice of the LORD our God.42:7 And it came to pass after ten days, that the word of the LORDcame unto Jeremiah.42:8 Then called he Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains ofthe forces which were with him, and all the people from the least evento the greatest, 42:9 And said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, the Godof Israel, unto whom ye sent me to present your supplication beforehim; 42:10 If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you,and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up: forI repent me of the evil that I have done unto you.42:11 Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid; benot afraid of him, saith the LORD: for I am with you to save you, andto deliver you from his hand.42:12 And I will shew mercies unto you, that he may have mercy uponyou, and cause you to return to your own land.42:13 But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey thevoice of the LORD your God, 42:14 Saying, No; but we will go into theland of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of thetrumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell: 42:15 Andnow therefore hear the word of the LORD, ye remnant of Judah; Thussaith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; If ye wholly set yourfaces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there; 42:16 Then itshall come to pass, that the sword, which ye feared, shall overtakeyou there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye wereafraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there yeshall die.42:17 So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go intoEgypt to sojourn there; they shall die by the sword, by the famine,and by the pestilence: and none of them shall remain or escape fromthe evil that I will bring upon them.42:18 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As mineanger and my fury hath been poured forth upon the inhabitants ofJerusalem; so shall my fury be poured forth upon you, when ye shallenter into Egypt: and ye shall be an execration, and an astonishment,and a curse, and a reproach; and ye shall see this place no more.42:19 The LORD hath said concerning you, O ye remnant of Judah; Go yenot into Egypt: know certainly that I have admonished you this day.42:20 For ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me unto the LORDyour God, saying, Pray for us unto the LORD our God; and accordingunto all that the LORD our God shall say, so declare unto us, and wewill do it.42:21 And now I have this day declared it to you; but ye have notobeyed the voice of the LORD your God, nor any thing for the which hehath sent me unto you.42:22 Now therefore know certainly that ye shall die by the sword, bythe famine, and by the pestilence, in the place whither ye desire togo and to sojourn.43:1 And it came to pass, that when Jeremiah had made an end ofspeaking unto all the people all the words of the LORD their God, forwhich the LORD their God had sent him to them, even all these words,43:2 Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son ofKareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakestfalsely: the LORD our God hath not sent thee to say, Go not into Egyptto sojourn there: 43:3 But Baruch the son of Neriah setteth thee onagainst us, for to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, thatthey might put us to death, and carry us away captives into Babylon.43:4 So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces,and all the people, obeyed not the voice of the LORD, to dwell in theland of Judah.43:5 But Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of theforces, took all the remnant of Judah, that were returned from allnations, whither they had been driven, to dwell in the land of Judah;43:6 Even men, and women, and children, and the king's daughters, andevery person that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had left withGedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah theprophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah.43:7 So they came into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not thevoice of the LORD: thus came they even to Tahpanhes.43:8 Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes,saying, 43:9 Take great stones in thine hand, and hide them in theclay in the brickkiln, which is at the entry of Pharaoh's house inTahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah; 43:10 And say unto them,Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will sendand take Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will sethis throne upon these stones that I have hid; and he shall spread hisroyal pavilion over them.43:11 And when he cometh, he shall smite the land of Egypt, anddeliver such as are for death to death; and such as are for captivityto captivity; and such as are for the sword to the sword.43:12 And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; andhe shall burn them, and carry them away captives: and he shall arrayhimself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his garment;and he shall go forth from thence in peace.43:13 He shall break also the images of Bethshemesh, that is in theland of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians shall heburn with fire.44:1 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews whichdwell in the land of Egypt, which dwell at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes,and at Noph, and in the country of Pathros, saying, 44:2 Thus saiththe LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Ye have seen all the evil that Ihave brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah; and,behold, this day they are a desolation, and no man dwelleth therein,44:3 Because of their wickedness which they have committed to provokeme to anger, in that they went to burn incense, and to serve othergods, whom they knew not, neither they, ye, nor your fathers.44:4 Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, risingearly and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing thatI hate.44:5 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from theirwickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods.44:6 Wherefore my fury and mine anger was poured forth, and waskindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; andthey are wasted and desolate, as at this day.44:7 Therefore now thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God ofIsrael; Wherefore commit ye this great evil against your souls, to cutoff from you man and woman, child and suckling, out of Judah, to leaveyou none to remain; 44:8 In that ye provoke me unto wrath with theworks of your hands, burning incense unto other gods in the land ofEgypt, whither ye be gone to dwell, that ye might cut yourselves off,and that ye might be a curse and a reproach among all the nations ofthe earth?  44:9 Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, andthe wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of theirwives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives,which they have committed in the land of Judah, and in the streets ofJerusalem?  44:10 They are not humbled even unto this day, neitherhave they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I setbefore you and before your fathers.44:11 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel;Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, and to cut off allJudah.44:12 And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their facesto go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all beconsumed, and fall in the land of Egypt; they shall even be consumedby the sword and by the famine: they shall die, from the least evenunto the greatest, by the sword and by the famine: and they shall bean execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.44:13 For I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as Ihave punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by thepestilence: 44:14 So that none of the remnant of Judah, which are goneinto the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, thatthey should return into the land of Judah, to the which they have adesire to return to dwell there: for none shall return but such asshall escape.44:15 Then all the men which knew that their wives had burned incenseunto other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great multitude,even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros,answered Jeremiah, saying, 44:16 As for the word that thou hast spokenunto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee.44:17 But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of ourown mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour outdrink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, ourkings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets ofJerusalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and sawno evil.44:18 But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven,and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things,and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.44:19 And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and pouredout drink offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worship her,and pour out drink offerings unto her, without our men?  44:20 ThenJeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, and to the women, andto all the people which had given him that answer, saying, 44:21 Theincense that ye burned in the cities of Judah, and in the streets ofJerusalem, ye, and your fathers, your kings, and your princes, and thepeople of the land, did not the LORD remember them, and came it notinto his mind?  44:22 So that the LORD could no longer bear, becauseof the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which yehave committed; therefore is your land a desolation, and anastonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as at this day.44:23 Because ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinnedagainst the LORD, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, norwalked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies;therefore this evil is happened unto you, as at this day.44:24 Moreover Jeremiah said unto all the people, and to all thewomen, Hear the word of the LORD, all Judah that are in the land ofEgypt: 44:25 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying;Ye and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and fulfilledwith your hand, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we havevowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drinkofferings unto her: ye will surely accomplish your vows, and surelyperform your vows.44:26 Therefore hear ye the word of the LORD, all Judah that dwell inthe land of Egypt; Behold, I have sworn by my great name, saith theLORD, that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man ofJudah in all the land of Egypt, saying, The Lord GOD liveth.44:27 Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: andall the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumedby the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them.44:28 Yet a small number that escape the sword shall return out of theland of Egypt into the land of Judah, and all the remnant of Judah,that are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall knowwhose words shall stand, mine, or their's.44:29 And this shall be a sign unto you, saith the LORD, that I willpunish you in this place, that ye may know that my words shall surelystand against you for evil: 44:30 Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I willgive Pharaohhophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, andinto the hand of them that seek his life; as I gave Zedekiah king ofJudah into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, his enemy, andthat sought his life.45:1 The word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto Baruch the son ofNeriah, when he had written these words in a book at the mouth ofJeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king ofJudah, saying, 45:2 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto thee,O Baruch: 45:3 Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for the LORD hath addedgrief to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest.45:4 Thus shalt thou say unto him, The LORD saith thus; Behold, thatwhich I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted Iwill pluck up, even this whole land.45:5 And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not: for,behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the LORD: but thy lifewill I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.46:1 The word of the LORD which came to Jeremiah the prophet againstthe Gentiles; 46:2 Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaohnechoking of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, whichNebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakimthe son of Josiah king of Judah.46:3 Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.46:4 Harness the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth withyour helmets; furbish the spears, and put on the brigandines.46:5 Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned away back? andtheir mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look notback: for fear was round about, saith the LORD.46:6 Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; theyshall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates.46:7 Who is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved asthe rivers?  46:8 Egypt riseth up like a flood, and his waters aremoved like the rivers; and he saith, I will go up, and will cover theearth; I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof.46:9 Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty mencome forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield;and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow.46:10 For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day ofvengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the swordshall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood:for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by theriver Euphrates.46:11 Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter ofEgypt: in vain shalt thou use many medicines; for thou shalt not becured.46:12 The nations have heard of thy shame, and thy cry hath filled theland: for the mighty man hath stumbled against the mighty, and theyare fallen both together.46:13 The word that the LORD spake to Jeremiah the prophet, howNebuchadrezzar king of Babylon should come and smite the land ofEgypt.46:14 Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Nophand in Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand fast, and prepare thee; for the swordshall devour round about thee.46:15 Why are thy valiant men swept away? they stood not, because theLORD did drive them.46:16 He made many to fall, yea, one fell upon another: and they said,Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of ournativity, from the oppressing sword.46:17 They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; hehath passed the time appointed.46:18 As I live, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts,Surely as Tabor is among the mountains, and as Carmel by the sea, soshall he come.46:19 O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish thyself to go intocaptivity: for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant.46:20 Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction cometh; itcometh out of the north.46:21 Also her hired men are in the midst of her like fatted bullocks;for they also are turned back, and are fled away together: they didnot stand, because the day of their calamity was come upon them, andthe time of their visitation.46:22 The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall marchwith an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.46:23 They shall cut down her forest, saith the LORD, though it cannotbe searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and areinnumerable.46:24 The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded; she shall bedelivered into the hand of the people of the north.46:25 The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saith; Behold, I willpunish the multitude of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods,and their kings; even Pharaoh, and all them that trust in him: 46:26And I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives,and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the handof his servants: and afterward it shall be inhabited, as in the daysof old, saith the LORD.46:27 But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, OIsrael: for, behold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy seed fromthe land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in restand at ease, and none shall make him afraid.46:28 Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD: for I am withthee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I havedriven thee: but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct theein measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished.47:1 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet againstthe Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza.47:2 Thus saith the LORD; Behold, waters rise up out of the north, andshall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and allthat is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: then the menshall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl.47:3 At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses,at the rushing of his chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, thefathers shall not look back to their children for feebleness of hands;47:4 Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the Philistines, andto cut off from Tyrus and Zidon every helper that remaineth: for theLORD will spoil the Philistines, the remnant of the country ofCaphtor.47:5 Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with the remnantof their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself?  47:6 O thou sword ofthe LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself intothy scabbard, rest, and be still.47:7 How can it be quiet, seeing the LORD hath given it a chargeagainst Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? there hath he appointedit.48:1 Against Moab thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Woeunto Nebo! for it is spoiled: Kiriathaim is confounded and taken:Misgab is confounded and dismayed.48:2 There shall be no more praise of Moab: in Heshbon they havedevised evil against it; come, and let us cut it off from being anation. Also thou shalt be cut down, O Madmen; the sword shall pursuethee.48:3 A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim, spoiling and greatdestruction.48:4 Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.48:5 For in the going up of Luhith continual weeping shall go up; forin the going down of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry ofdestruction.48:6 Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness.48:7 For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures,thou shalt also be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivitywith his priests and his princes together.48:8 And the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shallescape: the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall bedestroyed, as the LORD hath spoken.48:9 Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for thecities thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell therein.48:10 Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD deceitfully, andcursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.48:11 Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled onhis lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neitherhath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remained in him, andhis scent is not changed.48:12 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I willsend unto him wanderers, that shall cause him to wander, and shallempty his vessels, and break their bottles.48:13 And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel wasashamed of Bethel their confidence.48:14 How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the war?  48:15Moab is spoiled, and gone up out of her cities, and his chosen youngmen are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name is theLORD of hosts.48:16 The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hastethfast.48:17 All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know hisname, say, How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod!48:18 Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, come down from thy glory,and sit in thirst; for the spoiler of Moab shall come upon thee, andhe shall destroy thy strong holds.48:19 O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and espy; ask him thatfleeth, and her that escapeth, and say, What is done?  48:20 Moab isconfounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon,that Moab is spoiled, 48:21 And judgment is come upon the plaincountry; upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath, 48:22 Andupon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Bethdiblathaim, 48:23 And uponKiriathaim, and upon Bethgamul, and upon Bethmeon, 48:24 And uponKerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab,far or near.48:25 The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith theLORD.48:26 Make ye him drunken: for he magnified himself against the LORD:Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.48:27 For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found amongthieves?  for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy.48:28 O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in therock, and be like the dove that maketh her nest in the sides of thehole's mouth.48:29 We have heard the pride of Moab, (he is exceeding proud) hisloftiness, and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the haughtiness ofhis heart.48:30 I know his wrath, saith the LORD; but it shall not be so; hislies shall not so effect it.48:31 Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab;mine heart shall mourn for the men of Kirheres.48:32 O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee with the weeping ofJazer: thy plants are gone over the sea, they reach even to the sea ofJazer: the spoiler is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thyvintage.48:33 And joy and gladness is taken from the plentiful field, and fromthe land of Moab, and I have caused wine to fail from the winepresses:none shall tread with shouting; their shouting shall be no shouting.48:34 From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, and even unto Jahaz,have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, as anheifer of three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall bedesolate.48:35 Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, saith the LORD, him thatoffereth in the high places, and him that burneth incense to his gods.48:36 Therefore mine heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and mineheart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kirheres: because theriches that he hath gotten are perished.48:37 For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped: upon allthe hands shall be cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.48:38 There shall be lamentation generally upon all the housetops ofMoab, and in the streets thereof: for I have broken Moab like a vesselwherein is no pleasure, saith the LORD.48:39 They shall howl, saying, How is it broken down! how hath Moabturned the back with shame! so shall Moab be a derision and adismaying to all them about him.48:40 For thus saith the LORD; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, andshall spread his wings over Moab.48:41 Kerioth is taken, and the strong holds are surprised, and themighty men's hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart of awoman in her pangs.48:42 And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hathmagnified himself against the LORD.48:43 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon thee, Oinhabitant of Moab, saith the LORD.48:44 He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and hethat getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I willbring upon it, even upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith theLORD.48:45 They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of theforce: but a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame fromthe midst of Sihon, and shall devour the corner of Moab, and the crownof the head of the tumultuous ones.48:46 Woe be unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh perisheth: forthy sons are taken captives, and thy daughters captives.48:47 Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days,saith the LORD. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.49:1 Concerning the Ammonites, thus saith the LORD; Hath Israel nosons?  hath he no heir? why then doth their king inherit Gad, and hispeople dwell in his cities?  49:2 Therefore, behold, the days come,saith the LORD, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard inRabbah of the Ammonites; and it shall be a desolate heap, and herdaughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel be heir untothem that were his heirs, saith the LORD.49:3 Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah,gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; fortheir king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princestogether.49:4 Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, Obacksliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shallcome unto me?  49:5 Behold, I will bring a fear upon thee, saith theLord GOD of hosts, from all those that be about thee; and ye shall bedriven out every man right forth; and none shall gather up him thatwandereth.49:6 And afterward I will bring again the captivity of the children ofAmmon, saith the LORD.49:7 Concerning Edom, thus saith the LORD of hosts; Is wisdom no morein Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdomvanished?  49:8 Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants ofDedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that Iwill visit him.49:9 If grapegatherers come to thee, would they not leave somegleaning grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till they haveenough.49:10 But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places,and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is spoiled, and hisbrethren, and his neighbours, and he is not.49:11 Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; andlet thy widows trust in me.49:12 For thus saith the LORD; Behold, they whose judgment was not todrink of the cup have assuredly drunken; and art thou he that shallaltogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shaltsurely drink of it.49:13 For I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shallbecome a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all thecities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.49:14 I have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sentunto the heathen, saying, Gather ye together, and come against her,and rise up to the battle.49:15 For, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, and despisedamong men.49:16 Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thineheart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdestthe height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high asthe eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD.49:17 Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by itshall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.49:18 As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbourcities thereof, saith the LORD, no man shall abide there, neithershall a son of man dwell in it.49:19 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordanagainst the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him runaway from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her?for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is thatshepherd that will stand before me?  49:20 Therefore hear the counselof the LORD, that he hath taken against Edom; and his purposes, thathe hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely the least ofthe flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitationsdesolate with them.49:21 The earth is moved at the noise of their fall, at the cry thenoise thereof was heard in the Red sea.49:22 Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread hiswings over Bozrah: and at that day shall the heart of the mighty menof Edom be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.49:23 Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for theyhave heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on thesea; it cannot be quiet.49:24 Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fearhath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman intravail.49:25 How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!  49:26Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men ofwar shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of hosts.49:27 And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shallconsume the palaces of Benhadad.49:28 Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, whichNebuchadrezzar king of Babylon shall smite, thus saith the LORD; Ariseye, go up to Kedar, and spoil the men of the east.49:29 Their tents and their flocks shall they take away: they shalltake to themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and theircamels; and they shall cry unto them, Fear is on every side.49:30 Flee, get you far off, dwell deep, O ye inhabitants of Hazor,saith the LORD; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath taken counselagainst you, and hath conceived a purpose against you.49:31 Arise, get you up unto the wealthy nation, that dwelleth withoutcare, saith the LORD, which have neither gates nor bars, which dwellalone.49:32 And their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of theircattle a spoil: and I will scatter into all winds them that are in theutmost corners; and I will bring their calamity from all sidesthereof, saith the LORD.49:33 And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, and a desolation forever: there shall no man abide there, nor any son of man dwell in it.49:34 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet againstElam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,49:35 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow ofElam, the chief of their might.49:36 And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quartersof heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and thereshall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come.49:37 For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, andbefore them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them,even my fierce anger, saith the LORD; and I will send the sword afterthem, till I have consumed them: 49:38 And I will set my throne inElam, and will destroy from thence the king and the princes, saith theLORD.49:39 But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bringagain the captivity of Elam, saith the LORD.50:1 The word that the LORD spake against Babylon and against the landof the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet.50:2 Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard;publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded,Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images arebroken in pieces.50:3 For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, whichshall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shallremove, they shall depart, both man and beast.50:4 In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children ofIsrael shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going andweeping: they shall go, and seek the LORD their God.50:5 They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward,saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD in a perpetualcovenant that shall not be forgotten.50:6 My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused themto go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they havegone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their restingplace.50:7 All that found them have devoured them: and their adversariessaid, We offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD, thehabitation of justice, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers.50:8 Remove out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the landof the Chaldeans, and be as the he goats before the flocks.50:9 For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon anassembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall setthemselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: theirarrows shall be as of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain.50:10 And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall besatisfied, saith the LORD.50:11 Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers ofmine heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, andbellow as bulls; 50:12 Your mother shall be sore confounded; she thatbare you shall be ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations shallbe a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.50:13 Because of the wrath of the LORD it shall not be inhabited, butit shall be wholly desolate: every one that goeth by Babylon shall beastonished, and hiss at all her plagues.50:14 Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye thatbend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinnedagainst the LORD.50:15 Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand: herfoundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it is thevengeance of the LORD: take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, dounto her.50:16 Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sicklein the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shallturn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his ownland.50:17 Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away:first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last thisNebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.50:18 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel;Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I havepunished the king of Assyria.50:19 And I will bring Israel again to his habitation, and he shallfeed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied upon mountEphraim and Gilead.50:20 In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the iniquity ofIsrael shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins ofJudah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom Ireserve.50:21 Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, andagainst the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy afterthem, saith the LORD, and do according to all that I have commandedthee.50:22 A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.50:23 How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! howis Babylon become a desolation among the nations!  50:24 I have laid asnare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast notaware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast strivenagainst the LORD.50:25 The LORD hath opened his armoury, and hath brought forth theweapons of his indignation: for this is the work of the Lord GOD ofhosts in the land of the Chaldeans.50:26 Come against her from the utmost border, open her storehouses:cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly: let nothing of her beleft.50:27 Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woeunto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.50:28 The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land ofBabylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, thevengeance of his temple.50:29 Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend thebow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompenseher according to her work; according to all that she hath done, dounto her: for she hath been proud against the LORD, against the HolyOne of Israel.50:30 Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all hermen of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD.50:31 Behold, I am against thee, O thou most proud, saith the Lord GODof hosts: for thy day is come, the time that I will visit thee.50:32 And the most proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall raisehim up: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devourall round about him.50:33 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The children of Israel and thechildren of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took themcaptives held them fast; they refused to let them go.50:34 Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name: heshall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land,and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.50:35 A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the LORD, and upon theinhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men.50:36 A sword is upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword is uponher mighty men; and they shall be dismayed.50:37 A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and uponall the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shallbecome as women: a sword is upon her treasures; and they shall berobbed.50:38 A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for itis the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols.50:39 Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts ofthe islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: andit shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt infrom generation to generation.50:40 As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour citiesthereof, saith the LORD; so shall no man abide there, neither shallany son of man dwell therein.50:41 Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation,and many kings shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.50:42 They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and willnot shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shallride upon horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle,against thee, O daughter of Babylon.50:43 The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his handswaxed feeble: anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman intravail.50:44 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordanunto the habitation of the strong: but I will make them suddenly runaway from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her?for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is thatshepherd that will stand before me?  50:45 Therefore hear ye thecounsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Babylon; and hispurposes, that he hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans:Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shallmake their habitation desolate with them.50:46 At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, andthe cry is heard among the nations.51:1 Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, andagainst them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against me,a destroying wind; 51:2 And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shallfan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble theyshall be against her round about.51:3 Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and againsthim that lifteth himself up in his brigandine: and spare ye not heryoung men; destroy ye utterly all her host.51:4 Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and theythat are thrust through in her streets.51:5 For Israel hath not been forsaken, nor Judah of his God, of theLORD of hosts; though their land was filled with sin against the HolyOne of Israel.51:6 Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul:be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD'svengeance; he will render unto her a recompence.51:7 Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD's hand, that made allthe earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore thenations are mad.51:8 Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balmfor her pain, if so be she may be healed.51:9 We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her,and let us go every one into his own country: for her judgmentreacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies.51:10 The LORD hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let usdeclare in Zion the work of the LORD our God.51:11 Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raisedup the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is againstBabylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the LORD, thevengeance of his temple.51:12 Set up the standard upon the walls of Babylon, make the watchstrong, set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes: for the LORD hathboth devised and done that which he spake against the inhabitants ofBabylon.51:13 O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures,thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness.51:14 The LORD of hosts hath sworn by himself, saying, Surely I willfill thee with men, as with caterpillers; and they shall lift up ashout against thee.51:15 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established theworld by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by hisunderstanding.51:16 When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters inthe heavens; and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of theearth: he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind outof his treasures.51:17 Every man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder isconfounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, andthere is no breath in them.51:18 They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of theirvisitation they shall perish.51:19 The portion of Jacob is not like them; for he is the former ofall things: and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: the LORD ofhosts is his name.51:20 Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will Ibreak in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;51:21 And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider;and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider; 51:22With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with theewill I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break inpieces the young man and the maid; 51:23 I will also break in pieceswith thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break inpieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I breakin pieces captains and rulers.51:24 And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants ofChaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight,saith the LORD.51:25 Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith theLORD, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine handupon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee aburnt mountain.51:26 And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor astone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith theLORD.51:27 Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among thenations, prepare the nations against her, call together against herthe kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captainagainst her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers.51:28 Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, thecaptains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the land of hisdominion.51:29 And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of theLORD shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon adesolation without an inhabitant.51:30 The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they haveremained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became aswomen: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.51:31 One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meetanother, to shew the king of Babylon that his city is taken at oneend, 51:32 And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they haveburned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.51:33 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Thedaughter of Babylon is like a threshingfloor, it is time to threshher: yet a little while, and the time of her harvest shall come.51:34 Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hathcrushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me uplike a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hathcast me out.51:35 The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shallthe inhabitant of Zion say; and my blood upon the inhabitants ofChaldea, shall Jerusalem say.51:36 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause,and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make hersprings dry.51:37 And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, anastonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.51:38 They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions'whelps.51:39 In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make themdrunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and notwake, saith the LORD.51:40 I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like ramswith he goats.51:41 How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earthsurprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!51:42 The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with themultitude of the waves thereof.51:43 Her cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness, aland wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man passthereby.51:44 And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out ofhis mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations shall notflow together any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall.51:45 My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and deliver ye everyman his soul from the fierce anger of the LORD.51:46 And lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the rumour that shallbe heard in the land; a rumour shall both come one year, and afterthat in another year shall come a rumour, and violence in the land,ruler against ruler.51:47 Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will do judgment uponthe graven images of Babylon: and her whole land shall be confounded,and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.51:48 Then the heaven and the earth, and all that is therein, shallsing for Babylon: for the spoilers shall come unto her from the north,saith the LORD.51:49 As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so atBabylon shall fall the slain of all the earth.51:50 Ye that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still:remember the LORD afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.51:51 We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hathcovered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of theLORD's house.51:52 Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will dojudgment upon her graven images: and through all her land the woundedshall groan.51:53 Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she shouldfortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers comeunto her, saith the LORD.51:54 A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction fromthe land of the Chaldeans: 51:55 Because the LORD hath spoiledBabylon, and destroyed out of her the great voice; when her waves doroar like great waters, a noise of their voice is uttered: 51:56Because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and hermighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the LORDGod of recompences shall surely requite.51:57 And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, hercaptains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep aperpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the LORDof hosts.51:58 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shallbe utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; andthe people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and theyshall be weary.51:59 The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son ofNeriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king ofJudah into Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. And this Seraiahwas a quiet prince.51:60 So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come uponBabylon, even all these words that are written against Babylon.51:61 And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, andshalt see, and shalt read all these words; 51:62 Then shalt thou say,O LORD, thou hast spoken against this place, to cut it off, that noneshall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but that it shall bedesolate for ever.51:63 And it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading thisbook, that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midstof Euphrates: 51:64 And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, andshall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her: and theyshall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.52:1 Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, andhe reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name wasHamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.52:2 And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD, accordingto all that Jehoiakim had done.52:3 For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalemand Judah, till he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiahrebelled against the king of Babylon.52:4 And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenthmonth, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadrezzar king ofBabylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and pitchedagainst it, and built forts against it round about.52:5 So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.52:6 And in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, thefamine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the peopleof the land.52:7 Then the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled, andwent forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between thetwo walls, which was by the king's garden; (now the Chaldeans were bythe city round about:) and they went by the way of the plain.52:8 But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, andovertook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army wasscattered from him.52:9 Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king ofBabylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; where he gave judgment uponhim.52:10 And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before hiseyes: he slew also all the princes of Judah in Riblah.52:11 Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylonbound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prisontill the day of his death.52:12 Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, which wasthe nineteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, cameNebuzaradan, captain of the guard, which served the king of Babylon,into Jerusalem, 52:13 And burned the house of the LORD, and the king'shouse; and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of thegreat men, burned he with fire: 52:14 And all the army of theChaldeans, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down all thewalls of Jerusalem round about.52:15 Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captivecertain of the poor of the people, and the residue of the people thatremained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the kingof Babylon, and the rest of the multitude.52:16 But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left certain of thepoor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen.52:17 Also the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD,and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the LORD,the Chaldeans brake, and carried all the brass of them to Babylon.52:18 The caldrons also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and thebowls, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith theyministered, took they away.52:19 And the basons, and the firepans, and the bowls, and thecaldrons, and the candlesticks, and the spoons, and the cups; thatwhich was of gold in gold, and that which was of silver in silver,took the captain of the guard away.52:20 The two pillars, one sea, and twelve brasen bulls that wereunder the bases, which king Solomon had made in the house of the LORD:the brass of all these vessels was without weight.52:21 And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar waseighteen cubits; and a fillet of twelve cubits did compass it; and thethickness thereof was four fingers: it was hollow.52:22 And a chapiter of brass was upon it; and the height of onechapiter was five cubits, with network and pomegranates upon thechapiters round about, all of brass. The second pillar also and thepomegranates were like unto these.52:23 And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a side; and allthe pomegranates upon the network were an hundred round about.52:24 And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, andZephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door: 52:25He took also out of the city an eunuch, which had the charge of themen of war; and seven men of them that were near the king's person,which were found in the city; and the principal scribe of the host,who mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of the peopleof the land, that were found in the midst of the city.52:26 So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and broughtthem to the king of Babylon to Riblah.52:27 And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death inRiblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive outof his own land.52:28 This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: inthe seventh year three thousand Jews and three and twenty: 52:29 Inthe eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar he carried away captive fromJerusalem eight hundred thirty and two persons: 52:30 In the three andtwentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzaradan the captain of the guardcarried away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty and five persons:all the persons were four thousand and six hundred.52:31 And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of thecaptivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in thefive and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylonin the first year of his reign lifted up the head of Jehoiachin kingof Judah, and brought him forth out of prison.52:32 And spake kindly unto him, and set his throne above the throneof the kings that were with him in Babylon, 52:33 And changed hisprison garments: and he did continually eat bread before him all thedays of his life.52:34 And for his diet, there was a continual diet given him of theking of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, allthe days of his life.The Lamentations of Jeremiah1:1 How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how isshe become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, andprincess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!  1:2 Sheweepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: among allher lovers she hath none to comfort her: all her friends have dealttreacherously with her, they are become her enemies.1:3 Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because ofgreat servitude: she dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no rest:all her persecutors overtook her between the straits.1:4 The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts:all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins areafflicted, and she is in bitterness.1:5 Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the LORDhath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: herchildren are gone into captivity before the enemy.1:6 And from the daughter of Zion all her beauty is departed: herprinces are become like harts that find no pasture, and they are gonewithout strength before the pursuer.1:7 Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of hermiseries all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, whenher people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none did help her: theadversaries saw her, and did mock at her sabbaths.1:8 Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore she is removed: allthat honoured her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness:yea, she sigheth, and turneth backward.1:9 Her filthiness is in her skirts; she remembereth not her last end;therefore she came down wonderfully: she had no comforter. O LORD,behold my affliction: for the enemy hath magnified himself.1:10 The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasantthings: for she hath seen that the heathen entered into her sanctuary,whom thou didst command that they should not enter into thycongregation.1:11 All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given theirpleasant things for meat to relieve the soul: see, O LORD, andconsider; for I am become vile.1:12 Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see ifthere be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me,wherewith the LORD hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.1:13 From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevailethagainst them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned meback: he hath made me desolate and faint all the day.1:14 The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they arewreathed, and come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall,the LORD hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not ableto rise up.1:15 The LORD hath trodden under foot all my mighty men in the midstof me: he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men:the LORD hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah, as in awinepress.1:16 For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down withwater, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far fromme: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.1:17 Zion spreadeth forth her hands, and there is none to comfort her:the LORD hath commanded concerning Jacob, that his adversaries shouldbe round about him: Jerusalem is as a menstruous woman among them.1:18 The LORD is righteous; for I have rebelled against hiscommandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow: myvirgins and my young men are gone into captivity.1:19 I called for my lovers, but they deceived me: my priests and mineelders gave up the ghost in the city, while they sought their meat torelieve their souls.1:20 Behold, O LORD; for I am in distress: my bowels are troubled;mine heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroadthe sword bereaveth, at home there is as death.1:21 They have heard that I sigh: there is none to comfort me: allmine enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hastdone it: thou wilt bring the day that thou hast called, and they shallbe like unto me.1:22 Let all their wickedness come before thee; and do unto them, asthou hast done unto me for all my transgressions: for my sighs aremany, and my heart is faint.2:1 How hath the LORD covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in hisanger, and cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel,and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger!  2:2 TheLORD hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath notpitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of thedaughter of Judah; he hath brought them down to the ground: he hathpolluted the kingdom and the princes thereof.2:3 He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: hehath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burnedagainst Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about.2:4 He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right handas an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in thetabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire.2:5 The LORD was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hathswallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, andhath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.2:6 And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were ofa garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the LORD hathcaused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, andhath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest.2:7 The LORD hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary,he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces;they have made a noise in the house of the LORD, as in the day of asolemn feast.2:8 The LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter ofZion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his handfrom destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament;they languished together.2:9 Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and brokenher bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law isno more; her prophets also find no vision from the LORD.2:10 The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keepsilence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girdedthemselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down theirheads to the ground.2:11 Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver ispoured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of mypeople; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets ofthe city.2:12 They say to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? when theyswooned as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul waspoured out into their mothers' bosom.2:13 What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall Iliken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee,that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach isgreat like the sea: who can heal thee?  2:14 Thy prophets have seenvain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered thineiniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee falseburdens and causes of banishment.2:15 All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wagtheir head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city thatmen call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?  2:16All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss andgnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this isthe day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.2:17 The LORD hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilledhis word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath throwndown, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoiceover thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries.2:18 Their heart cried unto the LORD, O wall of the daughter of Zion,let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest;let not the apple of thine eye cease.2:19 Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pourout thine heart like water before the face of the LORD: lift up thyhands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint forhunger in the top of every street.2:20 Behold, O LORD, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shallthe women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall thepriest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?  2:21The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins andmy young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the dayof thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied.2:22 Thou hast called as in a solemn day my terrors round about, sothat in the day of the LORD's anger none escaped nor remained: thosethat I have swaddled and brought up hath mine enemy consumed.3:1 I AM the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.3:2 He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.3:3 Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me allthe day.3:4 My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.3:5 He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall andtravail.3:6 He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.3:7 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made mychain heavy.3:8 Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.3:9 He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my pathscrooked.3:10 He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secretplaces.3:11 He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hathmade me desolate.3:12 He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.3:13 He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.3:14 I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.3:15 He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken withwormwood.3:16 He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath coveredme with ashes.3:17 And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgatprosperity.3:18 And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:3:19 Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and thegall.3:20 My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.3:21 This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.3:22 It is of the LORD's mercies that we are not consumed, because hiscompassions fail not.3:23 They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.3:24 The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope inhim.3:25 The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul thatseeketh him.3:26 It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for thesalvation of the LORD.3:27 It is good for a man that he bear the yoke of his youth.3:28 He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne itupon him.3:29 He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.3:30 He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled fullwith reproach.3:31 For the LORD will not cast off for ever: 3:32 But though he causegrief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of hismercies.3:33 For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.3:34 To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth.3:35 To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the mostHigh, 3:36 To subvert a man in his cause, the LORD approveth not.3:37 Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lordcommandeth it not?  3:38 Out of the mouth of the most High proceedethnot evil and good?  3:39 Wherefore doth a living man complain, a manfor the punishment of his sins?  3:40 Let us search and try our ways,and turn again to the LORD.3:41 Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.3:42 We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.3:43 Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain,thou hast not pitied.3:44 Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer shouldnot pass through.3:45 Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst ofthe people.3:46 All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.3:47 Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.3:48 Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction ofthe daughter of my people.3:49 Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without anyintermission.3:50 Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven.3:51 Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of mycity.3:52 Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.3:53 They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone uponme.3:54 Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.3:55 I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.3:56 Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, atmy cry.3:57 Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thousaidst, Fear not.3:58 O LORD, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hastredeemed my life.3:59 O LORD, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.3:60 Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their imaginationsagainst me.3:61 Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, and all theirimaginations against me; 3:62 The lips of those that rose up againstme, and their device against me all the day.3:63 Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am theirmusick.3:64 Render unto them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work oftheir hands.3:65 Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them.3:66 Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of theLORD.4:1 How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! thestones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street.4:2 The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are theyesteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!4:3 Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to theiryoung ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like theostriches in the wilderness.4:4 The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouthfor thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it untothem.4:5 They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: theythat were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.4:6 For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people isgreater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, that was overthrownas in a moment, and no hands stayed on her.4:7 Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk,they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was ofsapphire: 4:8 Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not knownin the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, itis become like a stick.4:9 They that be slain with the sword are better than they that beslain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want ofthe fruits of the field.4:10 The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children:they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.4:11 The LORD hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out hisfierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, and it hath devouredthe foundations thereof.4:12 The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world,would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should haveentered into the gates of Jerusalem.4:13 For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests,that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her, 4:14 Theyhave wandered as blind men in the streets, they have pollutedthemselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.4:15 They cried unto them, Depart ye; it is unclean; depart, depart,touch not: when they fled away and wandered, they said among theheathen, They shall no more sojourn there.4:16 The anger of the LORD hath divided them; he will no more regardthem: they respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured notthe elders.4:17 As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in ourwatching we have watched for a nation that could not save us.4:18 They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end isnear, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.4:19 Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: theypursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in thewilderness.4:20 The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was takenin their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live amongthe heathen.4:21 Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in theland of Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt bedrunken, and shalt make thyself naked.4:22 The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter ofZion; he will no more carry thee away into captivity: he will visitthine iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will discover thy sins.5:1 Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold ourreproach.5:2 Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.5:3 We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.5:4 We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.5:5 Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.5:6 We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, tobe satisfied with bread.5:7 Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne theiriniquities.5:8 Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver usout of their hand.5:9 We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the swordof the wilderness.5:10 Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.5:11 They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities ofJudah.5:12 Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were nothonoured.5:13 They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under thewood.5:14 The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from theirmusick.5:15 The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned intomourning.5:16 The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we havesinned!  5:17 For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyesare dim.5:18 Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxeswalk upon it.5:19 Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation togeneration.5:20 Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so longtime?  5:21 Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned;renew our days as of old.5:22 But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.The Book of the Prophet Ezekiel1:1 Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month,in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the riverof Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.1:2 In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of kingJehoiachin's captivity, 1:3 The word of the LORD came expressly untoEzekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans bythe river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him.1:4 And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, agreat cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was aboutit, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of themidst of the fire.1:5 Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four livingcreatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of aman.1:6 And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.1:7 And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet waslike the sole of a calf's foot: and they sparkled like the colour ofburnished brass.1:8 And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their foursides; and they four had their faces and their wings.1:9 Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when theywent; they went every one straight forward.1:10 As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of aman, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had theface of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of aneagle.1:11 Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched upward; twowings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered theirbodies.1:12 And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit wasto go, they went; and they turned not when they went.1:13 As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance waslike burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it wentup and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, andout of the fire went forth lightning.1:14 And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of aflash of lightning.1:15 Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon theearth by the living creatures, with his four faces.1:16 The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto thecolour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and theirappearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of awheel.1:17 When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turnednot when they went.1:18 As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful;and their rings were full of eyes round about them four.1:19 And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them: andwhen the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheelswere lifted up.1:20 Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither was theirspirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against them: for thespirit of the living creature was in the wheels.1:21 When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood;and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were liftedup over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in thewheels.1:22 And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the livingcreature was as the colour of the terrible crystal, stretched forthover their heads above.1:23 And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one towardthe other: every one had two, which covered on this side, and everyone had two, which covered on that side, their bodies.1:24 And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like thenoise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice ofspeech, as the noise of an host: when they stood, they let down theirwings.1:25 And there was a voice from the firmament that was over theirheads, when they stood, and had let down their wings.1:26 And above the firmament that was over their heads was thelikeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and uponthe likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a manabove upon it.1:27 And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire roundabout within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, andfrom the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were theappearance of fire, and it had brightness round about.1:28 As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day ofrain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This wasthe appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when Isaw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.2:1 And he said unto me, Son of man, stand upon thy feet, and I willspeak unto thee.2:2 And the spirit entered into me when he spake unto me, and set meupon my feet, that I heard him that spake unto me.2:3 And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children ofIsrael, to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled against me: they andtheir fathers have transgressed against me, even unto this very day.2:4 For they are impudent children and stiffhearted. I do send theeunto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD.2:5 And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear,(for they are a rebellious house,) yet shall know that there hath beena prophet among them.2:6 And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid oftheir words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dostdwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayedat their looks, though they be a rebellious house.2:7 And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear,or whether they will forbear: for they are most rebellious.2:8 But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; Be not thourebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat that Igive thee.2:9 And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, aroll of a book was therein; 2:10 And he spread it before me; and itwas written within and without: and there was written thereinlamentations, and mourning, and woe.3:1 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou findest; eatthis roll, and go speak unto the house of Israel.3:2 So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that roll.3:3 And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fillthy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and itwas in my mouth as honey for sweetness.3:4 And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house ofIsrael, and speak with my words unto them.3:5 For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of anhard language, but to the house of Israel; 3:6 Not to many people of astrange speech and of an hard language, whose words thou canst notunderstand. Surely, had I sent thee to them, they would have hearkenedunto thee.3:7 But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they willnot hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel are impudent andhardhearted.3:8 Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thyforehead strong against their foreheads.3:9 As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fearthem not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be arebellious house.3:10 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all my words that I shallspeak unto thee receive in thine heart, and hear with thine ears.3:11 And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children ofthy people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the LordGOD; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.3:12 Then the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a voice of agreat rushing, saying, Blessed be the glory of the LORD from hisplace.3:13 I heard also the noise of the wings of the living creatures thattouched one another, and the noise of the wheels over against them,and a noise of a great rushing.3:14 So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went inbitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD wasstrong upon me.3:15 Then I came to them of the captivity at Telabib, that dwelt bythe river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained thereastonished among them seven days.3:16 And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word ofthe LORD came unto me, saying, 3:17 Son of man, I have made thee awatchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at mymouth, and give them warning from me.3:18 When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thougivest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from hiswicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in hisiniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.3:19 Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness,nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hastdelivered thy soul.3:20 Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, andcommit iniquity, and I lay a stumbling-block before him, he shall die:because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, andhis righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but hisblood will I require at thine hand.3:21 Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteoussin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he iswarned; also thou hast delivered thy soul.3:22 And the hand of the LORD was there upon me; and he said unto me,Arise, go forth into the plain, and I will there talk with thee.3:23 Then I arose, and went forth into the plain: and, behold, theglory of the LORD stood there, as the glory which I saw by the riverof Chebar: and I fell on my face.3:24 Then the spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet, andspake with me, and said unto me, Go, shut thyself within thine house.3:25 But thou, O son of man, behold, they shall put bands upon thee,and shall bind thee with them, and thou shalt not go out among them:3:26 And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, thatthou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: for they area rebellious house.3:27 But when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shaltsay unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; He that heareth, let him hear;and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a rebellioushouse.4:1 Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee,and pourtray upon it the city, even Jerusalem: 4:2 And lay siegeagainst it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it;set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it roundabout.4:3 Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall ofiron between thee and the city: and set thy face against it, and itshall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall bea sign to the house of Israel.4:4 Lie thou also upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of thehouse of Israel upon it: according to the number of the days that thoushalt lie upon it thou shalt bear their iniquity.4:5 For I have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity, accordingto the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days: so shaltthou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.4:6 And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side,and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: Ihave appointed thee each day for a year.4:7 Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem,and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it.4:8 And, behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turnthee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thysiege.4:9 Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, andlentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, andmake thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thoushalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eatthereof.4:10 And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twentyshekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.4:11 Thou shalt drink also water by measure, the sixth part of an hin:from time to time shalt thou drink.4:12 And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake itwith dung that cometh out of man, in their sight.4:13 And the LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eattheir defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them.4:14 Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul hath not been polluted:for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that whichdieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominableflesh into my mouth.4:15 Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow's dung for man'sdung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith.4:16 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break thestaff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, andwith care; and they shall drink water by measure, and withastonishment: 4:17 That they may want bread and water, and be astoniedone with another, and consume away for their iniquity.5:1 And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife, take thee abarber's razor, and cause it to pass upon thine head and upon thybeard: then take thee balances to weigh, and divide the hair.5:2 Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city,when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a thirdpart, and smite about it with a knife: and a third part thou shaltscatter in the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them.5:3 Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thyskirts.5:4 Then take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the fire,and burn them in the fire; for thereof shall a fire come forth intoall the house of Israel.5:5 Thus saith the Lord GOD; This is Jerusalem: I have set it in themidst of the nations and countries that are round about her.5:6 And she hath changed my judgments into wickedness more than thenations, and my statutes more than the countries that are round abouther: for they have refused my judgments and my statutes, they have notwalked in them.5:7 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye multiplied more thanthe nations that are round about you, and have not walked in mystatutes, neither have kept my judgments, neither have done accordingto the judgments of the nations that are round about you; 5:8Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, am against thee,and will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of thenations.5:9 And I will do in thee that which I have not done, and whereunto Iwill not do any more the like, because of all thine abominations.5:10 Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee,and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments inthee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the winds.5:11 Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because thouhast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with allthine abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither shallmine eye spare, neither will I have any pity.5:12 A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and withfamine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third partshall fall by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter a thirdpart into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them.5:13 Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my furyto rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that Ithe LORD have spoken it in my zeal, when I have accomplished my furyin them.5:14 Moreover I will make thee waste, and a reproach among the nationsthat are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by.5:15 So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and anastonishment unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shallexecute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes.I the LORD have spoken it.5:16 When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, whichshall be for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you:and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff ofbread: 5:17 So will I send upon you famine and evil beasts, and theyshall bereave thee: and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee;and I will bring the sword upon thee. I the LORD have spoken it.6:1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 6:2 Son of man, setthy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,6:3 And say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD;Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to therivers, and to the valleys; Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword uponyou, and I will destroy your high places.6:4 And your altars shall be desolate, and your images shall bebroken: and I will cast down your slain men before your idols.6:5 And I will lay the dead carcases of the children of Israel beforetheir idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.6:6 In all your dwellingplaces the cities shall be laid waste, and thehigh places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste andmade desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your imagesmay be cut down, and your works may be abolished.6:7 And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall knowthat I am the LORD.6:8 Yet will I leave a remnant, that ye may have some that shallescape the sword among the nations, when ye shall be scattered throughthe countries.6:9 And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nationswhither they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with theirwhorish heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, whichgo a whoring after their idols: and they shall lothe themselves forthe evils which they have committed in all their abominations.6:10 And they shall know that I am the LORD, and that I have not saidin vain that I would do this evil unto them.6:11 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Smite with thine hand, and stamp withthy foot, and say, Alas for all the evil abominations of the house ofIsrael! for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by thepestilence.6:12 He that is far off shall die of the pestilence; and he that isnear shall fall by the sword; and he that remaineth and is besiegedshall die by the famine: thus will I accomplish my fury upon them.6:13 Then shall ye know that I am the LORD, when their slain men shallbe among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill,in all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, andunder every thick oak, the place where they did offer sweet savour toall their idols.6:14 So will I stretch out my hand upon them, and make the landdesolate, yea, more desolate than the wilderness toward Diblath, inall their habitations: and they shall know that I am the LORD.7:1 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 7:2 Also, thouson of man, thus saith the Lord GOD unto the land of Israel; An end,the end is come upon the four corners of the land.7:3 Now is the end come upon thee, and I will send mine anger uponthee, and will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompenseupon thee all thine abominations.7:4 And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity: but Iwill recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be inthe midst of thee: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.7:5 Thus saith the Lord GOD; An evil, an only evil, behold, is come.7:6 An end is come, the end is come: it watcheth for thee; behold, itis come.7:7 The morning is come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the land:the time is come, the day of trouble is near, and not the soundingagain of the mountains.7:8 Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee, and accomplish mineanger upon thee: and I will judge thee according to thy ways, and willrecompense thee for all thine abominations.7:9 And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I willrecompense thee according to thy ways and thine abominations that arein the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I am the LORD thatsmiteth.7:10 Behold the day, behold, it is come: the morning is gone forth;the rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded.7:11 Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness: none of them shallremain, nor of their multitude, nor of any of their's: neither shallthere be wailing for them.7:12 The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyerrejoice, nor the seller mourn: for wrath is upon all the multitudethereof.7:13 For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, althoughthey were yet alive: for the vision is touching the whole multitudethereof, which shall not return; neither shall any strengthen himselfin the iniquity of his life.7:14 They have blown the trumpet, even to make all ready; but nonegoeth to the battle: for my wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.7:15 The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine within:he that is in the field shall die with the sword; and he that is inthe city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.7:16 But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on themountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every onefor his iniquity.7:17 All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water.7:18 They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shallcover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon alltheir heads.7:19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shallbe removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliverthem in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy theirsouls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock oftheir iniquity.7:20 As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but theymade the images of their abominations and of their detestable thingstherein: therefore have I set it far from them.7:21 And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey,and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall pollute it.7:22 My face will I turn also from them, and they shall pollute mysecret place: for the robbers shall enter into it, and defile it.7:23 Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the cityis full of violence.7:24 Wherefore I will bring the worst of the heathen, and they shallpossess their houses: I will also make the pomp of the strong tocease; and their holy places shall be defiled.7:25 Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall benone.7:26 Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be uponrumour; then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the lawshall perish from the priest, and counsel from the ancients.7:27 The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed withdesolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled:I will do unto them after their way, and according to their desertswill I judge them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.8:1 And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in thefifth day of the month, as I sat in mine house, and the elders ofJudah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell there upon me.8:2 Then I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire: fromthe appearance of his loins even downward, fire; and from his loinseven upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the colour of amber.8:3 And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock ofmine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and theheaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the doorof the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where was the seat ofthe image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy.8:4 And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, accordingto the vision that I saw in the plain.8:5 Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the waytoward the north. So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north,and behold northward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousyin the entry.8:6 He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do?even the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here,that I should go far off from my sanctuary? but turn thee yet again,and thou shalt see greater abominations.8:7 And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked,behold a hole in the wall.8:8 Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when Ihad digged in the wall, behold a door.8:9 And he said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominationsthat they do here.8:10 So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things,and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel,pourtrayed upon the wall round about.8:11 And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of thehouse of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son ofShaphan, with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud ofincense went up.8:12 Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what theancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in thechambers of his imagery? for they say, the LORD seeth us not; the LORDhath forsaken the earth.8:13 He said also unto me, Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt seegreater abominations that they do.8:14 Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD's housewhich was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping forTammuz.8:15 Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? turnthee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these.8:16 And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD's house, and,behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch andthe altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward thetemple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and theyworshipped the sun toward the east.8:17 Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it alight thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominationswhich they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence,and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branchto their nose.8:18 Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare,neither will I have pity: and though they cry in mine ears with a loudvoice, yet will I not hear them.9:1 He cried also in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause themthat have charge over the city to draw near, even every man with hisdestroying weapon in his hand.9:2 And, behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate, whichlieth toward the north, and every man a slaughter weapon in his hand;and one man among them was clothed with linen, with a writer's inkhornby his side: and they went in, and stood beside the brasen altar.9:3 And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub,whereupon he was, to the threshold of the house. And he called to theman clothed with linen, which had the writer's inkhorn by his side;9:4 And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city,through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads ofthe men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be donein the midst thereof.9:5 And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him throughthe city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity: 9:6Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, andwomen: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin atmy sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before thehouse.9:7 And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts withthe slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and slew in the city.9:8 And it came to pass, while they were slaying them, and I was left,that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thoudestroy all the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy fury uponJerusalem?  9:9 Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house ofIsrael and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood,and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The LORD hathforsaken the earth, and the LORD seeth not.9:10 And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I havepity, but I will recompense their way upon their head.9:11 And, behold, the man clothed with linen, which had the inkhorn byhis side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as thou hastcommanded me.10:1 Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above thehead of the cherubims there appeared over them as it were a sapphirestone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.10:2 And he spake unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Go inbetween the wheels, even under the cherub, and fill thine hand withcoals of fire from between the cherubims, and scatter them over thecity. And he went in in my sight.10:3 Now the cherubims stood on the right side of the house, when theman went in; and the cloud filled the inner court.10:4 Then the glory of the LORD went up from the cherub, and stoodover the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with thecloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the LORD's glory.10:5 And the sound of the cherubims' wings was heard even to the outercourt, as the voice of the Almighty God when he speaketh.10:6 And it came to pass, that when he had commanded the man clothedwith linen, saying, Take fire from between the wheels, from betweenthe cherubims; then he went in, and stood beside the wheels.10:7 And one cherub stretched forth his hand from between thecherubims unto the fire that was between the cherubims, and tookthereof, and put it into the hands of him that was clothed with linen:who took it, and went out.10:8 And there appeared in the cherubims the form of a man's handunder their wings.10:9 And when I looked, behold the four wheels by the cherubims, onewheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub: and theappearance of the wheels was as the colour of a beryl stone.10:10 And as for their appearances, they four had one likeness, as ifa wheel had been in the midst of a wheel.10:11 When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned notas they went, but to the place whither the head looked they followedit; they turned not as they went.10:12 And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, andtheir wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about, even thewheels that they four had.10:13 As for the wheels, it was cried unto them in my hearing, Owheel.10:14 And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of acherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third theface of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.10:15 And the cherubims were lifted up. This is the living creaturethat I saw by the river of Chebar.10:16 And when the cherubims went, the wheels went by them: and whenthe cherubims lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, thesame wheels also turned not from beside them.10:17 When they stood, these stood; and when they were lifted up,these lifted up themselves also: for the spirit of the living creaturewas in them.10:18 Then the glory of the LORD departed from off the threshold ofthe house, and stood over the cherubims.10:19 And the cherubims lifted up their wings, and mounted up from theearth in my sight: when they went out, the wheels also were besidethem, and every one stood at the door of the east gate of the LORD'shouse; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.10:20 This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israelby the river of Chebar; and I knew that they were the cherubims.10:21 Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings; andthe likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.10:22 And the likeness of their faces was the same faces which I sawby the river of Chebar, their appearances and themselves: they wentevery one straight forward.11:1 Moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the eastgate of the LORD's house, which looketh eastward: and behold at thedoor of the gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah theson of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.11:2 Then said he unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devisemischief, and give wicked counsel in this city: 11:3 Which say, It isnot near; let us build houses: this city is the caldron, and we be theflesh.11:4 Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man.11:5 And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and said unto me, Speak;Thus saith the LORD; Thus have ye said, O house of Israel: for I knowthe things that come into your mind, every one of them.11:6 Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filledthe streets thereof with the slain.11:7 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Your slain whom ye have laidin the midst of it, they are the flesh, and this city is the caldron:but I will bring you forth out of the midst of it.11:8 Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you,saith the Lord GOD.11:9 And I will bring you out of the midst thereof, and deliver youinto the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you.11:10 Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border ofIsrael; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.11:11 This city shall not be your caldron, neither shall ye be theflesh in the midst thereof; but I will judge you in the border ofIsrael: 11:12 And ye shall know that I am the LORD: for ye have notwalked in my statutes, neither executed my judgments, but have doneafter the manners of the heathen that are round about you.11:13 And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son ofBenaiah died. Then fell I down upon my face, and cried with a loudvoice, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou make a full end of the remnantof Israel?  11:14 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,11:15 Son of man, thy brethren, even thy brethren, the men of thykindred, and all the house of Israel wholly, are they unto whom theinhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Get you far from the LORD: unto usis this land given in possession.11:16 Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Although I have castthem far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered themamong the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary inthe countries where they shall come.11:17 Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even gather youfrom the people, and assemble you out of the countries where ye havebeen scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.11:18 And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all thedetestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof fromthence.11:19 And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spiritwithin you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, andwill give them an heart of flesh: 11:20 That they may walk in mystatutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be mypeople, and I will be their God.11:21 But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of theirdetestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their wayupon their own heads, saith the Lord GOD.11:22 Then did the cherubims lift up their wings, and the wheelsbeside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.11:23 And the glory of the LORD went up from the midst of the city,and stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city.11:24 Afterwards the spirit took me up, and brought me in a vision bythe Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So thevision that I had seen went up from me.11:25 Then I spake unto them of the captivity all the things that theLORD had shewed me.12:1 The word of the LORD also came unto me, saying, 12:2 Son of man,thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes tosee, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are arebellious house.12:3 Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for removing, andremove by day in their sight; and thou shalt remove from thy place toanother place in their sight: it may be they will consider, thoughthey be a rebellious house.12:4 Then shalt thou bring forth thy stuff by day in their sight, asstuff for removing: and thou shalt go forth at even in their sight, asthey that go forth into captivity.12:5 Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby.12:6 In their sight shalt thou bear it upon thy shoulders, and carryit forth in the twilight: thou shalt cover thy face, that thou see notthe ground: for I have set thee for a sign unto the house of Israel.12:7 And I did so as I was commanded: I brought forth my stuff by day,as stuff for captivity, and in the even I digged through the wall withmine hand; I brought it forth in the twilight, and I bare it upon myshoulder in their sight.12:8 And in the morning came the word of the LORD unto me, saying,12:9 Son of man, hath not the house of Israel, the rebellious house,said unto thee, What doest thou?  12:10 Say thou unto them, Thus saiththe Lord GOD; This burden concerneth the prince in Jerusalem, and allthe house of Israel that are among them.12:11 Say, I am your sign: like as I have done, so shall it be doneunto them: they shall remove and go into captivity.12:12 And the prince that is among them shall bear upon his shoulderin the twilight, and shall go forth: they shall dig through the wallto carry out thereby: he shall cover his face, that he see not theground with his eyes.12:13 My net also will I spread upon him, and he shall be taken in mysnare: and I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans;yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there.12:14 And I will scatter toward every wind all that are about him tohelp him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them.12:15 And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall scatterthem among the nations, and disperse them in the countries.12:16 But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from thefamine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all theirabominations among the heathen whither they come; and they shall knowthat I am the LORD.12:17 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 12:18 Son ofman, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with tremblingand with carefulness; 12:19 And say unto the people of the land, Thussaith the Lord GOD of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and of the land ofIsrael; They shall eat their bread with carefulness, and drink theirwater with astonishment, that her land may be desolate from all thatis therein, because of the violence of all them that dwell therein.12:20 And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and theland shall be desolate; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.12:21 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 12:22 Son of man,what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, Thedays are prolonged, and every vision faileth?  12:23 Tell themtherefore, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will make this proverb to cease,and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but say untothem, The days are at hand, and the effect of every vision.12:24 For there shall be no more any vain vision nor flatteringdivination within the house of Israel.12:25 For I am the LORD: I will speak, and the word that I shall speakshall come to pass; it shall be no more prolonged: for in your days, Orebellious house, will I say the word, and will perform it, saith theLord GOD.12:26 Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying.12:27 Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The visionthat he seeth is for many days to come, and he prophesieth of thetimes that are far off.12:28 Therefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; There shallnone of my words be prolonged any more, but the word which I havespoken shall be done, saith the Lord GOD.13:1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 13:2 Son of man,prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and say thouunto them that prophesy out of their own hearts, Hear ye the word ofthe LORD; 13:3 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe unto the foolish prophets,that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing!  13:4 O Israel,thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts.13:5 Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the hedge forthe house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the LORD.13:6 They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The LORDsaith: and the LORD hath not sent them: and they have made others tohope that they would confirm the word.13:7 Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lyingdivination, whereas ye say, The LORD saith it; albeit I have notspoken?  13:8 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye havespoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you,saith the Lord GOD.13:9 And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, andthat divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my people,neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel,neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall knowthat I am the Lord GOD.13:10 Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying,Peace; and there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and, lo,others daubed it with untempered morter: 13:11 Say unto them whichdaub it with untempered morter, that it shall fall: there shall be anoverflowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall; and astormy wind shall rend it.13:12 Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you,Where is the daubing wherewith ye have daubed it?  13:13 Thereforethus saith the Lord GOD; I will even rend it with a stormy wind in myfury; and there shall be an overflowing shower in mine anger, andgreat hailstones in my fury to consume it.13:14 So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed withuntempered morter, and bring it down to the ground, so that thefoundation thereof shall be discovered, and it shall fall, and yeshall be consumed in the midst thereof: and ye shall know that I amthe LORD.13:15 Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall, and upon themthat have daubed it with untempered morter, and will say unto you, Thewall is no more, neither they that daubed it; 13:16 To wit, theprophets of Israel which prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and which seevisions of peace for her, and there is no peace, saith the Lord GOD.13:17 Likewise, thou son of man, set thy face against the daughters ofthy people, which prophesy out of their own heart; and prophesy thouagainst them, 13:18 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the womenthat sew pillows to all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head ofevery stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, andwill ye save the souls alive that come unto you?  13:19 And will yepollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces ofbread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the soulsalive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear yourlies?  13:20 Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am againstyour pillows, wherewith ye there hunt the souls to make them fly, andI will tear them from your arms, and will let the souls go, even thesouls that ye hunt to make them fly.13:21 Your kerchiefs also will I tear, and deliver my people out ofyour hand, and they shall be no more in your hand to be hunted; and yeshall know that I am the LORD.13:22 Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad,whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked,that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life:13:23 Therefore ye shall see no more vanity, nor divine divinations:for I will deliver my people out of your hand: and ye shall know thatI am the LORD.14:1 Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat beforeme.14:2 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 14:3 Son of man,these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put thestumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I beenquired of at all by them?  14:4 Therefore speak unto them, and sayunto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Every man of the house of Israelthat setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblockof his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet; I the LORDwill answer him that cometh according to the multitude of his idols;14:5 That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, becausethey are all estranged from me through their idols.14:6 Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD;Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your facesfrom all your abominations.14:7 For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger thatsojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth uphis idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquitybefore his face, and cometh to a prophet to enquire of him concerningme; I the LORD will answer him by myself: 14:8 And I will set my faceagainst that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I willcut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I amthe LORD.14:9 And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I theLORD have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand uponhim, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.14:10 And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity: thepunishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him thatseeketh unto him; 14:11 That the house of Israel may go no more astrayfrom me, neither be polluted any more with all their transgressions;but that they may be my people, and I may be their God, saith the LordGOD.14:12 The word of the LORD came again to me, saying, 14:13 Son of man,when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then willI stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the staff of the breadthereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beastfrom it: 14:14 Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were init, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness,saith the Lord GOD.14:15 If I cause noisome beasts to pass through the land, and theyspoil it, so that it be desolate, that no man may pass through becauseof the beasts: 14:16 Though these three men were in it, as I live,saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters;they only shall be delivered, but the land shall be desolate.14:17 Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go throughthe land; so that I cut off man and beast from it: 14:18 Though thesethree men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shalldeliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only shall be deliveredthemselves.14:19 Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my furyupon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast: 14:20 Though Noah,Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shalldeliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver their ownsouls by their righteousness.14:21 For thus saith the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my foursore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and thenoisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast?14:22 Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall bebrought forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forthunto you, and ye shall see their way and their doings: and ye shall becomforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, evenconcerning all that I have brought upon it.14:23 And they shall comfort you, when ye see their ways and theirdoings: and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all thatI have done in it, saith the Lord GOD.15:1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 15:2 Son of man,what is the vine tree more than any tree, or than a branch which isamong the trees of the forest?  15:3 Shall wood be taken thereof to doany work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?15:4 Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devourethboth the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for anywork?  15:5 Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: howmuch less shall it be meet yet for any work, when the fire hathdevoured it, and it is burned?  15:6 Therefore thus saith the LordGOD; As the vine tree among the trees of the forest, which I havegiven to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants ofJerusalem.15:7 And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from onefire, and another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I amthe LORD, when I set my face against them.15:8 And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed atrespass, saith the Lord GOD.16:1 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 16:2 Son of man,cause Jerusalem to know her abominations, 16:3 And say, Thus saith theLord GOD unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land ofCanaan; thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother an Hittite.16:4 And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel wasnot cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee; thou wastnot salted at all, nor swaddled at all.16:5 None eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to havecompassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field, to thelothing of thy person, in the day that thou wast born.16:6 And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine ownblood, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live; yea, I saidunto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live.16:7 I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thouhast increased and waxen great, and thou art come to excellentornaments: thy breasts are fashioned, and thine hair is grown, whereasthou wast naked and bare.16:8 Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy timewas the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thynakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant withthee, saith the Lord GOD, and thou becamest mine.16:9 Then washed I thee with water; yea, I throughly washed away thyblood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil.16:10 I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee withbadgers' skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I coveredthee with silk.16:11 I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thyhands, and a chain on thy neck.16:12 And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears,and a beautiful crown upon thine head.16:13 Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment wasof fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fineflour, and honey, and oil: and thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thoudidst prosper into a kingdom.16:14 And thy renown went forth among the heathen for thy beauty: forit was perfect through my comeliness, which I had put upon thee, saiththe Lord GOD.16:15 But thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and playedst theharlot because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy fornications onevery one that passed by; his it was.16:16 And of thy garments thou didst take, and deckedst thy highplaces with divers colours, and playedst the harlot thereupon: thelike things shall not come, neither shall it be so.16:17 Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold and of mysilver, which I had given thee, and madest to thyself images of men,and didst commit whoredom with them, 16:18 And tookest thy broideredgarments, and coveredst them: and thou hast set mine oil and mineincense before them.16:19 My meat also which I gave thee, fine flour, and oil, and honey,wherewith I fed thee, thou hast even set it before them for a sweetsavour: and thus it was, saith the Lord GOD.16:20 Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thouhast borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to bedevoured. Is this of thy whoredoms a small matter, 16:21 That thouhast slain my children, and delivered them to cause them to passthrough the fire for them?  16:22 And in all thine abominations andthy whoredoms thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, whenthou wast naked and bare, and wast polluted in thy blood.16:23 And it came to pass after all thy wickedness, (woe, woe untothee!  saith the LORD GOD;) 16:24 That thou hast also built unto theean eminent place, and hast made thee an high place in every street.16:25 Thou hast built thy high place at every head of the way, andhast made thy beauty to be abhorred, and hast opened thy feet to everyone that passed by, and multiplied thy whoredoms.16:26 Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians thyneighbours, great of flesh; and hast increased thy whoredoms, toprovoke me to anger.16:27 Behold, therefore I have stretched out my hand over thee, andhave diminished thine ordinary food, and delivered thee unto the willof them that hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, which areashamed of thy lewd way.16:28 Thou hast played the whore also with the Assyrians, because thouwast unsatiable; yea, thou hast played the harlot with them, and yetcouldest not be satisfied.16:29 Thou hast moreover multiplied thy fornication in the land ofCanaan unto Chaldea; and yet thou wast not satisfied therewith.16:30 How weak is thine heart, saith the LORD GOD, seeing thou doestall these things, the work of an imperious whorish woman; 16:31 Inthat thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way, andmakest thine high place in every street; and hast not been as anharlot, in that thou scornest hire; 16:32 But as a wife thatcommitteth adultery, which taketh strangers instead of her husband!16:33 They give gifts to all whores: but thou givest thy gifts to allthy lovers, and hirest them, that they may come unto thee on everyside for thy whoredom.16:34 And the contrary is in thee from other women in thy whoredoms,whereas none followeth thee to commit whoredoms: and in that thougivest a reward, and no reward is given unto thee, therefore thou artcontrary.16:35 Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word of the LORD: 16:36 Thus saiththe Lord GOD; Because thy filthiness was poured out, and thy nakednessdiscovered through thy whoredoms with thy lovers, and with all theidols of thy abominations, and by the blood of thy children, whichthou didst give unto them; 16:37 Behold, therefore I will gather allthy lovers, with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all them that thouhast loved, with all them that thou hast hated; I will even gatherthem round about against thee, and will discover thy nakedness untothem, that they may see all thy nakedness.16:38 And I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock and shedblood are judged; and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy.16:39 And I will also give thee into their hand, and they shall throwdown thine eminent place, and shall break down thy high places: theyshall strip thee also of thy clothes, and shall take thy fair jewels,and leave thee naked and bare.16:40 They shall also bring up a company against thee, and they shallstone thee with stones, and thrust thee through with their swords.16:41 And they shall burn thine houses with fire, and executejudgments upon thee in the sight of many women: and I will cause theeto cease from playing the harlot, and thou also shalt give no hire anymore.16:42 So will I make my fury toward thee to rest, and my jealousyshall depart from thee, and I will be quiet, and will be no moreangry.16:43 Because thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, but hastfretted me in all these things; behold, therefore I also willrecompense thy way upon thine head, saith the Lord GOD: and thou shaltnot commit this lewdness above all thine abominations.16:44 Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverbagainst thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.16:45 Thou art thy mother's daughter, that lotheth her husband and herchildren; and thou art the sister of thy sisters, which lothed theirhusbands and their children: your mother was an Hittite, and yourfather an Amorite.16:46 And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters thatdwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thyright hand, is Sodom and her daughters.16:47 Yet hast thou not walked after their ways, nor done after theirabominations: but, as if that were a very little thing, thou wastcorrupted more than they in all thy ways.16:48 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, Sodom thy sister hath not done,she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters.16:49 Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride,fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in herdaughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.16:50 And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me:therefore I took them away as I saw good.16:51 Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hastmultiplied thine abominations more than they, and hast justified thysisters in all thine abominations which thou hast done.16:52 Thou also, which hast judged thy sisters, bear thine own shamefor thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they: theyare more righteous than thou: yea, be thou confounded also, and bearthy shame, in that thou hast justified thy sisters.16:53 When I shall bring again their captivity, the captivity of Sodomand her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters,then will I bring again the captivity of thy captives in the midst ofthem: 16:54 That thou mayest bear thine own shame, and mayest beconfounded in all that thou hast done, in that thou art a comfort untothem.16:55 When thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to theirformer estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to theirformer estate, then thou and thy daughters shall return to your formerestate.16:56 For thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth in the dayof thy pride, 16:57 Before thy wickedness was discovered, as at thetime of thy reproach of the daughters of Syria, and all that are roundabout her, the daughters of the Philistines, which despise thee roundabout.16:58 Thou hast borne thy lewdness and thine abominations, saith theLORD.16:59 For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even deal with thee as thouhast done, which hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant.16:60 Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with thee in the daysof thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant.16:61 Then thou shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thoushalt receive thy sisters, thine elder and thy younger: and I willgive them unto thee for daughters, but not by thy covenant.16:62 And I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt knowthat I am the LORD: 16:63 That thou mayest remember, and beconfounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame,when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith theLord GOD.17:1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 17:2 Son of man,put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel; 17:3And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; A great eagle with great wings,longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came untoLebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar: 17:4 He cropped offthe top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; heset it in a city of merchants.17:5 He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in afruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willowtree.17:6 And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whosebranches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: soit became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.17:7 There was also another great eagle with great wings and manyfeathers: and, behold, this vine did bend her roots toward him, andshot forth her branches toward him, that he might water it by thefurrows of her plantation.17:8 It was planted in a good soil by great waters, that it mightbring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be agoodly vine.17:9 Say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Shall it prosper? shall he notpull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that itwither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even withoutgreat power or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof.17:10 Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it notutterly wither, when the east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in thefurrows where it grew.17:11 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 17:12 Saynow to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things mean?  tellthem, Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, and hath takenthe king thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him toBabylon; 17:13 And hath taken of the king's seed, and made a covenantwith him, and hath taken an oath of him: he hath also taken the mightyof the land: 17:14 That the kingdom might be base, that it might notlift itself up, but that by keeping of his covenant it might stand.17:15 But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors intoEgypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall heprosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? or shall he break thecovenant, and be delivered?  17:16 As I live, saith the Lord GOD,surely in the place where the king dwelleth that made him king, whoseoath he despised, and whose covenant he brake, even with him in themidst of Babylon he shall die.17:17 Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great companymake for him in the war, by casting up mounts, and building forts, tocut off many persons: 17:18 Seeing he despised the oath by breakingthe covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand, and hath done all thesethings, he shall not escape.17:19 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely mine oaththat he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, even itwill I recompense upon his own head.17:20 And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in mysnare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will plead with him therefor his trespass that he hath trespassed against me.17:21 And all his fugitives with all his bands shall fall by thesword, and they that remain shall be scattered toward all winds: andye shall know that I the LORD have spoken it.17:22 Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also take of the highest branchof the high cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top ofhis young twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon an high mountainand eminent: 17:23 In the mountain of the height of Israel will Iplant it: and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be agoodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all fowl of every wing; in theshadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell.17:24 And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD havebrought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried upthe green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish: I the LORDhave spoken and have done it.18:1 The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying, 18:2 What meanye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying,The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are seton edge?  18:3 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, ye shall not haveoccasion any more to use this proverb in Israel.18:4 Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so alsothe soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.18:5 But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right, 18:6And hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyesto the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled hisneighbour's wife, neither hath come near to a menstruous woman, 18:7And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor hispledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to thehungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment; 18:8 He that hathnot given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hathwithdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment betweenman and man, 18:9 Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept myjudgments, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith theLord GOD.18:10 If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and thatdoeth the like to any one of these things, 18:11 And that doeth notany of those duties, but even hath eaten upon the mountains, anddefiled his neighbour's wife, 18:12 Hath oppressed the poor and needy,hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hathlifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination, 18:13Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase: shall he thenlive? he shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shallsurely die; his blood shall be upon him.18:14 Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all his father's sinswhich he hath done, and considereth, and doeth not such like, 18:15That hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up hiseyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hath not defiled hisneighbour's wife, 18:16 Neither hath oppressed any, hath notwithholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, but hathgiven his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with agarment, 18:17 That hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hathnot received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hathwalked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of hisfather, he shall surely live.18:18 As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled hisbrother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people,lo, even he shall die in his iniquity.18:19 Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of thefather?  When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, andhath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.18:20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear theiniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity ofthe son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and thewickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.18:21 But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hathcommitted, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful andright, he shall surely live, he shall not die.18:22 All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not bementioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shalllive.18:23 Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith theLord GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?18:24 But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, andcommitteth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations thatthe wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that hehath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hathtrespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.18:25 Yet ye say, The way of the LORD is not equal. Hear now, O houseof Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?  18:26 Whena righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committethiniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shallhe die.18:27 Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness thathe hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shallsave his soul alive.18:28 Because he considereth, and turneth away from all histransgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shallnot die.18:29 Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of the LORD is not equal.O house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are not your ways unequal?18:30 Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every oneaccording to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselvesfrom all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.18:31 Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye havetransgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why willye die, O house of Israel?  18:32 For I have no pleasure in the deathof him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn yourselves, andlive ye.19:1 Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,19:2 And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions,she nourished her whelps among young lions.19:3 And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, andit learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.19:4 The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, andthey brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.19:5 Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, thenshe took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.19:6 And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion,and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men.19:7 And he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste theircities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, by thenoise of his roaring.19:8 Then the nations set against him on every side from theprovinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit.19:9 And they put him in ward in chains, and brought him to the kingof Babylon: they brought him into holds, that his voice should no morebe heard upon the mountains of Israel.19:10 Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters:she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.19:11 And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule,and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appearedin her height with the multitude of her branches.19:12 But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground,and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken andwithered; the fire consumed them.19:13 And now she is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirstyground.19:14 And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hathdevoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a sceptre torule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.20:1 And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, thetenth day of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came toenquire of the LORD, and sat before me.20:2 Then came the word of the LORD unto me, saying, 20:3 Son of man,speak unto the elders of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith theLord GOD; Are ye come to enquire of me? As I live, saith the Lord GOD,I will not be enquired of by you.20:4 Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge them? causethem to know the abominations of their fathers: 20:5 And say untothem, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when I chose Israel, andlifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and mademyself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up minehand unto them, saying, I am the LORD your God; 20:6 In the day that Ilifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them forth of the land ofEgypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk andhoney, which is the glory of all lands: 20:7 Then said I unto them,Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile notyourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.20:8 But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me: theydid not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes, neitherdid they forsake the idols of Egypt: then I said, I will pour out myfury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst ofthe land of Egypt.20:9 But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be pollutedbefore the heathen, among whom they were, in whose sight I made myselfknown unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.20:10 Wherefore I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt,and brought them into the wilderness.20:11 And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, whichif a man do, he shall even live in them.20:12 Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between meand them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them.20:13 But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness:they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, whichif a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatlypolluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in thewilderness, to consume them.20:14 But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be pollutedbefore the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.20:15 Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that Iwould not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowingwith milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands; 20:16 Becausethey despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, butpolluted my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.20:17 Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them, neitherdid I make an end of them in the wilderness.20:18 But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not inthe statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nordefile yourselves with their idols: 20:19 I am the LORD your God; walkin my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; 20:20 And hallowmy sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye mayknow that I am the LORD your God.20:21 Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walkednot in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if aman do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then Isaid, I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my angeragainst them in the wilderness.20:22 Nevertheless I withdrew mine hand, and wrought for my name'ssake, that it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen, inwhose sight I brought them forth.20:23 I lifted up mine hand unto them also in the wilderness, that Iwould scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through thecountries; 20:24 Because they had not executed my judgments, but haddespised my statutes, and had polluted my sabbaths, and their eyeswere after their fathers' idols.20:25 Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, andjudgments whereby they should not live; 20:26 And I polluted them intheir own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all thatopeneth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end thatthey might know that I am the LORD.20:27 Therefore, son of man, speak unto the house of Israel, and sayunto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Yet in this your fathers haveblasphemed me, in that they have committed a trespass against me.20:28 For when I had brought them into the land, for the which Ilifted up mine hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill,and all the thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, andthere they presented the provocation of their offering: there alsothey made their sweet savour, and poured out there their drinkofferings.20:29 Then I said unto them, What is the high place whereunto ye go?And the name whereof is called Bamah unto this day.20:30 Wherefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD;Are ye polluted after the manner of your fathers? and commit yewhoredom after their abominations?  20:31 For when ye offer yourgifts, when ye make your sons to pass through the fire, ye polluteyourselves with all your idols, even unto this day: and shall I beenquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, saith the Lord GOD,I will not be enquired of by you.20:32 And that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all, thatye say, We will be as the heathen, as the families of the countries,to serve wood and stone.20:33 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely with a mighty hand, andwith a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out, will I rule overyou: 20:34 And I will bring you out from the people, and will gatheryou out of the countries wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand,and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out.20:35 And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, andthere will I plead with you face to face.20:36 Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of theland of Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith the Lord GOD.20:37 And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring youinto the bond of the covenant: 20:38 And I will purge out from amongyou the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring themforth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enterinto the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.20:39 As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord GOD; Go ye,serve ye every one his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will nothearken unto me: but pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts,and with your idols.20:40 For in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height ofIsrael, saith the Lord GOD, there shall all the house of Israel, allof them in the land, serve me: there will I accept them, and therewill I require your offerings, and the firstfruits of your oblations,with all your holy things.20:41 I will accept you with your sweet savour, when I bring you outfrom the people, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye havebeen scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen.20:42 And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall bring youinto the land of Israel, into the country for the which I lifted upmine hand to give it to your fathers.20:43 And there shall ye remember your ways, and all your doings,wherein ye have been defiled; and ye shall lothe yourselves in yourown sight for all your evils that ye have committed.20:44 And ye shall know that I am the LORD when I have wrought withyou for my name's sake, not according to your wicked ways, noraccording to your corrupt doings, O ye house of Israel, saith the LordGOD.20:45 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 20:46 Son ofman, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward thesouth, and prophesy against the forest of the south field; 20:47 Andsay to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saiththe Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shalldevour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flameshall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shallbe burned therein.20:48 And all flesh shall see that I the LORD have kindled it: itshall not be quenched.20:49 Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speakparables?  21:1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 21:2Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word towardthe holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel, 21:3 And sayto the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I am against thee,and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off fromthee the righteous and the wicked.21:4 Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and thewicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath againstall flesh from the south to the north: 21:5 That all flesh may knowthat I the LORD have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shallnot return any more.21:6 Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins;and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.21:7 And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou?that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and everyheart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spiritshall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh,and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord GOD.21:8 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 21:9 Son of man,prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD; Say, A sword, a sword issharpened, and also furbished: 21:10 It is sharpened to make a soreslaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter: should we then makemirth? it contemneth the rod of my son, as every tree.21:11 And he hath given it to be furbished, that it may be handled:this sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the handof the slayer.21:12 Cry and howl, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, itshall be upon all the princes of Israel: terrors by reason of thesword shall be upon my people: smite therefore upon thy thigh.21:13 Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn even therod?  it shall be no more, saith the Lord GOD.21:14 Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thine handstogether. and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword ofthe slain: it is the sword of the great men that are slain, whichentereth into their privy chambers.21:15 I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, thattheir heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is madebright, it is wrapped up for the slaughter.21:16 Go thee one way or other, either on the right hand, or on theleft, whithersoever thy face is set.21:17 I will also smite mine hands together, and I will cause my furyto rest: I the LORD have said it.21:18 The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying, 21:19 Also,thou son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword of the king ofBabylon may come: both twain shall come forth out of one land: andchoose thou a place, choose it at the head of the way to the city.21:20 Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of theAmmonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced.21:21 For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at thehead of the two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, heconsulted with images, he looked in the liver.21:22 At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appointcaptains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voicewith shouting, to appoint battering rams against the gates, to cast amount, and to build a fort.21:23 And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their sight,to them that have sworn oaths: but he will call to remembrance theiniquity, that they may be taken.21:24 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have made youriniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are discovered,so that in all your doings your sins do appear; because, I say, thatye are come to remembrance, ye shall be taken with the hand.21:25 And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come,when iniquity shall have an end, 21:26 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Removethe diadem, and take off the crown: this shall not be the same: exalthim that is low, and abase him that is high.21:27 I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be nomore, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it him.21:28 And thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GODconcerning the Ammonites, and concerning their reproach; even saythou, The sword, the sword is drawn: for the slaughter it isfurbished, to consume because of the glittering: 21:29 Whiles they seevanity unto thee, whiles they divine a lie unto thee, to bring theeupon the necks of them that are slain, of the wicked, whose day iscome, when their iniquity shall have an end.21:30 Shall I cause it to return into his sheath? I will judge thee inthe place where thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity.21:31 And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee, I will blowagainst thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into the handof brutish men, and skilful to destroy.21:32 Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire; thy blood shall be in themidst of the land; thou shalt be no more remembered: for I the LORDhave spoken it.22:1 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 22:2 Now,thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city?yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations.22:3 Then say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD, The city sheddeth bloodin the midst of it, that her time may come, and maketh idols againstherself to defile herself.22:4 Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed; and hastdefiled thyself in thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hastcaused thy days to draw near, and art come even unto thy years:therefore have I made thee a reproach unto the heathen, and a mockingto all countries.22:5 Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall mockthee, which art infamous and much vexed.22:6 Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to theirpower to shed blood.22:7 In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst ofthee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee havethey vexed the fatherless and the widow.22:8 Thou hast despised mine holy things, and hast profaned mysabbaths.22:9 In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in thee theyeat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit lewdness.22:10 In thee have they discovered their fathers' nakedness: in theehave they humbled her that was set apart for pollution.22:11 And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour's wife;and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another inthee hath humbled his sister, his father's daughter.22:12 In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast takenusury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours byextortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.22:13 Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gainwhich thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst ofthee.22:14 Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong, in thedays that I shall deal with thee? I the LORD have spoken it, and willdo it.22:15 And I will scatter thee among the heathen, and disperse thee inthe countries, and will consume thy filthiness out of thee.22:16 And thou shalt take thine inheritance in thyself in the sight ofthe heathen, and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.22:17 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 22:18 Son of man,the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, andtin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are eventhe dross of silver.22:19 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye are all becomedross, behold, therefore I will gather you into the midst ofJerusalem.22:20 As they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin,into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it;so will I gather you in mine anger and in my fury, and I will leaveyou there, and melt you.22:21 Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you in the fire of mywrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst therof.22:22 As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye bemelted in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I the LORD havepoured out my fury upon you.22:23 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 22:24 Son of man,say unto her, Thou art the land that is not cleansed, nor rained uponin the day of indignation.22:25 There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, likea roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they havetaken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widowsin the midst thereof.22:26 Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holythings: they have put no difference between the holy and profane,neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean,and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned amongthem.22:27 Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening theprey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.22:28 And her prophets have daubed them with untempered morter, seeingvanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord GOD,when the LORD hath not spoken.22:29 The people of the land have used oppression, and exercisedrobbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressedthe stranger wrongfully.22:30 And I sought for a man among them, that should make up thehedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should notdestroy it: but I found none.22:31 Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I haveconsumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have Irecompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord GOD.23:1 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, 23:2 Son of man,there were two women, the daughters of one mother: 23:3 And theycommitted whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their youth:there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats oftheir virginity.23:4 And the names of them were Aholah the elder, and Aholibah hersister: and they were mine, and they bare sons and daughters. Thuswere their names; Samaria is Aholah, and Jerusalem Aholibah.23:5 And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted onher lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbours, 23:6 Which were clothedwith blue, captains and rulers, all of them desirable young men,horsemen riding upon horses.23:7 Thus she committed her whoredoms with them, with all them thatwere the chosen men of Assyria, and with all on whom she doted: withall their idols she defiled herself.23:8 Neither left she her whoredoms brought from Egypt: for in heryouth they lay with her, and they bruised the breasts of hervirginity, and poured their whoredom upon her.23:9 Wherefore I have delivered her into the hand of her lovers, intothe hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she doted.23:10 These discovered her nakedness: they took her sons and herdaughters, and slew her with the sword: and she became famous amongwomen; for they had executed judgment upon her.23:11 And when her sister Aholibah saw this, she was more corrupt inher inordinate love than she, and in her whoredoms more than hersister in her whoredoms.23:12 She doted upon the Assyrians her neighbours, captains and rulersclothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of themdesirable young men.23:13 Then I saw that she was defiled, that they took both one way,23:14 And that she increased her whoredoms: for when she saw menpourtrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans pourtrayed withvermilion, 23:15 Girded with girdles upon their loins, exceeding indyed attire upon their heads, all of them princes to look to, afterthe manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, the land of their nativity:23:16 And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them,and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea.23:17 And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and theydefiled her with their whoredom, and she was polluted with them, andher mind was alienated from them.23:18 So she discovered her whoredoms, and discovered her nakedness:then my mind was alienated from her, like as my mind was alienatedfrom her sister.23:19 Yet she multiplied her whoredoms, in calling to remembrance thedays of her youth, wherein she had played the harlot in the land ofEgypt.23:20 For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the fleshof asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.23:21 Thus thou calledst to remembrance the lewdness of thy youth, inbruising thy teats by the Egyptians for the paps of thy youth.23:22 Therefore, O Aholibah, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I willraise up thy lovers against thee, from whom thy mind is alienated, andI will bring them against thee on every side; 23:23 The Babylonians,and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, and Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrianswith them: all of them desirable young men, captains and rulers, greatlords and renowned, all of them riding upon horses.23:24 And they shall come against thee with chariots, wagons, andwheels, and with an assembly of people, which shall set against theebuckler and shield and helmet round about: and I will set judgmentbefore them, and they shall judge thee according to their judgments.23:25 And I will set my jealousy against thee, and they shall dealfuriously with thee: they shall take away thy nose and thine ears; andthy remnant shall fall by the sword: they shall take thy sons and thydaughters; and thy residue shall be devoured by the fire.23:26 They shall also strip thee out of thy clothes, and take away thyfair jewels.23:27 Thus will I make thy lewdness to cease from thee, and thywhoredom brought from the land of Egypt: so that thou shalt not liftup thine eyes unto them, nor remember Egypt any more.23:28 For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will deliver thee intothe hand of them whom thou hatest, into the hand of them from whom thymind is alienated: 23:29 And they shall deal with thee hatefully, andshall take away all thy labour, and shall leave thee naked and bare:and the nakedness of thy whoredoms shall be discovered, both thylewdness and thy whoredoms.23:30 I will do these things unto thee, because thou hast gone awhoring after the heathen, and because thou art polluted with theiridols.23:31 Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister; therefore will I giveher cup into thine hand.23:32 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou shalt drink of thy sister's cupdeep and large: thou shalt be laughed to scorn and had in derision; itcontaineth much.23:33 Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cupof astonishment and desolation, with the cup of thy sister Samaria.23:34 Thou shalt even drink it and suck it out, and thou shalt breakthe sherds thereof, and pluck off thine own breasts: for I have spokenit, saith the Lord GOD.23:35 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast forgottenme, and cast me behind thy back, therefore bear thou also thy lewdnessand thy whoredoms.23:36 The LORD said moreover unto me; Son of man, wilt thou judgeAholah and Aholibah? yea, declare unto them their abominations; 23:37That they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands, andwith their idols have they committed adultery, and have also causedtheir sons, whom they bare unto me, to pass for them through the fire,to devour them.23:38 Moreover this they have done unto me: they have defiled mysanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my sabbaths.23:39 For when they had slain their children to their idols, then theycame the same day into my sanctuary to profane it; and, lo, thus havethey done in the midst of mine house.23:40 And furthermore, that ye have sent for men to come from far,unto whom a messenger was sent; and, lo, they came: for whom thoudidst wash thyself, paintedst thy eyes, and deckedst thyself withornaments, 23:41 And satest upon a stately bed, and a table preparedbefore it, whereupon thou hast set mine incense and mine oil.23:42 And a voice of a multitude being at ease was with her: and withthe men of the common sort were brought Sabeans from the wilderness,which put bracelets upon their hands, and beautiful crowns upon theirheads.23:43 Then said I unto her that was old in adulteries, Will they nowcommit whoredoms with her, and she with them?  23:44 Yet they went inunto her, as they go in unto a woman that playeth the harlot: so wentthey in unto Aholah and unto Aholibah, the lewd women.23:45 And the righteous men, they shall judge them after the manner ofadulteresses, and after the manner of women that shed blood; becausethey are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands.23:46 For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will bring up a company uponthem, and will give them to be removed and spoiled.23:47 And the company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch themwith their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, andburn up their houses with fire.23:48 Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that allwomen may be taught not to do after your lewdness.23:49 And they shall recompense your lewdness upon you, and ye shallbear the sins of your idols: and ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD.24:1 Again in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day ofthe month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 24:2 Son of man,write thee the name of the day, even of this same day: the king ofBabylon set himself against Jerusalem this same day.24:3 And utter a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them,Thus saith the Lord GOD; Set on a pot, set it on, and also pour waterinto it: 24:4 Gather the pieces thereof into it, even every goodpiece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.24:5 Take the choice of the flock, and burn also the bones under it,and make it boil well, and let them seethe the bones of it therein.24:6 Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city, to thepot whose scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bringit out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it.24:7 For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top ofa rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust; 24:8That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set herblood upon the top of a rock, that it should not be covered.24:9 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city! I willeven make the pile for fire great.24:10 Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice itwell, and let the bones be burned.24:11 Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that the brass of itmay be hot, and may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be moltenin it, that the scum of it may be consumed.24:12 She hath wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went notforth out of her: her scum shall be in the fire.24:13 In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, andthou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness anymore, till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee.24:14 I the LORD have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will doit; I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent;according to thy ways, and according to thy doings, shall they judgethee, saith the Lord GOD.24:15 Also the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 24:16 Son ofman, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with astroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tearsrun down.24:17 Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire ofthine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and covernot thy lips, and eat not the bread of men.24:18 So I spake unto the people in the morning: and at even my wifedied; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.24:19 And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what thesethings are to us, that thou doest so?  24:20 Then I answered them, Theword of the LORD came unto me, saying, 24:21 Speak unto the house ofIsrael, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will profane my sanctuary,the excellency of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and thatwhich your soul pitieth; and your sons and your daughters whom ye haveleft shall fall by the sword.24:22 And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips,nor eat the bread of men.24:23 And your tires shall be upon your heads, and your shoes uponyour feet: ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away foryour iniquities, and mourn one toward another.24:24 Thus Ezekiel is unto you a sign: according to all that he hathdone shall ye do: and when this cometh, ye shall know that I am theLord GOD.24:25 Also, thou son of man, shall it not be in the day when I takefrom them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of theireyes, and that whereupon they set their minds, their sons and theirdaughters, 24:26 That he that escapeth in that day shall come untothee, to cause thee to hear it with thine ears?  24:27 In that dayshall thy mouth be opened to him which is escaped, and thou shaltspeak, and be no more dumb: and thou shalt be a sign unto them; andthey shall know that I am the LORD.25:1 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, 25:2 Son of man,set thy face against the Ammonites, and prophesy against them; 25:3And say unto the Ammonites, Hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saiththe Lord GOD; Because thou saidst, Aha, against my sanctuary, when itwas profaned; and against the land of Israel, when it was desolate;and against the house of Judah, when they went into captivity; 25:4Behold, therefore I will deliver thee to the men of the east for apossession, and they shall set their palaces in thee, and make theirdwellings in thee: they shall eat thy fruit, and they shall drink thymilk.25:5 And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the Ammonites acouching place for flocks: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.25:6 For thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast clapped thinehands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced in heart with all thydespite against the land of Israel; 25:7 Behold, therefore I willstretch out mine hand upon thee, and will deliver thee for a spoil tothe heathen; and I will cut thee off from the people, and I will causethee to perish out of the countries: I will destroy thee; and thoushalt know that I am the LORD.25:8 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Moab and Seir do say,Behold, the house of Judah is like unto all the heathen; 25:9Therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, fromhis cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country,Bethjeshimoth, Baalmeon, and Kiriathaim, 25:10 Unto the men of theeast with the Ammonites, and will give them in possession, that theAmmonites may not be remembered among the nations.25:11 And I will execute judgments upon Moab; and they shall know thatI am the LORD.25:12 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Edom hath dealt againstthe house of Judah by taking vengeance, and hath greatly offended, andrevenged himself upon them; 25:13 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Iwill also stretch out mine hand upon Edom, and will cut off man andbeast from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman; and they ofDedan shall fall by the sword.25:14 And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my peopleIsrael: and they shall do in Edom according to mine anger andaccording to my fury; and they shall know my vengeance, saith the LordGOD.25:15 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the Philistines have dealt byrevenge, and have taken vengeance with a despiteful heart, to destroyit for the old hatred; 25:16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD;Behold, I will stretch out mine hand upon the Philistines, and I willcut off the Cherethims, and destroy the remnant of the sea coast.25:17 And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furiousrebukes; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall lay myvengeance upon them.26:1 And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first day of themonth, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 26:2 Son ofman, because that Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem, Aha, she isbroken that was the gates of the people: she is turned unto me: Ishall be replenished, now she is laid waste: 26:3 Therefore thus saiththe Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Tyrus, and will cause manynations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth his waves to comeup.26:4 And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down hertowers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like thetop of a rock.26:5 It shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of thesea: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD: and it shall become aspoil to the nations.26:6 And her daughters which are in the field shall be slain by thesword; and they shall know that I am the LORD.26:7 For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring upon TyrusNebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, a king of kings, from the north, withhorses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and companies, and muchpeople.26:8 He shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field: and heshall make a fort against thee, and cast a mount against thee, andlift up the buckler against thee.26:9 And he shall set engines of war against thy walls, and with hisaxes he shall break down thy towers.26:10 By reason of the abundance of his horses their dust shall coverthee: thy walls shall shake at the noise of the horsemen, and of thewheels, and of the chariots, when he shall enter into thy gates, asmen enter into a city wherein is made a breach.26:11 With the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down all thystreets: he shall slay thy people by the sword, and thy stronggarrisons shall go down to the ground.26:12 And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey ofthy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thypleasant houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thydust in the midst of the water.26:13 And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the soundof thy harps shall be no more heard.26:14 And I will make thee like the top of a rock: thou shalt be aplace to spread nets upon; thou shalt be built no more: for I the LORDhave spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.26:15 Thus saith the Lord GOD to Tyrus; Shall not the isles shake atthe sound of thy fall, when the wounded cry, when the slaughter ismade in the midst of thee?  26:16 Then all the princes of the seashall come down from their thrones, and lay away their robes, and putoff their broidered garments: they shall clothe themselves withtrembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall tremble at everymoment, and be astonished at thee.26:17 And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee,How art thou destroyed, that wast inhabited of seafaring men, therenowned city, which wast strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants,which cause their terror to be on all that haunt it!  26:18 Now shallthe isles tremble in the day of thy fall; yea, the isles that are inthe sea shall be troubled at thy departure.26:19 For thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall make thee a desolatecity, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I shall bring upthe deep upon thee, and great waters shall cover thee; 26:20 When Ishall bring thee down with them that descend into the pit, with thepeople of old time, and shall set thee in the low parts of the earth,in places desolate of old, with them that go down to the pit, thatthou be not inhabited; and I shall set glory in the land of theliving; 26:21 I will make thee a terror, and thou shalt be no more:though thou be sought for, yet shalt thou never be found again, saiththe Lord GOD.27:1 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, 27:2 Now, thouson of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus; 27:3 And say unto Tyrus,O thou that art situate at the entry of the sea, which art a merchantof the people for many isles, Thus saith the Lord GOD; O Tyrus, thouhast said, I am of perfect beauty.27:4 Thy borders are in the midst of the seas, thy builders haveperfected thy beauty.27:5 They have made all thy ship boards of fir trees of Senir: theyhave taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee.27:6 Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; the company ofthe Ashurites have made thy benches of ivory, brought out of the islesof Chittim.27:7 Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thouspreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles ofElishah was that which covered thee.27:8 The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wisemen, O Tyrus, that were in thee, were thy pilots.27:9 The ancients of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee thycalkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee tooccupy thy merchandise.27:10 They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thymen of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forththy comeliness.27:11 The men of Arvad with thine army were upon thy walls roundabout, and the Gammadims were in thy towers: they hanged their shieldsupon thy walls round about; they have made thy beauty perfect.27:12 Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kindof riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy fairs.27:13 Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy merchants: they tradedthe persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market.27:14 They of the house of Togarmah traded in thy fairs with horsesand horsemen and mules.27:15 The men of Dedan were thy merchants; many isles were themerchandise of thine hand: they brought thee for a present horns ofivory and ebony.27:16 Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the waresof thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, andbroidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate.27:17 Judah, and the land of Israel, they were thy merchants: theytraded in thy market wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, and honey, and oil,and balm.27:18 Damascus was thy merchant in the multitude of the wares of thymaking, for the multitude of all riches; in the wine of Helbon, andwhite wool.27:19 Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in thy fairs:bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in thy market.27:20 Dedan was thy merchant in precious clothes for chariots.27:21 Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they occupied with thee inlambs, and rams, and goats: in these were they thy merchants.27:22 The merchants of Sheba and Raamah, they were thy merchants: theyoccupied in thy fairs with chief of all spices, and with all preciousstones, and gold.27:23 Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, andChilmad, were thy merchants.27:24 These were thy merchants in all sorts of things, in blueclothes, and broidered work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound withcords, and made of cedar, among thy merchandise.27:25 The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market: and thouwast replenished, and made very glorious in the midst of the seas.27:26 Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east windhath broken thee in the midst of the seas.27:27 Thy riches, and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners, andthy pilots, thy calkers, and the occupiers of thy merchandise, and allthy men of war, that are in thee, and in all thy company which is inthe midst of thee, shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day ofthy ruin.27:28 The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots.27:29 And all that handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots ofthe sea, shall come down from their ships, they shall stand upon theland; 27:30 And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, andshall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, theyshall wallow themselves in the ashes: 27:31 And they shall makethemselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, andthey shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.27:32 And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee,and lament over thee, saying, What city is like Tyrus, like thedestroyed in the midst of the sea?  27:33 When thy wares went forthout of the seas, thou filledst many people; thou didst enrich thekings of the earth with the multitude of thy riches and of thymerchandise.27:34 In the time when thou shalt be broken by the seas in the depthsof the waters thy merchandise and all thy company in the midst of theeshall fall.27:35 All the inhabitants of the isles shall be astonished at thee,and their kings shall be sore afraid, they shall be troubled in theircountenance.27:36 The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee; thou shalt bea terror, and never shalt be any more.28:1 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, 28:2 Son of man,say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thineheart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seatof God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God,though thou set thine heart as the heart of God: 28:3 Behold, thou artwiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee:28:4 With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gottenthee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures: 28:5By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thyriches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches: 28:6Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast set thine heartas the heart of God; 28:7 Behold, therefore I will bring strangersupon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw theirswords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thybrightness.28:8 They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die thedeaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas.28:9 Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? butthou shalt be a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee.28:10 Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand ofstrangers: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.28:11 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 28:12 Son ofman, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him,Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, andperfect in beauty.28:13 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stonewas thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, theonyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle,and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was preparedin thee in the day that thou wast created.28:14 Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set theeso: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up anddown in the midst of the stones of fire.28:15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wastcreated, till iniquity was found in thee.28:16 By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midstof thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will castthee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, Ocovering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.28:17 Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hastcorrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee tothe ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.28:18 Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thineiniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bringforth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I willbring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them thatbehold thee.28:19 All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished atthee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more.28:20 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 28:21 Son ofman, set thy face against Zidon, and prophesy against it, 28:22 Andsay, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Zidon; andI will be glorified in the midst of thee: and they shall know that Iam the LORD, when I shall have executed judgments in her, and shall besanctified in her.28:23 For I will send into her pestilence, and blood into her streets;and the wounded shall be judged in the midst of her by the sword uponher on every side; and they shall know that I am the LORD.28:24 And there shall be no more a pricking brier unto the house ofIsrael, nor any grieving thorn of all that are round about them, thatdespised them; and they shall know that I am the Lord GOD.28:25 Thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall have gathered the house ofIsrael from the people among whom they are scattered, and shall besanctified in them in the sight of the heathen, then shall they dwellin their land that I have given to my servant Jacob.28:26 And they shall dwell safely therein, and shall build houses, andplant vineyards; yea, they shall dwell with confidence, when I haveexecuted judgments upon all those that despise them round about them;and they shall know that I am the LORD their God.29:1 In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of themonth, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 29:2 Son of man, setthy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, andagainst all Egypt: 29:3 Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD;Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragonthat lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river ismine own, and I have made it for myself.29:4 But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish ofthy rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out ofthe midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stickunto thy scales.29:5 And I will leave thee thrown into the wilderness, thee and allthe fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open fields; thoushalt not be brought together, nor gathered: I have given thee formeat to the beasts of the field and to the fowls of the heaven.29:6 And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the LORD,because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.29:7 When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, andrend all their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest,and madest all their loins to be at a stand.29:8 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring a swordupon thee, and cut off man and beast out of thee.29:9 And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shallknow that I am the LORD: because he hath said, The river is mine, andI have made it.29:10 Behold, therefore I am against thee, and against thy rivers, andI will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from thetower of Syene even unto the border of Ethiopia.29:11 No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shallpass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.29:12 And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of thecountries that are desolate, and her cities among the cities that arelaid waste shall be desolate forty years: and I will scatter theEgyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through thecountries.29:13 Yet thus saith the Lord GOD; At the end of forty years will Igather the Egyptians from the people whither they were scattered:29:14 And I will bring again the captivity of Egypt, and will causethem to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of theirhabitation; and they shall be there a base kingdom.29:15 It shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neither shall it exaltitself any more above the nations: for I will diminish them, that theyshall no more rule over the nations.29:16 And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel,which bringeth their iniquity to remembrance, when they shall lookafter them: but they shall know that I am the Lord GOD.29:17 And it came to pass in the seven and twentieth year, in thefirst month, in the first day of the month, the word of the LORD cameunto me, saying, 29:18 Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babyloncaused his army to serve a great service against Tyrus: every head wasmade bald, and every shoulder was peeled: yet had he no wages, nor hisarmy, for Tyrus, for the service that he had served against it: 29:19Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will give the land ofEgypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall take hermultitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be thewages for his army.29:20 I have given him the land of Egypt for his labour wherewith heserved against it, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord GOD.29:21 In that day will I cause the horn of the house of Israel to budforth, and I will give thee the opening of the mouth in the midst ofthem; and they shall know that I am the LORD.30:1 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, 30:2 Son of man,prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Howl ye, Woe worth the day!30:3 For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near, a cloudyday; it shall be the time of the heathen.30:4 And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great pain shall be inEthiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall take awayher multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down.30:5 Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, andChub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall with themby the sword.30:6 Thus saith the LORD; They also that uphold Egypt shall fall; andthe pride of her power shall come down: from the tower of Syene shallthey fall in it by the sword, saith the Lord GOD.30:7 And they shall be desolate in the midst of the countries that aredesolate, and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that arewasted.30:8 And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I have set a fire inEgypt, and when all her helpers shall be destroyed.30:9 In that day shall messengers go forth from me in ships to makethe careless Ethiopians afraid, and great pain shall come upon them,as in the day of Egypt: for, lo, it cometh.30:10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also make the multitude of Egyptto cease by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon.30:11 He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, shallbe brought to destroy the land: and they shall draw their swordsagainst Egypt, and fill the land with the slain.30:12 And I will make the rivers dry, and sell the land into the handof the wicked: and I will make the land waste, and all that istherein, by the hand of strangers: I the LORD have spoken it.30:13 Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also destroy the idols, and Iwill cause their images to cease out of Noph; and there shall be nomore a prince of the land of Egypt: and I will put a fear in the landof Egypt.30:14 And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set fire in Zoan, andwill execute judgments in No.30:15 And I will pour my fury upon Sin, the strength of Egypt; and Iwill cut off the multitude of No.30:16 And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great pain, and Noshall be rent asunder, and Noph shall have distresses daily.30:17 The young men of Aven and of Pibeseth shall fall by the sword:and these cities shall go into captivity.30:18 At Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened, when I shallbreak there the yokes of Egypt: and the pomp of her strength shallcease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughtersshall go into captivity.30:19 Thus will I execute judgments in Egypt: and they shall know thatI am the LORD.30:20 And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, inthe seventh day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me,saying, 30:21 Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king ofEgypt; and, lo, it shall not be bound up to be healed, to put a rollerto bind it, to make it strong to hold the sword.30:22 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against Pharaohking of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong, and that which wasbroken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand.30:23 And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and willdisperse them through the countries.30:24 And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and putmy sword in his hand: but I will break Pharaoh's arms, and he shallgroan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man.30:25 But I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and thearms of Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I am theLORD, when I shall put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon,and he shall stretch it out upon the land of Egypt.30:26 And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and dispersethem among the countries; and they shall know that I am the LORD.31:1 And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, inthe first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me,saying, 31:2 Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to hismultitude; Whom art thou like in thy greatness?  31:3 Behold, theAssyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with ashadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among thethick boughs.31:4 The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with herrivers running round about his plants, and sent her little rivers untoall the trees of the field.31:5 Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees of thefield, and his boughs were multiplied, and his branches became longbecause of the multitude of waters, when he shot forth.31:6 All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and underhis branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young,and under his shadow dwelt all great nations.31:7 Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches:for his root was by great waters.31:8 The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir treeswere not like his boughs, and the chestnut trees were not like hisbranches; nor any tree in the garden of God was like unto him in hisbeauty.31:9 I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so thatall the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied him.31:10 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast lifted upthyself in height, and he hath shot up his top among the thick boughs,and his heart is lifted up in his height; 31:11 I have thereforedelivered him into the hand of the mighty one of the heathen; he shallsurely deal with him: I have driven him out for his wickedness.31:12 And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off,and have left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys hisbranches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the rivers ofthe land; and all the people of the earth are gone down from hisshadow, and have left him.31:13 Upon his ruin shall all the fowls of the heaven remain, and allthe beasts of the field shall be upon his branches: 31:14 To the endthat none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves for theirheight, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs, neithertheir trees stand up in their height, all that drink water: for theyare all delivered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth, in themidst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit.31:15 Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when he went down to thegrave I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and Irestrained the floods thereof, and the great waters were stayed: and Icaused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the fieldfainted for him.31:16 I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when Icast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all thetrees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water,shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth.31:17 They also went down into hell with him unto them that be slainwith the sword; and they that were his arm, that dwelt under hisshadow in the midst of the heathen.31:18 To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among thetrees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Edenunto the nether parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of theuncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword. This is Pharaohand all his multitude, saith the Lord GOD.32:1 And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, inthe first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me,saying, 32:2 Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king ofEgypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations,and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thyrivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst theirrivers.32:3 Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will therefore spread out my net overthee with a company of many people; and they shall bring thee up in mynet.32:4 Then will I leave thee upon the land, I will cast thee forth uponthe open field, and will cause all the fowls of the heaven to remainupon thee, and I will fill the beasts of the whole earth with thee.32:5 And I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains, and fill the valleyswith thy height.32:6 I will also water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest,even to the mountains; and the rivers shall be full of thee.32:7 And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and makethe stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and themoon shall not give her light.32:8 All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, andset darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD.32:9 I will also vex the hearts of many people, when I shall bring thydestruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast notknown.32:10 Yea, I will make many people amazed at thee, and their kingsshall be horribly afraid for thee, when I shall brandish my swordbefore them; and they shall tremble at every moment, every man for hisown life, in the day of thy fall.32:11 For thus saith the Lord GOD; The sword of the king of Babylonshall come upon thee.32:12 By the swords of the mighty will I cause thy multitude to fall,the terrible of the nations, all of them: and they shall spoil thepomp of Egypt, and all the multitude thereof shall be destroyed.32:13 I will destroy also all the beasts thereof from beside the greatwaters; neither shall the foot of man trouble them any more, nor thehoofs of beasts trouble them.32:14 Then will I make their waters deep, and cause their rivers torun like oil, saith the Lord GOD.32:15 When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate, and the countryshall be destitute of that whereof it was full, when I shall smite allthem that dwell therein, then shall they know that I am the LORD.32:16 This is the lamentation wherewith they shall lament her: thedaughters of the nations shall lament her: they shall lament for her,even for Egypt, and for all her multitude, saith the Lord GOD.32:17 It came to pass also in the twelfth year, in the fifteenth dayof the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 32:18Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, evenher, and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the nether parts ofthe earth, with them that go down into the pit.32:19 Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go down, and be thou laid withthe uncircumcised.32:20 They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by thesword: she is delivered to the sword: draw her and all her multitudes.32:21 The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midstof hell with them that help him: they are gone down, they lieuncircumcised, slain by the sword.32:22 Asshur is there and all her company: his graves are about him:all of them slain, fallen by the sword: 32:23 Whose graves are set inthe sides of the pit, and her company is round about her grave: all ofthem slain, fallen by the sword, which caused terror in the land ofthe living.32:24 There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave, allof them slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down uncircumcisedinto the nether parts of the earth, which caused their terror in theland of the living; yet have they borne their shame with them that godown to the pit.32:25 They have set her a bed in the midst of the slain with all hermultitude: her graves are round about him: all of them uncircumcised,slain by the sword: though their terror was caused in the land of theliving, yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to thepit: he is put in the midst of them that be slain.32:26 There is Meshech, Tubal, and all her multitude: her graves areround about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword, thoughthey caused their terror in the land of the living.32:27 And they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen of theuncircumcised, which are gone down to hell with their weapons of war:and they have laid their swords under their heads, but theiriniquities shall be upon their bones, though they were the terror ofthe mighty in the land of the living.32:28 Yea, thou shalt be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised, andshalt lie with them that are slain with the sword.32:29 There is Edom, her kings, and all her princes, which with theirmight are laid by them that were slain by the sword: they shall liewith the uncircumcised, and with them that go down to the pit.32:30 There be the princes of the north, all of them, and all theZidonians, which are gone down with the slain; with their terror theyare ashamed of their might; and they lie uncircumcised with them thatbe slain by the sword, and bear their shame with them that go down tothe pit.32:31 Pharaoh shall see them, and shall be comforted over all hismultitude, even Pharaoh and all his army slain by the sword, saith theLord GOD.32:32 For I have caused my terror in the land of the living: and heshall be laid in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that areslain with the sword, even Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith theLord GOD.33:1 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 33:2 Son of man,speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bringthe sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of theircoasts, and set him for their watchman: 33:3 If when he seeth thesword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people;33:4 Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh notwarning; if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be uponhis own head.33:5 He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; hisblood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver hissoul.33:6 But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet,and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any personfrom among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood willI require at the watchman's hand.33:7 So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the houseof Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warnthem from me.33:8 When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die;if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wickedman shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thinehand.33:9 Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it;if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thouhast delivered thy soul.33:10 Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel;Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins be upon us,and we pine away in them, how should we then live?  33:11 Say untothem, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the deathof the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turnye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house ofIsrael?  33:12 Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children ofthy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver himin the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked,he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from hiswickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for hisrighteousness in the day that he sinneth.33:13 When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; ifhe trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all hisrighteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that hehath committed, he shall die for it.33:14 Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if heturn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right; 33:15 If thewicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in thestatutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live,he shall not die.33:16 None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned untohim: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surelylive.33:17 Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is notequal: but as for them, their way is not equal.33:18 When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, andcommitteth iniquity, he shall even die thereby.33:19 But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which islawful and right, he shall live thereby.33:20 Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house ofIsrael, I will judge you every one after his ways.33:21 And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in thetenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that one that had escapedout of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten.33:22 Now the hand of the LORD was upon me in the evening, afore hethat was escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he came to me inthe morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb.33:23 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 33:24 Son ofman, they that inhabit those wastes of the land of Israel speak,saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many;the land is given us for inheritance.33:25 Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Ye eat withthe blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood:and shall ye possess the land?  33:26 Ye stand upon your sword, yework abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbour's wife: andshall ye possess the land?  33:27 Say thou thus unto them, Thus saiththe Lord GOD; As I live, surely they that are in the wastes shall fallby the sword, and him that is in the open field will I give to thebeasts to be devoured, and they that be in the forts and in the cavesshall die of the pestilence.33:28 For I will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp of herstrength shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate,that none shall pass through.33:29 Then shall they know that I am the LORD, when I have laid theland most desolate because of all their abominations which they havecommitted.33:30 Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still aretalking against thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, andspeak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I prayyou, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the LORD.33:31 And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sitbefore thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will notdo them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heartgoeth after their covetousness.33:32 And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one thathath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for theyhear thy words, but they do them not.33:33 And when this cometh to pass, (lo, it will come,) then shallthey know that a prophet hath been among them.34:1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 34:2 Son of man,prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them,Thus saith the Lord GOD unto the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds ofIsrael that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed theflocks?  34:3 Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye killthem that are fed: but ye feed not the flock.34:4 The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healedthat which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken,neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither haveye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have yeruled them.34:5 And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and theybecame meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.34:6 My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every highhill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, andnone did search or seek after them.34:7 Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD; 34:8 As Ilive, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, andmy flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was noshepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but theshepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock; 34:9 Therefore, O yeshepherds, hear the word of the LORD; 34:10 Thus saith the Lord GOD;Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock attheir hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neithershall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver myflock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them.34:11 For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both searchmy sheep, and seek them out.34:12 As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is amonghis sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and willdeliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in thecloudy and dark day.34:13 And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them fromthe countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed themupon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabitedplaces of the country.34:14 I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountainsof Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold,and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.34:15 I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saiththe Lord GOD.34:16 I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which wasdriven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and willstrengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and thestrong; I will feed them with judgment.34:17 And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, Ijudge between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he goats.34:18 Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the goodpasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of yourpastures? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye must foul theresidue with your feet?  34:19 And as for my flock, they eat thatwhich ye have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which yehave fouled with your feet.34:20 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD unto them; Behold, I, even I,will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle.34:21 Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushedall the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad;34:22 Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be aprey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle.34:23 And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feedthem, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be theirshepherd.34:24 And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a princeamong them; I the LORD have spoken it.34:25 And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will causethe evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safelyin the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.34:26 And I will make them and the places round about my hill ablessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season;there shall be showers of blessing.34:27 And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earthshall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, andshall know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bands of theiryoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that servedthemselves of them.34:28 And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shallthe beast of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, andnone shall make them afraid.34:29 And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shallbe no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame ofthe heathen any more.34:30 Thus shall they know that I the LORD their God am with them, andthat they, even the house of Israel, are my people, saith the LordGOD.34:31 And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am yourGod, saith the Lord GOD.35:1 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 35:2 Son ofman, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it, 35:3And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O mount Seir, I amagainst thee, and I will stretch out mine hand against thee, and Iwill make thee most desolate.35:4 I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate, and thoushalt know that I am the LORD.35:5 Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast shed the bloodof the children of Israel by the force of the sword in the time oftheir calamity, in the time that their iniquity had an end: 35:6Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will prepare thee untoblood, and blood shall pursue thee: sith thou hast not hated blood,even blood shall pursue thee.35:7 Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from ithim that passeth out and him that returneth.35:8 And I will fill his mountains with his slain men: in thy hills,and in thy valleys, and in all thy rivers, shall they fall that areslain with the sword.35:9 I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall notreturn: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.35:10 Because thou hast said, These two nations and these twocountries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas the LORD wasthere: 35:11 Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will even doaccording to thine anger, and according to thine envy which thou hastused out of thy hatred against them; and I will make myself knownamong them, when I have judged thee.35:12 And thou shalt know that I am the LORD, and that I have heardall thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountains ofIsrael, saying, They are laid desolate, they are given us to consume.35:13 Thus with your mouth ye have boasted against me, and havemultiplied your words against me: I have heard them.35:14 Thus saith the Lord GOD; When the whole earth rejoiceth, I willmake thee desolate.35:15 As thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel,because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt bedesolate, O mount Seir, and all Idumea, even all of it: and they shallknow that I am the LORD.36:1 Also, thou son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel, andsay, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD: 36:2 Thussaith the Lord GOD; Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha, eventhe ancient high places are ours in possession: 36:3 Thereforeprophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they have made youdesolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be apossession unto the residue of the heathen, and ye are taken up in thelips of talkers, and are an infamy of the people: 36:4 Therefore, yemountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith theLord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to thevalleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the cities that are forsaken,which became a prey and derision to the residue of the heathen thatare round about; 36:5 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Surely in thefire of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the heathen,and against all Idumea, which have appointed my land into theirpossession with the joy of all their heart, with despiteful minds, tocast it out for a prey.36:6 Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say untothe mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys,Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and inmy fury, because ye have borne the shame of the heathen: 36:7Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I have lifted up mine hand, Surelythe heathen that are about you, they shall bear their shame.36:8 But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth yourbranches, and yield your fruit to my people of Israel; for they are athand to come.36:9 For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shallbe tilled and sown: 36:10 And I will multiply men upon you, all thehouse of Israel, even all of it: and the cities shall be inhabited,and the wastes shall be builded: 36:11 And I will multiply upon youman and beast; and they shall increase and bring fruit: and I willsettle you after your old estates, and will do better unto you than atyour beginnings: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.36:12 Yea, I will cause men to walk upon you, even my people Israel;and they shall possess thee, and thou shalt be their inheritance, andthou shalt no more henceforth bereave them of men.36:13 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they say unto you, Thou landdevourest up men, and hast bereaved thy nations: 36:14 Therefore thoushalt devour men no more, neither bereave thy nations any more, saiththe Lord GOD.36:15 Neither will I cause men to hear in thee the shame of theheathen any more, neither shalt thou bear the reproach of the peopleany more, neither shalt thou cause thy nations to fall any more, saiththe Lord GOD.36:16 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 36:17 Son ofman, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled itby their own way and by their doings: their way was before me as theuncleanness of a removed woman.36:18 Wherefore I poured my fury upon them for the blood that they hadshed upon the land, and for their idols wherewith they had pollutedit: 36:19 And I scattered them among the heathen, and they weredispersed through the countries: according to their way and accordingto their doings I judged them.36:20 And when they entered unto the heathen, whither they went, theyprofaned my holy name, when they said to them, These are the people ofthe LORD, and are gone forth out of his land.36:21 But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel hadprofaned among the heathen, whither they went.36:22 Therefore say unto the house of Israel, thus saith the Lord GOD;I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holyname's sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither yewent.36:23 And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among theheathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathenshall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall besanctified in you before their eyes.36:24 For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you outof all countries, and will bring you into your own land.36:25 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall beclean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will Icleanse you.36:26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I putwithin you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh,and I will give you an heart of flesh.36:27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in mystatutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.36:28 And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; andye shall be my people, and I will be your God.36:29 I will also save you from all your uncleannesses: and I willcall for the corn, and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you.36:30 And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase ofthe field, that ye shall receive no more reproach of famine among theheathen.36:31 Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings thatwere not good, and shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for youriniquities and for your abominations.36:32 Not for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord GOD, be it knownunto you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house ofIsrael.36:33 Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day that I shall have cleansedyou from all your iniquities I will also cause you to dwell in thecities, and the wastes shall be builded.36:34 And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolatein the sight of all that passed by.36:35 And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become likethe garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities arebecome fenced, and are inhabited.36:36 Then the heathen that are left round about you shall know that Ithe LORD build the ruined places, and plant that that was desolate: Ithe LORD have spoken it, and I will do it.36:37 Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will yet for this be enquired of bythe house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with menlike a flock.36:38 As the holy flock, as the flock of Jerusalem in her solemnfeasts; so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of men: andthey shall know that I am the LORD.37:1 The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in thespirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley whichwas full of bones, 37:2 And caused me to pass by them round about:and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, theywere very dry.37:3 And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And Ianswered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest.37:4 Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say untothem, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD.37:5 Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will causebreath to enter into you, and ye shall live: 37:6 And I will laysinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you withskin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know thatI am the LORD.37:7 So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, therewas a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, boneto his bone.37:8 And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up uponthem, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath inthem.37:9 Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son ofman, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the fourwinds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.37:10 So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came intothem, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding greatarmy.37:11 Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the wholehouse of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hopeis lost: we are cut off for our parts.37:12 Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD;Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come upout of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.37:13 And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened yourgraves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves, 37:14 Andshall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place youin your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it,and performed it, saith the LORD.37:15 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, 37:16 Moreover,thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah,and for the children of Israel his companions: then take anotherstick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim and for allthe house of Israel his companions: 37:17 And join them one to anotherinto one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand.37:18 And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee,saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou meanest by these?  37:19 Sayunto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick ofJoseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel hisfellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, andmake them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand.37:20 And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine handbefore their eyes.37:21 And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will takethe children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone,and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their ownland: 37:22 And I will make them one nation in the land upon themountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and theyshall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into twokingdoms any more at all.37:23 Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols,nor with their detestable things, nor with any of theirtransgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces,wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be mypeople, and I will be their God.37:24 And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shallhave one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observemy statutes, and do them.37:25 And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob myservant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwelltherein, even they, and their children, and their children's childrenfor ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever.37:26 Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall bean everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiplythem, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.37:27 My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God,and they shall be my people.37:28 And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel,when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.38:1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 38:2 Son of man,set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince ofMeshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him, 38:3 And say, Thus saiththe Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince ofMeshech and Tubal: 38:4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks intothy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses andhorsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a greatcompany with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords: 38:5Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield andhelmet: 38:6 Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of thenorth quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee.38:7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thycompany that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.38:8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thoushalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and isgathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, whichhave been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations,and they shall dwell safely all of them.38:9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like acloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people withthee.38:10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at thesame time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think anevil thought: 38:11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land ofunwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwellsafely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither barsnor gates, 38:12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thinehand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon thepeople that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattleand goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.38:13 Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all theyoung lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take aspoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry awaysilver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?38:14 Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith theLord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shaltthou not know it?  38:15 And thou shalt come from thy place out of thenorth parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding uponhorses, a great company, and a mighty army: 38:16 And thou shalt comeup against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shallbe in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that theheathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, beforetheir eyes.38:17 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I have spoken inold time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied inthose days many years that I would bring thee against them?  38:18 Andit shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against theland of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in myface.38:19 For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken,Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land ofIsrael; 38:20 So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of theheaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things thatcreep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of theearth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be throwndown, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall tothe ground.38:21 And I will call for a sword against him throughout all mymountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man's sword shall be against hisbrother.38:22 And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; andI will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many peoplethat are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire,and brimstone.38:23 Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will beknown in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am theLORD.39:1 Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thussaith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief princeof Meshech and Tubal: 39:2 And I will turn thee back, and leave butthe sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the northparts, and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel: 39:3 And Iwill smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrowsto fall out of thy right hand.39:4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thybands, and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto theravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to bedevoured.39:5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saiththe Lord GOD.39:6 And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwellcarelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.39:7 So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my peopleIsrael; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and theheathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.39:8 Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this isthe day whereof I have spoken.39:9 And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, andshall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and thebucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears,and they shall burn them with fire seven years: 39:10 So that theyshall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of theforests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shallspoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saiththe Lord GOD.39:11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Goga place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on theeast of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: andthere shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall callit The valley of Hamongog.39:12 And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them,that they may cleanse the land.39:13 Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall beto them a renown the day that I shall be glorified, saith the LordGOD.39:14 And they shall sever out men of continual employment, passingthrough the land to bury with the passengers those that remain uponthe face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven monthsshall they search.39:15 And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth aman's bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, till the buriers haveburied it in the valley of Hamongog.39:16 And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall theycleanse the land.39:17 And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto everyfeathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves,and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I dosacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains ofIsrael, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.39:18 Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of theprinces of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks,all of them fatlings of Bashan.39:19 And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye bedrunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.39:20 Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots,with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD.39:21 And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathenshall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I havelaid upon them.39:22 So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their Godfrom that day and forward.39:23 And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went intocaptivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me,therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand oftheir enemies: so fell they all by the sword.39:24 According to their uncleanness and according to theirtransgressions have I done unto them, and hid my face from them.39:25 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Now will I bring again thecaptivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, andwill be jealous for my holy name; 39:26 After that they have bornetheir shame, and all their trespasses whereby they have trespassedagainst me, when they dwelt safely in their land, and none made themafraid.39:27 When I have brought them again from the people, and gatheredthem out of their enemies' lands, and am sanctified in them in thesight of many nations; 39:28 Then shall they know that I am the LORDtheir God, which caused them to be led into captivity among theheathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have leftnone of them any more there.39:29 Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I havepoured out my spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.40:1 In the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the beginningof the year, in the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth yearafter that the city was smitten, in the selfsame day the hand of theLORD was upon me, and brought me thither.40:2 In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, andset me upon a very high mountain, by which was as the frame of a cityon the south.40:3 And he brought me thither, and, behold, there was a man, whoseappearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax inhis hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.40:4 And the man said unto me, Son of man, behold with thine eyes, andhear with thine ears, and set thine heart upon all that I shall shewthee; for to the intent that I might shew them unto thee art thoubrought hither: declare all that thou seest to the house of Israel.40:5 And behold a wall on the outside of the house round about, and inthe man's hand a measuring reed of six cubits long by the cubit and anhand breadth: so he measured the breadth of the building, one reed;and the height, one reed.40:6 Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, andwent up the stairs thereof, and measured the threshold of the gate,which was one reed broad; and the other threshold of the gate, whichwas one reed broad.40:7 And every little chamber was one reed long, and one reed broad;and between the little chambers were five cubits; and the threshold ofthe gate by the porch of the gate within was one reed.40:8 He measured also the porch of the gate within, one reed.40:9 Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and theposts thereof, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was inward.40:10 And the little chambers of the gate eastward were three on thisside, and three on that side; they three were of one measure: and theposts had one measure on this side and on that side.40:11 And he measured the breadth of the entry of the gate, tencubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits.40:12 The space also before the little chambers was one cubit on thisside, and the space was one cubit on that side: and the littlechambers were six cubits on this side, and six cubits on that side.40:13 He measured then the gate from the roof of one little chamber tothe roof of another: the breadth was five and twenty cubits, dooragainst door.40:14 He made also posts of threescore cubits, even unto the post ofthe court round about the gate.40:15 And from the face of the gate of the entrance unto the face ofthe porch of the inner gate were fifty cubits.40:16 And there were narrow windows to the little chambers, and totheir posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches:and windows were round about inward: and upon each post were palmtrees.40:17 Then brought he me into the outward court, and, lo, there werechambers, and a pavement made for the court round about: thirtychambers were upon the pavement.40:18 And the pavement by the side of the gates over against thelength of the gates was the lower pavement.40:19 Then he measured the breadth from the forefront of the lowergate unto the forefront of the inner court without, an hundred cubitseastward and northward.40:20 And the gate of the outward court that looked toward the north,he measured the length thereof, and the breadth thereof.40:21 And the little chambers thereof were three on this side andthree on that side; and the posts thereof and the arches thereof wereafter the measure of the first gate: the length thereof was fiftycubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.40:22 And their windows, and their arches, and their palm trees, wereafter the measure of the gate that looketh toward the east; and theywent up unto it by seven steps; and the arches thereof were beforethem.40:23 And the gate of the inner court was over against the gate towardthe north, and toward the east; and he measured from gate to gate anhundred cubits.40:24 After that he brought me toward the south, and behold a gatetoward the south: and he measured the posts thereof and the archesthereof according to these measures.40:25 And there were windows in it and in the arches thereof roundabout, like those windows: the length was fifty cubits, and thebreadth five and twenty cubits.40:26 And there were seven steps to go up to it, and the archesthereof were before them: and it had palm trees, one on this side, andanother on that side, upon the posts thereof.40:27 And there was a gate in the inner court toward the south: and hemeasured from gate to gate toward the south an hundred cubits.40:28 And he brought me to the inner court by the south gate: and hemeasured the south gate according to these measures; 40:29 And thelittle chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the archesthereof, according to these measures: and there were windows in it andin the arches thereof round about: it was fifty cubits long, and fiveand twenty cubits broad.40:30 And the arches round about were five and twenty cubits long, andfive cubits broad.40:31 And the arches thereof were toward the utter court; and palmtrees were upon the posts thereof: and the going up to it had eightsteps.40:32 And he brought me into the inner court toward the east: and hemeasured the gate according to these measures.40:33 And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and thearches thereof, were according to these measures: and there werewindows therein and in the arches thereof round about: it was fiftycubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad.40:34 And the arches thereof were toward the outward court; and palmtrees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: andthe going up to it had eight steps.40:35 And he brought me to the north gate, and measured it accordingto these measures; 40:36 The little chambers thereof, the poststhereof, and the arches thereof, and the windows to it round about:the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.40:37 And the posts thereof were toward the utter court; and palmtrees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: andthe going up to it had eight steps.40:38 And the chambers and the entries thereof were by the posts ofthe gates, where they washed the burnt offering.40:39 And in the porch of the gate were two tables on this side, andtwo tables on that side, to slay thereon the burnt offering and thesin offering and the trespass offering.40:40 And at the side without, as one goeth up to the entry of thenorth gate, were two tables; and on the other side, which was at theporch of the gate, were two tables.40:41 Four tables were on this side, and four tables on that side, bythe side of the gate; eight tables, whereupon they slew theirsacrifices.40:42 And the four tables were of hewn stone for the burnt offering,of a cubit and an half long, and a cubit and an half broad, and onecubit high: whereupon also they laid the instruments wherewith theyslew the burnt offering and the sacrifice.40:43 And within were hooks, an hand broad, fastened round about: andupon the tables was the flesh of the offering.40:44 And without the inner gate were the chambers of the singers inthe inner court, which was at the side of the north gate; and theirprospect was toward the south: one at the side of the east gate havingthe prospect toward the north.40:45 And he said unto me, This chamber, whose prospect is toward thesouth, is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house.40:46 And the chamber whose prospect is toward the north is for thepriests, the keepers of the charge of the altar: these are the sons ofZadok among the sons of Levi, which come near to the LORD to ministerunto him.40:47 So he measured the court, an hundred cubits long, and an hundredcubits broad, foursquare; and the altar that was before the house.40:48 And he brought me to the porch of the house, and measured eachpost of the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cubits on thatside: and the breadth of the gate was three cubits on this side, andthree cubits on that side.40:49 The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadtheleven cubits, and he brought me by the steps whereby they went up toit: and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and anotheron that side.41:1 Afterward he brought me to the temple, and measured the posts,six cubits broad on the one side, and six cubits broad on the otherside, which was the breadth of the tabernacle.41:2 And the breadth of the door was ten cubits; and the sides of thedoor were five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the otherside: and he measured the length thereof, forty cubits: and thebreadth, twenty cubits.41:3 Then went he inward, and measured the post of the door, twocubits; and the door, six cubits; and the breadth of the door, sevencubits.41:4 So he measured the length thereof, twenty cubits; and thebreadth, twenty cubits, before the temple: and he said unto me, Thisis the most holy place.41:5 After he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and thebreadth of every side chamber, four cubits, round about the house onevery side.41:6 And the side chambers were three, one over another, and thirty inorder; and they entered into the wall which was of the house for theside chambers round about, that they might have hold, but they had nothold in the wall of the house.41:7 And there was an enlarging, and a winding about still upward tothe side chambers: for the winding about of the house went stillupward round about the house: therefore the breadth of the house wasstill upward, and so increased from the lowest chamber to the highestby the midst.41:8 I saw also the height of the house round about: the foundationsof the side chambers were a full reed of six great cubits.41:9 The thickness of the wall, which was for the side chamberwithout, was five cubits: and that which was left was the place of theside chambers that were within.41:10 And between the chambers was the wideness of twenty cubits roundabout the house on every side.41:11 And the doors of the side chambers were toward the place thatwas left, one door toward the north, and another door toward thesouth: and the breadth of the place that was left was five cubitsround about.41:12 Now the building that was before the separate place at the endtoward the west was seventy cubits broad; and the wall of the buildingwas five cubits thick round about, and the length thereof ninetycubits.41:13 So he measured the house, an hundred cubits long; and theseparate place, and the building, with the walls thereof, an hundredcubits long; 41:14 Also the breadth of the face of the house, and ofthe separate place toward the east, an hundred cubits.41:15 And he measured the length of the building over against theseparate place which was behind it, and the galleries thereof on theone side and on the other side, an hundred cubits, with the innertemple, and the porches of the court; 41:16 The door posts, and thenarrow windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories,over against the door, cieled with wood round about, and from theground up to the windows, and the windows were covered; 41:17 To thatabove the door, even unto the inner house, and without, and by all thewall round about within and without, by measure.41:18 And it was made with cherubims and palm trees, so that a palmtree was between a cherub and a cherub; and every cherub had twofaces; 41:19 So that the face of a man was toward the palm tree on theone side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on theother side: it was made through all the house round about.41:20 From the ground unto above the door were cherubims and palmtrees made, and on the wall of the temple.41:21 The posts of the temple were squared, and the face of thesanctuary; the appearance of the one as the appearance of the other.41:22 The altar of wood was three cubits high, and the length thereoftwo cubits; and the corners thereof, and the length thereof, and thewalls thereof, were of wood: and he said unto me, This is the tablethat is before the LORD.41:23 And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors.41:24 And the doors had two leaves apiece, two turning leaves; twoleaves for the one door, and two leaves for the other door.41:25 And there were made on them, on the doors of the temple,cherubims and palm trees, like as were made upon the walls; and therewere thick planks upon the face of the porch without.41:26 And there were narrow windows and palm trees on the one side andon the other side, on the sides of the porch, and upon the sidechambers of the house, and thick planks.42:1 Then he brought me forth into the utter court, the way toward thenorth: and he brought me into the chamber that was over against theseparate place, and which was before the building toward the north.42:2 Before the length of an hundred cubits was the north door, andthe breadth was fifty cubits.42:3 Over against the twenty cubits which were for the inner court,and over against the pavement which was for the utter court, wasgallery against gallery in three stories.42:4 And before the chambers was a walk to ten cubits breadth inward,a way of one cubit; and their doors toward the north.42:5 Now the upper chambers were shorter: for the galleries werehigher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of thebuilding.42:6 For they were in three stories, but had not pillars as thepillars of the courts: therefore the building was straitened more thanthe lowest and the middlemost from the ground.42:7 And the wall that was without over against the chambers, towardthe utter court on the forepart of the chambers, the length thereofwas fifty cubits.42:8 For the length of the chambers that were in the utter court wasfifty cubits: and, lo, before the temple were an hundred cubits.42:9 And from under these chambers was the entry on the east side, asone goeth into them from the utter court.42:10 The chambers were in the thickness of the wall of the courttoward the east, over against the separate place, and over against thebuilding.42:11 And the way before them was like the appearance of the chamberswhich were toward the north, as long as they, and as broad as they:and all their goings out were both according to their fashions, andaccording to their doors.42:12 And according to the doors of the chambers that were toward thesouth was a door in the head of the way, even the way directly beforethe wall toward the east, as one entereth into them.42:13 Then said he unto me, The north chambers and the south chambers,which are before the separate place, they be holy chambers, where thepriests that approach unto the LORD shall eat the most holy things:there shall they lay the most holy things, and the meat offering, andthe sin offering, and the trespass offering; for the place is holy.42:14 When the priests enter therein, then shall they not go out ofthe holy place into the utter court, but there they shall lay theirgarments wherein they minister; for they are holy; and shall put onother garments, and shall approach to those things which are for thepeople.42:15 Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, hebrought me forth toward the gate whose prospect is toward the east,and measured it round about.42:16 He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundredreeds, with the measuring reed round about.42:17 He measured the north side, five hundred reeds, with themeasuring reed round about.42:18 He measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with themeasuring reed.42:19 He turned about to the west side, and measured five hundredreeds with the measuring reed.42:20 He measured it by the four sides: it had a wall round about,five hundred reeds long, and five hundred broad, to make a separationbetween the sanctuary and the profane place.43:1 Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that lookethtoward the east: 43:2 And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel camefrom the way of the east: and his voice was like a noise of manywaters: and the earth shined with his glory.43:3 And it was according to the appearance of the vision which I saw,even according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy thecity: and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the riverChebar; and I fell upon my face.43:4 And the glory of the LORD came into the house by the way of thegate whose prospect is toward the east.43:5 So the spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court;and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house.43:6 And I heard him speaking unto me out of the house; and the manstood by me.43:7 And he said unto me, Son of man, the place of my throne, and theplace of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of thechildren of Israel for ever, and my holy name, shall the house ofIsrael no more defile, neither they, nor their kings, by theirwhoredom, nor by the carcases of their kings in their high places.43:8 In their setting of their threshold by my thresholds, and theirpost by my posts, and the wall between me and them, they have evendefiled my holy name by their abominations that they have committed:wherefore I have consumed them in mine anger.43:9 Now let them put away their whoredom, and the carcases of theirkings, far from me, and I will dwell in the midst of them for ever.43:10 Thou son of man, shew the house to the house of Israel, thatthey may be ashamed of their iniquities: and let them measure thepattern.43:11 And if they be ashamed of all that they have done, shew them theform of the house, and the fashion thereof, and the goings outthereof, and the comings in thereof, and all the forms thereof, andall the ordinances thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all thelaws thereof: and write it in their sight, that they may keep thewhole form thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and do them.43:12 This is the law of the house; Upon the top of the mountain thewhole limit thereof round about shall be most holy. Behold, this isthe law of the house.43:13 And these are the measures of the altar after the cubits: Thecubit is a cubit and an hand breadth; even the bottom shall be acubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border thereof by the edgethereof round about shall be a span: and this shall be the higherplace of the altar.43:14 And from the bottom upon the ground even to the lower settleshall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lessersettle even to the greater settle shall be four cubits, and thebreadth one cubit.43:15 So the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and upwardshall be four horns.43:16 And the altar shall be twelve cubits long, twelve broad, squarein the four squares thereof.43:17 And the settle shall be fourteen cubits long and fourteen broadin the four squares thereof; and the border about it shall be half acubit; and the bottom thereof shall be a cubit about; and his stairsshall look toward the east.43:18 And he said unto me, Son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Theseare the ordinances of the altar in the day when they shall make it, tooffer burnt offerings thereon, and to sprinkle blood thereon.43:19 And thou shalt give to the priests the Levites that be of theseed of Zadok, which approach unto me, to minister unto me, saith theLord GOD, a young bullock for a sin offering.43:20 And thou shalt take of the blood thereof, and put it on the fourhorns of it, and on the four corners of the settle, and upon theborder round about: thus shalt thou cleanse and purge it.43:21 Thou shalt take the bullock also of the sin offering, and heshall burn it in the appointed place of the house, without thesanctuary.43:22 And on the second day thou shalt offer a kid of the goatswithout blemish for a sin offering; and they shall cleanse the altar,as they did cleanse it with the bullock.43:23 When thou hast made an end of cleansing it, thou shalt offer ayoung bullock without blemish, and a ram out of the flock withoutblemish.43:24 And thou shalt offer them before the LORD, and the priests shallcast salt upon them, and they shall offer them up for a burnt offeringunto the LORD.43:25 Seven days shalt thou prepare every day a goat for a sinoffering: they shall also prepare a young bullock, and a ram out ofthe flock, without blemish.43:26 Seven days shall they purge the altar and purify it; and theyshall consecrate themselves.43:27 And when these days are expired, it shall be, that upon theeighth day, and so forward, the priests shall make your burntofferings upon the altar, and your peace offerings; and I will acceptyou, saith the Lord GOD.44:1 Then he brought me back the way of the gate of the outwardsanctuary which looketh toward the east; and it was shut.44:2 Then said the LORD unto me; This gate shall be shut, it shall notbe opened, and no man shall enter in by it; because the LORD, the Godof Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut.44:3 It is for the prince; the prince, he shall sit in it to eat breadbefore the LORD; he shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate,and shall go out by the way of the same.44:4 Then brought he me the way of the north gate before the house:and I looked, and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house ofthe LORD: and I fell upon my face.44:5 And the LORD said unto me, Son of man, mark well, and behold withthine eyes, and hear with thine ears all that I say unto theeconcerning all the ordinances of the house of the LORD, and all thelaws thereof; and mark well the entering in of the house, with everygoing forth of the sanctuary.44:6 And thou shalt say to the rebellious, even to the house ofIsrael, Thus saith the Lord GOD; O ye house of Israel, let it sufficeyou of all your abominations, 44:7 In that ye have brought into mysanctuary strangers, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised inflesh, to be in my sanctuary, to pollute it, even my house, when yeoffer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken mycovenant because of all your abominations.44:8 And ye have not kept the charge of mine holy things: but ye haveset keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.44:9 Thus saith the Lord GOD; No stranger, uncircumcised in heart, noruncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any strangerthat is among the children of Israel.44:10 And the Levites that are gone away far from me, when Israel wentastray, which went astray away from me after their idols; they shalleven bear their iniquity.44:11 Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having charge atthe gates of the house, and ministering to the house: they shall slaythe burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shallstand before them to minister unto them.44:12 Because they ministered unto them before their idols, and causedthe house of Israel to fall into iniquity; therefore have I lifted upmine hand against them, saith the Lord GOD, and they shall bear theiriniquity.44:13 And they shall not come near unto me, to do the office of apriest unto me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, in the mostholy place: but they shall bear their shame, and their abominationswhich they have committed.44:14 But I will make them keepers of the charge of the house, for allthe service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein.44:15 But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept thecharge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray fromme, they shall come near to me to minister unto me, and they shallstand before me to offer unto me the fat and the blood, saith the LordGOD: 44:16 They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall comenear to my table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge.44:17 And it shall come to pass, that when they enter in at the gatesof the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments; and nowool shall come upon them, whiles they minister in the gates of theinner court, and within.44:18 They shall have linen bonnets upon their heads, and shall havelinen breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird themselves withany thing that causeth sweat.44:19 And when they go forth into the utter court, even into the uttercourt to the people, they shall put off their garments wherein theyministered, and lay them in the holy chambers, and they shall put onother garments; and they shall not sanctify the people with theirgarments.44:20 Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks togrow long; they shall only poll their heads.44:21 Neither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into theinner court.44:22 Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that isput away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house ofIsrael, or a widow that had a priest before.44:23 And they shall teach my people the difference between the holyand profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and theclean.44:24 And in controversy they shall stand in judgment; and they shalljudge it according to my judgments: and they shall keep my laws and mystatutes in all mine assemblies; and they shall hallow my sabbaths.44:25 And they shall come at no dead person to defile themselves: butfor father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother,or for sister that hath had no husband, they may defile themselves.44:26 And after he is cleansed, they shall reckon unto him seven days.44:27 And in the day that he goeth into the sanctuary, unto the innercourt, to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his sin offering,saith the Lord GOD.44:28 And it shall be unto them for an inheritance: I am theirinheritance: and ye shall give them no possession in Israel: I amtheir possession.44:29 They shall eat the meat offering, and the sin offering, and thetrespass offering: and every dedicated thing in Israel shall betheirs.44:30 And the first of all the firstfruits of all things, and everyoblation of all, of every sort of your oblations, shall be thepriest's: ye shall also give unto the priest the first of your dough,that he may cause the blessing to rest in thine house.44:31 The priests shall not eat of any thing that is dead of itself,or torn, whether it be fowl or beast.45:1 Moreover, when ye shall divide by lot the land for inheritance,ye shall offer an oblation unto the LORD, an holy portion of the land:the length shall be the length of five and twenty thousand reeds, andthe breadth shall be ten thousand. This shall be holy in all theborders thereof round about.45:2 Of this there shall be for the sanctuary five hundred in length,with five hundred in breadth, square round about; and fifty cubitsround about for the suburbs thereof.45:3 And of this measure shalt thou measure the length of five andtwenty thousand, and the breadth of ten thousand: and in it shall bethe sanctuary and the most holy place.45:4 The holy portion of the land shall be for the priests theministers of the sanctuary, which shall come near to minister unto theLORD: and it shall be a place for their houses, and an holy place forthe sanctuary.45:5 And the five and twenty thousand of length, and the ten thousandof breadth shall also the Levites, the ministers of the house, havefor themselves, for a possession for twenty chambers.45:6 And ye shall appoint the possession of the city five thousandbroad, and five and twenty thousand long, over against the oblation ofthe holy portion: it shall be for the whole house of Israel.45:7 And a portion shall be for the prince on the one side and on theother side of the oblation of the holy portion, and of the possessionof the city, before the oblation of the holy portion, and before thepossession of the city, from the west side westward, and from the eastside eastward: and the length shall be over against one of theportions, from the west border unto the east border.45:8 In the land shall be his possession in Israel: and my princesshall no more oppress my people; and the rest of the land shall theygive to the house of Israel according to their tribes.45:9 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel:remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take awayyour exactions from my people, saith the Lord GOD.45:10 Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.45:11 The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bathmay contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth partof an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer.45:12 And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five andtwenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh.45:13 This is the oblation that ye shall offer; the sixth part of anephah of an homer of wheat, and ye shall give the sixth part of anephah of an homer of barley: 45:14 Concerning the ordinance of oil,the bath of oil, ye shall offer the tenth part of a bath out of thecor, which is an homer of ten baths; for ten baths are an homer: 45:15And one lamb out of the flock, out of two hundred, out of the fatpastures of Israel; for a meat offering, and for a burnt offering, andfor peace offerings, to make reconciliation for them, saith the LordGOD.45:16 All the people of the land shall give this oblation for theprince in Israel.45:17 And it shall be the prince's part to give burnt offerings, andmeat offerings, and drink offerings, in the feasts, and in the newmoons, and in the sabbaths, in all solemnities of the house of Israel:he shall prepare the sin offering, and the meat offering, and theburnt offering, and the peace offerings, to make reconciliation forthe house of Israel.45:18 Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the first month, in the first day ofthe month, thou shalt take a young bullock without blemish, andcleanse the sanctuary: 45:19 And the priest shall take of the blood ofthe sin offering, and put it upon the posts of the house, and upon thefour corners of the settle of the altar, and upon the posts of thegate of the inner court.45:20 And so thou shalt do the seventh day of the month for every onethat erreth, and for him that is simple: so shall ye reconcile thehouse.45:21 In the first month, in the fourteenth day of the month, ye shallhave the passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall beeaten.45:22 And upon that day shall the prince prepare for himself and forall the people of the land a bullock for a sin offering.45:23 And seven days of the feast he shall prepare a burnt offering tothe LORD, seven bullocks and seven rams without blemish daily theseven days; and a kid of the goats daily for a sin offering.45:24 And he shall prepare a meat offering of an ephah for a bullock,and an ephah for a ram, and an hin of oil for an ephah.45:25 In the seventh month, in the fifteenth day of the month, shallhe do the like in the feast of the seven days, according to the sinoffering, according to the burnt offering, and according to the meatoffering, and according to the oil.46:1 Thus saith the Lord GOD; The gate of the inner court that lookethtoward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the sabbathit shall be opened, and in the day of the new moon it shall be opened.46:2 And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of that gatewithout, and shall stand by the post of the gate, and the priestsshall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shallworship at the threshold of the gate: then he shall go forth; but thegate shall not be shut until the evening.46:3 Likewise the people of the land shall worship at the door of thisgate before the LORD in the sabbaths and in the new moons.46:4 And the burnt offering that the prince shall offer unto the LORDin the sabbath day shall be six lambs without blemish, and a ramwithout blemish.46:5 And the meat offering shall be an ephah for a ram, and the meatoffering for the lambs as he shall be able to give, and an hin of oilto an ephah.46:6 And in the day of the new moon it shall be a young bullockwithout blemish, and six lambs, and a ram: they shall be withoutblemish.46:7 And he shall prepare a meat offering, an ephah for a bullock, andan ephah for a ram, and for the lambs according as his hand shallattain unto, and an hin of oil to an ephah.46:8 And when the prince shall enter, he shall go in by the way of theporch of that gate, and he shall go forth by the way thereof.46:9 But when the people of the land shall come before the LORD in thesolemn feasts, he that entereth in by the way of the north gate toworship shall go out by the way of the south gate; and he thatentereth by the way of the south gate shall go forth by the way of thenorth gate: he shall not return by the way of the gate whereby he camein, but shall go forth over against it.46:10 And the prince in the midst of them, when they go in, shall goin; and when they go forth, shall go forth.46:11 And in the feasts and in the solemnities the meat offering shallbe an ephah to a bullock, and an ephah to a ram, and to the lambs ashe is able to give, and an hin of oil to an ephah.46:12 Now when the prince shall prepare a voluntary burnt offering orpeace offerings voluntarily unto the LORD, one shall then open him thegate that looketh toward the east, and he shall prepare his burntoffering and his peace offerings, as he did on the sabbath day: thenhe shall go forth; and after his going forth one shall shut the gate.46:13 Thou shalt daily prepare a burnt offering unto the LORD of alamb of the first year without blemish: thou shalt prepare it everymorning.46:14 And thou shalt prepare a meat offering for it every morning, thesixth part of an ephah, and the third part of an hin of oil, to temperwith the fine flour; a meat offering continually by a perpetualordinance unto the LORD.46:15 Thus shall they prepare the lamb, and the meat offering, and theoil, every morning for a continual burnt offering.46:16 Thus saith the Lord GOD; If the prince give a gift unto any ofhis sons, the inheritance thereof shall be his sons'; it shall betheir possession by inheritance.46:17 But if he give a gift of his inheritance to one of his servants,then it shall be his to the year of liberty; after it shall return tothe prince: but his inheritance shall be his sons' for them.46:18 Moreover the prince shall not take of the people's inheritanceby oppression, to thrust them out of their possession; but he shallgive his sons inheritance out of his own possession: that my people benot scattered every man from his possession.46:19 After he brought me through the entry, which was at the side ofthe gate, into the holy chambers of the priests, which looked towardthe north: and, behold, there was a place on the two sides westward.46:20 Then said he unto me, This is the place where the priests shallboil the trespass offering and the sin offering, where they shall bakethe meat offering; that they bear them not out into the utter court,to sanctify the people.46:21 Then he brought me forth into the utter court, and caused me topass by the four corners of the court; and, behold, in every corner ofthe court there was a court.46:22 In the four corners of the court there were courts joined offorty cubits long and thirty broad: these four corners were of onemeasure.46:23 And there was a row of building round about in them, round aboutthem four, and it was made with boiling places under the rows roundabout.46:24 Then said he unto me, These are the places of them that boil,where the ministers of the house shall boil the sacrifice of thepeople.47:1 Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house; and,behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the houseeastward: for the forefront of the house stood toward the east, andthe waters came down from under from the right side of the house, atthe south side of the altar.47:2 Then brought he me out of the way of the gate northward, and ledme about the way without unto the utter gate by the way that looketheastward; and, behold, there ran out waters on the right side.47:3 And when the man that had the line in his hand went fortheastward, he measured a thousand cubits, and he brought me through thewaters; the waters were to the ankles.47:4 Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through the waters;the waters were to the knees. Again he measured a thousand, andbrought me through; the waters were to the loins.47:5 Afterward he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I couldnot pass over: for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a riverthat could not be passed over.47:6 And he said unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen this? Then hebrought me, and caused me to return to the brink of the river.47:7 Now when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river werevery many trees on the one side and on the other.47:8 Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the eastcountry, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: which beingbrought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed.47:9 And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, whichmoveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and thereshall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shallcome thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall livewhither the river cometh.47:10 And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon itfrom Engedi even unto Eneglaim; they shall be a place to spread forthnets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of thegreat sea, exceeding many.47:11 But the miry places thereof and the marishes thereof shall notbe healed; they shall be given to salt.47:12 And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on thatside, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade,neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth newfruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out ofthe sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leafthereof for medicine.47:13 Thus saith the Lord GOD; This shall be the border, whereby yeshall inherit the land according to the twelve tribes of Israel:Joseph shall have two portions.47:14 And ye shall inherit it, one as well as another: concerning thewhich I lifted up mine hand to give it unto your fathers: and thisland shall fall unto you for inheritance.47:15 And this shall be the border of the land toward the north side,from the great sea, the way of Hethlon, as men go to Zedad; 47:16Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus andthe border of Hamath; Hazarhatticon, which is by the coast of Hauran.47:17 And the border from the sea shall be Hazarenan, the border ofDamascus, and the north northward, and the border of Hamath. And thisis the north side.47:18 And the east side ye shall measure from Hauran, and fromDamascus, and from Gilead, and from the land of Israel by Jordan, fromthe border unto the east sea. And this is the east side.47:19 And the south side southward, from Tamar even to the waters ofstrife in Kadesh, the river to the great sea. And this is the southside southward.47:20 The west side also shall be the great sea from the border, tilla man come over against Hamath. This is the west side.47:21 So shall ye divide this land unto you according to the tribes ofIsrael.47:22 And it shall come to pass, that ye shall divide it by lot for aninheritance unto you, and to the strangers that sojourn among you,which shall beget children among you: and they shall be unto you asborn in the country among the children of Israel; they shall haveinheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.47:23 And it shall come to pass, that in what tribe the strangersojourneth, there shall ye give him his inheritance, saith the LordGOD.48:1 Now these are the names of the tribes. From the north end to thecoast of the way of Hethlon, as one goeth to Hamath, Hazarenan, theborder of Damascus northward, to the coast of Hamath; for these arehis sides east and west; a portion for Dan.48:2 And by the border of Dan, from the east side unto the west side,a portion for Asher.48:3 And by the border of Asher, from the east side even unto the westside, a portion for Naphtali.48:4 And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side unto the westside, a portion for Manasseh.48:5 And by the border of Manasseh, from the east side unto the westside, a portion for Ephraim.48:6 And by the border of Ephraim, from the east side even unto thewest side, a portion for Reuben.48:7 And by the border of Reuben, from the east side unto the westside, a portion for Judah.48:8 And by the border of Judah, from the east side unto the westside, shall be the offering which ye shall offer of five and twentythousand reeds in breadth, and in length as one of the other parts,from the east side unto the west side: and the sanctuary shall be inthe midst of it.48:9 The oblation that ye shall offer unto the LORD shall be of fiveand twenty thousand in length, and of ten thousand in breadth.48:10 And for them, even for the priests, shall be this holy oblation;toward the north five and twenty thousand in length, and toward thewest ten thousand in breadth, and toward the east ten thousand inbreadth, and toward the south five and twenty thousand in length: andthe sanctuary of the LORD shall be in the midst thereof.48:11 It shall be for the priests that are sanctified of the sons ofZadok; which have kept my charge, which went not astray when thechildren of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray.48:12 And this oblation of the land that is offered shall be unto thema thing most holy by the border of the Levites.48:13 And over against the border of the priests the Levites shallhave five and twenty thousand in length, and ten thousand in breadth:all the length shall be five and twenty thousand, and the breadth tenthousand.48:14 And they shall not sell of it, neither exchange, nor alienatethe firstfruits of the land: for it is holy unto the LORD.48:15 And the five thousand, that are left in the breadth over againstthe five and twenty thousand, shall be a profane place for the city,for dwelling, and for suburbs: and the city shall be in the midstthereof.48:16 And these shall be the measures thereof; the north side fourthousand and five hundred, and the south side four thousand and fivehundred, and on the east side four thousand and five hundred, and thewest side four thousand and five hundred.48:17 And the suburbs of the city shall be toward the north twohundred and fifty, and toward the south two hundred and fifty, andtoward the east two hundred and fifty, and toward the west two hundredand fifty.48:18 And the residue in length over against the oblation of the holyportion shall be ten thousand eastward, and ten thousand westward: andit shall be over against the oblation of the holy portion; and theincrease thereof shall be for food unto them that serve the city.48:19 And they that serve the city shall serve it out of all thetribes of Israel.48:20 All the oblation shall be five and twenty thousand by five andtwenty thousand: ye shall offer the holy oblation foursquare, with thepossession of the city.48:21 And the residue shall be for the prince, on the one side and onthe other of the holy oblation, and of the possession of the city,over against the five and twenty thousand of the oblation toward theeast border, and westward over against the five and twenty thousandtoward the west border, over against the portions for the prince: andit shall be the holy oblation; and the sanctuary of the house shall bein the midst thereof.48:22 Moreover from the possession of the Levites, and from thepossession of the city, being in the midst of that which is theprince's, between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin,shall be for the prince.48:23 As for the rest of the tribes, from the east side unto the westside, Benjamin shall have a portion.48:24 And by the border of Benjamin, from the east side unto the westside, Simeon shall have a portion.48:25 And by the border of Simeon, from the east side unto the westside, Issachar a portion.48:26 And by the border of Issachar, from the east side unto the westside, Zebulun a portion.48:27 And by the border of Zebulun, from the east side unto the westside, Gad a portion.48:28 And by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, theborder shall be even from Tamar unto the waters of strife in Kadesh,and to the river toward the great sea.48:29 This is the land which ye shall divide by lot unto the tribes ofIsrael for inheritance, and these are their portions, saith the LordGOD.48:30 And these are the goings out of the city on the north side, fourthousand and five hundred measures.48:31 And the gates of the city shall be after the names of the tribesof Israel: three gates northward; one gate of Reuben, one gate ofJudah, one gate of Levi.48:32 And at the east side four thousand and five hundred: and threegates; and one gate of Joseph, one gate of Benjamin, one gate of Dan.48:33 And at the south side four thousand and five hundred measures:and three gates; one gate of Simeon, one gate of Issachar, one gate ofZebulun.48:34 At the west side four thousand and five hundred, with theirthree gates; one gate of Gad, one gate of Asher, one gate of Naphtali.48:35 It was round about eighteen thousand measures: and the name ofthe city from that day shall be, The LORD is there.The Book of Daniel1:1 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah cameNebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.1:2 And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with partof the vessels of the house of God: which he carried into the land ofShinar to the house of his god; and he brought the vessels into thetreasure house of his god.1:3 And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, thathe should bring certain of the children of Israel, and of the king'sseed, and of the princes; 1:4 Children in whom was no blemish, butwell favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge,and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand inthe king's palace, and whom they might teach the learning and thetongue of the Chaldeans.1:5 And the king appointed them a daily provision of the king's meat,and of the wine which he drank: so nourishing them three years, thatat the end thereof they might stand before the king.1:6 Now among these were of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah,Mishael, and Azariah: 1:7 Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gavenames: for he gave unto Daniel the name of Belteshazzar; and toHananiah, of Shadrach; and to Mishael, of Meshach; and to Azariah, ofAbednego.1:8 But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himselfwith the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank:therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might notdefile himself.1:9 Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with theprince of the eunuchs.1:10 And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lordthe king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why shouldhe see your faces worse liking than the children which are of yoursort? then shall ye make me endanger my head to the king.1:11 Then said Daniel to Melzar, whom the prince of the eunuchs hadset over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, 1:12 Prove thyservants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat,and water to drink.1:13 Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and thecountenance of the children that eat of the portion of the king'smeat: and as thou seest, deal with thy servants.1:14 So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days.1:15 And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer andfatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of theking's meat.1:16 Thus Melzar took away the portion of their meat, and the winethat they should drink; and gave them pulse.1:17 As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill inall learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visionsand dreams.1:18 Now at the end of the days that the king had said he should bringthem in, then the prince of the eunuchs brought them in beforeNebuchadnezzar.1:19 And the king communed with them; and among them all was foundnone like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: therefore stood theybefore the king.1:20 And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the kingenquired of them, he found them ten times better than all themagicians and astrologers that were in all his realm.1:21 And Daniel continued even unto the first year of king Cyrus.2:1 And in the second year of the reign of NebuchadnezzarNebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, andhis sleep brake from him.2:2 Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and theastrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew theking his dreams. So they came and stood before the king.2:3 And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spiritwas troubled to know the dream.2:4 Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live forever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew theinterpretation.2:5 The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gonefrom me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with theinterpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your housesshall be made a dunghill.2:6 But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shallreceive of me gifts and rewards and great honour: therefore shew methe dream, and the interpretation thereof.2:7 They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants thedream, and we will shew the interpretation of it.2:8 The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gainthe time, because ye see the thing is gone from me.2:9 But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but onedecree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speakbefore me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, andI shall know that ye can shew me the interpretation thereof.2:10 The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not aman upon the earth that can shew the king's matter: therefore there isno king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, orastrologer, or Chaldean.2:11 And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is noneother that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whosedwelling is not with flesh.2:12 For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commandedto destroy all the wise men of Babylon.2:13 And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; andthey sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.2:14 Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch thecaptain of the king's guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise menof Babylon: 2:15 He answered and said to Arioch the king's captain,Why is the decree so hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thingknown to Daniel.2:16 Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would givehim time, and that he would shew the king the interpretation.2:17 Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known toHananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions: 2:18 That they woulddesire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; thatDaniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise menof Babylon.2:19 Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. ThenDaniel blessed the God of heaven.2:20 Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever andever: for wisdom and might are his: 2:21 And he changeth the times andthe seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdomunto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding: 2:22 Herevealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in thedarkness, and the light dwelleth with him.2:23 I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hastgiven me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what wedesired of thee: for thou hast now made known unto us the king'smatter.2:24 Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had ordainedto destroy the wise men of Babylon: he went and said thus unto him;Destroy not the wise men of Babylon: bring me in before the king, andI will shew unto the king the interpretation.2:25 Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and saidthus unto him, I have found a man of the captives of Judah, that willmake known unto the king the interpretation.2:26 The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name wasBelteshazzar, Art thou able to make known unto me the dream which Ihave seen, and the interpretation thereof?  2:27 Daniel answered inthe presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hathdemanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, thesoothsayers, shew unto the king; 2:28 But there is a God in heaventhat revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzarwhat shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thyhead upon thy bed, are these; 2:29 As for thee, O king, thy thoughtscame into thy mind upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter:and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come topass.2:30 But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdomthat I have more than any living, but for their sakes that shall makeknown the interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know thethoughts of thy heart.2:31 Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image,whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the formthereof was terrible.2:32 This image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms ofsilver, his belly and his thighs of brass, 2:33 His legs of iron, hisfeet part of iron and part of clay.2:34 Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, whichsmote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brakethem to pieces.2:35 Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold,broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summerthreshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place wasfound for them: and the stone that smote the image became a greatmountain, and filled the whole earth.2:36 This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereofbefore the king.2:37 Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hathgiven thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.2:38 And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of thefield and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, andhath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.2:39 And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, andanother third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all theearth.2:40 And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as ironbreaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breakethall these, shall it break in pieces and bruise.2:41 And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay,and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be init of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the ironmixed with miry clay.2:42 And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay,so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.2:43 And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shallmingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave oneto another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.2:44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up akingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not beleft to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume allthese kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.2:45 Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of themountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, thebrass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath madeknown to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream iscertain, and the interpretation thereof sure.2:46 Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and worshippedDaniel, and commanded that they should offer an oblation and sweetodours unto him.2:47 The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, thatyour God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer ofsecrets, seeing thou couldest reveal this secret.2:48 Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many greatgifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, andchief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon.2:49 Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach,and Abednego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Danielsat in the gate of the king.3:1 Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height wasthreescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up inthe plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.3:2 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes,the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, thecounsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, tocome to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king hadset up.3:3 Then the princes, the governors, and captains, the judges, thetreasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of theprovinces, were gathered together unto the dedication of the imagethat Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before theimage that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.3:4 Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people,nations, and languages, 3:5 That at what time ye hear the sound of thecornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds ofmusick, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzarthe king hath set up: 3:6 And whoso falleth not down and worshippethshall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.3:7 Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of thecornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of musick, allthe people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshippedthe golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.3:8 Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accusedthe Jews.3:9 They spake and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live forever.3:10 Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hearthe sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer,and all kinds of musick, shall fall down and worship the golden image:3:11 And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, that he should becast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.3:12 There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of theprovince of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; these men, Oking, have not regarded thee: they serve not thy gods, nor worship thegolden image which thou hast set up.3:13 Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bringShadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Then they brought these men beforethe king.3:14 Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, Is it true, O Shadrach,Meshach, and Abednego, do not ye serve my gods, nor worship the goldenimage which I have set up?  3:15 Now if ye be ready that at what timeye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, anddulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the imagewhich I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast thesame hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is thatGod that shall deliver you out of my hands?  3:16 Shadrach, Meshach,and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we arenot careful to answer thee in this matter.3:17 If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from theburning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, Oking.3:18 But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not servethy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.3:19 Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visagewas changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore hespake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven timesmore than it was wont to be heated.3:20 And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army tobind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into theburning fiery furnace.3:21 Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and theirhats, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of theburning fiery furnace.3:22 Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent, and thefurnace exceeding hot, the flames of the fire slew those men that tookup Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.3:23 And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell downbound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.3:24 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in haste,and spake, and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three menbound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto theking, True, O king.3:25 He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in themidst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourthis like the Son of God.3:26 Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fieryfurnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, yeservants of the most high God, come forth, and come hither. ThenShadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, came forth of the midst of the fire.3:27 And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king'scounsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodiesthe fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neitherwere their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them.3:28 Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God ofShadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, anddelivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed theking's word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve norworship any god, except their own God.3:29 Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, andlanguage, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach,Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shallbe made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliverafter this sort.3:30 Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, in theprovince of Babylon.4:1 Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations, and languages,that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.4:2 I thought it good to shew the signs and wonders that the high Godhath wrought toward me.4:3 How great are his signs! and how mighty are his wonders! hiskingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from generationto generation.4:4 I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in mine house, and flourishing in mypalace: 4:5 I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts uponmy bed and the visions of my head troubled me.4:6 Therefore made I a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylonbefore me, that they might make known unto me the interpretation ofthe dream.4:7 Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, andthe soothsayers: and I told the dream before them; but they did notmake known unto me the interpretation thereof.4:8 But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose name wasBelteshazzar, according to the name of my God, and in whom is thespirit of the holy gods: and before him I told the dream, saying, 4:9O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that thespirit of the holy gods is in thee, and no secret troubleth thee, tellme the visions of my dream that I have seen, and the interpretationthereof.4:10 Thus were the visions of mine head in my bed; I saw, and behold atree in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof was great.4:11 The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reachedunto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth: 4:12The leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in itwas meat for all: the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and thefowls of the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fedof it.4:13 I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, awatcher and an holy one came down from heaven; 4:14 He cried aloud,and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, shake offhis leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away from underit, and the fowls from his branches: 4:15 Nevertheless leave the stumpof his roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in thetender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven,and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth: 4:16Let his heart be changed from man's, and let a beast's heart be givenunto him; and let seven times pass over him.4:17 This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand bythe word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know thatthe most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it towhomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.4:18 This dream I king Nebuchadnezzar have seen. Now thou, OBelteshazzar, declare the interpretation thereof, forasmuch as all thewise men of my kingdom are not able to make known unto me theinterpretation: but thou art able; for the spirit of the holy gods isin thee.4:19 Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonied for onehour, and his thoughts troubled him. The king spake, and said,Belteshazzar, let not the dream, or the interpretation thereof,trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, the dream be tothem that hate thee, and the interpretation thereof to thine enemies.4:20 The tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was strong, whoseheight reached unto the heaven, and the sight thereof to all theearth; 4:21 Whose leaves were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and init was meat for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, andupon whose branches the fowls of the heaven had their habitation: 4:22It is thou, O king, that art grown and become strong: for thygreatness is grown, and reacheth unto heaven, and thy dominion to theend of the earth.4:23 And whereas the king saw a watcher and an holy one coming downfrom heaven, and saying, Hew the tree down, and destroy it; yet leavethe stump of the roots thereof in the earth, even with a band of ironand brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet withthe dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of thefield, till seven times pass over him; 4:24 This is theinterpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the most High, whichis come upon my lord the king: 4:25 That they shall drive thee frommen, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and theyshall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with thedew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou knowthat the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it towhomsoever he will.4:26 And whereas they commanded to leave the stump of the tree roots;thy kingdom shall be sure unto thee, after that thou shalt have knownthat the heavens do rule.4:27 Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, andbreak off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewingmercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.4:28 All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar.4:29 At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of thekingdom of Babylon.4:30 The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I havebuilt for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and forthe honour of my majesty?  4:31 While the word was in the king'smouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar,to thee it is spoken; The kingdom is departed from thee.4:32 And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall bewith the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass asoxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that themost High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever hewill.4:33 The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and hewas driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wetwith the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles'feathers, and his nails like birds' claws.4:34 And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyesunto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessedthe most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever,whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is fromgeneration to generation: 4:35 And all the inhabitants of the earthare reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the armyof heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stayhis hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?  4:36 At the same time myreason returned unto me; and for the glory of my kingdom, mine honourand brightness returned unto me; and my counsellors and my lordssought unto me; and I was established in my kingdom, and excellentmajesty was added unto me.4:37 Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King ofheaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and thosethat walk in pride he is able to abase.5:1 Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords,and drank wine before the thousand.5:2 Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring thegolden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had takenout of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and hisprinces, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein.5:3 Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of thetemple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, andhis princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them.5:4 They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, ofbrass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.5:5 In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wroteover against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of theking's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.5:6 Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubledhim, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smoteone against another.5:7 The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans,and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men ofBabylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me theinterpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have achain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in thekingdom.5:8 Then came in all the king's wise men: but they could not read thewriting, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof.5:9 Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance waschanged in him, and his lords were astonied.5:10 Now the queen by reason of the words of the king and his lordscame into the banquet house: and the queen spake and said, O king,live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thycountenance be changed: 5:11 There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom isthe spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light andunderstanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found inhim; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thyfather, made master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, andsoothsayers; 5:12 Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, andunderstanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences,and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the kingnamed Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will shew theinterpretation.5:13 Then was Daniel brought in before the king. And the king spakeand said unto Daniel, Art thou that Daniel, which art of the childrenof the captivity of Judah, whom the king my father brought out ofJewry?  5:14 I have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods isin thee, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom isfound in thee.5:15 And now the wise men, the astrologers, have been brought inbefore me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto methe interpretation thereof: but they could not shew the interpretationof the thing: 5:16 And I have heard of thee, that thou canst makeinterpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read thewriting, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shaltbe clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, andshalt be the third ruler in the kingdom.5:17 Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts beto thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read thewriting unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation.5:18 O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father akingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour: 5:19 And for the majestythat he gave him, all people, nations, and languages, trembled andfeared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he keptalive; and whom he would he set up; and whom he would he put down.5:20 But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride,he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory fromhim: 5:21 And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart wasmade like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: theyfed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew ofheaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom ofmen, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.5:22 And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart,though thou knewest all this; 5:23 But hast lifted up thyself againstthe Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his housebefore thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines,have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, andgold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, norknow: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thyways, hast thou not glorified: 5:24 Then was the part of the hand sentfrom him; and this writing was written.5:25 And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL,UPHARSIN.5:26 This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numberedthy kingdom, and finished it.5:27 TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.5:28 PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes andPersians.5:29 Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet,and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamationconcerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.5:30 In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.5:31 And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescoreand two years old.6:1 It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twentyprinces, which should be over the whole kingdom; 6:2 And over thesethree presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that the princes mightgive accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage.6:3 Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes,because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to sethim over the whole realm.6:4 Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion againstDaniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion norfault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error orfault found in him.6:5 Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against thisDaniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God.6:6 Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king,and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever.6:7 All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes,the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together toestablish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoevershall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee,O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.6:8 Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that itbe not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, whichaltereth not.6:9 Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.6:10 Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went intohis house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem,he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gavethanks before his God, as he did aforetime.6:11 Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and makingsupplication before his God.6:12 Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning theking's decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man thatshall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, save ofthee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answeredand said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes andPersians, which altereth not.6:13 Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, whichis of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, Oking, nor the decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petitionthree times a day.6:14 Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeasedwith himself, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him: and helaboured till the going down of the sun to deliver him.6:15 Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king,Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, That nodecree nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed.6:16 Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast himinto the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, ThyGod whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee.6:17 And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; andthe king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of hislords; that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel.6:18 Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting:neither were instruments of musick brought before him: and his sleepwent from him.6:19 Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in hasteunto the den of lions.6:20 And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voiceunto Daniel: and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servantof the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able todeliver thee from the lions?  6:21 Then said Daniel unto the king, Oking, live for ever.6:22 My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, thatthey have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found inme; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.6:23 Then was the king exceedingly glad for him, and commanded thatthey should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up outof the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because hebelieved in his God.6:24 And the king commanded, and they brought those men which hadaccused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, theirchildren, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, andbrake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of theden.6:25 Then king Darius wrote unto all people, nations, and languages,that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.6:26 I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men trembleand fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, andstedfast for ever, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed,and his dominion shall be even unto the end.6:27 He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders inheaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of thelions.6:28 So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reignof Cyrus the Persian.7:1 In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dreamand visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, andtold the sum of the matters.7:2 Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold,the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.7:3 And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one fromanother.7:4 The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld tillthe wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth,and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given toit.7:5 And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raisedup itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of itbetween the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devourmuch flesh.7:6 After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which hadupon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also fourheads; and dominion was given to it.7:7 After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast,dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great ironteeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue withthe feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that werebefore it; and it had ten horns.7:8 I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among themanother little horn, before whom there were three of the first hornsplucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like theeyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.7:9 I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of daysdid sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his headlike the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and hiswheels as burning fire.7:10 A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousandthousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousandstood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.7:11 I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which thehorn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his bodydestroyed, and given to the burning flame.7:12 As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominiontaken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time.7:13 I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of mancame with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, andthey brought him near before him.7:14 And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, thatall people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion isan everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdomthat which shall not be destroyed.7:15 I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, andthe visions of my head troubled me.7:16 I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him thetruth of all this. So he told me, and made me know the interpretationof the things.7:17 These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shallarise out of the earth.7:18 But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, andpossess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.7:19 Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which wasdiverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were ofiron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, andstamped the residue with his feet; 7:20 And of the ten horns that werein his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom threefell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake verygreat things, whose look was more stout than his fellows.7:21 I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, andprevailed against them; 7:22 Until the Ancient of days came, andjudgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time camethat the saints possessed the kingdom.7:23 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom uponearth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour thewhole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.7:24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shallarise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse fromthe first, and he shall subdue three kings.7:25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shallwear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times andlaws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times andthe dividing of time.7:26 But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away hisdominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end.7:27 And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdomunder the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints ofthe most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and alldominions shall serve and obey him.7:28 Hitherto is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, mycogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but Ikept the matter in my heart.8:1 In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a visionappeared unto me, even unto me Daniel, after that which appeared untome at the first.8:2 And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I wasat Shushan in the palace, which is in the province of Elam; and I sawin a vision, and I was by the river of Ulai.8:3 Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stoodbefore the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns werehigh; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last.8:4 I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; sothat no beasts might stand before him, neither was there any thatcould deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will, andbecame great.8:5 And as I was considering, behold, an he goat came from the west onthe face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground: and the goathad a notable horn between his eyes.8:6 And he came to the ram that had two horns, which I had seenstanding before the river, and ran unto him in the fury of his power.8:7 And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved withcholer against him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns: andthere was no power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast himdown to the ground, and stamped upon him: and there was none thatcould deliver the ram out of his hand.8:8 Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong,the great horn was broken; and for it came up four notable ones towardthe four winds of heaven.8:9 And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxedexceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward thepleasant land.8:10 And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast downsome of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped uponthem.8:11 Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and byhim the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of the sanctuarywas cast down.8:12 And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reasonof transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and itpractised, and prospered.8:13 Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto thatcertain saint which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning thedaily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both thesanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot?  8:14 And he saidunto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall thesanctuary be cleansed.8:15 And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision,and sought for the meaning, then, behold, there stood before me as theappearance of a man.8:16 And I heard a man's voice between the banks of Ulai, whichcalled, and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision.8:17 So he came near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid,and fell upon my face: but he said unto me, Understand, O son of man:for at the time of the end shall be the vision.8:18 Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep on my facetoward the ground: but he touched me, and set me upright.8:19 And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in thelast end of the indignation: for at the time appointed the end shallbe.8:20 The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Mediaand Persia.8:21 And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn thatis between his eyes is the first king.8:22 Now that being broken, whereas four stood up for it, fourkingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not in his power.8:23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressorsare come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understandingdark sentences, shall stand up.8:24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and heshall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shalldestroy the mighty and the holy people.8:25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper inhis hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peaceshall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince ofprinces; but he shall be broken without hand.8:26 And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told istrue: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for manydays.8:27 And I Daniel fainted, and was sick certain days; afterward I roseup, and did the king's business; and I was astonished at the vision,but none understood it.9:1 In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed ofthe Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans; 9:2 Inthe first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number ofthe years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet,that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations ofJerusalem.9:3 And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer andsupplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes: 9:4 And Iprayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord,the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to themthat love him, and to them that keep his commandments; 9:5 We havesinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and haverebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments:9:6 Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, whichspake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and toall the people of the land.9:7 O LORD, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusionof faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitantsof Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are faroff, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, becauseof their trespass that they have trespassed against thee.9:8 O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to ourprinces, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee.9:9 To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though wehave rebelled against him; 9:10 Neither have we obeyed the voice ofthe LORD our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by hisservants the prophets.9:11 Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing,that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured uponus, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant ofGod, because we have sinned against him.9:12 And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, andagainst our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil:for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done uponJerusalem.9:13 As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come uponus: yet made we not our prayer before the LORD our God, that we mightturn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth.9:14 Therefore hath the LORD watched upon the evil, and brought itupon us: for the LORD our God is righteous in all his works which hedoeth: for we obeyed not his voice.9:15 And now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people forth outof the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast gotten thee renown,as at this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly.9:16 O LORD, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, letthine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thyholy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of ourfathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all thatare about us.9:17 Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and hissupplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that isdesolate, for the Lord's sake.9:18 O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, andbehold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: forwe do not present our supplications before thee for ourrighteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.9:19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not,for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are calledby thy name.9:20 And whiles I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin andthe sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before theLORD my God for the holy mountain of my God; 9:21 Yea, whiles I wasspeaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in thevision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me aboutthe time of the evening oblation.9:22 And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I amnow come forth to give thee skill and understanding.9:23 At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth,and I am come to shew thee; for thou art greatly beloved: thereforeunderstand the matter, and consider the vision.9:24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holycity, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and tomake reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlastingrighteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anointthe most Holy.9:25 Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of thecommandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah thePrince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the streetshall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.9:26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, butnot for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shalldestroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be witha flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.9:27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and inthe midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation tocease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make itdesolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall bepoured upon the desolate.10:1 In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealedunto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing wastrue, but the time appointed was long: and he understood the thing,and had understanding of the vision.10:2 In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks.10:3 I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth,neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks werefulfilled.10:4 And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was bythe side of the great river, which is Hiddekel; 10:5 Then I lifted upmine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen,whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz: 10:6 His body alsowas like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, andhis eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour topolished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of amultitude.10:7 And I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the men that were with mesaw not the vision; but a great quaking fell upon them, so that theyfled to hide themselves.10:8 Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and thereremained no strength in me: for my comeliness was turned in me intocorruption, and I retained no strength.10:9 Yet heard I the voice of his words: and when I heard the voice ofhis words, then was I in a deep sleep on my face, and my face towardthe ground.10:10 And, behold, an hand touched me, which set me upon my knees andupon the palms of my hands.10:11 And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understandthe words that I speak unto thee, and stand upright: for unto thee amI now sent.And when he had spoken this word unto me, I stood trembling.10:12 Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first daythat thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyselfbefore thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words.10:13 But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one andtwenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to helpme; and I remained there with the kings of Persia.10:14 Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thypeople in the latter days: for yet the vision is for many days.10:15 And when he had spoken such words unto me, I set my face towardthe ground, and I became dumb.10:16 And, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men touchedmy lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him thatstood before me, O my lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned uponme, and I have retained no strength.10:17 For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord?for as for me, straightway there remained no strength in me, neitheris there breath left in me.10:18 Then there came again and touched me one like the appearance ofa man, and he strengthened me, 10:19 And said, O man greatly beloved,fear not: peace be unto thee, be strong, yea, be strong. And when hehad spoken unto me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord speak;for thou hast strengthened me.10:20 Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? and nowwill I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am goneforth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come.10:21 But I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture oftruth: and there is none that holdeth with me in these things, butMichael your prince.11:1 Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood toconfirm and to strengthen him.11:2 And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand upyet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer thanthey all: and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up allagainst the realm of Grecia.11:3 And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with greatdominion, and do according to his will.11:4 And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, andshall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not to hisposterity, nor according to his dominion which he ruled: for hiskingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside those.11:5 And the king of the south shall be strong, and one of hisprinces; and he shall be strong above him, and have dominion; hisdominion shall be a great dominion.11:6 And in the end of years they shall join themselves together; forthe king's daughter of the south shall come to the king of the northto make an agreement: but she shall not retain the power of the arm;neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but she shall be given up, andthey that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthenedher in these times.11:7 But out of a branch of her roots shall one stand up in hisestate, which shall come with an army, and shall enter into thefortress of the king of the north, and shall deal against them, andshall prevail: 11:8 And shall also carry captives into Egypt theirgods, with their princes, and with their precious vessels of silverand of gold; and he shall continue more years than the king of thenorth.11:9 So the king of the south shall come into his kingdom, and shallreturn into his own land.11:10 But his sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitudeof great forces: and one shall certainly come, and overflow, and passthrough: then shall he return, and be stirred up, even to hisfortress.11:11 And the king of the south shall be moved with choler, and shallcome forth and fight with him, even with the king of the north: and heshall set forth a great multitude; but the multitude shall be giveninto his hand.11:12 And when he hath taken away the multitude, his heart shall belifted up; and he shall cast down many ten thousands: but he shall notbe strengthened by it.11:13 For the king of the north shall return, and shall set forth amultitude greater than the former, and shall certainly come aftercertain years with a great army and with much riches.11:14 And in those times there shall many stand up against the king ofthe south: also the robbers of thy people shall exalt themselves toestablish the vision; but they shall fall.11:15 So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mount, andtake the most fenced cities: and the arms of the south shall notwithstand, neither his chosen people, neither shall there be anystrength to withstand.11:16 But he that cometh against him shall do according to his ownwill, and none shall stand before him: and he shall stand in theglorious land, which by his hand shall be consumed.11:17 He shall also set his face to enter with the strength of hiswhole kingdom, and upright ones with him; thus shall he do: and heshall give him the daughter of women, corrupting her: but she shallnot stand on his side, neither be for him.11:18 After this shall he turn his face unto the isles, and shall takemany: but a prince for his own behalf shall cause the reproach offeredby him to cease; without his own reproach he shall cause it to turnupon him.11:19 Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land: buthe shall stumble and fall, and not be found.11:20 Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes in the gloryof the kingdom: but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither inanger, nor in battle.11:21 And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom theyshall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come inpeaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.11:22 And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from beforehim, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant.11:23 And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully:for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.11:24 He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of theprovince; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, norhis fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil,and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strongholds, even for a time.11:25 And he shall stir up his power and his courage against the kingof the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall bestirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army; but he shallnot stand: for they shall forecast devices against him.11:26 Yea, they that feed of the portion of his meat shall destroyhim, and his army shall overflow: and many shall fall down slain.11:27 And both of these kings' hearts shall be to do mischief, andthey shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper: for yetthe end shall be at the time appointed.11:28 Then shall he return into his land with great riches; and hisheart shall be against the holy covenant; and he shall do exploits,and return to his own land.11:29 At the time appointed he shall return, and come toward thesouth; but it shall not be as the former, or as the latter.11:30 For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore heshall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holycovenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligencewith them that forsake the holy covenant.11:31 And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute thesanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, andthey shall place the abomination that maketh desolate.11:32 And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt byflatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, anddo exploits.11:33 And they that understand among the people shall instruct many:yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and byspoil, many days.11:34 Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a littlehelp: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries.11:35 And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, andto purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: becauseit is yet for a time appointed.11:36 And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalthimself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speakmarvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till theindignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall bedone.11:37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desireof women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.11:38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a godwhom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, andwith precious stones, and pleasant things.11:39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god,whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall causethem to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain.11:40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push athim: and the king of the north shall come against him like awhirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; andhe shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.11:41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countriesshall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, evenEdom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.11:42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and theland of Egypt shall not escape.11:43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and ofsilver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans andthe Ethiopians shall be at his steps.11:44 But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall troublehim: therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, andutterly to make away many.11:45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between theseas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, andnone shall help him.12:1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince whichstandeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time oftrouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that sametime: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one thatshall be found written in the book.12:2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake,some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.12:3 And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of thefirmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever.12:4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even tothe time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall beincreased.12:5 Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the oneon this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side ofthe bank of the river.12:6 And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was upon thewaters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders?12:7 And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the watersof the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand untoheaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for atime, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished toscatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall befinished.12:8 And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, whatshall be the end of these things?  12:9 And he said, Go thy way,Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of theend.12:10 Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but thewicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; butthe wise shall understand.12:11 And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away,and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be athousand two hundred and ninety days.12:12 Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand threehundred and five and thirty days.12:13 But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest,and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.Hosea1:1 The word of the LORD that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, inthe days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and inthe days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.1:2 The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD saidto Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children ofwhoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing fromthe LORD.1:3 So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; whichconceived, and bare him a son.1:4 And the LORD said unto him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet alittle while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house ofJehu, and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel.1:5 And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bowof Israel, in the valley of Jezreel.1:6 And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And God said untohim, Call her name Loruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon thehouse of Israel; but I will utterly take them away.1:7 But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save themby the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword,nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.1:8 Now when she had weaned Loruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son.1:9 Then said God, Call his name Loammi: for ye are not my people, andI will not be your God.1:10 Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand ofthe sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come topass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not mypeople, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of theliving God.1:11 Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel begathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shallcome up out of the land: for great shall be the day of Jezreel.2:1 Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah.2:2 Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither amI her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of hersight, and her adulteries from between her breasts; 2:3 Lest I stripher naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make heras a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her withthirst.2:4 And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be thechildren of whoredoms.2:5 For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived themhath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, thatgive me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and mydrink.2:6 Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make awall, that she shall not find her paths.2:7 And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtakethem; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall shesay, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it betterwith me than now.2:8 For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, andmultiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal.2:9 Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the timethereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will recover my wooland my flax given to cover her nakedness.2:10 And now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers,and none shall deliver her out of mine hand.2:11 I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her newmoons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts.2:12 And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, whereof she hathsaid, These are my rewards that my lovers have given me: and I willmake them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them.2:13 And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burnedincense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and herjewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the LORD.2:14 Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into thewilderness, and speak comfortably unto her.2:15 And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley ofAchor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days ofher youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land ofEgypt.2:16 And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, that thou shalt callme Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali.2:17 For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, andthey shall no more be remembered by their name.2:18 And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beastsof the field and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creepingthings of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and thebattle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely.2:19 And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroththee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness,and in mercies.2:20 I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shaltknow the LORD.2:21 And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith theLORD, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth; 2:22 Andthe earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and theyshall hear Jezreel.2:23 And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercyupon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them whichwere not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou artmy God.3:1 Then said the LORD unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of herfriend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the LORD towardthe children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons ofwine.3:2 So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for anhomer of barley, and an half homer of barley: 3:3 And I said unto her,Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, andthou shalt not be for another man: so will I also be for thee.3:4 For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king,and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image,and without an ephod, and without teraphim: 3:5 Afterward shall thechildren of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and Davidtheir king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latterdays.4:1 Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORDhath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there isno truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.4:2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committingadultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.4:3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleththerein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with thefowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.4:4 Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are asthey that strive with the priest.4:5 Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shallfall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother.4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hastrejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be nopriest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I willalso forget thy children.4:7 As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore willI change their glory into shame.4:8 They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart ontheir iniquity.4:9 And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punishthem for their ways, and reward them their doings.4:10 For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commitwhoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to takeheed to the LORD.4:11 Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.4:12 My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declarethunto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, andthey have gone a whoring from under their God.4:13 They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incenseupon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadowthereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, andyour spouses shall commit adultery.4:14 I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, noryour spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separatedwith whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the peoplethat doth not understand shall fall.4:15 Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend;and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Bethaven, nor swear,The LORD liveth.4:16 For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORDwill feed them as a lamb in a large place.4:17 Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.4:18 Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually:her rulers with shame do love, Give ye.4:19 The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall beashamed because of their sacrifices.5:1 Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and giveye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because yehave been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.5:2 And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I havebeen a rebuker of them all.5:3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim,thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled.5:4 They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for thespirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not knownthe LORD.5:5 And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shallIsrael and Ephraim fall in their iniquity: Judah also shall fall withthem.5:6 They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek theLORD; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself fromthem.5:7 They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they havebegotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with theirportions.5:8 Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloudat Bethaven, after thee, O Benjamin.5:9 Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribesof Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.5:10 The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound:therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.5:11 Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willinglywalked after the commandment.5:12 Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house ofJudah as rottenness.5:13 When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then wentEphraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not healyou, nor cure you of your wound.5:14 For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to thehouse of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away,and none shall rescue him.5:15 I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge theiroffence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek meearly.6:1 Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and hewill heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.6:2 After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raiseus up, and we shall live in his sight.6:3 Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his goingforth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as therain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.6:4 O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I dounto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the earlydew it goeth away.6:5 Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them bythe words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goethforth.6:6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of Godmore than burnt offerings.6:7 But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have theydealt treacherously against me.6:8 Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted withblood.6:9 And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priestsmurder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.6:10 I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there isthe whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.6:11 Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returnedthe captivity of my people.7:1 When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim wasdiscovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood;and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without.7:2 And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all theirwickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they arebefore my face.7:3 They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princeswith their lies.7:4 They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, whoceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it beleavened.7:5 In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottlesof wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.7:6 For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they liein wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burnethas a flaming fire.7:7 They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; alltheir kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me.7:8 Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cakenot turned.7:9 Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea,gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not.7:10 And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do notreturn to the LORD their God, nor seek him for all this.7:11 Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call toEgypt, they go to Assyria.7:12 When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bringthem down as the fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them, as theircongregation hath heard.7:13 Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them!because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemedthem, yet they have spoken lies against me.7:14 And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when theyhowled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine,and they rebel against me.7:15 Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do theyimagine mischief against me.7:16 They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitfulbow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of theirtongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.8:1 Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle againstthe house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant, andtrespassed against my law.8:2 Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee.8:3 Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shallpursue him.8:4 They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, andI knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made themidols, that they may be cut off.8:5 Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindledagainst them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?  8:6For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is notGod: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.8:7 For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: ithath no stalk; the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, thestrangers shall swallow it up.8:8 Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as avessel wherein is no pleasure.8:9 For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself:Ephraim hath hired lovers.8:10 Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gatherthem, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king ofprinces.8:11 Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall beunto him to sin.8:12 I have written to him the great things of my law, but they werecounted as a strange thing.8:13 They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, andeat it; but the LORD accepteth them not; now will he remember theiriniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.8:14 For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; andJudah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon hiscities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.9:1 Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people: for thou hastgone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved a reward upon everycornfloor.9:2 The floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wineshall fail in her.9:3 They shall not dwell in the LORD's land; but Ephraim shall returnto Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria.9:4 They shall not offer wine offerings to the LORD, neither shallthey be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto them as thebread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted: for theirbread for their soul shall not come into the house of the LORD.9:5 What will ye do in the solemn day, and in the day of the feast ofthe LORD?  9:6 For, lo, they are gone because of destruction: Egyptshall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant places fortheir silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns shall be in theirtabernacles.9:7 The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come;Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad,for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred.9:8 The watchman of Ephraim was with my God: but the prophet is asnare of a fowler in all his ways, and hatred in the house of his God.9:9 They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah:therefore he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins.9:10 I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathersas the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went toBaalpeor, and separated themselves unto that shame; and theirabominations were according as they loved.9:11 As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from thebirth, and from the womb, and from the conception.9:12 Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them,that there shall not be a man left: yea, woe also to them when Idepart from them!  9:13 Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus, is planted in apleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring forth his children to themurderer.9:14 Give them, O LORD: what wilt thou give? give them a miscarryingwomb and dry breasts.9:15 All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: forthe wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, Iwill love them no more: all their princes are revolters.9:16 Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear nofruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the belovedfruit of their womb.9:17 My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken untohim: and they shall be wanderers among the nations.10:1 Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself:according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars;according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images.10:2 Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shallbreak down their altars, he shall spoil their images.10:3 For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared notthe LORD; what then should a king do to us?  10:4 They have spokenwords, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springethup as hemlock in the furrows of the field.10:5 The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves ofBethaven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the prieststhereof that rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it isdeparted from it.10:6 It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a present to kingJareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of hisown counsel.10:7 As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon the water.10:8 The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall bedestroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars;and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fallon us.10:9 O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah: there theystood: the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did notovertake them.10:10 It is in my desire that I should chastise them; and the peopleshall be gathered against them, when they shall bind themselves intheir two furrows.10:11 And Ephraim is as an heifer that is taught, and loveth to treadout the corn; but I passed over upon her fair neck: I will makeEphraim to ride; Judah shall plow, and Jacob shall break his clods.10:12 Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up yourfallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rainrighteousness upon you.10:13 Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye haveeaten the fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in thy way, in themultitude of thy mighty men.10:14 Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thyfortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Betharbel in the dayof battle: the mother was dashed in pieces upon her children.10:15 So shall Bethel do unto you because of your great wickedness: ina morning shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off.11:1 When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son outof Egypt.11:2 As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed untoBaalim, and burned incense to graven images.11:3 I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but theyknew not that I healed them.11:4 I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was tothem as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meatunto them.11:5 He shall not return into the land of Egypt, and the Assyrianshall be his king, because they refused to return.11:6 And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume hisbranches, and devour them, because of their own counsels.11:7 And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they calledthem to the most High, none at all would exalt him.11:8 How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee,Israel?  how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee asZeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindledtogether.11:9 I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will notreturn to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One inthe midst of thee: and I will not enter into the city.11:10 They shall walk after the LORD: he shall roar like a lion: whenhe shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west.11:11 They shall tremble as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out ofthe land of Assyria: and I will place them in their houses, saith theLORD.11:12 Ephraim compasseth me about with lies, and the house of Israelwith deceit: but Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with thesaints.12:1 Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: hedaily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant withthe Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.12:2 The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punishJacob according to his ways; according to his doings will herecompense him.12:3 He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strengthhe had power with God: 12:4 Yea, he had power over the angel, andprevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him inBethel, and there he spake with us; 12:5 Even the LORD God of hosts;the LORD is his memorial.12:6 Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment and waiton thy God continually.12:7 He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: heloveth to oppress.12:8 And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me outsubstance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me thatwere sin.12:9 And I that am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt will yetmake thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the solemn feast.12:10 I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multipliedvisions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.12:11 Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: theysacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in thefurrows of the fields.12:12 And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served fora wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.12:13 And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by aprophet was he preserved.12:14 Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall heleave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his LORD return untohim.13:1 When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; butwhen he offended in Baal, he died.13:2 And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten imagesof their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, allof it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men thatsacrifice kiss the calves.13:3 Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud and as the early dewthat passeth away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind outof the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.13:4 Yet I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shaltknow no god but me: for there is no saviour beside me.13:5 I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.13:6 According to their pasture, so were they filled; they werefilled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.13:7 Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the waywill I observe them: 13:8 I will meet them as a bear that is bereavedof her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will Idevour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.13:9 O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help.13:10 I will be thy king: where is any other that may save thee in allthy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king andprinces?  13:11 I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away inmy wrath.13:12 The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hid.13:13 The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is anunwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breakingforth of children.13:14 I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeemthem from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will bethy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.13:15 Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shallcome, the wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness, and hisspring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shallspoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels.13:16 Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against herGod: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed inpieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.14:1 O israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen bythine iniquity.14:2 Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Takeaway all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render thecalves of our lips.14:3 Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neitherwill we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for inthee the fatherless findeth mercy.14:4 I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mineanger is turned away from him.14:5 I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, andcast forth his roots as Lebanon.14:6 His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olivetree, and his smell as Lebanon.14:7 They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall reviveas the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as thewine of Lebanon.14:8 Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I haveheard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me isthy fruit found.14:9 Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, andhe shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the justshall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.Joel1:1 The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.1:2 Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land.Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?  1:3Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell theirchildren, and their children another generation.1:4 That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; andthat which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and thatwhich the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.1:5 Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine,because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.1:6 For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number,whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of agreat lion.1:7 He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath madeit clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white.1:8 Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of heryouth.1:9 The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the houseof the LORD; the priests, the LORD's ministers, mourn.1:10 The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted:the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.1:11 Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for thewheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field isperished.1:12 The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; thepomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all thetrees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away fromthe sons of men.1:13 Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers ofthe altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God:for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from thehouse of your God.1:14 Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders andall the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD your God,and cry unto the LORD, 1:15 Alas for the day! for the day of the LORDis at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.1:16 Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladnessfrom the house of our God?  1:17 The seed is rotten under their clods,the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the cornis withered.1:18 How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed,because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are madedesolate.1:19 O LORD, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured thepastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees ofthe field.1:20 The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers ofwaters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of thewilderness.2:1 Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holymountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day ofthe LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand; 2:2 A day of darkness and ofgloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morningspread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath notbeen ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to theyears of many generations.2:3 A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: theland is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolatewilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.2:4 The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and ashorsemen, so shall they run.2:5 Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall theyleap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, asa strong people set in battle array.2:6 Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shallgather blackness.2:7 They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like menof war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall notbreak their ranks: 2:8 Neither shall one thrust another; they shallwalk every one in his path: and when they fall upon the sword, theyshall not be wounded.2:9 They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon thewall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at thewindows like a thief.2:10 The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: thesun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw theirshining: 2:11 And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army: forhis camp is very great: for he is strong that executeth his word: forthe day of the LORD is great and very terrible; and who can abide it?2:12 Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with allyour heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:2:13 And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto theLORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and ofgreat kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.2:14 Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessingbehind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto the LORDyour God?  2:15 Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call asolemn assembly: 2:16 Gather the people, sanctify the congregation,assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck thebreasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride outof her closet.2:17 Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between theporch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, andgive not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule overthem: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?2:18 Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people.2:19 Yea, the LORD will answer and say unto his people, Behold, I willsend you corn, and wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied therewith:and I will no more make you a reproach among the heathen: 2:20 But Iwill remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive himinto a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea,and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall comeup, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done greatthings.2:21 Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the LORD will do greatthings.2:22 Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of thewilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree andthe vine do yield their strength.2:23 Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD yourGod: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he willcause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latterrain in the first month.2:24 And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the vats shalloverflow with wine and oil.2:25 And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten,the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great armywhich I sent among you.2:26 And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the nameof the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and mypeople shall never be ashamed.2:27 And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I amthe LORD your God, and none else: and my people shall never beashamed.2:28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out myspirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shallprophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall seevisions: 2:29 And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids inthose days will I pour out my spirit.2:30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood,and fire, and pillars of smoke.2:31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood,before the great and terrible day of the LORD come.2:32 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the nameof the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalemshall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whomthe LORD shall call.3:1 For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bringagain the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, 3:2 I will also gather allnations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, andwill plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel,whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.3:3 And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for anharlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.3:4 Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and allthe coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if yerecompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompence uponyour own head; 3:5 Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, andhave carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things: 3:6 Thechildren also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold untothe Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border.3:7 Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have soldthem, and will return your recompence upon your own head: 3:8 And Iwill sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the childrenof Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people faroff: for the LORD hath spoken it.3:9 Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up themighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up: 3:10Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruninghooks into spears:let the weak say, I am strong.3:11 Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gatheryourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to comedown, O LORD.3:12 Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley ofJehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen roundabout.3:13 Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get youdown; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickednessis great.3:14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day ofthe LORD is near in the valley of decision.3:15 The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shallwithdraw their shining.3:16 The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice fromJerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORDwill be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children ofIsrael.3:17 So shall ye know that I am the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, myholy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall nostrangers pass through her any more.3:18 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shalldrop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all therivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall comeforth out of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley ofShittim.3:19 Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolatewilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, becausethey have shed innocent blood in their land.3:20 But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation togeneration.3:21 For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for theLORD dwelleth in Zion.Amos1:1 The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which hesaw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in thedays of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before theearthquake.1:2 And he said, The LORD will roar from Zion, and utter his voicefrom Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, andthe top of Carmel shall wither.1:3 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Damascus, and forfour, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they havethreshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron: 1:4 But I willsend a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palacesof Benhadad.1:5 I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitantfrom the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from thehouse of Eden: and the people of Syria shall go into captivity untoKir, saith the LORD.1:6 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Gaza, and forfour, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because theycarried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver them up to Edom:1:7 But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour thepalaces thereof: 1:8 And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod,and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will turn minehand against Ekron: and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish,saith the Lord GOD.1:9 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Tyrus, and forfour, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because theydelivered up the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not thebrotherly covenant: 1:10 But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus,which shall devour the palaces thereof.1:11 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom, and forfour, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he didpursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and hisanger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever: 1:12 But Iwill send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.1:13 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of the children ofAmmon, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof;because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that theymight enlarge their border: 1:14 But I will kindle a fire in the wallof Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting inthe day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind: 1:15And their king shall go into captivity, he and his princes together,saith the LORD.2:1 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Moab, and forfour, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burnedthe bones of the king of Edom into lime: 2:2 But I will send a fireupon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kirioth: and Moab shalldie with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet: 2:3And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay allthe princes thereof with him, saith the LORD.2:4 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and forfour, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they havedespised the law of the LORD, and have not kept his commandments, andtheir lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers havewalked: 2:5 But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour thepalaces of Jerusalem.2:6 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and forfour, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they soldthe righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes; 2:7 Thatpant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turnaside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in untothe same maid, to profane my holy name: 2:8 And they lay themselvesdown upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink thewine of the condemned in the house of their god.2:9 Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like theheight of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyedhis fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.2:10 Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you fortyyears through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.2:11 And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young menfor Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith theLORD.2:12 But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded theprophets, saying, Prophesy not.2:13 Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is fullof sheaves.2:14 Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strongshall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliverhimself: 2:15 Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and hethat is swift of foot shall not deliver himself: neither shall he thatrideth the horse deliver himself.2:16 And he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away nakedin that day, saith the LORD.3:1 Hear this word that the LORD hath spoken against you, O childrenof Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the landof Egypt, saying, 3:2 You only have I known of all the families of theearth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.3:3 Can two walk together, except they be agreed?  3:4 Will a lionroar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out ofhis den, if he have taken nothing?  3:5 Can a bird fall in a snareupon the earth, where no gin is for him?  shall one take up a snarefrom the earth, and have taken nothing at all?  3:6 Shall a trumpet beblown in the city, and the people not be afraid?  shall there be evilin a city, and the LORD hath not done it?  3:7 Surely the Lord GODwill do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants theprophets.3:8 The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath spoken,who can but prophesy?  3:9 Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and inthe palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves uponthe mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midstthereof, and the oppressed in the midst thereof.3:10 For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store upviolence and robbery in their palaces.3:11 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; An adversary there shall beeven round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength fromthee, and thy palaces shall be spoiled.3:12 Thus saith the LORD; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth ofthe lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children ofIsrael be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, andin Damascus in a couch.3:13 Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord GOD,the God of hosts, 3:14 That in the day that I shall visit thetransgressions of Israel upon him I will also visit the altars ofBethel: and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to theground.3:15 And I will smite the winter house with the summer house; and thehouses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end,saith the LORD.4:1 Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain ofSamaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say totheir masters, Bring, and let us drink.4:2 The Lord GOD hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shallcome upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, and yourposterity with fishhooks.4:3 And ye shall go out at the breaches, every cow at that which isbefore her; and ye shall cast them into the palace, saith the LORD.4:4 Come to Bethel, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression;and bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes after threeyears: 4:5 And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, andproclaim and publish the free offerings: for this liketh you, O yechildren of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.4:6 And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities,and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not returned untome, saith the LORD.4:7 And also I have withholden the rain from you, when there were yetthree months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city,and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rainedupon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.4:8 So two or three cities wandered unto one city, to drink water; butthey were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith theLORD.4:9 I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens andyour vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, thepalmerworm devoured them: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith theLORD.4:10 I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt:your young men have I slain with the sword, and have taken away yourhorses; and I have made the stink of your camps to come up unto yournostrils: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.4:11 I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom andGomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yethave ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.4:12 Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I willdo this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.4:13 For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind,and declareth unto man what is his thought, that maketh the morningdarkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The LORD,The God of hosts, is his name.5:1 Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation,O house of Israel.5:2 The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she isforsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up.5:3 For thus saith the Lord GOD; The city that went out by a thousandshall leave an hundred, and that which went forth by an hundred shallleave ten, to the house of Israel.5:4 For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, andye shall live: 5:5 But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, andpass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, andBethel shall come to nought.5:6 Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire inthe house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it inBethel.5:7 Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness inthe earth, 5:8 Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, andturneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day darkwith night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth themout upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name: 5:9 Thatstrengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiledshall come against the fortress.5:10 They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him thatspeaketh uprightly.5:11 Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and yetake from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone,but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards,but ye shall not drink wine of them.5:12 For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins:they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poorin the gate from their right.5:13 Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it isan evil time.5:14 Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, theGod of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.5:15 Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in thegate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto theremnant of Joseph.5:16 Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the LORD, saith thus;Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all thehighways, Alas! alas!  and they shall call the husbandman to mourning,and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.5:17 And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass throughthee, saith the LORD.5:18 Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is itfor you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.5:19 As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or wentinto the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bithim.5:20 Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? evenvery dark, and no brightness in it?  5:21 I hate, I despise your feastdays, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.5:22 Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, Iwill not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings ofyour fat beasts.5:23 Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will nothear the melody of thy viols.5:24 But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as amighty stream.5:25 Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in thewilderness forty years, O house of Israel?  5:26 But ye have borne thetabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god,which ye made to yourselves.5:27 Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus,saith the LORD, whose name is The God of hosts.6:1 Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain ofSamaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house ofIsrael came!  6:2 Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go yeto Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be theybetter than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border?6:3 Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violenceto come near; 6:4 That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselvesupon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calvesout of the midst of the stall; 6:5 That chant to the sound of theviol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David; 6:6That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chiefointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.6:7 Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that gocaptive, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall beremoved.6:8 The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself, saith the LORD the God ofhosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces:therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein.6:9 And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house,that they shall die.6:10 And a man's uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, tobring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that isby the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shallsay, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not makemention of the name of the LORD.6:11 For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the greathouse with breaches, and the little house with clefts.6:12 Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen?for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousnessinto hemlock: 6:13 Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say,Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?  6:14 But, behold,I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith theLORD the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering inof Hemath unto the river of the wilderness.7:1 Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me; and, behold, he formedgrasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth;and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings.7:2 And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating thegrass of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech thee:by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.7:3 The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD.7:4 Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord GODcalled to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eatup a part.7:5 Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shallJacob arise? for he is small.7:6 The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the LordGOD.7:7 Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the LORD stood upon a wall made bya plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.7:8 And the LORD said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, Aplumbline. Then said the LORD, Behold, I will set a plumbline in themidst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more: 7:9And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries ofIsrael shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house ofJeroboam with the sword.7:10 Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king ofIsrael, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of thehouse of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words.7:11 For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israelshall surely be led away captive out of their own land.7:12 Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away intothe land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there: 7:13 Butprophesy not again any more at Bethel: for it is the king's chapel,and it is the king's court.7:14 Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet,neither was I a prophet's son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer ofsycomore fruit: 7:15 And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, andthe LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.7:16 Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest,Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the houseof Isaac.7:17 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Thy wife shall be an harlot in thecity, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thyland shall be divided by line; and thou shalt die in a polluted land:and Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of his land.8:1 Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and behold a basket ofsummer fruit.8:2 And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summerfruit. Then said the LORD unto me, The end is come upon my people ofIsrael; I will not again pass by them any more.8:3 And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saiththe Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; theyshall cast them forth with silence.8:4 Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poorof the land to fail, 8:5 Saying, When will the new moon be gone, thatwe may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, makingthe ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances bydeceit?  8:6 That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for apair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?  8:7 The LORDhath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget anyof their works.8:8 Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn thatdwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shallbe cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.8:9 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that Iwill cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth inthe clear day: 8:10 And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and allyour songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon allloins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as themourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.8:11 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send afamine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, butof hearing the words of the LORD: 8:12 And they shall wander from seato sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and froto seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it.8:13 In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint forthirst.8:14 They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan,liveth; and, The manner of Beersheba liveth; even they shall fall, andnever rise up again.9:1 I saw the LORD standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite thelintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in thehead, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: hethat fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of themshall not be delivered.9:2 Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them;though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down: 9:3 Andthough they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search andtake them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in thebottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shallbite them: 9:4 And though they go into captivity before their enemies,thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I willset mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.9:5 And the Lord GOD of hosts is he that toucheth the land, and itshall melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall riseup wholly like a flood; and shall be drowned, as by the flood ofEgypt.9:6 It is he that buildeth his stories in the heaven, and hath foundedhis troop in the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, andpoureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name.9:7 Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children ofIsrael? saith the LORD. Have not I brought up Israel out of the landof Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?9:8 Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinful kingdom, andI will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that I willnot utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the LORD.9:9 For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel amongall nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not theleast grain fall upon the earth.9:10 All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say,The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.9:11 In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that isfallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up hisruins, and I will build it as in the days of old: 9:12 That they maypossess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are calledby my name, saith the LORD that doeth this.9:13 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the plowman shallovertake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed;and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.9:14 And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, andthey shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shallplant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also makegardens, and eat the fruit of them.9:15 And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more bepulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the LORDthy God.Obadiah1:1 The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom;We have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent amongthe heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle.1:2 Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatlydespised.1:3 The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest inthe clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in hisheart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?  1:4 Though thou exaltthyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars,thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.1:5 If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cutoff!)  would they not have stolen till they had enough? if thegrapegatherers came to thee, would they not leave some grapes?  1:6How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden thingssought up!  1:7 All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee evento the border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceivedthee, and prevailed against thee; that they eat thy bread have laid awound under thee: there is none understanding in him.1:8 Shall I not in that day, saith the LORD, even destroy the wise menout of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?  1:9 And thymighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one ofthe mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter.1:10 For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall coverthee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.1:11 In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day thatthe strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners enteredinto his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one ofthem.1:12 But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother inthe day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou haverejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction;neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress.1:13 Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in theday of their calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked on theiraffliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid hands on theirsubstance in the day of their calamity; 1:14 Neither shouldest thouhave stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape;neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that did remainin the day of distress.1:15 For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thouhast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return uponthine own head.1:16 For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all theheathen drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and they shallswallow down, and they shall be as though they had not been.1:17 But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall beholiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.1:18 And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph aflame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle inthem, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of thehouse of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken it.1:19 And they of the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and theyof the plain the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields ofEphraim, and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.1:20 And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel shallpossess that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the captivityof Jerusalem, which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of thesouth.1:21 And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount ofEsau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD's.Jonah1:1 Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai,saying, 1:2 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it;for their wickedness is come up before me.1:3 But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of theLORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish:so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with themunto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.1:4 But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was amighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.1:5 Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god,and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, tolighten it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of theship; and he lay, and was fast asleep.1:6 So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanestthou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God willthink upon us, that we perish not.1:7 And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots,that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us. So they castlots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.1:8 Then said they unto him, Tell us, we pray thee, for whose causethis evil is upon us; What is thine occupation? and whence comestthou? what is thy country? and of what people art thou?  1:9 And hesaid unto them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God ofheaven, which hath made the sea and the dry land.1:10 Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him. Why hastthou done this? For the men knew that he fled from the presence of theLORD, because he had told them.1:11 Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the seamay be calm unto us? for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous.1:12 And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into thesea; so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for my sakethis great tempest is upon you.1:13 Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but theycould not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them.1:14 Wherefore they cried unto the LORD, and said, We beseech thee, OLORD, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man's life, and laynot upon us innocent blood: for thou, O LORD, hast done as it pleasedthee.1:15 So they look up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and thesea ceased from her raging.1:16 Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrificeunto the LORD, and made vows.1:17 Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. AndJonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.2:1 Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly,2:2 And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, andhe heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest myvoice.2:3 For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas;and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy wavespassed over me.2:4 Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look againtoward thy holy temple.2:5 The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closedme round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.2:6 I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with herbars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life fromcorruption, O LORD my God.2:7 When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and myprayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.2:8 They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.2:9 But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; Iwill pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD.2:10 And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah uponthe dry land.3:1 And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying,3:2 Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it thepreaching that I bid thee.3:3 So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word ofthe LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days'journey.3:4 And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and hecried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.3:5 So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, andput on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.3:6 For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from histhrone, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth,and sat in ashes.3:7 And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh bythe decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man norbeast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drinkwater: 3:8 But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and crymightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, andfrom the violence that is in their hands.3:9 Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from hisfierce anger, that we perish not?  3:10 And God saw their works, thatthey turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that hehad said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.4:1 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.4:2 And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, wasnot this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fledbefore unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, andmerciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee ofthe evil.4:3 Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; forit is better for me to die than to live.4:4 Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry?  4:5 So Jonahwent out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and theremade him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might seewhat would become of the city.4:6 And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up overJonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him fromhis grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd.4:7 But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and itsmote the gourd that it withered.4:8 And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared avehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that hefainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for meto die than to live.4:9 And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd?And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.4:10 Then said the LORD, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for thewhich thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up ina night, and perished in a night: 4:11 And should not I spare Nineveh,that great city, wherein are more then sixscore thousand persons thatcannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and alsomuch cattle?Micah1:1 The word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morasthite in thedays of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he sawconcerning Samaria and Jerusalem.1:2 Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is:and let the Lord GOD be witness against you, the LORD from his holytemple.1:3 For, behold, the LORD cometh forth out of his place, and will comedown, and tread upon the high places of the earth.1:4 And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shallbe cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poureddown a steep place.1:5 For the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for the sins ofthe house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? is it notSamaria? and what are the high places of Judah? are they notJerusalem?  1:6 Therefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the field,and as plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour down the stonesthereof into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof.1:7 And all the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces, andall the hires thereof shall be burned with the fire, and all the idolsthereof will I lay desolate: for she gathered it of the hire of anharlot, and they shall return to the hire of an harlot.1:8 Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: Iwill make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.1:9 For her wound is incurable; for it is come unto Judah; he is comeunto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.1:10 Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house ofAphrah roll thyself in the dust.1:11 Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir, having thy shame naked:the inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth in the mourning of Bethezel;he shall receive of you his standing.1:12 For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evilcame down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem.1:13 O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swiftbeast: she is the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion: forthe transgressions of Israel were found in thee.1:14 Therefore shalt thou give presents to Moreshethgath: the housesof Achzib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel.1:15 Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah: heshall come unto Adullam the glory of Israel.1:16 Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlargethy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.2:1 Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds!when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in thepower of their hand.2:2 And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, andtake them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man andhis heritage.2:3 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, against this family do Idevise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neithershall ye go haughtily: for this time is evil.2:4 In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lamentwith a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hathchanged the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me!turning away he hath divided our fields.2:5 Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord by lot inthe congregation of the LORD.2:6 Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall notprophesy to them, that they shall not take shame.2:7 O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of theLORD straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good to himthat walketh uprightly?  2:8 Even of late my people is risen up as anenemy: ye pull off the robe with the garment from them that pass bysecurely as men averse from war.2:9 The women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasanthouses; from their children have ye taken away my glory for ever.2:10 Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it ispolluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction.2:11 If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, Iwill prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even bethe prophet of this people.2:12 I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surelygather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep ofBozrah, as the flock in the midst of their fold: they shall make greatnoise by reason of the multitude of men.2:13 The breaker is come up before them: they have broken up, and havepassed through the gate, and are gone out by it: and their king shallpass before them, and the LORD on the head of them.3:1 And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes ofthe house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment?  3:2 Who hatethe good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them,and their flesh from off their bones; 3:3 Who also eat the flesh of mypeople, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones,and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within thecaldron.3:4 Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but he will not hear them: hewill even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behavedthemselves ill in their doings.3:5 Thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that make my peopleerr, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that puttethnot into their mouths, they even prepare war against him.3:6 Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have avision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; andthe sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be darkover them.3:7 Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea,they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.3:8 But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and ofjudgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, andto Israel his sin.3:9 Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princesof the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.3:10 They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.3:11 The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teachfor hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will theylean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil cancome upon us.3:12 Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, andJerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as thehigh places of the forest.4:1 But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain ofthe house of the LORD shall be established in the top of themountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shallflow unto it.4:2 And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up tothe mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and hewill teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the lawshall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.4:3 And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nationsafar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and theirspears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword againstnation, neither shall they learn war any more.4:4 But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his figtree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the LORD ofhosts hath spoken it.4:5 For all people will walk every one in the name of his god, and wewill walk in the name of the LORD our God for ever and ever.4:6 In that day, saith the LORD, will I assemble her that halteth, andI will gather her that is driven out, and her that I have afflicted;4:7 And I will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was castfar off a strong nation: and the LORD shall reign over them in mountZion from henceforth, even for ever.4:8 And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter ofZion, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdomshall come to the daughter of Jerusalem.4:9 Now why dost thou cry out aloud? is there no king in thee? is thycounsellor perished? for pangs have taken thee as a woman in travail.4:10 Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like awoman in travail: for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, andthou shalt dwell in the field, and thou shalt go even to Babylon;there shalt thou be delivered; there the LORD shall redeem thee fromthe hand of thine enemies.4:11 Now also many nations are gathered against thee, that say, Lether be defiled, and let our eye look upon Zion.4:12 But they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understandthey his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into thefloor.4:13 Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horniron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in piecesmany people: and I will consecrate their gain unto the LORD, and theirsubstance unto the Lord of the whole earth.5:1 Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laidsiege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod uponthe cheek.5:2 But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among thethousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me thatis to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old,from everlasting.5:3 Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she whichtravaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shallreturn unto the children of Israel.5:4 And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the LORD, in themajesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall abide: for nowshall he be great unto the ends of the earth.5:5 And this man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come intoour land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raiseagainst him seven shepherds, and eight principal men.5:6 And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and theland of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us fromthe Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadethwithin our borders.5:7 And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as adew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth notfor man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.5:8 And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midstof many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a younglion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadethdown, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.5:9 Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and allthine enemies shall be cut off.5:10 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that Iwill cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroythy chariots: 5:11 And I will cut off the cities of thy land, andthrow down all thy strong holds: 5:12 And I will cut off witchcraftsout of thine hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers: 5:13 Thygraven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out of themidst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands.5:14 And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so willI destroy thy cities.5:15 And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen,such as they have not heard.6:1 Hear ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend thou before themountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.6:2 Hear ye, O mountains, the LORD's controversy, and ye strongfoundations of the earth: for the LORD hath a controversy with hispeople, and he will plead with Israel.6:3 O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have Iwearied thee? testify against me.6:4 For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed theeout of the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, andMiriam.6:5 O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, andwhat Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal;that ye may know the righteousness of the LORD.6:6 Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before thehigh God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves ofa year old?  6:7 Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, orwith ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for mytransgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?  6:8 Hehath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD requireof thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly withthy God?  6:9 The LORD's voice crieth unto the city, and the man ofwisdom shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.6:10 Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of thewicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?  6:11 Shall I countthem pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitfulweights?  6:12 For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and theinhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful intheir mouth.6:13 Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee, in makingthee desolate because of thy sins.6:14 Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy casting down shallbe in the midst of thee; and thou shalt take hold, but shalt notdeliver; and that which thou deliverest will I give up to the sword.6:15 Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread theolives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, butshalt not drink wine.6:16 For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the houseof Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee adesolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shallbear the reproach of my people.7:1 Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits,as the grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: mysoul desired the firstripe fruit.7:2 The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is noneupright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every manhis brother with a net.7:3 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the princeasketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, heuttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.7:4 The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than athorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; nowshall be their perplexity.7:5 Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keepthe doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.7:6 For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth upagainst her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; aman's enemies are the men of his own house.7:7 Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of mysalvation: my God will hear me.7:8 Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise;when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me.7:9 I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinnedagainst him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: hewill bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold hisrighteousness.7:10 Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall coverher which said unto me, Where is the LORD thy God? mine eyes shallbehold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.7:11 In the day that thy walls are to be built, in that day shall thedecree be far removed.7:12 In that day also he shall come even to thee from Assyria, andfrom the fortified cities, and from the fortress even to the river,and from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain.7:13 Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them thatdwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.7:14 Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, whichdwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed inBashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.7:15 According to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt willI shew unto him marvellous things.7:16 The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: theyshall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.7:17 They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out oftheir holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the LORDour God, and shall fear because of thee.7:18 Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passethby the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth nothis anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.7:19 He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he willsubdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into thedepths of the sea.7:20 Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham,which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.Nahum1:1 The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.1:2 God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and isfurious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and hereserveth wrath for his enemies.1:3 The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at allacquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in thestorm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.1:4 He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all therivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanonlanguisheth.1:5 The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth isburned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.1:6 Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in thefierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and therocks are thrown down by him.1:7 The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and heknoweth them that trust in him.1:8 But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of theplace thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.1:9 What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end:affliction shall not rise up the second time.1:10 For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they aredrunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.1:11 There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against theLORD, a wicked counsellor.1:12 Thus saith the LORD; Though they be quiet, and likewise many, yetthus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through. Though I haveafflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.1:13 For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thybonds in sunder.1:14 And the LORD hath given a commandment concerning thee, that nomore of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut offthe graven image and the molten image: I will make thy grave; for thouart vile.1:15 Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth goodtidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts,perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; heis utterly cut off.2:1 He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep themunition, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy powermightily.2:2 For the LORD hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as theexcellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, andmarred their vine branches.2:3 The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are inscarlet: the chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of hispreparation, and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken.2:4 The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle oneagainst another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, theyshall run like the lightnings.2:5 He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk;they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall beprepared.2:6 The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall bedissolved.2:7 And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, andher maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, tabering upontheir breasts.2:8 But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall fleeaway.Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.2:9 Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for there isnone end of the store and glory out of all the pleasant furniture.2:10 She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and theknees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces ofthem all gather blackness.2:11 Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of theyoung lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion'swhelp, and none made them afraid?  2:12 The lion did tear in piecesenough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled hisholes with prey, and his dens with ravin.2:13 Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I willburn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy younglions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice ofthy messengers shall no more be heard.3:1 Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; theprey departeth not; 3:2 The noise of a whip, and the noise of therattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumpingchariots.3:3 The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glitteringspear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number ofcarcases; and there is none end of their corpses; they stumble upontheir corpses: 3:4 Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of thewellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nationsthrough her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts.3:5 Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts; and I willdiscover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thynakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame.3:6 And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile,and will set thee as a gazingstock.3:7 And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shallflee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her?whence shall I seek comforters for thee?  3:8 Art thou better thanpopulous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the watersround about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from thesea?  3:9 Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite;Put and Lubim were thy helpers.3:10 Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her youngchildren also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: andthey cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men werebound in chains.3:11 Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid, thou also shaltseek strength because of the enemy.3:12 All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with the firstripefigs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of theeater.3:13 Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates ofthy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire shalldevour thy bars.3:14 Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go intoclay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln.3:15 There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off,it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm: make thyself many as thecankerworm, make thyself many as the locusts.3:16 Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: thecankerworm spoileth, and fleeth away.3:17 Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the greatgrasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when thesun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where theyare.3:18 Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwellin the dust: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no mangathereth them.3:19 There is no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: allthat hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee: for uponwhom hath not thy wickedness passed continually?Habakkuk1:1 The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see.1:2 O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry outunto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!  1:3 Why dost thou shewme iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling andviolence are before me: and there are that raise up strife andcontention.1:4 Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth:for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrongjudgment proceedeth.1:5 Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvelously:for I will work a work in your days which ye will not believe, thoughit be told you.1:6 For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation,which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess thedwellingplaces that are not their's.1:7 They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignityshall proceed of themselves.1:8 Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are morefierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spreadthemselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly asthe eagle that hasteth to eat.1:9 They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as theeast wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.1:10 And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be ascorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shallheap dust, and take it.1:11 Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend,imputing this his power unto his god.1:12 Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? weshall not die. O LORD, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, Omighty God, thou hast established them for correction.1:13 Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look oniniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously,and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is morerighteous than he?  1:14 And makest men as the fishes of the sea, asthe creeping things, that have no ruler over them?  1:15 They take upall of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gatherthem in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad.1:16 Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense untotheir drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meatplenteous.1:17 Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continuallyto slay the nations?  2:1 I will stand upon my watch, and set me uponthe tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what Ishall answer when I am reproved.2:2 And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make itplain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.2:3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end itshall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because itwill surely come, it will not tarry.2:4 Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but thejust shall live by his faith.2:5 Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man,neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is asdeath, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations,and heapeth unto him all people: 2:6 Shall not all these take up aparable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woeto him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to himthat ladeth himself with thick clay!  2:7 Shall they not rise upsuddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thoushalt be for booties unto them?  2:8 Because thou hast spoiled manynations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because ofmen's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of allthat dwell therein.2:9 Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, thathe may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the powerof evil!  2:10 Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting offmany people, and hast sinned against thy soul.2:11 For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of thetimber shall answer it.2:12 Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth acity by iniquity!  2:13 Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts thatthe people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall wearythemselves for very vanity?  2:14 For the earth shall be filled withthe knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.2:15 Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thybottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look ontheir nakedness!  2:16 Thou art filled with shame for glory: drinkthou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the LORD'sright hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be onthy glory.2:17 For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil ofbeasts, which made them afraid, because of men's blood, and for theviolence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.2:18 What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hathgraven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker ofhis work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?  2:19 Woe unto him thatsaith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach!Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breathat all in the midst of it.2:20 But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keepsilence before him.3:1 A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth.3:2 O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revivethy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years makeknown; in wrath remember mercy.3:3 God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. Hisglory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise.3:4 And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out ofhis hand: and there was the hiding of his power.3:5 Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth athis feet.3:6 He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder thenations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetualhills did bow: his ways are everlasting.3:7 I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: and the curtains of theland of Midian did tremble.3:8 Was the LORD displeased against the rivers? was thine angeragainst the rivers? was thy wrath against the sea, that thou didstride upon thine horses and thy chariots of salvation?  3:9 Thy bow wasmade quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word.Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.3:10 The mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the overflowing of thewater passed by: the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his handson high.3:11 The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light ofthine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear.3:12 Thou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didstthresh the heathen in anger.3:13 Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even forsalvation with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head out of thehouse of the wicked, by discovering the foundation unto the neck.Selah.3:14 Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of hisvillages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicingwas as to devour the poor secretly.3:15 Thou didst walk through the sea with thine horses, through theheap of great waters.3:16 When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice:rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that Imight rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people,he will invade them with his troops.3:17 Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit bein the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shallyield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and thereshall be no herd in the stalls: 3:18 Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, Iwill joy in the God of my salvation.3:19 The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds'feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chiefsinger on my stringed instruments.Zephaniah1:1 The word of the LORD which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi,the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in thedays of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.1:2 I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith theLORD.1:3 I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of theheaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumbling blocks with thewicked: and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the LORD.1:4 I will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah, and upon all theinhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal fromthis place, and the name of the Chemarims with the priests; 1:5 Andthem that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them thatworship and that swear by the LORD, and that swear by Malcham; 1:6 Andthem that are turned back from the LORD; and those that have notsought the LORD, nor enquired for him.1:7 Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD: for the day of theLORD is at hand: for the LORD hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bidhis guests.1:8 And it shall come to pass in the day of the LORD's sacrifice, thatI will punish the princes, and the king's children, and all such asare clothed with strange apparel.1:9 In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on thethreshold, which fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit.1:10 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that thereshall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and an howling fromthe second, and a great crashing from the hills.1:11 Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people arecut down; all they that bear silver are cut off.1:12 And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will searchJerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on theirlees: that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither willhe do evil.1:13 Therefore their goods shall become a booty, and their houses adesolation: they shall also build houses, but not inhabit them; andthey shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof.1:14 The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hastethgreatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shallcry there bitterly.1:15 That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a dayof wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a dayof clouds and thick darkness, 1:16 A day of the trumpet and alarmagainst the fenced cities, and against the high towers.1:17 And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk likeblind men, because they have sinned against the LORD: and their bloodshall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung.1:18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver themin the day of the LORD's wrath; but the whole land shall be devouredby the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddanceof all them that dwell in the land.2:1 Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation notdesired; 2:2 Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as thechaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before theday of the LORD's anger come upon you.2:3 Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought hisjudgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hidin the day of the LORD's anger.2:4 For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shalldrive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.2:5 Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of theCherethites! the word of the LORD is against you; O Canaan, the landof the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be noinhabitant.2:6 And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds,and folds for flocks.2:7 And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; theyshall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down inthe evening: for the LORD their God shall visit them, and turn awaytheir captivity.2:8 I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of thechildren of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, andmagnified themselves against their border.2:9 Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel,Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah,even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetualdesolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnantof my people shall possess them.2:10 This shall they have for their pride, because they havereproached and magnified themselves against the people of the LORD ofhosts.2:11 The LORD will be terrible unto them: for he will famish all thegods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from hisplace, even all the isles of the heathen.2:12 Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword.2:13 And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroyAssyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like awilderness.2:14 And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts ofthe nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in theupper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolationshall be in the thresholds; for he shall uncover the cedar work.2:15 This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said inher heart, I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become adesolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passethby her shall hiss, and wag his hand.3:1 Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!3:2 She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trustednot in the LORD; she drew not near to her God.3:3 Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are eveningwolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.3:4 Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests havepolluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.3:5 The just LORD is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity:every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; butthe unjust knoweth no shame.3:6 I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I madetheir streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed,so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant.3:7 I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction;so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them:but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings.3:8 Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that Irise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations,that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation,even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with thefire of my jealousy.3:9 For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they mayall call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent.3:10 From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, even thedaughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering.3:11 In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, whereinthou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out ofthe midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt nomore be haughty because of my holy mountain.3:12 I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poorpeople, and they shall trust in the name of the LORD.3:13 The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies;neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for theyshall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.3:14 Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoicewith all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.3:15 The LORD hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thineenemy: the king of Israel, even the LORD, is in the midst of thee:thou shalt not see evil any more.3:16 In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and toZion, Let not thine hands be slack.3:17 The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, hewill rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joyover thee with singing.3:18 I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly,who are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden.3:19 Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and Iwill save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and Iwill get them praise and fame in every land where they have been putto shame.3:20 At that time will I bring you again, even in the time that Igather you: for I will make you a name and a praise among all peopleof the earth, when I turn back your captivity before your eyes,saith the LORD.Haggai1:1 In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in thefirst day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai theprophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, andto Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying, 1:2 Thusspeaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is notcome, the time that the LORD's house should be built.1:3 Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying, 1:4Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and thishouse lie waste?  1:5 Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts;Consider your ways.1:6 Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have notenough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, butthere is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put itinto a bag with holes.1:7 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.1:8 Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and Iwill take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the LORD.1:9 Ye looked for much, and, lo it came to little; and when ye broughtit home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because ofmine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.1:10 Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earthis stayed from her fruit.1:11 And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains,and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and uponthat which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle,and upon all the labour of the hands.1:12 Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son ofJosedech, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyedthe voice of the LORD their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet,as the LORD their God had sent him, and the people did fear before theLORD.1:13 Then spake Haggai the LORD's messenger in the LORD's message untothe people, saying, I am with you, saith the LORD.1:14 And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son ofShealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son ofJosedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of thepeople; and they came and did work in the house of the LORD of hosts,their God, 1:15 In the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, inthe second year of Darius the king.2:1 In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month,came the word of the LORD by the prophet Haggai, saying, 2:2 Speak nowto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshuathe son of Josedech, the high priest, and to the residue of thepeople, saying, 2:3 Who is left among you that saw this house in herfirst glory? and how do ye see it now? is it not in your eyes incomparison of it as nothing?  2:4 Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel,saith the LORD; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, the highpriest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith the LORD, andwork: for I am with you, saith the LORD of hosts: 2:5 According to theword that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, so myspirit remaineth among you: fear ye not.2:6 For thus saith the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while,and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dryland; 2:7 And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nationsshall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD ofhosts.2:8 The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts.2:9 The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of theformer, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give peace,saith the LORD of hosts.2:10 In the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, in the secondyear of Darius, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet,saying, 2:11 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ask now the priestsconcerning the law, saying, 2:12 If one bear holy flesh in the skirtof his garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, or pottage, orwine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be holy? And the priests answeredand said, No.2:13 Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean by a dead body touch anyof these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, Itshall be unclean.2:14 Then answered Haggai, and said, So is this people, and so is thisnation before me, saith the LORD; and so is every work of their hands;and that which they offer there is unclean.2:15 And now, I pray you, consider from this day and upward, frombefore a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the LORD: 2:16Since those days were, when one came to an heap of twenty measures,there were but ten: when one came to the pressfat for to draw outfifty vessels out of the press, there were but twenty.2:17 I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in allthe labours of your hands; yet ye turned not to me, saith the LORD.2:18 Consider now from this day and upward, from the four andtwentieth day of the ninth month, even from the day that thefoundation of the LORD's temple was laid, consider it.2:19 Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, and the figtree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth:from this day will I bless you.2:20 And again the word of the LORD came unto Haggai in the four andtwentieth day of the month, saying, 2:21 Speak to Zerubbabel, governorof Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth; 2:22 And Iwill overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strengthof the kingdoms of the heathen; and I will overthrow the chariots, andthose that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall comedown, every one by the sword of his brother.2:23 In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, will I take thee, OZerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith the LORD, and willmake thee as a signet: for I have chosen thee, saith the LORD of hosts.Zechariah1:1 In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the wordof the LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo theprophet, saying, 1:2 The LORD hath been sore displeased with yourfathers.1:3 Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turnye unto me, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saiththe LORD of hosts.1:4 Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets havecried, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye now from yourevil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, norhearken unto me, saith the LORD.1:5 Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live forever?  1:6 But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servantsthe prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and theyreturned and said, Like as the LORD of hosts thought to do unto us,according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealtwith us.1:7 Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which isthe month Sebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of theLORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo theprophet, saying, 1:8 I saw by night, and behold a man riding upon ared horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in thebottom; and behind him were there red horses, speckled, and white.1:9 Then said I, O my lord, what are these? And the angel that talkedwith me said unto me, I will shew thee what these be.1:10 And the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered and said,These are they whom the LORD hath sent to walk to and fro through theearth.1:11 And they answered the angel of the LORD that stood among themyrtle trees, and said, We have walked to and fro through the earth,and, behold, all the earth sitteth still, and is at rest.1:12 Then the angel of the LORD answered and said, O LORD of hosts,how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities ofJudah, against which thou hast had indignation these threescore andten years?  1:13 And the LORD answered the angel that talked with mewith good words and comfortable words.1:14 So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou,saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem andfor Zion with a great jealousy.1:15 And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease:for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward theaffliction.1:16 Therefore thus saith the LORD; I am returned to Jerusalem withmercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the LORD of hosts, and aline shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.1:17 Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My cities throughprosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD shall yet comfortZion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.1:18 Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and behold four horns.1:19 And I said unto the angel that talked with me, What be these? Andhe answered me, These are the horns which have scattered Judah,Israel, and Jerusalem.1:20 And the LORD shewed me four carpenters.1:21 Then said I, What come these to do? And he spake, saying, Theseare the horns which have scattered Judah, so that no man did lift uphis head: but these are come to fray them, to cast out the horns ofthe Gentiles, which lifted up their horn over the land of Judah toscatter it.2:1 I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with ameasuring line in his hand.2:2 Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To measureJerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the lengththereof.2:3 And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and anotherangel went out to meet him, 2:4 And said unto him, Run, speak to thisyoung man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without wallsfor the multitude of men and cattle therein: 2:5 For I, saith theLORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be theglory in the midst of her.2:6 Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith theLORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven,saith the LORD.2:7 Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter ofBabylon.2:8 For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent meunto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheththe apple of his eye.2:9 For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be aspoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hathsent me.2:10 Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I willdwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD.2:11 And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, andshall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thoushalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto thee.2:12 And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land,and shall choose Jerusalem again.2:13 Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up outof his holy habitation.3:1 And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angelof the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.3:2 And the LORD said unto Satan, The LORD rebuke thee, O Satan; eventhe LORD that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brandplucked out of the fire?  3:3 Now Joshua was clothed with filthygarments, and stood before the angel.3:4 And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him,saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said,Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I willclothe thee with change of raiment.3:5 And I said, Let them set a fair mitre upon his head. So they set afair mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments. And the angelof the LORD stood by.3:6 And the angel of the LORD protested unto Joshua, saying, 3:7 Thussaith the LORD of hosts; If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thouwilt keep my charge, then thou shalt also judge my house, and shaltalso keep my courts, and I will give thee places to walk among thesethat stand by.3:8 Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sitbefore thee: for they are men wondered at: for, behold, I will bringforth my servant the BRANCH.3:9 For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon onestone shall be seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof,saith the LORD of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that landin one day.3:10 In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall ye call every man hisneighbour under the vine and under the fig tree.4:1 And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as aman that is wakened out of his sleep.4:2 And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, andbehold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, andhis seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which areupon the top thereof: 4:3 And two olive trees by it, one upon theright side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof.4:4 So I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying,What are these, my lord?  4:5 Then the angel that talked with meanswered and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said,No, my lord.4:6 Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word ofthe LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but bymy spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.4:7 Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shaltbecome a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof withshoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it.4:8 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 4:9 The handsof Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shallalso finish it; and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sentme unto you.4:10 For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shallrejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel withthose seven; they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and frothrough the whole earth.4:11 Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olivetrees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left sidethereof?  4:12 And I answered again, and said unto him, What be thesetwo olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the goldenoil out of themselves?  4:13 And he answered me and said, Knowest thounot what these be? And I said, No, my lord.4:14 Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by theLORD of the whole earth.5:1 Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold aflying roll.5:2 And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see aflying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadththereof ten cubits.5:3 Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over theface of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut offas on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall becut off as on that side according to it.5:4 I will bring it forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enterinto the house of the thief, and into the house of him that swearethfalsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, andshall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.5:5 Then the angel that talked with me went forth, and said unto me,Lift up now thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth forth.5:6 And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah that goethforth. He said moreover, This is their resemblance through all theearth.5:7 And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is awoman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah.5:8 And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst ofthe ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.5:9 Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there cameout two women, and the wind was in their wings; for they had wingslike the wings of a stork: and they lifted up the ephah between theearth and the heaven.5:10 Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Whither do thesebear the ephah?  5:11 And he said unto me, To build it an house in theland of Shinar: and it shall be established, and set there upon herown base.6:1 And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold,there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and themountains were mountains of brass.6:2 In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariotblack horses; 6:3 And in the third chariot white horses; and in thefourth chariot grisled and bay horses.6:4 Then I answered and said unto the angel that talked with me, Whatare these, my lord?  6:5 And the angel answered and said unto me,These are the four spirits of the heavens, which go forth fromstanding before the LORD of all the earth.6:6 The black horses which are therein go forth into the northcountry; and the white go forth after them; and the grisled go forthtoward the south country.6:7 And the bay went forth, and sought to go that they might walk toand fro through the earth: and he said, Get you hence, walk to and frothrough the earth. So they walked to and fro through the earth.6:8 Then cried he upon me, and spake unto me, saying, Behold, thesethat go toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the northcountry.6:9 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 6:10 Take of themof the captivity, even of Heldai, of Tobijah, and of Jedaiah, whichare come from Babylon, and come thou the same day, and go into thehouse of Josiah the son of Zephaniah; 6:11 Then take silver and gold,and make crowns, and set them upon the head of Joshua the son ofJosedech, the high priest; 6:12 And speak unto him, saying, Thusspeaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is TheBRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build thetemple of the LORD: 6:13 Even he shall build the temple of the LORD;and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne;and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peaceshall be between them both.6:14 And the crowns shall be to Helem, and to Tobijah, and to Jedaiah,and to Hen the son of Zephaniah, for a memorial in the temple of theLORD.6:15 And they that are far off shall come and build in the temple ofthe LORD, and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me untoyou. And this shall come to pass, if ye will diligently obey the voiceof the LORD your God.7:1 And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that theword of the LORD came unto Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninthmonth, even in Chisleu; 7:2 When they had sent unto the house of GodSherezer and Regemmelech, and their men, to pray before the LORD, 7:3And to speak unto the priests which were in the house of the LORD ofhosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month,separating myself, as I have done these so many years?  7:4 Then camethe word of the LORD of hosts unto me, saying, 7:5 Speak unto all thepeople of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted andmourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, didye at all fast unto me, even to me?  7:6 And when ye did eat, and whenye did drink, did not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?7:7 Should ye not hear the words which the LORD hath cried by theformer prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, andthe cities thereof round about her, when men inhabited the south andthe plain?  7:8 And the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah, saying,7:9 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment,and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother: 7:10 Andoppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor;and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.7:11 But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, andstopped their ears, that they should not hear.7:12 Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they shouldhear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts hath sent in hisspirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from theLORD of hosts.7:13 Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried, and they wouldnot hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the LORD ofhosts: 7:14 But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all thenations whom they knew not. Thus the land was desolate after them,that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasantland desolate.8:1 Again the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying, 8:2 Thussaith the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy,and I was jealous for her with great fury.8:3 Thus saith the LORD; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell inthe midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth;and the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy mountain.8:4 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men and oldwomen dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staffin his hand for very age.8:5 And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girlsplaying in the streets thereof.8:6 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If it be marvellous in the eyes ofthe remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvellousin mine eyes? saith the LORD of hosts.8:7 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will save my people fromthe east country, and from the west country; 8:8 And I will bringthem, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and they shallbe my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness.8:9 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye thathear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, whichwere in the day that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hostswas laid, that the temple might be built.8:10 For before these days there was no hire for man, nor any hire forbeast; neither was there any peace to him that went out or came inbecause of the affliction: for I set all men every one against hisneighbour.8:11 But now I will not be unto the residue of this people as in theformer days, saith the LORD of hosts.8:12 For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit,and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall givetheir dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess allthese things.8:13 And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse among theheathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you,and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong.8:14 For thus saith the LORD of hosts; As I thought to punish you,when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the LORD of hosts, and Irepented not: 8:15 So again have I thought in these days to do wellunto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not.8:16 These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man thetruth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace inyour gates: 8:17 And let none of you imagine evil in your heartsagainst his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these arethings that I hate, saith the LORD.8:18 And the word of the LORD of hosts came unto me, saying, 8:19 Thussaith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast ofthe fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth,shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts;therefore love the truth and peace.8:20 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, thatthere shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities: 8:21 Andthe inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us gospeedily to pray before the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts: Iwill go also.8:22 Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORDof hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD.8:23 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come topass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of thenations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew,saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you.9:1 The burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach, andDamascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of allthe tribes of Israel, shall be toward the LORD.9:2 And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though itbe very wise.9:3 And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver asthe dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.9:4 Behold, the LORD will cast her out, and he will smite her power inthe sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.9:5 Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and bevery sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; andthe king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.9:6 And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the prideof the Philistines.9:7 And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and hisabominations from between his teeth: but he that remaineth, even he,shall be for our God, and he shall be as a governor in Judah, andEkron as a Jebusite.9:8 And I will encamp about mine house because of the army, because ofhim that passeth by, and because of him that returneth: and nooppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen withmine eyes.9:9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter ofJerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and havingsalvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal ofan ass.9:10 And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse fromJerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speakpeace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even tosea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth.9:11 As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forththy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.9:12 Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day doI declare that I will render double unto thee; 9:13 When I have bentJudah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, OZion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of amighty man.9:14 And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall goforth as the lightning: and the LORD God shall blow the trumpet, andshall go with whirlwinds of the south.9:15 The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, andsubdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise asthrough wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, and as the cornersof the altar.9:16 And the LORD their God shall save them in that day as the flockof his people: for they shall be as the stones of a crown, lifted upas an ensign upon his land.9:17 For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! cornshall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.10:1 Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so theLORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to everyone grass in the field.10:2 For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen alie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore theywent their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was noshepherd.10:3 Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished thegoats: for the LORD of hosts hath visited his flock the house ofJudah, and hath made them as his goodly horse in the battle.10:4 Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of himthe battle bow, out of him every oppressor together.10:5 And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemiesin the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight,because the LORD is with them, and the riders on horses shall beconfounded.10:6 And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save thehouse of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I havemercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off:for I am the LORD their God, and will hear them.10:7 And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heartshall rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall see it, andbe glad; their heart shall rejoice in the LORD.10:8 I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them:and they shall increase as they have increased.10:9 And I will sow them among the people: and they shall remember mein far countries; and they shall live with their children, and turnagain.10:10 I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, andgather them out of Assyria; and I will bring them into the land ofGilead and Lebanon; and place shall not be found for them.10:11 And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shallsmite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dryup: and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre ofEgypt shall depart away.10:12 And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk upand down in his name, saith the LORD.11:1 Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.11:2 Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty arespoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage iscome down.11:3 There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their gloryis spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for the pride ofJordan is spoiled.11:4 Thus saith the LORD my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter; 11:5Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and theythat sell them say, Blessed be the LORD; for I am rich: and their ownshepherds pity them not.11:6 For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith theLORD: but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbour'shand, and into the hand of his king: and they shall smite the land,and out of their hand I will not deliver them.11:7 And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of theflock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and theother I called Bands; and I fed the flock.11:8 Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothedthem, and their soul also abhorred me.11:9 Then said I, I will not feed you: that that dieth, let it die;and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the resteat every one the flesh of another.11:10 And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that Imight break my covenant which I had made with all the people.11:11 And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock thatwaited upon me knew that it was the word of the LORD.11:12 And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and ifnot, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.11:13 And the LORD said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodlyprice that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty pieces ofsilver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD.11:14 Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I mightbreak the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.11:15 And the LORD said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments ofa foolish shepherd.11:16 For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall notvisit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, norheal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but heshall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces.11:17 Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shallbe upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean driedup, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.12:1 The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD,which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of theearth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.12:2 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all thepeople round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judahand against Jerusalem.12:3 And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for allpeople: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces,though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.12:4 In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse withastonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyesupon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people withblindness.12:5 And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, Theinhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the LORD of hoststheir God.12:6 In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth offire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and theyshall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on theleft: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even inJerusalem.12:7 The LORD also shall save the tents of Judah first, that the gloryof the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem donot magnify themselves against Judah.12:8 In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem;and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; andthe house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the LORD beforethem.12:9 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek todestroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.12:10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon theinhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications:and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shallmourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be inbitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.12:11 In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as themourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon.12:12 And the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of thehouse of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the houseof Nathan apart, and their wives apart; 12:13 The family of the houseof Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of Shimei apart, andtheir wives apart; 12:14 All the families that remain, every familyapart, and their wives apart.13:1 In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house ofDavid and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.13:2 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts,that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and theyshall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets andthe unclean spirit to pass out of the land.13:3 And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy, thenhis father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thoushalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the LORD: andhis father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through whenhe prophesieth.13:4 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall beashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neithershall they wear a rough garment to deceive: 13:5 But he shall say, Iam no prophet, I am an husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattlefrom my youth.13:6 And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands?Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house ofmy friends.13:7 Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that ismy fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheepshall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.13:8 And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the LORD,two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall beleft therein.13:9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refinethem as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: theyshall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is mypeople: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.14:1 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall bedivided in the midst of thee.14:2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; andthe city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the womenravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and theresidue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.14:3 Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, aswhen he fought in the day of battle.14:4 And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives,which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shallcleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, andthere shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shallremove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.14:5 And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valleyof the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as yefled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah:and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.14:6 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall notbe clear, nor dark: 14:7 But it shall be one day which shall be knownto the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that atevening time it shall be light.14:8 And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out fromJerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them towardthe hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.14:9 And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shallthere be one LORD, and his name one.14:10 All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmonsouth of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in herplace, from Benjamin's gate unto the place of the first gate, unto thecorner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king'swinepresses.14:11 And men shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utterdestruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited.14:12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite allthe people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shallconsume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shallconsume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away intheir mouth.14:13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult fromthe LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on thehand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand ofhis neighbour.14:14 And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of allthe heathen round about shall be gathered together, gold, and silver,and apparel, in great abundance.14:15 And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of thecamel, and of the ass, and of all the beasts that shall be in thesetents, as this plague.14:16 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of allthe nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year toyear to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast oftabernacles.14:17 And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the familiesof the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts,even upon them shall be no rain.14:18 And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have norain; there shall be the plague, wherewith the LORD will smite theheathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.14:19 This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of allnations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.14:20 In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses,HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the LORD's house shall be likethe bowls before the altar.14:21 Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness untothe LORD of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take ofthem, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more theCanaanite in the house of the LORD of hosts.Malachi1:1 The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi.1:2 I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thouloved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD: yet I lovedJacob, 1:3 And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritagewaste for the dragons of the wilderness.1:4 Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return andbuild the desolate places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shallbuild, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border ofwickedness, and, The people against whom the LORD hath indignation forever.1:5 And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The LORD will bemagnified from the border of Israel.1:6 A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I bea father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is myfear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise myname. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?  1:7 Ye offerpolluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we pollutedthee? In that ye say, The table of the LORD is contemptible.1:8 And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if yeoffer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto thygovernor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saiththe LORD of hosts.1:9 And now, I pray you, beseech God that he will be gracious unto us:this hath been by your means: will he regard your persons? saith theLORD of hosts.1:10 Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought?neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasurein you, saith the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering atyour hand.1:11 For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of thesame my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every placeincense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for myname shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts.1:12 But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD ispolluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible.1:13 Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffedat it, saith the LORD of hosts; and ye brought that which was torn,and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should Iaccept this of your hand? saith the LORD.1:14 But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, andvoweth, and sacrificeth unto the LORD a corrupt thing: for I am agreat King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among theheathen.2:1 And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you.2:2 If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to giveglory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curseupon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed themalready, because ye do not lay it to heart.2:3 Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces,even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away withit.2:4 And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, thatmy covenant might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.2:5 My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to himfor the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name.2:6 The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found inhis lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn manyaway from iniquity.2:7 For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seekthe law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.2:8 But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumbleat the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the LORD ofhosts.2:9 Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before allthe people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have beenpartial in the law.2:10 Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why dowe deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning thecovenant of our fathers?  2:11 Judah hath dealt treacherously, and anabomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hathprofaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and hath married thedaughter of a strange god.2:12 The LORD will cut off the man that doeth this, the master and thescholar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that offereth anoffering unto the LORD of hosts.2:13 And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the LORD withtears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardethnot the offering any more, or receiveth it with good will at yourhand.2:14 Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness betweenthee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealttreacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.2:15 And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit.And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore takeheed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wifeof his youth.2:16 For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth puttingaway: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD ofhosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal nottreacherously.2:17 Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Whereinhave we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good inthe sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the Godof judgment?  3:1 Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shallprepare the way before me: and the LORD, whom ye seek, shall suddenlycome to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom yedelight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.3:2 But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand whenhe appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap:3:3 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shallpurify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that theymay offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.3:4 Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant untothe LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years.3:5 And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swiftwitness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and againstfalse swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in hiswages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the strangerfrom his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.3:6 For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob arenot consumed.3:7 Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mineordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will returnunto you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall wereturn?  3:8 Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say,Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.3:9 Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this wholenation.3:10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may bemeat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD ofhosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you outa blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.3:11 And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall notdestroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast herfruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts.3:12 And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be adelightsome land, saith the LORD of hosts.3:13 Your words have been stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet yesay, What have we spoken so much against thee?  3:14 Ye have said, Itis vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept hisordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD ofhosts?  3:15 And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that workwickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.3:16 Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: andthe LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance waswritten before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thoughtupon his name.3:17 And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day whenI make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his ownson that serveth him.3:18 Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and thewicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.4:1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and allthe proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and theday that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that itshall leave them neither root nor branch.4:2 But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousnessarise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up ascalves of the stall.4:3 And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes underthe soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORDof hosts.4:4 Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded untohim in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.4:5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming ofthe great and dreadful day of the LORD: 4:6 And he shall turn theheart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children totheir fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.***The New Testament of the King James BibleThe Gospel According to Saint Matthew1:1 The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, theson of Abraham.1:2 Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judasand his brethren; 1:3 And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; andPhares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram; 1:4 And Aram begat Aminadab;and Aminadab begat Naasson; and Naasson begat Salmon; 1:5 And Salmonbegat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begatJesse; 1:6 And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begatSolomon of her that had been the wife of Urias; 1:7 And Solomon begatRoboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa; 1:8 And Asa begatJosaphat; and Josaphat begat Joram; and Joram begat Ozias; 1:9 AndOzias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz begat Ezekias;1:10 And Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amonbegat Josias; 1:11 And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, aboutthe time they were carried away to Babylon: 1:12 And after they werebrought to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel; and Salathiel begatZorobabel; 1:13 And Zorobabel begat Abiud; and Abiud begat Eliakim;and Eliakim begat Azor; 1:14 And Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begatAchim; and Achim begat Eliud; 1:15 And Eliud begat Eleazar; andEleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob; 1:16 And Jacob begatJoseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is calledChrist.1:17 So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteengenerations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon arefourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon untoChrist are fourteen generations.1:18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as hismother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she wasfound with child of the Holy Ghost.1:19 Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing tomake her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily.1:20 But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of theLORD appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David,fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceivedin her is of the Holy Ghost.1:21 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his nameJESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.1:22 Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which wasspoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, 1:23 Behold, a virgin shallbe with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call hisname Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.1:24 Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lordhad bidden him, and took unto him his wife: 1:25 And knew her not tillshe had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS.2:1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days ofHerod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east toJerusalem, 2:2 Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? forwe have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.2:3 When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, andall Jerusalem with him.2:4 And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of thepeople together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.2:5 And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it iswritten by the prophet, 2:6 And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda,art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shallcome a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.2:7 Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired ofthem diligently what time the star appeared.2:8 And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligentlyfor the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again,that I may come and worship him also.2:9 When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star,which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stoodover where the young child was.2:10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.2:11 And when they were come into the house, they saw the young childwith Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when theyhad opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, andfrankincense and myrrh.2:12 And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return toHerod, they departed into their own country another way.2:13 And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lordappeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the youngchild and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until Ibring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.2:14 When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night,and departed into Egypt: 2:15 And was there until the death of Herod:that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by theprophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.2:16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, wasexceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that werein Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old andunder, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of thewise men.2:17 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet,saying, 2:18 In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, andweeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, andwould not be comforted, because they are not.2:19 But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appearethin a dream to Joseph in Egypt, 2:20 Saying, Arise, and take the youngchild and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they aredead which sought the young child's life.2:21 And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and cameinto the land of Israel.2:22 But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the roomof his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding,being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts ofGalilee: 2:23 And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that itmight be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall becalled a Nazarene.3:1 In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wildernessof Judaea, 3:2 And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is athand.3:3 For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying,The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of theLord, make his paths straight.3:4 And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leatherngirdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.3:5 Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the regionround about Jordan, 3:6 And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessingtheir sins.3:7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to hisbaptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warnedyou to flee from the wrath to come?  3:8 Bring forth therefore fruitsmeet for repentance: 3:9 And think not to say within yourselves, Wehave Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able ofthese stones to raise up children unto Abraham.3:10 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees:therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down,and cast into the fire.3:11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance. but he thatcometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy tobear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire: 3:12Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, andgather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff withunquenchable fire.3:13 Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to bebaptized of him.3:14 But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee,and comest thou to me?  3:15 And Jesus answering said unto him, Sufferit to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness.Then he suffered him.3:16 And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of thewater: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw theSpirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: 3:17 Andlo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I amwell pleased.4:1 Then was Jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderness to betempted of the devil.4:2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he wasafterward an hungred.4:3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son ofGod, command that these stones be made bread.4:4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live bybread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth ofGod.4:5 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth himon a pinnacle of the temple, 4:6 And saith unto him, If thou be theSon of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give hisangels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear theeup, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.4:7 Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt theLord thy God.4:8 Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain,and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;4:9 And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thouwilt fall down and worship me.4:10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it iswritten, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thouserve.4:11 Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came andministered unto him.4:12 Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, hedeparted into Galilee; 4:13 And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt inCapernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon andNephthalim: 4:14 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaiasthe prophet, saying, 4:15 The land of Zabulon, and the land ofNephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of theGentiles; 4:16 The people which sat in darkness saw great light; andto them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprungup.4:17 From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for thekingdom of heaven is at hand.4:18 And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simoncalled Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: forthey were fishers.4:19 And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers ofmen.4:20 And they straightway left their nets, and followed him.4:21 And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James theson of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee theirfather, mending their nets; and he called them.4:22 And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followedhim.4:23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues,and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner ofsickness and all manner of disease among the people.4:24 And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto himall sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, andthose which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick,and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.4:25 And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee,and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and frombeyond Jordan.5:1 And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when hewas set, his disciples came unto him: 5:2 And he opened his mouth, andtaught them, saying, 5:3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs isthe kingdom of heaven.5:4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.5:5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.5:6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness:for they shall be filled.5:7 Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.5:8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.5:9 Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the childrenof God.5:10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake:for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.5:11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, andshall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.5:12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward inheaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.5:13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost hissavour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good fornothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.5:14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hillcannot be hid.5:15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but ona candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your goodworks, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.5:17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: Iam not come to destroy, but to fulfil.5:18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot orone tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.5:19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments,and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom ofheaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall becalled great in the kingdom of heaven.5:20 For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceedthe righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no caseenter into the kingdom of heaven.5:21 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shaltnot kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:5:22 But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brotherwithout a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoevershall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: butwhosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.5:23 Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and thererememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; 5:24 Leave therethy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thybrother, and then come and offer thy gift.5:25 Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the waywith him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge,and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast intoprison.5:26 Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence,till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.5:27 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shaltnot commit adultery: 5:28 But I say unto you, That whosoever lookethon a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her alreadyin his heart.5:29 And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it fromthee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members shouldperish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.5:30 And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it fromthee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members shouldperish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.5:31 It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let himgive her a writing of divorcement: 5:32 But I say unto you, Thatwhosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause offornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marryher that is divorced committeth adultery.5:33 Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time,Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thineoaths: 5:34 But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven;for it is God's throne: 5:35 Nor by the earth; for it is hisfootstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.5:36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not makeone hair white or black.5:37 But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoeveris more than these cometh of evil.5:38 Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and atooth for a tooth: 5:39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil:but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him theother also.5:40 And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat,let him have thy cloak also.5:41 And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.5:42 Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow ofthee turn not thou away.5:43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thyneighbour, and hate thine enemy.5:44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you,do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefullyuse you, and persecute you; 5:45 That ye may be the children of yourFather which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the eviland on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.5:46 For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do noteven the publicans the same?  5:47 And if ye salute your brethrenonly, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?  5:48Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven isperfect.6:1 Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them:otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.6:2 Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpetbefore thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in thestreets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, Theyhave their reward.6:3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thyright hand doeth: 6:4 That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Fatherwhich seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.6:5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are:for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners ofthe streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, Theyhave their reward.6:6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thouhast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thyFather which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.6:7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: forthey think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.6:8 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth whatthings ye have need of, before ye ask him.6:9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art inheaven, Hallowed be thy name.6:10 Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.6:11 Give us this day our daily bread.6:12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.6:13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: Forthine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.6:14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father willalso forgive you: 6:15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses,neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.6:16 Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sadcountenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear untomen to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.6:17 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thyface; 6:18 That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Fatherwhich is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shallreward thee openly.6:19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth andrust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: 6:20 Butlay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rustdoth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: 6:21For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.6:22 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye besingle, thy whole body shall be full of light.6:23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full ofdarkness.If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is thatdarkness!  6:24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hatethe one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, anddespise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.6:25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what yeshall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what yeshall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body thanraiment?  6:26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neitherdo they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeththem. Are ye not much better than they?  6:27 Which of you by takingthought can add one cubit unto his stature?  6:28 And why take yethought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow;they toil not, neither do they spin: 6:29 And yet I say unto you, Thateven Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.6:30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to dayis, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clotheyou, O ye of little faith?  6:31 Therefore take no thought, saying,What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall webe clothed?  6:32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:)for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all thesethings.6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; andall these things shall be added unto you.6:34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shalltake thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is theevil thereof.7:1 Judge not, that ye be not judged.7:2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with whatmeasure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.7:3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, butconsiderest not the beam that is in thine own eye?  7:4 Or how wiltthou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye;and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?  7:5 Thou hypocrite, firstcast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou seeclearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.7:6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye yourpearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turnagain and rend you.7:7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock,and it shall be opened unto you: 7:8 For every one that askethreceiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh itshall be opened.7:9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will hegive him a stone?  7:10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him aserpent?  7:11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good giftsunto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heavengive good things to them that ask him?  7:12 Therefore all thingswhatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them:for this is the law and the prophets.7:13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broadis the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go inthereat: 7:14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, whichleadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.7:15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing,but inwardly they are ravening wolves.7:16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes ofthorns, or figs of thistles?  7:17 Even so every good tree bringethforth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.7:18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupttree bring forth good fruit.7:19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, andcast into the fire.7:20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter intothe kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father whichis in heaven.7:22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we notprophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and inthy name done many wonderful works?  7:23 And then will I profess untothem, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.7:24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeththem, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon arock: 7:25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the windsblew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was foundedupon a rock.7:26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth themnot, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house uponthe sand: 7:27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and thewinds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was thefall of it.7:28 And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, thepeople were astonished at his doctrine: 7:29 For he taught them as onehaving authority, and not as the scribes.8:1 When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followedhim.8:2 And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord,if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.8:3 And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; bethou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.8:4 And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way,shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded,for a testimony unto them.8:5 And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him acenturion, beseeching him, 8:6 And saying, Lord, my servant lieth athome sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.8:7 And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him.8:8 The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thoushouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servantshall be healed.8:9 For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and Isay to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and hecometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.8:10 When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them thatfollowed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no,not in Israel.8:11 And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west,and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdomof heaven.8:12 But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outerdarkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.8:13 And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hastbelieved, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in theselfsame hour.8:14 And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife'smother laid, and sick of a fever.8:15 And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose,and ministered unto them.8:16 When the even was come, they brought unto him many that werepossessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, andhealed all that were sick: 8:17 That it might be fulfilled which wasspoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities,and bare our sicknesses.8:18 Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gavecommandment to depart unto the other side.8:19 And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I willfollow thee whithersoever thou goest.8:20 And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds ofthe air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.8:21 And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me firstto go and bury my father.8:22 But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury theirdead.8:23 And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him.8:24 And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuchthat the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.8:25 And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, saveus: we perish.8:26 And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith?Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was agreat calm.8:27 But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, thateven the winds and the sea obey him!  8:28 And when he was come to theother side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him twopossessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, sothat no man might pass by that way.8:29 And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do withthee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment usbefore the time?  8:30 And there was a good way off from them an herdof many swine feeding.8:31 So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, sufferus to go away into the herd of swine.8:32 And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they wentinto the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ranviolently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.8:33 And they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the city,and told every thing, and what was befallen to the possessed of thedevils.8:34 And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when theysaw him, they besought him that he would depart out of their coasts.9:1 And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his owncity.9:2 And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying ona bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy;Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.9:3 And, behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, Thisman blasphemeth.9:4 And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil inyour hearts?  9:5 For whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiventhee; or to say, Arise, and walk?  9:6 But that ye may know that theSon of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to thesick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house.9:7 And he arose, and departed to his house.9:8 But when the multitudes saw it, they marvelled, and glorified God,which had given such power unto men.9:9 And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, namedMatthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him,Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.9:10 And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold,many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and hisdisciples.9:11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Whyeateth your Master with publicans and sinners?  9:12 But when Jesusheard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not aphysician, but they that are sick.9:13 But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and notsacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners torepentance.9:14 Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and thePharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?  9:15 And Jesus saidunto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as thebridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroomshall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.9:16 No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for thatwhich is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent ismade worse.9:17 Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottlesbreak, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they putnew wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.9:18 While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came acertain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even nowdead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.9:19 And Jesus arose, and followed him, and so did his disciples.9:20 And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of bloodtwelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment:9:21 For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, Ishall be whole.9:22 But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said,Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And thewoman was made whole from that hour.9:23 And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the minstrelsand the people making a noise, 9:24 He said unto them, Give place: forthe maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.9:25 But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her bythe hand, and the maid arose.9:26 And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land.9:27 And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him,crying, and saying, Thou son of David, have mercy on us.9:28 And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him:and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? Theysaid unto him, Yea, Lord.9:29 Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be itunto you.9:30 And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them,saying, See that no man know it.9:31 But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in allthat country.9:32 As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb manpossessed with a devil.9:33 And when the devil was cast out, the dumb spake: and themultitudes marvelled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel.9:34 But the Pharisees said, He casteth out devils through the princeof the devils.9:35 And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching intheir synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healingevery sickness and every disease among the people.9:36 But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion onthem, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep havingno shepherd.9:37 Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous,but the labourers are few; 9:38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of theharvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.10:1 And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gavethem power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal allmanner of sickness and all manner of disease.10:2 Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon,who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee,and John his brother; 10:3 Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, andMatthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whosesurname was Thaddaeus; 10:4 Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot,who also betrayed him.10:5 These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go notinto the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritansenter ye not: 10:6 But go rather to the lost sheep of the house ofIsrael.10:7 And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.10:8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast outdevils: freely ye have received, freely give.10:9 Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses, 10:10Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yetstaves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.10:11 And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, enquire who init is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence.10:12 And when ye come into an house, salute it.10:13 And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but ifit be not worthy, let your peace return to you.10:14 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, whenye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.10:15 Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the landof Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.10:16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be yetherefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.10:17 But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils,and they will scourge you in their synagogues; 10:18 And ye shall bebrought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimonyagainst them and the Gentiles.10:19 But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what yeshall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shallspeak.10:20 For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father whichspeaketh in you.10:21 And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and thefather the child: and the children shall rise up against theirparents, and cause them to be put to death.10:22 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he thatendureth to the end shall be saved.10:23 But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another:for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities ofIsrael, till the Son of man be come.10:24 The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above hislord.10:25 It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and theservant as his lord. If they have called the master of the houseBeelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?  10:26Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall notbe revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.10:27 What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what yehear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.10:28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to killthe soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul andbody in hell.10:29 Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shallnot fall on the ground without your Father.10:30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.10:31 Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.10:32 Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will Iconfess also before my Father which is in heaven.10:33 But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also denybefore my Father which is in heaven.10:34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not tosend peace, but a sword.10:35 For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, andthe daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against hermother in law.10:36 And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.10:37 He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy ofme: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy ofme.10:38 And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is notworthy of me.10:39 He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth hislife for my sake shall find it.10:40 He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth mereceiveth him that sent me.10:41 He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shallreceive a prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man inthe name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward.10:42 And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little onesa cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say untoyou, he shall in no wise lose his reward.11:1 And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding histwelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in theircities.11:2 Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, hesent two of his disciples, 11:3 And said unto him, Art thou he thatshould come, or do we look for another?  11:4 Jesus answered and saidunto them, Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear andsee: 11:5 The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepersare cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poorhave the gospel preached to them.11:6 And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.11:7 And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudesconcerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reedshaken with the wind?  11:8 But what went ye out for to see? A manclothed in soft raiment?  behold, they that wear soft clothing are inkings' houses.11:9 But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you,and more than a prophet.11:10 For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send mymessenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.11:11 Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women therehath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding hethat is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.11:12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom ofheaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.11:13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.11:14 And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come.11:15 He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.11:16 But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like untochildren sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows, 11:17And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we havemourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.11:18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hatha devil.11:19 The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold aman gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners.But wisdom is justified of her children.11:20 Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mightyworks were done, because they repented not: 11:21 Woe unto thee,Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, whichwere done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would haverepented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.11:22 But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre andSidon at the day of judgment, than for you.11:23 And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt bebrought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done inthee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.11:24 But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the landof Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.11:25 At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father,Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from thewise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.11:26 Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.11:27 All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no manknoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father,save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.11:28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I willgive you rest.11:29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowlyin heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.11:30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.12:1 At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; andhis disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn andto eat.12:2 But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thydisciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day.12:3 But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when hewas an hungred, and they that were with him; 12:4 How he entered intothe house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful forhim to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for thepriests?  12:5 Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbathdays the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?12:6 But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than thetemple.12:7 But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and notsacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.12:8 For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.12:9 And when he was departed thence, he went into their synagogue:12:10 And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. Andthey asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? thatthey might accuse him.12:11 And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, thatshall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day,will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out?  12:12 How much then is aman better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on thesabbath days.12:13 Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And hestretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other.12:14 Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, howthey might destroy him.12:15 But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: andgreat multitudes followed him, and he healed them all; 12:16 Andcharged them that they should not make him known: 12:17 That it mightbe fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, 12:18Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul iswell pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shewjudgment to the Gentiles.12:19 He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear hisvoice in the streets.12:20 A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he notquench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.12:21 And in his name shall the Gentiles trust.12:22 Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, anddumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spakeand saw.12:23 And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son ofDavid?  12:24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellowdoth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.12:25 And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdomdivided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city orhouse divided against itself shall not stand: 12:26 And if Satan castout Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdomstand?  12:27 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do yourchildren cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges.12:28 But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdomof God is come unto you.12:29 Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house, and spoilhis goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoilhis house.12:30 He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth notwith me scattereth abroad.12:31 Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shallbe forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shallnot be forgiven unto men.12:32 And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shallbe forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, itshall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the worldto come.12:33 Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make thetree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by hisfruit.12:34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak goodthings?  for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.12:35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forthgood things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forthevil things.12:36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak,they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.12:37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thoushalt be condemned.12:38 Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered,saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee.12:39 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterousgeneration seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given toit, but the sign of the prophet Jonas: 12:40 For as Jonas was threedays and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man bethree days and three nights in the heart of the earth.12:41 The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation,and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas;and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.12:42 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with thisgeneration, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermostparts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, agreater than Solomon is here.12:43 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh throughdry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.12:44 Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I cameout; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.12:45 Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits morewicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the laststate of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be alsounto this wicked generation.12:46 While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and hisbrethren stood without, desiring to speak with him.12:47 Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethrenstand without, desiring to speak with thee.12:48 But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is mymother?  and who are my brethren?  12:49 And he stretched forth hishand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!12:50 For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven,the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.13:1 The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the seaside.13:2 And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that hewent into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.13:3 And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, asower went forth to sow; 13:4 And when he sowed, some seeds fell bythe way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up: 13:5 Some fellupon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith theysprung up, because they had no deepness of earth: 13:6 And when thesun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, theywithered away.13:7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and chokedthem: 13:8 But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit,some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.13:9 Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.13:10 And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thouunto them in parables?  13:11 He answered and said unto them, Becauseit is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven,but to them it is not given.13:12 For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall havemore abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken awayeven that he hath.13:13 Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing seenot; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.13:14 And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, Byhearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shallsee, and shall not perceive: 13:15 For this people's heart is waxedgross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they haveclosed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear withtheir ears, and should understand with their heart, and should beconverted, and I should heal them.13:16 But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for theyhear.13:17 For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous menhave desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them;and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.13:18 Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.13:19 When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandethit not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which wassown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.13:20 But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is hethat heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it; 13:21 Yet hathhe not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulationor persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.13:22 He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareththe word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches,choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.13:23 But he that received seed into the good ground is he thatheareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, andbringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.13:24 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom ofheaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: 13:25But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat,and went his way.13:26 But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, thenappeared the tares also.13:27 So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir,didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath ittares?  13:28 He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servantssaid unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?  13:29But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up alsothe wheat with them.13:30 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time ofharvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares,and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into mybarn.13:31 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom ofheaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowedin his field: 13:32 Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but whenit is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, sothat the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.13:33 Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven islike unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures ofmeal, till the whole was leavened.13:34 All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; andwithout a parable spake he not unto them: 13:35 That it might befulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open mymouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secretfrom the foundation of the world.13:36 Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: andhis disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable ofthe tares of the field.13:37 He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed isthe Son of man; 13:38 The field is the world; the good seed are thechildren of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wickedone; 13:39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is theend of the world; and the reapers are the angels.13:40 As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; soshall it be in the end of this world.13:41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shallgather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which doiniquity; 13:42 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: thereshall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.13:43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdomof their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.13:44 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in afield; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereofgoeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.13:45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man,seeking goodly pearls: 13:46 Who, when he had found one pearl of greatprice, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.13:47 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was castinto the sea, and gathered of every kind: 13:48 Which, when it wasfull, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good intovessels, but cast the bad away.13:49 So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall comeforth, and sever the wicked from among the just, 13:50 And shall castthem into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing ofteeth.13:51 Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? Theysay unto him, Yea, Lord.13:52 Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which isinstructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is anhouseholder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new andold.13:53 And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished theseparables, he departed thence.13:54 And when he was come into his own country, he taught them intheir synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whencehath this man this wisdom, and these mighty works?  13:55 Is not thisthe carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren,James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?  13:56 And his sisters, arethey not all with us? Whence then hath this man all these things?13:57 And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, Aprophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his ownhouse.13:58 And he did not many mighty works there because of theirunbelief.14:1 At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus, 14:2And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen fromthe dead; and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.14:3 For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him inprison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife.14:4 For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.14:5 And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude,because they counted him as a prophet.14:6 But when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodiasdanced before them, and pleased Herod.14:7 Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever shewould ask.14:8 And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give mehere John Baptist's head in a charger.14:9 And the king was sorry: nevertheless for the oath's sake, andthem which sat with him at meat, he commanded it to be given her.14:10 And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.14:11 And his head was brought in a charger, and given to the damsel:and she brought it to her mother.14:12 And his disciples came, and took up the body, and buried it, andwent and told Jesus.14:13 When Jesus heard of it, he departed thence by ship into a desertplace apart: and when the people had heard thereof, they followed himon foot out of the cities.14:14 And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was movedwith compassion toward them, and he healed their sick.14:15 And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, Thisis a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away,that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals.14:16 But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them toeat.14:17 And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and twofishes.14:18 He said, Bring them hither to me.14:19 And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, andtook the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, heblessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and thedisciples to the multitude.14:20 And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of thefragments that remained twelve baskets full.14:21 And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, besidewomen and children.14:22 And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into aship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent themultitudes away.14:23 And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into amountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was therealone.14:24 But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves:for the wind was contrary.14:25 And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them,walking on the sea.14:26 And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they weretroubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear.14:27 But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer;it is I; be not afraid.14:28 And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid mecome unto thee on the water.14:29 And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship,he walked on the water, to go to Jesus.14:30 But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; andbeginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.14:31 And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him,and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?14:32 And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased.14:33 Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying,Of a truth thou art the Son of God.14:34 And when they were gone over, they came into the land ofGennesaret.14:35 And when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sentout into all that country round about, and brought unto him all thatwere diseased; 14:36 And besought him that they might only touch thehem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.15:1 Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were ofJerusalem, saying, 15:2 Why do thy disciples transgress the traditionof the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.15:3 But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress thecommandment of God by your tradition?  15:4 For God commanded, saying,Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother,let him die the death.15:5 But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, Itis a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; 15:6 Andhonour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have yemade the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.15:7 Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, 15:8 Thispeople draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me withtheir lips; but their heart is far from me.15:9 But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines thecommandments of men.15:10 And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, andunderstand: 15:11 Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man;but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.15:12 Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou thatthe Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?  15:13 Buthe answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath notplanted, shall be rooted up.15:14 Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if theblind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.15:15 Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us thisparable.15:16 And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?  15:17 Donot ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goethinto the belly, and is cast out into the draught?  15:18 But thosethings which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; andthey defile the man.15:19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries,fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: 15:20 These are thethings which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth nota man.15:21 Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre andSidon.15:22 And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, andcried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David;my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.15:23 But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came andbesought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.15:24 But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheepof the house of Israel.15:25 Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.15:26 But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children'sbread, and to cast it to dogs.15:27 And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs whichfall from their masters' table.15:28 Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thyfaith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was madewhole from that very hour.15:29 And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea ofGalilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there.15:30 And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those thatwere lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down atJesus' feet; and he healed them: 15:31 Insomuch that the multitudewondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, thelame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God ofIsrael.15:32 Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I havecompassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now threedays, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting,lest they faint in the way.15:33 And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so muchbread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?  15:34 AndJesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven,and a few little fishes.15:35 And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.15:36 And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks,and brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to themultitude.15:37 And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of thebroken meat that was left seven baskets full.15:38 And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women andchildren.15:39 And he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into thecoasts of Magdala.16:1 The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desiredhim that he would shew them a sign from heaven.16:2 He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, Itwill be fair weather: for the sky is red.16:3 And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the skyis red and lowering. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of thesky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?  16:4 A wicked andadulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign begiven unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them,and departed.16:5 And when his disciples were come to the other side, they hadforgotten to take bread.16:6 Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven ofthe Pharisees and of the Sadducees.16:7 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we havetaken no bread.16:8 Which when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of littlefaith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought nobread?  16:9 Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the fiveloaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?  16:10Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets yetook up?  16:11 How is it that ye do not understand that I spake itnot to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven ofthe Pharisees and of the Sadducees?  16:12 Then understood they howthat he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of thedoctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.16:13 When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he askedhis disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?16:14 And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some,Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.16:15 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?  16:16 And SimonPeter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the livingGod.16:17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, SimonBarjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but myFather which is in heaven.16:18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon thisrock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevailagainst it.16:19 And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: andwhatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: andwhatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.16:20 Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man thathe was Jesus the Christ.16:21 From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, howthat he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the eldersand chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again thethird day.16:22 Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it farfrom thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee.16:23 But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan:thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that beof God, but those that be of men.16:24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come afterme, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.16:25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoeverwill lose his life for my sake shall find it.16:26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world,and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for hissoul?  16:27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Fatherwith his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to hisworks.16:28 Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shallnot taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in hiskingdom.17:1 And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John hisbrother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart, 17:2 Andwas transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, andhis raiment was white as the light.17:3 And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talkingwith him.17:4 Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for usto be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one forthee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.17:5 While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: andbehold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son,in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.17:6 And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, andwere sore afraid.17:7 And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be notafraid.17:8 And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, saveJesus only.17:9 And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them,saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen againfrom the dead.17:10 And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribesthat Elias must first come?  17:11 And Jesus answered and said untothem, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things.17:12 But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knewhim not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shallalso the Son of man suffer of them.17:13 Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them of Johnthe Baptist.17:14 And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him acertain man, kneeling down to him, and saying, 17:15 Lord, have mercyon my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he fallethinto the fire, and oft into the water.17:16 And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him.17:17 Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perversegeneration, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you?bring him hither to me.17:18 And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and thechild was cured from that very hour.17:19 Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could notwe cast him out?  17:20 And Jesus said unto them, Because of yourunbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain ofmustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonderplace; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.17:21 Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.17:22 And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them, The Sonof man shall be betrayed into the hands of men: 17:23 And they shallkill him, and the third day he shall be raised again.And they were exceeding sorry.17:24 And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tributemoney came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay tribute?17:25 He saith, Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesusprevented him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the kingsof the earth take custom or tribute? of their own children, or ofstrangers?  17:26 Peter saith unto him, Of strangers. Jesus saith untohim, Then are the children free.17:27 Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea,and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and whenthou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: thattake, and give unto them for me and thee.18:1 At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who isthe greatest in the kingdom of heaven?  18:2 And Jesus called a littlechild unto him, and set him in the midst of them, 18:3 And said,Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as littlechildren, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.18:4 Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child,the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.18:5 And whoso shall receive one such little child in my namereceiveth me.18:6 But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe inme, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about hisneck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.18:7 Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be thatoffences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!  18:8Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and castthem from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt ormaimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast intoeverlasting fire.18:9 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it fromthee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, ratherthan having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.18:10 Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for Isay unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face ofmy Father which is in heaven.18:11 For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.18:12 How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them begone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into themountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?  18:13 And if so bethat he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more of thatsheep, than of the ninety and nine which went not astray.18:14 Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven,that one of these little ones should perish.18:15 Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tellhim his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thouhast gained thy brother.18:16 But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or twomore, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may beestablished.18:17 And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church:but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as anheathen man and a publican.18:18 Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shallbe bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall beloosed in heaven.18:19 Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth astouching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them ofmy Father which is in heaven.18:20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, theream I in the midst of them.18:21 Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brothersin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?  18:22 Jesussaith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Untilseventy times seven.18:23 Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king,which would take account of his servants.18:24 And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, whichowed him ten thousand talents.18:25 But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to besold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment tobe made.18:26 The servant therefore fell down, and worshipped him, saying,Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.18:27 Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, andloosed him, and forgave him the debt.18:28 But the same servant went out, and found one of hisfellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands onhim, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest.18:29 And his fellowservant fell down at his feet, and besought him,saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.18:30 And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till heshould pay the debt.18:31 So when his fellowservants saw what was done, they were verysorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done.18:32 Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, Othou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thoudesiredst me: 18:33 Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thyfellowservant, even as I had pity on thee?  18:34 And his lord waswroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay allthat was due unto him.18:35 So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if yefrom your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.19:1 And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings,he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judaea beyondJordan; 19:2 And great multitudes followed him; and he healed themthere.19:3 The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying untohim, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?19:4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that hewhich made them at the beginning made them male and female, 19:5 Andsaid, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shallcleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?  19:6 Whereforethey are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joinedtogether, let not man put asunder.19:7 They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writingof divorcement, and to put her away?  19:8 He saith unto them, Mosesbecause of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away yourwives: but from the beginning it was not so.19:9 And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except itbe for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: andwhoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.19:10 His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so withhis wife, it is not good to marry.19:11 But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, savethey to whom it is given.19:12 For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from theirmother's womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs ofmen: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for thekingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let himreceive it.19:13 Then were there brought unto him little children, that he shouldput his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them.19:14 But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, tocome unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.19:15 And he laid his hands on them, and departed thence.19:16 And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what goodthing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?  19:17 And he saidunto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, thatis, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.19:18 He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder,Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt notbear false witness, 19:19 Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thoushalt love thy neighbour as thyself.19:20 The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept frommy youth up: what lack I yet?  19:21 Jesus said unto him, If thou wiltbe perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thoushalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.19:22 But when the young man heard that saying, he went awaysorrowful: for he had great possessions.19:23 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, Thata rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.19:24 And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go throughthe eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom ofGod.19:25 When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed,saying, Who then can be saved?  19:26 But Jesus beheld them, and saidunto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things arepossible.19:27 Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsakenall, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore?  19:28 And Jesussaid unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me,in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of hisglory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelvetribes of Israel.19:29 And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, orsisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for myname's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inheriteverlasting life.19:30 But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall befirst.20:1 For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is anhouseholder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourersinto his vineyard.20:2 And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, hesent them into his vineyard.20:3 And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standingidle in the marketplace, 20:4 And said unto them; Go ye also into thevineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went theirway.20:5 Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and didlikewise.20:6 And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found othersstanding idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the dayidle?  20:7 They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saithunto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, thatshall ye receive.20:8 So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto hissteward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning fromthe last unto the first.20:9 And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, theyreceived every man a penny.20:10 But when the first came, they supposed that they should havereceived more; and they likewise received every man a penny.20:11 And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodmanof the house, 20:12 Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, andthou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden andheat of the day.20:13 But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee nowrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny?  20:14 Take thatthine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as untothee.20:15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Isthine eye evil, because I am good?  20:16 So the last shall be first,and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.20:17 And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apartin the way, and said unto them, 20:18 Behold, we go up to Jerusalem;and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and untothe scribes, and they shall condemn him to death, 20:19 And shalldeliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucifyhim: and the third day he shall rise again.20:20 Then came to him the mother of Zebedees children with her sons,worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him.20:21 And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grantthat these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and theother on the left, in thy kingdom.20:22 But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are yeable to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptizedwith the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We areable.20:23 And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and bebaptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on myright hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be givento them for whom it is prepared of my Father.20:24 And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignationagainst the two brethren.20:25 But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that theprinces of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that aregreat exercise authority upon them.20:26 But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be greatamong you, let him be your minister; 20:27 And whosoever will be chiefamong you, let him be your servant: 20:28 Even as the Son of man camenot to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life aransom for many.20:29 And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followedhim.20:30 And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when theyheard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, OLord, thou son of David.20:31 And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold theirpeace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thouson of David.20:32 And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What will yethat I shall do unto you?  20:33 They say unto him, Lord, that oureyes may be opened.20:34 So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: andimmediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.21:1 And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come toBethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples,21:2 Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, andstraightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loosethem, and bring them unto me.21:3 And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hathneed of them; and straightway he will send them.21:4 All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken bythe prophet, saying, 21:5 Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thyKing cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt thefoal of an ass.21:6 And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them, 21:7 Andbrought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and theyset him thereon.21:8 And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way;others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way.21:9 And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried,saying, Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in thename of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.21:10 And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved,saying, Who is this?  21:11 And the multitude said, This is Jesus theprophet of Nazareth of Galilee.21:12 And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all themthat sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of themoneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, 21:13 And saidunto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house ofprayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.21:14 And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and hehealed them.21:15 And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful thingsthat he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying,Hosanna to the son of David; they were sore displeased, 21:16 And saidunto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea;have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hastperfected praise?  21:17 And he left them, and went out of the cityinto Bethany; and he lodged there.21:18 Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered.21:19 And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and foundnothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit growon thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree witheredaway.21:20 And when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How soonis the fig tree withered away!  21:21 Jesus answered and said untothem, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shallnot only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shallsay unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into thesea; it shall be done.21:22 And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, yeshall receive.21:23 And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and theelders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, Bywhat authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee thisauthority?  21:24 And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also willask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell youby what authority I do these things.21:25 The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? Andthey reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven;he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him?  21:26 But if weshall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet.21:27 And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he saidunto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.21:28 But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came tothe first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard.21:29 He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, andwent.21:30 And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answeredand said, I go, sir: and went not.21:31 Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say untohim, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That thepublicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.21:32 For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and yebelieved him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: andye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believehim.21:33 Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, whichplanted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepressin it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went intoa far country: 21:34 And when the time of the fruit drew near, he senthis servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits ofit.21:35 And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killedanother, and stoned another.21:36 Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they didunto them likewise.21:37 But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They willreverence my son.21:38 But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves,This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on hisinheritance.21:39 And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slewhim.21:40 When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he dounto those husbandmen?  21:41 They say unto him, He will miserablydestroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto otherhusbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons.21:42 Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, Thestone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of thecorner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?21:43 Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken fromyou, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.21:44 And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but onwhomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.21:45 And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables,they perceived that he spake of them.21:46 But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared themultitude, because they took him for a prophet.22:1 And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, andsaid, 22:2 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, whichmade a marriage for his son, 22:3 And sent forth his servants to callthem that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.22:4 Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which arebidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings arekilled, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.22:5 But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm,another to his merchandise: 22:6 And the remnant took his servants,and entreated them spitefully, and slew them.22:7 But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forthhis armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.22:8 Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but theywhich were bidden were not worthy.22:9 Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find,bid to the marriage.22:10 So those servants went out into the highways, and gatheredtogether all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the weddingwas furnished with guests.22:11 And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a manwhich had not on a wedding garment: 22:12 And he saith unto him,Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And hewas speechless.22:13 Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, andtake him away, and cast him into outer darkness, there shall beweeping and gnashing of teeth.22:14 For many are called, but few are chosen.22:15 Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they mightentangle him in his talk.22:16 And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians,saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way ofGod in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest notthe person of men.22:17 Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to givetribute unto Caesar, or not?  22:18 But Jesus perceived theirwickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?  22:19 Shew methe tribute money. And they brought unto him a penny.22:20 And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription?22:21 They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith he unto them, Rendertherefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God thethings that are God's.22:22 When they had heard these words, they marvelled, and left him,and went their way.22:23 The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there isno resurrection, and asked him, 22:24 Saying, Master, Moses said, If aman die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, andraise up seed unto his brother.22:25 Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when hehad married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife untohis brother: 22:26 Likewise the second also, and the third, unto theseventh.22:27 And last of all the woman died also.22:28 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of theseven?  for they all had her.22:29 Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing thescriptures, nor the power of God.22:30 For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given inmarriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.22:31 But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not readthat which was spoken unto you by God, saying, 22:32 I am the God ofAbraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?  God is not theGod of the dead, but of the living.22:33 And when the multitude heard this, they were astonished at hisdoctrine.22:34 But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadduceesto silence, they were gathered together.22:35 Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question,tempting him, and saying, 22:36 Master, which is the great commandmentin the law?  22:37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thyGod with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.22:38 This is the first and great commandment.22:39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour asthyself.22:40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.22:41 While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,22:42 Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say untohim, The son of David.22:43 He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord,saying, 22:44 The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,till I make thine enemies thy footstool?  22:45 If David then call himLord, how is he his son?  22:46 And no man was able to answer him aword, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any morequestions.23:1 Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, 23:2Saying The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat: 23:3 Alltherefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but donot ye after their works: for they say, and do not.23:4 For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and laythem on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them withone of their fingers.23:5 But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they makebroad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,23:6 And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats inthe synagogues, 23:7 And greetings in the markets, and to be called ofmen, Rabbi, Rabbi.23:8 But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ;and all ye are brethren.23:9 And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is yourFather, which is in heaven.23:10 Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, evenChrist.23:11 But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.23:12 And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he thatshall humble himself shall be exalted.23:13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shutup the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves,neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.23:14 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devourwidows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore yeshall receive the greater damnation.23:15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compasssea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make himtwofold more the child of hell than yourselves.23:16 Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swearby the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold ofthe temple, he is a debtor!  23:17 Ye fools and blind: for whether isgreater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?  23:18And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoeversweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.23:19 Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or thealtar that sanctifieth the gift?  23:20 Whoso therefore shall swear bythe altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.23:21 And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by himthat dwelleth therein.23:22 And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne ofGod, and by him that sitteth thereon.23:23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye paytithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightiermatters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to havedone, and not to leave the other undone.23:24 Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.23:25 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye makeclean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they arefull of extortion and excess.23:26 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cupand platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.23:27 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are likeunto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but arewithin full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.23:28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but withinye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.23:29 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because yebuild the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of therighteous, 23:30 And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers,we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of theprophets.23:31 Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are thechildren of them which killed the prophets.23:32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.23:33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape thedamnation of hell?  23:34 Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets,and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify;and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecutethem from city to city: 23:35 That upon you may come all the righteousblood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto theblood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the templeand the altar.23:36 Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon thisgeneration.23:37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, andstonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gatheredthy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under herwings, and ye would not!  23:38 Behold, your house is left unto youdesolate.23:39 For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till yeshall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.24:1 And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and hisdisciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple.24:2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily Isay unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another,that shall not be thrown down.24:3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came untohim privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and whatshall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?  24:4And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceiveyou.24:5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shalldeceive many.24:6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be nottroubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is notyet.24:7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom againstkingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes,in divers places.24:8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.24:9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall killyou: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.24:10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another,and shall hate one another.24:11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.24:12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall waxcold.24:13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all theworld for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.24:15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation,spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whosoreadeth, let him understand:) 24:16 Then let them which be in Judaeaflee into the mountains: 24:17 Let him which is on the housetop notcome down to take any thing out of his house: 24:18 Neither let himwhich is in the field return back to take his clothes.24:19 And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that givesuck in those days!  24:20 But pray ye that your flight be not in thewinter, neither on the sabbath day: 24:21 For then shall be greattribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to thistime, no, nor ever shall be.24:22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no fleshbe saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.24:23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, orthere; believe it not.24:24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, andshall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it werepossible, they shall deceive the very elect.24:25 Behold, I have told you before.24:26 Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in thedesert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe itnot.24:27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth evenunto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.24:28 For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles begathered together.24:29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun bedarkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shallfall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: 24:30And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and thenshall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son ofman coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.24:31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet,and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from oneend of heaven to the other.24:32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yettender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: 24:33So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it isnear, even at the doors.24:34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till allthese things be fulfilled.24:35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not passaway.24:36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels ofheaven, but my Father only.24:37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Sonof man be.24:38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eatingand drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noeentered into the ark, 24:39 And knew not until the flood came, andtook them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.24:40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and theother left.24:41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken,and the other left.24:42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.24:43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known inwhat watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would nothave suffered his house to be broken up.24:44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think notthe Son of man cometh.24:45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath maderuler over his household, to give them meat in due season?  24:46Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find sodoing.24:47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all hisgoods.24:48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lorddelayeth his coming; 24:49 And shall begin to smite hisfellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken; 24:50 The lordof that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, andin an hour that he is not aware of, 24:51 And shall cut him asunder,and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall beweeping and gnashing of teeth.25:1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins,which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.25:2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.25:3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil withthem: 25:4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.25:5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.25:6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroomcometh; go ye out to meet him.25:7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.25:8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for ourlamps are gone out.25:9 But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enoughfor us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy foryourselves.25:10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they thatwere ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.25:11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, opento us.25:12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.25:13 Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hourwherein the Son of man cometh.25:14 For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a farcountry, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them hisgoods.25:15 And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and toanother one; to every man according to his several ability; andstraightway took his journey.25:16 Then he that had received the five talents went and traded withthe same, and made them other five talents.25:17 And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two.25:18 But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, andhid his lord's money.25:19 After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, andreckoneth with them.25:20 And so he that had received five talents came and brought otherfive talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents:behold, I have gained beside them five talents more.25:21 His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithfulservant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make theeruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.25:22 He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thoudeliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two othertalents beside them.25:23 His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant;thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler overmany things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.25:24 Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, Iknew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown,and gathering where thou hast not strawed: 25:25 And I was afraid, andwent and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that isthine.25:26 His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothfulservant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather whereI have not strawed: 25:27 Thou oughtest therefore to have put my moneyto the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mineown with usury.25:28 Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him whichhath ten talents.25:29 For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall haveabundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even thatwhich he hath.25:30 And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: thereshall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.25:31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holyangels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: 25:32And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separatethem one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from thegoats: 25:33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but thegoats on the left.25:34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, yeblessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from thefoundation of the world: 25:35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave memeat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and yetook me in: 25:36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visitedme: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.25:37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw wethee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?  25:38When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothedthee?  25:39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came untothee?  25:40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I sayunto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of thesemy brethren, ye have done it unto me.25:41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart fromme, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and hisangels: 25:42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I wasthirsty, and ye gave me no drink: 25:43 I was a stranger, and ye tookme not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and yevisited me not.25:44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we theean hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or inprison, and did not minister unto thee?  25:45 Then shall he answerthem, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to oneof the least of these, ye did it not to me.25:46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but therighteous into life eternal.26:1 And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings,he said unto his disciples, 26:2 Ye know that after two days is thefeast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.26:3 Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, andthe elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who wascalled Caiaphas, 26:4 And consulted that they might take Jesus bysubtilty, and kill him.26:5 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproaramong the people.26:6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,26:7 There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of veryprecious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat.26:8 But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, Towhat purpose is this waste?  26:9 For this ointment might have beensold for much, and given to the poor.26:10 When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye thewoman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.26:11 For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.26:12 For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did itfor my burial.26:13 Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preachedin the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done,be told for a memorial of her.26:14 Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto thechief priests, 26:15 And said unto them, What will ye give me, and Iwill deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirtypieces of silver.26:16 And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.26:17 Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciplescame to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare forthee to eat the passover?  26:18 And he said, Go into the city to sucha man, and say unto him, The Master saith, My time is at hand; I willkeep the passover at thy house with my disciples.26:19 And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them; and they madeready the passover.26:20 Now when the even was come, he sat down with the twelve.26:21 And as they did eat, he said, Verily I say unto you, that one ofyou shall betray me.26:22 And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of themto say unto him, Lord, is it I?  26:23 And he answered and said, Hethat dippeth his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me.26:24 The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto thatman by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that manif he had not been born.26:25 Then Judas, which betrayed him, answered and said, Master, is itI?  He said unto him, Thou hast said.26:26 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, andbrake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this ismy body.26:27 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them,saying, Drink ye all of it; 26:28 For this is my blood of the newtestament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.26:29 But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit ofthe vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father'skingdom.26:30 And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount ofOlives.26:31 Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because ofme this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and thesheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.26:32 But after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee.26:33 Peter answered and said unto him, Though all men shall beoffended because of thee, yet will I never be offended.26:34 Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this night,before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.26:35 Peter said unto him, Though I should die with thee, yet will Inot deny thee. Likewise also said all the disciples.26:36 Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, andsaith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder.26:37 And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, andbegan to be sorrowful and very heavy.26:38 Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, evenunto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.26:39 And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed,saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me:nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.26:40 And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, andsaith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?  26:41Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeedis willing, but the flesh is weak.26:42 He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O myFather, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thywill be done.26:43 And he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes wereheavy.26:44 And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the thirdtime, saying the same words.26:45 Then cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep onnow, and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son ofman is betrayed into the hands of sinners.26:46 Rise, let us be going: behold, he is at hand that doth betrayme.26:47 And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, andwith him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chiefpriests and elders of the people.26:48 Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever Ishall kiss, that same is he: hold him fast.26:49 And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, master; andkissed him.26:50 And Jesus said unto him, Friend, wherefore art thou come? Thencame they, and laid hands on Jesus and took him.26:51 And, behold, one of them which were with Jesus stretched out hishand, and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the high priest's,and smote off his ear.26:52 Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place:for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.26:53 Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shallpresently give me more than twelve legions of angels?  26:54 But howthen shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?  26:55In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out asagainst a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat dailywith you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me.26:56 But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets mightbe fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.26:57 And they that had laid hold on Jesus led him away to Caiaphasthe high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled.26:58 But Peter followed him afar off unto the high priest's palace,and went in, and sat with the servants, to see the end.26:59 Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, soughtfalse witness against Jesus, to put him to death; 26:60 But foundnone: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. Atthe last came two false witnesses, 26:61 And said, This fellow said, Iam able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.26:62 And the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thounothing? what is it which these witness against thee?  26:63 But Jesusheld his peace, And the high priest answered and said unto him, Iadjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be theChrist, the Son of God.26:64 Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say untoyou, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right handof power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.26:65 Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spokenblasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye haveheard his blasphemy.26:66 What think ye? They answered and said, He is guilty of death.26:67 Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and otherssmote him with the palms of their hands, 26:68 Saying, Prophesy untous, thou Christ, Who is he that smote thee?  26:69 Now Peter satwithout in the palace: and a damsel came unto him, saying, Thou alsowast with Jesus of Galilee.26:70 But he denied before them all, saying, I know not what thousayest.26:71 And when he was gone out into the porch, another maid saw him,and said unto them that were there, This fellow was also with Jesus ofNazareth.26:72 And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man.26:73 And after a while came unto him they that stood by, and said toPeter, Surely thou also art one of them; for thy speech bewrayeththee.26:74 Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man.And immediately the cock crew.26:75 And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him,Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out, andwept bitterly.27:1 When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders ofthe people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death: 27:2 Andwhen they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him toPontius Pilate the governor.27:3 Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he wascondemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces ofsilver to the chief priests and elders, 27:4 Saying, I have sinned inthat I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is thatto us? see thou to that.27:5 And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, anddeparted, and went and hanged himself.27:6 And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is notlawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price ofblood.27:7 And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field,to bury strangers in.27:8 Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto thisday.27:9 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet,saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of himthat was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value; 27:10And gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me.27:11 And Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him,saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, Thousayest.27:12 And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, heanswered nothing.27:13 Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things theywitness against thee?  27:14 And he answered him to never a word;insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly.27:15 Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto thepeople a prisoner, whom they would.27:16 And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.27:17 Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said untothem, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus whichis called Christ?  27:18 For he knew that for envy they had deliveredhim.27:19 When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent untohim, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I havesuffered many things this day in a dream because of him.27:20 But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude thatthey should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.27:21 The governor answered and said unto them, Whether of the twainwill ye that I release unto you? They said, Barabbas.27:22 Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which iscalled Christ? They all say unto him, Let him be crucified.27:23 And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But theycried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.27:24 When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather atumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before themultitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: seeye to it.27:25 Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, andon our children.27:26 Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourgedJesus, he delivered him to be crucified.27:27 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the commonhall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers.27:28 And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.27:29 And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it uponhis head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee beforehim, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!  27:30 And theyspit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head.27:31 And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off fromhim, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him.27:32 And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name:him they compelled to bear his cross.27:33 And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is tosay, a place of a skull, 27:34 They gave him vinegar to drink mingledwith gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.27:35 And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots:that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, Theyparted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots.27:36 And sitting down they watched him there; 27:37 And set up overhis head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.27:38 Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the righthand, and another on the left.27:39 And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads, 27:40And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in threedays, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from thecross.27:41 Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribesand elders, said, 27:42 He saved others; himself he cannot save. If hebe the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and wewill believe him.27:43 He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him:for he said, I am the Son of God.27:44 The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the samein his teeth.27:45 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the landunto the ninth hour.27:46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying,Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hastthou forsaken me?  27:47 Some of them that stood there, when theyheard that, said, This man calleth for Elias.27:48 And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filledit with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.27:49 The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come tosave him.27:50 Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up theghost.27:51 And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from thetop to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; 27:52And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which sleptarose, 27:53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, andwent into the holy city, and appeared unto many.27:54 Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watchingJesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, theyfeared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.27:55 And many women were there beholding afar off, which followedJesus from Galilee, ministering unto him: 27:56 Among which was MaryMagdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother ofZebedees children.27:57 When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea,named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple: 27:58 He went toPilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the bodyto be delivered.27:59 And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a cleanlinen cloth, 27:60 And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewnout in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of thesepulchre, and departed.27:61 And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting overagainst the sepulchre.27:62 Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, thechief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate, 27:63 Saying,Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive,After three days I will rise again.27:64 Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until thethird day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, andsay unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last errorshall be worse than the first.27:65 Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it assure as ye can.27:66 So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone,and setting a watch.28:1 In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the firstday of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see thesepulchre.28:2 And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of theLord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone fromthe door, and sat upon it.28:3 His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white assnow: 28:4 And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became asdead men.28:5 And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: forI know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified.28:6 He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the placewhere the Lord lay.28:7 And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from thedead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall yesee him: lo, I have told you.28:8 And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and greatjoy; and did run to bring his disciples word.28:9 And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them,saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, andworshipped him.28:10 Then said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid: go tell my brethrenthat they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me.28:11 Now when they were going, behold, some of the watch came intothe city, and shewed unto the chief priests all the things that weredone.28:12 And when they were assembled with the elders, and had takencounsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers, 28:13 Saying, Sayye, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept.28:14 And if this come to the governor's ears, we will persuade him,and secure you.28:15 So they took the money, and did as they were taught: and thissaying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day.28:16 Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into amountain where Jesus had appointed them.28:17 And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted.28:18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is givenunto me in heaven and in earth.28:19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in thename of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: 28:20Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you:and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.The Gospel According to Saint Mark1:1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God; 1:2As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger beforethy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.1:3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way ofthe Lord, make his paths straight.1:4 John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism ofrepentance for the remission of sins.1:5 And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they ofJerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan,confessing their sins.1:6 And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a girdle of askin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey; 1:7 Andpreached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, thelatchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.1:8 I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize youwith the Holy Ghost.1:9 And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazarethof Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan.1:10 And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavensopened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him: 1:11 And therecame a voice from heaven, saying, Thou art my beloved Son, in whom Iam well pleased.1:12 And immediately the spirit driveth him into the wilderness.1:13 And he was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan;and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him.1:14 Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee,preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, 1:15 And saying, The timeis fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, andbelieve the gospel.1:16 Now as he walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrewhis brother casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.1:17 And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make youto become fishers of men.1:18 And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him.1:19 And when he had gone a little farther thence, he saw James theson of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the shipmending their nets.1:20 And straightway he called them: and they left their fatherZebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him.1:21 And they went into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath dayhe entered into the synagogue, and taught.1:22 And they were astonished at his doctrine: for he taught them asone that had authority, and not as the scribes.1:23 And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit;and he cried out, 1:24 Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do withthee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know theewho thou art, the Holy One of God.1:25 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out ofhim.1:26 And when the unclean spirit had torn him, and cried with a loudvoice, he came out of him.1:27 And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned amongthemselves, saying, What thing is this? what new doctrine is this? forwith authority commandeth he even the unclean spirits, and they doobey him.1:28 And immediately his fame spread abroad throughout all the regionround about Galilee.1:29 And forthwith, when they were come out of the synagogue, theyentered into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.1:30 But Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever, and anon they tellhim of her.1:31 And he came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; andimmediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them.1:32 And at even, when the sun did set, they brought unto him all thatwere diseased, and them that were possessed with devils.1:33 And all the city was gathered together at the door.1:34 And he healed many that were sick of divers diseases, and castout many devils; and suffered not the devils to speak, because theyknew him.1:35 And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he wentout, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.1:36 And Simon and they that were with him followed after him.1:37 And when they had found him, they said unto him, All men seek forthee.1:38 And he said unto them, Let us go into the next towns, that I maypreach there also: for therefore came I forth.1:39 And he preached in their synagogues throughout all Galilee, andcast out devils.1:40 And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling downto him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.1:41 And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand, and touchedhim, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean.1:42 And as soon as he had spoken, immediately the leprosy departedfrom him, and he was cleansed.1:43 And he straitly charged him, and forthwith sent him away; 1:44And saith unto him, See thou say nothing to any man: but go thy way,shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing those thingswhich Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.1:45 But he went out, and began to publish it much, and to blazeabroad the matter, insomuch that Jesus could no more openly enter intothe city, but was without in desert places: and they came to him fromevery quarter.2:1 And again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it wasnoised that he was in the house.2:2 And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that therewas no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door: and hepreached the word unto them.2:3 And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which wasborne of four.2:4 And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, theyuncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, theylet down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay.2:5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy,Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.2:6 But there was certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoningin their hearts, 2:7 Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who canforgive sins but God only?  2:8 And immediately when Jesus perceivedin his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he said untothem, Why reason ye these things in your hearts?  2:9 Whether is iteasier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; orto say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?  2:10 But that ye mayknow that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (hesaith to the sick of the palsy,) 2:11 I say unto thee, Arise, and takeup thy bed, and go thy way into thine house.2:12 And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forth beforethem all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and glorified God,saying, We never saw it on this fashion.2:13 And he went forth again by the sea side; and all the multituderesorted unto him, and he taught them.2:14 And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting atthe receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me. And he arose andfollowed him.2:15 And it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat at meat in his house,many publicans and sinners sat also together with Jesus and hisdisciples: for there were many, and they followed him.2:16 And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans andsinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth anddrinketh with publicans and sinners?  2:17 When Jesus heard it, hesaith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician,but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinnersto repentance.2:18 And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: andthey come and say unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of thePharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not?  2:19 And Jesus said untothem, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroomis with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, theycannot fast.2:20 But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken awayfrom them, and then shall they fast in those days.2:21 No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: elsethe new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rentis made worse.2:22 And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new winedoth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles willbe marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles.2:23 And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on thesabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the earsof corn.2:24 And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on thesabbath day that which is not lawful?  2:25 And he said unto them,Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was anhungred, he, and they that were with him?  2:26 How he went into thehouse of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat theshewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gavealso to them which were with him?  2:27 And he said unto them, Thesabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath: 2:28 Thereforethe Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.3:1 And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man therewhich had a withered hand.3:2 And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbathday; that they might accuse him.3:3 And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Standforth.3:4 And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbathdays, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held theirpeace.3:5 And when he had looked round about on them with anger, beinggrieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man,Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand wasrestored whole as the other.3:6 And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel withthe Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.3:7 But Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the sea: and agreat multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judaea, 3:8 Andfrom Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and from beyond Jordan; and theyabout Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they had heard whatgreat things he did, came unto him.3:9 And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait onhim because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.3:10 For he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon him forto touch him, as many as had plagues.3:11 And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, andcried, saying, Thou art the Son of God.3:12 And he straitly charged them that they should not make him known.3:13 And he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth unto him whom hewould: and they came unto him.3:14 And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that hemight send them forth to preach, 3:15 And to have power to healsicknesses, and to cast out devils: 3:16 And Simon he surnamed Peter;3:17 And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; andhe surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder: 3:18 AndAndrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, andJames the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Canaanite,3:19 And Judas Iscariot, which also betrayed him: and they went intoan house.3:20 And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could notso much as eat bread.3:21 And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold onhim: for they said, He is beside himself.3:22 And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hathBeelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils.3:23 And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, Howcan Satan cast out Satan?  3:24 And if a kingdom be divided againstitself, that kingdom cannot stand.3:25 And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannotstand.3:26 And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannotstand, but hath an end.3:27 No man can enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods,except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil hishouse.3:28 Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sonsof men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme: 3:29But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath neverforgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation.3:30 Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.3:31 There came then his brethren and his mother, and, standingwithout, sent unto him, calling him.3:32 And the multitude sat about him, and they said unto him, Behold,thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee.3:33 And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my brethren?3:34 And he looked round about on them which sat about him, and said,Behold my mother and my brethren!  3:35 For whosoever shall do thewill of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.4:1 And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there wasgathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship,and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on theland.4:2 And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them inhis doctrine, 4:3 Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow: 4:4And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and thefowls of the air came and devoured it up.4:5 And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; andimmediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth: 4:6 Butwhen the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, itwithered away.4:7 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it,and it yielded no fruit.4:8 And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang upand increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, andsome an hundred.4:9 And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.4:10 And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelveasked of him the parable.4:11 And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mysteryof the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all thesethings are done in parables: 4:12 That seeing they may see, and notperceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at anytime they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.4:13 And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how thenwill ye know all parables?  4:14 The sower soweth the word.4:15 And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; butwhen they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away theword that was sown in their hearts.4:16 And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who,when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness;4:17 And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time:afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake,immediately they are offended.4:18 And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear theword, 4:19 And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness ofriches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, andit becometh unfruitful.4:20 And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hearthe word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, somesixty, and some an hundred.4:21 And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under abushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?  4:22 Forthere is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was anything kept secret, but that it should come abroad.4:23 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.4:24 And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measureye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shallmore be given.4:25 For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not,from him shall be taken even that which he hath.4:26 And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should castseed into the ground; 4:27 And should sleep, and rise night and day,and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.4:28 For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade,then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.4:29 But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth inthe sickle, because the harvest is come.4:30 And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or withwhat comparison shall we compare it?  4:31 It is like a grain ofmustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than allthe seeds that be in the earth: 4:32 But when it is sown, it growethup, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out greatbranches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow ofit.4:33 And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as theywere able to hear it.4:34 But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they werealone, he expounded all things to his disciples.4:35 And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, Letus pass over unto the other side.4:36 And when they had sent away the multitude, they took him even ashe was in the ship. And there were also with him other little ships.4:37 And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat intothe ship, so that it was now full.4:38 And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow:and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that weperish?  4:39 And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto thesea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.4:40 And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that yehave no faith?  4:41 And they feared exceedingly, and said one toanother, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the seaobey him?  5:1 And they came over unto the other side of the sea, intothe country of the Gadarenes.5:2 And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met himout of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, 5:3 Who had hisdwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not withchains: 5:4 Because that he had been often bound with fetters andchains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and thefetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him.5:5 And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in thetombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones.5:6 But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him, 5:7 Andcried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus,thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou tormentme not.5:8 For he said unto him, Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit.5:9 And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, Myname is Legion: for we are many.5:10 And he besought him much that he would not send them away out ofthe country.5:11 Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swinefeeding.5:12 And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine,that we may enter into them.5:13 And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits wentout, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down asteep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and werechoked in the sea.5:14 And they that fed the swine fled, and told it in the city, and inthe country. And they went out to see what it was that was done.5:15 And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with thedevil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his rightmind: and they were afraid.5:16 And they that saw it told them how it befell to him that waspossessed with the devil, and also concerning the swine.5:17 And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts.5:18 And when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessedwith the devil prayed him that he might be with him.5:19 Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home tothy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done forthee, and hath had compassion on thee.5:20 And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how greatthings Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel.5:21 And when Jesus was passed over again by ship unto the other side,much people gathered unto him: and he was nigh unto the sea.5:22 And, behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue,Jairus by name; and when he saw him, he fell at his feet, 5:23 Andbesought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point ofdeath: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may behealed; and she shall live.5:24 And Jesus went with him; and much people followed him, andthronged him.5:25 And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years,5:26 And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spentall that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,5:27 When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, andtouched his garment.5:28 For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole.5:29 And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and shefelt in her body that she was healed of that plague.5:30 And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had goneout of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched myclothes?  5:31 And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest themultitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?  5:32 Andhe looked round about to see her that had done this thing.5:33 But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done inher, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.5:34 And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole;go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.5:35 While he yet spake, there came from the ruler of the synagogue'shouse certain which said, Thy daughter is dead: why troublest thou theMaster any further?  5:36 As soon as Jesus heard the word that wasspoken, he saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, onlybelieve.5:37 And he suffered no man to follow him, save Peter, and James, andJohn the brother of James.5:38 And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, andseeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly.5:39 And when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why make ye thisado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.5:40 And they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put them all out,he taketh the father and the mother of the damsel, and them that werewith him, and entereth in where the damsel was lying.5:41 And he took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her, Talithacumi; which is, being interpreted, Damsel, I say unto thee, arise.5:42 And straightway the damsel arose, and walked; for she was of theage of twelve years. And they were astonished with a greatastonishment.5:43 And he charged them straitly that no man should know it; andcommanded that something should be given her to eat.6:1 And he went out from thence, and came into his own country; andhis disciples follow him.6:2 And when the sabbath day was come, he began to teach in thesynagogue: and many hearing him were astonished, saying, From whencehath this man these things? and what wisdom is this which is givenunto him, that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands?  6:3Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, andJoses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us?And they were offended at him.6:4 But Jesus, said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but inhis own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.6:5 And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his handsupon a few sick folk, and healed them.6:6 And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he went roundabout the villages, teaching.6:7 And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth bytwo and two; and gave them power over unclean spirits; 6:8 Andcommanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, save astaff only; no scrip, no bread, no money in their purse: 6:9 But beshod with sandals; and not put on two coats.6:10 And he said unto them, In what place soever ye enter into anhouse, there abide till ye depart from that place.6:11 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye departthence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony againstthem.Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom andGomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.6:12 And they went out, and preached that men should repent.6:13 And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many thatwere sick, and healed them.6:14 And king Herod heard of him; (for his name was spread abroad:)and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, andtherefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.6:15 Others said, That it is Elias. And others said, That it is aprophet, or as one of the prophets.6:16 But when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is John, whom Ibeheaded: he is risen from the dead.6:17 For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, andbound him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife: forhe had married her.6:18 For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to havethy brother's wife.6:19 Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would havekilled him; but she could not: 6:20 For Herod feared John, knowingthat he was a just man and an holy, and observed him; and when heheard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly.6:21 And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthdaymade a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates ofGalilee; 6:22 And when the daughter of the said Herodias came in, anddanced, and pleased Herod and them that sat with him, the king saidunto the damsel, Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt, and I will give itthee.6:23 And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I willgive it thee, unto the half of my kingdom.6:24 And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask?And she said, The head of John the Baptist.6:25 And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked,saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head ofJohn the Baptist.6:26 And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath's sake, andfor their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her.6:27 And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded hishead to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison, 6:28And brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the damsel: and thedamsel gave it to her mother.6:29 And when his disciples heard of it, they came and took up hiscorpse, and laid it in a tomb.6:30 And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus, andtold him all things, both what they had done, and what they hadtaught.6:31 And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desertplace, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, andthey had no leisure so much as to eat.6:32 And they departed into a desert place by ship privately.6:33 And the people saw them departing, and many knew him, and ranafoot thither out of all cities, and outwent them, and came togetherunto him.6:34 And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved withcompassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having ashepherd: and he began to teach them many things.6:35 And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came unto him,and said, This is a desert place, and now the time is far passed: 6:36Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, andinto the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing toeat.6:37 He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they sayunto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, andgive them to eat?  6:38 He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye?go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.6:39 And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon thegreen grass.6:40 And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties.6:41 And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, helooked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, and gave themto his disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided heamong them all.6:42 And they did all eat, and were filled.6:43 And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments, and of thefishes.6:44 And they that did eat of the loaves were about five thousand men.6:45 And straightway he constrained his disciples to get into theship, and to go to the other side before unto Bethsaida, while he sentaway the people.6:46 And when he had sent them away, he departed into a mountain topray.6:47 And when even was come, the ship was in the midst of the sea, andhe alone on the land.6:48 And he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary untothem: and about the fourth watch of the night he cometh unto them,walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them.6:49 But when they saw him walking upon the sea, they supposed it hadbeen a spirit, and cried out: 6:50 For they all saw him, and weretroubled. And immediately he talked with them, and saith unto them, Beof good cheer: it is I; be not afraid.6:51 And he went up unto them into the ship; and the wind ceased: andthey were sore amazed in themselves beyond measure, and wondered.6:52 For they considered not the miracle of the loaves: for theirheart was hardened.6:53 And when they had passed over, they came into the land ofGennesaret, and drew to the shore.6:54 And when they were come out of the ship, straightway they knewhim, 6:55 And ran through that whole region round about, and began tocarry about in beds those that were sick, where they heard he was.6:56 And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, orcountry, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that theymight touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many astouched him were made whole.7:1 Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of thescribes, which came from Jerusalem.7:2 And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled,that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.7:3 For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their handsoft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.7:4 And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eatnot.And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, asthe washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables.7:5 Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thydisciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread withunwashen hands?  7:6 He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaiasprophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honourethme with their lips, but their heart is far from me.7:7 Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines thecommandments of men.7:8 For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition ofmen, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like thingsye do.7:9 And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God,that ye may keep your own tradition.7:10 For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whosocurseth father or mother, let him die the death: 7:11 But ye say, If aman shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, agift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free.7:12 And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or hismother; 7:13 Making the word of God of none effect through yourtradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.7:14 And when he had called all the people unto him, he said untothem, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand: 7:15 There isnothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: butthe things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.7:16 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.7:17 And when he was entered into the house from the people, hisdisciples asked him concerning the parable.7:18 And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Doye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into theman, it cannot defile him; 7:19 Because it entereth not into hisheart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging allmeats?  7:20 And he said, That which cometh out of the man, thatdefileth the man.7:21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts,adulteries, fornications, murders, 7:22 Thefts, covetousness,wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride,foolishness: 7:23 All these evil things come from within, and defilethe man.7:24 And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre andSidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man know it: buthe could not be hid.7:25 For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit,heard of him, and came and fell at his feet: 7:26 The woman was aGreek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he wouldcast forth the devil out of her daughter.7:27 But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for itis not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto thedogs.7:28 And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs underthe table eat of the children's crumbs.7:29 And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil isgone out of thy daughter.7:30 And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out,and her daughter laid upon the bed.7:31 And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he cameunto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.7:32 And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impedimentin his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him.7:33 And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingersinto his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue; 7:34 And lookingup to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Beopened.7:35 And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of histongue was loosed, and he spake plain.7:36 And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more hecharged them, so much the more a great deal they published it; 7:37And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all thingswell: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.8:1 In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothingto eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them, 8:2I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with methree days, and have nothing to eat: 8:3 And if I send them awayfasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers ofthem came from far.8:4 And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfythese men with bread here in the wilderness?  8:5 And he asked them,How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven.8:6 And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and he tookthe seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to hisdisciples to set before them; and they did set them before the people.8:7 And they had a few small fishes: and he blessed, and commanded toset them also before them.8:8 So they did eat, and were filled: and they took up of the brokenmeat that was left seven baskets.8:9 And they that had eaten were about four thousand: and he sent themaway.8:10 And straightway he entered into a ship with his disciples, andcame into the parts of Dalmanutha.8:11 And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him,seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him.8:12 And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth thisgeneration seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall nosign be given unto this generation.8:13 And he left them, and entering into the ship again departed tothe other side.8:14 Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither had theyin the ship with them more than one loaf.8:15 And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven ofthe Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.8:16 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we haveno bread.8:17 And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye,because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand?have ye your heart yet hardened?  8:18 Having eyes, see ye not? andhaving ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?  8:19 When I brakethe five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full offragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve.8:20 And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full offragments took ye up? And they said, Seven.8:21 And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand?  8:22And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, andbesought him to touch him.8:23 And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of thetown; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, heasked him if he saw ought.8:24 And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking.8:25 After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made himlook up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly.8:26 And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into thetown, nor tell it to any in the town.8:27 And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of CaesareaPhilippi: and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them,Whom do men say that I am?  8:28 And they answered, John the Baptist;but some say, Elias; and others, One of the prophets.8:29 And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peteranswereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ.8:30 And he charged them that they should tell no man of him.8:31 And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer manythings, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, andscribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.8:32 And he spake that saying openly. And Peter took him, and began torebuke him.8:33 But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, herebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourestnot the things that be of God, but the things that be of men.8:34 And when he had called the people unto him with his disciplesalso, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him denyhimself, and take up his cross, and follow me.8:35 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoevershall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall saveit.8:36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world,and lose his own soul?  8:37 Or what shall a man give in exchange forhis soul?  8:38 Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of mywords in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall theSon of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father withthe holy angels.9:1 And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be someof them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till theyhave seen the kingdom of God come with power.9:2 And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, andJohn, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves:and he was transfigured before them.9:3 And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as nofuller on earth can white them.9:4 And there appeared unto them Elias with Moses: and they weretalking with Jesus.9:5 And Peter answered and said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us tobe here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one forMoses, and one for Elias.9:6 For he wist not what to say; for they were sore afraid.9:7 And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came outof the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.9:8 And suddenly, when they had looked round about, they saw no manany more, save Jesus only with themselves.9:9 And as they came down from the mountain, he charged them that theyshould tell no man what things they had seen, till the Son of man wererisen from the dead.9:10 And they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one withanother what the rising from the dead should mean.9:11 And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias mustfirst come?  9:12 And he answered and told them, Elias verily comethfirst, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son ofman, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought.9:13 But I say unto you, That Elias is indeed come, and they have doneunto him whatsoever they listed, as it is written of him.9:14 And when he came to his disciples, he saw a great multitude aboutthem, and the scribes questioning with them.9:15 And straightway all the people, when they beheld him, weregreatly amazed, and running to him saluted him.9:16 And he asked the scribes, What question ye with them?  9:17 Andone of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have brought untothee my son, which hath a dumb spirit; 9:18 And wheresoever he takethhim, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, andpineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast himout; and they could not.9:19 He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how longshall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me.9:20 And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightwaythe spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming.9:21 And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came untohim?  And he said, Of a child.9:22 And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters,to destroy him: but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us,and help us.9:23 Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things arepossible to him that believeth.9:24 And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said withtears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.9:25 When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebukedthe foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I chargethee, come out of him, and enter no more into him.9:26 And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: andhe was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead.9:27 But Jesus took him by the hand, and lifted him up; and he arose.9:28 And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked himprivately, Why could not we cast him out?  9:29 And he said unto them,This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.9:30 And they departed thence, and passed through Galilee; and hewould not that any man should know it.9:31 For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of manis delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and afterthat he is killed, he shall rise the third day.9:32 But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him.9:33 And he came to Capernaum: and being in the house he asked them,What was it that ye disputed among yourselves by the way?  9:34 Butthey held their peace: for by the way they had disputed amongthemselves, who should be the greatest.9:35 And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, Ifany man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servantof all.9:36 And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them: and whenhe had taken him in his arms, he said unto them, 9:37 Whosoever shallreceive one of such children in my name, receiveth me: and whosoevershall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me.9:38 And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting outdevils in thy name, and he followeth not us: and we forbad him,because he followeth not us.9:39 But Jesus said, Forbid him not: for there is no man which shalldo a miracle in my name, that can lightly speak evil of me.9:40 For he that is not against us is on our part.9:41 For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name,because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not losehis reward.9:42 And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believein me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about hisneck, and he were cast into the sea.9:43 And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee toenter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, intothe fire that never shall be quenched: 9:44 Where their worm diethnot, and the fire is not quenched.9:45 And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee toenter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, intothe fire that never shall be quenched: 9:46 Where their worm diethnot, and the fire is not quenched.9:47 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for theeto enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes tobe cast into hell fire: 9:48 Where their worm dieth not, and the fireis not quenched.9:49 For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrificeshall be salted with salt.9:50 Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewithwill ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one withanother.10:1 And he arose from thence, and cometh into the coasts of Judaea bythe farther side of Jordan: and the people resort unto him again; and,as he was wont, he taught them again.10:2 And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for aman to put away his wife? tempting him.10:3 And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?10:4 And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, andto put her away.10:5 And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of yourheart he wrote you this precept.10:6 But from the beginning of the creation God made them male andfemale.10:7 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, andcleave to his wife; 10:8 And they twain shall be one flesh: so thenthey are no more twain, but one flesh.10:9 What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.10:10 And in the house his disciples asked him again of the samematter.10:11 And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, andmarry another, committeth adultery against her.10:12 And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married toanother, she committeth adultery.10:13 And they brought young children to him, that he should touchthem: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them.10:14 But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said untothem, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not:for of such is the kingdom of God.10:15 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdomof God as a little child, he shall not enter therein.10:16 And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, andblessed them.10:17 And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running,and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that Imay inherit eternal life?  10:18 And Jesus said unto him, Why callestthou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God.10:19 Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do notkill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thyfather and mother.  10:20 And he answered and said unto him, Master,all these have I observed from my youth.10:21 Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thingthou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to thepoor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up thecross, and follow me.10:22 And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he hadgreat possessions.10:23 And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, Howhardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!10:24 And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesusanswereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it forthem that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!  10:25 Itis easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for arich man to enter into the kingdom of God.10:26 And they were astonished out of measure, saying amongthemselves, Who then can be saved?  10:27 And Jesus looking upon themsaith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God allthings are possible.10:28 Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and havefollowed thee.10:29 And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is noman that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, ormother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's,10:30 But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses,and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, withpersecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.10:31 But many that are first shall be last; and the last first.10:32 And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus wentbefore them: and they were amazed; and as they followed, they wereafraid.And he took again the twelve, and began to tell them what thingsshould happen unto him, 10:33 Saying, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem;and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief priests, and untothe scribes; and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliverhim to the Gentiles: 10:34 And they shall mock him, and shall scourgehim, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him: and the third day heshall rise again.10:35 And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come unto him, saying,Master, we would that thou shouldest do for us whatsoever we shalldesire.10:36 And he said unto them, What would ye that I should do for you?10:37 They said unto him, Grant unto us that we may sit, one on thyright hand, and the other on thy left hand, in thy glory.10:38 But Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask: can ye drinkof the cup that I drink of? and be baptized with the baptism that I ambaptized with?  10:39 And they said unto him, We can. And Jesus saidunto them, Ye shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink of; and withthe baptism that I am baptized withal shall ye be baptized: 10:40 Butto sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; butit shall be given to them for whom it is prepared.10:41 And when the ten heard it, they began to be much displeased withJames and John.10:42 But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know thatthey which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordshipover them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them.10:43 But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be greatamong you, shall be your minister: 10:44 And whosoever of you will bethe chiefest, shall be servant of all.10:45 For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but tominister, and to give his life a ransom for many.10:46 And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with hisdisciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son ofTimaeus, sat by the highway side begging.10:47 And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cryout, and say, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me.10:48 And many charged him that he should hold his peace: but he criedthe more a great deal, Thou son of David, have mercy on me.10:49 And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be called. And theycall the blind man, saying unto him, Be of good comfort, rise; hecalleth thee.10:50 And he, casting away his garment, rose, and came to Jesus.10:51 And Jesus answered and said unto him, What wilt thou that Ishould do unto thee? The blind man said unto him, Lord, that I mightreceive my sight.10:52 And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made theewhole.And immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way.11:1 And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and Bethany,at the mount of Olives, he sendeth forth two of his disciples, 11:2And saith unto them, Go your way into the village over against you:and as soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall find a colt tied,whereon never man sat; loose him, and bring him.11:3 And if any man say unto you, Why do ye this? say ye that the Lordhath need of him; and straightway he will send him hither.11:4 And they went their way, and found the colt tied by the doorwithout in a place where two ways met; and they loose him.11:5 And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do ye,loosing the colt?  11:6 And they said unto them even as Jesus hadcommanded: and they let them go.11:7 And they brought the colt to Jesus, and cast their garments onhim; and he sat upon him.11:8 And many spread their garments in the way: and others cut downbranches off the trees, and strawed them in the way.11:9 And they that went before, and they that followed, cried, saying,Hosanna; Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord: 11:10Blessed be the kingdom of our father David, that cometh in the name ofthe Lord: Hosanna in the highest.11:11 And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple: and whenhe had looked round about upon all things, and now the eventide wascome, he went out unto Bethany with the twelve.11:12 And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he washungry: 11:13 And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came,if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, hefound nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet.11:14 And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of theehereafter for ever. And his disciples heard it.11:15 And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, andbegan to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, andoverthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them thatsold doves; 11:16 And would not suffer that any man should carry anyvessel through the temple.11:17 And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My houseshall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have madeit a den of thieves.11:18 And the scribes and chief priests heard it, and sought how theymight destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people wasastonished at his doctrine.11:19 And when even was come, he went out of the city.11:20 And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig treedried up from the roots.11:21 And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Master, behold,the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away.11:22 And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.11:23 For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto thismountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shallnot doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which hesaith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.11:24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when yepray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.11:25 And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought againstany: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you yourtrespasses.11:26 But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is inheaven forgive your trespasses.11:27 And they come again to Jerusalem: and as he was walking in thetemple, there come to him the chief priests, and the scribes, and theelders, 11:28 And say unto him, By what authority doest thou thesethings? and who gave thee this authority to do these things?  11:29And Jesus answered and said unto them, I will also ask of you onequestion, and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I dothese things.11:30 The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men? answer me.11:31 And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, Fromheaven; he will say, Why then did ye not believe him?  11:32 But if weshall say, Of men; they feared the people: for all men counted John,that he was a prophet indeed.11:33 And they answered and said unto Jesus, We cannot tell. And Jesusanswering saith unto them, Neither do I tell you by what authority Ido these things.12:1 And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain manplanted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place forthe winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and wentinto a far country.12:2 And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that hemight receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.12:3 And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.12:4 And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they caststones, and wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefullyhandled.12:5 And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others;beating some, and killing some.12:6 Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him alsolast unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.12:7 But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir;come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be our's.12:8 And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of thevineyard.12:9 What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? he will comeand destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others.12:10 And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which thebuilders rejected is become the head of the corner: 12:11 This was theLord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?  12:12 And they soughtto lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he hadspoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went theirway.12:13 And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of theHerodians, to catch him in his words.12:14 And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know thatthou art true, and carest for no man: for thou regardest not theperson of men, but teachest the way of God in truth: Is it lawful togive tribute to Caesar, or not?  12:15 Shall we give, or shall we notgive? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt yeme? bring me a penny, that I may see it.12:16 And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this imageand superscription? And they said unto him, Caesar's.12:17 And Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Caesar the thingsthat are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. And theymarvelled at him.12:18 Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is noresurrection; and they asked him, saying, 12:19 Master, Moses wroteunto us, If a man's brother die, and leave his wife behind him, andleave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise upseed unto his brother.12:20 Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, anddying left no seed.12:21 And the second took her, and died, neither left he any seed: andthe third likewise.12:22 And the seven had her, and left no seed: last of all the womandied also.12:23 In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, whose wifeshall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife.12:24 And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err,because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?  12:25For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor aregiven in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven.12:26 And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read inthe book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I amthe God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?  12:27He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye thereforedo greatly err.12:28 And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoningtogether, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him,Which is the first commandment of all?  12:29 And Jesus answered him,The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our Godis one Lord: 12:30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thyheart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thystrength: this is the first commandment.12:31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thyneighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater thanthese.12:32 And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said thetruth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he: 12:33 Andto love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, andwith all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love hisneighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings andsacrifices.12:34 And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said untohim, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after thatdurst ask him any question.12:35 And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple, Howsay the scribes that Christ is the son of David?  12:36 For Davidhimself said by the Holy Ghost, The LORD said to my Lord, Sit thou onmy right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool.12:37 David therefore himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he thenhis son? And the common people heard him gladly.12:38 And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes,which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in themarketplaces, 12:39 And the chief seats in the synagogues, and theuppermost rooms at feasts: 12:40 Which devour widows' houses, and fora pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.12:41 And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how thepeople cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast inmuch.12:42 And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites,which make a farthing.12:43 And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them,Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, thanall they which have cast into the treasury: 12:44 For all they didcast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all thatshe had, even all her living.13:1 And as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples saith untohim, Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here!13:2 And Jesus answering said unto him, Seest thou these greatbuildings?  there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shallnot be thrown down.13:3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives over against the temple,Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately, 13:4 Tell us,when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign when all thesethings shall be fulfilled?  13:5 And Jesus answering them began tosay, Take heed lest any man deceive you: 13:6 For many shall come inmy name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.13:7 And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye nottroubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet.13:8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom againstkingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and thereshall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.13:9 But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up tocouncils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall bebrought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony againstthem.13:10 And the gospel must first be published among all nations.13:11 But when they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take nothought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate: butwhatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it isnot ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost.13:12 Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and thefather the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, andshall cause them to be put to death.13:13 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he thatshall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.13:14 But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken ofby Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him thatreadeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to themountains: 13:15 And let him that is on the housetop not go down intothe house, neither enter therein, to take any thing out of his house:13:16 And let him that is in the field not turn back again for to takeup his garment.13:17 But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suckin those days!  13:18 And pray ye that your flight be not in thewinter.13:19 For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from thebeginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neithershall be.13:20 And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no fleshshould be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, hehath shortened the days.13:21 And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or,lo, he is there; believe him not: 13:22 For false Christs and falseprophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, ifit were possible, even the elect.13:23 But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.13:24 But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall bedarkened, and the moon shall not give her light, 13:25 And the starsof heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall beshaken.13:26 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds withgreat power and glory.13:27 And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together hiselect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to theuttermost part of heaven.13:28 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yettender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near: 13:29So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass,know that it is nigh, even at the doors.13:30 Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, tillall these things be done.13:31 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not passaway.13:32 But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angelswhich are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.13:33 Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.13:34 For the Son of Man is as a man taking a far journey, who lefthis house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man hiswork, and commanded the porter to watch.13:35 Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the housecometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in themorning: 13:36 Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.13:37 And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.14:1 After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavenedbread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they mighttake him by craft, and put him to death.14:2 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar ofthe people.14:3 And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he satat meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment ofspikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on hishead.14:4 And there were some that had indignation within themselves, andsaid, Why was this waste of the ointment made?  14:5 For it might havebeen sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given tothe poor. And they murmured against her.14:6 And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hathwrought a good work on me.14:7 For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will yemay do them good: but me ye have not always.14:8 She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint mybody to the burying.14:9 Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preachedthroughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall bespoken of for a memorial of her.14:10 And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chiefpriests, to betray him unto them.14:11 And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give himmoney. And he sought how he might conveniently betray him.14:12 And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed thepassover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go andprepare that thou mayest eat the passover?  14:13 And he sendeth forthtwo of his disciples, and saith unto them, Go ye into the city, andthere shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water: follow him.14:14 And wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to the goodman of thehouse, The Master saith, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eatthe passover with my disciples?  14:15 And he will shew you a largeupper room furnished and prepared: there make ready for us.14:16 And his disciples went forth, and came into the city, and foundas he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover.14:17 And in the evening he cometh with the twelve.14:18 And as they sat and did eat, Jesus said, Verily I say unto you,One of you which eateth with me shall betray me.14:19 And they began to be sorrowful, and to say unto him one by one,Is it I? and another said, Is it I?  14:20 And he answered and saidunto them, It is one of the twelve, that dippeth with me in the dish.14:21 The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him: but woe tothat man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! good were it for that manif he had never been born.14:22 And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brakeit, and gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this is my body.14:23 And he took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it tothem: and they all drank of it.14:24 And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament,which is shed for many.14:25 Verily I say unto you, I will drink no more of the fruit of thevine, until that day that I drink it new in the kingdom of God.14:26 And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount ofOlives.14:27 And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended because ofme this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and thesheep shall be scattered.14:28 But after that I am risen, I will go before you into Galilee.14:29 But Peter said unto him, Although all shall be offended, yetwill not I.14:30 And Jesus saith unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this day,even in this night, before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny methrice.14:31 But he spake the more vehemently, If I should die with thee, Iwill not deny thee in any wise. Likewise also said they all.14:32 And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and hesaith to his disciples, Sit ye here, while I shall pray.14:33 And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to besore amazed, and to be very heavy; 14:34 And saith unto them, My soulis exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch.14:35 And he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayedthat, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him.14:36 And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee;take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but whatthou wilt.14:37 And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter,Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour?  14:38 Watchye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready,but the flesh is weak.14:39 And again he went away, and prayed, and spake the same words.14:40 And when he returned, he found them asleep again, (for theireyes were heavy,) neither wist they what to answer him.14:41 And he cometh the third time, and saith unto them, Sleep on now,and take your rest: it is enough, the hour is come; behold, the Son ofman is betrayed into the hands of sinners.14:42 Rise up, let us go; lo, he that betrayeth me is at hand.14:43 And immediately, while he yet spake, cometh Judas, one of thetwelve, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, fromthe chief priests and the scribes and the elders.14:44 And he that betrayed him had given them a token, saying,Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he; take him, and lead him awaysafely.14:45 And as soon as he was come, he goeth straightway to him, andsaith, Master, master; and kissed him.14:46 And they laid their hands on him, and took him.14:47 And one of them that stood by drew a sword, and smote a servantof the high priest, and cut off his ear.14:48 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Are ye come out, asagainst a thief, with swords and with staves to take me?  14:49 I wasdaily with you in the temple teaching, and ye took me not: but thescriptures must be fulfilled.14:50 And they all forsook him, and fled.14:51 And there followed him a certain young man, having a linen clothcast about his naked body; and the young men laid hold on him: 14:52And he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked.14:53 And they led Jesus away to the high priest: and with him wereassembled all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes.14:54 And Peter followed him afar off, even into the palace of thehigh priest: and he sat with the servants, and warmed himself at thefire.14:55 And the chief priests and all the council sought for witnessagainst Jesus to put him to death; and found none.14:56 For many bare false witness against him, but their witnessagreed not together.14:57 And there arose certain, and bare false witness against him,saying, 14:58 We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that ismade with hands, and within three days I will build another madewithout hands.14:59 But neither so did their witness agree together.14:60 And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus,saying, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness againstthee?  14:61 But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again thehigh priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Sonof the Blessed?  14:62 And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Sonof man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds ofheaven.14:63 Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, What need weany further witnesses?  14:64 Ye have heard the blasphemy: what thinkye? And they all condemned him to be guilty of death.14:65 And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and tobuffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants did strikehim with the palms of their hands.14:66 And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there cometh one of themaids of the high priest: 14:67 And when she saw Peter warminghimself, she looked upon him, and said, And thou also wast with Jesusof Nazareth.14:68 But he denied, saying, I know not, neither understand I whatthou sayest. And he went out into the porch; and the cock crew.14:69 And a maid saw him again, and began to say to them that stoodby, This is one of them.14:70 And he denied it again. And a little after, they that stood bysaid again to Peter, Surely thou art one of them: for thou art aGalilaean, and thy speech agreeth thereto.14:71 But he began to curse and to swear, saying, I know not this manof whom ye speak.14:72 And the second time the cock crew. And Peter called to mind theword that Jesus said unto him, Before the cock crow twice, thou shaltdeny me thrice. And when he thought thereon, he wept.15:1 And straightway in the morning the chief priests held aconsultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, andbound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate.15:2 And Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews? And heanswering said unto them, Thou sayest it.15:3 And the chief priests accused him of many things: but he answerednothing.15:4 And Pilate asked him again, saying, Answerest thou nothing?behold how many things they witness against thee.15:5 But Jesus yet answered nothing; so that Pilate marvelled.15:6 Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoeverthey desired.15:7 And there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with them thathad made insurrection with him, who had committed murder in theinsurrection.15:8 And the multitude crying aloud began to desire him to do as hehad ever done unto them.15:9 But Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I release unto youthe King of the Jews?  15:10 For he knew that the chief priests haddelivered him for envy.15:11 But the chief priests moved the people, that he should ratherrelease Barabbas unto them.15:12 And Pilate answered and said again unto them, What will ye thenthat I shall do unto him whom ye call the King of the Jews?  15:13 Andthey cried out again, Crucify him.15:14 Then Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil hath he done? Andthey cried out the more exceedingly, Crucify him.15:15 And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbasunto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to becrucified.15:16 And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called Praetorium;and they call together the whole band.15:17 And they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns,and put it about his head, 15:18 And began to salute him, Hail, Kingof the Jews!  15:19 And they smote him on the head with a reed, anddid spit upon him, and bowing their knees worshipped him.15:20 And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him,and put his own clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him.15:21 And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming outof the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross.15:22 And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, beinginterpreted, The place of a skull.15:23 And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but hereceived it not.15:24 And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments,casting lots upon them, what every man should take.15:25 And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.15:26 And the superscription of his accusation was written over, THEKING OF THE JEWS.15:27 And with him they crucify two thieves; the one on his righthand, and the other on his left.15:28 And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And he wasnumbered with the transgressors.15:29 And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, andsaying, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in threedays, 15:30 Save thyself, and come down from the cross.15:31 Likewise also the chief priests mocking said among themselveswith the scribes, He saved others; himself he cannot save.15:32 Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, thatwe may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reviledhim.15:33 And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over thewhole land until the ninth hour.15:34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying,Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, myGod, why hast thou forsaken me?  15:35 And some of them that stood by,when they heard it, said, Behold, he calleth Elias.15:36 And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on areed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whetherElias will come to take him down.15:37 And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost.15:38 And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to thebottom.15:39 And when the centurion, which stood over against him, saw thathe so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man wasthe Son of God.15:40 There were also women looking on afar off: among whom was MaryMagdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, andSalome; 15:41 (Who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him, andministered unto him;) and many other women which came up with him untoJerusalem.15:42 And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation,that is, the day before the sabbath, 15:43 Joseph of Arimathaea, anhonourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came,and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.15:44 And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling untohim the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.15:45 And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body toJoseph.15:46 And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him inthe linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock,and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre.15:47 And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where hewas laid.16:1 And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary themother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they mightcome and anoint him.16:2 And very early in the morning the first day of the week, theycame unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun.16:3 And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stonefrom the door of the sepulchre?  16:4 And when they looked, they sawthat the stone was rolled away: for it was very great.16:5 And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting onthe right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they wereaffrighted.16:6 And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus ofNazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold theplace where they laid him.16:7 But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goethbefore you into Galilee: there shall ye see him, as he said unto you.16:8 And they went out quickly, and fled from the sepulchre; for theytrembled and were amazed: neither said they any thing to any man; forthey were afraid.16:9 Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, heappeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast sevendevils.16:10 And she went and told them that had been with him, as theymourned and wept.16:11 And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had beenseen of her, believed not.16:12 After that he appeared in another form unto two of them, as theywalked, and went into the country.16:13 And they went and told it unto the residue: neither believedthey them.16:14 Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, andupbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because theybelieved not them which had seen him after he was risen.16:15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach thegospel to every creature.16:16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he thatbelieveth not shall be damned.16:17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shallthey cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; 16:18 Theyshall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shallnot hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shallrecover.16:19 So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received upinto heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.16:20 And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord workingwith them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.The Gospel According to Saint Luke1:1 Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order adeclaration of those things which are most surely believed among us,1:2 Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning wereeyewitnesses, and ministers of the word; 1:3 It seemed good to mealso, having had perfect understanding of all things from the veryfirst, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus, 1:4That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thouhast been instructed.1:5 THERE was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certainpriest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of thedaughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.1:6 And they were both righteous before God, walking in all thecommandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.1:7 And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and theyboth were now well stricken in years.1:8 And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest's officebefore God in the order of his course, 1:9 According to the custom ofthe priest's office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into thetemple of the Lord.1:10 And the whole multitude of the people were praying without at thetime of incense.1:11 And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on theright side of the altar of incense.1:12 And when Zacharias saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell uponhim.1:13 But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayeris heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shaltcall his name John.1:14 And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice athis birth.1:15 For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drinkneither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the HolyGhost, even from his mother's womb.1:16 And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lordtheir God.1:17 And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, toturn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient tothe wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.1:18 And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? forI am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years.1:19 And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that standin the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to shewthee these glad tidings.1:20 And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until theday that these things shall be performed, because thou believest notmy words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.1:21 And the people waited for Zacharias, and marvelled that hetarried so long in the temple.1:22 And when he came out, he could not speak unto them: and theyperceived that he had seen a vision in the temple: for he beckonedunto them, and remained speechless.1:23 And it came to pass, that, as soon as the days of hisministration were accomplished, he departed to his own house.1:24 And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hidherself five months, saying, 1:25 Thus hath the Lord dealt with me inthe days wherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men.1:26 And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto acity of Galilee, named Nazareth, 1:27 To a virgin espoused to a manwhose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's namewas Mary.1:28 And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that arthighly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.1:29 And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast inher mind what manner of salutation this should be.1:30 And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast foundfavour with God.1:31 And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth ason, and shalt call his name JESUS.1:32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest:and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:1:33 And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of hiskingdom there shall be no end.1:34 Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I knownot a man?  1:35 And the angel answered and said unto her, The HolyGhost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shallovershadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born ofthee shall be called the Son of God.1:36 And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a sonin her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was calledbarren.1:37 For with God nothing shall be impossible.1:38 And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto meaccording to thy word. And the angel departed from her.1:39 And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country withhaste, into a city of Juda; 1:40 And entered into the house ofZacharias, and saluted Elisabeth.1:41 And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation ofMary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with theHoly Ghost: 1:42 And she spake out with a loud voice, and said,Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.1:43 And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should cometo me?  1:44 For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation soundedin mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.1:45 And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be aperformance of those things which were told her from the Lord.1:46 And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, 1:47 And my spirithath rejoiced in God my Saviour.1:48 For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for,behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.1:49 For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy ishis name.1:50 And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation togeneration.1:51 He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proudin the imagination of their hearts.1:52 He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them oflow degree.1:53 He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hathsent empty away.1:54 He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy;1:55 As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.1:56 And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to herown house.1:57 Now Elisabeth's full time came that she should be delivered; andshe brought forth a son.1:58 And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewedgreat mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her.1:59 And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came tocircumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name ofhis father.1:60 And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be calledJohn.1:61 And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that iscalled by this name.1:62 And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called.1:63 And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, His name isJohn. And they marvelled all.1:64 And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, andhe spake, and praised God.1:65 And fear came on all that dwelt round about them: and all thesesayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill country of Judaea.1:66 And all they that heard them laid them up in their hearts,saying, What manner of child shall this be! And the hand of the Lordwas with him.1:67 And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, andprophesied, saying, 1:68 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for hehath visited and redeemed his people, 1:69 And hath raised up an hornof salvation for us in the house of his servant David; 1:70 As hespake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since theworld began: 1:71 That we should be saved from our enemies, and fromthe hand of all that hate us; 1:72 To perform the mercy promised toour fathers, and to remember his holy covenant; 1:73 The oath which hesware to our father Abraham, 1:74 That he would grant unto us, that webeing delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him withoutfear, 1:75 In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days ofour life.1:76 And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: forthou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways; 1:77 Togive knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of theirsins, 1:78 Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspringfrom on high hath visited us, 1:79 To give light to them that sit indarkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way ofpeace.1:80 And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in thedeserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel.2:1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decreefrom Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed.2:2 (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor ofSyria.)  2:3 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.2:4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth,into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem;(because he was of the house and lineage of David:) 2:5 To be taxedwith Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.2:6 And so it was, that, while they were there, the days wereaccomplished that she should be delivered.2:7 And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him inswaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no roomfor them in the inn.2:8 And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field,keeping watch over their flock by night.2:9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory ofthe Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.2:10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring yougood tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.2:11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour,which is Christ the Lord.2:12 And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrappedin swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.2:13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenlyhost praising God, and saying, 2:14 Glory to God in the highest, andon earth peace, good will toward men.2:15 And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them intoheaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even untoBethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lordhath made known unto us.2:16 And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and thebabe lying in a manger.2:17 And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the sayingwhich was told them concerning this child.2:18 And all they that heard it wondered at those things which weretold them by the shepherds.2:19 But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.2:20 And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for allthe things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.2:21 And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of thechild, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angelbefore he was conceived in the womb.2:22 And when the days of her purification according to the law ofMoses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present himto the Lord; 2:23 (As it is written in the law of the LORD, Every malethat openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;) 2:24 And tooffer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of theLord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.2:25 And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon;and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation ofIsrael: and the Holy Ghost was upon him.2:26 And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he shouldnot see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ.2:27 And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parentsbrought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law,2:28 Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said, 2:29Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thyword: 2:30 For mine eyes have seen thy salvation, 2:31 Which thou hastprepared before the face of all people; 2:32 A light to lighten theGentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.2:33 And Joseph and his mother marvelled at those things which werespoken of him.2:34 And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold,this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; andfor a sign which shall be spoken against; 2:35 (Yea, a sword shallpierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many heartsmay be revealed.2:36 And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, ofthe tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with anhusband seven years from her virginity; 2:37 And she was a widow ofabout fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple,but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.2:38 And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto theLord, and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption inJerusalem.2:39 And when they had performed all things according to the law ofthe Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.2:40 And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled withwisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.2:41 Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of thepassover.2:42 And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem afterthe custom of the feast.2:43 And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the childJesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew notof it.2:44 But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day'sjourney; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance.2:45 And when they found him not, they turned back again to Jerusalem,seeking him.2:46 And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in thetemple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, andasking them questions.2:47 And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding andanswers.2:48 And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said untohim, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and Ihave sought thee sorrowing.2:49 And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye notthat I must be about my Father's business?  2:50 And they understoodnot the saying which he spake unto them.2:51 And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subjectunto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.2:52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with Godand man.3:1 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, PontiusPilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee,and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region ofTrachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene, 3:2 Annas andCaiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John theson of Zacharias in the wilderness.3:3 And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching thebaptism of repentance for the remission of sins; 3:4 As it is writtenin the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice ofone crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make hispaths straight.3:5 Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall bebrought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the roughways shall be made smooth; 3:6 And all flesh shall see the salvationof God.3:7 Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized ofhim, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from thewrath to come?  3:8 Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance,and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father:for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise upchildren unto Abraham.3:9 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: everytree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, andcast into the fire.3:10 And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then?  3:11 Heanswereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impartto him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise.3:12 Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him,Master, what shall we do?  3:13 And he said unto them, Exact no morethan that which is appointed you.3:14 And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shallwe do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuseany falsely; and be content with your wages.3:15 And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in theirhearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not; 3:16 Johnanswered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; butone mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthyto unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:3:17 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor,and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burnwith fire unquenchable.3:18 And many other things in his exhortation preached he unto thepeople.3:19 But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias hisbrother Philip's wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done,3:20 Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison.3:21 Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, thatJesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, 3:22And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him,and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; inthee I am well pleased.3:23 And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being(as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli, 3:24Which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi, which was theson of Melchi, which was the son of Janna, which was the son ofJoseph, 3:25 Which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son ofAmos, which was the son of Naum, which was the son of Esli, which wasthe son of Nagge, 3:26 Which was the son of Maath, which was the sonof Mattathias, which was the son of Semei, which was the son ofJoseph, which was the son of Juda, 3:27 Which was the son of Joanna,which was the son of Rhesa, which was the son of Zorobabel, which wasthe son of Salathiel, which was the son of Neri, 3:28 Which was theson of Melchi, which was the son of Addi, which was the son of Cosam,which was the son of Elmodam, which was the son of Er, 3:29 Which wasthe son of Jose, which was the son of Eliezer, which was the son ofJorim, which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi, 3:30Which was the son of Simeon, which was the son of Juda, which was theson of Joseph, which was the son of Jonan, which was the son ofEliakim, 3:31 Which was the son of Melea, which was the son of Menan,which was the son of Mattatha, which was the son of Nathan, which wasthe son of David, 3:32 Which was the son of Jesse, which was the sonof Obed, which was the son of Booz, which was the son of Salmon, whichwas the son of Naasson, 3:33 Which was the son of Aminadab, which wasthe son of Aram, which was the son of Esrom, which was the son ofPhares, which was the son of Juda, 3:34 Which was the son of Jacob,which was the son of Isaac, which was the son of Abraham, which wasthe son of Thara, which was the son of Nachor, 3:35 Which was the sonof Saruch, which was the son of Ragau, which was the son of Phalec,which was the son of Heber, which was the son of Sala, 3:36 Which wasthe son of Cainan, which was the son of Arphaxad, which was the son ofSem, which was the son of Noe, which was the son of Lamech, 3:37 Whichwas the son of Mathusala, which was the son of Enoch, which was theson of Jared, which was the son of Maleleel, which was the son ofCainan, 3:38 Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth,which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.4:1 And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, andwas led by the Spirit into the wilderness, 4:2 Being forty daystempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and whenthey were ended, he afterward hungered.4:3 And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, commandthis stone that it be made bread.4:4 And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall notlive by bread alone, but by every word of God.4:5 And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed untohim all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.4:6 And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, andthe glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever Iwill I give it.4:7 If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.4:8 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan:for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him onlyshalt thou serve.4:9 And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of thetemple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyselfdown from hence: 4:10 For it is written, He shall give his angelscharge over thee, to keep thee: 4:11 And in their hands they shallbear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.4:12 And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt nottempt the Lord thy God.4:13 And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed fromhim for a season.4:14 And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: andthere went out a fame of him through all the region round about.4:15 And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all.4:16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, ashis custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, andstood up for to read.4:17 And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias.And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it waswritten, 4:18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hathanointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to healthe brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, andrecovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that arebruised, 4:19 To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.4:20 And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, andsat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue werefastened on him.4:21 And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripturefulfilled in your ears.4:22 And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious wordswhich proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph'sson?  4:23 And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me thisproverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done inCapernaum, do also here in thy country.4:24 And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in hisown country.4:25 But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the daysof Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, whengreat famine was throughout all the land; 4:26 But unto none of themwas Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman thatwas a widow.4:27 And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus theprophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian.4:28 And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, werefilled with wrath, 4:29 And rose up, and thrust him out of the city,and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built,that they might cast him down headlong.4:30 But he passing through the midst of them went his way, 4:31 Andcame down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on thesabbath days.4:32 And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his word was withpower.4:33 And in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit of anunclean devil, and cried out with a loud voice, 4:34 Saying, Let usalone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thoucome to destroy us? I know thee who thou art; the Holy One of God.4:35 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out ofhim.And when the devil had thrown him in the midst, he came out of him,and hurt him not.4:36 And they were all amazed, and spake among themselves, saying,What a word is this! for with authority and power he commandeth theunclean spirits, and they come out.4:37 And the fame of him went out into every place of the countryround about.4:38 And he arose out of the synagogue, and entered into Simon'shouse.And Simon's wife's mother was taken with a great fever; and theybesought him for her.4:39 And he stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her:and immediately she arose and ministered unto them.4:40 Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick withdivers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on everyone of them, and healed them.4:41 And devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying, Thouart Christ the Son of God. And he rebuking them suffered them not tospeak: for they knew that he was Christ.4:42 And when it was day, he departed and went into a desert place:and the people sought him, and came unto him, and stayed him, that heshould not depart from them.4:43 And he said unto them, I must preach the kingdom of God to othercities also: for therefore am I sent.4:44 And he preached in the synagogues of Galilee.5:1 And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hearthe word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret, 5:2 And saw twoships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them,and were washing their nets.5:3 And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon's, andprayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he satdown, and taught the people out of the ship.5:4 Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out intothe deep, and let down your nets for a draught.5:5 And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all thenight, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will letdown the net.5:6 And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude offishes: and their net brake.5:7 And they beckoned unto their partners, which were in the othership, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filledboth the ships, so that they began to sink.5:8 When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying,Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.5:9 For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draughtof the fishes which they had taken: 5:10 And so was also James, andJohn, the sons of Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And Jesussaid unto Simon, Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men.5:11 And when they had brought their ships to land, they forsook all,and followed him.5:12 And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a manfull of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him,saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.5:13 And he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will: bethou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him.5:14 And he charged him to tell no man: but go, and shew thyself tothe priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded,for a testimony unto them.5:15 But so much the more went there a fame abroad of him: and greatmultitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of theirinfirmities.5:16 And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.5:17 And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, thatthere were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which werecome out of every town of Galilee, and Judaea, and Jerusalem: and thepower of the Lord was present to heal them.5:18 And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with apalsy: and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him beforehim.5:19 And when they could not find by what way they might bring him inbecause of the multitude, they went upon the housetop, and let himdown through the tiling with his couch into the midst before Jesus.5:20 And when he saw their faith, he said unto him, Man, thy sins areforgiven thee.5:21 And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who isthis which speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?5:22 But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answering said untothem, What reason ye in your hearts?  5:23 Whether is easier, to say,Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk?  5:24 But thatye may know that the Son of man hath power upon earth to forgive sins,(he said unto the sick of the palsy,) I say unto thee, Arise, and takeup thy couch, and go into thine house.5:25 And immediately he rose up before them, and took up that whereonhe lay, and departed to his own house, glorifying God.5:26 And they were all amazed, and they glorified God, and were filledwith fear, saying, We have seen strange things to day.5:27 And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, namedLevi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Followme.5:28 And he left all, rose up, and followed him.5:29 And Levi made him a great feast in his own house: and there was agreat company of publicans and of others that sat down with them.5:30 But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples,saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?  5:31 AndJesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not aphysician; but they that are sick.5:32 I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.5:33 And they said unto him, Why do the disciples of John fast often,and make prayers, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees; butthine eat and drink?  5:34 And he said unto them, Can ye make thechildren of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?5:35 But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken awayfrom them, and then shall they fast in those days.5:36 And he spake also a parable unto them; No man putteth a piece ofa new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh arent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with theold.5:37 And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new winewill burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish.5:38 But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both arepreserved.5:39 No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new: forhe saith, The old is better.6:1 And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that hewent through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears ofcorn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands.6:2 And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that whichis not lawful to do on the sabbath days?  6:3 And Jesus answering themsaid, Have ye not read so much as this, what David did, when himselfwas an hungred, and they which were with him; 6:4 How he went into thehouse of God, and did take and eat the shewbread, and gave also tothem that were with him; which it is not lawful to eat but for thepriests alone?  6:5 And he said unto them, That the Son of man is Lordalso of the sabbath.6:6 And it came to pass also on another sabbath, that he entered intothe synagogue and taught: and there was a man whose right hand waswithered.6:7 And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would healon the sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him.6:8 But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man which had thewithered hand, Rise up, and stand forth in the midst. And he arose andstood forth.6:9 Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawfulon the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or todestroy it?  6:10 And looking round about upon them all, he said untothe man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he did so: and his hand wasrestored whole as the other.6:11 And they were filled with madness; and communed one with anotherwhat they might do to Jesus.6:12 And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into amountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.6:13 And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and ofthem he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles; 6:14 Simon, (whomhe also named Peter,) and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philipand Bartholomew, 6:15 Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus,and Simon called Zelotes, 6:16 And Judas the brother of James, andJudas Iscariot, which also was the traitor.6:17 And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and thecompany of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of allJudaea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, whichcame to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases; 6:18 And theythat were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed.6:19 And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there wentvirtue out of him, and healed them all.6:20 And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed beye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.6:21 Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessedare ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.6:22 Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shallseparate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast outyour name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.6:23 Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, yourreward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathersunto the prophets.6:24 But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received yourconsolation.6:25 Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto youthat laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.6:26 Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so didtheir fathers to the false prophets.6:27 But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to themwhich hate you, 6:28 Bless them that curse you, and pray for themwhich despitefully use you.6:29 And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also theother; and him that taketh away thy cloak forbid not to take thy coatalso.6:30 Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that takethaway thy goods ask them not again.6:31 And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to themlikewise.6:32 For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? forsinners also love those that love them.6:33 And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank haveye?  for sinners also do even the same.6:34 And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thankhave ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again.6:35 But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping fornothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be thechildren of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to theevil.6:36 Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.6:37 Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shallnot be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven: 6:38 Give, and itshall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shakentogether, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For withthe same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to youagain.6:39 And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind?shall they not both fall into the ditch?  6:40 The disciple is notabove his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as hismaster.6:41 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, butperceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye?  6:42 Either howcanst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote thatis in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is inthine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thineown eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that isin thy brother's eye.6:43 For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth acorrupt tree bring forth good fruit.6:44 For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men donot gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.6:45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forththat which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of hisheart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of theheart his mouth speaketh.6:46 And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which Isay?  6:47 Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeththem, I will shew you to whom he is like: 6:48 He is like a man whichbuilt an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock:and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house,and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.6:49 But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without afoundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream didbeat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that housewas great.7:1 Now when he had ended all his sayings in the audience of thepeople, he entered into Capernaum.7:2 And a certain centurion's servant, who was dear unto him, wassick, and ready to die.7:3 And when he heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the elders of theJews, beseeching him that he would come and heal his servant.7:4 And when they came to Jesus, they besought him instantly, saying,That he was worthy for whom he should do this: 7:5 For he loveth ournation, and he hath built us a synagogue.7:6 Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from thehouse, the centurion sent friends to him, saying unto him, Lord,trouble not thyself: for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enterunder my roof: 7:7 Wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to comeunto thee: but say in a word, and my servant shall be healed.7:8 For I also am a man set under authority, having under me soldiers,and I say unto one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and hecometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.7:9 When Jesus heard these things, he marvelled at him, and turned himabout, and said unto the people that followed him, I say unto you, Ihave not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.7:10 And they that were sent, returning to the house, found theservant whole that had been sick.7:11 And it came to pass the day after, that he went into a citycalled Nain; and many of his disciples went with him, and much people.7:12 Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there wasa dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was awidow: and much people of the city was with her.7:13 And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and saidunto her, Weep not.7:14 And he came and touched the bier: and they that bare him stoodstill.And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise.7:15 And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he deliveredhim to his mother.7:16 And there came a fear on all: and they glorified God, saying,That a great prophet is risen up among us; and, That God hath visitedhis people.7:17 And this rumour of him went forth throughout all Judaea, andthroughout all the region round about.7:18 And the disciples of John shewed him of all these things.7:19 And John calling unto him two of his disciples sent them toJesus, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another?7:20 When the men were come unto him, they said, John Baptist hathsent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look wefor another?  7:21 And in that same hour he cured many of theirinfirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits; and unto many that wereblind he gave sight.7:22 Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell Johnwhat things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lamewalk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, tothe poor the gospel is preached.7:23 And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.7:24 And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speakunto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wildernessfor to see?  A reed shaken with the wind?  7:25 But what went ye outfor to see? A man clothed in soft raiment?  Behold, they which aregorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are in kings' courts.7:26 But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto you,and much more than a prophet.7:27 This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messengerbefore thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.7:28 For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women there isnot a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he that is least inthe kingdom of God is greater than he.7:29 And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justifiedGod, being baptized with the baptism of John.7:30 But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God againstthemselves, being not baptized of him.7:31 And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of thisgeneration? and to what are they like?  7:32 They are like untochildren sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, andsaying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we havemourned to you, and ye have not wept.7:33 For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine;and ye say, He hath a devil.7:34 The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold agluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!7:35 But wisdom is justified of all her children.7:36 And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him.And he went into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to meat.7:37 And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when sheknew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought analabaster box of ointment, 7:38 And stood at his feet behind himweeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them withthe hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with theointment.7:39 Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spakewithin himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would haveknown who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him: for sheis a sinner.7:40 And Jesus answering said unto him, Simon, I have somewhat to sayunto thee. And he saith, Master, say on.7:41 There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owedfive hundred pence, and the other fifty.7:42 And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both.Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most?  7:43 Simonanswered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most.And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged.7:44 And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou thiswoman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for myfeet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with thehairs of her head.7:45 Thou gavest me no kiss: but this woman since the time I came inhath not ceased to kiss my feet.7:46 My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hathanointed my feet with ointment.7:47 Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, areforgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the sameloveth little.7:48 And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven.7:49 And they that sat at meat with him began to say withinthemselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also?  7:50 And he said tothe woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace.8:1 And it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every cityand village, preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom ofGod: and the twelve were with him, 8:2 And certain women, which hadbeen healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene,out of whom went seven devils, 8:3 And Joanna the wife of ChuzaHerod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, which ministered untohim of their substance.8:4 And when much people were gathered together, and were come to himout of every city, he spake by a parable: 8:5 A sower went out to sowhis seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it wastrodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it.8:6 And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, itwithered away, because it lacked moisture.8:7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, andchoked it.8:8 And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit anhundredfold. And when he had said these things, he cried, He that hathears to hear, let him hear.8:9 And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?8:10 And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of thekingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might notsee, and hearing they might not understand.8:11 Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.8:12 Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil,and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believeand be saved.8:13 They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive theword with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, andin time of temptation fall away.8:14 And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they haveheard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures ofthis life, and bring no fruit to perfection.8:15 But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and goodheart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit withpatience.8:16 No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel,or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that theywhich enter in may see the light.8:17 For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neitherany thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad.8:18 Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shallbe given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even thatwhich he seemeth to have.8:19 Then came to him his mother and his brethren, and could not comeat him for the press.8:20 And it was told him by certain which said, Thy mother and thybrethren stand without, desiring to see thee.8:21 And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren arethese which hear the word of God, and do it.8:22 Now it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a shipwith his disciples: and he said unto them, Let us go over unto theother side of the lake. And they launched forth.8:23 But as they sailed he fell asleep: and there came down a storm ofwind on the lake; and they were filled with water, and were injeopardy.8:24 And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, weperish. Then he arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of thewater: and they ceased, and there was a calm.8:25 And he said unto them, Where is your faith? And they being afraidwondered, saying one to another, What manner of man is this! for hecommandeth even the winds and water, and they obey him.8:26 And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is overagainst Galilee.8:27 And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city acertain man, which had devils long time, and ware no clothes, neitherabode in any house, but in the tombs.8:28 When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, andwith a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Sonof God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not.8:29 (For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man.For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chainsand in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devilinto the wilderness.)  8:30 And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thyname? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him.8:31 And they besought him that he would not command them to go outinto the deep.8:32 And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on themountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to enterinto them. And he suffered them.8:33 Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into the swine:and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and werechoked.8:34 When they that fed them saw what was done, they fled, and wentand told it in the city and in the country.8:35 Then they went out to see what was done; and came to Jesus, andfound the man, out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at thefeet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.8:36 They also which saw it told them by what means he that waspossessed of the devils was healed.8:37 Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes roundabout besought him to depart from them; for they were taken with greatfear: and he went up into the ship, and returned back again.8:38 Now the man out of whom the devils were departed besought himthat he might be with him: but Jesus sent him away, saying, 8:39Return to thine own house, and shew how great things God hath doneunto thee. And he went his way, and published throughout the wholecity how great things Jesus had done unto him.8:40 And it came to pass, that, when Jesus was returned, the peoplegladly received him: for they were all waiting for him.8:41 And, behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler ofthe synagogue: and he fell down at Jesus' feet, and besought him thathe would come into his house: 8:42 For he had one only daughter, abouttwelve years of age, and she lay a dying. But as he went the peoplethronged him.8:43 And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which hadspent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any,8:44 Came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: andimmediately her issue of blood stanched.8:45 And Jesus said, Who touched me? When all denied, Peter and theythat were with him said, Master, the multitude throng thee and pressthee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?  8:46 And Jesus said, Somebodyhath touched me: for I perceive that virtue is gone out of me.8:47 And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling,and falling down before him, she declared unto him before all thepeople for what cause she had touched him, and how she was healedimmediately.8:48 And he said unto her, Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faithhath made thee whole; go in peace.8:49 While he yet spake, there cometh one from the ruler of thesynagogue's house, saying to him, Thy daughter is dead; trouble notthe Master.8:50 But when Jesus heard it, he answered him, saying, Fear not:believe only, and she shall be made whole.8:51 And when he came into the house, he suffered no man to go in,save Peter, and James, and John, and the father and the mother of themaiden.8:52 And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is notdead, but sleepeth.8:53 And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.8:54 And he put them all out, and took her by the hand, and called,saying, Maid, arise.8:55 And her spirit came again, and she arose straightway: and hecommanded to give her meat.8:56 And her parents were astonished: but he charged them that theyshould tell no man what was done.9:1 Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them powerand authority over all devils, and to cure diseases.9:2 And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal thesick.9:3 And he said unto them, Take nothing for your journey, neitherstaves, nor scrip, neither bread, neither money; neither have twocoats apiece.9:4 And whatsoever house ye enter into, there abide, and thencedepart.9:5 And whosoever will not receive you, when ye go out of that city,shake off the very dust from your feet for a testimony against them.9:6 And they departed, and went through the towns, preaching thegospel, and healing every where.9:7 Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by him: and hewas perplexed, because that it was said of some, that John was risenfrom the dead; 9:8 And of some, that Elias had appeared; and ofothers, that one of the old prophets was risen again.9:9 And Herod said, John have I beheaded: but who is this, of whom Ihear such things? And he desired to see him.9:10 And the apostles, when they were returned, told him all that theyhad done. And he took them, and went aside privately into a desertplace belonging to the city called Bethsaida.9:11 And the people, when they knew it, followed him: and he receivedthem, and spake unto them of the kingdom of God, and healed them thathad need of healing.9:12 And when the day began to wear away, then came the twelve, andsaid unto him, Send the multitude away, that they may go into thetowns and country round about, and lodge, and get victuals: for we arehere in a desert place.9:13 But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, Wehave no more but five loaves and two fishes; except we should go andbuy meat for all this people.9:14 For they were about five thousand men. And he said to hisdisciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company.9:15 And they did so, and made them all sit down.9:16 Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking upto heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and gave to the disciples toset before the multitude.9:17 And they did eat, and were all filled: and there was taken up offragments that remained to them twelve baskets.9:18 And it came to pass, as he was alone praying, his disciples werewith him: and he asked them, saying, Whom say the people that I am?9:19 They answering said, John the Baptist; but some say, Elias; andothers say, that one of the old prophets is risen again.9:20 He said unto them, But whom say ye that I am? Peter answeringsaid, The Christ of God.9:21 And he straitly charged them, and commanded them to tell no manthat thing; 9:22 Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, andbe rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain,and be raised the third day.9:23 And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let himdeny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.9:24 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoeverwill lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.9:25 For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, andlose himself, or be cast away?  9:26 For whosoever shall be ashamed ofme and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when heshall come in his own glory, and in his Father's, and of the holyangels.9:27 But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, whichshall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God.9:28 And it came to pass about an eight days after these sayings, hetook Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray.9:29 And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, andhis raiment was white and glistering.9:30 And, behold, there talked with him two men, which were Moses andElias: 9:31 Who appeared in glory, and spake of his decease which heshould accomplish at Jerusalem.9:32 But Peter and they that were with him were heavy with sleep: andwhen they were awake, they saw his glory, and the two men that stoodwith him.9:33 And it came to pass, as they departed from him, Peter said untoJesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make threetabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias: notknowing what he said.9:34 While he thus spake, there came a cloud, and overshadowed them:and they feared as they entered into the cloud.9:35 And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is mybeloved Son: hear him.9:36 And when the voice was past, Jesus was found alone. And they keptit close, and told no man in those days any of those things which theyhad seen.9:37 And it came to pass, that on the next day, when they were comedown from the hill, much people met him.9:38 And, behold, a man of the company cried out, saying, Master, Ibeseech thee, look upon my son: for he is mine only child.9:39 And, lo, a spirit taketh him, and he suddenly crieth out; and itteareth him that he foameth again, and bruising him hardly departethfrom him.9:40 And I besought thy disciples to cast him out; and they could not.9:41 And Jesus answering said, O faithless and perverse generation,how long shall I be with you, and suffer you? Bring thy son hither.9:42 And as he was yet a coming, the devil threw him down, and tarehim.And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the child, anddelivered him again to his father.9:43 And they were all amazed at the mighty power of God. But whilethey wondered every one at all things which Jesus did, he said untohis disciples, 9:44 Let these sayings sink down into your ears: forthe Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men.9:45 But they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them,that they perceived it not: and they feared to ask him of that saying.9:46 Then there arose a reasoning among them, which of them should begreatest.9:47 And Jesus, perceiving the thought of their heart, took a child,and set him by him, 9:48 And said unto them, Whosoever shall receivethis child in my name receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive mereceiveth him that sent me: for he that is least among you all, thesame shall be great.9:49 And John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out devilsin thy name; and we forbad him, because he followeth not with us.9:50 And Jesus said unto him, Forbid him not: for he that is notagainst us is for us.9:51 And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should bereceived up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem, 9:52 Andsent messengers before his face: and they went, and entered into avillage of the Samaritans, to make ready for him.9:53 And they did not receive him, because his face was as though hewould go to Jerusalem.9:54 And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord,wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consumethem, even as Elias did?  9:55 But he turned, and rebuked them, andsaid, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of.9:56 For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but tosave them. And they went to another village.9:57 And it came to pass, that, as they went in the way, a certain mansaid unto him, Lord, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.9:58 And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the airhave nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.9:59 And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer mefirst to go and bury my father.9:60 Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thouand preach the kingdom of God.9:61 And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me firstgo bid them farewell, which are at home at my house.9:62 And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to theplough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.10:1 After these things the LORD appointed other seventy also, andsent them two and two before his face into every city and place,whither he himself would come.10:2 Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but thelabourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that hewould send forth labourers into his harvest.10:3 Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.10:4 Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man bythe way.10:5 And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to thishouse.10:6 And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it:if not, it shall turn to you again.10:7 And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things asthey give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from houseto house.10:8 And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat suchthings as are set before you: 10:9 And heal the sick that are therein,and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.10:10 But into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you not, goyour ways out into the streets of the same, and say, 10:11 Even thevery dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off againstyou: notwithstanding be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God iscome nigh unto you.10:12 But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that dayfor Sodom, than for that city.10:13 Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if themighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done inyou, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth andashes.10:14 But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at thejudgment, than for you.10:15 And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt bethrust down to hell.10:16 He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth youdespiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.10:17 And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even thedevils are subject unto us through thy name.10:18 And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall fromheaven.10:19 Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents andscorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall byany means hurt you.10:20 Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits aresubject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are writtenin heaven.10:21 In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, OFather, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things fromthe wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so,Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight.10:22 All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knowethwho the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son,and he to whom the Son will reveal him.10:23 And he turned him unto his disciples, and said privately,Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see: 10:24 For Itell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see thosethings which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those thingswhich ye hear, and have not heard them.10:25 And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying,Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?  10:26 He said untohim, What is written in the law? how readest thou?  10:27 And heanswering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart,and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thymind; and thy neighbour as thyself.10:28 And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, andthou shalt live.10:29 But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who ismy neighbour?  10:30 And Jesus answering said, A certain man went downfrom Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped himof his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.10:31 And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: andwhen he saw him, he passed by on the other side.10:32 And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and lookedon him, and passed by on the other side.10:33 But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: andwhen he saw him, he had compassion on him, 10:34 And went to him, andbound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his ownbeast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.10:35 And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, andgave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; andwhatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee.10:36 Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto himthat fell among the thieves?  10:37 And he said, He that shewed mercyon him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise.10:38 Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into acertain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him intoher house.10:39 And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet,and heard his word.10:40 But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, andsaid, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to servealone?  bid her therefore that she help me.10:41 And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou artcareful and troubled about many things: 10:42 But one thing isneedful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be takenaway from her.11:1 And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place,when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us topray, as John also taught his disciples.11:2 And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art inheaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, asin heaven, so in earth.11:3 Give us day by day our daily bread.11:4 And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that isindebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us fromevil.11:5 And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, andshall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me threeloaves; 11:6 For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and Ihave nothing to set before him?  11:7 And he from within shall answerand say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children arewith me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.11:8 I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because heis his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and givehim as many as he needeth.11:9 And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and yeshall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.11:10 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seekethfindeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.11:11 If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will hegive him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him aserpent?  11:12 Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him ascorpion?  11:13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good giftsunto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give theHoly Spirit to them that ask him?  11:14 And he was casting out adevil, and it was dumb. And it came to pass, when the devil was goneout, the dumb spake; and the people wondered.11:15 But some of them said, He casteth out devils through Beelzebubthe chief of the devils.11:16 And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven.11:17 But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdomdivided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house dividedagainst a house falleth.11:18 If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdomstand? because ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub.11:19 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons castthem out? therefore shall they be your judges.11:20 But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt thekingdom of God is come upon you.11:21 When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are inpeace: 11:22 But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, andovercome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted,and divideth his spoils.11:23 He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth notwith me scattereth.11:24 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh throughdry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will returnunto my house whence I came out.11:25 And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished.11:26 Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more wickedthan himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last stateof that man is worse than the first.11:27 And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain womanof the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is thewomb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked.11:28 But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word ofGod, and keep it.11:29 And when the people were gathered thick together, he began tosay, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall nosign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.11:30 For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also theSon of man be to this generation.11:31 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with themen of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmostparts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, agreater than Solomon is here.11:32 The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with thisgeneration, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preachingof Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.11:33 No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secretplace, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they whichcome in may see the light.11:34 The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye issingle, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye isevil, thy body also is full of darkness.11:35 Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be notdarkness.11:36 If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no partdark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining ofa candle doth give thee light.11:37 And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine withhim: and he went in, and sat down to meat.11:38 And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not firstwashed before dinner.11:39 And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean theoutside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full ofravening and wickedness.11:40 Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make thatwhich is within also?  11:41 But rather give alms of such things as yehave; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.11:42 But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and allmanner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: theseought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.11:43 Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in thesynagogues, and greetings in the markets.11:44 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are asgraves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not awareof them.11:45 Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master,thus saying thou reproachest us also.11:46 And he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men withburdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdenswith one of your fingers.11:47 Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, andyour fathers killed them.11:48 Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers:for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.11:49 Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophetsand apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute: 11:50That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundationof the world, may be required of this generation; 11:51 From the bloodof Abel unto the blood of Zacharias which perished between the altarand the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of thisgeneration.11:52 Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key ofknowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were enteringin ye hindered.11:53 And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and thePharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak ofmany things: 11:54 Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch somethingout of his mouth, that they might accuse him.12:1 In the mean time, when there were gathered together aninnumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one uponanother, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye ofthe leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.12:2 For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neitherhid, that shall not be known.12:3 Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard inthe light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shallbe proclaimed upon the housetops.12:4 And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that killthe body, and after that have no more that they can do.12:5 But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which afterhe hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fearhim.12:6 Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of themis forgotten before God?  12:7 But even the very hairs of your headare all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than manysparrows.12:8 Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, himshall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God: 12:9 Buthe that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels ofGod.12:10 And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, itshall be forgiven him: but unto him that blasphemeth against the HolyGhost it shall not be forgiven.12:11 And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and untomagistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shallanswer, or what ye shall say: 12:12 For the Holy Ghost shall teach youin the same hour what ye ought to say.12:13 And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to mybrother, that he divide the inheritance with me.12:14 And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider overyou?  12:15 And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware ofcovetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of thethings which he possesseth.12:16 And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of acertain rich man brought forth plentifully: 12:17 And he thoughtwithin himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room whereto bestow my fruits?  12:18 And he said, This will I do: I will pulldown my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all myfruits and my goods.12:19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid upfor many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.12:20 But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall berequired of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hastprovided?  12:21 So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and isnot rich toward God.12:22 And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Takeno thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body,what ye shall put on.12:23 The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.12:24 Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; whichneither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much moreare ye better than the fowls?  12:25 And which of you with takingthought can add to his stature one cubit?  12:26 If ye then be notable to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for therest?  12:27 Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, theyspin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory wasnot arrayed like one of these.12:28 If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field,and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you,O ye of little faith?  12:29 And seek not ye what ye shall eat, orwhat ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.12:30 For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: andyour Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.12:31 But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these thingsshall be added unto you.12:32 Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure togive you the kingdom.12:33 Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags whichwax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where nothief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.12:34 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.12:35 Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning; 12:36And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he willreturn from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they mayopen unto him immediately.12:37 Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shallfind watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, andmake them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.12:38 And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the thirdwatch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.12:39 And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known whathour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not havesuffered his house to be broken through.12:40 Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hourwhen ye think not.12:41 Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable untous, or even to all?  12:42 And the Lord said, Who then is thatfaithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over hishousehold, to give them their portion of meat in due season?  12:43Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find sodoing.12:44 Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over allthat he hath.12:45 But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth hiscoming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and toeat and drink, and to be drunken; 12:46 The lord of that servant willcome in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he isnot aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him hisportion with the unbelievers.12:47 And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared nothimself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with manystripes.12:48 But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes,shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given,of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, ofhim they will ask the more.12:49 I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it bealready kindled?  12:50 But I have a baptism to be baptized with; andhow am I straitened till it be accomplished!  12:51 Suppose ye that Iam come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:12:52 For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided,three against two, and two against three.12:53 The father shall be divided against the son, and the son againstthe father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter againstthe mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and thedaughter in law against her mother in law.12:54 And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out ofthe west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is.12:55 And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat;and it cometh to pass.12:56 Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of theearth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?  12:57 Yea, andwhy even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?  12:58 When thougoest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way,give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he halethee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and theofficer cast thee into prison.12:59 I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paidthe very last mite.13:1 There were present at that season some that told him of theGalilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.13:2 And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that theseGalilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because theysuffered such things?  13:3 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, yeshall all likewise perish.13:4 Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slewthem, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt inJerusalem?  13:5 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall alllikewise perish.13:6 He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree plantedin his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.13:7 Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, thesethree years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cutit down; why cumbereth it the ground?  13:8 And he answering said untohim, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, anddung it: 13:9 And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after thatthou shalt cut it down.13:10 And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath.13:11 And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmityeighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift upherself.13:12 And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her,Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity.13:13 And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was madestraight, and glorified God.13:14 And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation,because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto thepeople, There are six days in which men ought to work: in themtherefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.13:15 The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth noteach one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall,and lead him away to watering?  13:16 And ought not this woman, beinga daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteenyears, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?  13:17 And when hehad said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: and all thepeople rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.13:18 Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? andwhereunto shall I resemble it?  13:19 It is like a grain of mustardseed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, andwaxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches ofit.13:20 And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God?13:21 It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measuresof meal, till the whole was leavened.13:22 And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, andjourneying toward Jerusalem.13:23 Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? Andhe said unto them, 13:24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: formany, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.13:25 When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut tothe door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door,saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say untoyou, I know you not whence ye are: 13:26 Then shall ye begin to say,We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in ourstreets.13:27 But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are;depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.13:28 There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall seeAbraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom ofGod, and you yourselves thrust out.13:29 And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and fromthe north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom ofGod.13:30 And, behold, there are last which shall be first, and there arefirst which shall be last.13:31 The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying untohim, Get thee out, and depart hence: for Herod will kill thee.13:32 And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I castout devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow, and the third day Ishall be perfected.13:33 Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the dayfollowing: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.13:34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonestthem that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thychildren together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, andye would not!  13:35 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: andverily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until the time come whenye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.14:1 And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of thechief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watchedhim.14:2 And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had thedropsy.14:3 And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying,Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?  14:4 And they held theirpeace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go; 14:5 Andanswered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox falleninto a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day?14:6 And they could not answer him again to these things.14:7 And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when hemarked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them.14:8 When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in thehighest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him;14:9 And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this manplace; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room.14:10 But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room;that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, goup higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them thatsit at meat with thee.14:11 For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he thathumbleth himself shall be exalted.14:12 Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest adinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neitherthy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again,and a recompence be made thee.14:13 But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, thelame, the blind: 14:14 And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannotrecompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection ofthe just.14:15 And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard thesethings, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in thekingdom of God.14:16 Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, andbade many: 14:17 And sent his servant at supper time to say to themthat were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.14:18 And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The firstsaid unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs goand see it: I pray thee have me excused.14:19 And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go toprove them: I pray thee have me excused.14:20 And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannotcome.14:21 So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then themaster of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quicklyinto the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor,and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.14:22 And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded,and yet there is room.14:23 And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways andhedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.14:24 For I say unto you, That none of those men which were biddenshall taste of my supper.14:25 And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, andsaid unto them, 14:26 If any man come to me, and hate not his father,and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea,and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.14:27 And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannotbe my disciple.14:28 For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not downfirst, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?14:29 Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not ableto finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him, 14:30 Saying, Thisman began to build, and was not able to finish.14:31 Or what king, going to make war against another king, sittethnot down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand tomeet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?  14:32 Or else,while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, anddesireth conditions of peace.14:33 So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all thathe hath, he cannot be my disciple.14:34 Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewithshall it be seasoned?  14:35 It is neither fit for the land, nor yetfor the dunghill; but men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, lethim hear.15:1 Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hearhim.15:2 And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This manreceiveth sinners, and eateth with them.15:3 And he spake this parable unto them, saying, 15:4 What man ofyou, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leavethe ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which islost, until he find it?  15:5 And when he hath found it, he layeth iton his shoulders, rejoicing.15:6 And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends andneighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found mysheep which was lost.15:7 I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over onesinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons,which need no repentance.15:8 Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose onepiece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seekdiligently till she find it?  15:9 And when she hath found it, shecalleth her friends and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice withme; for I have found the piece which I had lost.15:10 Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of theangels of God over one sinner that repenteth.15:11 And he said, A certain man had two sons: 15:12 And the youngerof them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods thatfalleth to me. And he divided unto them his living.15:13 And not many days after the younger son gathered all together,and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted hissubstance with riotous living.15:14 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in thatland; and he began to be in want.15:15 And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; andhe sent him into his fields to feed swine.15:16 And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that theswine did eat: and no man gave unto him.15:17 And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants ofmy father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!15:18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father,I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, 15:19 And am no moreworthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.15:20 And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet agreat way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, andfell on his neck, and kissed him.15:21 And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven,and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.15:22 But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe,and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:15:23 And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat,and be merry: 15:24 For this my son was dead, and is alive again; hewas lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.15:25 Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nighto the house, he heard musick and dancing.15:26 And he called one of the servants, and asked what these thingsmeant.15:27 And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hathkilled the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.15:28 And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his fatherout, and intreated him.15:29 And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do Iserve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: andyet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with myfriends: 15:30 But as soon as this thy son was come, which hathdevoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fattedcalf.15:31 And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that Ihave is thine.15:32 It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thybrother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.16:1 And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain richman, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that hehad wasted his goods.16:2 And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear thisof thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be nolonger steward.16:3 Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for mylord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I amashamed.16:4 I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of thestewardship, they may receive me into their houses.16:5 So he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him, and saidunto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?  16:6 And he said,An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, andsit down quickly, and write fifty.16:7 Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, Anhundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, andwrite fourscore.16:8 And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had donewisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiserthan the children of light.16:9 And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon ofunrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you intoeverlasting habitations.16:10 He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also inmuch: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.16:11 If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteousmammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?  16:12 And ifye have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who shallgive you that which is your own?  16:13 No servant can serve twomasters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or elsehe will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve Godand mammon.16:14 And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all thesethings: and they derided him.16:15 And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselvesbefore men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highlyesteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.16:16 The law and the prophets were until John: since that time thekingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.16:17 And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittleof the law to fail.16:18 Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another,committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away fromher husband committeth adultery.16:19 There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple andfine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: 16:20 And there was acertain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full ofsores, 16:21 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell fromthe rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.16:22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried bythe angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and wasburied; 16:23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, andseeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.16:24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, andsend Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and coolmy tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.16:25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetimereceivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but nowhe is comforted, and thou art tormented.16:26 And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulffixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neithercan they pass to us, that would come from thence.16:27 Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldestsend him to my father's house: 16:28 For I have five brethren; that hemay testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.16:29 Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; letthem hear them.16:30 And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them fromthe dead, they will repent.16:31 And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets,neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.17:1 Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but thatoffences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come!  17:2 Itwere better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, andhe cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these littleones.17:3 Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee,rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.17:4 And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seventimes in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shaltforgive him.17:5 And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.17:6 And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, yemight say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, andbe thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you.17:7 But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle,will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go andsit down to meat?  17:8 And will not rather say unto him, Make readywherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eatenand drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink?  17:9 Doth hethank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him?I trow not.17:10 So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things whichare commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have donethat which was our duty to do.17:11 And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passedthrough the midst of Samaria and Galilee.17:12 And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten menthat were lepers, which stood afar off: 17:13 And they lifted up theirvoices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.17:14 And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go shew yourselves untothe priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they werecleansed.17:15 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back,and with a loud voice glorified God, 17:16 And fell down on his faceat his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan.17:17 And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but whereare the nine?  17:18 There are not found that returned to give gloryto God, save this stranger.17:19 And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath madethee whole.17:20 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom ofGod should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God comethnot with observation: 17:21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lothere! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.17:22 And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when yeshall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shallnot see it.17:23 And they shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not afterthem, nor follow them.17:24 For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part underheaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also theSon of man be in his day.17:25 But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of thisgeneration.17:26 And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in thedays of the Son of man.17:27 They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given inmarriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the floodcame, and destroyed them all.17:28 Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, theydrank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; 17:29 Butthe same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstonefrom heaven, and destroyed them all.17:30 Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man isrevealed.17:31 In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuffin the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is inthe field, let him likewise not return back.17:32 Remember Lot's wife.17:33 Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; andwhosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.17:34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; theone shall be taken, and the other shall be left.17:35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken,and the other left.17:36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and theother left.17:37 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he saidunto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles begathered together.18:1 And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men oughtalways to pray, and not to faint; 18:2 Saying, There was in a city ajudge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: 18:3 And there wasa widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mineadversary.18:4 And he would not for a while: but afterward he said withinhimself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man; 18:5 Yet because thiswidow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual comingshe weary me.18:6 And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith.18:7 And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and nightunto him, though he bear long with them?  18:8 I tell you that he willavenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shallhe find faith on the earth?  18:9 And he spake this parable untocertain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, anddespised others: 18:10 Two men went up into the temple to pray; theone a Pharisee, and the other a publican.18:11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thankthee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust,adulterers, or even as this publican.18:12 I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.18:13 And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so muchas his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God bemerciful to me a sinner.18:14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified ratherthan the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased;and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.18:15 And they brought unto him also infants, that he would touchthem: but when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them.18:16 But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Suffer little childrento come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom ofGod.18:17 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdomof God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein.18:18 And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall Ido to inherit eternal life?  18:19 And Jesus said unto him, Whycallest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is, God.18:20 Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do notkill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father andthy mother.18:21 And he said, All these have I kept from my youth up.18:22 Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackestthou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor,and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.18:23 And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was veryrich.18:24 And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, Howhardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!18:25 For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, thanfor a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.18:26 And they that heard it said, Who then can be saved?  18:27 Andhe said, The things which are impossible with men are possible withGod.18:28 Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee.18:29 And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no manthat hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children,for the kingdom of God's sake, 18:30 Who shall not receive manifoldmore in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.18:31 Then he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, wego up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophetsconcerning the Son of man shall be accomplished.18:32 For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall bemocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on: 18:33 And they shallscourge him, and put him to death: and the third day he shall riseagain.18:34 And they understood none of these things: and this saying washid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken.18:35 And it came to pass, that as he was come nigh unto Jericho, acertain blind man sat by the way side begging: 18:36 And hearing themultitude pass by, he asked what it meant.18:37 And they told him, that Jesus of Nazareth passeth by.18:38 And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy onme.18:39 And they which went before rebuked him, that he should hold hispeace: but he cried so much the more, Thou son of David, have mercy onme.18:40 And Jesus stood, and commanded him to be brought unto him: andwhen he was come near, he asked him, 18:41 Saying, What wilt thou thatI shall do unto thee? And he said, Lord, that I may receive my sight.18:42 And Jesus said unto him, Receive thy sight: thy faith hath savedthee.18:43 And immediately he received his sight, and followed him,glorifying God: and all the people, when they saw it, gave praise untoGod.19:1 And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho.19:2 And, behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was the chiefamong the publicans, and he was rich.19:3 And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for thepress, because he was little of stature.19:4 And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to seehim: for he was to pass that way.19:5 And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and saw him, andsaid unto him, Zacchaeus, make haste, and come down; for to day I mustabide at thy house.19:6 And he made haste, and came down, and received him joyfully.19:7 And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, That he was goneto be guest with a man that is a sinner.19:8 And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord: Behold, Lord, thehalf of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thingfrom any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.19:9 And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to thishouse, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham.19:10 For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which waslost.19:11 And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable,because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that thekingdom of God should immediately appear.19:12 He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country toreceive for himself a kingdom, and to return.19:13 And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds,and said unto them, Occupy till I come.19:14 But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him,saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.19:15 And it came to pass, that when he was returned, having receivedthe kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto him,to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every manhad gained by trading.19:16 Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained tenpounds.19:17 And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hastbeen faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.19:18 And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained fivepounds.19:19 And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities.19:20 And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, whichI have kept laid up in a napkin: 19:21 For I feared thee, because thouart an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, andreapest that thou didst not sow.19:22 And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee,thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking upthat I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow: 19:23 Whereforethen gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I mighthave required mine own with usury?  19:24 And he said unto them thatstood by, Take from him the pound, and give it to him that hath tenpounds.19:25 (And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.)  19:26 For Isay unto you, That unto every one which hath shall be given; and fromhim that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him.19:27 But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign overthem, bring hither, and slay them before me.19:28 And when he had thus spoken, he went before, ascending up toJerusalem.19:29 And it came to pass, when he was come nigh to Bethphage andBethany, at the mount called the mount of Olives, he sent two of hisdisciples, 19:30 Saying, Go ye into the village over against you; inthe which at your entering ye shall find a colt tied, whereon yetnever man sat: loose him, and bring him hither.19:31 And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye sayunto him, Because the Lord hath need of him.19:32 And they that were sent went their way, and found even as he hadsaid unto them.19:33 And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said untothem, Why loose ye the colt?  19:34 And they said, The Lord hath needof him.19:35 And they brought him to Jesus: and they cast their garments uponthe colt, and they set Jesus thereon.19:36 And as he went, they spread their clothes in the way.19:37 And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mountof Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice andpraise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they hadseen; 19:38 Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of theLord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.19:39 And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said untohim, Master, rebuke thy disciples.19:40 And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if theseshould hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.19:41 And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,19:42 Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thyday, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid fromthine eyes.19:43 For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall casta trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on everyside, 19:44 And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy childrenwithin thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another;because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.19:45 And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them thatsold therein, and them that bought; 19:46 Saying unto them, It iswritten, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den ofthieves.19:47 And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and thescribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him, 19:48 Andcould not find what they might do: for all the people were veryattentive to hear him.20:1 And it came to pass, that on one of those days, as he taught thepeople in the temple, and preached the gospel, the chief priests andthe scribes came upon him with the elders, 20:2 And spake unto him,saying, Tell us, by what authority doest thou these things? or who ishe that gave thee this authority?  20:3 And he answered and said untothem, I will also ask you one thing; and answer me: 20:4 The baptismof John, was it from heaven, or of men?  20:5 And they reasoned withthemselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Whythen believed ye him not?  20:6 But and if we say, Of men; all thepeople will stone us: for they be persuaded that John was a prophet.20:7 And they answered, that they could not tell whence it was.20:8 And Jesus said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority Ido these things.20:9 Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain manplanted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into afar country for a long time.20:10 And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that theyshould give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beathim, and sent him away empty.20:11 And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, andentreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty.20:12 And again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and casthim out.20:13 Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will sendmy beloved son: it may be they will reverence him when they see him.20:14 But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves,saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritancemay be ours.20:15 So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. Whattherefore shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them?  20:16 He shallcome and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard toothers. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid.20:17 And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written,The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head ofthe corner?  20:18 Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall bebroken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.20:19 And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought tolay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived thathe had spoken this parable against them.20:20 And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feignthemselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that sothey might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor.20:21 And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest andteachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person of any, butteachest the way of God truly: 20:22 Is it lawful for us to givetribute unto Caesar, or no?  20:23 But he perceived their craftiness,and said unto them, Why tempt ye me?  20:24 Shew me a penny. Whoseimage and superscription hath it? They answered and said, Caesar's.20:25 And he said unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the thingswhich be Caesar's, and unto God the things which be God's.20:26 And they could not take hold of his words before the people: andthey marvelled at his answer, and held their peace.20:27 Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that thereis any resurrection; and they asked him, 20:28 Saying, Master, Moseswrote unto us, If any man's brother die, having a wife, and he diewithout children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise upseed unto his brother.20:29 There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife,and died without children.20:30 And the second took her to wife, and he died childless.20:31 And the third took her; and in like manner the seven also: andthey left no children, and died.20:32 Last of all the woman died also.20:33 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them is she? forseven had her to wife.20:34 And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this worldmarry, and are given in marriage: 20:35 But they which shall beaccounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from thedead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: 20:36 Neither can theydie any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the childrenof God, being the children of the resurrection.20:37 Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush,when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, andthe God of Jacob.20:38 For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all liveunto him.20:39 Then certain of the scribes answering said, Master, thou hastwell said.20:40 And after that they durst not ask him any question at all.20:41 And he said unto them, How say they that Christ is David's son?20:42 And David himself saith in the book of Psalms, The LORD saidunto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, 20:43 Till I make thineenemies thy footstool.20:44 David therefore calleth him Lord, how is he then his son?  20:45Then in the audience of all the people he said unto his disciples,20:46 Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, andlove greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in thesynagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts; 20:47 Which devour widows'houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receivegreater damnation.21:1 And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts intothe treasury.21:2 And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither twomites.21:3 And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hathcast in more than they all: 21:4 For all these have of their abundancecast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast inall the living that she had.21:5 And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodlystones and gifts, he said, 21:6 As for these things which ye behold,the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stoneupon another, that shall not be thrown down.21:7 And they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall these thingsbe?  and what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass?21:8 And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shallcome in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go yenot therefore after them.21:9 But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified:for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by andby.21:10 Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, andkingdom against kingdom: 21:11 And great earthquakes shall be indivers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights andgreat signs shall there be from heaven.21:12 But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, andpersecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons,being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake.21:13 And it shall turn to you for a testimony.21:14 Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before whatye shall answer: 21:15 For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, whichall your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.21:16 And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, andkinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put todeath.21:17 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake.21:18 But there shall not an hair of your head perish.21:19 In your patience possess ye your souls.21:20 And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then knowthat the desolation thereof is nigh.21:21 Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and letthem which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them thatare in the countries enter thereinto.21:22 For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which arewritten may be fulfilled.21:23 But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that givesuck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land,and wrath upon this people.21:24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be ledaway captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down ofthe Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.21:25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in thestars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; thesea and the waves roaring; 21:26 Men's hearts failing them for fear,and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: forthe powers of heaven shall be shaken.21:27 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud withpower and great glory.21:28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, andlift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.21:29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all thetrees; 21:30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your ownselves that summer is now nigh at hand.21:31 So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know yethat the kingdom of God is nigh at hand.21:32 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, tillall be fulfilled.21:33 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not passaway.21:34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts beovercharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life,and so that day come upon you unawares.21:35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the faceof the whole earth.21:36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accountedworthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and tostand before the Son of man.21:37 And in the day time he was teaching in the temple; and at nighthe went out, and abode in the mount that is called the mount ofOlives.21:38 And all the people came early in the morning to him in thetemple, for to hear him.22:1 Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called thePassover.22:2 And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him;for they feared the people.22:3 Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of thenumber of the twelve.22:4 And he went his way, and communed with the chief priests andcaptains, how he might betray him unto them.22:5 And they were glad, and covenanted to give him money.22:6 And he promised, and sought opportunity to betray him unto themin the absence of the multitude.22:7 Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must bekilled.22:8 And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare us thepassover, that we may eat.22:9 And they said unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare?  22:10And he said unto them, Behold, when ye are entered into the city,there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water; follow himinto the house where he entereth in.22:11 And ye shall say unto the goodman of the house, The Master saithunto thee, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passoverwith my disciples?  22:12 And he shall shew you a large upper roomfurnished: there make ready.22:13 And they went, and found as he had said unto them: and they madeready the passover.22:14 And when the hour was come, he sat down, and the twelve apostleswith him.22:15 And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat thispassover with you before I suffer: 22:16 For I say unto you, I willnot any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God.22:17 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this, anddivide it among yourselves: 22:18 For I say unto you, I will not drinkof the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come.22:19 And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave untothem, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do inremembrance of me.22:20 Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the newtestament in my blood, which is shed for you.22:21 But, behold, the hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on thetable.22:22 And truly the Son of man goeth, as it was determined: but woeunto that man by whom he is betrayed!  22:23 And they began to enquireamong themselves, which of them it was that should do this thing.22:24 And there was also a strife among them, which of them should beaccounted the greatest.22:25 And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exerciselordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them arecalled benefactors.22:26 But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, lethim be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.22:27 For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he thatserveth?  is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as hethat serveth.22:28 Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations.22:29 And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointedunto me; 22:30 That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom,and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.22:31 And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired tohave you, that he may sift you as wheat: 22:32 But I have prayed forthee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthenthy brethren.22:33 And he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to go with thee, bothinto prison, and to death.22:34 And he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow thisday, before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me.22:35 And he said unto them, When I sent you without purse, and scrip,and shoes, lacked ye any thing? And they said, Nothing.22:36 Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let himtake it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let himsell his garment, and buy one.22:37 For I say unto you, that this that is written must yet beaccomplished in me, And he was reckoned among the transgressors: forthe things concerning me have an end.22:38 And they said, Lord, behold, here are two swords. And he saidunto them, It is enough.22:39 And he came out, and went, as he was wont, to the mount ofOlives; and his disciples also followed him.22:40 And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray that yeenter not into temptation.22:41 And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast, and kneeleddown, and prayed, 22:42 Saying, Father, if thou be willing, removethis cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.22:43 And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengtheninghim.22:44 And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweatwas as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.22:45 And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples,he found them sleeping for sorrow, 22:46 And said unto them, Why sleepye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.22:47 And while he yet spake, behold a multitude, and he that wascalled Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and drew near untoJesus to kiss him.22:48 But Jesus said unto him, Judas, betrayest thou the Son of manwith a kiss?  22:49 When they which were about him saw what wouldfollow, they said unto him, Lord, shall we smite with the sword?22:50 And one of them smote the servant of the high priest, and cutoff his right ear.22:51 And Jesus answered and said, Suffer ye thus far. And he touchedhis ear, and healed him.22:52 Then Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains of thetemple, and the elders, which were come to him, Be ye come out, asagainst a thief, with swords and staves?  22:53 When I was daily withyou in the temple, ye stretched forth no hands against me: but this isyour hour, and the power of darkness.22:54 Then took they him, and led him, and brought him into the highpriest's house. And Peter followed afar off.22:55 And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the hall, andwere set down together, Peter sat down among them.22:56 But a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the fire, andearnestly looked upon him, and said, This man was also with him.22:57 And he denied him, saying, Woman, I know him not.22:58 And after a little while another saw him, and said, Thou artalso of them. And Peter said, Man, I am not.22:59 And about the space of one hour after another confidentlyaffirmed, saying, Of a truth this fellow also was with him: for he isa Galilaean.22:60 And Peter said, Man, I know not what thou sayest. Andimmediately, while he yet spake, the cock crew.22:61 And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter rememberedthe word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, Before the cock crow,thou shalt deny me thrice.22:62 And Peter went out, and wept bitterly.22:63 And the men that held Jesus mocked him, and smote him.22:64 And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face,and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote thee?  22:65 Andmany other things blasphemously spake they against him.22:66 And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and thechief priests and the scribes came together, and led him into theircouncil, saying, 22:67 Art thou the Christ? tell us. And he said untothem, If I tell you, ye will not believe: 22:68 And if I also ask you,ye will not answer me, nor let me go.22:69 Hereafter shall the Son of man sit on the right hand of thepower of God.22:70 Then said they all, Art thou then the Son of God? And he saidunto them, Ye say that I am.22:71 And they said, What need we any further witness? for weourselves have heard of his own mouth.23:1 And the whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto Pilate.23:2 And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellowperverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar,saying that he himself is Christ a King.23:3 And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? Andhe answered him and said, Thou sayest it.23:4 Then said Pilate to the chief priests and to the people, I findno fault in this man.23:5 And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people,teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place.23:6 When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the man were aGalilaean.23:7 And as soon as he knew that he belonged unto Herod'sjurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who himself also was at Jerusalemat that time.23:8 And when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad: for he wasdesirous to see him of a long season, because he had heard many thingsof him; and he hoped to have seen some miracle done by him.23:9 Then he questioned with him in many words; but he answered himnothing.23:10 And the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accusedhim.23:11 And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked him,and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate.23:12 And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together:for before they were at enmity between themselves.23:13 And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests andthe rulers and the people, 23:14 Said unto them, Ye have brought thisman unto me, as one that perverteth the people: and, behold, I, havingexamined him before you, have found no fault in this man touchingthose things whereof ye accuse him: 23:15 No, nor yet Herod: for Isent you to him; and, lo, nothing worthy of death is done unto him.23:16 I will therefore chastise him, and release him.23:17 (For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.)23:18 And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, andrelease unto us Barabbas: 23:19 (Who for a certain sedition made inthe city, and for murder, was cast into prison.)  23:20 Pilatetherefore, willing to release Jesus, spake again to them.23:21 But they cried, saying, Crucify him, crucify him.23:22 And he said unto them the third time, Why, what evil hath hedone? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastisehim, and let him go.23:23 And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he mightbe crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief priestsprevailed.23:24 And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required.23:25 And he released unto them him that for sedition and murder wascast into prison, whom they had desired; but he delivered Jesus totheir will.23:26 And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, aCyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross,that he might bear it after Jesus.23:27 And there followed him a great company of people, and of women,which also bewailed and lamented him.23:28 But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weepnot for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.23:29 For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say,Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the papswhich never gave suck.23:30 Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; andto the hills, Cover us.23:31 For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be donein the dry?  23:32 And there were also two other, malefactors, ledwith him to be put to death.23:33 And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary,there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand,and the other on the left.23:34 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not whatthey do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.23:35 And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with themderided him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he beChrist, the chosen of God.23:36 And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offeringhim vinegar, 23:37 And saying, If thou be the king of the Jews, savethyself.23:38 And a superscription also was written over him in letters ofGreek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.23:39 And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him,saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us.23:40 But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fearGod, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?  23:41 And we indeedjustly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hathdone nothing amiss.23:42 And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest intothy kingdom.23:43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shaltthou be with me in paradise.23:44 And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness overall the earth until the ninth hour.23:45 And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent inthe midst.23:46 And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father,into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave upthe ghost.23:47 Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God,saying, Certainly this was a righteous man.23:48 And all the people that came together to that sight, beholdingthe things which were done, smote their breasts, and returned.23:49 And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed him fromGalilee, stood afar off, beholding these things.23:50 And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counsellor; and hewas a good man, and a just: 23:51 (The same had not consented to thecounsel and deed of them;) he was of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews:who also himself waited for the kingdom of God.23:52 This man went unto Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus.23:53 And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in asepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid.23:54 And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.23:55 And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followedafter, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid.23:56 And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and restedthe sabbath day according to the commandment.24:1 Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning,they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they hadprepared, and certain others with them.24:2 And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre.24:3 And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus.24:4 And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout,behold, two men stood by them in shining garments: 24:5 And as theywere afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said untothem, Why seek ye the living among the dead?  24:6 He is not here, butis risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee,24:7 Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinfulmen, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.24:8 And they remembered his words, 24:9 And returned from thesepulchre, and told all these things unto the eleven, and to all therest.24:10 It was Mary Magdalene and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James,and other women that were with them, which told these things unto theapostles.24:11 And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believedthem not.24:12 Then arose Peter, and ran unto the sepulchre; and stooping down,he beheld the linen clothes laid by themselves, and departed,wondering in himself at that which was come to pass.24:13 And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village calledEmmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs.24:14 And they talked together of all these things which had happened.24:15 And it came to pass, that, while they communed together andreasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them.24:16 But their eyes were holden that they should not know him.24:17 And he said unto them, What manner of communications are thesethat ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad?  24:18 And theone of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said unto him, Art thouonly a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things which arecome to pass there in these days?  24:19 And he said unto them, Whatthings? And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, whichwas a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people:24:20 And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to becondemned to death, and have crucified him.24:21 But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemedIsrael: and beside all this, to day is the third day since thesethings were done.24:22 Yea, and certain women also of our company made us astonished,which were early at the sepulchre; 24:23 And when they found not hisbody, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels,which said that he was alive.24:24 And certain of them which were with us went to the sepulchre,and found it even so as the women had said: but him they saw not.24:25 Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believeall that the prophets have spoken: 24:26 Ought not Christ to havesuffered these things, and to enter into his glory?  24:27 Andbeginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in allthe scriptures the things concerning himself.24:28 And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they went: and hemade as though he would have gone further.24:29 But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it istoward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry withthem.24:30 And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread,and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them.24:31 And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanishedout of their sight.24:32 And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us,while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us thescriptures?  24:33 And they rose up the same hour, and returned toJerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them that werewith them, 24:34 Saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appearedto Simon.24:35 And they told what things were done in the way, and how he wasknown of them in breaking of bread.24:36 And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst ofthem, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.24:37 But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that theyhad seen a spirit.24:38 And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughtsarise in your hearts?  24:39 Behold my hands and my feet, that it is Imyself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, asye see me have.24:40 And when he had thus spoken, he shewed them his hands and hisfeet.24:41 And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he saidunto them, Have ye here any meat?  24:42 And they gave him a piece ofa broiled fish, and of an honeycomb.24:43 And he took it, and did eat before them.24:44 And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake untoyou, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled,which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and inthe psalms, concerning me.24:45 Then opened he their understanding, that they might understandthe scriptures, 24:46 And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thusit behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:24:47 And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached inhis name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.24:48 And ye are witnesses of these things.24:49 And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarryye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from onhigh.24:50 And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up hishands, and blessed them.24:51 And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted fromthem, and carried up into heaven.24:52 And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with greatjoy: 24:53 And were continually in the temple, praising and blessingGod. Amen.The Gospel According to Saint John1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and theWord was God.1:2 The same was in the beginning with God.1:3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thingmade that was made.1:4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.1:5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehendedit not.1:6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.1:7 The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, thatall men through him might believe.1:8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.1:9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh intothe world.1:10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the worldknew him not.1:11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not.1:12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become thesons of God, even to them that believe on his name: 1:13 Which wereborn, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will ofman, but of God.1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheldhis glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full ofgrace and truth.1:15 John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whomI spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he wasbefore me.1:16 And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.1:17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by JesusChrist.1:18 No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which isin the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.1:19 And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests andLevites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?  1:20 And heconfessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.1:21 And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I amnot. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.1:22 Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answerto them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?  1:23 He said, I amthe voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way ofthe Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.1:24 And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.1:25 And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then,if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?  1:26John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standethone among you, whom ye know not; 1:27 He it is, who coming after me ispreferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose.1:28 These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John wasbaptizing.1:29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Beholdthe Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.1:30 This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which ispreferred before me: for he was before me.1:31 And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest toIsrael, therefore am I come baptizing with water.1:32 And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending fromheaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.1:33 And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water,the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending,and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the HolyGhost.1:34 And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.1:35 Again the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples;1:36 And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb ofGod!  1:37 And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followedJesus.1:38 Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them,What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, beinginterpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou?  1:39 He saith unto them,Come and see. They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with himthat day: for it was about the tenth hour.1:40 One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, wasAndrew, Simon Peter's brother.1:41 He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, Wehave found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.1:42 And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said,Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which isby interpretation, A stone.1:43 The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findethPhilip, and saith unto him, Follow me.1:44 Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.1:45 Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him,of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus ofNazareth, the son of Joseph.1:46 And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out ofNazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.1:47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold anIsraelite indeed, in whom is no guile!  1:48 Nathanael saith unto him,Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before thatPhilip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee.1:49 Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son ofGod; thou art the King of Israel.1:50 Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I sawthee under the fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater thingsthan these.1:51 And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafterye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending anddescending upon the Son of man.2:1 And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and themother of Jesus was there: 2:2 And both Jesus was called, and hisdisciples, to the marriage.2:3 And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him,They have no wine.2:4 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? minehour is not yet come.2:5 His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you,do it.2:6 And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the mannerof the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece.2:7 Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And theyfilled them up to the brim.2:8 And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governorof the feast. And they bare it.2:9 When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was madewine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew thewater knew;) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom, 2:10 Andsaith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine;and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hastkept the good wine until now.2:11 This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, andmanifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him.2:12 After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and hisbrethren, and his disciples: and they continued there not many days.2:13 And the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went up toJerusalem.2:14 And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves,and the changers of money sitting: 2:15 And when he had made a scourgeof small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep,and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew thetables; 2:16 And said unto them that sold doves, Take these thingshence; make not my Father's house an house of merchandise.2:17 And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal ofthine house hath eaten me up.2:18 Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thouunto us, seeing that thou doest these things?  2:19 Jesus answered andsaid unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise itup.2:20 Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple inbuilding, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?  2:21 But he spakeof the temple of his body.2:22 When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciplesremembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed thescripture, and the word which Jesus had said.2:23 Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day,many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did.2:24 But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew allmen, 2:25 And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knewwhat was in man.3:1 There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of theJews: 3:2 The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi,we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do thesemiracles that thou doest, except God be with him.3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee,Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.3:4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old?can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?  3:5Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be bornof water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is bornof the Spirit is spirit.3:7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.3:8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the soundthereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: sois every one that is born of the Spirit.3:9 Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?3:10 Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel,and knowest not these things?  3:11 Verily, verily, I say unto thee,We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and yereceive not our witness.3:12 If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shallye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?  3:13 And no man hathascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Sonof man which is in heaven.3:14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even somust the Son of man be lifted up: 3:15 That whosoever believeth in himshould not perish, but have eternal life.3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son,that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but haveeverlasting life.3:17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; butthat the world through him might be saved.3:18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believethnot is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name ofthe only begotten Son of God.3:19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world,and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds wereevil.3:20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh tothe light, lest his deeds should be reproved.3:21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds maybe made manifest, that they are wrought in God.3:22 After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land ofJudaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized.3:23 And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because therewas much water there: and they came, and were baptized.3:24 For John was not yet cast into prison.3:25 Then there arose a question between some of John's disciples andthe Jews about purifying.3:26 And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that waswith thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the samebaptizeth, and all men come to him.3:27 John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it begiven him from heaven.3:28 Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ,but that I am sent before him.3:29 He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of thebridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly becauseof the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.3:30 He must increase, but I must decrease.3:31 He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earthis earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven isabove all.3:32 And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no manreceiveth his testimony.3:33 He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that Godis true.3:34 For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for Godgiveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.3:35 The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into hishand.3:36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he thatbelieveth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abidethon him.4:1 When therefore the LORD knew how the Pharisees had heard thatJesus made and baptized more disciples than John, 4:2 (Though Jesushimself baptized not, but his disciples,) 4:3 He left Judaea, anddeparted again into Galilee.4:4 And he must needs go through Samaria.4:5 Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, nearto the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.4:6 Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied withhis journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.4:7 There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith untoher, Give me to drink.4:8 (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)  4:9Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being aJew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jewshave no dealings with the Samaritans.4:10 Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift ofGod, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldesthave asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.4:11 The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with,and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water?4:12 Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well,and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?  4:13Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this watershall thirst again: 4:14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that Ishall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give himshall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.4:15 The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirstnot, neither come hither to draw.4:16 Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.4:17 The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said untoher, Thou hast well said, I have no husband: 4:18 For thou hast hadfive husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in thatsaidst thou truly.4:19 The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art aprophet.4:20 Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that inJerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.4:21 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when yeshall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship theFather.4:22 Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: forsalvation is of the Jews.4:23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shallworship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh suchto worship him.4:24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him inspirit and in truth.4:25 The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which iscalled Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.4:26 Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.4:27 And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talkedwith the woman: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkestthou with her?  4:28 The woman then left her waterpot, and went herway into the city, and saith to the men, 4:29 Come, see a man, whichtold me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?  4:30 Thenthey went out of the city, and came unto him.4:31 In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat.4:32 But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of.4:33 Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man broughthim ought to eat?  4:34 Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do thewill of him that sent me, and to finish his work.4:35 Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest?behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; forthey are white already to harvest.4:36 And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit untolife eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoicetogether.4:37 And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.4:38 I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other menlaboured, and ye are entered into their labours.4:39 And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for thesaying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did.4:40 So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him thathe would tarry with them: and he abode there two days.4:41 And many more believed because of his own word; 4:42 And saidunto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we haveheard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, theSaviour of the world.4:43 Now after two days he departed thence, and went into Galilee.4:44 For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in hisown country.4:45 Then when he was come into Galilee, the Galilaeans received him,having seen all the things that he did at Jerusalem at the feast: forthey also went unto the feast.4:46 So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the waterwine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick atCapernaum.4:47 When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judaea into Galilee, hewent unto him, and besought him that he would come down, and heal hisson: for he was at the point of death.4:48 Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, yewill not believe.4:49 The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die.4:50 Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the manbelieved the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way.4:51 And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him,saying, Thy son liveth.4:52 Then enquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. Andthey said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.4:53 So the father knew that it was at the same hour, in the whichJesus said unto him, Thy son liveth: and himself believed, and hiswhole house.4:54 This is again the second miracle that Jesus did, when he was comeout of Judaea into Galilee.5:1 After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up toJerusalem.5:2 Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which iscalled in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.5:3 In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt,withered, waiting for the moving of the water.5:4 For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, andtroubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of thewater stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.5:5 And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty andeight years.5:6 When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long timein that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole?  5:7 Theimpotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water istroubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, anothersteppeth down before me.5:8 Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.5:9 And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, andwalked: and on the same day was the sabbath.5:10 The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is thesabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed.5:11 He answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me,Take up thy bed, and walk.5:12 Then asked they him, What man is that which said unto thee, Takeup thy bed, and walk?  5:13 And he that was healed wist not who itwas: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in thatplace.5:14 Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him,Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come untothee.5:15 The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which hadmade him whole.5:16 And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slayhim, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.5:17 But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.5:18 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he notonly had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father,making himself equal with God.5:19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I sayunto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth theFather do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Sonlikewise.5:20 For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things thathimself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that yemay marvel.5:21 For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; evenso the Son quickeneth whom he will.5:22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgmentunto the Son: 5:23 That all men should honour the Son, even as theyhonour the Father.He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath senthim.5:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, andbelieveth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall notcome into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.5:25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is,when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they thathear shall live.5:26 For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to theSon to have life in himself; 5:27 And hath given him authority toexecute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.5:28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all thatare in the graves shall hear his voice, 5:29 And shall come forth;they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they thathave done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.5:30 I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and myjudgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will ofthe Father which hath sent me.5:31 If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.5:32 There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that thewitness which he witnesseth of me is true.5:33 Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth.5:34 But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say,that ye might be saved.5:35 He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for aseason to rejoice in his light.5:36 But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works whichthe Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bearwitness of me, that the Father hath sent me.5:37 And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness ofme.Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.5:38 And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent,him ye believe not.5:39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life:and they are they which testify of me.5:40 And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.5:41 I receive not honour from men.5:42 But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.5:43 I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if anothershall come in his own name, him ye will receive.5:44 How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seeknot the honour that cometh from God only?  5:45 Do not think that Iwill accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, evenMoses, in whom ye trust.5:46 For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me; for hewrote of me.5:47 But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe mywords?  6:1 After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee,which is the sea of Tiberias.6:2 And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracleswhich he did on them that were diseased.6:3 And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat with hisdisciples.6:4 And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh.6:5 When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company comeunto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that thesemay eat?  6:6 And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew whathe would do.6:7 Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is notsufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little.6:8 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, saith untohim, 6:9 There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and twosmall fishes: but what are they among so many?  6:10 And Jesus said,Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So themen sat down, in number about five thousand.6:11 And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, hedistributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were setdown; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would.6:12 When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up thefragments that remain, that nothing be lost.6:13 Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve basketswith the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over andabove unto them that had eaten.6:14 Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did,said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world.6:15 When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take himby force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountainhimself alone.6:16 And when even was now come, his disciples went down unto the sea,6:17 And entered into a ship, and went over the sea toward Capernaum.And it was now dark, and Jesus was not come to them.6:18 And the sea arose by reason of a great wind that blew.6:19 So when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs,they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the ship: andthey were afraid.6:20 But he saith unto them, It is I; be not afraid.6:21 Then they willingly received him into the ship: and immediatelythe ship was at the land whither they went.6:22 The day following, when the people which stood on the other sideof the sea saw that there was none other boat there, save that onewhereinto his disciples were entered, and that Jesus went not with hisdisciples into the boat, but that his disciples were gone away alone;6:23 (Howbeit there came other boats from Tiberias nigh unto the placewhere they did eat bread, after that the Lord had given thanks:) 6:24When the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, neither hisdisciples, they also took shipping, and came to Capernaum, seeking forJesus.6:25 And when they had found him on the other side of the sea, theysaid unto him, Rabbi, when camest thou hither?  6:26 Jesus answeredthem and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not becauseye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and werefilled.6:27 Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat whichendureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give untoyou: for him hath God the Father sealed.6:28 Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work theworks of God?  6:29 Jesus answered and said unto them, This is thework of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.6:30 They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, thatwe may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work?  6:31 Our fathersdid eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread fromheaven to eat.6:32 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Mosesgave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the truebread from heaven.6:33 For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, andgiveth life unto the world.6:34 Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread.6:35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that comethto me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall neverthirst.6:36 But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and believe not.6:37 All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him thatcometh to me I will in no wise cast out.6:38 For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but thewill of him that sent me.6:39 And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of allwhich he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it upagain at the last day.6:40 And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one whichseeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and Iwill raise him up at the last day.6:41 The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the breadwhich came down from heaven.6:42 And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose fatherand mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down fromheaven?  6:43 Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur notamong yourselves.6:44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me drawhim: and I will raise him up at the last day.6:45 It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught ofGod.Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father,cometh unto me.6:46 Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God,he hath seen the Father.6:47 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hatheverlasting life.6:48 I am that bread of life.6:49 Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.6:50 This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man mayeat thereof, and not die.6:51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eatof this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will giveis my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.6:52 The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can thisman give us his flesh to eat?  6:53 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily,verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, anddrink his blood, ye have no life in you.6:54 Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life;and I will raise him up at the last day.6:55 For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.6:56 He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me,and I in him.6:57 As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: sohe that eateth me, even he shall live by me.6:58 This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as yourfathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this breadshall live for ever.6:59 These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.6:60 Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said,This is an hard saying; who can hear it?  6:61 When Jesus knew inhimself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doththis offend you?  6:62 What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascendup where he was before?  6:63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; theflesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they arespirit, and they are life.6:64 But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew fromthe beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betrayhim.6:65 And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come untome, except it were given unto him of my Father.6:66 From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked nomore with him.6:67 Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away?  6:68 ThenSimon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast thewords of eternal life.6:69 And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son ofthe living God.6:70 Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of youis a devil?  6:71 He spake of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon: for heit was that should betray him, being one of the twelve.7:1 After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walkin Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him.7:2 Now the Jew's feast of tabernacles was at hand.7:3 His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go intoJudaea, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest.7:4 For there is no man that doeth any thing in secret, and he himselfseeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, shew thyself tothe world.7:5 For neither did his brethren believe in him.7:6 Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your timeis alway ready.7:7 The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify ofit, that the works thereof are evil.7:8 Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast: for mytime is not yet full come.7:9 When he had said these words unto them, he abode still in Galilee.7:10 But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto thefeast, not openly, but as it were in secret.7:11 Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he?7:12 And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him: forsome said, He is a good man: others said, Nay; but he deceiveth thepeople.7:13 Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.7:14 Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple,and taught.7:15 And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters,having never learned?  7:16 Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrineis not mine, but his that sent me.7:17 If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine,whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.7:18 He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he thatseeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and nounrighteousness is in him.7:19 Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth thelaw?  Why go ye about to kill me?  7:20 The people answered and said,Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee?  7:21 Jesus answeredand said unto them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel.7:22 Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is ofMoses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise aman.7:23 If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law ofMoses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made aman every whit whole on the sabbath day?  7:24 Judge not according tothe appearance, but judge righteous judgment.7:25 Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom theyseek to kill?  7:26 But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothingunto him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ?7:27 Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when Christ cometh, noman knoweth whence he is.7:28 Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, Ye both knowme, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but he thatsent me is true, whom ye know not.7:29 But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me.7:30 Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him,because his hour was not yet come.7:31 And many of the people believed on him, and said, When Christcometh, will he do more miracles than these which this man hath done?7:32 The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such thingsconcerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officersto take him.7:33 Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, andthen I go unto him that sent me.7:34 Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thitherye cannot come.7:35 Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that weshall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles,and teach the Gentiles?  7:36 What manner of saying is this that hesaid, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thitherye cannot come?  7:37 In the last day, that great day of the feast,Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come untome, and drink.7:38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of hisbelly shall flow rivers of living water.7:39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on himshould receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because thatJesus was not yet glorified.)  7:40 Many of the people therefore, whenthey heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.7:41 Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ comeout of Galilee?  7:42 Hath not the scripture said, That Christ comethof the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where Davidwas?  7:43 So there was a division among the people because of him.7:44 And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands onhim.7:45 Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; andthey said unto them, Why have ye not brought him?  7:46 The officersanswered, Never man spake like this man.7:47 Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived?  7:48Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him?  7:49 Butthis people who knoweth not the law are cursed.7:50 Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, beingone of them,) 7:51 Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, andknow what he doeth?  7:52 They answered and said unto him, Art thoualso of Galilee?  Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth noprophet.7:53 And every man went unto his own house.8:1 Jesus went unto the mount of Olives.8:2 And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and allthe people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them.8:3 And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken inadultery; and when they had set her in the midst, 8:4 They say untohim, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.8:5 Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: butwhat sayest thou?  8:6 This they said, tempting him, that they mighthave to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wroteon the ground, as though he heard them not.8:7 So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and saidunto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast astone at her.8:8 And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.8:9 And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience,went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: andJesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.8:10 When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, hesaid unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no mancondemned thee?  8:11 She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her,Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.8:12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of theworld: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall havethe light of life.8:13 The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest record ofthyself; thy record is not true.8:14 Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I bear record ofmyself, yet my record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither Igo; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go.8:15 Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man.8:16 And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, butI and the Father that sent me.8:17 It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men istrue.8:18 I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent mebeareth witness of me.8:19 Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Yeneither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should haveknown my Father also.8:20 These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in thetemple: and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet come.8:21 Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seekme, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come.8:22 Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith,Whither I go, ye cannot come.8:23 And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: yeare of this world; I am not of this world.8:24 I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for ifye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.8:25 Then said they unto him, Who art thou? And Jesus saith unto them,Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning.8:26 I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sentme is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heardof him.8:27 They understood not that he spake to them of the Father.8:28 Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man,then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; butas my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.8:29 And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left mealone; for I do always those things that please him.8:30 As he spake these words, many believed on him.8:31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If yecontinue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; 8:32 And yeshall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.8:33 They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never inbondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?  8:34Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoevercommitteth sin is the servant of sin.8:35 And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Sonabideth ever.8:36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be freeindeed.8:37 I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me,because my word hath no place in you.8:38 I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do thatwhich ye have seen with your father.8:39 They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesussaith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the worksof Abraham.8:40 But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth,which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.8:41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be notborn of fornication; we have one Father, even God.8:42 Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me:for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, buthe sent me.8:43 Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hearmy word.8:44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father yewill do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in thetruth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, hespeaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.8:45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.8:46 Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why doye not believe me?  8:47 He that is of God heareth God's words: yetherefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.8:48 Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well thatthou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?  8:49 Jesus answered, I havenot a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me.8:50 And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh andjudgeth.8:51 Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shallnever see death.8:52 Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil.Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep mysaying, he shall never taste of death.8:53 Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and theprophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?  8:54 Jesus answered, IfI honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honourethme; of whom ye say, that he is your God: 8:55 Yet ye have not knownhim; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be aliar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.8:56 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, andwas glad.8:57 Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old,and hast thou seen Abraham?  8:58 Jesus said unto them, Verily,verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.8:59 Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself,and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and sopassed by.9:1 And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from hisbirth.9:2 And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, thisman, or his parents, that he was born blind?  9:3 Jesus answered,Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works ofGod should be made manifest in him.9:4 I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: thenight cometh, when no man can work.9:5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.9:6 When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay ofthe spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay,9:7 And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is byinterpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and cameseeing.9:8 The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him thathe was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?  9:9 Somesaid, This is he: others said, He is like him: but he said, I am he.9:10 Therefore said they unto him, How were thine eyes opened?  9:11He answered and said, A man that is called Jesus made clay, andanointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, andwash: and I went and washed, and I received sight.9:12 Then said they unto him, Where is he? He said, I know not.9:13 They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind.9:14 And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and openedhis eyes.9:15 Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received hissight. He said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed,and do see.9:16 Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God,because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a manthat is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division amongthem.9:17 They say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, thathe hath opened thine eyes? He said, He is a prophet.9:18 But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had beenblind, and received his sight, until they called the parents of himthat had received his sight.9:19 And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say wasborn blind? how then doth he now see?  9:20 His parents answered themand said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind:9:21 But by what means he now seeth, we know not; or who hath openedhis eyes, we know not: he is of age; ask him: he shall speak forhimself.9:22 These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: forthe Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he wasChrist, he should be put out of the synagogue.9:23 Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask him.9:24 Then again called they the man that was blind, and said unto him,Give God the praise: we know that this man is a sinner.9:25 He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not:one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.9:26 Then said they to him again, What did he to thee? how opened hethine eyes?  9:27 He answered them, I have told you already, and yedid not hear: wherefore would ye hear it again? will ye also be hisdisciples?  9:28 Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art hisdisciple; but we are Moses' disciples.9:29 We know that God spake unto Moses: as for this fellow, we knownot from whence he is.9:30 The man answered and said unto them, Why herein is a marvellousthing, that ye know not from whence he is, and yet he hath opened mineeyes.9:31 Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be aworshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.9:32 Since the world began was it not heard that any man opened theeyes of one that was born blind.9:33 If this man were not of God, he could do nothing.9:34 They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born insins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.9:35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had foundhim, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God?  9:36 Heanswered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him?  9:37And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he thattalketh with thee.9:38 And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him.9:39 And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that theywhich see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.9:40 And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words,and said unto him, Are we blind also?  9:41 Jesus said unto them, Ifye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see;therefore your sin remaineth.10:1 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the doorinto the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is athief and a robber.10:2 But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.10:3 To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and hecalleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.10:4 And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them,and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.10:5 And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: forthey know not the voice of strangers.10:6 This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not whatthings they were which he spake unto them.10:7 Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you,I am the door of the sheep.10:8 All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but thesheep did not hear them.10:9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, andshall go in and out, and find pasture.10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and todestroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might haveit more abundantly.10:11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life forthe sheep.10:12 But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own thesheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, andfleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.10:13 The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth notfor the sheep.10:14 I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.10:15 As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I laydown my life for the sheep.10:16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also Imust bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold,and one shepherd.10:17 Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life,that I might take it again.10:18 No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I havepower to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. Thiscommandment have I received of my Father.10:19 There was a division therefore again among the Jews for thesesayings.10:20 And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear yehim?  10:21 Others said, These are not the words of him that hath adevil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?  10:22 And it was atJerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter.10:23 And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch.10:24 Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How longdost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly.10:25 Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the worksthat I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.10:26 But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I saidunto you.10:27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:10:28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish,neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.10:29 My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no manis able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.10:30 I and my Father are one.10:31 Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.10:32 Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from myFather; for which of those works do ye stone me?  10:33 The Jewsanswered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but forblasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.10:34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Yeare gods?  10:35 If he called them gods, unto whom the word of Godcame, and the scripture cannot be broken; 10:36 Say ye of him, whomthe Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest;because I said, I am the Son of God?  10:37 If I do not the works ofmy Father, believe me not.10:38 But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: thatye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.10:39 Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out oftheir hand, 10:40 And went away again beyond Jordan into the placewhere John at first baptized; and there he abode.10:41 And many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: butall things that John spake of this man were true.10:42 And many believed on him there.11:1 Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the townof Mary and her sister Martha.11:2 (It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, andwiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)  11:3Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whomthou lovest is sick.11:4 When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death,but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorifiedthereby.11:5 Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.11:6 When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two daysstill in the same place where he was.11:7 Then after that saith he to his disciples, Let us go into Judaeaagain.11:8 His disciples say unto him, Master, the Jews of late sought tostone thee; and goest thou thither again?  11:9 Jesus answered, Arethere not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, hestumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.11:10 But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there isno light in him.11:11 These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Ourfriend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.11:12 Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well.11:13 Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he hadspoken of taking of rest in sleep.11:14 Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.11:15 And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intentye may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him.11:16 Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto hisfellowdisciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.11:17 Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the gravefour days already.11:18 Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off:11:19 And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort themconcerning their brother.11:20 Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, wentand met him: but Mary sat still in the house.11:21 Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, mybrother had not died.11:22 But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, Godwill give it thee.11:23 Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again.11:24 Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in theresurrection at the last day.11:25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: hethat believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: 11:26And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believestthou this?  11:27 She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thouart the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world.11:28 And when she had so said, she went her way, and called Mary hersister secretly, saying, The Master is come, and calleth for thee.11:29 As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly, and came unto him.11:30 Now Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was in that placewhere Martha met him.11:31 The Jews then which were with her in the house, and comfortedher, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out,followed her, saying, She goeth unto the grave to weep there.11:32 Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she felldown at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, mybrother had not died.11:33 When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weepingwhich came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled.11:34 And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, comeand see.11:35 Jesus wept.11:36 Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him!  11:37 And some ofthem said, Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the blind,have caused that even this man should not have died?  11:38 Jesustherefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was acave, and a stone lay upon it.11:39 Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of himthat was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for hehath been dead four days.11:40 Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thouwouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?  11:41 Thenthey took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. AndJesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thouhast heard me.11:42 And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of thepeople which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hastsent me.11:43 And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice,Lazarus, come forth.11:44 And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot withgraveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saithunto them, Loose him, and let him go.11:45 Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen thethings which Jesus did, believed on him.11:46 But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told themwhat things Jesus had done.11:47 Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, andsaid, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles.11:48 If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and theRomans shall come and take away both our place and nation.11:49 And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that sameyear, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all, 11:50 Nor consider thatit is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, andthat the whole nation perish not.11:51 And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest thatyear, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation; 11:52 Andnot for that nation only, but that also he should gather together inone the children of God that were scattered abroad.11:53 Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to puthim to death.11:54 Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews; but wentthence unto a country near to the wilderness, into a city calledEphraim, and there continued with his disciples.11:55 And the Jews' passover was nigh at hand: and many went out ofthe country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.11:56 Then sought they for Jesus, and spake among themselves, as theystood in the temple, What think ye, that he will not come to thefeast?  11:57 Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given acommandment, that, if any man knew where he were, he should shew it,that they might take him.12:1 Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, whereLazarus was, which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.12:2 There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus wasone of them that sat at the table with him.12:3 Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, andanointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and thehouse was filled with the odour of the ointment.12:4 Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son,which should betray him, 12:5 Why was not this ointment sold for threehundred pence, and given to the poor?  12:6 This he said, not that hecared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, andbare what was put therein.12:7 Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my buryinghath she kept this.12:8 For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.12:9 Much people of the Jews therefore knew that he was there: andthey came not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarusalso, whom he had raised from the dead.12:10 But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus alsoto death; 12:11 Because that by reason of him many of the Jews wentaway, and believed on Jesus.12:12 On the next day much people that were come to the feast, whenthey heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, 12:13 Took branches ofpalm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed isthe King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord.12:14 And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it iswritten, 12:15 Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh,sitting on an ass's colt.12:16 These things understood not his disciples at the first: but whenJesus was glorified, then remembered they that these things werewritten of him, and that they had done these things unto him.12:17 The people therefore that was with him when he called Lazarusout of his grave, and raised him from the dead, bare record.12:18 For this cause the people also met him, for that they heard thathe had done this miracle.12:19 The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye howye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after him.12:20 And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worshipat the feast: 12:21 The same came therefore to Philip, which was ofBethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would seeJesus.12:22 Philip cometh and telleth Andrew: and again Andrew and Philiptell Jesus.12:23 And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Sonof man should be glorified.12:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall intothe ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forthmuch fruit.12:25 He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth hislife in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.12:26 If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, thereshall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Fatherhonour.12:27 Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save mefrom this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.12:28 Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven,saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.12:29 The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that itthundered: others said, An angel spake to him.12:30 Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of me, butfor your sakes.12:31 Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of thisworld be cast out.12:32 And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men untome.12:33 This he said, signifying what death he should die.12:34 The people answered him, We have heard out of the law thatChrist abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must belifted up? who is this Son of man?  12:35 Then Jesus said unto them,Yet a little while is the light with you.Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he thatwalketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.12:36 While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be thechildren of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and didhide himself from them.12:37 But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet theybelieved not on him: 12:38 That the saying of Esaias the prophet mightbe fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? andto whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed?  12:39 Therefore theycould not believe, because that Esaias said again, 12:40 He hathblinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not seewith their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted,and I should heal them.12:41 These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake ofhim.12:42 Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him;but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest theyshould be put out of the synagogue: 12:43 For they loved the praise ofmen more than the praise of God.12:44 Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not onme, but on him that sent me.12:45 And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me.12:46 I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on meshould not abide in darkness.12:47 And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not:for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.12:48 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one thatjudgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him inthe last day.12:49 For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me,he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.12:50 And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoeverI speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.13:1 Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that hishour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father,having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto theend.13:2 And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heartof Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him; 13:3 Jesus knowing thatthe Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was comefrom God, and went to God; 13:4 He riseth from supper, and laid asidehis garments; and took a towel, and girded himself.13:5 After that he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash thedisciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he wasgirded.13:6 Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto him, Lord,dost thou wash my feet?  13:7 Jesus answered and said unto him, What Ido thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter.13:8 Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesusanswered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me.13:9 Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my feet only, but also myhands and my head.13:10 Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to washhis feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all.13:11 For he knew who should betray him; therefore said he, Ye are notall clean.13:12 So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments,and was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done toyou?  13:13 Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am.13:14 If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye alsoought to wash one another's feet.13:15 For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I havedone to you.13:16 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater thanhis lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.13:17 If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.13:18 I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that thescripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath liftedup his heel against me.13:19 Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, yemay believe that I am he.13:20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever Isend receiveth me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sentme.13:21 When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, andtestified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of youshall betray me.13:22 Then the disciples looked one on another, doubting of whom hespake.13:23 Now there was leaning on Jesus' bosom one of his disciples, whomJesus loved.13:24 Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, that he should ask who itshould be of whom he spake.13:25 He then lying on Jesus' breast saith unto him, Lord, who is it?13:26 Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when Ihave dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to JudasIscariot, the son of Simon.13:27 And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus untohim, That thou doest, do quickly.13:28 Now no man at the table knew for what intent he spake this untohim.13:29 For some of them thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesushad said unto him, Buy those things that we have need of against thefeast; or, that he should give something to the poor.13:30 He then having received the sop went immediately out: and it wasnight.13:31 Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son ofman glorified, and God is glorified in him.13:32 If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him inhimself, and shall straightway glorify him.13:33 Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seekme: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so nowI say to you.13:34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; asI have loved you, that ye also love one another.13:35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye havelove one to another.13:36 Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesusanswered him, Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thoushalt follow me afterwards.13:37 Peter said unto him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? I willlay down my life for thy sake.13:38 Jesus answered him, Wilt thou lay down thy life for my sake?Verily, verily, I say unto thee, The cock shall not crow, till thouhast denied me thrice.14:1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe alsoin me.14:2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, Iwould have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.14:3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, andreceive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.14:4 And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.14:5 Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; andhow can we know the way?  14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, thetruth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.14:7 If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and fromhenceforth ye know him, and have seen him.14:8 Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficethus.14:9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yethast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen theFather; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?  14:10 Believestthou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me?  the wordsthat I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father thatdwelleth in me, he doeth the works.14:11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: orelse believe me for the very works' sake.14:12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, theworks that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shallhe do; because I go unto my Father.14:13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that theFather may be glorified in the Son.14:14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.14:16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you anotherComforter, that he may abide with you for ever; 14:17 Even the Spiritof truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not,neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, andshall be in you.14:18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.14:19 Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye seeme: because I live, ye shall live also.14:20 At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me,and I in you.14:21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is thatloveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and Iwill love him, and will manifest myself to him.14:22 Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thouwilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?  14:23 Jesusanswered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words:and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make ourabode with him.14:24 He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word whichye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.14:25 These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you.14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father willsend in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all thingsto your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.14:27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as theworld giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neitherlet it be afraid.14:28 Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come againunto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go untothe Father: for my Father is greater than I.14:29 And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it iscome to pass, ye might believe.14:30 Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of thisworld cometh, and hath nothing in me.14:31 But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as theFather gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.15:1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.15:2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: andevery branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bringforth more fruit.15:3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.15:4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit ofitself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abidein me.15:5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and Iin him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can donothing.15:6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and iswithered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and theyare burned.15:7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask whatye will, and it shall be done unto you.15:8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shallye be my disciples.15:9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye inmy love.15:10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as Ihave kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.15:11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain inyou, and that your joy might be full.15:12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I haveloved you.15:13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his lifefor his friends.15:14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.15:15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth notwhat his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all thingsthat I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.15:16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you,that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit shouldremain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he maygive it you.15:17 These things I command you, that ye love one another.15:18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hatedyou.15:19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: butbecause ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of theworld, therefore the world hateth you.15:20 Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is notgreater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will alsopersecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.15:21 But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake,because they know not him that sent me.15:22 If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin:but now they have no cloak for their sin.15:23 He that hateth me hateth my Father also.15:24 If I had not done among them the works which none other man did,they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both meand my Father.15:25 But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled thatis written in their law, They hated me without a cause.15:26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you fromthe Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from theFather, he shall testify of me: 15:27 And ye also shall bear witness,because ye have been with me from the beginning.16:1 These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not beoffended.16:2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh,that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.16:3 And these things will they do unto you, because they have notknown the Father, nor me.16:4 But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come,ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said notunto you at the beginning, because I was with you.16:5 But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you askethme, Whither goest thou?  16:6 But because I have said these thingsunto you, sorrow hath filled your heart.16:7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that Igo away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you;but if I depart, I will send him unto you.16:8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and ofrighteousness, and of judgment: 16:9 Of sin, because they believe noton me; 16:10 Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye seeme no more; 16:11 Of judgment, because the prince of this world isjudged.16:12 I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear themnow.16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide youinto all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever heshall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.16:14 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shallshew it unto you.16:15 All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, thathe shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you.16:16 A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a littlewhile, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father.16:17 Then said some of his disciples among themselves, What is thisthat he saith unto us, A little while, and ye shall not see me: andagain, a little while, and ye shall see me: and, Because I go to theFather?  16:18 They said therefore, What is this that he saith, Alittle while? we cannot tell what he saith.16:19 Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said untothem, Do ye enquire among yourselves of that I said, A little while,and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall seeme?  16:20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep andlament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, butyour sorrow shall be turned into joy.16:21 A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour iscome: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth nomore the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.16:22 And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, andyour heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.16:23 And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I sayunto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will giveit you.16:24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shallreceive, that your joy may be full.16:25 These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the timecometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shallshew you plainly of the Father.16:26 At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you,that I will pray the Father for you: 16:27 For the Father himselfloveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I cameout from God.16:28 I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again,I leave the world, and go to the Father.16:29 His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, andspeakest no proverb.16:30 Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest notthat any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camestforth from God.16:31 Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe?  16:32 Behold, the hourcometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to hisown, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because theFather is with me.16:33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might havepeace.In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I haveovercome the world.17:1 These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, andsaid, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also mayglorify thee: 17:2 As thou hast given him power over all flesh, thathe should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.17:3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only trueGod, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.17:4 I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the workwhich thou gavest me to do.17:5 And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with theglory which I had with thee before the world was.17:6 I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me outof the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they havekept thy word.17:7 Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given meare of thee.17:8 For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; andthey have received them, and have known surely that I came out fromthee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.17:9 I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them whichthou hast given me; for they are thine.17:10 And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorifiedin them.17:11 And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world,and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name thosewhom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.17:12 While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name:those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, butthe son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.17:13 And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world,that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.17:14 I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them,because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.17:15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, butthat thou shouldest keep them from the evil.17:16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.17:17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.17:18 As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sentthem into the world.17:19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might besanctified through the truth.17:20 Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shallbelieve on me through their word; 17:21 That they all may be one; asthou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one inus: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.17:22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that theymay be one, even as we are one: 17:23 I in them, and thou in me, thatthey may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thouhast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.17:24 Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be withme where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast givenme: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.17:25 O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I haveknown thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.17:26 And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it:that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I inthem.18:1 When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with hisdisciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which heentered, and his disciples.18:2 And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place: for Jesusofttimes resorted thither with his disciples.18:3 Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from thechief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torchesand weapons.18:4 Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him,went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye?  18:5 They answered him,Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he.And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them.18:6 As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they wentbackward, and fell to the ground.18:7 Then asked he them again, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus ofNazareth.18:8 Jesus answered, I have told you that I am he: if therefore yeseek me, let these go their way: 18:9 That the saying might befulfilled, which he spake, Of them which thou gavest me have I lostnone.18:10 Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the highpriest's servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name wasMalchus.18:11 Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath:the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?  18:12Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, andbound him, 18:13 And led him away to Annas first; for he was father inlaw to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year.18:14 Now Caiaphas was he, which gave counsel to the Jews, that it wasexpedient that one man should die for the people.18:15 And Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple:that disciple was known unto the high priest, and went in with Jesusinto the palace of the high priest.18:16 But Peter stood at the door without. Then went out that otherdisciple, which was known unto the high priest, and spake unto herthat kept the door, and brought in Peter.18:17 Then saith the damsel that kept the door unto Peter, Art notthou also one of this man's disciples? He saith, I am not.18:18 And the servants and officers stood there, who had made a fireof coals; for it was cold: and they warmed themselves: and Peter stoodwith them, and warmed himself.18:19 The high priest then asked Jesus of his disciples, and of hisdoctrine.18:20 Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the world; I ever taughtin the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews always resort;and in secret have I said nothing.18:21 Why askest thou me? ask them which heard me, what I have saidunto them: behold, they know what I said.18:22 And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood bystruck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest thou thehigh priest so?  18:23 Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bearwitness of the evil: but if well, why smitest thou me?  18:24 NowAnnas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high priest.18:25 And Simon Peter stood and warmed himself. They said thereforeunto him, Art not thou also one of his disciples? He denied it, andsaid, I am not.18:26 One of the servants of the high priest, being his kinsman whoseear Peter cut off, saith, Did not I see thee in the garden with him?18:27 Peter then denied again: and immediately the cock crew.18:28 Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: andit was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall,lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover.18:29 Pilate then went out unto them, and said, What accusation bringye against this man?  18:30 They answered and said unto him, If hewere not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto thee.18:31 Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and judge him accordingto your law. The Jews therefore said unto him, It is not lawful for usto put any man to death: 18:32 That the saying of Jesus might befulfilled, which he spake, signifying what death he should die.18:33 Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and calledJesus, and said unto him, Art thou the King of the Jews?  18:34 Jesusanswered him, Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did others tell itthee of me?  18:35 Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation andthe chief priests have delivered thee unto me: what hast thou done?18:36 Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdomwere of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not bedelivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.18:37 Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesusanswered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, andfor this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness untothe truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.18:38 Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this,he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find in him nofault at all.18:39 But ye have a custom, that I should release unto you one at thepassover: will ye therefore that I release unto you the King of theJews?  18:40 Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, butBarabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.19:1 Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him.19:2 And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on hishead, and they put on him a purple robe, 19:3 And said, Hail, King ofthe Jews! and they smote him with their hands.19:4 Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, Ibring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him.19:5 Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and thepurple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man!  19:6 Whenthe chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out,saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him,and crucify him: for I find no fault in him.19:7 The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought todie, because he made himself the Son of God.19:8 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid;19:9 And went again into the judgment hall, and saith unto Jesus,Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer.19:10 Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? knowestthou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to releasethee?  19:11 Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at allagainst me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he thatdelivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.19:12 And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jewscried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar'sfriend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.19:13 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth,and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called thePavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.19:14 And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixthhour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!  19:15 But theycried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him.Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priestsanswered, We have no king but Caesar.19:16 Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. Andthey took Jesus, and led him away.19:17 And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called theplace of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha: 19:18 Wherethey crucified him, and two other with him, on either side one, andJesus in the midst.19:19 And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And thewriting was JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.19:20 This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesuswas crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, andGreek, and Latin.19:21 Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not,The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews.19:22 Pilate answered, What I have written I have written.19:23 Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took hisgarments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also hiscoat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.19:24 They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, butcast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might befulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for myvesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did.19:25 Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and hismother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.19:26 When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standingby, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!19:27 Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from thathour that disciple took her unto his own home.19:28 After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished,that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.19:29 Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled aspunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.19:30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It isfinished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.19:31 The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that thebodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for thatsabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might bebroken, and that they might be taken away.19:32 Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and ofthe other which was crucified with him.19:33 But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already,they brake not his legs: 19:34 But one of the soldiers with a spearpierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.19:35 And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and heknoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.19:36 For these things were done, that the scripture should befulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.19:37 And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whomthey pierced.19:38 And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus,but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might takeaway the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore,and took the body of Jesus.19:39 And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesusby night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundredpound weight.19:40 Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clotheswith the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.19:41 Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; andin the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid.19:42 There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparationday; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.20:1 The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when itwas yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away fromthe sepulchre.20:2 Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the otherdisciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken awaythe LORD out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laidhim.20:3 Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, and came tothe sepulchre.20:4 So they ran both together: and the other disciple did outrunPeter, and came first to the sepulchre.20:5 And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clotheslying; yet went he not in.20:6 Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into thesepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie, 20:7 And the napkin, thatwas about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrappedtogether in a place by itself.20:8 Then went in also that other disciple, which came first to thesepulchre, and he saw, and believed.20:9 For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise againfrom the dead.20:10 Then the disciples went away again unto their own home.20:11 But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as shewept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre, 20:12 And seethtwo angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at thefeet, where the body of Jesus had lain.20:13 And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith untothem, Because they have taken away my LORD, and I know not where theyhave laid him.20:14 And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and sawJesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus.20:15 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekestthou?  She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, ifthou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and Iwill take him away.20:16 Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith untohim, Rabboni; which is to say, Master.20:17 Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended tomy Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto myFather, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.20:18 Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen theLORD, and that he had spoken these things unto her.20:19 Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week,when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fearof the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them,Peace be unto you.20:20 And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and hisside.Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the LORD.20:21 Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Fatherhath sent me, even so send I you.20:22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith untothem, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: 20:23 Whose soever sins ye remit,they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they areretained.20:24 But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with themwhen Jesus came.20:25 The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen theLORD.But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print ofthe nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrustmy hand into his side, I will not believe.20:26 And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomaswith them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in themidst, and said, Peace be unto you.20:27 Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold myhands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and benot faithless, but believing.20:28 And Thomas answered and said unto him, My LORD and my God.20:29 Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thouhast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet havebelieved.20:30 And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of hisdisciples, which are not written in this book: 20:31 But these arewritten, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son ofGod; and that believing ye might have life through his name.21:1 After these things Jesus shewed himself again to the disciples atthe sea of Tiberias; and on this wise shewed he himself.21:2 There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, andNathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two otherof his disciples.21:3 Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto him,We also go with thee. They went forth, and entered into a shipimmediately; and that night they caught nothing.21:4 But when the morning was now come, Jesus stood on the shore: butthe disciples knew not that it was Jesus.21:5 Then Jesus saith unto them, Children, have ye any meat? Theyanswered him, No.21:6 And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of theship, and ye shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were notable to draw it for the multitude of fishes.21:7 Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, It isthe Lord. Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girt hisfisher's coat unto him, (for he was naked,) and did cast himself intothe sea.21:8 And the other disciples came in a little ship; (for they were notfar from land, but as it were two hundred cubits,) dragging the netwith fishes.21:9 As soon then as they were come to land, they saw a fire of coalsthere, and fish laid thereon, and bread.21:10 Jesus saith unto them, Bring of the fish which ye have nowcaught.21:11 Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land full of greatfishes, an hundred and fifty and three: and for all there were somany, yet was not the net broken.21:12 Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine. And none of the disciplesdurst ask him, Who art thou? knowing that it was the Lord.21:13 Jesus then cometh, and taketh bread, and giveth them, and fishlikewise.21:14 This is now the third time that Jesus shewed himself to hisdisciples, after that he was risen from the dead.21:15 So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, sonof Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea,Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.21:16 He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas,lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I lovethee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep.21:17 He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovestthou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time,Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things;thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.21:18 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thougirdest thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thoushalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shallgird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not.21:19 This spake he, signifying by what death he should glorify God.And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him, Follow me.21:20 Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus lovedfollowing; which also leaned on his breast at supper, and said, Lord,which is he that betrayeth thee?  21:21 Peter seeing him saith toJesus, Lord, and what shall this man do?  21:22 Jesus saith unto him,If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? follow thoume.21:23 Then went this saying abroad among the brethren, that thatdisciple should not die: yet Jesus said not unto him, He shall notdie; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee?21:24 This is the disciple which testifieth of these things, and wrotethese things: and we know that his testimony is true.21:25 And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which,if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the worlditself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen.The Acts of the Apostles1:1 The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesusbegan both to do and teach, 1:2 Until the day in which he was takenup, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments untothe apostles whom he had chosen: 1:3 To whom also he shewed himselfalive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of themforty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom ofGod: 1:4 And, being assembled together with them, commanded them thatthey should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of theFather, which, saith he, ye have heard of me.1:5 For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized withthe Holy Ghost not many days hence.1:6 When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying,Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?  1:7And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or theseasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.1:8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come uponyou: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in allJudaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.1:9 And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he wastaken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.1:10 And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up,behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; 1:11 Which also said,Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this sameJesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in likemanner as ye have seen him go into heaven.1:12 Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet,which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey.1:13 And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room,where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, andThomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and SimonZelotes, and Judas the brother of James.1:14 These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication,with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.1:15 And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples,and said, (the number of names together were about an hundred andtwenty,) 1:16 Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have beenfulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake beforeconcerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus.1:17 For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of thisministry.1:18 Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; andfalling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowelsgushed out.1:19 And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch asthat field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say,The field of blood.1:20 For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation bedesolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let anothertake.1:21 Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the timethat the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, 1:22 Beginning from thebaptism of John, unto that same day that he was taken up from us, mustone be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection.1:23 And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamedJustus, and Matthias.1:24 And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the heartsof all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen, 1:25 That hemay take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas bytransgression fell, that he might go to his own place.1:26 And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias;and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.2:1 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all withone accord in one place.2:2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mightywind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.2:3 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, andit sat upon each of them.2:4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speakwith other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.2:5 And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out ofevery nation under heaven.2:6 Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, andwere confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his ownlanguage.2:7 And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another,Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans?  2:8 And how hear weevery man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?  2:9 Parthians, andMedes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea,and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia, 2:10 Phrygia, and Pamphylia, inEgypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome,Jews and proselytes, 2:11 Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speakin our tongues the wonderful works of God.2:12 And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one toanother, What meaneth this?  2:13 Others mocking said, These men arefull of new wine.2:14 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, andsaid unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem,be this known unto you, and hearken to my words: 2:15 For these arenot drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of theday.2:16 But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel; 2:17 Andit shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out ofmy Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shallprophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shalldream dreams: 2:18 And on my servants and on my handmaidens I willpour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy: 2:19 AndI will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath;blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke: 2:20 The sun shall be turnedinto darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and notableday of the Lord come: 2:21 And it shall come to pass, that whosoevershall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.2:22 Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a manapproved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which Goddid by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know: 2:23 Him,being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God,ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain: 2:24 WhomGod hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it wasnot possible that he should be holden of it.2:25 For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord alwaysbefore my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not bemoved: 2:26 Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad;moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope: 2:27 Because thou wilt notleave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to seecorruption.2:28 Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make mefull of joy with thy countenance.2:29 Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarchDavid, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with usunto this day.2:30 Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with anoath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh,he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne; 2:31 He seeing thisbefore spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not leftin hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.2:32 This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.2:33 Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and havingreceived of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shedforth this, which ye now see and hear.2:34 For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself,The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, 2:35 Until Imake thy foes thy footstool.2:36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that Godhath made the same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord andChrist.2:37 Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, andsaid unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren,what shall we do?  2:38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and bebaptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for theremission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.2:39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to allthat are afar off, even as many as the LORD our God shall call.2:40 And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Saveyourselves from this untoward generation.2:41 Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and thesame day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.2:42 And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine andfellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.2:43 And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs weredone by the apostles.2:44 And all that believed were together, and had all things common;2:45 And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men,as every man had need.2:46 And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, andbreaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladnessand singleness of heart, 2:47 Praising God, and having favour with allthe people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should besaved.3:1 Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour ofprayer, being the ninth hour.3:2 And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whomthey laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful,to ask alms of them that entered into the temple; 3:3 Who seeing Peterand John about to go into the temple asked an alms.3:4 And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look onus.3:5 And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something ofthem.3:6 Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I havegive I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.3:7 And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: andimmediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.3:8 And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them intothe temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.3:9 And all the people saw him walking and praising God: 3:10 And theyknew that it was he which sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of thetemple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that whichhad happened unto him.3:11 And as the lame man which was healed held Peter and John, all thepeople ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon's,greatly wondering.3:12 And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men ofIsrael, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us, asthough by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk?3:13 The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of ourfathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, anddenied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to lethim go.3:14 But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murdererto be granted unto you; 3:15 And killed the Prince of life, whom Godhath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.3:16 And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong,whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given himthis perfect soundness in the presence of you all.3:17 And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it, as didalso your rulers.3:18 But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of allhis prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.3:19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may beblotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presenceof the Lord.3:20 And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached untoyou: 3:21 Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitutionof all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holyprophets since the world began.3:22 For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lordyour God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shallye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you.3:23 And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hearthat prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.3:24 Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that followafter, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.3:25 Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant whichGod made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shallall the kindreds of the earth be blessed.3:26 Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him tobless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.4:1 And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain ofthe temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them, 4:2 Being grieved thatthey taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrectionfrom the dead.4:3 And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the nextday: for it was now eventide.4:4 Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the numberof the men was about five thousand.4:5 And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders,and scribes, 4:6 And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John,and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest,were gathered together at Jerusalem.4:7 And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By whatpower, or by what name, have ye done this?  4:8 Then Peter, filledwith the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, andelders of Israel, 4:9 If we this day be examined of the good deed doneto the impotent man, by what means he is made whole; 4:10 Be it knownunto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name ofJesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from thedead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.4:11 This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, whichis become the head of the corner.4:12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none othername under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.4:13 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceivedthat they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and theytook knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.4:14 And beholding the man which was healed standing with them, theycould say nothing against it.4:15 But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council,they conferred among themselves, 4:16 Saying, What shall we do tothese men? for that indeed a notable miracle hath been done by them ismanifest to all them that dwell in Jerusalem; and we cannot deny it.4:17 But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitlythreaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.4:18 And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all norteach in the name of Jesus.4:19 But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it beright in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God,judge ye.4:20 For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.4:21 So when they had further threatened them, they let them go,finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people: forall men glorified God for that which was done.4:22 For the man was above forty years old, on whom this miracle ofhealing was shewed.4:23 And being let go, they went to their own company, and reportedall that the chief priests and elders had said unto them.4:24 And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God withone accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, andearth, and the sea, and all that in them is: 4:25 Who by the mouth ofthy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the peopleimagine vain things?  4:26 The kings of the earth stood up, and therulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against hisChrist.4:27 For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hastanointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and thepeople of Israel, were gathered together, 4:28 For to do whatsoeverthy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.4:29 And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thyservants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word, 4:30 Bystretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may bedone by the name of thy holy child Jesus.4:31 And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they wereassembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, andthey spake the word of God with boldness.4:32 And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and ofone soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which hepossessed was his own; but they had all things common.4:33 And with great power gave the apostles witness of theresurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.4:34 Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as werepossessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of thethings that were sold, 4:35 And laid them down at the apostles' feet:and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.4:36 And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is,being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of thecountry of Cyprus, 4:37 Having land, sold it, and brought the money,and laid it at the apostles' feet.5:1 But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold apossession, 5:2 And kept back part of the price, his wife also beingprivy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles'feet.5:3 But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lieto the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?5:4 Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold,was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing inthine heart?  thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.5:5 And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost:and great fear came on all them that heard these things.5:6 And the young men arose, wound him up, and carried him out, andburied him.5:7 And it was about the space of three hours after, when his wife,not knowing what was done, came in.5:8 And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land forso much? And she said, Yea, for so much.5:9 Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed togetherto tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which haveburied thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out.5:10 Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up theghost: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carryingher forth, buried her by her husband.5:11 And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many asheard these things.5:12 And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonderswrought among the people; (and they were all with one accord inSolomon's porch.5:13 And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the peoplemagnified them.5:14 And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both ofmen and women.)  5:15 Insomuch that they brought forth the sick intothe streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least theshadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them.5:16 There came also a multitude out of the cities round about untoJerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed with uncleanspirits: and they were healed every one.5:17 Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him,(which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled withindignation, 5:18 And laid their hands on the apostles, and put themin the common prison.5:19 But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, andbrought them forth, and said, 5:20 Go, stand and speak in the templeto the people all the words of this life.5:21 And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early inthe morning, and taught. But the high priest came, and they that werewith him, and called the council together, and all the senate of thechildren of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.5:22 But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison,they returned and told, 5:23 Saying, The prison truly found we shutwith all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors:but when we had opened, we found no man within.5:24 Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and thechief priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto thiswould grow.5:25 Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye putin prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people.5:26 Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them withoutviolence: for they feared the people, lest they should have beenstoned.5:27 And when they had brought them, they set them before the council:and the high priest asked them, 5:28 Saying, Did not we straitlycommand you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, yehave filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring thisman's blood upon us.5:29 Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought toobey God rather than men.5:30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hangedon a tree.5:31 Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and aSaviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.5:32 And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the HolyGhost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.5:33 When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and tookcounsel to slay them.5:34 Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, namedGamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people,and commanded to put the apostles forth a little space; 5:35 And saidunto them, Ye men of Israel, take heed to yourselves what ye intend todo as touching these men.5:36 For before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to besomebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joinedthemselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, werescattered, and brought to nought.5:37 After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of thetaxing, and drew away much people after him: he also perished; andall, even as many as obeyed him, were dispersed.5:38 And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let themalone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come tonought: 5:39 But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haplyye be found even to fight against God.5:40 And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles,and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the nameof Jesus, and let them go.5:41 And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicingthat they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.5:42 And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not toteach and preach Jesus Christ.6:1 And in those days, when the number of the disciples wasmultiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against theHebrews, because their widows were neglected in the dailyministration.6:2 Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them,and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, andserve tables.6:3 Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honestreport, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint overthis business.6:4 But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to theministry of the word.6:5 And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they choseStephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, andProchorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas aproselyte of Antioch: 6:6 Whom they set before the apostles: and whenthey had prayed, they laid their hands on them.6:7 And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciplesmultiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priestswere obedient to the faith.6:8 And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders andmiracles among the people.6:9 Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called thesynagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and ofthem of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen.6:10 And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit bywhich he spake.6:11 Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speakblasphemous words against Moses, and against God.6:12 And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes,and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council,6:13 And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not tospeak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law: 6:14 Forwe have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy thisplace, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us.6:15 And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, sawhis face as it had been the face of an angel.7:1 Then said the high priest, Are these things so?  7:2 And he said,Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared untoour father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt inCharran, 7:3 And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and fromthy kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee.7:4 Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt inCharran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed himinto this land, wherein ye now dwell.7:5 And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to sethis foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for apossession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.7:6 And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in astrange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, andentreat them evil four hundred years.7:7 And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, saidGod: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place.7:8 And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begatIsaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; andJacob begat the twelve patriarchs.7:9 And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: butGod was with him, 7:10 And delivered him out of all his afflictions,and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt;and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.7:11 Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan,and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.7:12 But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent outour fathers first.7:13 And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; andJoseph's kindred was made known unto Pharaoh.7:14 Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all hiskindred, threescore and fifteen souls.7:15 So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,7:16 And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre thatAbraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father ofSychem.7:17 But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had swornto Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt, 7:18 Till anotherking arose, which knew not Joseph.7:19 The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated ourfathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end theymight not live.7:20 In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, andnourished up in his father's house three months: 7:21 And when he wascast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and nourished him for herown son.7:22 And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and wasmighty in words and in deeds.7:23 And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart tovisit his brethren the children of Israel.7:24 And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avengedhim that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian: 7:25 For he supposedhis brethren would have understood how that God by his hand woulddeliver them: but they understood not.7:26 And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove, andwould have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; whydo ye wrong one to another?  7:27 But he that did his neighbour wrongthrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?7:28 Wilt thou kill me, as thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday?  7:29Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land ofMadian, where he begat two sons.7:30 And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in thewilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in abush.7:31 When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew nearto behold it, the voice of the LORD came unto him, 7:32 Saying, I amthe God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, andthe God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold.7:33 Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: forthe place where thou standest is holy ground.7:34 I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is inEgypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliverthem. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt.7:35 This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and ajudge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the handof the angel which appeared to him in the bush.7:36 He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signsin the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness fortyyears.7:37 This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, Aprophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren,like unto me; him shall ye hear.7:38 This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with theangel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: whoreceived the lively oracles to give unto us: 7:39 To whom our fatherswould not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turnedback again into Egypt, 7:40 Saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to gobefore us: for as for this Moses, which brought us out of the land ofEgypt, we wot not what is become of him.7:41 And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice untothe idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.7:42 Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven;as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel,have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space offorty years in the wilderness?  7:43 Yea, ye took up the tabernacle ofMoloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made toworship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.7:44 Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, ashe had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make itaccording to the fashion that he had seen.7:45 Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus intothe possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face ofour fathers, unto the days of David; 7:46 Who found favour before God,and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.7:47 But Solomon built him an house.7:48 Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; assaith the prophet, 7:49 Heaven is my throne, and earth is myfootstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is theplace of my rest?  7:50 Hath not my hand made all these things?  7:51Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do alwaysresist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.7:52 Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and theyhave slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; ofwhom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers: 7:53 Who havereceived the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.7:54 When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, andthey gnashed on him with their teeth.7:55 But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly intoheaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right handof God, 7:56 And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Sonof man standing on the right hand of God.7:57 Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears,and ran upon him with one accord, 7:58 And cast him out of the city,and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a youngman's feet, whose name was Saul.7:59 And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, LordJesus, receive my spirit.7:60 And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay notthis sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.8:1 And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there wasa great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; andthey were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea andSamaria, except the apostles.8:2 And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made greatlamentation over him.8:3 As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into everyhouse, and haling men and women committed them to prison.8:4 Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every wherepreaching the word.8:5 Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christunto them.8:6 And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things whichPhilip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did.8:7 For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many thatwere possessed with them: and many taken with palsies, and that werelame, were healed.8:8 And there was great joy in that city.8:9 But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in thesame city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, givingout that himself was some great one: 8:10 To whom they all gave heed,from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power ofGod.8:11 And to him they had regard, because that of long time he hadbewitched them with sorceries.8:12 But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning thekingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, bothmen and women.8:13 Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, hecontinued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signswhich were done.8:14 Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samariahad received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John: 8:15Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they mightreceive the Holy Ghost: 8:16 (For as yet he was fallen upon none ofthem: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)  8:17Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.8:18 And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' handsthe Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money, 8:19 Saying, Give mealso this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive theHoly Ghost.8:20 But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thouhast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.8:21 Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart isnot right in the sight of God.8:22 Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhapsthe thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.8:23 For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and inthe bond of iniquity.8:24 Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the LORD for me, thatnone of these things which ye have spoken come upon me.8:25 And they, when they had testified and preached the word of theLord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel in many villagesof the Samaritans.8:26 And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, andgo toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem untoGaza, which is desert.8:27 And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuchof great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had thecharge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship,8:28 Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias theprophet.8:29 Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself tothis chariot.8:30 And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophetEsaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?  8:31 And hesaid, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desiredPhilip that he would come up and sit with him.8:32 The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led asa sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, soopened he not his mouth: 8:33 In his humiliation his judgment wastaken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life istaken from the earth.8:34 And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whomspeaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man?  8:35Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, andpreached unto him Jesus.8:36 And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water:and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to bebaptized?  8:37 And Philip said, If thou believest with all thineheart, thou mayest.And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son ofGod.8:38 And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went downboth into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.8:39 And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of theLord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he wenton his way rejoicing.8:40 But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preachedin all the cities, till he came to Caesarea.9:1 And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against thedisciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest, 9:2 And desired ofhim letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any ofthis way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them boundunto Jerusalem.9:3 And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly thereshined round about him a light from heaven: 9:4 And he fell to theearth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutestthou me?  9:5 And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I amJesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against thepricks.9:6 And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have meto do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and itshall be told thee what thou must do.9:7 And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing avoice, but seeing no man.9:8 And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were opened, hesaw no man: but they led him by the hand, and brought him intoDamascus.9:9 And he was three days without sight, and neither did eat nordrink.9:10 And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; andto him said the Lord in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I amhere, Lord.9:11 And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the street whichis called Straight, and enquire in the house of Judas for one calledSaul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth, 9:12 And hath seen in avision a man named Ananias coming in, and putting his hand on him,that he might receive his sight.9:13 Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man,how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem: 9:14 And herehe hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thyname.9:15 But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vesselunto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and thechildren of Israel: 9:16 For I will shew him how great things he mustsuffer for my name's sake.9:17 And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and puttinghis hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, thatappeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thoumightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost.9:18 And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales:and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized.9:19 And when he had received meat, he was strengthened. Then was Saulcertain days with the disciples which were at Damascus.9:20 And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he isthe Son of God.9:21 But all that heard him were amazed, and said; Is not this he thatdestroyed them which called on this name in Jerusalem, and came hitherfor that intent, that he might bring them bound unto the chiefpriests?  9:22 But Saul increased the more in strength, and confoundedthe Jews which dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very Christ.9:23 And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel tokill him: 9:24 But their laying await was known of Saul. And theywatched the gates day and night to kill him.9:25 Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by thewall in a basket.9:26 And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himselfto the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and believed notthat he was a disciple.9:27 But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, anddeclared unto them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that hehad spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in thename of Jesus.9:28 And he was with them coming in and going out at Jerusalem.9:29 And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputedagainst the Grecians: but they went about to slay him.9:30 Which when the brethren knew, they brought him down to Caesarea,and sent him forth to Tarsus.9:31 Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee andSamaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and inthe comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.9:32 And it came to pass, as Peter passed throughout all quarters, hecame down also to the saints which dwelt at Lydda.9:33 And there he found a certain man named Aeneas, which had kept hisbed eight years, and was sick of the palsy.9:34 And Peter said unto him, Aeneas, Jesus Christ maketh thee whole:arise, and make thy bed. And he arose immediately.9:35 And all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron saw him, and turned to theLord.9:36 Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which byinterpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works andalmsdeeds which she did.9:37 And it came to pass in those days, that she was sick, and died:whom when they had washed, they laid her in an upper chamber.9:38 And forasmuch as Lydda was nigh to Joppa, and the disciples hadheard that Peter was there, they sent unto him two men, desiring himthat he would not delay to come to them.9:39 Then Peter arose and went with them. When he was come, theybrought him into the upper chamber: and all the widows stood by himweeping, and shewing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, whileshe was with them.9:40 But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; andturning him to the body said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes:and when she saw Peter, she sat up.9:41 And he gave her his hand, and lifted her up, and when he hadcalled the saints and widows, presented her alive.9:42 And it was known throughout all Joppa; and many believed in theLord.9:43 And it came to pass, that he tarried many days in Joppa with oneSimon a tanner.10:1 There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurionof the band called the Italian band, 10:2 A devout man, and one thatfeared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, andprayed to God alway.10:3 He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day anangel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius.10:4 And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it,Lord?  And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come upfor a memorial before God.10:5 And now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose surnameis Peter: 10:6 He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is bythe sea side: he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do.10:7 And when the angel which spake unto Cornelius was departed, hecalled two of his household servants, and a devout soldier of themthat waited on him continually; 10:8 And when he had declared allthese things unto them, he sent them to Joppa.10:9 On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh untothe city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixthhour: 10:10 And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but whilethey made ready, he fell into a trance, 10:11 And saw heaven opened,and a certain vessel descending upon him, as it had been a great sheetknit at the four corners, and let down to the earth: 10:12 Whereinwere all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts,and creeping things, and fowls of the air.10:13 And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.10:14 But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thingthat is common or unclean.10:15 And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What Godhath cleansed, that call not thou common.10:16 This was done thrice: and the vessel was received up again intoheaven.10:17 Now while Peter doubted in himself what this vision which he hadseen should mean, behold, the men which were sent from Cornelius hadmade enquiry for Simon's house, and stood before the gate, 10:18 Andcalled, and asked whether Simon, which was surnamed Peter, were lodgedthere.10:19 While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him,Behold, three men seek thee.10:20 Arise therefore, and get thee down, and go with them, doubtingnothing: for I have sent them.10:21 Then Peter went down to the men which were sent unto him fromCornelius; and said, Behold, I am he whom ye seek: what is the causewherefore ye are come?  10:22 And they said, Cornelius the centurion,a just man, and one that feareth God, and of good report among all thenation of the Jews, was warned from God by an holy angel to send forthee into his house, and to hear words of thee.10:23 Then called he them in, and lodged them. And on the morrow Peterwent away with them, and certain brethren from Joppa accompanied him.10:24 And the morrow after they entered into Caesarea. And Corneliuswaited for them, and he had called together his kinsmen and nearfriends.10:25 And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down athis feet, and worshipped him.10:26 But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a man.10:27 And as he talked with him, he went in, and found many that werecome together.10:28 And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thingfor a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of anothernation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man commonor unclean.10:29 Therefore came I unto you without gainsaying, as soon as I wassent for: I ask therefore for what intent ye have sent for me?  10:30And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; andat the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stoodbefore me in bright clothing, 10:31 And said, Cornelius, thy prayer isheard, and thine alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God.10:32 Send therefore to Joppa, and call hither Simon, whose surname isPeter; he is lodged in the house of one Simon a tanner by the seaside: who, when he cometh, shall speak unto thee.10:33 Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well donethat thou art come. Now therefore are we all here present before God,to hear all things that are commanded thee of God.10:34 Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceivethat God is no respecter of persons: 10:35 But in every nation he thatfeareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.10:36 The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preachingpeace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:) 10:37 That word, I say, yeknow, which was published throughout all Judaea, and began fromGalilee, after the baptism which John preached; 10:38 How God anointedJesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went aboutdoing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for Godwas with him.10:39 And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the landof the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree:10:40 Him God raised up the third day, and shewed him openly; 10:41Not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before God, even tous, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead.10:42 And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testifythat it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick anddead.10:43 To him give all the prophets witness, that through his namewhosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.10:44 While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on allthem which heard the word.10:45 And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, asmany as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was pouredout the gift of the Holy Ghost.10:46 For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Thenanswered Peter, 10:47 Can any man forbid water, that these should notbe baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?  10:48And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Thenprayed they him to tarry certain days.11:1 And the apostles and brethren that were in Judaea heard that theGentiles had also received the word of God.11:2 And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of thecircumcision contended with him, 11:3 Saying, Thou wentest in to menuncircumcised, and didst eat with them.11:4 But Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning, and expoundedit by order unto them, saying, 11:5 I was in the city of Joppapraying: and in a trance I saw a vision, A certain vessel descend, asit had been a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; andit came even to me: 11:6 Upon the which when I had fastened mine eyes,I considered, and saw fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts,and creeping things, and fowls of the air.11:7 And I heard a voice saying unto me, Arise, Peter; slay and eat.11:8 But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath atany time entered into my mouth.11:9 But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hathcleansed, that call not thou common.11:10 And this was done three times: and all were drawn up again intoheaven.11:11 And, behold, immediately there were three men already come untothe house where I was, sent from Caesarea unto me.11:12 And the Spirit bade me go with them, nothing doubting. Moreoverthese six brethren accompanied me, and we entered into the man'shouse: 11:13 And he shewed us how he had seen an angel in his house,which stood and said unto him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon,whose surname is Peter; 11:14 Who shall tell thee words, whereby thouand all thy house shall be saved.11:15 And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on usat the beginning.11:16 Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he said, Johnindeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the HolyGhost.11:17 Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as he did unto us,who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was I, that I couldwithstand God?  11:18 When they heard these things, they held theirpeace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentilesgranted repentance unto life.11:19 Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution thatarose about Stephen travelled as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, andAntioch, preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only.11:20 And some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, which, when theywere come to Antioch, spake unto the Grecians, preaching the LORDJesus.11:21 And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great numberbelieved, and turned unto the Lord.11:22 Then tidings of these things came unto the ears of the churchwhich was in Jerusalem: and they sent forth Barnabas, that he shouldgo as far as Antioch.11:23 Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, andexhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave untothe Lord.11:24 For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith:and much people was added unto the Lord.11:25 Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul: 11:26 Andwhen he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came topass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, andtaught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first inAntioch.11:27 And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch.11:28 And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified bythe Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world:which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar.11:29 Then the disciples, every man according to his ability,determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judaea:11:30 Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands ofBarnabas and Saul.12:1 Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands tovex certain of the church.12:2 And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.12:3 And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further totake Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.)  12:4 Andwhen he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered himto four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter tobring him forth to the people.12:5 Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made withoutceasing of the church unto God for him.12:6 And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peterwas sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and thekeepers before the door kept the prison.12:7 And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a lightshined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised himup, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.12:8 And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thysandals.And so he did. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee, andfollow me.12:9 And he went out, and followed him; and wist not that it was truewhich was done by the angel; but thought he saw a vision.12:10 When they were past the first and the second ward, they cameunto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city; which opened to them ofhis own accord: and they went out, and passed on through one street;and forthwith the angel departed from him.12:11 And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of asurety, that the LORD hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me outof the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people ofthe Jews.12:12 And when he had considered the thing, he came to the house ofMary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many weregathered together praying.12:13 And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came tohearken, named Rhoda.12:14 And when she knew Peter's voice, she opened not the gate forgladness, but ran in, and told how Peter stood before the gate.12:15 And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she constantlyaffirmed that it was even so. Then said they, It is his angel.12:16 But Peter continued knocking: and when they had opened the door,and saw him, they were astonished.12:17 But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace,declared unto them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. Andhe said, Go shew these things unto James, and to the brethren. And hedeparted, and went into another place.12:18 Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among thesoldiers, what was become of Peter.12:19 And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, heexamined the keepers, and commanded that they should be put to death.And he went down from Judaea to Caesarea, and there abode.12:20 And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: butthey came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king'schamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country wasnourished by the king's country.12:21 And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon histhrone, and made an oration unto them.12:22 And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god,and not of a man.12:23 And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gavenot God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.12:24 But the word of God grew and multiplied.12:25 And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they hadfulfilled their ministry, and took with them John, whose surname wasMark.13:1 Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophetsand teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, andLucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod thetetrarch, and Saul.13:2 As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said,Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have calledthem.13:3 And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands onthem, they sent them away.13:4 So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed untoSeleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.13:5 And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God inthe synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their minister.13:6 And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found acertain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Barjesus:13:7 Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, aprudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear theword of God.13:8 But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation)withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.13:9 Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost,set his eyes on him.13:10 And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child ofthe devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease topervert the right ways of the Lord?  13:11 And now, behold, the handof the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sunfor a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness;and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.13:12 Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, beingastonished at the doctrine of the Lord.13:13 Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came toPerga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned toJerusalem.13:14 But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch inPisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down.13:15 And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers ofthe synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye haveany word of exhortation for the people, say on.13:16 Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, Men ofIsrael, and ye that fear God, give audience.13:17 The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exaltedthe people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and withan high arm brought he them out of it.13:18 And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners inthe wilderness.13:19 And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan,he divided their land to them by lot.13:20 And after that he gave unto them judges about the space of fourhundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.13:21 And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saulthe son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of fortyyears.13:22 And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to betheir king; to whom also he gave their testimony, and said, I havefound David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shallfulfil all my will.13:23 Of this man's seed hath God according to his promise raised untoIsrael a Saviour, Jesus: 13:24 When John had first preached before hiscoming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.13:25 And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye that Iam?  I am not he. But, behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoesof his feet I am not worthy to loose.13:26 Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, andwhosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvationsent.13:27 For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because theyknew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read everysabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.13:28 And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired theyPilate that he should be slain.13:29 And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, theytook him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre.13:30 But God raised him from the dead: 13:31 And he was seen manydays of them which came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who arehis witnesses unto the people.13:32 And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise whichwas made unto the fathers, 13:33 God hath fulfilled the same unto ustheir children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is alsowritten in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begottenthee.13:34 And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now nomore to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give youthe sure mercies of David.13:35 Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt not sufferthine Holy One to see corruption.13:36 For David, after he had served his own generation by the will ofGod, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:13:37 But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption.13:38 Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that throughthis man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins: 13:39 And byhim all that believe are justified from all things, from which yecould not be justified by the law of Moses.13:40 Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of inthe prophets; 13:41 Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: forI work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe,though a man declare it unto you.13:42 And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentilesbesought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath.13:43 Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews andreligious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking tothem, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.13:44 And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together tohear the word of God.13:45 But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled withenvy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul,contradicting and blaspheming.13:46 Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessarythat the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeingye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life,lo, we turn to the Gentiles.13:47 For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to bea light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto theends of the earth.13:48 And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorifiedthe word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal lifebelieved.13:49 And the word of the Lord was published throughout all theregion.13:50 But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and thechief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul andBarnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts.13:51 But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and cameunto Iconium.13:52 And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Ghost.14:1 And it came to pass in Iconium, that they went both together intothe synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a great multitude bothof the Jews and also of the Greeks believed.14:2 But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and made theirminds evil affected against the brethren.14:3 Long time therefore abode they speaking boldly in the Lord, whichgave testimony unto the word of his grace, and granted signs andwonders to be done by their hands.14:4 But the multitude of the city was divided: and part held with theJews, and part with the apostles.14:5 And when there was an assault made both of the Gentiles, and alsoof the Jews with their rulers, to use them despitefully, and to stonethem, 14:6 They were ware of it, and fled unto Lystra and Derbe,cities of Lycaonia, and unto the region that lieth round about: 14:7And there they preached the gospel.14:8 And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet,being a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked: 14:9 Thesame heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and perceivingthat he had faith to be healed, 14:10 Said with a loud voice, Standupright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked.14:11 And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up theirvoices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to usin the likeness of men.14:12 And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius, becausehe was the chief speaker.14:13 Then the priest of Jupiter, which was before their city, broughtoxen and garlands unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice withthe people.14:14 Which when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of, they renttheir clothes, and ran in among the people, crying out, 14:15 Andsaying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passionswith you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanitiesunto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, andall things that are therein: 14:16 Who in times past suffered allnations to walk in their own ways.14:17 Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he didgood, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling ourhearts with food and gladness.14:18 And with these sayings scarce restrained they the people, thatthey had not done sacrifice unto them.14:19 And there came thither certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium,who persuaded the people, and having stoned Paul, drew him out of thecity, supposing he had been dead.14:20 Howbeit, as the disciples stood round about him, he rose up, andcame into the city: and the next day he departed with Barnabas toDerbe.14:21 And when they had preached the gospel to that city, and hadtaught many, they returned again to Lystra, and to Iconium, andAntioch, 14:22 Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhortingthem to continue in the faith, and that we must through muchtribulation enter into the kingdom of God.14:23 And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and hadprayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom theybelieved.14:24 And after they had passed throughout Pisidia, they came toPamphylia.14:25 And when they had preached the word in Perga, they went downinto Attalia: 14:26 And thence sailed to Antioch, from whence they hadbeen recommended to the grace of God for the work which theyfulfilled.14:27 And when they were come, and had gathered the church together,they rehearsed all that God had done with them, and how he had openedthe door of faith unto the Gentiles.14:28 And there they abode long time with the disciples.15:1 And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren,and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, yecannot be saved.15:2 When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension anddisputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, andcertain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles andelders about this question.15:3 And being brought on their way by the church, they passed throughPhenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: andthey caused great joy unto all the brethren.15:4 And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of thechurch, and of the apostles and elders, and they declared all thingsthat God had done with them.15:5 But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees whichbelieved, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and tocommand them to keep the law of Moses.15:6 And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of thismatter.15:7 And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and saidunto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago Godmade choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear theword of the gospel, and believe.15:8 And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving themthe Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us; 15:9 And put no differencebetween us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.15:10 Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck ofthe disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?15:11 But we believe that through the grace of the LORD Jesus Christwe shall be saved, even as they.15:12 Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience toBarnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wroughtamong the Gentiles by them.15:13 And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Menand brethren, hearken unto me: 15:14 Simeon hath declared how God atthe first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for hisname.15:15 And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,15:16 After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle ofDavid, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof,and I will set it up: 15:17 That the residue of men might seek afterthe Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith theLord, who doeth all these things.15:18 Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of theworld.15:19 Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which fromamong the Gentiles are turned to God: 15:20 But that we write untothem, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and fromfornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.15:21 For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him,being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.15:22 Then pleased it the apostles and elders with the whole church,to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul andBarnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas and Silas, chief men amongthe brethren: 15:23 And they wrote letters by them after this manner;The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethrenwhich are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia.15:24 Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from ushave troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye mustbe circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment:15:25 It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to sendchosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul, 15:26 Men thathave hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.15:27 We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell youthe same things by mouth.15:28 For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon youno greater burden than these necessary things; 15:29 That ye abstainfrom meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from thingsstrangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, yeshall do well. Fare ye well.15:30 So when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch: and when theyhad gathered the multitude together, they delivered the epistle: 15:31Which when they had read, they rejoiced for the consolation.15:32 And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhortedthe brethren with many words, and confirmed them.15:33 And after they had tarried there a space, they were let go inpeace from the brethren unto the apostles.15:34 Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there still.15:35 Paul also and Barnabas continued in Antioch, teaching andpreaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.15:36 And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again andvisit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word ofthe LORD, and see how they do.15:37 And Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose surnamewas Mark.15:38 But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departedfrom them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.15:39 And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departedasunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed untoCyprus; 15:40 And Paul chose Silas, and departed, being recommended bythe brethren unto the grace of God.15:41 And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches.16:1 Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciplewas there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was aJewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek: 16:2 Which was wellreported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium.16:3 Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and took andcircumcised him because of the Jews which were in those quarters: forthey knew all that his father was a Greek.16:4 And as they went through the cities, they delivered them thedecrees for to keep, that were ordained of the apostles and elderswhich were at Jerusalem.16:5 And so were the churches established in the faith, and increasedin number daily.16:6 Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region ofGalatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word inAsia, 16:7 After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go intoBithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not.16:8 And they passing by Mysia came down to Troas.16:9 And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man ofMacedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and helpus.16:10 And after he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavoured togo into Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the Lord had called us forto preach the gospel unto them.16:11 Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a straight course toSamothracia, and the next day to Neapolis; 16:12 And from thence toPhilippi, which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia, and acolony: and we were in that city abiding certain days.16:13 And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side,where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto thewomen which resorted thither.16:14 And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the cityof Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lordopened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.16:15 And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us,saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into myhouse, and abide there. And she constrained us.16:16 And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damselpossessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought hermasters much gain by soothsaying: 16:17 The same followed Paul and us,and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God,which shew unto us the way of salvation.16:18 And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned andsaid to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to comeout of her.And he came out the same hour.16:19 And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone,they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace untothe rulers, 16:20 And brought them to the magistrates, saying, Thesemen, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city, 16:21 And teachcustoms, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe,being Romans.16:22 And the multitude rose up together against them: and themagistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them.16:23 And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast theminto prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely: 16:24 Who,having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, andmade their feet fast in the stocks.16:25 And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises untoGod: and the prisoners heard them.16:26 And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that thefoundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doorswere opened, and every one's bands were loosed.16:27 And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, andseeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would havekilled himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled.16:28 But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm:for we are all here.16:29 Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling,and fell down before Paul and Silas, 16:30 And brought them out, andsaid, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?  16:31 And they said, Believeon the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.16:32 And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all thatwere in his house.16:33 And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed theirstripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.16:34 And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat beforethem, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.16:35 And when it was day, the magistrates sent the serjeants, saying,Let those men go.16:36 And the keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul, Themagistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore depart, and go inpeace.16:37 But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned,being Romans, and have cast us into prison; and now do they thrust usout privily? nay verily; but let them come themselves and fetch usout.16:38 And the serjeants told these words unto the magistrates: andthey feared, when they heard that they were Romans.16:39 And they came and besought them, and brought them out, anddesired them to depart out of the city.16:40 And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house ofLydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, anddeparted.17:1 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, theycame to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews: 17:2 AndPaul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath daysreasoned with them out of the scriptures, 17:3 Opening and alleging,that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead;and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ.17:4 And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; andof the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not afew.17:5 But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto themcertain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, andset all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, andsought to bring them out to the people.17:6 And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certainbrethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turnedthe world upside down are come hither also; 17:7 Whom Jason hathreceived: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, sayingthat there is another king, one Jesus.17:8 And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city, whenthey heard these things.17:9 And when they had taken security of Jason, and of the other, theylet them go.17:10 And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by nightunto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.17:11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that theyreceived the word with all readiness of mind, and searched thescriptures daily, whether those things were so.17:12 Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women whichwere Greeks, and of men, not a few.17:13 But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word ofGod was preached of Paul at Berea, they came thither also, and stirredup the people.17:14 And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as itwere to the sea: but Silas and Timotheus abode there still.17:15 And they that conducted Paul brought him unto Athens: andreceiving a commandment unto Silas and Timotheus for to come to himwith all speed, they departed.17:16 Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirredin him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.17:17 Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and withthe devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met withhim.17:18 Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks,encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? othersome, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because hepreached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.17:19 And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, Maywe know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is?  17:20 Forthou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would knowtherefore what these things mean.17:21 (For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spenttheir time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some newthing.)  17:22 Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said,Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are toosuperstitious.17:23 For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altarwith this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore yeignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.17:24 God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that heis Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;17:25 Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things; 17:26And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all theface of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, andthe bounds of their habitation; 17:27 That they should seek the Lord,if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not farfrom every one of us: 17:28 For in him we live, and move, and have ourbeing; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are alsohis offspring.17:29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not tothink that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, gravenby art and man's device.17:30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but nowcommandeth all men every where to repent: 17:31 Because he hathappointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousnessby that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assuranceunto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.17:32 And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, somemocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.17:33 So Paul departed from among them.17:34 Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed: among thewhich was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, andothers with them.18:1 After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came toCorinth; 18:2 And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus,lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because thatClaudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came untothem.18:3 And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, andwrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.18:4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded theJews and the Greeks.18:5 And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul waspressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus wasChrist.18:6 And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook hisraiment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I amclean; from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.18:7 And he departed thence, and entered into a certain man's house,named Justus, one that worshipped God, whose house joined hard to thesynagogue.18:8 And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on theLord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed,and were baptized.18:9 Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be notafraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace: 18:10 For I am with thee,and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people inthis city.18:11 And he continued there a year and six months, teaching the wordof God among them.18:12 And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews madeinsurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to thejudgment seat, 18:13 Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship Godcontrary to the law.18:14 And when Paul was now about to open his mouth, Gallio said untothe Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, O ye Jews,reason would that I should bear with you: 18:15 But if it be aquestion of words and names, and of your law, look ye to it; for Iwill be no judge of such matters.18:16 And he drave them from the judgment seat.18:17 Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of thesynagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. And Gallio cared fornone of those things.18:18 And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and thentook his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and withhim Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for hehad a vow.18:19 And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he himselfentered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.18:20 When they desired him to tarry longer time with them, heconsented not; 18:21 But bade them farewell, saying, I must by allmeans keep this feast that cometh in Jerusalem: but I will returnagain unto you, if God will. And he sailed from Ephesus.18:22 And when he had landed at Caesarea, and gone up, and saluted thechurch, he went down to Antioch.18:23 And after he had spent some time there, he departed, and wentover all the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengtheningall the disciples.18:24 And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquentman, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus.18:25 This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and beingfervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things ofthe Lord, knowing only the baptism of John.18:26 And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquilaand Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded untohim the way of God more perfectly.18:27 And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the brethrenwrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when he was come,helped them much which had believed through grace: 18:28 For hemightily convinced the Jews, and that publickly, shewing by thescriptures that Jesus was Christ.19:1 And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paulhaving passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and findingcertain disciples, 19:2 He said unto them, Have ye received the HolyGhost since ye believed?  And they said unto him, We have not so muchas heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.19:3 And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And theysaid, Unto John's baptism.19:4 Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism ofrepentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on himwhich should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.19:5 When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the LordJesus.19:6 And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost cameon them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.19:7 And all the men were about twelve.19:8 And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space ofthree months, disputing and persuading the things concerning thekingdom of God.19:9 But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evilof that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separatedthe disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.19:10 And this continued by the space of two years; so that all theywhich dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews andGreeks.19:11 And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul: 19:12 Sothat from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons,and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out ofthem.19:13 Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them tocall over them which had evil spirits the name of the LORD Jesus,saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.19:14 And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of thepriests, which did so.19:15 And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul Iknow; but who are ye?  19:16 And the man in whom the evil spirit wasleaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so thatthey fled out of that house naked and wounded.19:17 And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling atEphesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus wasmagnified.19:18 And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed theirdeeds.19:19 Many of them also which used curious arts brought their bookstogether, and burned them before all men: and they counted the priceof them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.19:20 So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.19:21 After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, whenhe had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem,saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome.19:22 So he sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto him,Timotheus and Erastus; but he himself stayed in Asia for a season.19:23 And the same time there arose no small stir about that way.19:24 For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which madesilver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen;19:25 Whom he called together with the workmen of like occupation, andsaid, Sirs, ye know that by this craft we have our wealth.19:26 Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almostthroughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away muchpeople, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands: 19:27So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought; butalso that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised,and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the worldworshippeth.19:28 And when they heard these sayings, they were full of wrath, andcried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.19:29 And the whole city was filled with confusion: and having caughtGaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul's companions in travel,they rushed with one accord into the theatre.19:30 And when Paul would have entered in unto the people, thedisciples suffered him not.19:31 And certain of the chief of Asia, which were his friends, sentunto him, desiring him that he would not adventure himself into thetheatre.19:32 Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for theassembly was confused: and the more part knew not wherefore they werecome together.19:33 And they drew Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews puttinghim forward. And Alexander beckoned with the hand, and would have madehis defence unto the people.19:34 But when they knew that he was a Jew, all with one voice aboutthe space of two hours cried out, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.19:35 And when the townclerk had appeased the people, he said, Ye menof Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city ofthe Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of theimage which fell down from Jupiter?  19:36 Seeing then that thesethings cannot be spoken against, ye ought to be quiet, and to donothing rashly.19:37 For ye have brought hither these men, which are neither robbersof churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess.19:38 Wherefore if Demetrius, and the craftsmen which are with him,have a matter against any man, the law is open, and there aredeputies: let them implead one another.19:39 But if ye enquire any thing concerning other matters, it shallbe determined in a lawful assembly.19:40 For we are in danger to be called in question for this day'suproar, there being no cause whereby we may give an account of thisconcourse.19:41 And when he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly.20:1 And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him thedisciples, and embraced them, and departed for to go into Macedonia.20:2 And when he had gone over those parts, and had given them muchexhortation, he came into Greece, 20:3 And there abode three months.And when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail intoSyria, he purposed to return through Macedonia.20:4 And there accompanied him into Asia Sopater of Berea; and of theThessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, andTimotheus; and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus.20:5 These going before tarried for us at Troas.20:6 And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavenedbread, and came unto them to Troas in five days; where we abode sevendays.20:7 And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples cametogether to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart onthe morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.20:8 And there were many lights in the upper chamber, where they weregathered together.20:9 And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus,being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, hesunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was takenup dead.20:10 And Paul went down, and fell on him, and embracing him said,Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in him.20:11 When he therefore was come up again, and had broken bread, andeaten, and talked a long while, even till break of day, so hedeparted.20:12 And they brought the young man alive, and were not a littlecomforted.20:13 And we went before to ship, and sailed unto Assos, thereintending to take in Paul: for so had he appointed, minding himself togo afoot.20:14 And when he met with us at Assos, we took him in, and came toMitylene.20:15 And we sailed thence, and came the next day over against Chios;and the next day we arrived at Samos, and tarried at Trogyllium; andthe next day we came to Miletus.20:16 For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he would notspend the time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were possible for him, tobe at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost.20:17 And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders ofthe church.20:18 And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye know, fromthe first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have beenwith you at all seasons, 20:19 Serving the LORD with all humility ofmind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by thelying in wait of the Jews: 20:20 And how I kept back nothing that wasprofitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught youpublickly, and from house to house, 20:21 Testifying both to the Jews,and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward ourLord Jesus Christ.20:22 And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, notknowing the things that shall befall me there: 20:23 Save that theHoly Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictionsabide me.20:24 But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dearunto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and theministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify thegospel of the grace of God.20:25 And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gonepreaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more.20:26 Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from theblood of all men.20:27 For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel ofGod.20:28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, overthe which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the churchof God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.20:29 For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolvesenter in among you, not sparing the flock.20:30 Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perversethings, to draw away disciples after them.20:31 Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three yearsI ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.20:32 And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of hisgrace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritanceamong all them which are sanctified.20:33 I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel.20:34 Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered untomy necessities, and to them that were with me.20:35 I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought tosupport the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how hesaid, It is more blessed to give than to receive.20:36 And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed withthem all.20:37 And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him,20:38 Sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that theyshould see his face no more. And they accompanied him unto the ship.21:1 And it came to pass, that after we were gotten from them, and hadlaunched, we came with a straight course unto Coos, and the dayfollowing unto Rhodes, and from thence unto Patara: 21:2 And finding aship sailing over unto Phenicia, we went aboard, and set forth.21:3 Now when we had discovered Cyprus, we left it on the left hand,and sailed into Syria, and landed at Tyre: for there the ship was tounlade her burden.21:4 And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days: who said toPaul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem.21:5 And when we had accomplished those days, we departed and went ourway; and they all brought us on our way, with wives and children, tillwe were out of the city: and we kneeled down on the shore, and prayed.21:6 And when we had taken our leave one of another, we took ship; andthey returned home again.21:7 And when we had finished our course from Tyre, we came toPtolemais, and saluted the brethren, and abode with them one day.21:8 And the next day we that were of Paul's company departed, andcame unto Caesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip theevangelist, which was one of the seven; and abode with him.21:9 And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy.21:10 And as we tarried there many days, there came down from Judaea acertain prophet, named Agabus.21:11 And when he was come unto us, he took Paul's girdle, and boundhis own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shallthe Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shalldeliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.21:12 And when we heard these things, both we, and they of that place,besought him not to go up to Jerusalem.21:13 Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mineheart?  for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die atJerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.21:14 And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The willof the Lord be done.21:15 And after those days we took up our carriages, and went up toJerusalem.21:16 There went with us also certain of the disciples of Caesarea,and brought with them one Mnason of Cyprus, an old disciple, with whomwe should lodge.21:17 And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren received usgladly.21:18 And the day following Paul went in with us unto James; and allthe elders were present.21:19 And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly whatthings God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry.21:20 And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said untohim, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are whichbelieve; and they are all zealous of the law: 21:21 And they areinformed of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews which are among theGentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcisetheir children, neither to walk after the customs.21:22 What is it therefore? the multitude must needs come together:for they will hear that thou art come.21:23 Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men whichhave a vow on them; 21:24 Them take, and purify thyself with them, andbe at charges with them, that they may shave their heads: and all mayknow that those things, whereof they were informed concerning thee,are nothing; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, and keepestthe law.21:25 As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written andconcluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they keepthemselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and fromstrangled, and from fornication.21:26 Then Paul took the men, and the next day purifying himself withthem entered into the temple, to signify the accomplishment of thedays of purification, until that an offering should be offered forevery one of them.21:27 And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews which wereof Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the people,and laid hands on him, 21:28 Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This isthe man, that teacheth all men every where against the people, and thelaw, and this place: and further brought Greeks also into the temple,and hath polluted this holy place.21:29 (For they had seen before with him in the city Trophimus anEphesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.)21:30 And all the city was moved, and the people ran together: andthey took Paul, and drew him out of the temple: and forthwith thedoors were shut.21:31 And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto the chiefcaptain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.21:32 Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down untothem: and when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, they leftbeating of Paul.21:33 Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commandedhim to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what hehad done.21:34 And some cried one thing, some another, among the multitude: andwhen he could not know the certainty for the tumult, he commanded himto be carried into the castle.21:35 And when he came upon the stairs, so it was, that he was borneof the soldiers for the violence of the people.21:36 For the multitude of the people followed after, crying, Awaywith him.21:37 And as Paul was to be led into the castle, he said unto thechief captain, May I speak unto thee? Who said, Canst thou speakGreek?  21:38 Art not thou that Egyptian, which before these daysmadest an uproar, and leddest out into the wilderness four thousandmen that were murderers?  21:39 But Paul said, I am a man which am aJew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, Ibeseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people.21:40 And when he had given him licence, Paul stood on the stairs, andbeckoned with the hand unto the people. And when there was made agreat silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying, 22:1Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make now untoyou.22:2 (And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them,they kept the more silence: and he saith,) 22:3 I am verily a manwhich am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up inthis city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfectmanner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as yeall are this day.22:4 And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and deliveringinto prisons both men and women.22:5 As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the estateof the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren,and went to Damascus, to bring them which were there bound untoJerusalem, for to be punished.22:6 And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and was comenigh unto Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven agreat light round about me.22:7 And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me,Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?  22:8 And I answered, Who artthou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thoupersecutest.22:9 And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid;but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me.22:10 And I said, What shall I do, LORD? And the Lord said unto me,Arise, and go into Damascus; and there it shall be told thee of allthings which are appointed for thee to do.22:11 And when I could not see for the glory of that light, being ledby the hand of them that were with me, I came into Damascus.22:12 And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having agood report of all the Jews which dwelt there, 22:13 Came unto me, andstood, and said unto me, Brother Saul, receive thy sight. And the samehour I looked up upon him.22:14 And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thoushouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear thevoice of his mouth.22:15 For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hastseen and heard.22:16 And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash awaythy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.22:17 And it came to pass, that, when I was come again to Jerusalem,even while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance; 22:18 And sawhim saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem:for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.22:19 And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in everysynagogue them that believed on thee: 22:20 And when the blood of thymartyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting untohis death, and kept the raiment of them that slew him.22:21 And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence untothe Gentiles.22:22 And they gave him audience unto this word, and then lifted uptheir voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for itis not fit that he should live.22:23 And as they cried out, and cast off their clothes, and threwdust into the air, 22:24 The chief captain commanded him to be broughtinto the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging;that he might know wherefore they cried so against him.22:25 And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurionthat stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman,and uncondemned?  22:26 When the centurion heard that, he went andtold the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest: for thisman is a Roman.22:27 Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, artthou a Roman? He said, Yea.22:28 And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I thisfreedom. And Paul said, But I was free born.22:29 Then straightway they departed from him which should haveexamined him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knewthat he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.22:30 On the morrow, because he would have known the certaintywherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from his bands,and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, andbrought Paul down, and set him before them.23:1 And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men andbrethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until thisday.23:2 And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him tosmite him on the mouth.23:3 Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall:for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to besmitten contrary to the law?  23:4 And they that stood by said,Revilest thou God's high priest?  23:5 Then said Paul, I wist not,brethren, that he was the high priest: for it is written, Thou shaltnot speak evil of the ruler of thy people.23:6 But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and theother Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am aPharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of thedead I am called in question.23:7 And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between thePharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided.23:8 For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neitherangel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both.23:9 And there arose a great cry: and the scribes that were of thePharisees' part arose, and strove, saying, We find no evil in thisman: but if a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him, let us not fightagainst God.23:10 And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain,fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commandedthe soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, andto bring him into the castle.23:11 And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be ofgood cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, somust thou bear witness also at Rome.23:12 And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, andbound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nordrink till they had killed Paul.23:13 And they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.23:14 And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We havebound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing until wehave slain Paul.23:15 Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captainthat he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would enquiresomething more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near,are ready to kill him.23:16 And when Paul's sister's son heard of their lying in wait, hewent and entered into the castle, and told Paul.23:17 Then Paul called one of the centurions unto him, and said, Bringthis young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing totell him.23:18 So he took him, and brought him to the chief captain, and said,Paul the prisoner called me unto him, and prayed me to bring thisyoung man unto thee, who hath something to say unto thee.23:19 Then the chief captain took him by the hand, and went with himaside privately, and asked him, What is that thou hast to tell me?23:20 And he said, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thouwouldest bring down Paul to morrow into the council, as though theywould enquire somewhat of him more perfectly.23:21 But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for himof them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath,that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: andnow are they ready, looking for a promise from thee.23:22 So the chief captain then let the young man depart, and chargedhim, See thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.23:23 And he called unto him two centurions, saying, Make ready twohundred soldiers to go to Caesarea, and horsemen threescore and ten,and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night; 23:24 Andprovide them beasts, that they may set Paul on, and bring him safeunto Felix the governor.23:25 And he wrote a letter after this manner: 23:26 Claudius Lysiasunto the most excellent governor Felix sendeth greeting.23:27 This man was taken of the Jews, and should have been killed ofthem: then came I with an army, and rescued him, having understoodthat he was a Roman.23:28 And when I would have known the cause wherefore they accusedhim, I brought him forth into their council: 23:29 Whom I perceived tobe accused of questions of their law, but to have nothing laid to hischarge worthy of death or of bonds.23:30 And when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man,I sent straightway to thee, and gave commandment to his accusers alsoto say before thee what they had against him. Farewell.23:31 Then the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul, andbrought him by night to Antipatris.23:32 On the morrow they left the horsemen to go with him, andreturned to the castle: 23:33 Who, when they came to Caesarea anddelivered the epistle to the governor, presented Paul also before him.23:34 And when the governor had read the letter, he asked of whatprovince he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia; 23:35I will hear thee, said he, when thine accusers are also come. And hecommanded him to be kept in Herod's judgment hall.24:1 And after five days Ananias the high priest descended with theelders, and with a certain orator named Tertullus, who informed thegovernor against Paul.24:2 And when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse him,saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy great quietness, and that veryworthy deeds are done unto this nation by thy providence, 24:3 Weaccept it always, and in all places, most noble Felix, with allthankfulness.24:4 Notwithstanding, that I be not further tedious unto thee, I praythee that thou wouldest hear us of thy clemency a few words.24:5 For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover ofsedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader ofthe sect of the Nazarenes: 24:6 Who also hath gone about to profanethe temple: whom we took, and would have judged according to our law.24:7 But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with greatviolence took him away out of our hands, 24:8 Commanding his accusersto come unto thee: by examining of whom thyself mayest take knowledgeof all these things, whereof we accuse him.24:9 And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so.24:10 Then Paul, after that the governor had beckoned unto him tospeak, answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many yearsa judge unto this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself:24:11 Because that thou mayest understand, that there are yet buttwelve days since I went up to Jerusalem for to worship.24:12 And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man,neither raising up the people, neither in the synagogues, nor in thecity: 24:13 Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuseme.24:14 But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they callheresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things whichare written in the law and in the prophets: 24:15 And have hope towardGod, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be aresurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.24:16 And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a consciencevoid to offence toward God, and toward men.24:17 Now after many years I came to bring alms to my nation, andofferings.24:18 Whereupon certain Jews from Asia found me purified in thetemple, neither with multitude, nor with tumult.24:19 Who ought to have been here before thee, and object, if they hadought against me.24:20 Or else let these same here say, if they have found any evildoing in me, while I stood before the council, 24:21 Except it be forthis one voice, that I cried standing among them, Touching theresurrection of the dead I am called in question by you this day.24:22 And when Felix heard these things, having more perfect knowledgeof that way, he deferred them, and said, When Lysias the chief captainshall come down, I will know the uttermost of your matter.24:23 And he commanded a centurion to keep Paul, and to let him haveliberty, and that he should forbid none of his acquaintance tominister or come unto him.24:24 And after certain days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla,which was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning thefaith in Christ.24:25 And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment tocome, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when Ihave a convenient season, I will call for thee.24:26 He hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul,that he might loose him: wherefore he sent for him the oftener, andcommuned with him.24:27 But after two years Porcius Festus came into Felix' room: andFelix, willing to shew the Jews a pleasure, left Paul bound.25:1 Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days heascended from Caesarea to Jerusalem.25:2 Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed himagainst Paul, and besought him, 25:3 And desired favour against him,that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way tokill him.25:4 But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, andthat he himself would depart shortly thither.25:5 Let them therefore, said he, which among you are able, go downwith me, and accuse this man, if there be any wickedness in him.25:6 And when he had tarried among them more than ten days, he wentdown unto Caesarea; and the next day sitting on the judgment seatcommanded Paul to be brought.25:7 And when he was come, the Jews which came down from Jerusalemstood round about, and laid many and grievous complaints against Paul,which they could not prove.25:8 While he answered for himself, Neither against the law of theJews, neither against the temple, nor yet against Caesar, have Ioffended any thing at all.25:9 But Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure, answered Paul, andsaid, Wilt thou go up to Jerusalem, and there be judged of thesethings before me?  25:10 Then said Paul, I stand at Caesar's judgmentseat, where I ought to be judged: to the Jews have I done no wrong, asthou very well knowest.25:11 For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy ofdeath, I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these thingswhereof these accuse me, no man may deliver me unto them. I appealunto Caesar.25:12 Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered,Hast thou appealed unto Caesar? unto Caesar shalt thou go.25:13 And after certain days king Agrippa and Bernice came untoCaesarea to salute Festus.25:14 And when they had been there many days, Festus declared Paul'scause unto the king, saying, There is a certain man left in bonds byFelix: 25:15 About whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priestsand the elders of the Jews informed me, desiring to have judgmentagainst him.25:16 To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans todeliver any man to die, before that he which is accused have theaccusers face to face, and have licence to answer for himselfconcerning the crime laid against him.25:17 Therefore, when they were come hither, without any delay on themorrow I sat on the judgment seat, and commanded the man to be broughtforth.25:18 Against whom when the accusers stood up, they brought noneaccusation of such things as I supposed: 25:19 But had certainquestions against him of their own superstition, and of one Jesus,which was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive.25:20 And because I doubted of such manner of questions, I asked himwhether he would go to Jerusalem, and there be judged of thesematters.25:21 But when Paul had appealed to be reserved unto the hearing ofAugustus, I commanded him to be kept till I might send him to Caesar.25:22 Then Agrippa said unto Festus, I would also hear the man myself.To morrow, said he, thou shalt hear him.25:23 And on the morrow, when Agrippa was come, and Bernice, withgreat pomp, and was entered into the place of hearing, with the chiefcaptains, and principal men of the city, at Festus' commandment Paulwas brought forth.25:24 And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all men which are herepresent with us, ye see this man, about whom all the multitude of theJews have dealt with me, both at Jerusalem, and also here, crying thathe ought not to live any longer.25:25 But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death,and that he himself hath appealed to Augustus, I have determined tosend him.25:26 Of whom I have no certain thing to write unto my lord. WhereforeI have brought him forth before you, and specially before thee, O kingAgrippa, that, after examination had, I might have somewhat to write.25:27 For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner, and notwithal to signify the crimes laid against him.26:1 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak forthyself.Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself: 26:2 Ithink myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer for myselfthis day before thee touching all the things whereof I am accused ofthe Jews: 26:3 Especially because I know thee to be expert in allcustoms and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseechthee to hear me patiently.26:4 My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first amongmine own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews; 26:5 Which knew mefrom the beginning, if they would testify, that after the moststraitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.26:6 And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made ofGod, unto our fathers: 26:7 Unto which promise our twelve tribes,instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope'ssake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.26:8 Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that Godshould raise the dead?  26:9 I verily thought with myself, that Iought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.26:10 Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints didI shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests;and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them.26:11 And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled themto blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecutedthem even unto strange cities.26:12 Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commissionfrom the chief priests, 26:13 At midday, O king, I saw in the way alight from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining roundabout me and them which journeyed with me.26:14 And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voicespeaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, whypersecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.26:15 And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whomthou persecutest.26:16 But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto theefor this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of thesethings which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I willappear unto thee; 26:17 Delivering thee from the people, and from theGentiles, unto whom now I send thee, 26:18 To open their eyes, and toturn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan untoGod, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance amongthem which are sanctified by faith that is in me.26:19 Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto theheavenly vision: 26:20 But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and atJerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to theGentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meetfor repentance.26:21 For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and wentabout to kill me.26:22 Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day,witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things thanthose which the prophets and Moses did say should come: 26:23 ThatChrist should suffer, and that he should be the first that should risefrom the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to theGentiles.26:24 And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice,Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad.26:25 But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but speak forththe words of truth and soberness.26:26 For the king knoweth of these things, before whom also I speakfreely: for I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden fromhim; for this thing was not done in a corner.26:27 King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thoubelievest.26:28 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be aChristian.26:29 And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also allthat hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am,except these bonds.26:30 And when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and the governor,and Bernice, and they that sat with them: 26:31 And when they weregone aside, they talked between themselves, saying, This man doethnothing worthy of death or of bonds.26:32 Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been set atliberty, if he had not appealed unto Caesar.27:1 And when it was determined that we should sail into Italy, theydelivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto one named Julius, acenturion of Augustus' band.27:2 And entering into a ship of Adramyttium, we launched, meaning tosail by the coasts of Asia; one Aristarchus, a Macedonian ofThessalonica, being with us.27:3 And the next day we touched at Sidon. And Julius courteouslyentreated Paul, and gave him liberty to go unto his friends to refreshhimself.27:4 And when we had launched from thence, we sailed under Cyprus,because the winds were contrary.27:5 And when we had sailed over the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, wecame to Myra, a city of Lycia.27:6 And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing intoItaly; and he put us therein.27:7 And when we had sailed slowly many days, and scarce were comeover against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed under Crete,over against Salmone; 27:8 And, hardly passing it, came unto a placewhich is called The fair havens; nigh whereunto was the city of Lasea.27:9 Now when much time was spent, and when sailing was now dangerous,because the fast was now already past, Paul admonished them, 27:10 Andsaid unto them, Sirs, I perceive that this voyage will be with hurtand much damage, not only of the lading and ship, but also of ourlives.27:11 Nevertheless the centurion believed the master and the owner ofthe ship, more than those things which were spoken by Paul.27:12 And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the morepart advised to depart thence also, if by any means they might attainto Phenice, and there to winter; which is an haven of Crete, and liethtoward the south west and north west.27:13 And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they hadobtained their purpose, loosing thence, they sailed close by Crete.27:14 But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind,called Euroclydon.27:15 And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into thewind, we let her drive.27:16 And running under a certain island which is called Clauda, wehad much work to come by the boat: 27:17 Which when they had taken up,they used helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they shouldfall into the quicksands, strake sail, and so were driven.27:18 And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next daythey lightened the ship; 27:19 And the third day we cast out with ourown hands the tackling of the ship.27:20 And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and nosmall tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was thentaken away.27:21 But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them,and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosedfrom Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss.27:22 And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be noloss of any man's life among you, but of the ship.27:23 For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am,and whom I serve, 27:24 Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be broughtbefore Caesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail withthee.27:25 Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that itshall be even as it was told me.27:26 Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island.27:27 But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up anddown in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew nearto some country; 27:28 And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: andwhen they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found itfifteen fathoms.27:29 Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they castfour anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.27:30 And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when theyhad let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they wouldhave cast anchors out of the foreship, 27:31 Paul said to thecenturion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, yecannot be saved.27:32 Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let herfall off.27:33 And while the day was coming on, Paul besought them all to takemeat, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that ye have tarried andcontinued fasting, having taken nothing.27:34 Wherefore I pray you to take some meat: for this is for yourhealth: for there shall not an hair fall from the head of any of you.27:35 And when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and gave thanks toGod in presence of them all: and when he had broken it, he began toeat.27:36 Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took some meat.27:37 And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore andsixteen souls.27:38 And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, andcast out the wheat into the sea.27:39 And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they discovereda certain creek with a shore, into the which they were minded, if itwere possible, to thrust in the ship.27:40 And when they had taken up the anchors, they committedthemselves unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoised upthe mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore.27:41 And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the shipaground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but thehinder part was broken with the violence of the waves.27:42 And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any ofthem should swim out, and escape.27:43 But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from theirpurpose; and commanded that they which could swim should castthemselves first into the sea, and get to land: 27:44 And the rest,some on boards, and some on broken pieces of the ship.And so it came to pass, that they escaped all safe to land.28:1 And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island wascalled Melita.28:2 And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness: for theykindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the presentrain, and because of the cold.28:3 And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid them onthe fire, there came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on hishand.28:4 And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand,they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom,though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.28:5 And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm.28:6 Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen downdead suddenly: but after they had looked a great while, and saw noharm come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was agod.28:7 In the same quarters were possessions of the chief man of theisland, whose name was Publius; who received us, and lodged us threedays courteously.28:8 And it came to pass, that the father of Publius lay sick of afever and of a bloody flux: to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, andlaid his hands on him, and healed him.28:9 So when this was done, others also, which had diseases in theisland, came, and were healed: 28:10 Who also honoured us with manyhonours; and when we departed, they laded us with such things as werenecessary.28:11 And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria,which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux.28:12 And landing at Syracuse, we tarried there three days.28:13 And from thence we fetched a compass, and came to Rhegium: andafter one day the south wind blew, and we came the next day toPuteoli: 28:14 Where we found brethren, and were desired to tarry withthem seven days: and so we went toward Rome.28:15 And from thence, when the brethren heard of us, they came tomeet us as far as Appii forum, and The three taverns: whom when Paulsaw, he thanked God, and took courage.28:16 And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisonersto the captain of the guard: but Paul was suffered to dwell by himselfwith a soldier that kept him.28:17 And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chiefof the Jews together: and when they were come together, he said untothem, Men and brethren, though I have committed nothing against thepeople, or customs of our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner fromJerusalem into the hands of the Romans.28:18 Who, when they had examined me, would have let me go, becausethere was no cause of death in me.28:19 But when the Jews spake against it, I was constrained to appealunto Caesar; not that I had ought to accuse my nation of.28:20 For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see you, andto speak with you: because that for the hope of Israel I am bound withthis chain.28:21 And they said unto him, We neither received letters out ofJudaea concerning thee, neither any of the brethren that came shewedor spake any harm of thee.28:22 But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for asconcerning this sect, we know that every where it is spoken against.28:23 And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to himinto his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom ofGod, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses,and out of the prophets, from morning till evening.28:24 And some believed the things which were spoken, and somebelieved not.28:25 And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, afterthat Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias theprophet unto our fathers, 28:26 Saying, Go unto this people, and say,Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shallsee, and not perceive: 28:27 For the heart of this people is waxedgross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have theyclosed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with theirears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and Ishould heal them.28:28 Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God issent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it.28:29 And when he had said these words, the Jews departed, and hadgreat reasoning among themselves.28:30 And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, andreceived all that came in unto him, 28:31 Preaching the kingdom ofGod, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ,with all confidence, no man forbidding him.The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Romans1:1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle,separated unto the gospel of God, 1:2 (Which he had promised afore byhis prophets in the holy scriptures,) 1:3 Concerning his Son JesusChrist our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to theflesh; 1:4 And declared to be the Son of God with power, according tothe spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead: 1:5 By whomwe have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faithamong all nations, for his name: 1:6 Among whom are ye also the calledof Jesus Christ: 1:7 To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called tobe saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the LordJesus Christ.1:8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that yourfaith is spoken of throughout the whole world.1:9 For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospelof his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in myprayers; 1:10 Making request, if by any means now at length I mighthave a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you.1:11 For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritualgift, to the end ye may be established; 1:12 That is, that I may becomforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me.1:13 Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes Ipurposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might havesome fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles.1:14 I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both tothe wise, and to the unwise.1:15 So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to youthat are at Rome also.1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the powerof God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first,and also to the Greek.1:17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith tofaith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against allungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth inunrighteousness; 1:19 Because that which may be known of God ismanifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.1:20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the worldare clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, evenhis eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: 1:21Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God,neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, andtheir foolish heart was darkened.1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, 1:23 Andchanged the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like tocorruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creepingthings.1:24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lustsof their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:1:25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped andserved the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever.Amen.1:26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for eventheir women did change the natural use into that which is againstnature: 1:27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of thewoman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men workingthat which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence oftheir error which was meet.1:28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge,God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which arenot convenient; 1:29 Being filled with all unrighteousness,fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy,murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, 1:30 Backbiters, hatersof God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things,disobedient to parents, 1:31 Without understanding, covenantbreakers,without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: 1:32 Who knowingthe judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy ofdeath, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.2:1 Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art thatjudgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself;for thou that judgest doest the same things.2:2 But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truthagainst them which commit such things.2:3 And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do suchthings, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment ofGod?  2:4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearanceand longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth theeto repentance?  2:5 But after thy hardness and impenitent hearttreasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath andrevelation of the righteous judgment of God; 2:6 Who will render toevery man according to his deeds: 2:7 To them who by patientcontinuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality,eternal life: 2:8 But unto them that are contentious, and do not obeythe truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, 2:9Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, ofthe Jew first, and also of the Gentile; 2:10 But glory, honour, andpeace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also tothe Gentile: 2:11 For there is no respect of persons with God.2:12 For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish withoutlaw: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;2:13 (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but thedoers of the law shall be justified.2:14 For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature thethings contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law untothemselves: 2:15 Which shew the work of the law written in theirhearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts themean while accusing or else excusing one another;) 2:16 In the daywhen God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according tomy gospel.2:17 Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makestthy boast of God, 2:18 And knowest his will, and approvest the thingsthat are more excellent, being instructed out of the law; 2:19 And artconfident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of themwhich are in darkness, 2:20 An instructor of the foolish, a teacher ofbabes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.2:21 Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself?thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?  2:22Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commitadultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?  2:23Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the lawdishonourest thou God?  2:24 For the name of God is blasphemed amongthe Gentiles through you, as it is written.2:25 For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but ifthou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.2:26 Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of thelaw, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?  2:27And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law,judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress thelaw?  2:28 For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither isthat circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: 2:29 But he is aJew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, inthe spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but ofGod.3:1 What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there ofcircumcision?  3:2 Much every way: chiefly, because that unto themwere committed the oracles of God.3:3 For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make thefaith of God without effect?  3:4 God forbid: yea, let God be true,but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest bejustified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.3:5 But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, whatshall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as aman) 3:6 God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?  3:7 Forif the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory;why yet am I also judged as a sinner?  3:8 And not rather, (as we beslanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us doevil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.3:9 What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we havebefore proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;3:10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: 3:11There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh afterGod.3:12 They are all gone out of the way, they are together becomeunprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.3:13 Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they haveused deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: 3:14 Whose mouthis full of cursing and bitterness: 3:15 Their feet are swift to shedblood: 3:16 Destruction and misery are in their ways: 3:17 And the wayof peace have they not known: 3:18 There is no fear of God beforetheir eyes.3:19 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith tothem who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and allthe world may become guilty before God.3:20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh bejustified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.3:21 But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested,being witnessed by the law and the prophets; 3:22 Even therighteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all andupon all them that believe: for there is no difference: 3:23 For allhave sinned, and come short of the glory of God; 3:24 Being justifiedfreely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:3:25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in hisblood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that arepast, through the forbearance of God; 3:26 To declare, I say, at thistime his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier ofhim which believeth in Jesus.3:27 Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works?Nay: but by the law of faith.3:28 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith withoutthe deeds of the law.3:29 Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles?Yes, of the Gentiles also: 3:30 Seeing it is one God, which shalljustify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.3:31 Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, weestablish the law.4:1 What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining tothe flesh, hath found?  4:2 For if Abraham were justified by works, hehath whereof to glory; but not before God.4:3 For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it wascounted unto him for righteousness.4:4 Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, butof debt.4:5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieththe ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.4:6 Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, untowhom God imputeth righteousness without works, 4:7 Saying, Blessed arethey whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.4:8 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.4:9 Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or uponthe uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abrahamfor righteousness.4:10 How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or inuncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.4:11 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of therighteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: thathe might be the father of all them that believe, though they be notcircumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also: 4:12And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcisiononly, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our fatherAbraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised.4:13 For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was notto Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through therighteousness of faith.4:14 For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void,and the promise made of none effect: 4:15 Because the law workethwrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.4:16 Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the endthe promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which isof the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who isthe father of us all, 4:17 (As it is written, I have made thee afather of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, whoquickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as thoughthey were.4:18 Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become thefather of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shallthy seed be.4:19 And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body nowdead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadnessof Sarah's womb: 4:20 He staggered not at the promise of God throughunbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; 4:21 And beingfully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also toperform.4:22 And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.4:23 Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed tohim; 4:24 But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believeon him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead; 4:25 Who wasdelivered for our offences, and was raised again for ourjustification.5:1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God throughour Lord Jesus Christ: 5:2 By whom also we have access by faith intothis grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.5:3 And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing thattribulation worketh patience; 5:4 And patience, experience; andexperience, hope: 5:5 And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love ofGod is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given untous.5:6 For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died forthe ungodly.5:7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventurefor a good man some would even dare to die.5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yetsinners, Christ died for us.5:9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall besaved from wrath through him.5:10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by thedeath of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved byhis life.5:11 And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord JesusChrist, by whom we have now received the atonement.5:12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death bysin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: 5:13(For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed whenthere is no law.5:14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over themthat had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, whois the figure of him that was to come.5:15 But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if throughthe offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and thegift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded untomany.5:16 And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for thejudgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of manyoffences unto justification.5:17 For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more theywhich receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousnessshall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)  5:18 Therefore as by theoffence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so bythe righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men untojustification of life.5:19 For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so bythe obedience of one shall many be made righteous.5:20 Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. Butwhere sin abounded, grace did much more abound: 5:21 That as sin hathreigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousnessunto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.6:1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace mayabound?  6:2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live anylonger therein?  6:3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptizedinto Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?  6:4 Therefore we areburied with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raisedup from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also shouldwalk in newness of life.6:5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death,we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: 6:6 Knowingthis, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sinmight be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.6:7 For he that is dead is freed from sin.6:8 Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also livewith him: 6:9 Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth nomore; death hath no more dominion over him.6:10 For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that heliveth, he liveth unto God.6:11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin,but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.6:12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye shouldobey it in the lusts thereof.6:13 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousnessunto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive fromthe dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.6:14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not underthe law, but under grace.6:15 What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, butunder grace? God forbid.6:16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey,his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or ofobedience unto righteousness?  6:17 But God be thanked, that ye werethe servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form ofdoctrine which was delivered you.6:18 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants ofrighteousness.6:19 I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of yourflesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness andto iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants torighteousness unto holiness.6:20 For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free fromrighteousness.6:21 What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are nowashamed?  for the end of those things is death.6:22 But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, yehave your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternallife through Jesus Christ our Lord.7:1 Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,)how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?  7:2For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husbandso long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed fromthe law of her husband.7:3 So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to anotherman, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead,she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she bemarried to another man.7:4 Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by thebody of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him whois raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.7:5 For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were bythe law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.7:6 But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein wewere held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in theoldness of the letter.7:7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had notknown sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the lawhad said, Thou shalt not covet.7:8 But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me allmanner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.7:9 For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandmentcame, sin revived, and I died.7:10 And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to beunto death.7:11 For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and byit slew me.7:12 Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just,and good.7:13 Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. Butsin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which isgood; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.7:14 For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, soldunder sin.7:15 For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not;but what I hate, that do I.7:16 If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law thatit is good.7:17 Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.7:18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no goodthing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that whichis good I find not.7:19 For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I wouldnot, that I do.7:20 Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sinthat dwelleth in me.7:21 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is presentwith me.7:22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: 7:23 But Isee another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, andbringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.7:24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body ofthis death?  7:25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So thenwith the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh thelaw of sin.8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in ChristJesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made mefree from the law of sin and death.8:3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through theflesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, andfor sin, condemned sin in the flesh: 8:4 That the righteousness of thelaw might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but afterthe Spirit.8:5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh;but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.8:6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually mindedis life and peace.8:7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is notsubject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.8:8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.8:9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that theSpirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit ofChrist, he is none of his.8:10 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but theSpirit is life because of righteousness.8:11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwellin you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken yourmortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.8:12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to liveafter the flesh.8:13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye throughthe Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.8:14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons ofGod.8:15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; butye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.8:16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we arethe children of God: 8:17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God,and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that wemay be also glorified together.8:18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are notworthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.8:19 For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for themanifestation of the sons of God.8:20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, butby reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, 8:21 Because thecreature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruptioninto the glorious liberty of the children of God.8:22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth inpain together until now.8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruitsof the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting forthe adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.8:24 For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: forwhat a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?  8:25 But if we hope forthat we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.8:26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know notwhat we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself makethintercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.8:27 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of theSpirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to thewill of God.8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them thatlove God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.8:29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to beconformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstbornamong many brethren.8:30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whomhe called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he alsoglorified.8:31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who canbe against us?  8:32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered himup for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us allthings?  8:33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? Itis God that justifieth.8:34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather,that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who alsomaketh intercession for us.8:35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation,or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, orsword?  8:36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the daylong; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.8:37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through himthat loved us.8:38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, norprincipalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,8:39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able toseparate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.9:1 I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearingme witness in the Holy Ghost, 9:2 That I have great heaviness andcontinual sorrow in my heart.9:3 For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for mybrethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh: 9:4 Who are Israelites;to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, andthe giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises; 9:5Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christcame, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.9:6 Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they arenot all Israel, which are of Israel: 9:7 Neither, because they are theseed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seedbe called.9:8 That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are notthe children of God: but the children of the promise are counted forthe seed.9:9 For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, andSarah shall have a son.9:10 And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one,even by our father Isaac; 9:11 (For the children being not yet born,neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of Godaccording to election might stand, not of works, but of him thatcalleth;) 9:12 It was said unto her, The elder shall serve theyounger.9:13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.9:14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? Godforbid.9:15 For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will havemercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.9:16 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth,but of God that sheweth mercy.9:17 For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purposehave I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that myname might be declared throughout all the earth.9:18 Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom hewill he hardeneth.9:19 Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For whohath resisted his will?  9:20 Nay but, O man, who art thou thatrepliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formedit, Why hast thou made me thus?  9:21 Hath not the potter power overthe clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and anotherunto dishonour?  9:22 What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and tomake his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels ofwrath fitted to destruction: 9:23 And that he might make known theriches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had aforeprepared unto glory, 9:24 Even us, whom he hath called, not of theJews only, but also of the Gentiles?  9:25 As he saith also in Osee, Iwill call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved,which was not beloved.9:26 And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was saidunto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called thechildren of the living God.9:27 Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of thechildren of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall besaved: 9:28 For he will finish the work, and cut it short inrighteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.9:29 And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left usa seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha.9:30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed notafter righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even therighteousness which is of faith.9:31 But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hathnot attained to the law of righteousness.9:32 Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were bythe works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone; 9:33As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock ofoffence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.10:1 Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, thatthey might be saved.10:2 For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but notaccording to knowledge.10:3 For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going aboutto establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselvesunto the righteousness of God.10:4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every onethat believeth.10:5 For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, Thatthe man which doeth those things shall live by them.10:6 But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise,Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, tobring Christ down from above:) 10:7 Or, Who shall descend into thedeep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.)  10:8 Butwhat saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thyheart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; 10:9 That if thoushalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe inthine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt besaved.10:10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and withthe mouth confession is made unto salvation.10:11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not beashamed.10:12 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: forthe same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.10:13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall besaved.10:14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed?and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and howshall they hear without a preacher?  10:15 And how shall they preach,except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet ofthem that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of goodthings!  10:16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaiassaith, Lord, who hath believed our report?  10:17 So then faith comethby hearing, and hearing by the word of God.10:18 But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound wentinto all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.10:19 But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith, I willprovoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolishnation I will anger you.10:20 But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of them thatsought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me.10:21 But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth myhands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.11:1 I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I alsoam an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.11:2 God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye notwhat the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to Godagainst Israel saying, 11:3 Lord, they have killed thy prophets, anddigged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.11:4 But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved tomyself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image ofBaal.11:5 Even so then at this present time also there is a remnantaccording to the election of grace.11:6 And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace isno more grace. But if it be of works, then it is no more grace:otherwise work is no more work.11:7 What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for;but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded.11:8 (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit ofslumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should nothear;) unto this day.11:9 And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, anda stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them: 11:10 Let their eyes bedarkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway.11:11 I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? Godforbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto theGentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy.11:12 Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and thediminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more theirfulness?  11:13 For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am theapostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office: 11:14 If by any meansI may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might savesome of them.11:15 For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world,what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?  11:16For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the rootbe holy, so are the branches.11:17 And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being awild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakestof the root and fatness of the olive tree; 11:18 Boast not against thebranches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the rootthee.11:19 Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I mightbe graffed in.11:20 Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thoustandest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear: 11:21 For if Godspared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare notthee.11:22 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them whichfell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in hisgoodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.11:23 And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall begraffed in: for God is able to graff them in again.11:24 For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild bynature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree:how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffedinto their own olive tree?  11:25 For I would not, brethren, that yeshould be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your ownconceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until thefulness of the Gentiles be come in.11:26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shallcome out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness fromJacob: 11:27 For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take awaytheir sins.11:28 As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: butas touching the election, they are beloved for the father's sakes.11:29 For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.11:30 For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have nowobtained mercy through their unbelief: 11:31 Even so have these alsonow not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.11:32 For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might havemercy upon all.11:33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge ofGod!  how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past findingout!  11:34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath beenhis counsellor?  11:35 Or who hath first given to him, and it shall berecompensed unto him again?  11:36 For of him, and through him, and tohim, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that yepresent your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God,which is your reasonable service.12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by therenewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, andacceptable, and perfect, will of God.12:3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that isamong you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think;but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man themeasure of faith.12:4 For as we have many members in one body, and all members have notthe same office: 12:5 So we, being many, are one body in Christ, andevery one members one of another.12:6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is givento us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportionof faith; 12:7 Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he thatteacheth, on teaching; 12:8 Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: hethat giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, withdiligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.12:9 Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil;cleave to that which is good.12:10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; inhonour preferring one another; 12:11 Not slothful in business; ferventin spirit; serving the Lord; 12:12 Rejoicing in hope; patient intribulation; continuing instant in prayer; 12:13 Distributing to thenecessity of saints; given to hospitality.12:14 Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.12:15 Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.12:16 Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things,but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.12:17 Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in thesight of all men.12:18 If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably withall men.12:19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give placeunto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saiththe Lord.12:20 Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, givehim drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.12:21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.13:1 Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is nopower but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.13:2 Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinanceof God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.13:3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wiltthou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thoushalt have praise of the same: 13:4 For he is the minister of God tothee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for hebeareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, arevenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.13:5 Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but alsofor conscience sake.13:6 For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God'sministers, attending continually upon this very thing.13:7 Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute isdue; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.13:8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that lovethanother hath fulfilled the law.13:9 For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill,Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shaltnot covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is brieflycomprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour asthyself.13:10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is thefulfilling of the law.13:11 And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awakeout of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.13:12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us thereforecast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.13:13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting anddrunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife andenvying.13:14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision forthe flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.14:1 Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtfuldisputations.14:2 For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who isweak, eateth herbs.14:3 Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let nothim which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.14:4 Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his ownmaster he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God isable to make him stand.14:5 One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth everyday alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.14:6 He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and hethat regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He thateateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he thateateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.14:7 For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.14:8 For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die,we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are theLord's.14:9 For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that hemight be Lord both of the dead and living.14:10 But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set atnought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat ofChrist.14:11 For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shallbow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.14:12 So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.14:13 Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge thisrather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in hisbrother's way.14:14 I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there isnothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to beunclean, to him it is unclean.14:15 But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thounot charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.14:16 Let not then your good be evil spoken of: 14:17 For the kingdomof God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy inthe Holy Ghost.14:18 For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God,and approved of men.14:19 Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace,and things wherewith one may edify another.14:20 For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed arepure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.14:21 It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor anything whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.14:22 Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he thatcondemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth.14:23 And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth notof faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.15:1 We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of theweak, and not to please ourselves.15:2 Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good toedification.15:3 For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, Thereproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.15:4 For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for ourlearning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures mighthave hope.15:5 Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to belikeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus: 15:6 That yemay with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of ourLord Jesus Christ.15:7 Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us tothe glory of God.15:8 Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcisionfor the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers:15:9 And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it iswritten, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, andsing unto thy name.15:10 And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people.15:11 And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, allye people.15:12 And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and hethat shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentilestrust.15:13 Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace inbelieving, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the HolyGhost.15:14 And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye alsoare full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonishone another.15:15 Nevertheless, brethren, I have written the more boldly unto youin some sort, as putting you in mind, because of the grace that isgiven to me of God, 15:16 That I should be the minister of JesusChrist to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that theoffering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified bythe Holy Ghost.15:17 I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ inthose things which pertain to God.15:18 For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christhath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word anddeed, 15:19 Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of theSpirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum,I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.15:20 Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christwas named, lest I should build upon another man's foundation: 15:21But as it is written, To whom he was not spoken of, they shall see:and they that have not heard shall understand.15:22 For which cause also I have been much hindered from coming toyou.15:23 But now having no more place in these parts, and having a greatdesire these many years to come unto you; 15:24 Whensoever I take myjourney into Spain, I will come to you: for I trust to see you in myjourney, and to be brought on my way thitherward by you, if first I besomewhat filled with your company.15:25 But now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the saints.15:26 For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make acertain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem.15:27 It hath pleased them verily; and their debtors they are. For ifthe Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, theirduty is also to minister unto them in carnal things.15:28 When therefore I have performed this, and have sealed to themthis fruit, I will come by you into Spain.15:29 And I am sure that, when I come unto you, I shall come in thefulness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ.15:30 Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake,and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me inyour prayers to God for me; 15:31 That I may be delivered from themthat do not believe in Judaea; and that my service which I have forJerusalem may be accepted of the saints; 15:32 That I may come untoyou with joy by the will of God, and may with you be refreshed.15:33 Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.16:1 I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of thechurch which is at Cenchrea: 16:2 That ye receive her in the Lord, asbecometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business shehath need of you: for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myselfalso.16:3 Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus: 16:4 Whohave for my life laid down their own necks: unto whom not only I givethanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.16:5 Likewise greet the church that is in their house. Salute mywell-beloved Epaenetus, who is the firstfruits of Achaia unto Christ.16:6 Greet Mary, who bestowed much labour on us.16:7 Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellow-prisoners,who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me.16:8 Greet Amplias my beloved in the Lord.16:9 Salute Urbane, our helper in Christ, and Stachys my beloved.16:10 Salute Apelles approved in Christ. Salute them which are ofAristobulus' household.16:11 Salute Herodion my kinsman. Greet them that be of the householdof Narcissus, which are in the Lord.16:12 Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, who labour in the Lord. Salute thebeloved Persis, which laboured much in the Lord.16:13 Salute Rufus chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine.16:14 Salute Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermas, Patrobas, Hermes, and thebrethren which are with them.16:15 Salute Philologus, and Julia, Nereus, and his sister, andOlympas, and all the saints which are with them.16:16 Salute one another with an holy kiss. The churches of Christsalute you.16:17 Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions andoffences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoidthem.16:18 For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, buttheir own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive thehearts of the simple.16:19 For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I am gladtherefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto thatwhich is good, and simple concerning evil.16:20 And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly.The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.16:21 Timotheus my workfellow, and Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater,my kinsmen, salute you.16:22 I Tertius, who wrote this epistle, salute you in the Lord.16:23 Gaius mine host, and of the whole church, saluteth you. Erastusthe chamberlain of the city saluteth you, and Quartus a brother.16:24 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.16:25 Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to mygospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelationof the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, 16:26 Butnow is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, accordingto the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nationsfor the obedience of faith: 16:27 To God only wise, be glory throughJesus Christ for ever. Amen.The First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians1:1 Paul called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will ofGod, and Sosthenes our brother, 1:2 Unto the church of God which is atCorinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to besaints, with all that in every place call upon the name of JesusChrist our Lord, both their's and our's: 1:3 Grace be unto you, andpeace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.1:4 I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God whichis given you by Jesus Christ; 1:5 That in every thing ye are enrichedby him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge; 1:6 Even as thetestimony of Christ was confirmed in you: 1:7 So that ye come behindin no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ: 1:8 Whoshall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in theday of our Lord Jesus Christ.1:9 God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of hisSon Jesus Christ our Lord.1:10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord JesusChrist, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be nodivisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in thesame mind and in the same judgment.1:11 For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by themwhich are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.1:12 Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and Iof Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.1:13 Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were yebaptized in the name of Paul?  1:14 I thank God that I baptized noneof you, but Crispus and Gaius; 1:15 Lest any should say that I hadbaptized in mine own name.1:16 And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I knownot whether I baptized any other.1:17 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: notwith wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of noneeffect.1:18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perishfoolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.1:19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, andwill bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.1:20 Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer ofthis world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?  1:21For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God,it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them thatbelieve.1:22 For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:1:23 But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock,and unto the Greeks foolishness; 1:24 But unto them which are called,both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.1:25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and theweakness of God is stronger than men.1:26 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise menafter the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: 1:27 ButGod hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise;and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound thethings which are mighty; 1:28 And base things of the world, and thingswhich are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, tobring to nought things that are: 1:29 That no flesh should glory inhis presence.1:30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto uswisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: 1:31That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory inthe Lord.2:1 And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency ofspeech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.2:2 For I determined not to know any thing among you, save JesusChrist, and him crucified.2:3 And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in muchtrembling.2:4 And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words ofman's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: 2:5That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in thepower of God.2:6 Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not thewisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come tonought: 2:7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even thehidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: 2:8Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it,they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.2:9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neitherhave entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath preparedfor them that love him.2:10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spiritsearcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.2:11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of manwhich is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but theSpirit of God.2:12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spiritwhich is of God; that we might know the things that are freely givento us of God.2:13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdomteacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritualthings with spiritual.2:14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit ofGod: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them,because they are spiritually discerned.2:15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself isjudged of no man.2:16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instructhim?  But we have the mind of Christ.3:1 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, butas unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.3:2 I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye werenot able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.3:3 For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, andstrife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?  3:4 Forwhile one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are yenot carnal?  3:5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministersby whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?  3:6 I haveplanted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.3:7 So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he thatwatereth; but God that giveth the increase.3:8 Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every manshall receive his own reward according to his own labour.3:9 For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, yeare God's building.3:10 According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wisemasterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeththereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.3:11 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which isJesus Christ.3:12 Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, preciousstones, wood, hay, stubble; 3:13 Every man's work shall be mademanifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealedby fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.3:14 If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shallreceive a reward.3:15 If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but hehimself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.3:16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit ofGod dwelleth in you?  3:17 If any man defile the temple of God, himshall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.3:18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to bewise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.3:19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it iswritten, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.3:20 And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that theyare vain.3:21 Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are your's;3:22 Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, ordeath, or things present, or things to come; all are your's; 3:23 Andye are Christ's; and Christ is God's.4:1 Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, andstewards of the mysteries of God.4:2 Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.4:3 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged ofyou, or of man's judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self.4:4 For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: buthe that judgeth me is the Lord.4:5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, whoboth will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will makemanifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man havepraise of God.4:6 And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred tomyself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not tothink of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffedup for one against another.4:7 For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thouthat thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dostthou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?  4:8 Now ye are full,now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us: and I would toGod ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.4:9 For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as itwere appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world,and to angels, and to men.4:10 We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we areweak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised.4:11 Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and arenaked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace; 4:12 Andlabour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; beingpersecuted, we suffer it: 4:13 Being defamed, we intreat: we are madeas the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things untothis day.4:14 I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons Iwarn you.4:15 For though ye have ten thousand instructers in Christ, yet haveye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you throughthe gospel.4:16 Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.4:17 For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my belovedson, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance ofmy ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church.4:18 Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you.4:19 But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know,not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power.4:20 For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.4:21 What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, andin the spirit of meekness?  5:1 It is reported commonly that there isfornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as namedamong the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife.5:2 And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he thathath done this deed might be taken away from among you.5:3 For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, havejudged already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath sodone this deed, 5:4 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye aregathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord JesusChrist, 5:5 To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction ofthe flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.5:6 Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leavenleaveneth the whole lump?  5:7 Purge out therefore the old leaven,that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ ourpassover is sacrificed for us: 5:8 Therefore let us keep the feast,not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness;but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.5:9 I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:5:10 Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or withthe covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must yeneeds go out of the world.5:11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any manthat is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater,or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no notto eat.5:12 For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do notye judge them that are within?  5:13 But them that are without Godjudgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.6:1 Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law beforethe unjust, and not before the saints?  6:2 Do ye not know that thesaints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you,are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?  6:3 Know ye not thatwe shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?6:4 If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, setthem to judge who are least esteemed in the church.6:5 I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise manamong you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between hisbrethren?  6:6 But brother goeth to law with brother, and that beforethe unbelievers.6:7 Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go tolaw one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye notrather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?  6:8 Nay, ye do wrong, anddefraud, and that your brethren.6:9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom ofGod?  Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, noradulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,6:10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, norextortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.6:11 And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye aresanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and bythe Spirit of our God.6:12 All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient:all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under thepower of any.6:13 Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shalldestroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but forthe Lord; and the Lord for the body.6:14 And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up usby his own power.6:15 Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall Ithen take the members of Christ, and make them the members of anharlot? God forbid.6:16 What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is onebody?  for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.6:17 But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.6:18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body;but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.6:19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghostwhich is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?  6:20For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body,and in your spirit, which are God's.7:1 Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good fora man not to touch a woman.7:2 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his ownwife, and let every woman have her own husband.7:3 Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewisealso the wife unto the husband.7:4 The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: andlikewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but thewife.7:5 Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for atime, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and cometogether again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.7:6 But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.7:7 For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hathhis proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.7:8 I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for themif they abide even as I.7:9 But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better tomarry than to burn.7:10 And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let notthe wife depart from her husband: 7:11 But and if she depart, let herremain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband: and let not thehusband put away his wife.7:12 But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wifethat believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him notput her away.7:13 And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if hebe pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.7:14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and theunbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your childrenunclean; but now are they holy.7:15 But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or asister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us topeace.7:16 For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thyhusband?  or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thywife?  7:17 But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hathcalled every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches.7:18 Is any man called being circumcised? let him not becomeuncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not becircumcised.7:19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but thekeeping of the commandments of God.7:20 Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.7:21 Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thoumayest be made free, use it rather.7:22 For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord'sfreeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ'sservant.7:23 Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.7:24 Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide withGod.7:25 Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet Igive my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to befaithful.7:26 I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, Isay, that it is good for a man so to be.7:27 Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thouloosed from a wife? seek not a wife.7:28 But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virginmarry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble inthe flesh: but I spare you.7:29 But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, thatboth they that have wives be as though they had none; 7:30 And theythat weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as thoughthey rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not;7:31 And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashionof this world passeth away.7:32 But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarriedcareth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please theLord: 7:33 But he that is married careth for the things that are ofthe world, how he may please his wife.7:34 There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. Theunmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may beholy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth forthe things of the world, how she may please her husband.7:35 And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snareupon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend uponthe Lord without distraction.7:36 But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward hisvirgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, lethim do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry.7:37 Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having nonecessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed inhis heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well.7:38 So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he thatgiveth her not in marriage doeth better.7:39 The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; butif her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom shewill; only in the Lord.7:40 But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and Ithink also that I have the Spirit of God.8:1 Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we allhave knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.8:2 And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothingyet as he ought to know.8:3 But if any man love God, the same is known of him.8:4 As concerning therefore the eating of those things that areoffered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing inthe world, and that there is none other God but one.8:5 For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or inearth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,) 8:6 But to us there isbut one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; andone Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.8:7 Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some withconscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered untoan idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled.8:8 But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are wethe better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.8:9 But take heed lest by any means this liberty of your's become astumblingblock to them that are weak.8:10 For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in theidol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak beemboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols; 8:11 Andthrough thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christdied?  8:12 But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound theirweak conscience, ye sin against Christ.8:13 Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no fleshwhile the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.9:1 Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christour Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord?  9:2 If I be not an apostleunto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the seal of mineapostleship are ye in the Lord.9:3 Mine answer to them that do examine me is this, 9:4 Have we notpower to eat and to drink?  9:5 Have we not power to lead about asister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of theLord, and Cephas?  9:6 Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power toforbear working?  9:7 Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges?who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or whofeedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?  9:8 Say Ithese things as a man? or saith not the law the same also?  9:9 For itis written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of theox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen?  9:10 Orsaith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this iswritten: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he thatthresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope.9:11 If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing ifwe shall reap your carnal things?  9:12 If others be partakers of thispower over you, are not we rather?  Nevertheless we have not used thispower; but suffer all things, lest we should hinder the gospel ofChrist.9:13 Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live ofthe things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar arepartakers with the altar?  9:14 Even so hath the Lord ordained thatthey which preach the gospel should live of the gospel.9:15 But I have used none of these things: neither have I writtenthese things, that it should be so done unto me: for it were betterfor me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void.9:16 For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: fornecessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not thegospel!  9:17 For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: butif against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me.9:18 What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, Imay make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not mypower in the gospel.9:19 For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servantunto all, that I might gain the more.9:20 And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews;to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gainthem that are under the law; 9:21 To them that are without law, aswithout law, (being not without law to God, but under the law toChrist,) that I might gain them that are without law.9:22 To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I ammade all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.9:23 And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be partakerthereof with you.9:24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but onereceiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.9:25 And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in allthings. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we anincorruptible.9:26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as onethat beateth the air: 9:27 But I keep under my body, and bring it intosubjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, Imyself should be a castaway.10:1 Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, howthat all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through thesea; 10:2 And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in thesea; 10:3 And did all eat the same spiritual meat; 10:4 And did alldrink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rockthat followed them: and that Rock was Christ.10:5 But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they wereoverthrown in the wilderness.10:6 Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should notlust after evil things, as they also lusted.10:7 Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written,The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.10:8 Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, andfell in one day three and twenty thousand.10:9 Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, andwere destroyed of serpents.10:10 Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and weredestroyed of the destroyer.10:11 Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and theyare written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world arecome.10:12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest hefall.10:13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man:but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above thatye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape,that ye may be able to bear it.10:14 Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry.10:15 I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say.10:16 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion ofthe blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communionof the body of Christ?  10:17 For we being many are one bread, and onebody: for we are all partakers of that one bread.10:18 Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of thesacrifices partakers of the altar?  10:19 What say I then? that theidol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols isany thing?  10:20 But I say, that the things which the Gentilessacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would notthat ye should have fellowship with devils.10:21 Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: yecannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils.10:22 Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?10:23 All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient:all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.10:24 Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth.10:25 Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no questionfor conscience sake: 10:26 For the earth is the Lord's, and thefulness thereof.10:27 If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye bedisposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no questionfor conscience sake.10:28 But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice untoidols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake:for the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof: 10:29Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is myliberty judged of another man's conscience?  10:30 For if I by gracebe a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I givethanks?  10:31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever yedo, do all to the glory of God.10:32 Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, norto the church of God: 10:33 Even as I please all men in all things,not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may besaved.11:1 Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.11:2 Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things,and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you.11:3 But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ;and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.11:4 Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered,dishonoureth his head.11:5 But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her headuncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if shewere shaven.11:6 For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if itbe a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered.11:7 For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he isthe image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.11:8 For the man is not of the woman: but the woman of the man.11:9 Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for theman.11:10 For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head becauseof the angels.11:11 Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither thewoman without the man, in the Lord.11:12 For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by thewoman; but all things of God.11:13 Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto Goduncovered?  11:14 Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if aman have long hair, it is a shame unto him?  11:15 But if a woman havelong hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for acovering.11:16 But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom,neither the churches of God.11:17 Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that yecome together not for the better, but for the worse.11:18 For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hearthat there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it.11:19 For there must be also heresies among you, that they which areapproved may be made manifest among you.11:20 When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not toeat the Lord's supper.11:21 For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: andone is hungry, and another is drunken.11:22 What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise yethe church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say toyou? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not.11:23 For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered untoyou, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed tookbread: 11:24 And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said,Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do inremembrance of me.11:25 After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped,saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oftas ye drink it, in remembrance of me.11:26 For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye doshew the Lord's death till he come.11:27 Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup ofthe Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of theLord.11:28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread,and drink of that cup.11:29 For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinkethdamnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.11:30 For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and manysleep.11:31 For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.11:32 But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that weshould not be condemned with the world.11:33 Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry onefor another.11:34 And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come nottogether unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when Icome.12:1 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have youignorant.12:2 Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumbidols, even as ye were led.12:3 Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by theSpirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say thatJesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.12:4 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.12:5 And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord.12:6 And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same Godwhich worketh all in all.12:7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man toprofit withal.12:8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to anotherthe word of knowledge by the same Spirit; 12:9 To another faith by thesame Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; 12:10To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to anotherdiscerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to anotherthe interpretation of tongues: 12:11 But all these worketh that oneand the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.12:12 For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all themembers of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.12:13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether webe Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been allmade to drink into one Spirit.12:14 For the body is not one member, but many.12:15 If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not ofthe body; is it therefore not of the body?  12:16 And if the ear shallsay, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it thereforenot of the body?  12:17 If the whole body were an eye, where were thehearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?  12:18But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as ithath pleased him.12:19 And if they were all one member, where were the body?  12:20 Butnow are they many members, yet but one body.12:21 And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee:nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.12:22 Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be morefeeble, are necessary: 12:23 And those members of the body, which wethink to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundanthonour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness.12:24 For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered thebody together, having given more abundant honour to that part whichlacked.12:25 That there should be no schism in the body; but that the membersshould have the same care one for another.12:26 And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it;or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.12:27 Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.12:28 And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarilyprophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts ofhealings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.12:29 Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are allworkers of miracles?  12:30 Have all the gifts of healing? do allspeak with tongues? do all interpret?  12:31 But covet earnestly thebest gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.13:1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and havenot charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.13:2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand allmysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that Icould remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.13:3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though Igive my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth menothing.13:4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charityvaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 13:5 Doth not behave itselfunseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh noevil; 13:6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; 13:7Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endurethall things.13:8 Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, theyshall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether therebe knowledge, it shall vanish away.13:9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.13:10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is inpart shall be done away.13:11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child,I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childishthings.13:12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face:now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.13:13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but thegreatest of these is charity.14:1 Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather thatye may prophesy.14:2 For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men,but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit hespeaketh mysteries.14:3 But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, andexhortation, and comfort.14:4 He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but hethat prophesieth edifieth the church.14:5 I would that ye all spake with tongues but rather that yeprophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speakethwith tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receiveedifying.14:6 Now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking with tongues, whatshall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either by revelation,or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by doctrine?  14:7 And eventhings without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except theygive a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is pipedor harped?  14:8 For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shallprepare himself to the battle?  14:9 So likewise ye, except ye utterby the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known whatis spoken? for ye shall speak into the air.14:10 There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, andnone of them is without signification.14:11 Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall beunto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be abarbarian unto me.14:12 Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seekthat ye may excel to the edifying of the church.14:13 Wherefore let him that speaketh in an unknown tongue pray thathe may interpret.14:14 For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but myunderstanding is unfruitful.14:15 What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will praywith the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I willsing with the understanding also.14:16 Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he thatoccupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks,seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest?  14:17 For thou verilygivest thanks well, but the other is not edified.14:18 I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all: 14:19 Yetin the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding,that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words inan unknown tongue.14:20 Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice beye children, but in understanding be men.14:21 In the law it is written, With men of other tongues and otherlips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they nothear me, saith the LORD.14:22 Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, butto them that believe not: but prophesying serveth not for them thatbelieve not, but for them which believe.14:23 If therefore the whole church be come together into one place,and all speak with tongues, and there come in those that areunlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?  14:24But if all prophesy, and there come in one that believeth not, or oneunlearned, he is convinced of all, he is judged of all: 14:25 And thusare the secrets of his heart made manifest; and so falling down on hisface he will worship God, and report that God is in you of a truth.14:26 How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one ofyou hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation,hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.14:27 If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or atthe most by three, and that by course; and let one interpret.14:28 But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in thechurch; and let him speak to himself, and to God.14:29 Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge.14:30 If any thing be revealed to another that sitteth by, let thefirst hold his peace.14:31 For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and allmay be comforted.14:32 And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets.14:33 For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in allchurches of the saints.14:34 Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is notpermitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be underobedience as also saith the law.14:35 And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands athome: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.14:36 What? came the word of God out from you? or came it unto youonly?  14:37 If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual,let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are thecommandments of the Lord.14:38 But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant.14:39 Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speakwith tongues.14:40 Let all things be done decently and in order.15:1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which Ipreached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;15:2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preachedunto you, unless ye have believed in vain.15:3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received,how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 15:4And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day accordingto the scriptures: 15:5 And that he was seen of Cephas, then of thetwelve: 15:6 After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren atonce; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some arefallen asleep.15:7 After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles.15:8 And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of duetime.15:9 For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be calledan apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.15:10 But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which wasbestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly thanthey all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.15:11 Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so yebelieved.15:12 Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how saysome among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?  15:13 Butif there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen:15:14 And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and yourfaith is also vain.15:15 Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we havetestified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, ifso be that the dead rise not.15:16 For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised: 15:17 Andif Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.15:18 Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.15:19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all menmost miserable.15:20 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become thefirstfruits of them that slept.15:21 For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrectionof the dead.15:22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be madealive.15:23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits;afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.15:24 Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdomto God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and allauthority and power.15:25 For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.15:26 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.15:27 For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith allthings are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, whichdid put all things under him.15:28 And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall theSon also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him,that God may be all in all.15:29 Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if thedead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead?  15:30And why stand we in jeopardy every hour?  15:31 I protest by yourrejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our LORD, I die daily.15:32 If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus,what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink;for to morrow we die.15:33 Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.15:34 Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not theknowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.15:35 But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with whatbody do they come?  15:36 Thou fool, that which thou sowest is notquickened, except it die: 15:37 And that which thou sowest, thousowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance ofwheat, or of some other grain: 15:38 But God giveth it a body as ithath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.15:39 All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of fleshof men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another ofbirds.15:40 There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but theglory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial isanother.15:41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon,and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from anotherstar in glory.15:42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown incorruption; it is raised in incorruption: 15:43 It is sown indishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raisedin power: 15:44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritualbody. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.15:45 And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul;the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.15:46 Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which isnatural; and afterward that which is spiritual.15:47 The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is theLord from heaven.15:48 As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as isthe heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.15:49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bearthe image of the heavenly.15:50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inheritthe kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.15:51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but weshall all be changed, 15:52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye,at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall beraised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.15:53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortalmust put on immortality.15:54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, andthis mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought topass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.15:55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?15:56 The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.15:57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through ourLord Jesus Christ.15:58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable,always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know thatyour labour is not in vain in the Lord.16:1 Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have givenorder to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye.16:2 Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him instore, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when Icome.16:3 And when I come, whomsoever ye shall approve by your letters,them will I send to bring your liberality unto Jerusalem.16:4 And if it be meet that I go also, they shall go with me.16:5 Now I will come unto you, when I shall pass through Macedonia:for I do pass through Macedonia.16:6 And it may be that I will abide, yea, and winter with you, thatye may bring me on my journey whithersoever I go.16:7 For I will not see you now by the way; but I trust to tarry awhile with you, if the Lord permit.16:8 But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost.16:9 For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there aremany adversaries.16:10 Now if Timotheus come, see that he may be with you without fear:for he worketh the work of the Lord, as I also do.16:11 Let no man therefore despise him: but conduct him forth inpeace, that he may come unto me: for I look for him with the brethren.16:12 As touching our brother Apollos, I greatly desired him to comeunto you with the brethren: but his will was not at all to come atthis time; but he will come when he shall have convenient time.16:13 Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.16:14 Let all your things be done with charity.16:15 I beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas, thatit is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have addictedthemselves to the ministry of the saints,) 16:16 That ye submityourselves unto such, and to every one that helpeth with us, andlaboureth.16:17 I am glad of the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus andAchaicus: for that which was lacking on your part they have supplied.16:18 For they have refreshed my spirit and your's: thereforeacknowledge ye them that are such.16:19 The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute youmuch in the Lord, with the church that is in their house.16:20 All the brethren greet you. Greet ye one another withan holy kiss.16:21 The salutation of me Paul with mine own hand.16:22 If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him beAnathema Maranatha.16:23 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.16:24 My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen.The Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothyour brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all thesaints which are in all Achaia: 1:2 Grace be to you and peace from Godour Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.1:3 Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, theFather of mercies, and the God of all comfort; 1:4 Who comforteth usin all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which arein any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted ofGod.1:5 For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolationalso aboundeth by Christ.1:6 And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation andsalvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferingswhich we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for yourconsolation and salvation.1:7 And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing, that as ye are partakersof the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation.1:8 For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble whichcame to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, abovestrength, insomuch that we despaired even of life: 1:9 But we had thesentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves,but in God which raiseth the dead: 1:10 Who delivered us from so greata death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliverus; 1:11 Ye also helping together by prayer for us, that for the giftbestowed upon us by the means of many persons thanks may be given bymany on our behalf.1:12 For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, thatin simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by thegrace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and moreabundantly to you-ward.1:13 For we write none other things unto you, than what ye read oracknowledge; and I trust ye shall acknowledge even to the end; 1:14 Asalso ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, evenas ye also are our's in the day of the Lord Jesus.1:15 And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, thatye might have a second benefit; 1:16 And to pass by you intoMacedonia, and to come again out of Macedonia unto you, and of you tobe brought on my way toward Judaea.1:17 When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or thethings that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that withme there should be yea yea, and nay nay?  1:18 But as God is true, ourword toward you was not yea and nay.1:19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you byus, even by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but inhim was yea.1:20 For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, untothe glory of God by us.1:21 Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointedus, is God; 1:22 Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of theSpirit in our hearts.1:23 Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare youI came not as yet unto Corinth.1:24 Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers ofyour joy: for by faith ye stand.2:1 But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again toyou in heaviness.2:2 For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, butthe same which is made sorry by me?  2:3 And I wrote this same untoyou, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I oughtto rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy ofyou all.2:4 For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto youwith many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might knowthe love which I have more abundantly unto you.2:5 But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part:that I may not overcharge you all.2:6 Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflictedof many.2:7 So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comforthim, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuchsorrow.2:8 Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love towardhim.2:9 For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof ofyou, whether ye be obedient in all things.2:10 To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgaveany thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in theperson of Christ; 2:11 Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: forwe are not ignorant of his devices.2:12 Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ's gospel, anda door was opened unto me of the Lord, 2:13 I had no rest in myspirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave ofthem, I went from thence into Macedonia.2:14 Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph inChrist, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in everyplace.2:15 For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that aresaved, and in them that perish: 2:16 To the one we are the savour ofdeath unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. Andwho is sufficient for these things?  2:17 For we are not as many,which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, inthe sight of God speak we in Christ.3:1 Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as someothers, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendationfrom you?  3:2 Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known andread of all men: 3:3 Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be theepistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with theSpirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tablesof the heart.3:4 And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward: 3:5 Not that weare sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; butour sufficiency is of God; 3:6 Who also hath made us able ministers ofthe new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for theletter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.3:7 But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones,was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastlybehold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glorywas to be done away: 3:8 How shall not the ministration of the spiritbe rather glorious?  3:9 For if the ministration of condemnation beglory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed inglory.3:10 For even that which was made glorious had no glory in thisrespect, by reason of the glory that excelleth.3:11 For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that whichremaineth is glorious.3:12 Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness ofspeech: 3:13 And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, thatthe children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of thatwhich is abolished: 3:14 But their minds were blinded: for until thisday remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the oldtestament; which vail is done away in Christ.3:15 But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upontheir heart.3:16 Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall betaken away.3:17 Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is,there is liberty.3:18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory ofthe Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even asby the Spirit of the LORD.4:1 Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy,we faint not; 4:2 But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty,not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully;but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man'sconscience in the sight of God.4:3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: 4:4 Inwhom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them whichbelieve not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who isthe image of God, should shine unto them.4:5 For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; andourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.4:6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hathshined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the gloryof God in the face of Jesus Christ.4:7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellencyof the power may be of God, and not of us.4:8 We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we areperplexed, but not in despair; 4:9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; castdown, but not destroyed; 4:10 Always bearing about in the body thedying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be mademanifest in our body.4:11 For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake,that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortalflesh.4:12 So then death worketh in us, but life in you.4:13 We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, Ibelieved, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and thereforespeak; 4:14 Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raiseup us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you.4:15 For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace mightthrough the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God.4:16 For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish,yet the inward man is renewed day by day.4:17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh forus a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; 4:18 While welook not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are notseen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things whichare not seen are eternal.5:1 For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle weredissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands,eternal in the heavens.5:2 For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon withour house which is from heaven: 5:3 If so be that being clothed weshall not be found naked.5:4 For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: notfor that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality mightbe swallowed up of life.5:5 Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, whoalso hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.5:6 Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are athome in the body, we are absent from the Lord: 5:7 (For we walk byfaith, not by sight:) 5:8 We are confident, I say, and willing ratherto be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.5:9 Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may beaccepted of him.5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; thatevery one may receive the things done in his body, according to thathe hath done, whether it be good or bad.5:11 Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but weare made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in yourconsciences.5:12 For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give youoccasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have somewhat to answerthem which glory in appearance, and not in heart.5:13 For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether webe sober, it is for your cause.5:14 For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge,that if one died for all, then were all dead: 5:15 And that he diedfor all, that they which live should not henceforth live untothemselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.5:16 Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, thoughwe have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we himno more.5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: oldthings are passed away; behold, all things are become new.5:18 And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself byJesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;5:19 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world untohimself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committedunto us the word of reconciliation.5:20 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseechyou by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.5:21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that wemight be made the righteousness of God in him.6:1 We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that yereceive not the grace of God in vain.6:2 (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in theday of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the acceptedtime; behold, now is the day of salvation.)  6:3 Giving no offence inany thing, that the ministry be not blamed: 6:4 But in all thingsapproving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, inafflictions, in necessities, in distresses, 6:5 In stripes, inimprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings; 6:6By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the HolyGhost, by love unfeigned, 6:7 By the word of truth, by the power ofGod, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,6:8 By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: asdeceivers, and yet true; 6:9 As unknown, and yet well known; as dying,and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; 6:10 As sorrowful,yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing,and yet possessing all things.6:11 O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart isenlarged.6:12 Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your ownbowels.6:13 Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto my children,)be ye also enlarged.6:14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for whatfellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communionhath light with darkness?  6:15 And what concord hath Christ withBelial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?  6:16 Andwhat agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are thetemple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, andwalk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.6:17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith theLord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.6:18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons anddaughters, saith the Lord Almighty.7:1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanseourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfectingholiness in the fear of God.7:2 Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, wehave defrauded no man.7:3 I speak not this to condemn you: for I have said before, that yeare in our hearts to die and live with you.7:4 Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying ofyou: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all ourtribulation.7:5 For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, butwe were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within werefears.7:6 Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down,comforted us by the coming of Titus; 7:7 And not by his coming only,but by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you, when he toldus your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; sothat I rejoiced the more.7:8 For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, thoughI did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made yousorry, though it were but for a season.7:9 Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowedto repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that yemight receive damage by us in nothing.7:10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to berepented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.7:11 For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godlysort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing ofyourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehementdesire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye haveapproved yourselves to be clear in this matter.7:12 Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it not for his causethat had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, butthat our care for you in the sight of God might appear unto you.7:13 Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yea, and exceedinglythe more joyed we for the joy of Titus, because his spirit wasrefreshed by you all.7:14 For if I have boasted any thing to him of you, I am not ashamed;but as we spake all things to you in truth, even so our boasting,which I made before Titus, is found a truth.7:15 And his inward affection is more abundant toward you, whilst heremembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling yereceived him.7:16 I rejoice therefore that I have confidence in you in all things.8:1 Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowedon the churches of Macedonia; 8:2 How that in a great trial ofaffliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty aboundedunto the riches of their liberality.8:3 For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond their powerthey were willing of themselves; 8:4 Praying us with much intreatythat we would receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of theministering to the saints.8:5 And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their ownselves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God.8:6 Insomuch that we desired Titus, that as he had begun, so he wouldalso finish in you the same grace also.8:7 Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance,and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see thatye abound in this grace also.8:8 I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness ofothers, and to prove the sincerity of your love.8:9 For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though hewas rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through hispoverty might be rich.8:10 And herein I give my advice: for this is expedient for you, whohave begun before, not only to do, but also to be forward a year ago.8:11 Now therefore perform the doing of it; that as there was areadiness to will, so there may be a performance also out of thatwhich ye have.8:12 For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according tothat a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.8:13 For I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened: 8:14 Butby an equality, that now at this time your abundance may be a supplyfor their want, that their abundance also may be a supply for yourwant: that there may be equality: 8:15 As it is written, He that hadgathered much had nothing over; and he that had gathered little had nolack.8:16 But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into theheart of Titus for you.8:17 For indeed he accepted the exhortation; but being more forward,of his own accord he went unto you.8:18 And we have sent with him the brother, whose praise is in thegospel throughout all the churches; 8:19 And not that only, but whowas also chosen of the churches to travel with us with this grace,which is administered by us to the glory of the same Lord, anddeclaration of your ready mind: 8:20 Avoiding this, that no man shouldblame us in this abundance which is administered by us: 8:21 Providingfor honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in thesight of men.8:22 And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have oftentimesproved diligent in many things, but now much more diligent, upon thegreat confidence which I have in you.8:23 Whether any do enquire of Titus, he is my partner andfellowhelper concerning you: or our brethren be enquired of, they arethe messengers of the churches, and the glory of Christ.8:24 Wherefore shew ye to them, and before the churches, the proof ofyour love, and of our boasting on your behalf.9:1 For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluousfor me to write to you: 9:2 For I know the forwardness of your mind,for which I boast of you to them of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready ayear ago; and your zeal hath provoked very many.9:3 Yet have I sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you should bein vain in this behalf; that, as I said, ye may be ready: 9:4 Lesthaply if they of Macedonia come with me, and find you unprepared, we(that we say not, ye) should be ashamed in this same confidentboasting.9:5 Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that theywould go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereofye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter ofbounty, and not as of covetousness.9:6 But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap alsosparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap alsobountifully.9:7 Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give;not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.9:8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye,always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every goodwork: 9:9 (As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath givento the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever.9:10 Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread foryour food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits ofyour righteousness;) 9:11 Being enriched in every thing to allbountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God.9:12 For the administration of this service not only supplieth thewant of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings untoGod; 9:13 Whiles by the experiment of this ministration they glorifyGod for your professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ, and foryour liberal distribution unto them, and unto all men; 9:14 And bytheir prayer for you, which long after you for the exceeding grace ofGod in you.9:15 Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.10:1 Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness ofChrist, who in presence am base among you, but being absent am boldtoward you: 10:2 But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I ampresent with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold againstsome, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.10:3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:10:4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mightythrough God to the pulling down of strong holds;) 10:5 Casting downimaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against theknowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to theobedience of Christ; 10:6 And having in a readiness to revenge alldisobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.10:7 Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any mantrust to himself that he is Christ's, let him of himself think thisagain, that, as he is Christ's, even so are we Christ's.10:8 For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, whichthe Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction,I should not be ashamed: 10:9 That I may not seem as if I wouldterrify you by letters.10:10 For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but hisbodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.10:11 Let such an one think this, that, such as we are in word byletters when we are absent, such will we be also in deed when we arepresent.10:12 For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compareourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuringthemselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves,are not wise.10:13 But we will not boast of things without our measure, butaccording to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to us,a measure to reach even unto you.10:14 For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure, as though wereached not unto you: for we are come as far as to you also inpreaching the gospel of Christ: 10:15 Not boasting of things withoutour measure, that is, of other men's labours; but having hope, whenyour faith is increased, that we shall be enlarged by you according toour rule abundantly, 10:16 To preach the gospel in the regions beyondyou, and not to boast in another man's line of things made ready toour hand.10:17 But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.10:18 For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom theLord commendeth.11:1 Would to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly: andindeed bear with me.11:2 For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I haveespoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virginto Christ.11:3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Evethrough his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from thesimplicity that is in Christ.11:4 For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have notpreached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received,or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear withhim.11:5 For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles.11:6 But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we havebeen throughly made manifest among you in all things.11:7 Have I committed an offence in abasing myself that ye might beexalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely?11:8 I robbed other churches, taking wages of them, to do you service.11:9 And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable tono man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came fromMacedonia supplied: and in all things I have kept myself from beingburdensome unto you, and so will I keep myself.11:10 As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of thisboasting in the regions of Achaia.11:11 Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth.11:12 But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion fromthem which desire occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be foundeven as we.11:13 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transformingthemselves into the apostles of Christ.11:14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel oflight.11:15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also betransformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall beaccording to their works.11:16 I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as afool receive me, that I may boast myself a little.11:17 That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as itwere foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.11:18 Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also.11:19 For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise.11:20 For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devouryou, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite youon the face.11:21 I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak.Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am boldalso.11:22 Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Arethey the seed of Abraham? so am I.11:23 Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; inlabours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons morefrequent, in deaths oft.11:24 Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one.11:25 Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice Isuffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep; 11:26In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, inperils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils inthe city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perilsamong false brethren; 11:27 In weariness and painfulness, in watchingsoften, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.11:28 Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon medaily, the care of all the churches.11:29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not?11:30 If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concernmine infirmities.11:31 The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessedfor evermore, knoweth that I lie not.11:32 In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city ofthe Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me: 11:33 Andthrough a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escapedhis hands.12:1 It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come tovisions and revelations of the Lord.12:2 I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in thebody, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: Godknoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.12:3 And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body,I cannot tell: God knoweth;) 12:4 How that he was caught up intoparadise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for aman to utter.12:5 Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, butin mine infirmities.12:6 For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for Iwill say the truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should think of meabove that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me.12:7 And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundanceof the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, themessenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted abovemeasure.12:8 For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might departfrom me.12:9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for mystrength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will Irather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest uponme.12:10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, innecessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: forwhen I am weak, then am I strong.12:11 I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for Iought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind thevery chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.12:12 Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in allpatience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds.12:13 For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches,except it be that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me thiswrong.12:14 Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will notbe burdensome to you: for I seek not your's but you: for the childrenought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.12:15 And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though themore abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.12:16 But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty,I caught you with guile.12:17 Did I make a gain of you by any of them whom I sent unto you?12:18 I desired Titus, and with him I sent a brother. Did Titus make again of you? walked we not in the same spirit? walked we not in thesame steps?  12:19 Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you?we speak before God in Christ: but we do all things, dearly beloved,for your edifying.12:20 For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as Iwould, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lestthere be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings,swellings, tumults: 12:21 And lest, when I come again, my God willhumble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinnedalready, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication andlasciviousness which they have committed.13:1 This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two orthree witnesses shall every word be established.13:2 I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, thesecond time; and being absent now I write to them which heretoforehave sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will notspare: 13:3 Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which toyou-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you.13:4 For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth bythe power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live withhim by the power of God toward you.13:5 Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your ownselves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you,except ye be reprobates?  13:6 But I trust that ye shall know that weare not reprobates.13:7 Now I pray to God that ye do no evil; not that we should appearapproved, but that ye should do that which is honest, though we be asreprobates.13:8 For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.13:9 For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and thisalso we wish, even your perfection.13:10 Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being presentI should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hathgiven me to edification, and not to destruction.13:11 Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, beof one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall bewith you.13:12 Greet one another with an holy kiss.13:13 All the saints salute you.13:14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and thecommunion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Galatians1:1 Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by JesusChrist, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;) 1:2 And allthe brethren which are with me, unto the churches of Galatia: 1:3Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord JesusChrist, 1:4 Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver usfrom this present evil world, according to the will of God and ourFather: 1:5 To whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.1:6 I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you intothe grace of Christ unto another gospel: 1:7 Which is not another; butthere be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel ofChrist.1:8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospelunto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him beaccursed.1:9 As we said before, so say I now again, if any man preach any othergospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.1:10 For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men?for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.1:11 But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preachedof me is not after man.1:12 For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but bythe revelation of Jesus Christ.1:13 For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews'religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, andwasted it: 1:14 And profited in the Jews' religion above many myequals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of thetraditions of my fathers.1:15 But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb,and called me by his grace, 1:16 To reveal his Son in me, that I mightpreach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with fleshand blood: 1:17 Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which wereapostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again untoDamascus.1:18 Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, andabode with him fifteen days.1:19 But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord'sbrother.1:20 Now the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lienot.1:21 Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia; 1:22 Andwas unknown by face unto the churches of Judaea which were in Christ:1:23 But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in timespast now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed.1:24 And they glorified God in me.2:1 Then fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem withBarnabas, and took Titus with me also.2:2 And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them thatgospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them whichwere of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, invain.2:3 But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelledto be circumcised: 2:4 And that because of false brethren unawaresbrought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we havein Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage: 2:5 To whom wegave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of thegospel might continue with you.2:6 But of these who seemed to be somewhat, (whatsoever they were, itmaketh no matter to me: God accepteth no man's person:) for they whoseemed to be somewhat in conference added nothing to me: 2:7 Butcontrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision wascommitted unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter;2:8 (For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship ofthe circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:) 2:9And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceivedthe grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas theright hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, andthey unto the circumcision.2:10 Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same whichI also was forward to do.2:11 But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face,because he was to be blamed.2:12 For before that certain came from James, he did eat with theGentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself,fearing them which were of the circumcision.2:13 And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch thatBarnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation.2:14 But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to thetruth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, beinga Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews,why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?  2:15 We whoare Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles, 2:16 Knowing thata man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith ofJesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might bejustified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: forby the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.2:17 But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselvesalso are found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? Godforbid.2:18 For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myselfa transgressor.2:19 For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live untoGod.2:20 I am crucified with Christ: neverthless I live; yet not I, butChrist liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I liveby the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.2:21 I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come bythe law, then Christ is dead in vain.3:1 O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should notobey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently setforth, crucified among you?  3:2 This only would I learn of you,Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing offaith?  3:3 Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye nowmade perfect by the flesh?  3:4 Have ye suffered so many things invain? if it be yet in vain.3:5 He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and workethmiracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by thehearing of faith?  3:6 Even as Abraham believed God, and it wasaccounted to him for righteousness.3:7 Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are thechildren of Abraham.3:8 And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathenthrough faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, Inthee shall all nations be blessed.3:9 So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.3:10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse:for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in allthings which are written in the book of the law to do them.3:11 But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, itis evident: for, The just shall live by faith.3:12 And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shalllive in them.3:13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made acurse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on atree: 3:14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentilesthrough Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spiritthrough faith.3:15 Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but aman's covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeththereto.3:16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not,And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which isChrist.3:17 And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before ofGod in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after,cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.3:18 For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise:but God gave it to Abraham by promise.3:19 Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because oftransgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise wasmade; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.3:20 Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.3:21 Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for ifthere had been a law given which could have given life, verilyrighteousness should have been by the law.3:22 But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promiseby faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.3:23 But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up untothe faith which should afterwards be revealed.3:24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ,that we might be justified by faith.3:25 But after that faith is come, we are no longer under aschoolmaster.3:26 For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.3:27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put onChrist.3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free,there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.3:29 And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirsaccording to the promise.4:1 Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differethnothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; 4:2 But is undertutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.4:3 Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under theelements of the world: 4:4 But when the fulness of the time was come,God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, 4:5 Toredeem them that were under the law, that we might receive theadoption of sons.4:6 And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Soninto your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.4:7 Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son,then an heir of God through Christ.4:8 Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them whichby nature are no gods.4:9 But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God,how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto yedesire again to be in bondage?  4:10 Ye observe days, and months, andtimes, and years.4:11 I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.4:12 Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye havenot injured me at all.4:13 Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospelunto you at the first.4:14 And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, norrejected; but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.4:15 Where is then the blessedness ye spake of? for I bear you record,that, if it had been possible, ye would have plucked out your owneyes, and have given them to me.4:16 Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?4:17 They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would excludeyou, that ye might affect them.4:18 But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing,and not only when I am present with you.4:19 My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christbe formed in you, 4:20 I desire to be present with you now, and tochange my voice; for I stand in doubt of you.4:21 Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear thelaw?  4:22 For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by abondmaid, the other by a freewoman.4:23 But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but heof the freewoman was by promise.4:24 Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants;the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which isAgar.4:25 For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth toJerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.4:26 But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of usall.4:27 For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; breakforth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath manymore children than she which hath an husband.4:28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.4:29 But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him thatwas born after the Spirit, even so it is now.4:30 Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman andher son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the sonof the freewoman.4:31 So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but ofthe free.5:1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made usfree, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.5:2 Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christshall profit you nothing.5:3 For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is adebtor to do the whole law.5:4 Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you arejustified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.5:5 For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness byfaith.5:6 For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, noruncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.5:7 Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey thetruth?  5:8 This persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you.5:9 A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.5:10 I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be noneotherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment,whosoever he be.5:11 And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yetsuffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased.5:12 I would they were even cut off which trouble you.5:13 For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use notliberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.5:14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thoushalt love thy neighbour as thyself.5:15 But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be notconsumed one of another.5:16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil thelust of the flesh.5:17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit againstthe flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that yecannot do the things that ye would.5:18 But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.5:19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these;Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 5:20 Idolatry,witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions,heresies, 5:21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and suchlike: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in timepast, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom ofGod.5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering,gentleness, goodness, faith, 5:23 Meekness, temperance: against suchthere is no law.5:24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with theaffections and lusts.5:25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.5:26 Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another,envying one another.6:1 Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which arespiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; consideringthyself, lest thou also be tempted.6:2 Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.6:3 For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, hedeceiveth himself.6:4 But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he haverejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.6:5 For every man shall bear his own burden.6:6 Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him thatteacheth in all good things.6:7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth,that shall he also reap.6:8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reapcorruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reaplife everlasting.6:9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shallreap, if we faint not.6:10 As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men,especially unto them who are of the household of faith.6:11 Ye see how large a letter I have written unto you with mine ownhand.6:12 As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, theyconstrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should sufferpersecution for the cross of Christ.6:13 For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; butdesire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.6:14 But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our LordJesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto theworld.6:15 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, noruncircumcision, but a new creature.6:16 And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, andmercy, and upon the Israel of God.6:17 From henceforth let no man trouble me: for I bear in my body themarks of the Lord Jesus.6:18 Brethren, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.Amen.The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Ephesians1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to thesaints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:1:2 Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the LordJesus Christ.1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hathblessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:1:4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of theworld, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:1:5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by JesusChrist to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, 1:6 Tothe praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us acceptedin the beloved.1:7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness ofsins, according to the riches of his grace; 1:8 Wherein he hathabounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence; 1:9 Having made knownunto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure whichhe hath purposed in himself: 1:10 That in the dispensation of thefulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ,both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him: 1:11 Inwhom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinatedaccording to the purpose of him who worketh all things after thecounsel of his own will: 1:12 That we should be to the praise of hisglory, who first trusted in Christ.1:13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth,the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, yewere sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, 1:14 Which is theearnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchasedpossession, unto the praise of his glory.1:15 Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus,and love unto all the saints, 1:16 Cease not to give thanks for you,making mention of you in my prayers; 1:17 That the God of our LordJesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit ofwisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: 1:18 The eyes of yourunderstanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope ofhis calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance inthe saints, 1:19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power tous-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,1:20 Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, andset him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, 1:21 Far aboveall principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every namethat is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is tocome: 1:22 And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to bethe head over all things to the church, 1:23 Which is his body, thefulness of him that filleth all in all.2:1 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;2:2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of thisworld, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spiritthat now worketh in the children of disobedience: 2:3 Among whom alsowe all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh,fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were bynature the children of wrath, even as others.2:4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith heloved us, 2:5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened ustogether with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) 2:6 And hath raised usup together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in ChristJesus: 2:7 That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding richesof his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not ofyourselves: it is the gift of God: 2:9 Not of works, lest any manshould boast.2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto goodworks, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.2:11 Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in theflesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called theCircumcision in the flesh made by hands; 2:12 That at that time yewere without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, andstrangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and withoutGod in the world: 2:13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes werefar off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.2:14 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken downthe middle wall of partition between us; 2:15 Having abolished in hisflesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained inordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so makingpeace; 2:16 And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body bythe cross, having slain the enmity thereby: 2:17 And came and preachedpeace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.2:18 For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto theFather.2:19 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, butfellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God; 2:20 Andare built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, JesusChrist himself being the chief corner stone; 2:21 In whom all thebuilding fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in theLord: 2:22 In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation ofGod through the Spirit.3:1 For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for youGentiles, 3:2 If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of Godwhich is given me to you-ward: 3:3 How that by revelation he madeknown unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words, 3:4Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mysteryof Christ) 3:5 Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons ofmen, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by theSpirit; 3:6 That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the samebody, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel: 3:7Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace ofGod given unto me by the effectual working of his power.3:8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this gracegiven, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable richesof Christ; 3:9 And to make all men see what is the fellowship of themystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God,who created all things by Jesus Christ: 3:10 To the intent that nowunto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be knownby the church the manifold wisdom of God, 3:11 According to theeternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord: 3:12 Inwhom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.3:13 Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you,which is your glory.3:14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord JesusChrist, 3:15 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,3:16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, tobe strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; 3:17 ThatChrist may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted andgrounded in love, 3:18 May be able to comprehend with all saints whatis the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; 3:19 And to knowthe love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filledwith all the fulness of God.3:20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above allthat we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, 3:21Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages,world without end. Amen.4:1 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walkworthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, 4:2 With all lowlinessand meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; 4:3Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.4:4 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in onehope of your calling; 4:5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism, 4:6 OneGod and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in youall.4:7 But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measureof the gift of Christ.4:8 Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivitycaptive, and gave gifts unto men.4:9 (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended firstinto the lower parts of the earth?  4:10 He that descended is the samealso that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill allthings.)  4:11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; andsome, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; 4:12 For theperfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for theedifying of the body of Christ: 4:13 Till we all come in the unity ofthe faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man,unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: 4:14 That wehenceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried aboutwith every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunningcraftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; 4:15 But speaking thetruth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head,even Christ: 4:16 From whom the whole body fitly joined together andcompacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to theeffectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of thebody unto the edifying of itself in love.4:17 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforthwalk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, 4:18Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life ofGod through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness oftheir heart: 4:19 Who being past feeling have given themselves overunto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.4:20 But ye have not so learned Christ; 4:21 If so be that ye haveheard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus: 4:22That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, whichis corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; 4:23 And be renewed inthe spirit of your mind; 4:24 And that ye put on the new man, whichafter God is created in righteousness and true holiness.4:25 Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with hisneighbour: for we are members one of another.4:26 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon yourwrath: 4:27 Neither give place to the devil.4:28 Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour,working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have togive to him that needeth.4:29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but thatwhich is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace untothe hearers.4:30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed untothe day of redemption.4:31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evilspeaking, be put away from you, with all malice: 4:32 And be ye kindone to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God forChrist's sake hath forgiven you.5:1 Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; 5:2 And walkin love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for usan offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.5:3 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it notbe once named among you, as becometh saints; 5:4 Neither filthiness,nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rathergiving of thanks.5:5 For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, norcovetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdomof Christ and of God.5:6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of thesethings cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.5:7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them.5:8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord:walk as children of light: 5:9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in allgoodness and righteousness and truth;) 5:10 Proving what is acceptableunto the Lord.5:11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, butrather reprove them.5:12 For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done ofthem in secret.5:13 But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light:for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.5:14 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from thedead, and Christ shall give thee light.5:15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,5:16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.5:17 Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will ofthe Lord is.5:18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled withthe Spirit; 5:19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns andspiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;5:20 Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father inthe name of our Lord Jesus Christ; 5:21 Submitting yourselves one toanother in the fear of God.5:22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto theLord.5:23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is thehead of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.5:24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wivesbe to their own husbands in every thing.5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church,and gave himself for it; 5:26 That he might sanctify and cleanse itwith the washing of water by the word, 5:27 That he might present itto himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any suchthing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.5:28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He thatloveth his wife loveth himself.5:29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth andcherisheth it, even as the Lord the church: 5:30 For we are members ofhis body, of his flesh, and of his bones.5:31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shallbe joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.5:32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and thechurch.5:33 Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wifeeven as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.6:1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.6:2 Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment withpromise; 6:3 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live longon the earth.6:4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bringthem up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.6:5 Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according tothe flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, asunto Christ; 6:6 Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as theservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; 6:7 Withgood will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men: 6:8 Knowingthat whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive ofthe Lord, whether he be bond or free.6:9 And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearingthreatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither isthere respect of persons with him.6:10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power ofhis might.6:11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to standagainst the wiles of the devil.6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but againstprincipalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness ofthis world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.6:13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may beable to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.6:14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, andhaving on the breastplate of righteousness; 6:15 And your feet shodwith the preparation of the gospel of peace; 6:16 Above all, takingthe shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all thefiery darts of the wicked.6:17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit,which is the word of God: 6:18 Praying always with all prayer andsupplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with allperseverance and supplication for all saints; 6:19 And for me, thatutterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, tomake known the mystery of the gospel, 6:20 For which I am anambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought tospeak.6:21 But that ye also may know my affairs, and how I do, Tychicus, abeloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, shall make known toyou all things: 6:22 Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose,that ye might know our affairs, and that he might comfort your hearts.6:23 Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God theFather and the Lord Jesus Christ.6:24 Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ insincerity.Amen.The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Philippians1:1 Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all thesaints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops anddeacons: 1:2 Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, andfrom the Lord Jesus Christ.1:3 I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, 1:4 Always in everyprayer of mine for you all making request with joy, 1:5 For yourfellowship in the gospel from the first day until now; 1:6 Beingconfident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work inyou will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ: 1:7 Even as it ismeet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart;inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation ofthe gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace.1:8 For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in thebowels of Jesus Christ.1:9 And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more inknowledge and in all judgment; 1:10 That ye may approve things thatare excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the dayof Christ.1:11 Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by JesusChrist, unto the glory and praise of God.1:12 But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things whichhappened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of thegospel; 1:13 So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all thepalace, and in all other places; 1:14 And many of the brethren in theLord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak theword without fear.1:15 Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some alsoof good will: 1:16 The one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely,supposing to add affliction to my bonds: 1:17 But the other of love,knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel.1:18 What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence, or intruth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and willrejoice.1:19 For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through yourprayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, 1:20 Accordingto my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall beashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christshall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.1:21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.1:22 But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yetwhat I shall choose I wot not.1:23 For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, andto be with Christ; which is far better: 1:24 Nevertheless to abide inthe flesh is more needful for you.1:25 And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide andcontinue with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith; 1:26 Thatyour rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus Christ for me by mycoming to you again.1:27 Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel ofChrist: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hearof your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mindstriving together for the faith of the gospel; 1:28 And in nothingterrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token ofperdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God.1:29 For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only tobelieve on him, but also to suffer for his sake; 1:30 Having the sameconflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me.2:1 If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort oflove, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, 2:2Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, beingof one accord, of one mind.2:3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowlinessof mind let each esteem other better than themselves.2:4 Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on thethings of others.2:5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: 2:6 Who,being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:2:7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of aservant, and was made in the likeness of men: 2:8 And being found infashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death,even the death of the cross.2:9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a namewhich is above every name: 2:10 That at the name of Jesus every kneeshould bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things underthe earth; 2:11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christis Lord, to the glory of God the Father.2:12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in mypresence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your ownsalvation with fear and trembling.2:13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of hisgood pleasure.2:14 Do all things without murmurings and disputings: 2:15 That ye maybe blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in themidst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lightsin the world; 2:16 Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoicein the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured invain.2:17 Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of yourfaith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.2:18 For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with me.2:19 But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timotheus shortly unto you,that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state.2:20 For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for yourstate.2:21 For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ's.2:22 But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, hehath served with me in the gospel.2:23 Him therefore I hope to send presently, so soon as I shall seehow it will go with me.2:24 But I trust in the Lord that I also myself shall come shortly.2:25 Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, mybrother, and companion in labour, and fellowsoldier, but yourmessenger, and he that ministered to my wants.2:26 For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, becausethat ye had heard that he had been sick.2:27 For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him;and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow uponsorrow.2:28 I sent him therefore the more carefully, that, when ye see himagain, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.2:29 Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and holdsuch in reputation: 2:30 Because for the work of Christ he was nighunto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of servicetoward me.3:1 Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the samethings to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe.3:2 Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.3:3 For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, andrejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.3:4 Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other manthinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more: 3:5Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe ofBenjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee;3:6 Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching therighteousness which is in the law, blameless.3:7 But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.3:8 Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellencyof the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered theloss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,3:9 And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which isof the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, therighteousness which is of God by faith: 3:10 That I may know him, andthe power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings,being made conformable unto his death; 3:11 If by any means I mightattain unto the resurrection of the dead.3:12 Not as though I had already attained, either were alreadyperfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for whichalso I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.3:13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this onething I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reachingforth unto those things which are before, 3:14 I press toward the markfor the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.3:15 Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and ifin any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this untoyou.3:16 Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk bythe same rule, let us mind the same thing.3:17 Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walkso as ye have us for an ensample.3:18 (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell youeven weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: 3:19Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory isin their shame, who mind earthly things.)  3:20 For our conversationis in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord JesusChrist: 3:21 Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashionedlike unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he isable even to subdue all things unto himself.4:1 Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy andcrown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved.4:2 I beseech Euodias, and beseech Syntyche, that they be of the samemind in the Lord.4:3 And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women whichlaboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other myfellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life.4:4 Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.4:5 Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.4:6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer andsupplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known untoGod.4:7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keepyour hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.4:8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever thingsare honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure,whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; ifthere be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on thesethings.4:9 Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard,and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.4:10 But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at the last yourcare of me hath flourished again; wherein ye were also careful, but yelacked opportunity.4:11 Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, inwhatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.4:12 I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: everywhere and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to behungry, both to abound and to suffer need.4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.4:14 Notwithstanding ye have well done, that ye did communicate withmy affliction.4:15 Now ye Philippians know also, that in the beginning of thegospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church communicated with meas concerning giving and receiving, but ye only.4:16 For even in Thessalonica ye sent once and again unto mynecessity.4:17 Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may aboundto your account.4:18 But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received ofEpaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odour of a sweetsmell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God.4:19 But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches inglory by Christ Jesus.4:20 Now unto God and our Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen.4:21 Salute every saint in Christ Jesus. The brethren which are withme greet you.4:22 All the saints salute you, chiefly they that are of Caesar'shousehold.4:23 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Colossians1:1  Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God,and Timotheus our brother, 1:2  To the saints and faithful brethrenin Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace,from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.1:3  We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, prayingalways for you,1:4  Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which yehave to all the saints,1:5  For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heardbefore in the word of the truth of the gospel;1:6  Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forthfruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew thegrace of God in truth:1:7  As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellowservant, who is for youa faithful minister of Christ;1:8  Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.1:9  For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease topray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of hiswill in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;1:10  That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, beingfruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;1:11  Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, untoall patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;1:12  Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to bepartakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:1:13  Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translatedus into the kingdom of his dear Son:1:14  In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness ofsins:1:15  Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of everycreature:1:16  For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that arein earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, orprincipalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:1:17  And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.1:18  And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, thefirstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.1:19  For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;1:20  And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him toreconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things inearth, or things in heaven.1:21  And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind bywicked works, yet now hath he reconciled1:22  In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy andunblameable and unreproveable in his sight:1:23  If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not movedaway from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preachedto every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;1:24  Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which isbehind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which isthe church:1:25  Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of Godwhich is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God;1:26  Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations,but now is made manifest to his saints:1:27  To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of thismystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:1:28  Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in allwisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:1:29  Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, whichworketh in me mightily.2:1  For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and forthem at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;2:2  That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, andunto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to theacknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;2:3  In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.2:4  And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words.2:5  For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit,joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith inChrist.2:6  As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye inhim:2:7  Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye havebeen taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.2:8  Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit,after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not afterChrist.2:9  For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.2:10  And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality andpower:2:11  In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made withouthands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcisionof Christ:2:12  Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with himthrough the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.2:13  And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of yourflesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you alltrespasses;2:14  Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, whichwas contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;2:15  And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of themopenly, triumphing over them in it.2:16  Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect ofan holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:2:17  Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.2:18  Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility andworshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen,vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,2:19  And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bandshaving nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with theincrease of God.2:20  Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world,why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,2:21  (Touch not; taste not; handle not;2:22  Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments anddoctrines of men?2:23  Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, andhumility, and neglecting of the body: not in any honour to the satisfyingof the flesh.3:1  If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above,where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.3:2  Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.3:3  For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.3:4  When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appearwith him in glory.3:5  Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication,uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness,which is idolatry:3:6  For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children ofdisobedience:3:7  In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them.3:8  But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy,filthy communication out of your mouth.3:9  Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man withhis deeds;3:10  And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after theimage of him that created him:3:11  Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision noruncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and inall.3:12  Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels ofmercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;3:13  Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have aquarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.3:14  And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond ofperfectness.3:15  And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also yeare called in one body; and be ye thankful.3:16  Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teachingand admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singingwith grace in your hearts to the Lord.3:17  And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the LordJesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.3:18  Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in theLord.3:19  Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.3:20  Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasingunto the Lord.3:21  Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they bediscouraged.3:22  Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; notwith eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God;3:23  And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not untomen;3:24  Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of theinheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.3:25  But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hathdone: and there is no respect of persons.4:1  Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowingthat ye also have a Master in heaven.4:2  Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;4:3  Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door ofutterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds:4:4  That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.4:5  Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.4:6  Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye mayknow how ye ought to answer every man.4:7  All my state shall Tychicus declare unto you, who is a belovedbrother, and a faithful minister and fellowservant in the Lord:4:8  Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that he might knowyour estate, and comfort your hearts;4:9  With Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. Theyshall make known unto you all things which are done here.4:10  Aristarchus my fellowprisoner saluteth you, and Marcus, sister's sonto Barnabas, (touching whom ye received commandments: if he come unto you,receive him;)4:11  And Jesus, which is called Justus, who are of the circumcision. Theseonly are my fellowworkers unto the kingdom of God, which have been a comfortunto me.4:12  Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you,always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect andcomplete in all the will of God.4:13  For I bear him record, that he hath a great zeal for you, and themthat are in Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis.4:14  Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you.4:15  Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and thechurch which is in his house.4:16  And when this epistle is read among you, cause that it be read alsoin the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye likewise read the epistle fromLaodicea.4:17  And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hastreceived in the Lord, that thou fulfil it.4:18  The salutation by the hand of me Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace bewith you. Amen.The First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Thessalonians1:1 Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of theThessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ:Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord JesusChrist.1:2 We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you inour prayers; 1:3 Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, andlabour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in thesight of God and our Father; 1:4 Knowing, brethren beloved, yourelection of God.1:5 For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power,and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what mannerof men we were among you for your sake.1:6 And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having receivedthe word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost.1:7 So that ye were ensamples to all that believe in Macedonia andAchaia.1:8 For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only inMacedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith to God-wardis spread abroad; so that we need not to speak any thing.1:9 For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we hadunto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living andtrue God; 1:10 And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raisedfrom the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.2:1 For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that itwas not in vain: 2:2 But even after that we had suffered before, andwere shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold inour God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much contention.2:3 For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor inguile: 2:4 But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with thegospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which triethour hearts.2:5 For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nora cloke of covetousness; God is witness: 2:6 Nor of men sought weglory, neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might have beenburdensome, as the apostles of Christ.2:7 But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth herchildren: 2:8 So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willingto have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also ourown souls, because ye were dear unto us.2:9 For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouringnight and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, wepreached unto you the gospel of God.2:10 Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly andunblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe: 2:11 As yeknow how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as afather doth his children, 2:12 That ye would walk worthy of God, whohath called you unto his kingdom and glory.2:13 For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, whenye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it notas the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, whicheffectually worketh also in you that believe.2:14 For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God whichin Judaea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like thingsof your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews: 2:15 Who bothkilled the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us;and they please not God, and are contrary to all men: 2:16 Forbiddingus to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up theirsins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.2:17 But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time inpresence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see yourface with great desire.2:18 Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once andagain; but Satan hindered us.2:19 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not evenye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?  2:20 Forye are our glory and joy.3:1 Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good tobe left at Athens alone; 3:2 And sent Timotheus, our brother, andminister of God, and our fellowlabourer in the gospel of Christ, toestablish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith: 3:3 That noman should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that weare appointed thereunto.3:4 For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that weshould suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye know.3:5 For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to knowyour faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and ourlabour be in vain.3:6 But now when Timotheus came from you unto us, and brought us goodtidings of your faith and charity, and that ye have good remembranceof us always, desiring greatly to see us, as we also to see you: 3:7Therefore, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our afflictionand distress by your faith: 3:8 For now we live, if ye stand fast inthe Lord.3:9 For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all thejoy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God; 3:10 Night and daypraying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might perfectthat which is lacking in your faith?  3:11 Now God himself and ourFather, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you.3:12 And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one towardanother, and toward all men, even as we do toward you: 3:13 To the endhe may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, evenour Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all hissaints.4:1 Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by theLord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and toplease God, so ye would abound more and more.4:2 For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.4:3 For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that yeshould abstain from fornication: 4:4 That every one of you should knowhow to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour; 4:5 Not in thelust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God: 4:6That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: becausethat the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarnedyou and testified.4:7 For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.4:8 He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hathalso given unto us his holy Spirit.4:9 But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you:for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.4:10 And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in allMacedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more andmore; 4:11 And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business,and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; 4:12 That ye maywalk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lackof nothing.4:13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerningthem which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which haveno hope.4:14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so themalso which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.4:15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we whichare alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not preventthem which are asleep.4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, withthe voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead inChrist shall rise first: 4:17 Then we which are alive and remain shallbe caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in theair: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.4:18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.5:1 But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that Iwrite unto you.5:2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comethas a thief in the night.5:3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destructioncometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shallnot escape.5:4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day shouldovertake you as a thief.5:5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: weare not of the night, nor of darkness.5:6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and besober.5:7 For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunkenare drunken in the night.5:8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on thebreastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope ofsalvation.5:9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation byour Lord Jesus Christ, 5:10 Who died for us, that, whether we wake orsleep, we should live together with him.5:11 Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another,even as also ye do.5:12 And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour amongyou, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; 5:13 And toesteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. And be at peaceamong yourselves.5:14 Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfortthe feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.5:15 See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever followthat which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.5:16 Rejoice evermore.5:17 Pray without ceasing.5:18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in ChristJesus concerning you.5:19 Quench not the Spirit.5:20 Despise not prophesyings.5:21 Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.5:22 Abstain from all appearance of evil.5:23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray Godyour whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto thecoming of our Lord Jesus Christ.5:24 Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.5:25 Brethren, pray for us.5:26 Greet all the brethren with an holy kiss.5:27 I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all theholy brethren.5:28 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.The Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Thessalonians1:1 Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of theThessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: 1:2 Graceunto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.1:3 We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet,because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of everyone of you all toward each other aboundeth; 1:4 So that we ourselvesglory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in allyour persecutions and tribulations that ye endure: 1:5 Which is amanifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may becounted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer: 1:6Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation tothem that trouble you; 1:7 And to you who are troubled rest with us,when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mightyangels, 1:8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know notGod, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: 1:9 Whoshall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence ofthe Lord, and from the glory of his power; 1:10 When he shall come tobe glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe(because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.1:11 Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would countyou worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of hisgoodness, and the work of faith with power: 1:12 That the name of ourLord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according tothe grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.2:1 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord JesusChrist, and by our gathering together unto him, 2:2 That ye be notsoon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word,nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come,except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin berevealed, the son of perdition; 2:4 Who opposeth and exalteth himselfabove all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as Godsitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.2:5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you thesethings?  2:6 And now ye know what withholdeth that he might berevealed in his time.2:7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who nowletteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.2:8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shallconsume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with thebrightness of his coming: 2:9 Even him, whose coming is after theworking of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 2:10 Andwith all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish;because they received not the love of the truth, that they might besaved.2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that theyshould believe a lie: 2:12 That they all might be damned who believednot the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.2:13 But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethrenbeloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you tosalvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of thetruth: 2:14 Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining ofthe glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.2:15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which yehave been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.2:16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father,which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation andgood hope through grace, 2:17 Comfort your hearts, and stablish you inevery good word and work.3:1 Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may havefree course, and be glorified, even as it is with you: 3:2 And that wemay be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men havenot faith.3:3 But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep youfrom evil.3:4 And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both doand will do the things which we command you.3:5 And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into thepatient waiting for Christ.3:6 Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord JesusChrist, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walkethdisorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.3:7 For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved notourselves disorderly among you; 3:8 Neither did we eat any man's breadfor nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that wemight not be chargeable to any of you: 3:9 Not because we have notpower, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.3:10 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that ifany would not work, neither should he eat.3:11 For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly,working not at all, but are busybodies.3:12 Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord JesusChrist, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.3:13 But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.3:14 And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man,and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed.3:15 Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.3:16 Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means.The Lord be with you all.3:17 The salutation of Paul with mine own hand, which is the token inevery epistle: so I write.3:18 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.The First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Timothy1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God ourSaviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope; 1:2 Unto Timothy,my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Fatherand Jesus Christ our Lord.1:3 As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went intoMacedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no otherdoctrine, 1:4 Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies,which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is infaith: so do.1:5 Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, andof a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned: 1:6 From which somehaving swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling; 1:7 Desiring tobe teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, norwhereof they affirm.1:8 But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully; 1:9Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but forthe lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, forunholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers,for manslayers, 1:10 For whoremongers, for them that defile themselveswith mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and ifthere be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine; 1:11According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which wascommitted to my trust.1:12 And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for thathe counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry; 1:13 Who wasbefore a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtainedmercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.1:14 And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith andlove which is in Christ Jesus.1:15 This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, thatChrist Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.1:16 Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first JesusChrist might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them whichshould hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.1:17 Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wiseGod, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.1:18 This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to theprophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war agood warfare; 1:19 Holding faith, and a good conscience; which somehaving put away concerning faith have made shipwreck: 1:20 Of whom isHymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that theymay learn not to blaspheme.2:1 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers,intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; 2:2 Forkings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet andpeaceable life in all godliness and honesty.2:3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;2:4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledgeof the truth.2:5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, theman Christ Jesus; 2:6 Who gave himself a ransom for all, to betestified in due time.2:7 Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak thetruth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith andverity.2:8 I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands,without wrath and doubting.2:9 In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modestapparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, orgold, or pearls, or costly array; 2:10 But (which becometh womenprofessing godliness) with good works.2:11 Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.2:12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority overthe man, but to be in silence.2:13 For Adam was first formed, then Eve.2:14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was inthe transgression.2:15 Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if theycontinue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.3:1 This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, hedesireth a good work.3:2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife,vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt toteach; 3:3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre;but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; 3:4 One that ruleth well hisown house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; 3:5(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he takecare of the church of God?)  3:6 Not a novice, lest being lifted upwith pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.3:7 Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without;lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.3:8 Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not givento much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; 3:9 Holding the mystery ofthe faith in a pure conscience.3:10 And let these also first be proved; then let them use the officeof a deacon, being found blameless.3:11 Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober,faithful in all things.3:12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling theirchildren and their own houses well.3:13 For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase tothemselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is inChrist Jesus.3:14 These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:3:15 But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest tobehave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the livingGod, the pillar and ground of the truth.3:16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: Godwas manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels,preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up intoglory.4:1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times someshall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, anddoctrines of devils; 4:2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having theirconscience seared with a hot iron; 4:3 Forbidding to marry, andcommanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to bereceived with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.4:4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, ifit be received with thanksgiving: 4:5 For it is sanctified by the wordof God and prayer.4:6 If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thoushalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words offaith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained.4:7 But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyselfrather unto godliness.4:8 For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitableunto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of thatwhich is to come.4:9 This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation.4:10 For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because wetrust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially ofthose that believe.4:11 These things command and teach.4:12 Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of thebelievers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith,in purity.4:13 Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, todoctrine.4:14 Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee byprophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.4:15 Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thyprofiting may appear to all.4:16 Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them:for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hearthee.5:1 Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the youngermen as brethren; 5:2 The elder women as mothers; the younger assisters, with all purity.5:3 Honour widows that are widows indeed.5:4 But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first toshew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good andacceptable before God.5:5 Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, andcontinueth in supplications and prayers night and day.5:6 But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.5:7 And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless.5:8 But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of hisown house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.5:9 Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore yearsold, having been the wife of one man.5:10 Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children,if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints' feet, ifshe have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed everygood work.5:11 But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to waxwanton against Christ, they will marry; 5:12 Having damnation, becausethey have cast off their first faith.5:13 And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house tohouse; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speakingthings which they ought not.5:14 I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children,guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speakreproachfully.5:15 For some are already turned aside after Satan.5:16 If any man or woman that believeth have widows, let them relievethem, and let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them thatare widows indeed.5:17 Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour,especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.5:18 For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox thattreadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward.5:19 Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two orthree witnesses.5:20 Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.5:21 I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and theelect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring onebefore another, doing nothing by partiality.5:22 Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men'ssins: keep thyself pure.5:23 Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach'ssake and thine often infirmities.5:24 Some men's sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment;and some men they follow after.5:25 Likewise also the good works of some are manifest beforehand; andthey that are otherwise cannot be hid.6:1 Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own mastersworthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be notblasphemed.6:2 And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them,because they are brethren; but rather do them service, because theyare faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teachand exhort.6:3 If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words,even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which isaccording to godliness; 6:4 He is proud, knowing nothing, but dotingabout questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife,railings, evil surmisings, 6:5 Perverse disputings of men of corruptminds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness:from such withdraw thyself.6:6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.6:7 For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we cancarry nothing out.6:8 And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.6:9 But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, andinto many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destructionand perdition.6:10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while somecoveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselvesthrough with many sorrows.6:11 But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow afterrighteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.6:12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life,whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good professionbefore many witnesses.6:13 I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth allthings, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed agood confession; 6:14 That thou keep this commandment without spot,unrebukable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ: 6:15 Whichin his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, theKing of kings, and Lord of lords; 6:16 Who only hath immortality,dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hathseen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.6:17 Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be nothighminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, whogiveth us richly all things to enjoy; 6:18 That they do good, thatthey be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing tocommunicate; 6:19 Laying up in store for themselves a good foundationagainst the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.6:20 O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoidingprofane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely socalled: 6:21 Which some professing have erred concerning the faith.Grace be with thee. Amen.The Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Timothy1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according tothe promise of life which is in Christ Jesus, 1:2 To Timothy,my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Fatherand Christ Jesus our Lord.1:3 I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pureconscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in myprayers night and day; 1:4 Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindfulof thy tears, that I may be filled with joy; 1:5 When I call toremembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first inthy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded thatin thee also.1:6 Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift ofGod, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.1:7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and oflove, and of a sound mind.1:8 Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor ofme his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospelaccording to the power of God; 1:9 Who hath saved us, and called uswith an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to hisown purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before theworld began, 1:10 But is now made manifest by the appearing of ourSaviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought lifeand immortality to light through the gospel: 1:11 Whereunto I amappointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.1:12 For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I amnot ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that heis able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.1:13 Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me,in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.1:14 That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the HolyGhost which dwelleth in us.1:15 This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned awayfrom me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.1:16 The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oftrefreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain: 1:17 But, when he wasin Rome, he sought me out very diligently, and found me.1:18 The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy of the Lord inthat day: and in how many things he ministered unto me at Ephesus,thou knowest very well.2:1 Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in ChristJesus.2:2 And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses,the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teachothers also.2:3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.2:4 No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of thislife; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.2:5 And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned,except he strive lawfully.2:6 The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of thefruits.2:7 Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in allthings.2:8 Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised fromthe dead according to my gospel: 2:9 Wherein I suffer trouble, as anevil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.2:10 Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that theymay also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternalglory.2:11 It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shallalso live with him: 2:12 If we suffer, we shall also reign with him:if we deny him, he also will deny us: 2:13 If we believe not, yet heabideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.2:14 Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before theLord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to thesubverting of the hearers.2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needethnot to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.2:16 But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase untomore ungodliness.2:17 And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeusand Philetus; 2:18 Who concerning the truth have erred, saying thatthe resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some.2:19 Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having thisseal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one thatnameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.2:20 But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and ofsilver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some todishonour.2:21 If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vesselunto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and preparedunto every good work.2:22 Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith,charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.2:23 But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they dogender strifes.2:24 And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle untoall men, apt to teach, patient, 2:25 In meekness instructing thosethat oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentanceto the acknowledging of the truth; 2:26 And that they may recoverthemselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by himat his will.3:1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.3:2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters,proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3:3Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent,fierce, despisers of those that are good, 3:4 Traitors, heady,highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; 3:5 Having aform of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.3:6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and leadcaptive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, 3:7Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.3:8 Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resistthe truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.3:9 But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall bemanifest unto all men, as their's also was.3:10 But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose,faith, longsuffering, charity, patience, 3:11 Persecutions,afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra;what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord deliveredme.3:12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall sufferpersecution.3:13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving,and being deceived.3:14 But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hastbeen assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; 3:15 And thatfrom a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able tomake thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitablefor doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction inrighteousness: 3:17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughlyfurnished unto all good works.4:1 I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, whoshall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;4:2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove,rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.4:3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine;but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers,having itching ears; 4:4 And they shall turn away their ears from thetruth, and shall be turned unto fables.4:5 But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work ofan evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.4:6 For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure isat hand.4:7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have keptthe faith: 4:8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown ofrighteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me atthat day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love hisappearing.4:9 Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me: 4:10 For Demas hathforsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed untoThessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.4:11 Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for heis profitable to me for the ministry.4:12 And Tychicus have I sent to Ephesus.4:13 The cloke that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest,bring with thee, and the books, but especially the parchments.4:14 Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward himaccording to his works: 4:15 Of whom be thou ware also; for he hathgreatly withstood our words.4:16 At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me:I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge.4:17 Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; thatby me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentilesmight hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.4:18 And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and willpreserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever andever. Amen.4:19 Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus.4:20 Erastus abode at Corinth: but Trophimus have I left at Miletumsick.4:21 Do thy diligence to come before winter. Eubulus greeteth thee,and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren.4:22 The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit. Grace be with you.Amen.The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Titus1:1 Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, accordingto the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of the truth whichis after godliness; 1:2 In hope of eternal life, which God, thatcannot lie, promised before the world began; 1:3 But hath in due timesmanifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto meaccording to the commandment of God our Saviour; 1:4 To Titus, mineown son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God theFather and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.1:5 For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set inorder the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, asI had appointed thee: 1:6 If any be blameless, the husband of onewife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.1:7 For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; notselfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not givento filthy lucre; 1:8 But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men,sober, just, holy, temperate; 1:9 Holding fast the faithful word as hehath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhortand to convince the gainsayers.1:10 For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers,specially they of the circumcision: 1:11 Whose mouths must be stopped,who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, forfilthy lucre's sake.1:12 One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, TheCretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.1:13 This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that theymay be sound in the faith; 1:14 Not giving heed to Jewish fables, andcommandments of men, that turn from the truth.1:15 Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiledand unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience isdefiled.1:16 They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him,being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.2:1 But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine: 2:2 Thatthe aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity,in patience.2:3 The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becomethholiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of goodthings; 2:4 That they may teach the young women to be sober, to lovetheir husbands, to love their children, 2:5 To be discreet, chaste,keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the wordof God be not blasphemed.2:6 Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded.2:7 In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrineshewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity, 2:8 Sound speech, thatcannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may beashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.2:9 Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and toplease them well in all things; not answering again; 2:10 Notpurloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn thedoctrine of God our Saviour in all things.2:11 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to allmen, 2:12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, weshould live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;2:13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of thegreat God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; 2:14 Who gave himself for us,that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself apeculiar people, zealous of good works.2:15 These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority.Let no man despise thee.3:1 Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, toobey magistrates, to be ready to every good work, 3:2 To speak evil ofno man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto allmen.3:3 For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient,deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice andenvy, hateful, and hating one another.3:4 But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward manappeared, 3:5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, butaccording to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration,and renewing of the Holy Ghost; 3:6 Which he shed on us abundantlythrough Jesus Christ our Saviour; 3:7 That being justified by hisgrace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.3:8 This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thouaffirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might becareful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitableunto men.3:9 But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, andstrivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.3:10 A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonitionreject; 3:11 Knowing that he that is such is subverted, and sinneth,being condemned of himself.3:12 When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus, be diligent tocome unto me to Nicopolis: for I have determined there to winter.3:13 Bring Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey diligently,that nothing be wanting unto them.3:14 And let our's also learn to maintain good works for necessaryuses, that they be not unfruitful.3:15 All that are with me salute thee. Greet them that love us in thefaith. Grace be with you all. Amen.The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Philemon1:1 Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, untoPhilemon our dearly beloved, and fellowlabourer, 1:2 And to ourbeloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellowsoldier, and to the church inthy house: 1:3 Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and theLord Jesus Christ.1:4 I thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayers, 1:5Hearing of thy love and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus,and toward all saints; 1:6 That the communication of thy faith maybecome effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is inyou in Christ Jesus.1:7 For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because thebowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.1:8 Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin theethat which is convenient, 1:9 Yet for love's sake I rather beseechthee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner ofJesus Christ.1:10 I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in mybonds: 1:11 Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but nowprofitable to thee and to me: 1:12 Whom I have sent again: thoutherefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels: 1:13 Whom I wouldhave retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered untome in the bonds of the gospel: 1:14 But without thy mind would I donothing; that thy benefit should not be as it were of necessity, butwillingly.1:15 For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thoushouldest receive him for ever; 1:16 Not now as a servant, but above aservant, a brother beloved, specially to me, but how much more untothee, both in the flesh, and in the Lord?  1:17 If thou count metherefore a partner, receive him as myself.1:18 If he hath wronged thee, or oweth thee ought, put that on mineaccount; 1:19 I Paul have written it with mine own hand, I will repayit: albeit I do not say to thee how thou owest unto me even thine ownself besides.1:20 Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh mybowels in the Lord.1:21 Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote unto thee, knowingthat thou wilt also do more than I say.1:22 But withal prepare me also a lodging: for I trust that throughyour prayers I shall be given unto you.1:23 There salute thee Epaphras, my fellowprisoner in Christ Jesus;1:24 Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my fellowlabourers.1:25 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Hebrews1:1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time pastunto the fathers by the prophets, 1:2 Hath in these last days spokenunto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whomalso he made the worlds; 1:3 Who being the brightness of his glory,and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by theword of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down onthe right hand of the Majesty on high: 1:4 Being made so much betterthan the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellentname than they.1:5 For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son,this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father,and he shall be to me a Son?  1:6 And again, when he bringeth in thefirstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of Godworship him.1:7 And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and hisministers a flame of fire.1:8 But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever andever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.1:9 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God,even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thyfellows.1:10 And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of theearth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: 1:11 They shallperish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth agarment; 1:12 And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shallbe changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.1:13 But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my righthand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool?  1:14 Are they not allministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall beheirs of salvation?  2:1 Therefore we ought to give the more earnestheed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should letthem slip.2:2 For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and everytransgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward;2:3 How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which atthe first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us bythem that heard him; 2:4 God also bearing them witness, both withsigns and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the HolyGhost, according to his own will?  2:5 For unto the angels hath he notput in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak.2:6 But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, thatthou art mindful of him? or the son of man that thou visitest him?2:7 Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst himwith glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands:2:8 Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in thathe put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not putunder him.But now we see not yet all things put under him.2:9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels forthe suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by thegrace of God should taste death for every man.2:10 For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are allthings, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of theirsalvation perfect through sufferings.2:11 For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are allof one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren, 2:12Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of thechurch will I sing praise unto thee.2:13 And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I andthe children which God hath given me.2:14 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood,he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death hemight destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;2:15 And deliver them who through fear of death were all theirlifetime subject to bondage.2:16 For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he tookon him the seed of Abraham.2:17 Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto hisbrethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest inthings pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of thepeople.2:18 For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able tosuccour them that are tempted.3:1 Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling,consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;3:2 Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses wasfaithful in all his house.3:3 For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuchas he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house.3:4 For every house is builded by some man; but he that built allthings is God.3:5 And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, fora testimony of those things which were to be spoken after; 3:6 ButChrist as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we holdfast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.3:7 Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear hisvoice, 3:8 Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the dayof temptation in the wilderness: 3:9 When your fathers tempted me,proved me, and saw my works forty years.3:10 Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They doalway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways.3:11 So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)  3:12Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart ofunbelief, in departing from the living God.3:13 But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest anyof you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.3:14 For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning ofour confidence stedfast unto the end; 3:15 While it is said, To day ifye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.3:16 For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all thatcame out of Egypt by Moses.3:17 But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with themthat had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?  3:18 And towhom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to themthat believed not?  3:19 So we see that they could not enter inbecause of unbelief.4:1 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of enteringinto his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.4:2 For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but theword preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in themthat heard it.4:3 For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As Ihave sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although theworks were finished from the foundation of the world.4:4 For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise,And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.4:5 And in this place again, If they shall enter into my rest.4:6 Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, andthey to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief:4:7 Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, afterso long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice,harden not your hearts.4:8 For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward havespoken of another day.4:9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.4:10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased fromhis own works, as God did from his.4:11 Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any manfall after the same example of unbelief.4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than anytwoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul andspirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of thethoughts and intents of the heart.4:13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight:but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom wehave to do.4:14 Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed intothe heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.4:15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with thefeeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as weare, yet without sin.4:16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that wemay obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.5:1 For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men inthings pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrificesfor sins: 5:2 Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on themthat are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed withinfirmity.5:3 And by reason hereof he ought, as for the people, so also forhimself, to offer for sins.5:4 And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is calledof God, as was Aaron.5:5 So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest;but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begottenthee.5:6 As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for everafter the order of Melchisedec.5:7 Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers andsupplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able tosave him from death, and was heard in that he feared; 5:8 Though hewere a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;5:9 And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvationunto all them that obey him; 5:10 Called of God an high priest afterthe order of Melchisedec.5:11 Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered,seeing ye are dull of hearing.5:12 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need thatone teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles ofGod; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.5:13 For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word ofrighteousness: for he is a babe.5:14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, eventhose who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern bothgood and evil.6:1 Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let usgo on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentancefrom dead works, and of faith toward God, 6:2 Of the doctrine ofbaptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead,and of eternal judgment.6:3 And this will we do, if God permit.6:4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and havetasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the HolyGhost, 6:5 And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of theworld to come, 6:6 If they shall fall away, to renew them again untorepentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh,and put him to an open shame.6:7 For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it,and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed,receiveth blessing from God: 6:8 But that which beareth thorns andbriers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to beburned.6:9 But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and thingsthat accompany salvation, though we thus speak.6:10 For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour oflove, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministeredto the saints, and do minister.6:11 And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence tothe full assurance of hope unto the end: 6:12 That ye be not slothful,but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit thepromises.6:13 For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear byno greater, he sware by himself, 6:14 Saying, Surely blessing I willbless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.6:15 And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.6:16 For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmationis to them an end of all strife.6:17 Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs ofpromise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath: 6:18That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God tolie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge tolay hold upon the hope set before us: 6:19 Which hope we have as ananchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth intothat within the veil; 6:20 Whither the forerunner is for us entered,even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order ofMelchisedec.7:1 For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God,who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessedhim; 7:2 To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being byinterpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King ofSalem, which is, King of peace; 7:3 Without father, without mother,without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life;but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually.7:4 Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarchAbraham gave the tenth of the spoils.7:5 And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive theoffice of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of thepeople according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though theycome out of the loins of Abraham: 7:6 But he whose descent is notcounted from them received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that hadthe promises.7:7 And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better.7:8 And here men that die receive tithes; but there he receiveth them,of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.7:9 And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithesin Abraham.7:10 For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec methim.7:11 If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (forunder it the people received the law,) what further need was therethat another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, andnot be called after the order of Aaron?  7:12 For the priesthood beingchanged, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.7:13 For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to anothertribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar.7:14 For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of whichtribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.7:15 And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude ofMelchisedec there ariseth another priest, 7:16 Who is made, not afterthe law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endlesslife.7:17 For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order ofMelchisedec.7:18 For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment goingbefore for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.7:19 For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a betterhope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.7:20 And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made priest: 7:21 (Forthose priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by himthat said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art apriest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:) 7:22 By so much wasJesus made a surety of a better testament.7:23 And they truly were many priests, because they were not sufferedto continue by reason of death: 7:24 But this man, because hecontinueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood.7:25 Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that comeunto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.7:26 For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless,undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;7:27 Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer upsacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for thishe did once, when he offered up himself.7:28 For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but theword of the oath, which was since the law, maketh the Son, who isconsecrated for evermore.8:1 Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We havesuch an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of theMajesty in the heavens; 8:2 A minister of the sanctuary, and of thetrue tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.8:3 For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices:wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also tooffer.8:4 For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing thatthere are priests that offer gifts according to the law: 8:5 Who serveunto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses wasadmonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See,saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed tothee in the mount.8:6 But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how muchalso he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was establishedupon better promises.8:7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should noplace have been sought for the second.8:8 For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come,saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house ofIsrael and with the house of Judah: 8:9 Not according to the covenantthat I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the handto lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not inmy covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.8:10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house ofIsrael after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into theirmind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, andthey shall be to me a people: 8:11 And they shall not teach every manhis neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: forall shall know me, from the least to the greatest.8:12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sinsand their iniquities will I remember no more.8:13 In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Nowthat which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.9:1 Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divineservice, and a worldly sanctuary.9:2 For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was thecandlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called thesanctuary.9:3 And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called theHoliest of all; 9:4 Which had the golden censer, and the ark of thecovenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden potthat had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of thecovenant; 9:5 And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing themercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly.9:6 Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went alwaysinto the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God.9:7 But into the second went the high priest alone once every year,not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors ofthe people: 9:8 The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into theholiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the firsttabernacle was yet standing: 9:9 Which was a figure for the time thenpresent, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that couldnot make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to theconscience; 9:10 Which stood only in meats and drinks, and diverswashings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time ofreformation.9:11 But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by agreater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is tosay, not of this building; 9:12 Neither by the blood of goats andcalves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place,having obtained eternal redemption for us.9:13 For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of anheifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of theflesh: 9:14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through theeternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge yourconscience from dead works to serve the living God?  9:15 And for thiscause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death,for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the firsttestament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternalinheritance.9:16 For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be thedeath of the testator.9:17 For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it isof no strength at all while the testator liveth.9:18 Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated withoutblood.9:19 For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the peopleaccording to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, withwater, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, andall the people, 9:20 Saying, This is the blood of the testament whichGod hath enjoined unto you.9:21 Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all thevessels of the ministry.9:22 And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; andwithout shedding of blood is no remission.9:23 It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in theheavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly thingsthemselves with better sacrifices than these.9:24 For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands,which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now toappear in the presence of God for us: 9:25 Nor yet that he shouldoffer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy placeevery year with blood of others; 9:26 For then must he often havesuffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end ofthe world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice ofhimself.9:27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this thejudgment: 9:28 So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many;and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second timewithout sin unto salvation.10:1 For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not thevery image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which theyoffered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.10:2 For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because thatthe worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience ofsins.10:3 But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sinsevery year.10:4 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goatsshould take away sins.10:5 Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice andoffering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: 10:6 Inburnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.10:7 Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is writtenof me,) to do thy will, O God.10:8 Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offeringsand offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasuretherein; which are offered by the law; 10:9 Then said he, Lo, I cometo do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establishthe second.10:10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of thebody of Jesus Christ once for all.10:11 And every priest standeth daily ministering and offeringoftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: 10:12But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever,sat down on the right hand of God; 10:13 From henceforth expectingtill his enemies be made his footstool.10:14 For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that aresanctified.10:15 Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after thathe had said before, 10:16 This is the covenant that I will make withthem after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into theirhearts, and in their minds will I write them; 10:17 And their sins andiniquities will I remember no more.10:18 Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering forsin.10:19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiestby the blood of Jesus, 10:20 By a new and living way, which he hathconsecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; 10:21And having an high priest over the house of God; 10:22 Let us drawnear with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our heartssprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with purewater.10:23 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering;(for he is faithful that promised;) 10:24 And let us consider oneanother to provoke unto love and to good works: 10:25 Not forsakingthe assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; butexhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the dayapproaching.10:26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledgeof the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, 10:27 But acertain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, whichshall devour the adversaries.10:28 He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two orthree witnesses: 10:29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shallhe be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, andhath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified,an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?10:30 For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, Iwill recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge hispeople.10:31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.10:32 But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye wereilluminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions; 10:33 Partly,whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions;and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used.10:34 For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully thespoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven abetter and an enduring substance.10:35 Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath greatrecompence of reward.10:36 For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the willof God, ye might receive the promise.10:37 For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, andwill not tarry.10:38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, mysoul shall have no pleasure in him.10:39 But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of themthat believe to the saving of the soul.11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence ofthings not seen.11:2 For by it the elders obtained a good report.11:3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by theword of God, so that things which are seen were not made of thingswhich do appear.11:4 By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice thanCain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, Godtestifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.11:5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; andwas not found, because God had translated him: for before histranslation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he thatcometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder ofthem that diligently seek him.11:7 By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet,moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by thewhich he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousnesswhich is by faith.11:8 By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place whichhe should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out,not knowing whither he went.11:9 By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strangecountry, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs withhim of the same promise: 11:10 For he looked for a city which hathfoundations, whose builder and maker is God.11:11 Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceiveseed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because shejudged him faithful who had promised.11:12 Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, somany as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is bythe sea shore innumerable.11:13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, buthaving seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embracedthem, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on theearth.11:14 For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek acountry.11:15 And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whencethey came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.11:16 But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly:wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hathprepared for them a city.11:17 By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and hethat had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, 11:18Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called: 11:19Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; fromwhence also he received him in a figure.11:20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.11:21 By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons ofJoseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff.11:22 By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing ofthe children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.11:23 By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of hisparents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were notafraid of the king's commandment.11:24 By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be calledthe son of Pharaoh's daughter; 11:25 Choosing rather to sufferaffliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sinfor a season; 11:26 Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater richesthan the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence ofthe reward.11:27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king:for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.11:28 Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood,lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.11:29 By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: whichthe Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.11:30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they werecompassed about seven days.11:31 By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believednot, when she had received the spies with peace.11:32 And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell ofGedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also,and Samuel, and of the prophets: 11:33 Who through faith subduedkingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouthsof lions.11:34 Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword,out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned toflight the armies of the aliens.11:35 Women received their dead raised to life again: and others weretortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a betterresurrection: 11:36 And others had trial of cruel mockings andscourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment: 11:37 They werestoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with thesword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; beingdestitute, afflicted, tormented; 11:38 (Of whom the world was notworthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens andcaves of the earth.11:39 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith,received not the promise: 11:40 God having provided some better thingfor us, that they without us should not be made perfect.12:1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great acloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin whichdoth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that isset before us, 12:2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of ourfaith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross,despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throneof God.12:3 For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinnersagainst himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.12:4 Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.12:5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you asunto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord,nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: 12:6 For whom the Lord lovethhe chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.12:7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; forwhat son is he whom the father chasteneth not?  12:8 But if ye bewithout chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards,and not sons.12:9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us,and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjectionunto the Father of spirits, and live?  12:10 For they verily for a fewdays chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit,that we might be partakers of his holiness.12:11 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, butgrievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit ofrighteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.12:12 Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feebleknees; 12:13 And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which islame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.12:14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no manshall see the Lord: 12:15 Looking diligently lest any man fail of thegrace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you,and thereby many be defiled; 12:16 Lest there be any fornicator, orprofane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold hisbirthright.12:17 For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited theblessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, thoughhe sought it carefully with tears.12:18 For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, andthat burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,12:19 And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voicethey that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to themany more: 12:20 (For they could not endure that which was commanded,And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, orthrust through with a dart: 12:21 And so terrible was the sight, thatMoses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:) 12:22 But ye are come untomount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenlyJerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, 12:23 To thegeneral assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written inheaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just menmade perfect, 12:24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, andto the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that ofAbel.12:25 See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escapednot who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not weescape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven: 12:26Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying,Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.12:27 And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of thosethings that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those thingswhich cannot be shaken may remain.12:28 Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let ushave grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence andgodly fear: 12:29 For our God is a consuming fire.13:1 Let brotherly love continue.13:2 Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some haveentertained angels unawares.13:3 Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and themwhich suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.13:4 Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: butwhoremongers and adulterers God will judge.13:5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be contentwith such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leavethee, nor forsake thee.13:6 So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will notfear what man shall do unto me.13:7 Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken untoyou the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of theirconversation.13:8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.13:9 Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it isa good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats,which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.13:10 We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which servethe tabernacle.13:11 For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into thesanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp.13:12 Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with hisown blood, suffered without the gate.13:13 Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing hisreproach.13:14 For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.13:15 By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to Godcontinually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.13:16 But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with suchsacrifices God is well pleased.13:17 Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves:for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, thatthey may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitablefor you.13:18 Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in allthings willing to live honestly.13:19 But I beseech you the rather to do this, that I may be restoredto you the sooner.13:20 Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our LordJesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of theeverlasting covenant, 13:21 Make you perfect in every good work to dohis will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight,through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.13:22 And I beseech you, brethren, suffer the word of exhortation: forI have written a letter unto you in few words.13:23 Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty; with whom,if he come shortly, I will see you.13:24 Salute all them that have the rule over you, and all the saints.They of Italy salute you.13:25 Grace be with you all. Amen.The General Epistle of James1:1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ,to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.1:2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into diverstemptations; 1:3 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith workethpatience.1:4 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect andentire, wanting nothing.1:5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to allmen liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.1:6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that waverethis like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.1:7 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of theLord.1:8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.1:9 Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted: 1:10But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of thegrass he shall pass away.1:11 For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but itwithereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace ofthe fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away inhis ways.1:12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he istried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hathpromised to them that love him.1:13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for Godcannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: 1:14 Butevery man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, andenticed.1:15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin,when it is finished, bringeth forth death.1:16 Do not err, my beloved brethren.1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comethdown from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neithershadow of turning.1:18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that weshould be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.1:19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear,slow to speak, slow to wrath: 1:20 For the wrath of man worketh notthe righteousness of God.1:21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity ofnaughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which isable to save your souls.1:22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourown selves.1:23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is likeunto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: 1:24 For hebeholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth whatmanner of man he was.1:25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueththerein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, thisman shall be blessed in his deed.1:26 If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not histongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.1:27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, Tovisit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keephimself unspotted from the world.2:1 My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lordof glory, with respect of persons.2:2 For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, ingoodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment; 2:3And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say untohim, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thouthere, or sit here under my footstool: 2:4 Are ye not then partial inyourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?  2:5 Hearken, mybeloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich infaith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them thatlove him?  2:6 But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppressyou, and draw you before the judgment seats?  2:7 Do not theyblaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called?  2:8 If yefulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thyneighbour as thyself, ye do well: 2:9 But if ye have respect topersons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.2:10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in onepoint, he is guilty of all.2:11 For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill.Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become atransgressor of the law.2:12 So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the lawof liberty.2:13 For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed nomercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.2:14 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith,and have not works? can faith save him?  2:15 If a brother or sisterbe naked, and destitute of daily food, 2:16 And one of you say untothem, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding yegive them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth itprofit?  2:17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, beingalone.2:18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew methy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by myworks.2:19 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devilsalso believe, and tremble.2:20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?2:21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he hadoffered Isaac his son upon the altar?  2:22 Seest thou how faithwrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?  2:23 Andthe scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and itwas imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friendof God.2:24 Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not byfaith only.2:25 Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, whenshe had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?2:26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith withoutworks is dead also.3:1 My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receivethe greater condemnation.3:2 For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word,the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.3:3 Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us;and we turn about their whole body.3:4 Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and aredriven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very smallhelm, whithersoever the governor listeth.3:5 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things.Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!  3:6 And the tongueis a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members,that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course ofnature; and it is set on fire of hell.3:7 For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and ofthings in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: 3:8 Butthe tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadlypoison.3:9 Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse wemen, which are made after the similitude of God.3:10 Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. Mybrethren, these things ought not so to be.3:11 Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water andbitter?  3:12 Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries?either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water andfresh.3:13 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let himshew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.3:14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glorynot, and lie not against the truth.3:15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual,devilish.3:16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and everyevil work.3:17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable,gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits,without partiality, and without hypocrisy.3:18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that makepeace.4:1 From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they nothence, even of your lusts that war in your members?  4:2 Ye lust, andhave not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight andwar, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.4:3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consumeit upon your lusts.4:4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship ofthe world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend ofthe world is the enemy of God.4:5 Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit thatdwelleth in us lusteth to envy?  4:6 But he giveth more grace.Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto thehumble.4:7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he willflee from you.4:8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse yourhands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.4:9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned tomourning, and your joy to heaviness.4:10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift youup.4:11 Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil ofhis brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, andjudgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of thelaw, but a judge.4:12 There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: whoart thou that judgest another?  4:13 Go to now, ye that say, To day orto morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, andbuy and sell, and get gain: 4:14 Whereas ye know not what shall be onthe morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appearethfor a little time, and then vanisheth away.4:15 For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and dothis, or that.4:16 But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.4:17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, tohim it is sin.5:1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shallcome upon you.5:2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.5:3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be awitness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye haveheaped treasure together for the last days.5:4 Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down yourfields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries ofthem which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord ofsabaoth.5:5 Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye havenourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.5:6 Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.5:7 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord.Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth,and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latterrain.5:8 Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of theLord draweth nigh.5:9 Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned:behold, the judge standeth before the door.5:10 Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name ofthe Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.5:11 Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of thepatience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord isvery pitiful, and of tender mercy.5:12 But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven,neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea beyea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.5:13 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let himsing psalms.5:14 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church;and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of theLord: 5:15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lordshall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall beforgiven him.5:16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another,that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous manavaileth much.5:17 Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayedearnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth bythe space of three years and six months.5:18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earthbrought forth her fruit.5:19 Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one converthim; 5:20 Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from theerror of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide amultitude of sins.The First Epistle General of Peter1:1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scatteredthroughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 1:2 Electaccording to the foreknowledge of God the Father, throughsanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of theblood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, whichaccording to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a livelyhope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 1:4 To aninheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away,reserved in heaven for you, 1:5 Who are kept by the power of Godthrough faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.1:6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be,ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: 1:7 That the trialof your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth,though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honourand glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: 1:8 Whom having not seen,ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoicewith joy unspeakable and full of glory: 1:9 Receiving the end of yourfaith, even the salvation of your souls.1:10 Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searcheddiligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you:1:11 Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ whichwas in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferingsof Christ, and the glory that should follow.1:12 Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto usthey did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by themthat have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent downfrom heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.1:13 Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope tothe end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelationof Jesus Christ; 1:14 As obedient children, not fashioning yourselvesaccording to the former lusts in your ignorance: 1:15 But as he whichhath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;1:16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.1:17 And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of personsjudgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of yoursojourning here in fear: 1:18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were notredeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vainconversation received by tradition from your fathers; 1:19 But withthe precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and withoutspot: 1:20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of theworld, but was manifest in these last times for you, 1:21 Who by himdo believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave himglory; that your faith and hope might be in God.1:22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth throughthe Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love oneanother with a pure heart fervently: 1:23 Being born again, not ofcorruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, whichliveth and abideth for ever.1:24 For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flowerof grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:1:25 But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the wordwhich by the gospel is preached unto you.2:1 Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies,and envies, all evil speakings, 2:2 As newborn babes, desire thesincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: 2:3 If so be yehave tasted that the Lord is gracious.2:4 To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men,but chosen of God, and precious, 2:5 Ye also, as lively stones, arebuilt up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritualsacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.2:6 Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay inSion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth onhim shall not be confounded.2:7 Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto themwhich be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, thesame is made the head of the corner, 2:8 And a stone of stumbling, anda rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, beingdisobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.2:9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holynation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises ofhim who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;2:10 Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people ofGod: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.2:11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstainfrom fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; 2:12 Having yourconversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speakagainst you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which theyshall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.2:13 Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake:whether it be to the king, as supreme; 2:14 Or unto governors, as untothem that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for thepraise of them that do well.2:15 For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put tosilence the ignorance of foolish men: 2:16 As free, and not using yourliberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.2:17 Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.2:18 Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only tothe good and gentle, but also to the froward.2:19 For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward Godendure grief, suffering wrongfully.2:20 For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, yeshall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it,ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.2:21 For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also sufferedfor us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: 2:22Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: 2:23 Who, whenhe was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatenednot; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously: 2:24 Whohis own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, beingdead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye werehealed.2:25 For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto theShepherd and Bishop of your souls.3:1 Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that,if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by theconversation of the wives; 3:2 While they behold your chasteconversation coupled with fear.3:3 Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting thehair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; 3:4 But letit be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible,even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight ofGod of great price.3:5 For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, whotrusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their ownhusbands: 3:6 Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whosedaughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with anyamazement.3:7 Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge,giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as beingheirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be nothindered.3:8 Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another,love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: 3:9 Not rendering evil forevil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing thatye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.3:10 For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrainhis tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: 3:11 Lethim eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.3:12 For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears areopen unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them thatdo evil.3:13 And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of thatwhich is good?  3:14 But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake,happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;3:15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always togive an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope thatis in you with meekness and fear: 3:16 Having a good conscience; that,whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamedthat falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.3:17 For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer forwell doing, than for evil doing.3:18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for theunjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in theflesh, but quickened by the Spirit: 3:19 By which also he went andpreached unto the spirits in prison; 3:20 Which sometime weredisobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days ofNoah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight soulswere saved by water.3:21 The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (notthe putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a goodconscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ: 3:22 Whois gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels andauthorities and powers being made subject unto him.4:1 Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, armyourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered inthe flesh hath ceased from sin; 4:2 That he no longer should live therest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will ofGod.4:3 For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought thewill of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excessof wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries: 4:4Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the sameexcess of riot, speaking evil of you: 4:5 Who shall give account tohim that is ready to judge the quick and the dead.4:6 For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that aredead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, butlive according to God in the spirit.4:7 But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, andwatch unto prayer.4:8 And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: forcharity shall cover the multitude of sins.4:9 Use hospitality one to another without grudging.4:10 As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the sameone to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.4:11 If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any manminister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that Godin all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praiseand dominion for ever and ever. Amen.4:12 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which isto try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: 4:13 Butrejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that,when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceedingjoy.4:14 If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for thespirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evilspoken of, but on your part he is glorified.4:15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as anevildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters.4:16 Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; butlet him glorify God on this behalf.4:17 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house ofGod: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them thatobey not the gospel of God?  4:18 And if the righteous scarcely besaved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?  4:19 Whereforelet them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keepingof their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.5:1 The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, anda witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of theglory that shall be revealed: 5:2 Feed the flock of God which is amongyou, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly;not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; 5:3 Neither as being lordsover God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.5:4 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crownof glory that fadeth not away.5:5 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, allof you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: forGod resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.5:6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that hemay exalt you in due time: 5:7 Casting all your care upon him; for hecareth for you.5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as aroaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: 5:9 Whomresist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions areaccomplished in your brethren that are in the world.5:10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternalglory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make youperfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.5:11 To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.5:12 By Silvanus, a faithful brother unto you, as I suppose, I havewritten briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true graceof God wherein ye stand.5:13 The church that is at Babylon, elected together with you,saluteth you; and so doth Marcus my son.5:14 Greet ye one another with a kiss of charity. Peace be with youall that are in Christ Jesus. Amen.The Second General Epistle of Peter1:1 Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to themthat have obtained like precious faith with us through therighteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ: 1:2 Grace and peacebe multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus ourLord, 1:3 According as his divine power hath given unto us all thingsthat pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of himthat hath called us to glory and virtue: 1:4 Whereby are given unto usexceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might bepartakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that isin the world through lust.1:5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue;and to virtue knowledge; 1:6 And to knowledge temperance; and totemperance patience; and to patience godliness; 1:7 And to godlinessbrotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.1:8 For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that yeshall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our LordJesus Christ.1:9 But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afaroff, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.1:10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make yourcalling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall neverfall: 1:11 For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantlyinto the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.1:12 Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always inremembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be establishedin the present truth.1:13 Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stiryou up by putting you in remembrance; 1:14 Knowing that shortly I mustput off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewedme.1:15 Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease tohave these things always in remembrance.1:16 For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we madeknown unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but wereeyewitnesses of his majesty.1:17 For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when therecame such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my belovedSon, in whom I am well pleased.1:18 And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were withhim in the holy mount.1:19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do wellthat ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, untilthe day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: 1:20 Knowing thisfirst, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any privateinterpretation.1:21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: butholy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.2:1 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as thereshall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnableheresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring uponthemselves swift destruction.2:2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom theway of truth shall be evil spoken of.2:3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words makemerchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not,and their damnation slumbereth not.2:4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them downto hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reservedunto judgment; 2:5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah theeighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood uponthe world of the ungodly; 2:6 And turning the cities of Sodom andGomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them anensample unto those that after should live ungodly; 2:7 And deliveredjust Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked: 2:8 (Forthat righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexedhis righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;) 2:9 TheLord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and toreserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished: 2:10 Butchiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, anddespise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are notafraid to speak evil of dignities.2:11 Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring notrailing accusation against them before the Lord.2:12 But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken anddestroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; andshall utterly perish in their own corruption; 2:13 And shall receivethe reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riotin the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselveswith their own deceivings while they feast with you; 2:14 Having eyesfull of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstablesouls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursedchildren: 2:15 Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray,following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages ofunrighteousness; 2:16 But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb assspeaking with man's voice forbad the madness of the prophet.2:17 These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with atempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.2:18 For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allurethrough the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those thatwere clean escaped from them who live in error.2:19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servantsof corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is hebrought in bondage.2:20 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the worldthrough the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they areagain entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse withthem than the beginning.2:21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way ofrighteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holycommandment delivered unto them.2:22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, Thedog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed toher wallowing in the mire.3:1 This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both whichI stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance: 3:2 That ye may bemindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets,and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour: 3:3Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers,walking after their own lusts, 3:4 And saying, Where is the promise ofhis coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue asthey were from the beginning of the creation.3:5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of Godthe heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water andin the water: 3:6 Whereby the world that then was, being overflowedwith water, perished: 3:7 But the heavens and the earth, which arenow, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire againstthe day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.3:8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day iswith the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men countslackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that anyshould perish, but that all should come to repentance.3:10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in thewhich the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elementsshall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that aretherein shall be burned up.3:11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what mannerof persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, 3:12Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein theheavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall meltwith fervent heat?  3:13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise,look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.3:14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, bediligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, andblameless.3:15 And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; evenas our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given untohim hath written unto you; 3:16 As also in all his epistles, speakingin them of these things; in which are some things hard to beunderstood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as theydo also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.3:17 Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, bewarelest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall fromyour own stedfastness.3:18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and SaviourJesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.The First Epistle General of John1:1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which wehave seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands havehandled, of the Word of life; 1:2 (For the life was manifested, and wehave seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life,which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;) 1:3 That whichwe have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may havefellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, andwith his Son Jesus Christ.1:4 And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.1:5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declareunto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.1:6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness,we lie, and do not the truth: 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as heis in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood ofJesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truthis not in us.1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us oursins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.1:10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and hisword is not in us.2:1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sinnot.And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christthe righteous: 2:2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and notfor our's only, but also for the sins of the whole world.2:3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep hiscommandments.2:4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is aliar, and the truth is not in him.2:5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of Godperfected: hereby know we that we are in him.2:6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk,even as he walked.2:7 Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an oldcommandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment isthe word which ye have heard from the beginning.2:8 Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true inhim and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light nowshineth.2:9 He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is indarkness even until now.2:10 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there isnone occasion of stumbling in him.2:11 But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh indarkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hathblinded his eyes.2:12 I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgivenyou for his name's sake.2:13 I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is fromthe beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcomethe wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye haveknown the Father.2:14 I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him thatis from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because yeare strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcomethe wicked one.2:15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. Ifany man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.2:16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lustof the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is ofthe world.2:17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he thatdoeth the will of God abideth for ever.2:18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard thatantichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby weknow that it is the last time.2:19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they hadbeen of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they wentout, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.2:20 But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.2:21 I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, butbecause ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.2:22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He isantichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.2:23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: he thatacknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.2:24 Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from thebeginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remainin you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.2:25 And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternallife.2:26 These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduceyou.2:27 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you,and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointingteacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even asit hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.2:28 And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shallappear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at hiscoming.2:29 If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one thatdoeth righteousness is born of him.3:1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, thatwe should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth usnot, because it knew him not.3:2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appearwhat we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall belike him; for we shall see him as he is.3:3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, evenas he is pure.3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin isthe transgression of the law.3:5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and inhim is no sin.3:6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath notseen him, neither known him.3:7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doethrighteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.3:8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth fromthe beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that hemight destroy the works of the devil.3:9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seedremaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.3:10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of thedevil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither hethat loveth not his brother.3:11 For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that weshould love one another.3:12 Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother.And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and hisbrother's righteous.3:13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.3:14 We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we lovethe brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.3:15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that nomurderer hath eternal life abiding in him.3:16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his lifefor us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.3:17 But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother haveneed, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleththe love of God in him?  3:18 My little children, let us not love inword, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.3:19 And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure ourhearts before him.3:20 For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, andknoweth all things.3:21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidencetoward God.3:22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep hiscommandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.3:23 And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the nameof his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave uscommandment.3:24 And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he inhim.And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hathgiven us.4:1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whetherthey are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into theworld.4:2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseththat Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: 4:3 And every spiritthat confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not ofGod: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard thatit should come; and even now already is it in the world.4:4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: becausegreater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.4:5 They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and theworld heareth them.4:6 We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not ofGod heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spiritof error.4:7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and everyone that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.4:8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.4:9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that Godsent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live throughhim.4:10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, andsent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.4:11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.4:12 No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, Goddwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.4:13 Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because hehath given us of his Spirit.4:14 And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son tobe the Saviour of the world.4:15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, Goddwelleth in him, and he in God.4:16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. Godis love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.4:17 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in theday of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.4:18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear:because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect inlove.4:19 We love him, because he first loved us.4:20 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar:for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he loveGod whom he hath not seen?  4:21 And this commandment have we fromhim, That he who loveth God love his brother also.5:1 Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: andevery one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begottenof him.5:2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we loveGod, and keep his commandments.5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: andhis commandments are not grievous.5:4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this isthe victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.5:5 Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth thatJesus is the Son of God?  5:6 This is he that came by water and blood,even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And itis the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.5:7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, theWord, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.5:8 And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, andthe water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.5:9 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater:for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.5:10 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself:he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believethnot the record that God gave of his Son.5:11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life,and this life is in his Son.5:12 He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son ofGod hath not life.5:13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name ofthe Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and thatye may believe on the name of the Son of God.5:14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we askany thing according to his will, he heareth us: 5:15 And if we knowthat he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitionsthat we desired of him.5:16 If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, heshall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not untodeath. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray forit.5:17 All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.5:18 We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that isbegotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.5:19 And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth inwickedness.5:20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us anunderstanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in himthat is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, andeternal life.5:21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.The Second Epistle General of John1:1 The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love inthe truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known thetruth; 1:2 For the truth's sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall bewith us for ever.1:3 Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and fromthe Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.1:4 I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth,as we have received a commandment from the Father.1:5 And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a newcommandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, thatwe love one another.1:6 And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is thecommandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walkin it.1:7 For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess notthat Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and anantichrist.1:8 Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we havewrought, but that we receive a full reward.1:9 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine ofChrist, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, hehath both the Father and the Son.1:10 If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receivehim not into your house, neither bid him God speed: 1:11 For he thatbiddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.1:12 Having many things to write unto you, I would not write withpaper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face,that our joy may be full.1:13 The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen.The Third Epistle General of John1:1 The elder unto the wellbeloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth.1:2 Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and bein health, even as thy soul prospereth.1:3 For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified ofthe truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth.1:4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.1:5 Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to thebrethren, and to strangers; 1:6 Which have borne witness of thycharity before the church: whom if thou bring forward on their journeyafter a godly sort, thou shalt do well: 1:7 Because that for hisname's sake they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles.1:8 We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellowhelpersto the truth.1:9 I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have thepreeminence among them, receiveth us not.1:10 Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth,prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith,neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them thatwould, and casteth them out of the church.1:11 Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good.He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seenGod.1:12 Demetrius hath good report of all men, and of the truth itself:yea, and we also bear record; and ye know that our record is true.1:13 I had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen writeunto thee: 1:14 But I trust I shall shortly see thee, and we shallspeak face to face. Peace be to thee. Our friends salute thee. Greetthe friends by name.The General Epistle of Jude1:1 Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to themthat are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ,and called: 1:2 Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied.1:3 Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the commonsalvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort youthat ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was oncedelivered unto the saints.1:4 For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before ofold ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace ofour God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and ourLord Jesus Christ.1:5 I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this,how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt,afterward destroyed them that believed not.1:6 And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left theirown habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darknessunto the judgment of the great day.1:7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in likemanner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strangeflesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance ofeternal fire.1:8 Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despisedominion, and speak evil of dignities.1:9 Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil hedisputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him arailing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.1:10 But these speak evil of those things which they know not: butwhat they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things theycorrupt themselves.1:11 Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and rangreedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in thegainsaying of Core.1:12 These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast withyou, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water,carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit,twice dead, plucked up by the roots; 1:13 Raging waves of the sea,foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved theblackness of darkness for ever.1:14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these,saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, 1:15To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodlyamong them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodlycommitted, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners havespoken against him.1:16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts;and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons inadmiration because of advantage.1:17 But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before ofthe apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ; 1:18 How that they told youthere should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after theirown ungodly lusts.1:19 These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not theSpirit.1:20 But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith,praying in the Holy Ghost, 1:21 Keep yourselves in the love of God,looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.1:22 And of some have compassion, making a difference: 1:23 And otherssave with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garmentspotted by the flesh.1:24 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and topresent you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceedingjoy, 1:25 To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty,dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.The Revelation of Saint John the Devine1:1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shewunto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sentand signified it by his angel unto his servant John: 1:2 Who barerecord of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, andof all things that he saw.1:3 Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of thisprophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for thetime is at hand.1:4 John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you,and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; andfrom the seven Spirits which are before his throne; 1:5 And from JesusChrist, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of thedead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that lovedus, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, 1:6 And hath made uskings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory anddominion for ever and ever. Amen.1:7 Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, andthey also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wailbecause of him. Even so, Amen.1:8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith theLord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.1:9 I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation,and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle thatis called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of JesusChrist.1:10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me agreat voice, as of a trumpet, 1:11 Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, thefirst and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send itunto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and untoSmyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, andunto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.1:12 And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And beingturned, I saw seven golden candlesticks; 1:13 And in the midst of theseven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with agarment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a goldengirdle.1:14 His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow;and his eyes were as a flame of fire; 1:15 And his feet like unto finebrass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound ofmany waters.1:16 And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouthwent a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sunshineth in his strength.1:17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid hisright hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and thelast: 1:18 I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alivefor evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.1:19 Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are,and the things which shall be hereafter; 1:20 The mystery of the sevenstars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven goldencandlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches:and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.2:1 Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saithhe that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in themidst of the seven golden candlesticks; 2:2 I know thy works, and thylabour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which areevil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and arenot, and hast found them liars: 2:3 And hast borne, and hast patience,and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.2:4 Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast leftthy first love.2:5 Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and dothe first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and willremove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.2:6 But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of theNicolaitanes, which I also hate.2:7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto thechurches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree oflife, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.2:8 And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These thingssaith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive; 2:9 I knowthy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and Iknow the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, butare the synagogue of Satan.2:10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, thedevil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and yeshall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and Iwill give thee a crown of life.2:11 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto thechurches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.2:12 And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These thingssaith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges; 2:13 I know thyworks, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is: and thouholdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those dayswherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, whereSatan dwelleth.2:14 But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast therethem that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast astumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificedunto idols, and to commit fornication.2:15 So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of theNicolaitanes, which thing I hate.2:16 Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fightagainst them with the sword of my mouth.2:17 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto thechurches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hiddenmanna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new namewritten, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.2:18 And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These thingssaith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, andhis feet are like fine brass; 2:19 I know thy works, and charity, andservice, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last tobe more than the first.2:20 Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thousufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, toteach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eatthings sacrificed unto idols.2:21 And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and sherepented not.2:22 Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adulterywith her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.2:23 And I will kill her children with death; and all the churchesshall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and Iwill give unto every one of you according to your works.2:24 But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many ashave not this doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan,as they speak; I will put upon you none other burden.2:25 But that which ye have already hold fast till I come.2:26 And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to himwill I give power over the nations: 2:27 And he shall rule them with arod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken toshivers: even as I received of my Father.2:28 And I will give him the morning star.2:29 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto thechurches.3:1 And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These thingssaith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; Iknow thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.3:2 Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that areready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.3:3 Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and holdfast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come onthee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come uponthee.3:4 Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled theirgarments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.3:5 He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment;and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I willconfess his name before my Father, and before his angels.3:6 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto thechurches.3:7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These thingssaith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David,he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no manopeneth; 3:8 I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an opendoor, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, andhast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.3:9 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say theyare Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to comeand worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.3:10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keepthee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world,to try them that dwell upon the earth.3:11 Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that noman take thy crown.3:12 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God,and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of myGod, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, whichcometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him mynew name.3:13 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto thechurches.3:14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; Thesethings saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning ofthe creation of God; 3:15 I know thy works, that thou art neither coldnor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.3:16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, Iwill spue thee out of my mouth.3:17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, andhave need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, andmiserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: 3:18 I counsel thee to buyof me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and whiteraiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thynakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, thatthou mayest see.3:19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore,and repent.3:20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice,and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, andhe with me.3:21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne,even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.3:22 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto thechurches.4:1 After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: andthe first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking withme; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which mustbe hereafter.4:2 And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was setin heaven, and one sat on the throne.4:3 And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardinestone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight likeunto an emerald.4:4 And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and uponthe seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in whiteraiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.4:5 And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings andvoices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne,which are the seven Spirits of God.4:6 And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal:and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were fourbeasts full of eyes before and behind.4:7 And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like acalf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beastwas like a flying eagle.4:8 And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and theywere full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying,Holy, holy, holy, LORD God Almighty, which was, and is, and is tocome.4:9 And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him thatsat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever, 4:10 The four andtwenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worshiphim that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before thethrone, saying, 4:11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory andhonour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thypleasure they are and were created.5:1 And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a bookwritten within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.5:2 And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who isworthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?  5:3 And noman in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to openthe book, neither to look thereon.5:4 And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and toread the book, neither to look thereon.5:5 And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion ofthe tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book,and to loose the seven seals thereof.5:6 And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the fourbeasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had beenslain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spiritsof God sent forth into all the earth.5:7 And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him thatsat upon the throne.5:8 And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four andtwenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of themharps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers ofsaints.5:9 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take thebook, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hastredeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, andpeople, and nation; 5:10 And hast made us unto our God kings andpriests: and we shall reign on the earth.5:11 And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round aboutthe throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them wasten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; 5:12Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receivepower, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory,and blessing.5:13 And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, andunder the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them,heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be untohim that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.5:14 And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty eldersfell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever.6:1 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, asit were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come andsee.6:2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had abow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, andto conquer.6:3 And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beastsay, Come and see.6:4 And there went out another horse that was red: and power was givento him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that theyshould kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.6:5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beastsay, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that saton him had a pair of balances in his hand.6:6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measureof wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; andsee thou hurt not the oil and the wine.6:7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of thefourth beast say, Come and see.6:8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat onhim was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given untothem over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and withhunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.6:9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar thesouls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for thetestimony which they held: 6:10 And they cried with a loud voice,saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge andavenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?  6:11 And whiterobes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them,that they should rest yet for a little season, until theirfellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as theywere, should be fulfilled.6:12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, therewas a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair,and the moon became as blood; 6:13 And the stars of heaven fell untothe earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she isshaken of a mighty wind.6:14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together;and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.6:15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men,and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, andevery free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of themountains; 6:16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, andhide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from thewrath of the Lamb: 6:17 For the great day of his wrath is come; andwho shall be able to stand?  7:1 And after these things I saw fourangels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the fourwinds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor onthe sea, nor on any tree.7:2 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the sealof the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels,to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, 7:3 Saying, Hurtnot the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed theservants of our God in their foreheads.7:4 And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there weresealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of thechildren of Israel.7:5 Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe ofReuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealedtwelve thousand.7:6 Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe ofNephthalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses weresealed twelve thousand.7:7 Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribeof Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar weresealed twelve thousand.7:8 Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribeof Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin weresealed twelve thousand.7:9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no mancould number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues,stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with whiterobes, and palms in their hands; 7:10 And cried with a loud voice,saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and untothe Lamb.7:11 And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about theelders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces,and worshipped God, 7:12 Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, andwisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be untoour God for ever and ever. Amen.7:13 And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are thesewhich are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?  7:14 And Isaid unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are theywhich came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, andmade them white in the blood of the Lamb.7:15 Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him dayand night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwellamong them.7:16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shallthe sun light on them, nor any heat.7:17 For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them,and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shallwipe away all tears from their eyes.8:1 And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence inheaven about the space of half an hour.8:2 And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to themwere given seven trumpets.8:3 And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a goldencenser; and there was given unto him much incense, that he shouldoffer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar whichwas before the throne.8:4 And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of thesaints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.8:5 And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of thealtar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, andthunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake.8:6 And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets preparedthemselves to sound.8:7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingledwith blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part oftrees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.8:8 And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountainburning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the seabecame blood; 8:9 And the third part of the creatures which were inthe sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships weredestroyed.8:10 And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star fromheaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part ofthe rivers, and upon the fountains of waters; 8:11 And the name of thestar is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters becamewormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were madebitter.8:12 And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun wassmitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of thestars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shonenot for a third part of it, and the night likewise.8:13 And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst ofheaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters ofthe earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the threeangels, which are yet to sound!  9:1 And the fifth angel sounded, andI saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given thekey of the bottomless pit.9:2 And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out ofthe pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air weredarkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.9:3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and untothem was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.9:4 And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass ofthe earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only thosemen which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.9:5 And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but thatthey should be tormented five months: and their torment was as thetorment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.9:6 And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; andshall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.9:7 And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared untobattle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and theirfaces were as the faces of men.9:8 And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were asthe teeth of lions.9:9 And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; andthe sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horsesrunning to battle.9:10 And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings intheir tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.9:11 And they had a king over them, which is the angel of thebottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in theGreek tongue hath his name Apollyon.9:12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.9:13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the fourhorns of the golden altar which is before God, 9:14 Saying to thesixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which arebound in the great river Euphrates.9:15 And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour,and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.9:16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundredthousand thousand: and I heard the number of them.9:17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat onthem, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: andthe heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of theirmouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.9:18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, andby the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.9:19 For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for theirtails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they dohurt.9:20 And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plaguesyet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should notworship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone,and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk: 9:21 Neitherrepented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of theirfornication, nor of their thefts.10:1 And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothedwith a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as itwere the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire: 10:2 And he had in hishand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, andhis left foot on the earth, 10:3 And cried with a loud voice, as whena lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered theirvoices.10:4 And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was aboutto write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal upthose things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.10:5 And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earthlifted up his hand to heaven, 10:6 And sware by him that liveth forever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are,and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and thethings which are therein, that there should be time no longer: 10:7But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall beginto sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declaredto his servants the prophets.10:8 And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, andsaid, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of theangel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth.10:9 And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the littlebook. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall makethy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.10:10 And I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate itup; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eatenit, my belly was bitter.10:11 And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before manypeoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.11:1 And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angelstood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, andthem that worship therein.11:2 But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measureit not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shallthey tread under foot forty and two months.11:3 And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shallprophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed insackcloth.11:4 These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standingbefore the God of the earth.11:5 And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of theirmouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, hemust in this manner be killed.11:6 These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days oftheir prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, andto smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.11:7 And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast thatascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, andshall overcome them, and kill them.11:8 And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city,which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord wascrucified.11:9 And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shallsee their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffertheir dead bodies to be put in graves.11:10 And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, andmake merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these twoprophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.11:11 And after three days and an half the spirit of life from Godentered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fellupon them which saw them.11:12 And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Comeup hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and theirenemies beheld them.11:13 And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenthpart of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seventhousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the Godof heaven.11:14 The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe comethquickly.11:15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices inheaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms ofour Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.11:16 And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on theirseats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God, 11:17 Saying, Wegive thee thanks, O LORD God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art tocome; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hastreigned.11:18 And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the timeof the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest givereward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and themthat fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them whichdestroy the earth.11:19 And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seenin his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, andvoices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.12:1 And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed withthe sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown oftwelve stars: 12:2 And she being with child cried, travailing inbirth, and pained to be delivered.12:3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a greatred dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns uponhis heads.12:4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and didcast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman whichwas ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it wasborn.12:5 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nationswith a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to histhrone.12:6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a placeprepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand twohundred and threescore days.12:7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels foughtagainst the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, 12:8 Andprevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called theDevil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast outinto the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.12:10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is comesalvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power ofhis Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, whichaccused them before our God day and night.12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the wordof their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.12:12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe tothe inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come downunto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but ashort time.12:13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, hepersecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.12:14 And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that shemight fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourishedfor a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.12:15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after thewoman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.12:16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth,and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.12:17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make warwith the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, andhave the testimony of Jesus Christ.13:1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up outof the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns tencrowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.13:2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feetwere as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: andthe dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.13:3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and hisdeadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.13:4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast:and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? whois able to make war with him?  13:5 And there was given unto him amouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given untohim to continue forty and two months.13:6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blasphemehis name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.13:7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and toovercome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues,and nations.13:8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose namesare not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from thefoundation of the world.13:9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.13:10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he thatkilleth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is thepatience and the faith of the saints.13:11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and hehad two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.13:12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him,and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship thefirst beast, whose deadly wound was healed.13:13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come downfrom heaven on the earth in the sight of men, 13:14 And deceiveth themthat dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he hadpower to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell onthe earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had thewound by a sword, and did live.13:15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, thatthe image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many aswould not worship the image of the beast should be killed.13:16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, freeand bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in theirforeheads: 13:17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that hadthe mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.13:18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the numberof the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Sixhundred threescore and six.14:1 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and withhim an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's namewritten in their foreheads.14:2 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, andas the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpersharping with their harps: 14:3 And they sung as it were a new songbefore the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and noman could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand,which were redeemed from the earth.14:4 These are they which were not defiled with women; for they arevirgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth.These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God andto the Lamb.14:5 And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without faultbefore the throne of God.14:6 And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having theeverlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and toevery nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, 14:7 Saying with aloud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of hisjudgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and thesea, and the fountains of waters.14:8 And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, isfallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of thewine of the wrath of her fornication.14:9 And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, Ifany man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in hisforehead, or in his hand, 14:10 The same shall drink of the wine ofthe wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup ofhis indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone inthe presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:14:11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever:and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and hisimage, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.14:12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep thecommandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.14:13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessedare the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith theSpirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works dofollow them.14:14 And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud onesat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, andin his hand a sharp sickle.14:15 And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loudvoice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap:for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth isripe.14:16 And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth;and the earth was reaped.14:17 And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, healso having a sharp sickle.14:18 And another angel came out from the altar, which had power overfire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle,saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of thevine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.14:19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gatheredthe vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of thewrath of God.14:20 And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood cameout of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of athousand and six hundred furlongs.15:1 And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, sevenangels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up thewrath of God.15:2 And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and themthat had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, andover his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea ofglass, having the harps of God.15:3 And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the songof the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord GodAlmighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.15:4 Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thouonly art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; forthy judgments are made manifest.15:5 And after that I looked, and, behold, the temple of thetabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened: 15:6 And the sevenangels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed inpure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with goldengirdles.15:7 And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels sevengolden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever.15:8 And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, andfrom his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till theseven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled.16:1 And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the sevenangels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God uponthe earth.16:2 And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; andthere fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the markof the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image.16:3 And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and itbecame as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in thesea.16:4 And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers andfountains of waters; and they became blood.16:5 And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, OLord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judgedthus.16:6 For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thouhast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.16:7 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord GodAlmighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.16:8 And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and powerwas given unto him to scorch men with fire.16:9 And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name ofGod, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not togive him glory.16:10 And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of thebeast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed theirtongues for pain, 16:11 And blasphemed the God of heaven because oftheir pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.16:12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great riverEuphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of thekings of the east might be prepared.16:13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouthof the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouthof the false prophet.16:14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which goforth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gatherthem to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.16:15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, andkeepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.16:16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrewtongue Armageddon.16:17 And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; andthere came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne,saying, It is done.16:18 And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and therewas a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth,so mighty an earthquake, and so great.16:19 And the great city was divided into three parts, and the citiesof the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God,to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.16:20 And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.16:21 And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stoneabout the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of theplague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.17:1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials,and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto theethe judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: 17:2With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and theinhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of herfornication.17:3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and Isaw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names ofblasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.17:4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, anddecked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cupin her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:17:5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THEGREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.17:6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, andwith the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wonderedwith great admiration.17:7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I willtell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carriethher, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.17:8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend outof the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell onthe earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book oflife from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast thatwas, and is not, and yet is.17:9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are sevenmountains, on which the woman sitteth.17:10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and theother is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a shortspace.17:11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, andis of the seven, and goeth into perdition.17:12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which havereceived no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour withthe beast.17:13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strengthunto the beast.17:14 These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcomethem: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that arewith him are called, and chosen, and faithful.17:15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where thewhore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.17:16 And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shallhate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eather flesh, and burn her with fire.17:17 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and toagree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of Godshall be fulfilled.17:18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, whichreigneth over the kings of the earth.18:1 And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven,having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.18:2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon thegreat is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils,and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean andhateful bird.18:3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of herfornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornicationwith her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through theabundance of her delicacies.18:4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her,my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receivenot of her plagues.18:5 For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath rememberedher iniquities.18:6 Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her doubleaccording to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to herdouble.18:7 How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, somuch torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit aqueen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.18:8 Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning,and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong isthe Lord God who judgeth her.18:9 And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication andlived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, whenthey shall see the smoke of her burning, 18:10 Standing afar off forthe fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon,that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.18:11 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her;for no man buyeth their merchandise any more: 18:12 The merchandise ofgold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen,and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all mannervessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and ofbrass, and iron, and marble, 18:13 And cinnamon, and odours, andointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, andwheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves,and souls of men.18:14 And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed fromthee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed fromthee, and thou shalt find them no more at all.18:15 The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her,shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing,18:16 And saying, Alas, alas that great city, that was clothed in finelinen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and preciousstones, and pearls!  18:17 For in one hour so great riches is come tonought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, andsailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off, 18:18 And criedwhen they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like untothis great city!  18:19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried,weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein weremade rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness!for in one hour is she made desolate.18:20 Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles andprophets; for God hath avenged you on her.18:21 And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, andcast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great cityBabylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.18:22 And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, andtrumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman,of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and thesound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee; 18:23 Andthe light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and thevoice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at allin thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thysorceries were all nations deceived.18:24 And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, andof all that were slain upon the earth.19:1 And after these things I heard a great voice of much people inheaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power,unto the Lord our God: 19:2 For true and righteous are his judgments:for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth withher fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at herhand.19:3 And again they said, Alleluia And her smoke rose up for ever andever.19:4 And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down andworshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia.19:5 And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, allye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great.19:6 And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as thevoice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying,Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.19:7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for themarriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.19:8 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen,clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.19:9 And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are calledunto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These arethe true sayings of God.19:10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, Seethou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that havethe testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is thespirit of prophecy.19:11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he thatsat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness hedoth judge and make war.19:12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were manycrowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.19:13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his nameis called The Word of God.19:14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon whitehorses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.19:15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he shouldsmite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and hetreadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.19:16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KINGOF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.19:17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loudvoice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Comeand gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; 19:18That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and theflesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit onthem, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small andgreat.19:19 And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and theirarmies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on thehorse, and against his army.19:20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet thatwrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that hadreceived the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image.These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.19:21 And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat uponthe horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowlswere filled with their flesh.20:1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of thebottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.20:2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is theDevil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, 20:3 And cast himinto the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him,that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand yearsshould be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.20:4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was givenunto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for thewitness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had notworshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his markupon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reignedwith Christ a thousand years.20:5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand yearswere finished. This is the first resurrection.20:6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection:on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests ofGod and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.20:7 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosedout of his prison, 20:8 And shall go out to deceive the nations whichare in the four quarters of the earth, Gog, and Magog, to gather themtogether to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.20:9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed thecamp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came downfrom God out of heaven, and devoured them.20:10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fireand brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall betormented day and night for ever and ever.20:11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, fromwhose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found noplace for them.20:12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and thebooks were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book oflife: and the dead were judged out of those things which were writtenin the books, according to their works.20:13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death andhell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judgedevery man according to their works.20:14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is thesecond death.20:15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was castinto the lake of fire.21:1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven andthe first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.21:2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from Godout of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.21:3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, thetabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and theyshall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be theirGod.21:4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and thereshall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shallthere be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.21:5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all thingsnew.And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.21:6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, thebeginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of thefountain of the water of life freely.21:7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be hisGod, and he shall be my son.21:8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, andmurderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and allliars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire andbrimstone: which is the second death.21:9 And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had theseven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me,saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.21:10 And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and highmountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem,descending out of heaven from God, 21:11 Having the glory of God: andher light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasperstone, clear as crystal; 21:12 And had a wall great and high, and hadtwelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names writtenthereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children ofIsrael: 21:13 On the east three gates; on the north three gates; onthe south three gates; and on the west three gates.21:14 And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them thenames of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.21:15 And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure thecity, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.21:16 And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as thebreadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousandfurlongs.The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.21:17 And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and fourcubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.21:18 And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the citywas pure gold, like unto clear glass.21:19 And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished withall manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; thesecond, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;21:20 The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh,chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, achrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.21:21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls: every several gate wasof one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it weretransparent glass.21:22 And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and theLamb are the temple of it.21:23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, toshine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is thelight thereof.21:24 And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the lightof it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour intoit.21:25 And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for thereshall be no night there.21:26 And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations intoit.21:27 And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing thatdefileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: butthey which are written in the Lamb's book of life.22:1 And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal,proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.22:2 In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of theriver, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits,and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were forthe healing of the nations.22:3 And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and ofthe Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: 22:4 Andthey shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.22:5 And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle,neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and theyshall reign for ever and ever.22:6 And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and theLord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servantsthe things which must shortly be done.22:7 Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings ofthe prophecy of this book.22:8 And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heardand seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel whichshewed me these things.22:9 Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thyfellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them whichkeep the sayings of this book: worship God.22:10 And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy ofthis book: for the time is at hand.22:11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which isfilthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him berighteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.22:12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to giveevery man according as his work shall be.22:13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first andthe last.22:14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may haveright to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into thecity.22:15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, andmurderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.22:16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things inthe churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the brightand morning star.22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that hearethsay, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, lethim take the water of life freely.22:18 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of theprophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, Godshall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: 22:19And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of thisprophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, andout of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.22:20 He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly.Amen.Even so, come, Lord Jesus.22:21 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

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1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was uponthe face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of thewaters.1:3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.1:4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the lightfrom the darkness.1:5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night.And the evening and the morning were the first day.1:6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters,and let it divide the waters from the waters.1:7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which wereunder the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament:and it was so.1:8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and themorning were the second day.1:9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered togetherunto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.1:10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together ofthe waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.1:11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yieldingseed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed isin itself, upon the earth: and it was so.1:12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed afterhis kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, afterhis kind: and God saw that it was good.1:13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.1:14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavento divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and forseasons, and for days, and years: 1:15 And let them be for lights inthe firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it wasso.1:16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day,and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.1:17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give lightupon the earth, 1:18 And to rule over the day and over the night, andto divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.1:19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.1:20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the movingcreature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in theopen firmament of heaven.1:21 And God created great whales, and every living creature thatmoveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind,and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.1:22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fillthe waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.1:23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.1:24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature afterhis kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after hiskind: and it was so.1:25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattleafter their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth afterhis kind: and God saw that it was good.1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowlof the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and overevery creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God createdhe him; male and female created he them.1:28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, andmultiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominionover the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over everyliving thing that moveth upon the earth.1:29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed,which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the whichis the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.1:30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air,and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there islife, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.1:31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it wasvery good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.2:1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host ofthem.2:2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; andhe rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.2:3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because thatin it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.2:4 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth whenthey were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and theheavens, 2:5 And every plant of the field before it was in the earth,and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had notcaused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till theground.2:6 But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the wholeface of the ground.2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, andbreathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a livingsoul.2:8 And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there heput the man whom he had formed.2:9 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that ispleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in themidst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.2:10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thenceit was parted, and became into four heads.2:11 The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth thewhole land of Havilah, where there is gold; 2:12 And the gold of thatland is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.2:13 And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it thatcompasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.2:14 And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it whichgoeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.2:15 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden ofEden to dress it and to keep it.2:16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of thegarden thou mayest freely eat: 2:17 But of the tree of the knowledgeof good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thoueatest thereof thou shalt surely die.2:18 And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should bealone; I will make him an help meet for him.2:19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of thefield, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to seewhat he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every livingcreature, that was the name thereof.2:20 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air,and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found anhelp meet for him.2:21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and heslept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh insteadthereof; 2:22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, madehe a woman, and brought her unto the man.2:23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of myflesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.2:24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shallcleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.2:25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were notashamed.3:1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field whichthe LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said,Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?  3:2 And the woman saidunto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:3:3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden,God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lestye die.3:4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: 3:5For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shallbe opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.3:6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and thatit was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make onewise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also untoher husband with her; and he did eat.3:7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that theywere naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselvesaprons.3:8 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden inthe cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from thepresence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.3:9 And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where artthou?  3:10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I wasafraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.3:11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eatenof the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?3:12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, shegave me of the tree, and I did eat.3:13 And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hastdone? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.3:14 And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast donethis, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of thefield; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all thedays of thy life: 3:15 And I will put enmity between thee and thewoman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head,and thou shalt bruise his heel.3:16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow andthy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thydesire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.3:17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voiceof thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee,saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake;in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; 3:18 Thornsalso and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat theherb of the field; 3:19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread,till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: fordust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.3:20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the motherof all living.3:21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats ofskins, and clothed them.3:22 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, toknow good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take alsoof the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: 3:23 Therefore theLORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the groundfrom whence he was taken.3:24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the gardenof Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keepthe way of the tree of life.4:1 And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, andsaid, I have gotten a man from the LORD.4:2 And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper ofsheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.4:3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of thefruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.4:4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and ofthe fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to hisoffering: 4:5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect.And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.4:6 And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thycountenance fallen?  4:7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not beaccepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And untothee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.4:8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, whenthey were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother,and slew him.4:9 And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And hesaid, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?  4:10 And he said, Whathast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me fromthe ground.4:11 And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened hermouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand; 4:12 When thoutillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee herstrength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.4:13 And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I canbear.4:14 Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of theearth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive anda vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every onethat findeth me shall slay me.4:15 And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain,vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a markupon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.4:16 And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in theland of Nod, on the east of Eden.4:17 And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and hebuilded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of hisson, Enoch.4:18 And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: andMehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech.4:19 And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah,and the name of the other Zillah.4:20 And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents,and of such as have cattle.4:21 And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all suchas handle the harp and organ.4:22 And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of everyartificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.4:23 And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice;ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man tomy wounding, and a young man to my hurt.4:24 If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy andsevenfold.4:25 And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called hisname Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed insteadof Abel, whom Cain slew.4:26 And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called hisname Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.5:1 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that Godcreated man, in the likeness of God made he him; 5:2 Male and femalecreated he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in theday when they were created.5:3 And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in hisown likeness, and after his image; and called his name Seth: 5:4 Andthe days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years:and he begat sons and daughters: 5:5 And all the days that Adam livedwere nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.5:6 And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos: 5:7 AndSeth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, andbegat sons and daughters: 5:8 And all the days of Seth were ninehundred and twelve years: and he died.5:9 And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan: 5:10 And Enos livedafter he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sonsand daughters: 5:11 And all the days of Enos were nine hundred andfive years: and he died.5:12 And Cainan lived seventy years and begat Mahalaleel: 5:13 AndCainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years,and begat sons and daughters: 5:14 And all the days of Cainan werenine hundred and ten years: and he died.5:15 And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared: 5:16And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirtyyears, and begat sons and daughters: 5:17 And all the days ofMahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.5:18 And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begatEnoch: 5:19 And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years,and begat sons and daughters: 5:20 And all the days of Jared were ninehundred sixty and two years: and he died.5:21 And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah: 5:22And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundredyears, and begat sons and daughters: 5:23 And all the days of Enochwere three hundred sixty and five years: 5:24 And Enoch walked withGod: and he was not; for God took him.5:25 And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begatLamech.5:26 And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eightyand two years, and begat sons and daughters: 5:27 And all the days ofMethuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.5:28 And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat ason: 5:29 And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfortus concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the groundwhich the LORD hath cursed.5:30 And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and fiveyears, and begat sons and daughters: 5:31 And all the days of Lamechwere seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.5:32 And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham,and Japheth.6:1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of theearth, and daughters were born unto them, 6:2 That the sons of God sawthe daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives ofall which they chose.6:3 And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, forthat he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twentyyears.6:4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that,when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they barechildren to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men ofrenown.6:5 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, andthat every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evilcontinually.6:6 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and itgrieved him at his heart.6:7 And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from theface of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, andthe fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.6:8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.6:9 These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfectin his generations, and Noah walked with God.6:10 And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.6:11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filledwith violence.6:12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; forall flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.6:13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me;for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, Iwill destroy them with the earth.6:14 Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in theark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.6:15 And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The lengthof the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fiftycubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.6:16 A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thoufinish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the sidethereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.6:17 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon theearth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from underheaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.6:18 But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt comeinto the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wiveswith thee.6:19 And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shaltthou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall bemale and female.6:20 Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, ofevery creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sortshall come unto thee, to keep them alive.6:21 And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shaltgather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.6:22 Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so didhe.7:1 And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into theark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.7:2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the maleand his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male andhis female.7:3 Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; tokeep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.7:4 For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earthforty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I havemade will I destroy from off the face of the earth.7:5 And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him.7:6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters wasupon the earth.7:7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wiveswith him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.7:8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls,and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth, 7:9 There went in twoand two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God hadcommanded Noah.7:10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of theflood were upon the earth.7:11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month,the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountainsof the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.7:12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.7:13 In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth,the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sonswith them, into the ark; 7:14 They, and every beast after his kind,and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing thatcreepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind,every bird of every sort.7:15 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of allflesh, wherein is the breath of life.7:16 And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, asGod had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.7:17 And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the watersincreased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.7:18 And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon theearth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.7:19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all thehigh hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.7:20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountainswere covered.7:21 And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, andof cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepethupon the earth, and every man: 7:22 All in whose nostrils was thebreath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.7:23 And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the faceof the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and thefowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noahonly remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.7:24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fiftydays.8:1 And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all thecattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass overthe earth, and the waters asswaged; 8:2 The fountains also of the deepand the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven wasrestrained; 8:3 And the waters returned from off the earthcontinually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days thewaters were abated.8:4 And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day ofthe month, upon the mountains of Ararat.8:5 And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in thetenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of themountains seen.8:6 And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened thewindow of the ark which he had made: 8:7 And he sent forth a raven,which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from offthe earth.8:8 Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters wereabated from off the face of the ground; 8:9 But the dove found no restfor the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, forthe waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth hishand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.8:10 And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth thedove out of the ark; 8:11 And the dove came in to him in the evening;and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew thatthe waters were abated from off the earth.8:12 And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove;which returned not again unto him any more.8:13 And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in thefirst month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up fromoff the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked,and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.8:14 And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of themonth, was the earth dried.8:15 And God spake unto Noah, saying, 8:16 Go forth of the ark, thou,and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee.8:17 Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, ofall flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thingthat creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in theearth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.8:18 And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons'wives with him: 8:19 Every beast, every creeping thing, and everyfowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, wentforth out of the ark.8:20 And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every cleanbeast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on thealtar.8:21 And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in hisheart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; forthe imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will Iagain smite any more every thing living, as I have done.8:22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold andheat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.9:1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Befruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.9:2 And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beastof the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that movethupon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand arethey delivered.9:3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as thegreen herb have I given you all things.9:4 But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shallye not eat.9:5 And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand ofevery beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand ofevery man's brother will I require the life of man.9:6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for inthe image of God made he man.9:7 And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly inthe earth, and multiply therein.9:8 And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, 9:9 AndI, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed afteryou; 9:10 And with every living creature that is with you, of thefowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; fromall that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.9:11 And I will establish my covenant with you, neither shall allflesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shallthere any more be a flood to destroy the earth.9:12 And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I makebetween me and you and every living creature that is with you, forperpetual generations: 9:13 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shallbe for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.9:14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth,that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: 9:15 And I will remember mycovenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of allflesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy allflesh.9:16 And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, thatI may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every livingcreature of all flesh that is upon the earth.9:17 And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, whichI have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.9:18 And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, andHam, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.9:19 These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earthoverspread.9:20 And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:9:21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncoveredwithin his tent.9:22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father,and told his two brethren without.9:23 And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both theirshoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of theirfather; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father'snakedness.9:24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son haddone unto him.9:25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he beunto his brethren.9:26 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall behis servant.9:27 God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents ofShem; and Canaan shall be his servant.9:28 And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.9:29 And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: andhe died.10:1 Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, andJapheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.10:2 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, andTubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.10:3 And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.10:4 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, andDodanim.10:5 By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands;every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.10:6 And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.10:7 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah,and Sabtechah: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.10:8 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.10:9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said,Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.10:10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, andAccad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.10:11 Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and thecity Rehoboth, and Calah, 10:12 And Resen between Nineveh and Calah:the same is a great city.10:13 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,10:14 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) andCaphtorim.10:15 And Canaan begat Sidon his first born, and Heth, 10:16 And theJebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite, 10:17 And the Hivite,and the Arkite, and the Sinite, 10:18 And the Arvadite, and theZemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of theCanaanites spread abroad.10:19 And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comestto Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, andAdmah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.10:20 These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after theirtongues, in their countries, and in their nations.10:21 Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, thebrother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.10:22 The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud,and Aram.10:23 And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.10:24 And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber.10:25 And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; forin his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan.10:26 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, andJerah, 10:27 And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah, 10:28 And Obal, andAbimael, and Sheba, 10:29 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all thesewere the sons of Joktan.10:30 And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar amount of the east.10:31 These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after theirtongues, in their lands, after their nations.10:32 These are the families of the sons of Noah, after theirgenerations, in their nations: and by these were the nations dividedin the earth after the flood.11:1 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.11:2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that theyfound a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.11:3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burnthem thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they formorter.11:4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whosetop may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we bescattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.11:5 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which thechildren of men builded.11:6 And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have allone language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will berestrained from them, which they have imagined to do.11:7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, thatthey may not understand one another's speech.11:8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face ofall the earth: and they left off to build the city.11:9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD didthere confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did theLORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.11:10 These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred yearsold, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood: 11:11 And Shemlived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons anddaughters.11:12 And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah: 11:13And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years,and begat sons and daughters.11:14 And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber: 11:15 And Salahlived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sonsand daughters.11:16 And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg: 11:17 AndEber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, andbegat sons and daughters.11:18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu: 11:19 And Peleglived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sonsand daughters.11:20 And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug: 11:21 AndReu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begatsons and daughters.11:22 And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor: 11:23 And Seruglived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons anddaughters.11:24 And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah: 11:25And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years,and begat sons and daughters.11:26 And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, andHaran.11:27 Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram,Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.11:28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of hisnativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.11:29 And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wifewas Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter ofHaran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.11:30 But Sarai was barren; she had no child.11:31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son'sson, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and theywent forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land ofCanaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.11:32 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terahdied in Haran.12:1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country,and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that Iwill shew thee: 12:2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and Iwill bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be ablessing: 12:3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse himthat curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth beblessed.12:4 So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot wentwith him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departedout of Haran.12:5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and alltheir substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they hadgotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan;and into the land of Canaan they came.12:6 And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, untothe plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.12:7 And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will Igive this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, whoappeared unto him.12:8 And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel,and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east:and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the nameof the LORD.12:9 And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.12:10 And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down intoEgypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.12:11 And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt,that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art afair woman to look upon: 12:12 Therefore it shall come to pass, whenthe Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife:and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.12:13 Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well withme for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.12:14 And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, theEgyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.12:15 The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her beforePharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.12:16 And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, andoxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses,and camels.12:17 And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plaguesbecause of Sarai Abram's wife.12:18 And Pharaoh called Abram and said, What is this that thou hastdone unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?  12:19Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me towife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.12:20 And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent himaway, and his wife, and all that he had.13:1 And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that hehad, and Lot with him, into the south.13:2 And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.13:3 And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, untothe place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel andHai; 13:4 Unto the place of the altar, which he had make there at thefirst: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.13:5 And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, andtents.13:6 And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwelltogether: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwelltogether.13:7 And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle andthe herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzitedwelled then in the land.13:8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee,between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we bebrethren.13:9 Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee,from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right;or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.13:10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan,that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodomand Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt,as thou comest unto Zoar.13:11 Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyedeast: and they separated themselves the one from the other.13:12 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in thecities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.13:13 But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORDexceedingly.13:14 And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated fromhim, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou artnorthward, and southward, and eastward, and westward: 13:15 For allthe land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed forever.13:16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if aman can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also benumbered.13:17 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in thebreadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.13:18 Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain ofMamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.14:1 And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar,Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king ofnations; 14:2 That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and withBirsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king ofZeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.14:3 All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which isthe salt sea.14:4 Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth yearthey rebelled.14:5 And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings thatwere with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and theZuzims in Ham, and the Emins in Shaveh Kiriathaim, 14:6 And theHorites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which is by the wilderness.14:7 And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which is Kadesh, andsmote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, thatdwelt in Hazezontamar.14:8 And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah,and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela(the same is Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale ofSiddim; 14:9 With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal kingof nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar;four kings with five.14:10 And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings ofSodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fledto the mountain.14:11 And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all theirvictuals, and went their way.14:12 And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom,and his goods, and departed.14:13 And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew;for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, andbrother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.14:14 And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, hearmed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred andeighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.14:15 And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, bynight, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on theleft hand of Damascus.14:16 And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again hisbrother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.14:17 And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return fromthe slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, atthe valley of Shaveh, which is the king's dale.14:18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: andhe was the priest of the most high God.14:19 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most highGod, possessor of heaven and earth: 14:20 And blessed be the most highGod, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave himtithes of all.14:21 And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, andtake the goods to thyself.14:22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine handunto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,14:23 That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, andthat I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say,I have made Abram rich: 14:24 Save only that which the young men haveeaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol,and Mamre; let them take their portion.15:1 After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in avision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceedinggreat reward.15:2 And Abram said, LORD God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I gochildless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?15:3 And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo,one born in my house is mine heir.15:4 And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, Thisshall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine ownbowels shall be thine heir.15:5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now towardheaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and hesaid unto him, So shall thy seed be.15:6 And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him forrighteousness.15:7 And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Urof the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.15:8 And he said, LORD God, whereby shall I know that I shall inheritit?  15:9 And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old,and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and aturtledove, and a young pigeon.15:10 And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst,and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not.15:11 And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove themaway.15:12 And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram;and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.15:13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall bea stranger in a land that is not their's, and shall serve them; andthey shall afflict them four hundred years; 15:14 And also thatnation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall theycome out with great substance.15:15 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buriedin a good old age.15:16 But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: forthe iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.15:17 And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it wasdark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed betweenthose pieces.15:18 In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying,Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto thegreat river, the river Euphrates: 15:19 The Kenites, and theKenizzites, and the Kadmonites, 15:20 And the Hittites, and thePerizzites, and the Rephaims, 15:21 And the Amorites, and theCanaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.16:1 Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had anhandmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.16:2 And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrainedme from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I mayobtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.16:3 And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, afterAbram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to herhusband Abram to be his wife.16:4 And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she sawthat she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.16:5 And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given mymaid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I wasdespised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee.16:6 But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thine hand; doto her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, shefled from her face.16:7 And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in thewilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.16:8 And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence camest thou? and whitherwilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.16:9 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress,and submit thyself under her hands.16:10 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thyseed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.16:11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art withchild and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; becausethe LORD hath heard thy affliction.16:12 And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man,and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presenceof all his brethren.16:13 And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, ThouGod seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him thatseeth me?  16:14 Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold,it is between Kadesh and Bered.16:15 And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son's name,which Hagar bare, Ishmael.16:16 And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bareIshmael to Abram.17:1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appearedto Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me,and be thou perfect.17:2 And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and willmultiply thee exceedingly.17:3 And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying, 17:4As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be afather of many nations.17:5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy nameshall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.17:6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nationsof thee, and kings shall come out of thee.17:7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seedafter thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be aGod unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.17:8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the landwherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for aneverlasting possession; and I will be their God.17:9 And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore,thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.17:10 This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you andthy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.17:11 And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shallbe a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.17:12 And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you,every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, orbought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed.17:13 He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thymoney, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in yourflesh for an everlasting covenant.17:14 And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin isnot circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hathbroken my covenant.17:15 And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt notcall her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.17:16 And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, Iwill bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peopleshall be of her.17:17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in hisheart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old?and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?  17:18 And Abrahamsaid unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!  17:19 And Godsaid, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt callhis name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for aneverlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.17:20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessedhim, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly;twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.17:21 But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shallbear unto thee at this set time in the next year.17:22 And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.17:23 And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in hishouse, and all that were bought with his money, every male among themen of Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin inthe selfsame day, as God had said unto him.17:24 And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he wascircumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.17:25 And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he wascircumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.17:26 In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael hisson.17:27 And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought withmoney of the stranger, were circumcised with him.18:1 And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he satin the tent door in the heat of the day; 18:2 And he lift up his eyesand looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, heran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward theground, 18:3 And said, My LORD, if now I have found favour in thysight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant: 18:4 Let a littlewater, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselvesunder the tree: 18:5 And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfortye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye cometo your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.18:6 And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Makeready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakesupon the hearth.18:7 And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good,and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it.18:8 And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed,and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and theydid eat.18:9 And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said,Behold, in the tent.18:10 And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to thetime of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarahheard it in the tent door, which was behind him.18:11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and itceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.18:12 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxedold shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?  18:13 And the LORDsaid unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of asurety bear a child, which am old?  18:14 Is any thing too hard forthe LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according tothe time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.18:15 Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid.And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.18:16 And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: andAbraham went with them to bring them on the way.18:17 And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which Ido; 18:18 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mightynation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?18:19 For I know him, that he will command his children and hishousehold after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to dojustice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that whichhe hath spoken of him.18:20 And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah isgreat, and because their sin is very grievous; 18:21 I will go downnow, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry ofit, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.18:22 And the men turned their faces from thence, and went towardSodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.18:23 And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy therighteous with the wicked?  18:24 Peradventure there be fiftyrighteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare theplace for the fifty righteous that are therein?  18:25 That be farfrom thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with thewicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be farfrom thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?  18:26 Andthe LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city,then I will spare all the place for their sakes.18:27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon meto speak unto the LORD, which am but dust and ashes: 18:28Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thoudestroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find thereforty and five, I will not destroy it.18:29 And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure thereshall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty'ssake.18:30 And he said unto him, Oh let not the LORD be angry, and I willspeak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, Iwill not do it, if I find thirty there.18:31 And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto theLORD: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, Iwill not destroy it for twenty's sake.18:32 And he said, Oh let not the LORD be angry, and I will speak yetbut this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, Iwill not destroy it for ten's sake.18:33 And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing withAbraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.19:1 And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in thegate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowedhimself with his face toward the ground; 19:2 And he said, Behold now,my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarryall night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go onyour ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street allnight.19:3 And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him,and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bakeunleavened bread, and they did eat.19:4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men ofSodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the peoplefrom every quarter: 19:5 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him,Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them outunto us, that we may know them.19:6 And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door afterhim, 19:7 And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.19:8 Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; letme, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is goodin your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came theyunder the shadow of my roof.19:9 And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellowcame in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we dealworse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man,even Lot, and came near to break the door.19:10 But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the houseto them, and shut to the door.19:11 And they smote the men that were at the door of the house withblindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves tofind the door.19:12 And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son inlaw, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in thecity, bring them out of this place: 19:13 For we will destroy thisplace, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of theLORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.19:14 And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which marriedhis daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORDwill destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sonsin law.19:15 And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot,saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here;lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.19:16 And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and uponthe hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORDbeing merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set himwithout the city.19:17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad,that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither staythou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.19:18 And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my LORD: 19:19 Behold now,thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thymercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannotescape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die: 19:20Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one:Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shalllive.19:21 And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning thisthing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thouhast spoken.19:22 Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thoube come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.19:23 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.19:24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone andfire from the LORD out of heaven; 19:25 And he overthrew those cities,and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and thatwhich grew upon the ground.19:26 But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became apillar of salt.19:27 And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where hestood before the LORD: 19:28 And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah,and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smokeof the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.19:29 And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain,that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of theoverthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.19:30 And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and histwo daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dweltin a cave, he and his two daughters.19:31 And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, andthere is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner ofall the earth: 19:32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and wewill lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.19:33 And they made their father drink wine that night: and thefirstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not whenshe lay down, nor when she arose.19:34 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said untothe younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make himdrink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that wemay preserve seed of our father.19:35 And they made their father drink wine that night also: and theyounger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she laydown, nor when she arose.19:36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.19:37 And the first born bare a son, and called his name Moab: thesame is the father of the Moabites unto this day.19:38 And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his nameBenammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto thisday.20:1 And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, anddwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.20:2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: andAbimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.20:3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him,Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken;for she is a man's wife.20:4 But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, LORD, wilt thouslay also a righteous nation?  20:5 Said he not unto me, She is mysister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in theintegrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.20:6 And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didstthis in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee fromsinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.20:7 Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, andhe shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore hernot, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that arethine.20:8 Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all hisservants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men weresore afraid.20:9 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thoudone unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought onme and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me thatought not to be done.20:10 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thouhast done this thing?  20:11 And Abraham said, Because I thought,Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me formy wife's sake.20:12 And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of myfather, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.20:13 And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from myfather's house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thoushalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me,He is my brother.20:14 And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, andwomenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah hiswife.20:15 And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell whereit pleaseth thee.20:16 And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother athousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of theeyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she wasreproved.20:17 So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and hiswife, and his maidservants; and they bare children.20:18 For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house ofAbimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.21:1 And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did untoSarah as he had spoken.21:2 For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, atthe set time of which God had spoken to him.21:3 And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him,whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.21:4 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, asGod had commanded him.21:5 And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was bornunto him.21:6 And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hearwill laugh with me.21:7 And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah shouldhave given children suck? for I have born him a son in his old age.21:8 And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a greatfeast the same day that Isaac was weaned.21:9 And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had bornunto Abraham, mocking.21:10 Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and herson: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, evenwith Isaac.21:11 And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because ofhis son.21:12 And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sightbecause of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarahhath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thyseed be called.21:13 And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation,because he is thy seed.21:14 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and abottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder,and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered inthe wilderness of Beersheba.21:15 And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the childunder one of the shrubs.21:16 And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off,as it were a bow shot: for she said, Let me not see the death of thechild. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.21:17 And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God calledto Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar?fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.21:18 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I willmake him a great nation.21:19 And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and shewent, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.21:20 And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in thewilderness, and became an archer.21:21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took hima wife out of the land of Egypt.21:22 And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol thechief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with theein all that thou doest: 21:23 Now therefore swear unto me here by Godthat thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with myson's son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee,thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.21:24 And Abraham said, I will swear.21:25 And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, whichAbimelech's servants had violently taken away.21:26 And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing; neitherdidst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to day.21:27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech;and both of them made a covenant.21:28 And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.21:29 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambswhich thou hast set by themselves?  21:30 And he said, For these sevenewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness untome, that I have digged this well.21:31 Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there theysware both of them.21:32 Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba: then Abimelech rose up,and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into theland of the Philistines.21:33 And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there onthe name of the LORD, the everlasting God.21:34 And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days.22:1 And it came to pass after these things, that God did temptAbraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.22:2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thoulovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there fora burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.22:3 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass,and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clavethe wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the placeof which God had told him.22:4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw theplace afar off.22:5 And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass;and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.22:6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it uponIsaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and theywent both of them together.22:7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: andhe said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood:but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?  22:8 And Abraham said, Myson, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so theywent both of them together.22:9 And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abrahambuilt an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac hisson, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.22:10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slayhis son.22:11 And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, andsaid, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.22:12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thouany thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thouhast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.22:13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behindhim a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and tookthe ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of hisson.22:14 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it issaid to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.22:15 And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven thesecond time, 22:16 And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD,for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son,thine only son: 22:17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and inmultiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, andas the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possessthe gate of his enemies; 22:18 And in thy seed shall all the nationsof the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.22:19 So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up andwent together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.22:20 And it came to pass after these things, that it was toldAbraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thybrother Nahor; 22:21 Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, andKemuel the father of Aram, 22:22 And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash,and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.22:23 And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor,Abraham's brother.22:24 And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah,and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.23:1 And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: thesewere the years of the life of Sarah.23:2 And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same is Hebron in the land ofCanaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.23:3 And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto thesons of Heth, saying, 23:4 I am a stranger and a sojourner with you:give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury mydead out of my sight.23:5 And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him, 23:6Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice ofour sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee hissepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.23:7 And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of theland, even to the children of Heth.23:8 And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that Ishould bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me toEphron the son of Zohar, 23:9 That he may give me the cave ofMachpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field; for asmuch money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of aburyingplace amongst you.23:10 And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron theHittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, evenof all that went in at the gate of his city, saying, 23:11 Nay, mylord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, Igive it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee:bury thy dead.23:12 And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.23:13 And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of theland, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I willgive thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my deadthere.23:14 And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him, 23:15 My lord,hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver;what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.23:16 And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephronthe silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth,four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.23:17 And the field of Ephron which was in Machpelah, which was beforeMamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the treesthat were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, weremade sure 23:18 Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of thechildren of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.23:19 And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of thefield of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land ofCanaan.23:20 And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure untoAbraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth.24:1 And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD hadblessed Abraham in all things.24:2 And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruledover all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh: 24:3And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the Godof the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of thedaughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell: 24:4 But thou shaltgo unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my sonIsaac.24:5 And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not bewilling to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son againunto the land from whence thou camest?  24:6 And Abraham said untohim, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again.24:7 The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father's house, andfrom the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that swareunto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall sendhis angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son fromthence.24:8 And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thoushalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again.24:9 And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham hismaster, and sware to him concerning that matter.24:10 And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, anddeparted; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and hearose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.24:11 And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a wellof water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go outto draw water.24:12 And he said O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, sendme good speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master Abraham.24:13 Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters ofthe men of the city come out to draw water: 24:14 And let it come topass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, Ipray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will givethy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointedfor thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewedkindness unto my master.24:15 And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold,Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife ofNahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.24:16 And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither hadany man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled herpitcher, and came up.24:17 And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee,drink a little water of thy pitcher.24:18 And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down herpitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.24:19 And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will drawwater for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.24:20 And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ranagain unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels.24:21 And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether theLORD had made his journey prosperous or not.24:22 And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that theman took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two braceletsfor her hands of ten shekels weight of gold; 24:23 And said, Whosedaughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee: is there room in thy father'shouse for us to lodge in?  24:24 And she said unto him, I am thedaughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor.24:25 She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provenderenough, and room to lodge in.24:26 And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the LORD.24:27 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, whohath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I beingin the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren.24:28 And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother's house thesethings.24:29 And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ranout unto the man, unto the well.24:30 And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets uponhis sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister,saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and,behold, he stood by the camels at the well.24:31 And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the LORD; whereforestandest thou without? for I have prepared the house, and room for thecamels.24:32 And the man came into the house: and he ungirded his camels, andgave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet,and the men's feet that were with him.24:33 And there was set meat before him to eat: but he said, I willnot eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on.24:34 And he said, I am Abraham's servant.24:35 And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is becomegreat: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold,and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.24:36 And Sarah my master's wife bare a son to my master when she wasold: and unto him hath he given all that he hath.24:37 And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wifeto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:24:38 But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred, andtake a wife unto my son.24:39 And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will notfollow me.24:40 And he said unto me, The LORD, before whom I walk, will send hisangel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife formy son of my kindred, and of my father's house: 24:41 Then shalt thoube clear from this my oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and ifthey give not thee one, thou shalt be clear from my oath.24:42 And I came this day unto the well, and said, O LORD God of mymaster Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go: 24:43Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, thatwhen the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me,I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink; 24:44 And she sayto me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels: let thesame be the woman whom the LORD hath appointed out for my master'sson.24:45 And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekahcame forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down untothe well, and drew water: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I praythee.24:46 And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder,and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: so I drank,and she made the camels drink also.24:47 And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And shesaid, the daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bare unto him:and I put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.24:48 And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the LORD, and blessedthe LORD God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right wayto take my master's brother's daughter unto his son.24:49 And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tellme: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to theleft.24:50 Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedethfrom the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.24:51 Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her bethy master's son's wife, as the LORD hath spoken.24:52 And it came to pass, that, when Abraham's servant heard theirwords, he worshipped the LORD, bowing himself to the earth.24:53 And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels ofgold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to herbrother and to her mother precious things.24:54 And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him,and tarried all night; and they rose up in the morning, and he said,Send me away unto my master.24:55 And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide withus a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go.24:56 And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the LORD hathprospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master.24:57 And they said, We will call the damsel, and enquire at hermouth.24:58 And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go withthis man? And she said, I will go.24:59 And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, andAbraham's servant, and his men.24:60 And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art oursister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seedpossess the gate of those which hate them.24:61 And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon thecamels, and followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah, and wenthis way.24:62 And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahairoi; for he dweltin the south country.24:63 And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: andhe lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels were coming.24:64 And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, shelighted off the camel.24:65 For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walkethin the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It is my master:therefore she took a vail, and covered herself.24:66 And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done.24:67 And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and tookRebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac wascomforted after his mother's death.25:1 Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah.25:2 And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, andIshbak, and Shuah.25:3 And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan wereAsshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.25:4 And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abidah,and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.25:5 And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.25:6 But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abrahamgave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived,eastward, unto the east country.25:7 And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which helived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years.25:8 Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, anold man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.25:9 And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave ofMachpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, whichis before Mamre; 25:10 The field which Abraham purchased of the sonsof Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.25:11 And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessedhis son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahairoi.25:12 Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whomHagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham: 25:13 Andthese are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, accordingto their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar,and Adbeel, and Mibsam, 25:14 And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa, 25:15Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah: 25:16 These are the sonsof Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by theircastles; twelve princes according to their nations.25:17 And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred andthirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; and wasgathered unto his people.25:18 And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, asthou goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all hisbrethren.25:19 And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abrahambegat Isaac: 25:20 And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekahto wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sisterto Laban the Syrian.25:21 And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she wasbarren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wifeconceived.25:22 And the children struggled together within her; and she said, Ifit be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of the LORD.25:23 And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and twomanner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the onepeople shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shallserve the younger.25:24 And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, therewere twins in her womb.25:25 And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; andthey called his name Esau.25:26 And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold onEsau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescoreyears old when she bare them.25:27 And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of thefield; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.25:28 And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: butRebekah loved Jacob.25:29 And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he wasfaint: 25:30 And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with thatsame red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom.25:31 And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.25:32 And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profitshall this birthright do to me?  25:33 And Jacob said, Swear to methis day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright untoJacob.25:34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he dideat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised hisbirthright.26:1 And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine thatwas in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of thePhilistines unto Gerar.26:2 And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt;dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of: 26:3 Sojourn in thisland, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, andunto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform theoath which I sware unto Abraham thy father; 26:4 And I will make thyseed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seedall these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of theearth be blessed; 26:5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and keptmy charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.26:6 And Isaac dwelt in Gerar: 26:7 And the men of the place asked himof his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, Sheis my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me forRebekah; because she was fair to look upon.26:8 And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, thatAbimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw,and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.26:9 And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she isthy wife; and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said untohim, Because I said, Lest I die for her.26:10 And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one ofthe people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldesthave brought guiltiness upon us.26:11 And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheththis man or his wife shall surely be put to death.26:12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year anhundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.26:13 And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until hebecame very great: 26:14 For he had possession of flocks, andpossession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistinesenvied him.26:15 For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in thedays of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, andfilled them with earth.26:16 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art muchmightier than we.26:17 And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley ofGerar, and dwelt there.26:18 And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had diggedin the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stoppedthem after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after thenames by which his father had called them.26:19 And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there awell of springing water.26:20 And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdmen,saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek;because they strove with him.26:21 And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and hecalled the name of it Sitnah.26:22 And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and forthat they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and hesaid, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitfulin the land.26:23 And he went up from thence to Beersheba.26:24 And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I amthe God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and willbless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake.26:25 And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of theLORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged awell.26:26 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of hisfriends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.26:27 And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing yehate me, and have sent me away from you?  26:28 And they said, We sawcertainly that the LORD was with thee: and we said, Let there be nowan oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make acovenant with thee; 26:29 That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have nottouched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and havesent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of the LORD.26:30 And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.26:31 And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one toanother: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him inpeace.26:32 And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came,and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said untohim, We have found water.26:33 And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city isBeersheba unto this day.26:34 And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith thedaughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon theHittite: 26:35 Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.27:1 And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes weredim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and saidunto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.27:2 And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of mydeath: 27:3 Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiverand thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison; 27:4And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that Imay eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.27:5 And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau wentto the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.27:6 And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thyfather speak unto Esau thy brother, saying, 27:7 Bring me venison, andmake me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the LORDbefore my death.27:8 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which Icommand thee.27:9 Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids ofthe goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father, such ashe loveth: 27:10 And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he mayeat, and that he may bless thee before his death.27:11 And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother isa hairy man, and I am a smooth man: 27:12 My father peradventure willfeel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring acurse upon me, and not a blessing.27:13 And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: onlyobey my voice, and go fetch me them.27:14 And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: andhis mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.27:15 And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, whichwere with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son:27:16 And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands,and upon the smooth of his neck: 27:17 And she gave the savoury meatand the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.27:18 And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said,Here am I; who art thou, my son?  27:19 And Jacob said unto hisfather, I am Esau thy first born; I have done according as thou badestme: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul maybless me.27:20 And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found itso quickly, my son? And he said, Because the LORD thy God brought itto me.27:21 And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I mayfeel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not.27:22 And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, andsaid, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.27:23 And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as hisbrother Esau's hands: so he blessed him.27:24 And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am.27:25 And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son'svenison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him,and he did eat: and he brought him wine and he drank.27:26 And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me,my son.27:27 And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell ofhis raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is asthe smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed: 27:28 Therefore Godgive thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, andplenty of corn and wine: 27:29 Let people serve thee, and nations bowdown to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bowdown to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be hethat blesseth thee.27:30 And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end ofblessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence ofIsaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.27:31 And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto hisfather, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of hisson's venison, that thy soul may bless me.27:32 And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, Iam thy son, thy firstborn Esau.27:33 And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is hethat hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of allbefore thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall beblessed.27:34 And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with agreat and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me,even me also, O my father.27:35 And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken awaythy blessing.27:36 And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hathsupplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and,behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou notreserved a blessing for me?  27:37 And Isaac answered and said untoEsau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have Igiven to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustainedhim: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son?  27:38 And Esau saidunto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, evenme also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.27:39 And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thydwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heavenfrom above; 27:40 And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt servethy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have thedominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.27:41 And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith hisfather blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourningfor my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.27:42 And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: andshe sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold,thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing tokill thee.27:43 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; arise, flee thou to Labanmy brother to Haran; 27:44 And tarry with him a few days, until thybrother's fury turn away; 27:45 Until thy brother's anger turn awayfrom thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him: then I willsend, and fetch thee from thence: why should I be deprived also of youboth in one day?  27:46 And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of mylife because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of thedaughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of theland, what good shall my life do me?  28:1 And Isaac called Jacob, andblessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take awife of the daughters of Canaan.28:2 Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother'sfather; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughers of Laban thymother's brother.28:3 And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiplythee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people; 28:4 And give theethe blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thoumayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gaveunto Abraham.28:5 And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padanaram unto Laban,son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau'smother.28:6 When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away toPadanaram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed himhe gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of thedaughers of Canaan; 28:7 And that Jacob obeyed his father and hismother, and was gone to Padanaram; 28:8 And Esau seeing that thedaughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father; 28:9 Then went Esauunto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath thedaughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be hiswife.28:10 And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.28:11 And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there allnight, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of thatplace, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place tosleep.28:12 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and thetop of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascendingand descending on it.28:13 And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORDGod of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thouliest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed; 28:14 And thy seedshall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to thewest, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in theeand in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.28:15 And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all placeswhither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for Iwill not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken tothee of.28:16 And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORDis in this place; and I knew it not.28:17 And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this isnone other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.28:18 And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone thathe had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oilupon the top of it.28:19 And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name ofthat city was called Luz at the first.28:20 And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and willkeep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, andraiment to put on, 28:21 So that I come again to my father's house inpeace; then shall the LORD be my God: 28:22 And this stone, which Ihave set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thoushalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.29:1 Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of thepeople of the east.29:2 And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, therewere three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well theywatered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well's mouth.29:3 And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled thestone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stoneagain upon the well's mouth in his place.29:4 And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And theysaid, Of Haran are we.29:5 And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And theysaid, We know him.29:6 And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well:and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.29:7 And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that thecattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go andfeed them.29:8 And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gatheredtogether, and till they roll the stone from the well's mouth; then wewater the sheep.29:9 And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father'ssheep; for she kept them.29:10 And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Labanhis mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother,that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, andwatered the flock of Laban his mother's brother.29:11 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.29:12 And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother, and thathe was Rebekah's son: and she ran and told her father.29:13 And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob hissister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissedhim, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things.29:14 And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. Andhe abode with him the space of a month.29:15 And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother,shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thywages be?  29:16 And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elderwas Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.29:17 Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and wellfavoured.29:18 And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven yearsfor Rachel thy younger daughter.29:19 And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than thatI should give her to another man: abide with me.29:20 And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed untohim but a few days, for the love he had to her.29:21 And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days arefulfilled, that I may go in unto her.29:22 And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made afeast.29:23 And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah hisdaughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her.29:24 And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for anhandmaid.29:25 And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah:and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not Iserve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?29:26 And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to givethe younger before the firstborn.29:27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the servicewhich thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.29:28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachelhis daughter to wife also.29:29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to beher maid.29:30 And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel morethan Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.29:31 And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb:but Rachel was barren.29:32 And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his nameReuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction;now therefore my husband will love me.29:33 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because theLORD hath heard I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son also:and she called his name Simeon.29:34 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this timewill my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons:therefore was his name called Levi.29:35 And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now willI praise the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah; and leftbearing.30:1 And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachelenvied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else Idie.30:2 And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am Iin God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?30:3 And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and sheshall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.30:4 And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went inunto her.30:5 And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.30:6 And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard myvoice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.30:7 And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a secondson.30:8 And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with mysister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.30:9 When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah hermaid, and gave her Jacob to wife.30:10 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son.30:11 And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.30:12 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son.30:13 And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call meblessed: and she called his name Asher.30:14 And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and foundmandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. ThenRachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.30:15 And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast takenmy husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also? AndRachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son'smandrakes.30:16 And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah wentout to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely Ihave hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her thatnight.30:17 And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacobthe fifth son.30:18 And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have givenmy maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.30:19 And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.30:20 And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will myhusband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and shecalled his name Zebulun.30:21 And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.30:22 And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and openedher womb.30:23 And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken awaymy reproach: 30:24 And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORDshall add to me another son.30:25 And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacobsaid unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, andto my country.30:26 Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee,and let me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done thee.30:27 And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour inthine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the LORD hathblessed me for thy sake.30:28 And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.30:29 And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, andhow thy cattle was with me.30:30 For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is nowincreased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee since mycoming: and now when shall I provide for mine own house also?  30:31And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt notgive me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will againfeed and keep thy flock.30:32 I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thenceall the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle amongthe sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of suchshall be my hire.30:33 So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when itshall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckledand spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall becounted stolen with me.30:34 And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thyword.30:35 And he removed that day the he goats that were ringstraked andspotted, and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted, andevery one that had some white in it, and all the brown among thesheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons.30:36 And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob: andJacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.30:37 And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel andchesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the whiteappear which was in the rods.30:38 And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in thegutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, thatthey should conceive when they came to drink.30:39 And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forthcattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.30:40 And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of theflocks toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock ofLaban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not untoLaban's cattle.30:41 And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle didconceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle inthe gutters, that they might conceive among the rods.30:42 But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so thefeebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's.30:43 And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, andmaidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.31:1 And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath takenaway all that was our father's; and of that which was our father'shath he gotten all this glory.31:2 And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it wasnot toward him as before.31:3 And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thyfathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.31:4 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto hisflock, 31:5 And said unto them, I see your father's countenance, thatit is not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been withme.31:6 And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.31:7 And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times;but God suffered him not to hurt me.31:8 If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all thecattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall bethy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstraked.31:9 Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and giventhem to me.31:10 And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, thatI lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams whichleaped upon the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled.31:11 And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob:And I said, Here am I.31:12 And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams whichleap upon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for Ihave seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.31:13 I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, andwhere thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from thisland, and return unto the land of thy kindred.31:14 And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet anyportion or inheritance for us in our father's house?  31:15 Are we notcounted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devouredalso our money.31:16 For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that isours, and our children's: now then, whatsoever God hath said untothee, do.31:17 Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels;31:18 And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which hehad gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten inPadanaram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.31:19 And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen theimages that were her father's.31:20 And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that hetold him not that he fled.31:21 So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed overthe river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead.31:22 And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.31:23 And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him sevendays' journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead.31:24 And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and saidunto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.31:25 Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in themount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead.31:26 And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou haststolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captivestaken with the sword?  31:27 Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly,and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sentthee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?31:28 And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thouhast now done foolishly in so doing.31:29 It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God ofyour father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed thatthou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.31:30 And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sorelongedst after thy father's house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen mygods?  31:31 And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I wasafraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thydaughters from me.31:32 With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live: beforeour brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee.For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them.31:33 And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and intothe two maidservants' tents; but he found them not. Then went he outof Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.31:34 Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel'sfurniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, butfound them not.31:35 And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that Icannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women is upon me. And hesearched but found not the images.31:36 And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answeredand said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hastso hotly pursued after me?  31:37 Whereas thou hast searched all mystuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? set it herebefore my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt usboth.31:38 This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy shegoats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I noteaten.31:39 That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I barethe loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen byday, or stolen by night.31:40 Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost bynight; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.31:41 Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served theefourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle:and thou hast changed my wages ten times.31:42 Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear ofIsaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. Godhath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked theeyesternight.31:43 And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are mydaughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle are mycattle, and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this dayunto these my daughters, or unto their children which they have born?31:44 Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; andlet it be for a witness between me and thee.31:45 And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.31:46 And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they tookstones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.31:47 And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.31:48 And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee thisday.Therefore was the name of it called Galeed; 31:49 And Mizpah; for hesaid, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one fromanother.31:50 If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take otherwives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witnessbetwixt me and thee.31:51 And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold thispillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee: 31:52 This heap bewitness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over thisheap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and thispillar unto me, for harm.31:53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of theirfather, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his fatherIsaac.31:54 Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called hisbrethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all nightin the mount.31:55 And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons andhis daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned untohis place.32:1 And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.32:2 And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and hecalled the name of that place Mahanaim.32:3 And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto theland of Seir, the country of Edom.32:4 And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lordEsau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, andstayed there until now: 32:5 And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, andmenservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, thatI may find grace in thy sight.32:6 And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thybrother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred menwith him.32:7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided thepeople that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels,into two bands; 32:8 And said, If Esau come to the one company, andsmite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.32:9 And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my fatherIsaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and tothy kindred, and I will deal well with thee: 32:10 I am not worthy ofthe least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hastshewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan;and now I am become two bands.32:11 Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from thehand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and themother with the children.32:12 And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seedas the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.32:13 And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which cameto his hand a present for Esau his brother; 32:14 Two hundred shegoats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams, 32:15Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls,twenty she asses, and ten foals.32:16 And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every droveby themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, andput a space betwixt drove and drove.32:17 And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brothermeeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whithergoest thou? and whose are these before thee?  32:18 Then thou shaltsay, They be thy servant Jacob's; it is a present sent unto my lordEsau: and, behold, also he is behind us.32:19 And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all thatfollowed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau,when ye find him.32:20 And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. Forhe said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, andafterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me.32:21 So went the present over before him: and himself lodged thatnight in the company.32:22 And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his twowomenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.32:23 And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent overthat he had.32:24 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with himuntil the breaking of the day.32:25 And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touchedthe hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out ofjoint, as he wrestled with him.32:26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, Iwill not let thee go, except thou bless me.32:27 And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.32:28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel:for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hastprevailed.32:29 And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name.And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And heblessed him there.32:30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seenGod face to face, and my life is preserved.32:31 And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and hehalted upon his thigh.32:32 Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew whichshrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: becausehe touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank.33:1 And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came,and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah,and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.33:2 And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leahand her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.33:3 And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the groundseven times, until he came near to his brother.33:4 And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck,and kissed him: and they wept.33:5 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children;and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which Godhath graciously given thy servant.33:6 Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and theybowed themselves.33:7 And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves:and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.33:8 And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? Andhe said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord.33:9 And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hastunto thyself.33:10 And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace inthy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I haveseen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wastpleased with me.33:11 Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; becauseGod hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And heurged him, and he took it.33:12 And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I willgo before thee.33:13 And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children aretender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if menshould overdrive them one day, all the flock will die.33:14 Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and Iwill lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me andthe children be able to endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir.33:15 And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk thatare with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find grace in thesight of my lord.33:16 So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir.33:17 And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and madebooths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is calledSuccoth.33:18 And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in theland of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched his tentbefore the city.33:19 And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent,at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for an hundredpieces of money.33:20 And he erected there an altar, and called it EleloheIsrael.34:1 And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, wentout to see the daughters of the land.34:2 And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of thecountry, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.34:3 And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he lovedthe damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.34:4 And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me thisdamsel to wife.34:5 And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now hissons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace untilthey were come.34:6 And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to communewith him.34:7 And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it:and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he hadwrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter: which thingought not to be done.34:8 And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechemlongeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.34:9 And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us,and take our daughters unto you.34:10 And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you;dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.34:11 And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let mefind grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give.34:12 Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give accordingas ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.34:13 And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his fatherdeceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:34:14 And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give oursister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us:34:15 But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be,that every male of you be circumcised; 34:16 Then will we give ourdaughters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we willdwell with you, and we will become one people.34:17 But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then willwe take our daughter, and we will be gone.34:18 And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son.34:19 And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he haddelight in Jacob's daughter: and he was more honourable than all thehouse of his father.34:20 And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city,and communed with the men of their city, saying, 34:21 These men arepeaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and tradetherein; for the land, behold, it is large enough for them; let ustake their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them ourdaughters.34:22 Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us,to be one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they arecircumcised.34:23 Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast oftheir's be our's? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwellwith us.34:24 And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that wentout of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all thatwent out of the gate of his city.34:25 And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, thattwo of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took eachman his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.34:26 And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of thesword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out.34:27 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city,because they had defiled their sister.34:28 They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and thatwhich was in the city, and that which was in the field, 34:29 And alltheir wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took theycaptive, and spoiled even all that was in the house.34:30 And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to makeme to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanitesand the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gatherthemselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed,I and my house.34:31 And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot?35:1 And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there:and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thoufleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.35:2 Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were withhim, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, andchange your garments: 35:3 And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; andI will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of mydistress, and was with me in the way which I went.35:4 And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in theirhand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hidthem under the oak which was by Shechem.35:5 And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the citiesthat were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons ofJacob.35:6 So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is,Bethel, he and all the people that were with him.35:7 And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel:because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of hisbrother.35:8 But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneathBethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth.35:9 And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram,and blessed him.35:10 And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not becalled any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called hisname Israel.35:11 And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful andmultiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, andkings shall come out of thy loins; 35:12 And the land which I gaveAbraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after theewill I give the land.35:13 And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him.35:14 And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him,even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and hepoured oil thereon.35:15 And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him,Bethel.35:16 And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little wayto come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.35:17 And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that themidwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.35:18 And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for shedied) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called himBenjamin.35:19 And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which isBethlehem.35:20 And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar ofRachel's grave unto this day.35:21 And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower ofEdar.35:22 And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reubenwent and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard it.Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: 35:23 The sons of Leah; Reuben,Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, andZebulun: 35:24 The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin: 35:25 And thesons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali: 35:26 And thesons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid: Gad, and Asher: these are the sons ofJacob, which were born to him in Padanaram.35:27 And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the cityof Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.35:28 And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years.35:29 And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto hispeople, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buriedhim.36:1 Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom.36:2 Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughterof Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughterof Zibeon the Hivite; 36:3 And Bashemath Ishmael's daughter, sister ofNebajoth.36:4 And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel; 36:5 AndAholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these are the sons ofEsau, which were born unto him in the land of Canaan.36:6 And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and allthe persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and allhis substance, which he had got in the land of Canaan; and went intothe country from the face of his brother Jacob.36:7 For their riches were more than that they might dwell together;and the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them becauseof their cattle.36:8 Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.36:9 And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomitesin mount Seir: 36:10 These are the names of Esau's sons; Eliphaz theson of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife ofEsau.36:11 And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, andKenaz.36:12 And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son; and she bare toEliphaz Amalek: these were the sons of Adah Esau's wife.36:13 And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, andMizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath Esau's wife.36:14 And these were the sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah thedaughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife: and she bare to Esau Jeush, andJaalam, and Korah.36:15 These were dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz thefirstborn son of Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz,36:16 Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Amalek: these are the dukesthat came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these were the sons of Adah.36:17 And these are the sons of Reuel Esau's son; duke Nahath, dukeZerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah: these are the dukes that came ofReuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Bashemath Esau'swife.36:18 And these are the sons of Aholibamah Esau's wife; duke Jeush,duke Jaalam, duke Korah: these were the dukes that came of Aholibamahthe daughter of Anah, Esau's wife.36:19 These are the sons of Esau, who is Edom, and these are theirdukes.36:20 These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land;Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, 36:21 And Dishon, and Ezer,and Dishan: these are the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seirin the land of Edom.36:22 And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan'ssister was Timna.36:23 And the children of Shobal were these; Alvan, and Manahath, andEbal, Shepho, and Onam.36:24 And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: thiswas that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed theasses of Zibeon his father.36:25 And the children of Anah were these; Dishon, and Aholibamah thedaughter of Anah.36:26 And these are the children of Dishon; Hemdan, and Eshban, andIthran, and Cheran.36:27 The children of Ezer are these; Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan.36:28 The children of Dishan are these; Uz, and Aran.36:29 These are the dukes that came of the Horites; duke Lotan, dukeShobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah, 36:30 Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, dukeDishan: these are the dukes that came of Hori, among their dukes inthe land of Seir.36:31 And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, beforethere reigned any king over the children of Israel.36:32 And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom: and the name of hiscity was Dinhabah.36:33 And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned inhis stead.36:34 And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of Temani reigned in hisstead.36:35 And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian inthe field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city wasAvith.36:36 And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.36:37 And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned inhis stead.36:38 And Saul died, and Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned in hisstead.36:39 And Baalhanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in hisstead: and the name of his city was Pau; and his wife's name wasMehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.36:40 And these are the names of the dukes that came of Esau,according to their families, after their places, by their names; dukeTimnah, duke Alvah, duke Jetheth, 36:41 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah,duke Pinon, 36:42 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar, 36:43 DukeMagdiel, duke Iram: these be the dukes of Edom, according to theirhabitations in the land of their possession: he is Esau the father ofthe Edomites.37:1 And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, inthe land of Canaan.37:2 These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen yearsold, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with thesons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: andJoseph brought unto his father their evil report.37:3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because hewas the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.37:4 And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more thanall his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably untohim.37:5 And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and theyhated him yet the more.37:6 And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I havedreamed: 37:7 For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and,lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheavesstood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.37:8 And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? orshalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet themore for his dreams, and for his words.37:9 And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, andsaid, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun andthe moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.37:10 And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and hisfather rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thouhast dreamed?  Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come tobow down ourselves to thee to the earth?  37:11 And his brethrenenvied him; but his father observed the saying.37:12 And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.37:13 And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flockin Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him,Here am I.37:14 And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well withthy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So hesent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.37:15 And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering inthe field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?  37:16And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feedtheir flocks.37:17 And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say,Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and foundthem in Dothan.37:18 And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near untothem, they conspired against him to slay him.37:19 And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.37:20 Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into somepit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shallsee what will become of his dreams.37:21 And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands;and said, Let us not kill him.37:22 And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into thispit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he mightrid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.37:23 And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren,that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours thatwas on him; 37:24 And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and thepit was empty, there was no water in it.37:25 And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyesand looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gileadwith their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carryit down to Egypt.37:26 And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slayour brother, and conceal his blood?  37:27 Come, and let us sell himto the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is ourbrother and our flesh. And his brethren were content.37:28 Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew andlifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelitesfor twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.37:29 And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not inthe pit; and he rent his clothes.37:30 And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not;and I, whither shall I go?  37:31 And they took Joseph's coat, andkilled a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood; 37:32 Andthey sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to theirfather; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son'scoat or no.37:33 And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beasthath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.37:34 And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins,and mourned for his son many days.37:35 And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him;but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down intothe grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.37:36 And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officerof Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard.38:1 And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from hisbrethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.38:2 And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose namewas Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her.38:3 And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er.38:4 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his nameOnan.38:5 And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his nameShelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him.38:6 And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar.38:7 And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD;and the LORD slew him.38:8 And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, andmarry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.38:9 And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came topass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled it onthe ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother.38:10 And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore heslew him also.38:11 Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow atthy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lestperadventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went anddwelt in her father's house.38:12 And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah's wife died;and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers toTimnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.38:13 And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth upto Timnath to shear his sheep.38:14 And she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered herwith a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which isby the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she wasnot given unto him to wife.38:15 When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because shehad covered her face.38:16 And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee,let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she was his daughterin law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest comein unto me?  38:17 And he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock.And she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it?  38:18And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet,and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he gave ither, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him.38:19 And she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, andput on the garments of her widowhood.38:20 And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite,to receive his pledge from the woman's hand: but he found her not.38:21 Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is theharlot, that was openly by the way side? And they said, There was noharlot in this place.38:22 And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and alsothe men of the place said, that there was no harlot in this place.38:23 And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed:behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.38:24 And it came to pass about three months after, that it was toldJudah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; andalso, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring herforth, and let her be burnt.38:25 When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law,saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said,Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, andstaff.38:26 And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been morerighteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And heknew her again no more.38:27 And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold,twins were in her womb.38:28 And it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put outhis hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarletthread, saying, This came out first.38:29 And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, hisbrother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth? thisbreach be upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharez.38:30 And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet threadupon his hand: and his name was called Zarah.39:1 And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer ofPharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands ofthe Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither.39:2 And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and hewas in the house of his master the Egyptian.39:3 And his master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the LORDmade all that he did to prosper in his hand.39:4 And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and hemade him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into hishand.39:5 And it came to pass from the time that he had made him overseerin his house, and over all that he had, that the LORD blessed theEgyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of the LORD wasupon all that he had in the house, and in the field.39:6 And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew notought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodlyperson, and well favoured.39:7 And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wifecast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.39:8 But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, mymaster wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committedall that he hath to my hand; 39:9 There is none greater in this housethan I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, becausethou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sinagainst God?  39:10 And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day byday, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her.39:11 And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into thehouse to do his business; and there was none of the men of the housethere within.39:12 And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and heleft his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.39:13 And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garmentin her hand, and was fled forth, 39:14 That she called unto the men ofher house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in anHebrew unto us to mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and Icried with a loud voice: 39:15 And it came to pass, when he heard thatI lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, andfled, and got him out.39:16 And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home.39:17 And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, TheHebrew servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me tomock me: 39:18 And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried,that he left his garment with me, and fled out.39:19 And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of hiswife, which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thyservant to me; that his wrath was kindled.39:20 And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, aplace where the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there in theprison.39:21 But the LORD was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave himfavour in the sight of the keeper of the prison.39:22 And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all theprisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, hewas the doer of it.39:23 The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was underhis hand; because the LORD was with him, and that which he did, theLORD made it to prosper.40:1 And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of theking of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt.40:2 And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against thechief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.40:3 And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard,into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.40:4 And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and heserved them: and they continued a season in ward.40:5 And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in onenight, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, thebutler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in theprison.40:6 And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked uponthem, and, behold, they were sad.40:7 And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward ofhis lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day?  40:8 Andthey said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is nointerpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretationsbelong to God? tell me them, I pray you.40:9 And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him,In my dream, behold, a vine was before me; 40:10 And in the vine werethree branches: and it was as though it budded, and her blossoms shotforth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes: 40:11 AndPharaoh's cup was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed theminto Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.40:12 And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: Thethree branches are three days: 40:13 Yet within three days shallPharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place: and thoushalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former mannerwhen thou wast his butler.40:14 But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and shewkindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh,and bring me out of this house: 40:15 For indeed I was stolen away outof the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing thatthey should put me into the dungeon.40:16 When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, hesaid unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, I had threewhite baskets on my head: 40:17 And in the uppermost basket there wasof all manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them outof the basket upon my head.40:18 And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretationthereof: The three baskets are three days: 40:19 Yet within three daysshall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on atree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.40:20 And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday,that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the headof the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.40:21 And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; andhe gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand: 40:22 But he hanged the chiefbaker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.40:23 Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.41:1 And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaohdreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.41:2 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favouredkine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow.41:3 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of theriver, ill favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the other kine uponthe brink of the river.41:4 And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the sevenwell favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.41:5 And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven earsof corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.41:6 And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east windsprung up after them.41:7 And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears.And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.41:8 And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled;and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all thewise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was nonethat could interpret them unto Pharaoh.41:9 Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remembermy faults this day: 41:10 Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and putme in ward in the captain of the guard's house, both me and the chiefbaker: 41:11 And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamedeach man according to the interpretation of his dream.41:12 And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant tothe captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to usour dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret.41:13 And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me herestored unto mine office, and him he hanged.41:14 Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought himhastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed hisraiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.41:15 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and thereis none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thoucanst understand a dream to interpret it.41:16 And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shallgive Pharaoh an answer of peace.41:17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood uponthe bank of the river: 41:18 And, behold, there came up out of theriver seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in ameadow: 41:19 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poorand very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all theland of Egypt for badness: 41:20 And the lean and the ill favouredkine did eat up the first seven fat kine: 41:21 And when they hadeaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; butthey were still ill favoured, as at the beginning. So I awoke.41:22 And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in onestalk, full and good: 41:23 And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin,and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them: 41:24 And thethin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto themagicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.41:25 And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: Godhath shewed Pharaoh what he is about to do.41:26 The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears areseven years: the dream is one.41:27 And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after themare seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east windshall be seven years of famine.41:28 This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God isabout to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh.41:29 Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout allthe land of Egypt: 41:30 And there shall arise after them seven yearsof famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt;and the famine shall consume the land; 41:31 And the plenty shall notbe known in the land by reason of that famine following; for it shallbe very grievous.41:32 And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it isbecause the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring itto pass.41:33 Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, andset him over the land of Egypt.41:34 Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land,and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteousyears.41:35 And let them gather all the food of those good years that come,and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food inthe cities.41:36 And that food shall be for store to the land against the sevenyears of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the landperish not through the famine.41:37 And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyesof all his servants.41:38 And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one asthis is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?  41:39 And Pharaoh saidunto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is noneso discreet and wise as thou art: 41:40 Thou shalt be over my house,and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in thethrone will I be greater than thou.41:41 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all theland of Egypt.41:42 And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it uponJoseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put agold chain about his neck; 41:43 And he made him to ride in the secondchariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and hemade him ruler over all the land of Egypt.41:44 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without theeshall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.41:45 And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnathpaaneah; and he gavehim to wife Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On. AndJoseph went out over all the land of Egypt.41:46 And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaohking of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, andwent throughout all the land of Egypt.41:47 And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth byhandfuls.41:48 And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which werein the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food ofthe field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same.41:49 And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much,until he left numbering; for it was without number.41:50 And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of faminecame, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare untohim.41:51 And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God,said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.41:52 And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hathcaused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.41:53 And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land ofEgypt, were ended.41:54 And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Josephhad said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land ofEgypt there was bread.41:55 And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried toPharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go untoJoseph; what he saith to you, do.41:56 And the famine was over all the face of the earth: and Josephopened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and thefamine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.41:57 And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn;because that the famine was so sore in all lands.42:1 Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said untohis sons, Why do ye look one upon another?  42:2 And he said, Behold,I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, andbuy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.42:3 And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.42:4 But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren;for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.42:5 And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came:for the famine was in the land of Canaan.42:6 And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was thatsold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, andbowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.42:7 And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himselfstrange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them,Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.42:8 And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.42:9 And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, andsaid unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye arecome.42:10 And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thyservants come.42:11 We are all one man's sons; we are true men, thy servants are nospies.42:12 And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the landye are come.42:13 And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of oneman in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day withour father, and one is not.42:14 And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you,saying, Ye are spies: 42:15 Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life ofPharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother comehither.42:16 Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall bekept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be anytruth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.42:17 And he put them all together into ward three days.42:18 And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; forI fear God: 42:19 If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be boundin the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of yourhouses: 42:20 But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall yourwords be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.42:21 And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerningour brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besoughtus, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.42:22 And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying,Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore,behold, also his blood is required.42:23 And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake untothem by an interpreter.42:24 And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned tothem again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, andbound him before their eyes.42:25 Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and torestore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provisionfor the way: and thus did he unto them.42:26 And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence.42:27 And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender inthe inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it was in his sack's mouth.42:28 And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, itis even in my sack: and their heart failed them, and they were afraid,saying one to another, What is this that God hath done unto us?  42:29And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, andtold him all that befell unto them; saying, 42:30 The man, who is thelord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of thecountry.42:31 And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies: 42:32 Webe twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngestis this day with our father in the land of Canaan.42:33 And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shallI know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here with me,and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone: 42:34And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye areno spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you yourbrother, and ye shall traffick in the land.42:35 And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold,every man's bundle of money was in his sack: and when both they andtheir father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid.42:36 And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of mychildren: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjaminaway: all these things are against me.42:37 And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if Ibring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring himto thee again.42:38 And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brotheris dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way inthe which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow tothe grave.43:1 And the famine was sore in the land.43:2 And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which theyhad brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buyus a little food.43:3 And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protestunto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be withyou.43:4 If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buythee food: 43:5 But if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down:for the man said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except yourbrother be with you.43:6 And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tellthe man whether ye had yet a brother?  43:7 And they said, The manasked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying, Is yourfather yet alive? have ye another brother? and we told him accordingto the tenor of these words: could we certainly know that he wouldsay, Bring your brother down?  43:8 And Judah said unto Israel hisfather, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we maylive, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones.43:9 I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if Ibring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear theblame for ever: 43:10 For except we had lingered, surely now we hadreturned this second time.43:11 And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, dothis; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carrydown the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, andmyrrh, nuts, and almonds: 43:12 And take double money in your hand;and the money that was brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carryit again in your hand; peradventure it was an oversight: 43:13 Takealso your brother, and arise, go again unto the man: 43:14 And GodAlmighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away yourother brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I ambereaved.43:15 And the men took that present, and they took double money intheir hand and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, andstood before Joseph.43:16 And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler ofhis house, Bring these men home, and slay, and make ready; for thesemen shall dine with me at noon.43:17 And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men intoJoseph's house.43:18 And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph'shouse; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in oursacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasionagainst us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses.43:19 And they came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and theycommuned with him at the door of the house, 43:20 And said, O sir, wecame indeed down at the first time to buy food: 43:21 And it came topass, when we came to the inn, that we opened our sacks, and, behold,every man's money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in fullweight: and we have brought it again in our hand.43:22 And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food:we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks.43:23 And he said, Peace be to you, fear not: your God, and the God ofyour father, hath given you treasure in your sacks: I had your money.And he brought Simeon out unto them.43:24 And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave themwater, and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses provender.43:25 And they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon: forthey heard that they should eat bread there.43:26 And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present whichwas in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to theearth.43:27 And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your fatherwell, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?  43:28 And theyanswered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive.And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance.43:29 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, hismother's son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom ye spakeunto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son.43:30 And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon hisbrother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber,and wept there.43:31 And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, andsaid, Set on bread.43:32 And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves,and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves: becausethe Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is anabomination unto the Egyptians.43:33 And they sat before him, the firstborn according to hisbirthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the menmarvelled one at another.43:34 And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: butBenjamin's mess was five times so much as any of their's. And theydrank, and were merry with him.44:1 And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men'ssacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man's moneyin his sack's mouth.44:2 And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of theyoungest, and his corn money. And he did according to the word thatJoseph had spoken.44:3 As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, theyand their asses.44:4 And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off,Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thoudost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil forgood?  44:5 Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and wherebyindeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.44:6 And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words.44:7 And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? Godforbid that thy servants should do according to this thing: 44:8Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we broughtagain unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we stealout of thy lord's house silver or gold?  44:9 With whomsoever of thyservants it be found, both let him die, and we also will be my lord'sbondmen.44:10 And he said, Now also let it be according unto your words: hewith whom it is found shall be my servant; and ye shall be blameless.44:11 Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground,and opened every man his sack.44:12 And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at theyoungest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.44:13 Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, andreturned to the city.44:14 And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; for he wasyet there: and they fell before him on the ground.44:15 And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done?wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine?  44:16 And Judahsaid, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak?  or howshall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thyservants: behold, we are my lord's servants, both we, and he also withwhom the cup is found.44:17 And he said, God forbid that I should do so: but the man inwhose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you,get you up in peace unto your father.44:18 Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thyservant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let notthine anger burn against thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh.44:19 My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or abrother?  44:20 And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an oldman, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother isdead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him.44:21 And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, thatI may set mine eyes upon him.44:22 And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: forif he should leave his father, his father would die.44:23 And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brothercome down with you, ye shall see my face no more.44:24 And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father,we told him the words of my lord.44:25 And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food.44:26 And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be withus, then will we go down: for we may not see the man's face, exceptour youngest brother be with us.44:27 And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wifebare me two sons: 44:28 And the one went out from me, and I said,Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since: 44:29 And if yetake this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring downmy gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.44:30 Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the ladbe not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life;44:31 It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not withus, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairsof thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.44:32 For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father,saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame tomy father for ever.44:33 Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of thelad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren.44:34 For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me?lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father.45:1 Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stoodby him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And therestood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto hisbrethren.45:2 And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaohheard.45:3 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my fatheryet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they weretroubled at his presence.45:4 And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you.And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom yesold into Egypt.45:5 Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that yesold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.45:6 For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yetthere are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing norharvest.45:7 And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in theearth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.45:8 So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hathmade me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a rulerthroughout all the land of Egypt.45:9 Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saiththy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me,tarry not: 45:10 And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thoushalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children'schildren, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast: 45:11And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine;lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.45:12 And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin,that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you.45:13 And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of allthat ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither.45:14 And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept; andBenjamin wept upon his neck.45:15 Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: andafter that his brethren talked with him.45:16 And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying,Joseph's brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and hisservants.45:17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye;lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan; 45:18 Andtake your father and your households, and come unto me: and I willgive you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat ofthe land.45:19 Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you wagons out of theland of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring yourfather, and come.45:20 Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land ofEgypt is your's.45:21 And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons,according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision forthe way.45:22 To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but toBenjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes ofraiment.45:23 And to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses ladenwith the good things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with corn andbread and meat for his father by the way.45:24 So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he saidunto them, See that ye fall not out by the way.45:25 And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaanunto Jacob their father, 45:26 And told him, saying, Joseph is yetalive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob'sheart fainted, for he believed them not.45:27 And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had saidunto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carryhim, the spirit of Jacob their father revived: 45:28 And Israel said,It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him beforeI die.46:1 And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came toBeersheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.46:2 And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said,Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.46:3 And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go downinto Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation: 46:4 I willgo down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee upagain: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.46:5 And Jacob rose up from Beersheba: and the sons of Israel carriedJacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in thewagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.46:6 And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they hadgotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all hisseed with him: 46:7 His sons, and his sons' sons with him, hisdaughters, and his sons' daughters, and all his seed brought he withhim into Egypt.46:8 And these are the names of the children of Israel, which cameinto Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn.46:9 And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, andCarmi.46:10 And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin,and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman.46:11 And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.46:12 And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, andZarah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons ofPharez were Hezron and Hamul.46:13 And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, andShimron.46:14 And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.46:15 These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob inPadanaram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and hisdaughters were thirty and three.46:16 And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri,and Arodi, and Areli.46:17 And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah,and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel.46:18 These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah hisdaughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.46:19 The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife; Joseph, and Benjamin.46:20 And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh andEphraim, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bareunto him.46:21 And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel,Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.46:22 These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all thesouls were fourteen.46:23 And the sons of Dan; Hushim.46:24 And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, andShillem.46:25 These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel hisdaughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls were seven.46:26 All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out ofhis loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were threescoreand six; 46:27 And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt,were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came intoEgypt, were threescore and ten.46:28 And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his faceunto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.46:29 And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israelhis father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell onhis neck, and wept on his neck a good while.46:30 And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seenthy face, because thou art yet alive.46:31 And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's house,I will go up, and shew Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and myfather's house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me;46:32 And the men are shepherds, for their trade hath been to feedcattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and allthat they have.46:33 And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, andshall say, What is your occupation?  46:34 That ye shall say, Thyservants' trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now,both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land ofGoshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.47:1 Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and mybrethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have,are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the landof Goshen.47:2 And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presentedthem unto Pharaoh.47:3 And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? Andthey said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and alsoour fathers.47:4 They said morever unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are wecome; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for thefamine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, letthy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.47:5 And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thybrethren are come unto thee: 47:6 The land of Egypt is before thee; inthe best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in theland of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any men of activityamong them, then make them rulers over my cattle.47:7 And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him beforePharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.47:8 And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?  47:9 And Jacobsaid unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are anhundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years ofmy life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of thelife of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.47:10 And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh.47:11 And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them apossession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the landof Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.47:12 And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all hisfather's household, with bread, according to their families.47:13 And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was verysore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted byreason of the famine.47:14 And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the landof Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought:and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house.47:15 And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land ofCanaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread:for why should we die in thy presence? for the money faileth.47:16 And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for yourcattle, if money fail.47:17 And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave thembread in exchange for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattleof the herds, and for the asses: and he fed them with bread for alltheir cattle for that year.47:18 When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year,and said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that ourmoney is spent; my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is notought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands:47:19 Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land?buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servantsunto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, thatthe land be not desolate.47:20 And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for theEgyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed overthem: so the land became Pharaoh's.47:21 And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end ofthe borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof.47:22 Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests hada portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion whichPharaoh gave them: wherefore they sold not their lands.47:23 Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you thisday and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shallsow the land.47:24 And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall givethe fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, forseed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households,and for food for your little ones.47:25 And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace inthe sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.47:26 And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day,that Pharaoh should have the fifth part, except the land of thepriests only, which became not Pharaoh's.47:27 And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen;and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multipliedexceedingly.47:28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so thewhole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years.47:29 And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called hisson Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight,put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and trulywith me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt: 47:30 But I will lie withmy fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in theirburyingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said.47:31 And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israelbowed himself upon the bed's head.48:1 And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph,Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons,Manasseh and Ephraim.48:2 And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh untothee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.48:3 And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luzin the land of Canaan, and blessed me, 48:4 And said unto me, Behold,I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of theea multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after theefor an everlasting possession.48:5 And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born untothee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, aremine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.48:6 And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine,and shall be called after the name of their brethren in theirinheritance.48:7 And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in theland of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to comeunto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the sameis Bethlehem.48:8 And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these?  48:9And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath givenme in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and Iwill bless them.48:10 Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could notsee.And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embracedthem.48:11 And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face:and, lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed.48:12 And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowedhimself with his face to the earth.48:13 And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand towardIsrael's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel'sright hand, and brought them near unto him.48:14 And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it uponEphraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh'shead, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.48:15 And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathersAbraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long untothis day, 48:16 The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless thelads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathersAbraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst ofthe earth.48:17 And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon thehead of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's hand,to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head.48:18 And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this isthe firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.48:19 And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it:he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but trulyhis younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shallbecome a multitude of nations.48:20 And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israelbless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he setEphraim before Manasseh.48:21 And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall bewith you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.48:22 Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren,which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with mybow.49:1 And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselvestogether, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the lastdays.49:2 Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; andhearken unto Israel your father.49:3 Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of mystrength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power: 49:4Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up tothy father's bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.49:5 Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in theirhabitations.49:6 O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly,mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man,and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.49:7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for itwas cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.49:8 Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shallbe in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow downbefore thee.49:9 Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up:he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shallrouse him up?  49:10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor alawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shallthe gathering of the people be.49:11 Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto thechoice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in theblood of grapes: 49:12 His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teethwhite with milk.49:13 Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be foran haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon.49:14 Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens:49:15 And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it waspleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant untotribute.49:16 Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.49:17 Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, thatbiteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.49:18 I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.49:19 Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at thelast.49:20 Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royaldainties.49:21 Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.49:22 Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well;whose branches run over the wall: 49:23 The archers have sorelygrieved him, and shot at him, and hated him: 49:24 But his bow abodein strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the handsof the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone ofIsrael:) 49:25 Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; andby the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above,blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, andof the womb: 49:26 The blessings of thy father have prevailed abovethe blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of theeverlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on thecrown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.49:27 Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devourthe prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.49:28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it thattheir father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according tohis blessing he blessed them.49:29 And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gatheredunto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in thefield of Ephron the Hittite, 49:30 In the cave that is in the field ofMachpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abrahambought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of aburyingplace.49:31 There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buriedIsaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.49:32 The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein wasfrom the children of Heth.49:33 And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, hegathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and wasgathered unto his people.50:1 And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, andkissed him.50:2 And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm hisfather: and the physicians embalmed Israel.50:3 And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled thedays of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for himthreescore and ten days.50:4 And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spake untothe house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes,speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying, 50:5 My father mademe swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me inthe land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me goup, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again.50:6 And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as hemade thee swear.50:7 And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him went up allthe servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the eldersof the land of Egypt, 50:8 And all the house of Joseph, and hisbrethren, and his father's house: only their little ones, and theirflocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen.50:9 And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it wasa very great company.50:10 And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyondJordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation:and he made a mourning for his father seven days.50:11 And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw themourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourningto the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abelmizraim,which is beyond Jordan.50:12 And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them: 50:13For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him inthe cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with thefield for a possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, beforeMamre.50:14 And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and allthat went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried hisfather.50:15 And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, theysaid, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite usall the evil which we did unto him.50:16 And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father didcommand before he died, saying, 50:17 So shall ye say unto Joseph,Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin;for they did unto thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive thetrespass of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph weptwhen they spake unto him.50:18 And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; andthey said, Behold, we be thy servants.50:19 And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place ofGod?  50:20 But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meantit unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much peoplealive.50:21 Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your littleones.And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.50:22 And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: andJoseph lived an hundred and ten years.50:23 And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation: thechildren also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up uponJoseph's knees.50:24 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surelyvisit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he swareto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.50:25 And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, Godwill surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.50:26 So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and theyembalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.The Second Book of Moses:  Called Exodus1:1 Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which cameinto Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.1:2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, 1:3 Issachar, Zebulun, andBenjamin, 1:4 Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.1:5 And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventysouls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.1:6 And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.1:7 And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increasedabundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the landwas filled with them.1:8 Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph.1:9 And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children ofIsrael are more and mightier than we: 1:10 Come on, let us deal wiselywith them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when therefalleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fightagainst us, and so get them up out of the land.1:11 Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them withtheir burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom andRaamses.1:12 But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied andgrew.And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.1:13 And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve withrigour: 1:14 And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, inmorter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: alltheir service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.1:15 And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which thename of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah: 1:16 Andhe said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, andsee them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: butif it be a daughter, then she shall live.1:17 But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egyptcommanded them, but saved the men children alive.1:18 And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said untothem, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men childrenalive?  1:19 And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrewwomen are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and aredelivered ere the midwives come in unto them.1:20 Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the peoplemultiplied, and waxed very mighty.1:21 And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that hemade them houses.1:22 And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that isborn ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall savealive.2:1 And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife adaughter of Levi.2:2 And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him thathe was a goodly child, she hid him three months.2:3 And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark ofbulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the childtherein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink.2:4 And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.2:5 And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at theriver; and her maidens walked along by the river's side; and when shesaw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.2:6 And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, thebabe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of theHebrews' children.2:7 Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call tothee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child forthee?  2:8 And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid wentand called the child's mother.2:9 And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away, andnurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the women tookthe child, and nursed it.2:10 And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter,and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said,Because I drew him out of the water.2:11 And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that hewent out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spiedan Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.2:12 And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that therewas no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.2:13 And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of theHebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong,Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?  2:14 And he said, Who made thee aprince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thoukilledst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thingis known.2:15 Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. ButMoses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian:and he sat down by a well.2:16 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came anddrew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.2:17 And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood upand helped them, and watered their flock.2:18 And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it thatye are come so soon to day?  2:19 And they said, An Egyptian deliveredus out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water enough forus, and watered the flock.2:20 And he said unto his daughters, And where is he? why is it thatye have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread.2:21 And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave MosesZipporah his daughter.2:22 And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for hesaid, I have been a stranger in a strange land.2:23 And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egyptdied: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, andthey cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.2:24 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenantwith Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.2:25 And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respectunto them.3:1 Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priestof Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, andcame to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.3:2 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire outof the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burnedwith fire, and the bush was not consumed.3:3 And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight,why the bush is not burnt.3:4 And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called untohim out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said,Here am I.3:5 And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thyfeet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.3:6 Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham,the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for hewas afraid to look upon God.3:7 And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my peoplewhich are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of theirtaskmasters; for I know their sorrows; 3:8 And I am come down todeliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them upout of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowingwith milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and theHittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, andthe Jebusites.3:9 Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is comeunto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptiansoppress them.3:10 Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thoumayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt.3:11 And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh,and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?3:12 And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be atoken unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forththe people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.3:13 And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children ofIsrael, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent meunto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I sayunto them?  3:14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said,Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent meunto you.3:15 And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto thechildren of Israel, the LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham,the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this ismy name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.3:16 Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them,The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and ofJacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seenthat which is done to you in Egypt: 3:17 And I have said, I will bringyou up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites,and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and theHivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.3:18 And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thouand the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall sayunto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath met with us: and now let usgo, we beseech thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, that wemay sacrifice to the LORD our God.3:19 And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, notby a mighty hand.3:20 And I will stretch out my hand, and smite Egypt with all mywonders which I will do in the midst thereof: and after that he willlet you go.3:21 And I will give this people favour in the sight of the Egyptians:and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty.3:22 But every woman shall borrow of her neighbour, and of her thatsojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, andraiment: and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon yourdaughters; and ye shall spoil the Egyptians.4:1 And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believeme, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The LORD hath notappeared unto thee.4:2 And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And hesaid, A rod.4:3 And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground,and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it.4:4 And the LORD said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it bythe tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became arod in his hand: 4:5 That they may believe that the LORD God of theirfathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob,hath appeared unto thee.4:6 And the LORD said furthermore unto him, Put now thine hand intothy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took itout, behold, his hand was leprous as snow.4:7 And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put hishand into his bosom again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and,behold, it was turned again as his other flesh.4:8 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neitherhearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe thevoice of the latter sign.4:9 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these twosigns, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of thewater of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water whichthou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land.4:10 And Moses said unto the LORD, O my LORD, I am not eloquent,neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but Iam slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.4:11 And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or whomaketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I theLORD?  4:12 Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teachthee what thou shalt say.4:13 And he said, O my LORD, send, I pray thee, by the hand of himwhom thou wilt send.4:14 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said,Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well.And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeththee, he will be glad in his heart.4:15 And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and Iwill be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what yeshall do.4:16 And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall be,even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to himinstead of God.4:17 And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shaltdo signs.4:18 And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and saidunto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren whichare in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said toMoses, Go in peace.4:19 And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt:for all the men are dead which sought thy life.4:20 And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass,and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God inhis hand.4:21 And the LORD said unto Moses, When thou goest to return intoEgypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I haveput in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not letthe people go.4:22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel ismy son, even my firstborn: 4:23 And I say unto thee, Let my son go,that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I willslay thy son, even thy firstborn.4:24 And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him,and sought to kill him.4:25 Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of herson, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband artthou to me.4:26 So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art,because of the circumcision.4:27 And the LORD said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses.And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him.4:28 And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent him,and all the signs which he had commanded him.4:29 And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders ofthe children of Israel: 4:30 And Aaron spake all the words which theLORD had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of thepeople.4:31 And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD hadvisited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon theiraffliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.5:1 And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thussaith the LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold afeast unto me in the wilderness.5:2 And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice tolet Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.5:3 And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go,we pray thee, three days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice untothe LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with thesword.5:4 And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses andAaron, let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens.5:5 And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, andye make them rest from their burdens.5:6 And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people,and their officers, saying, 5:7 Ye shall no more give the people strawto make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw forthemselves.5:8 And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, yeshall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish ought thereof: for they beidle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.5:9 Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labourtherein; and let them not regard vain words.5:10 And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers,and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will notgive you straw.5:11 Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of yourwork shall be diminished.5:12 So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land ofEgypt to gather stubble instead of straw.5:13 And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, yourdaily tasks, as when there was straw.5:14 And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh'staskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Whereforehave ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and today, as heretofore?  5:15 Then the officers of the children of Israelcame and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus withthy servants?  5:16 There is no straw given unto thy servants, andthey say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; butthe fault is in thine own people.5:17 But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let usgo and do sacrifice to the LORD.5:18 Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be givenyou, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.5:19 And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they werein evil case, after it was said, Ye shall not minish ought from yourbricks of your daily task.5:20 And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they cameforth from Pharaoh: 5:21 And they said unto them, The LORD look uponyou, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in theeyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword intheir hand to slay us.5:22 And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, LORD, wherefore hastthou so evil entreated this people? why is it that thou hast sent me?5:23 For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath doneevil to this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all.6:1 Then the LORD said unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will doto Pharaoh: for with a strong hand shall he let them go, and with astrong hand shall he drive them out of his land.6:2 And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the LORD: 6:3And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the nameof God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.6:4 And I have also established my covenant with them, to give themthe land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they werestrangers.6:5 And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whomthe Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant.6:6 Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and Iwill bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I willrid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretchedout arm, and with great judgments: 6:7 And I will take you to me for apeople, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am theLORD your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of theEgyptians.6:8 And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I didswear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will giveit you for an heritage: I am the LORD.6:9 And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkenednot unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.6:10 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 6:11 Go in, speak untoPharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out ofhis land.6:12 And Moses spake before the LORD, saying, Behold, the children ofIsrael have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, whoam of uncircumcised lips?  6:13 And the LORD spake unto Moses and untoAaron, and gave them a charge unto the children of Israel, and untoPharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the landof Egypt.6:14 These be the heads of their fathers' houses: The sons of Reubenthe firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: thesebe the families of Reuben.6:15 And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin,and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman: these are thefamilies of Simeon.6:16 And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to theirgenerations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of thelife of Levi were an hundred thirty and seven years.6:17 The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to theirfamilies.6:18 And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel:and the years of the life of Kohath were an hundred thirty and threeyears.6:19 And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are the familiesof Levi according to their generations.6:20 And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife; and shebare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were anhundred and thirty and seven years.6:21 And the sons of Izhar; Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.6:22 And the sons of Uzziel; Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Zithri.6:23 And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister ofNaashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, andIthamar.6:24 And the sons of Korah; Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: theseare the families of the Korhites.6:25 And Eleazar Aaron's son took him one of the daughters of Putielto wife; and she bare him Phinehas: these are the heads of the fathersof the Levites according to their families.6:26 These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom the LORD said, Bring outthe children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to theirarmies.6:27 These are they which spake to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring outthe children of Israel from Egypt: these are that Moses and Aaron.6:28 And it came to pass on the day when the LORD spake unto Moses inthe land of Egypt, 6:29 That the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, I amthe LORD: speak thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say untothee.6:30 And Moses said before the LORD, Behold, I am of uncircumcisedlips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?  7:1 And the LORD saidunto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thybrother shall be thy prophet.7:2 Thou shalt speak all that I command thee: and Aaron thy brothershall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out ofhis land.7:3 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my signs and mywonders in the land of Egypt.7:4 But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my handupon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, and my people the children ofIsrael, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.7:5 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretchforth mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel fromamong them.7:6 And Moses and Aaron did as the LORD commanded them, so did they.7:7 And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and threeyears old, when they spake unto Pharaoh.7:8 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 7:9 WhenPharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Shew a miracle for you: thenthou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh,and it shall become a serpent.7:10 And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as theLORD had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, andbefore his servants, and it became a serpent.7:11 Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now themagicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with theirenchantments.7:12 For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents:but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.7:13 And he hardened Pharaoh's heart, that he hearkened not unto them;as the LORD had said.7:14 And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh's heart is hardened, herefuseth to let the people go.7:15 Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto thewater; and thou shalt stand by the river's brink against he come; andthe rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thine hand.7:16 And thou shalt say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hathsent me unto thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me inthe wilderness: and, behold, hitherto thou wouldest not hear.7:17 Thus saith the LORD, In this thou shalt know that I am the LORD:behold, I will smite with the rod that is in mine hand upon the waterswhich are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.7:18 And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shallstink; and the Egyptians shall lothe to drink of the water of theriver.7:19 And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, andstretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams,upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools ofwater, that they may become blood; and that there may be bloodthroughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and invessels of stone.7:20 And Moses and Aaron did so, as the LORD commanded; and he liftedup the rod, and smote the waters that were in the river, in the sightof Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters thatwere in the river were turned to blood.7:21 And the fish that was in the river died; and the river stank, andthe Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river; and there wasblood throughout all the land of Egypt.7:22 And the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments: andPharaoh's heart was hardened, neither did he hearken unto them; as theLORD had said.7:23 And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he sethis heart to this also.7:24 And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water todrink; for they could not drink of the water of the river.7:25 And seven days were fulfilled, after that the LORD had smittenthe river.8:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him,Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me.8:2 And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thyborders with frogs: 8:3 And the river shall bring forth frogsabundantly, which shall go up and come into thine house, and into thybedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, andupon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneadingtroughs:8:4 And the frogs shall come up both on thee, and upon thy people, andupon all thy servants.8:5 And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thinehand with thy rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over theponds, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt.8:6 And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and thefrogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt.8:7 And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought upfrogs upon the land of Egypt.8:8 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Intreat theLORD, that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; andI will let the people go, that they may do sacrifice unto the LORD.8:9 And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me: when shall I intreatfor thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to destroy thefrogs from thee and thy houses, that they may remain in the riveronly?  8:10 And he said, To morrow. And he said, Be it according tothy word: that thou mayest know that there is none like unto the LORDour God.8:11 And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy houses, andfrom thy servants, and from thy people; they shall remain in the riveronly.8:12 And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried untothe LORD because of the frogs which he had brought against Pharaoh.8:13 And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and the frogsdied out of the houses, out of the villages, and out of the fields.8:14 And they gathered them together upon heaps: and the land stank.8:15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened hisheart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.8:16 And the LORD said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thyrod, and smite the dust of the land, that it may become licethroughout all the land of Egypt.8:17 And they did so; for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod,and smote the dust of the earth, and it became lice in man, and inbeast; all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land ofEgypt.8:18 And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forthlice, but they could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast.8:19 Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the finger of God:and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; asthe LORD had said.8:20 And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, andstand before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water; and say untohim, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me.8:21 Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will sendswarms of flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people,and into thy houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full ofswarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are.8:22 And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which mypeople dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thoumayest know that I am the LORD in the midst of the earth.8:23 And I will put a division between my people and thy people: tomorrow shall this sign be.8:24 And the LORD did so; and there came a grievous swarm of fliesinto the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses, and into allthe land of Egypt: the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm offlies.8:25 And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye,sacrifice to your God in the land.8:26 And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrificethe abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD our God: lo, shall wesacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and willthey not stone us?  8:27 We will go three days' journey into thewilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our God, as he shall command us.8:28 And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to theLORD your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away:intreat for me.8:29 And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will intreatthe LORD that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from hisservants, and from his people, to morrow: but let not Pharaoh dealdeceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to theLORD.8:30 And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the LORD.8:31 And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and he removedthe swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from hispeople; there remained not one.8:32 And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also, neither wouldhe let the people go.9:1 Then the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him,Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that theymay serve me.9:2 For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still, 9:3Behold, the hand of the LORD is upon thy cattle which is in the field,upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, andupon the sheep: there shall be a very grievous murrain.9:4 And the LORD shall sever between the cattle of Israel and thecattle of Egypt: and there shall nothing die of all that is thechildren's of Israel.9:5 And the LORD appointed a set time, saying, To morrow the LORDshall do this thing in the land.9:6 And the LORD did that thing on the morrow, and all the cattle ofEgypt died: but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not one.9:7 And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not one of the cattle ofthe Israelites dead. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he didnot let the people go.9:8 And the LORD said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfulsof ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heavenin the sight of Pharaoh.9:9 And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shallbe a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast,throughout all the land of Egypt.9:10 And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; andMoses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil breakingforth with blains upon man, and upon beast.9:11 And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of theboils; for the boil was upon the magicians, and upon all theEgyptians.9:12 And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened notunto them; as the LORD had spoken unto Moses.9:13 And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, andstand before Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of theHebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.9:14 For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart, andupon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know thatthere is none like me in all the earth.9:15 For now I will stretch out my hand, that I may smite thee and thypeople with pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off from the earth.9:16 And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for toshew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout allthe earth.9:17 As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wiltnot let them go?  9:18 Behold, to morrow about this time I will causeit to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt sincethe foundation thereof even until now.9:19 Send therefore now, and gather thy cattle, and all that thou hastin the field; for upon every man and beast which shall be found in thefield, and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down uponthem, and they shall die.9:20 He that feared the word of the LORD among the servants of Pharaohmade his servants and his cattle flee into the houses: 9:21 And hethat regarded not the word of the LORD left his servants and hiscattle in the field.9:22 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch forth thine hand towardheaven, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man, andupon beast, and upon every herb of the field, throughout the land ofEgypt.9:23 And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the LORDsent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and theLORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt.9:24 So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous,such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since itbecame a nation.9:25 And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that wasin the field, both man and beast; and the hail smote every herb of thefield, and brake every tree of the field.9:26 Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were,was there no hail.9:27 And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said untothem, I have sinned this time: the LORD is righteous, and I and mypeople are wicked.9:28 Intreat the LORD (for it is enough) that there be no more mightythunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay nolonger.9:29 And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, Iwill spread abroad my hands unto the LORD; and the thunder shallcease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know howthat the earth is the LORD's.9:30 But as for thee and thy servants, I know that ye will not yetfear the LORD God.9:31 And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was inthe ear, and the flax was bolled.9:32 But the wheat and the rie were not smitten: for they were notgrown up.9:33 And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroadhis hands unto the LORD: and the thunders and hail ceased, and therain was not poured upon the earth.9:34 And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunderswere ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and hisservants.9:35 And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, neither would he let thechildren of Israel go; as the LORD had spoken by Moses.10:1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I havehardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might shewthese my signs before him: 10:2 And that thou mayest tell in the earsof thy son, and of thy son's son, what things I have wrought in Egypt,and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know how that Iam the LORD.10:3 And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thussaith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humblethyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.10:4 Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow willI bring the locusts into thy coast: 10:5 And they shall cover the faceof the earth, that one cannot be able to see the earth: and they shalleat the residue of that which is escaped, which remaineth unto youfrom the hail, and shall eat every tree which groweth for you out ofthe field: 10:6 And they shall fill thy houses, and the houses of allthy servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; which neither thyfathers, nor thy fathers' fathers have seen, since the day that theywere upon the earth unto this day. And he turned himself, and went outfrom Pharaoh.10:7 And Pharaoh's servants said unto him, How long shall this man bea snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve the LORD theirGod: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed?  10:8 And Moses andAaron were brought again unto Pharaoh: and he said unto them, Go,serve the LORD your God: but who are they that shall go?  10:9 AndMoses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our sonsand with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go;for we must hold a feast unto the LORD.10:10 And he said unto them, Let the LORD be so with you, as I willlet you go, and your little ones: look to it; for evil is before you.10:11 Not so: go now ye that are men, and serve the LORD; for that yedid desire. And they were driven out from Pharaoh's presence.10:12 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over theland of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land ofEgypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hathleft.10:13 And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, andthe LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all thatnight; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.10:14 And the locust went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested inall the coasts of Egypt: very grievous were they; before them therewere no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such.10:15 For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the landwas darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all thefruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not anygreen thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through allthe land of Egypt.10:16 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, Ihave sinned against the LORD your God, and against you.10:17 Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, andintreat the LORD your God, that he may take away from me this deathonly.10:18 And he went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the LORD.10:19 And the LORD turned a mighty strong west wind, which took awaythe locusts, and cast them into the Red sea; there remained not onelocust in all the coasts of Egypt.10:20 But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not letthe children of Israel go.10:21 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand towardheaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, evendarkness which may be felt.10:22 And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there wasa thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days: 10:23 They sawnot one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: butall the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.10:24 And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said, Go ye, serve the LORD;only let your flocks and your herds be stayed: let your little onesalso go with you.10:25 And Moses said, Thou must give us also sacrifices and burntofferings, that we may sacrifice unto the LORD our God.10:26 Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not an hoof beleft behind; for thereof must we take to serve the LORD our God; andwe know not with what we must serve the LORD, until we come thither.10:27 But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not let themgo.10:28 And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me, take heed tothyself, see my face no more; for in that day thou seest my face thoushalt die.10:29 And Moses said, Thou hast spoken well, I will see thy face againno more.11:1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Yet will I bring one plague moreupon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence:when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hencealtogether.11:2 Speak now in the ears of the people, and let every man borrow ofhis neighbour, and every woman of her neighbour, jewels of silver andjewels of gold.11:3 And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of theEgyptians.Moreover the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in thesight of Pharaoh's servants, and in the sight of the people.11:4 And Moses said, Thus saith the LORD, About midnight will I go outinto the midst of Egypt: 11:5 And all the firstborn in the land ofEgypt shall die, from the first born of Pharaoh that sitteth upon histhrone, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind themill; and all the firstborn of beasts.11:6 And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt,such as there was none like it, nor shall be like it any more.11:7 But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog movehis tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the LORDdoth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.11:8 And all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow downthemselves unto me, saying, Get thee out, and all the people thatfollow thee: and after that I will go out. And he went out fromPharaoh in a great anger.11:9 And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you;that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.11:10 And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh: andthe LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let thechildren of Israel go out of his land.12:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egyptsaying, 12:2 This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: itshall be the first month of the year to you.12:3 Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In thetenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb,according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house: 12:4 Andif the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbournext unto his house take it according to the number of the souls;every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb.12:5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: yeshall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats: 12:6 And ye shallkeep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the wholeassembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.12:7 And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two sideposts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eatit.12:8 And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, andunleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.12:9 Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast withfire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.12:10 And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; andthat which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire.12:11 And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes onyour feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste:it is the LORD's passover.12:12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and willsmite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; andagainst all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.12:13 And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses whereye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plagueshall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.12:14 And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keepit a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it afeast by an ordinance for ever.12:15 Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day yeshall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eatethleavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soulshall be cut off from Israel.12:16 And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and inthe seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no mannerof work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat,that only may be done of you.12:17 And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in thisselfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt:therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by anordinance for ever.12:18 In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even,ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of themonth at even.12:19 Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: forwhosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cutoff from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or bornin the land.12:20 Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall yeeat unleavened bread.12:21 Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said untothem, Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, andkill the passover.12:22 And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the bloodthat is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side postswith the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out atthe door of his house until the morning.12:23 For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and whenhe seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, theLORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer tocome in unto your houses to smite you.12:24 And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and tothy sons for ever.12:25 And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which theLORD will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keepthis service.12:26 And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say untoyou, What mean ye by this service?  12:27 That ye shall say, It is thesacrifice of the LORD's passover, who passed over the houses of thechildren of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, anddelivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped.12:28 And the children of Israel went away, and did as the LORD hadcommanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.12:29 And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all thefirstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that saton his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in thedungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.12:30 And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, andall the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there wasnot a house where there was not one dead.12:31 And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up,and get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children ofIsrael; and go, serve the LORD, as ye have said.12:32 Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and begone; and bless me also.12:33 And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they mightsend them out of the land in haste; for they said, We be all dead men.12:34 And the people took their dough before it was leavened, theirkneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.12:35 And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses;and they borrowed of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels ofgold, and raiment: 12:36 And the LORD gave the people favour in thesight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them such things asthey required. And they spoiled the Egyptians.12:37 And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth,about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children.12:38 And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, andherds, even very much cattle.12:39 And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they broughtforth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened; because they were thrustout of Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared forthemselves any victual.12:40 Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt inEgypt, was four hundred and thirty years.12:41 And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirtyyears, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts ofthe LORD went out from the land of Egypt.12:42 It is a night to be much observed unto the LORD for bringingthem out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of the LORD to beobserved of all the children of Israel in their generations.12:43 And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance ofthe passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof: 12:44 But everyman's servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcisedhim, then shall he eat thereof.12:45 A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof.12:46 In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth oughtof the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bonethereof.12:47 All the congregation of Israel shall keep it.12:48 And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep thepassover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then lethim come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in theland: for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof.12:49 One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the strangerthat sojourneth among you.12:50 Thus did all the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Mosesand Aaron, so did they.12:51 And it came to pass the selfsame day, that the LORD did bringthe children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies.13:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 13:2 Sanctify unto me allthe firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children ofIsrael, both of man and of beast: it is mine.13:3 And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which yecame out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength ofhand the LORD brought you out from this place: there shall no leavenedbread be eaten.13:4 This day came ye out in the month Abib.13:5 And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land ofthe Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites,and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, aland flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service inthis month.13:6 Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventhday shall be a feast to the LORD.13:7 Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall noleavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seenwith thee in all thy quarters.13:8 And thou shalt shew thy son in that day, saying, This is donebecause of that which the LORD did unto me when I came forth out ofEgypt.13:9 And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for amemorial between thine eyes, that the LORD's law may be in thy mouth:for with a strong hand hath the LORD brought thee out of Egypt.13:10 Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season from yearto year.13:11 And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land ofthe Canaanites, as he sware unto thee and to thy fathers, and shallgive it thee, 13:12 That thou shalt set apart unto the LORD all thatopeneth the matrix, and every firstling that cometh of a beast whichthou hast; the males shall be the LORD's.13:13 And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; andif thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck: and allthe firstborn of man among thy children shalt thou redeem.13:14 And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come,saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength ofhand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage:13:15 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, thatthe LORD slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both thefirstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice tothe LORD all that openeth the matrix, being males; but all thefirstborn of my children I redeem.13:16 And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for frontletsbetween thine eyes: for by strength of hand the LORD brought us forthout of Egypt.13:17 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, thatGod led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines,although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the peoplerepent when they see war, and they return to Egypt: 13:18 But God ledthe people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea:and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt.13:19 And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitlysworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; andye shall carry up my bones away hence with you.13:20 And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham,in the edge of the wilderness.13:21 And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, tolead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give themlight; to go by day and night: 13:22 He took not away the pillar ofthe cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before thepeople.14:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 14:2 Speak unto thechildren of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pihahiroth,between Migdol and the sea, over against Baalzephon: before it shallye encamp by the sea.14:3 For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They areentangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.14:4 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he shall follow afterthem; and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; thatthe Egyptians may know that I am the LORD. And they did so.14:5 And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and theheart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people,and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go fromserving us?  14:6 And he made ready his chariot, and took his peoplewith him: 14:7 And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all thechariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them.14:8 And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and hepursued after the children of Israel: and the children of Israel wentout with an high hand.14:9 But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariotsof Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook themencamping by the sea, beside Pihahiroth, before Baalzephon.14:10 And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted uptheir eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and theywere sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto the LORD.14:11 And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt,hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thoudealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt?  14:12 Is not thisthe word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that wemay serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve theEgyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.14:13 And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, andsee the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: forthe Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again nomore for ever.14:14 The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.14:15 And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me?speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward: 14:16 Butlift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, anddivide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground throughthe midst of the sea.14:17 And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, andthey shall follow them: and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, andupon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.14:18 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I havegotten me honour upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon hishorsemen.14:19 And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel,removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went frombefore their face, and stood behind them: 14:20 And it came betweenthe camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloudand darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that theone came not near the other all the night.14:21 And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORDcaused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, andmade the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.14:22 And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea uponthe dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their righthand, and on their left.14:23 And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midstof the sea, even all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.14:24 And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD lookedunto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of thecloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians, 14:25 And took offtheir chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that theEgyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORDfighteth for them against the Egyptians.14:26 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over thesea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon theirchariots, and upon their horsemen.14:27 And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the seareturned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptiansfled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst ofthe sea.14:28 And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and thehorsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea afterthem; there remained not so much as one of them.14:29 But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst ofthe sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, andon their left.14:30 Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of theEgyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore.14:31 And Israel saw that great work which the LORD did upon theEgyptians: and the people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD, andhis servant Moses.15:1 Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto theLORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hathtriumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into thesea.15:2 The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation:he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God,and I will exalt him.15:3 The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name.15:4 Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: hischosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea.15:5 The depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom as astone.15:6 Thy right hand, O LORD, is become glorious in power: thy righthand, O LORD, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.15:7 And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrownthem that rose up against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, whichconsumed them as stubble.15:8 And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gatheredtogether, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths werecongealed in the heart of the sea.15:9 The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide thespoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, myhand shall destroy them.15:10 Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sankas lead in the mighty waters.15:11 Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like thee,glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?  15:12 Thoustretchedst out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them.15:13 Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hastredeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holyhabitation.15:14 The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold onthe inhabitants of Palestina.15:15 Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab,trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaanshall melt away.15:16 Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thinearm they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pass over, OLORD, till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased.15:17 Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain ofthine inheritance, in the place, O LORD, which thou hast made for theeto dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O LORD, which thy hands haveestablished.15:18 The LORD shall reign for ever and ever.15:19 For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with hishorsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought again the waters of thesea upon them; but the children of Israel went on dry land in themidst of the sea.15:20 And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrelin her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels andwith dances.15:21 And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hathtriumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into thesea.15:22 So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out intothe wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness,and found no water.15:23 And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the watersof Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was calledMarah.15:24 And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall wedrink?  15:25 And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him atree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were madesweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there heproved them, 15:26 And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to thevoice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in hissight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all hisstatutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I havebrought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.15:27 And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, andthreescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.16:1 And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregationof the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which isbetween Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month aftertheir departing out of the land of Egypt.16:2 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmuredagainst Moses and Aaron in the wilderness: 16:3 And the children ofIsrael said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of theLORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when wedid eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into thiswilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.16:4 Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread fromheaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rateevery day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, orno.16:5 And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they shallprepare that which they bring in; and it shall be twice as much asthey gather daily.16:6 And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel, Ateven, then ye shall know that the LORD hath brought you out from theland of Egypt: 16:7 And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory ofthe LORD; for that he heareth your murmurings against the LORD: andwhat are we, that ye murmur against us?  16:8 And Moses said, Thisshall be, when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat,and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD heareth yourmurmurings which ye murmur against him: and what are we? yourmurmurings are not against us, but against the LORD.16:9 And Moses spake unto Aaron, Say unto all the congregation of thechildren of Israel, Come near before the LORD: for he hath heard yourmurmurings.16:10 And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregationof the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness,and, behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud.16:11 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 16:12 I have heard themurmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At evenye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread;and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God.16:13 And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, andcovered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host.16:14 And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face ofthe wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoarfrost on the ground.16:15 And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one toanother, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses saidunto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.16:16 This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, Gather of itevery man according to his eating, an omer for every man, according tothe number of your persons; take ye every man for them which are inhis tents.16:17 And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, someless.16:18 And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered muchhad nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; theygathered every man according to his eating.16:19 And Moses said, Let no man leave of it till the morning.16:20 Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of themleft of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank: and Moseswas wroth with them.16:21 And they gathered it every morning, every man according to hiseating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.16:22 And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twiceas much bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of thecongregation came and told Moses.16:23 And he said unto them, This is that which the LORD hath said, Tomorrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake that whichye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that whichremaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.16:24 And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it didnot stink, neither was there any worm therein.16:25 And Moses said, Eat that to day; for to day is a sabbath untothe LORD: to day ye shall not find it in the field.16:26 Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which isthe sabbath, in it there shall be none.16:27 And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people onthe seventh day for to gather, and they found none.16:28 And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep mycommandments and my laws?  16:29 See, for that the LORD hath given youthe sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of twodays; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his placeon the seventh day.16:30 So the people rested on the seventh day.16:31 And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and itwas like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafersmade with honey.16:32 And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commandeth,Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may seethe bread wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness, when I broughtyou forth from the land of Egypt.16:33 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full ofmanna therein, and lay it up before the LORD, to be kept for yourgenerations.16:34 As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before theTestimony, to be kept.16:35 And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until theycame to a land inhabited; they did eat manna, until they came unto theborders of the land of Canaan.16:36 Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.17:1 And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed fromthe wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to thecommandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was nowater for the people to drink.17:2 Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give uswater that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye withme? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD?  17:3 And the people thirstedthere for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said,Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to killus and our children and our cattle with thirst?  17:4 And Moses criedunto the LORD, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they bealmost ready to stone me.17:5 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and takewith thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotestthe river, take in thine hand, and go.17:6 Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb;and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it,that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the eldersof Israel.17:7 And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, becauseof the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted theLORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?  17:8 Then came Amalek,and fought with Israel in Rephidim.17:9 And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fightwith Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with therod of God in mine hand.17:10 So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek:and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.17:11 And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israelprevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.17:12 But Moses hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put itunder him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands,the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and hishands were steady until the going down of the sun.17:13 And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge ofthe sword.17:14 And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in abook, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly putout the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.17:15 And Moses built an altar, and called the name of itJehovahnissi: 17:16 For he said, Because the LORD hath sworn that theLORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.18:1 When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father in law, heard ofall that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and thatthe LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt; 18:2 Then Jethro, Moses'father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back,18:3 And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; forhe said, I have been an alien in a strange land: 18:4 And the name ofthe other was Eliezer; for the God of my father, said he, was minehelp, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh: 18:5 And Jethro,Moses' father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses intothe wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God: 18:6 And hesaid unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thywife, and her two sons with her.18:7 And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance,and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and theycame into the tent.18:8 And Moses told his father in law all that the LORD had done untoPharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, and all the travailthat had come upon them by the way, and how the LORD delivered them.18:9 And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the LORD had doneto Israel, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians.18:10 And Jethro said, Blessed be the LORD, who hath delivered you outof the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who hathdelivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.18:11 Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in thething wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.18:12 And Jethro, Moses' father in law, took a burnt offering andsacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, toeat bread with Moses' father in law before God.18:13 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge thepeople: and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto theevening.18:14 And when Moses' father in law saw all that he did to the people,he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittestthou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning untoeven?  18:15 And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the peoplecome unto me to enquire of God: 18:16 When they have a matter, theycome unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make themknow the statutes of God, and his laws.18:17 And Moses' father in law said unto him, The thing that thoudoest is not good.18:18 Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that iswith thee: for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able toperform it thyself alone.18:19 Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and Godshall be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thoumayest bring the causes unto God: 18:20 And thou shalt teach themordinances and laws, and shalt shew them the way wherein they mustwalk, and the work that they must do.18:21 Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, suchas fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such overthem, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers offifties, and rulers of tens: 18:22 And let them judge the people atall seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bringunto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it beeasier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee.18:23 If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee so, then thoushalt be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to theirplace in peace.18:24 So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and didall that he had said.18:25 And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them headsover the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers offifties, and rulers of tens.18:26 And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes theybrought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.18:27 And Moses let his father in law depart; and he went his way intohis own land.19:1 In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forthout of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wildernessof Sinai.19:2 For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the desertof Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel campedbefore the mount.19:3 And Moses went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him out ofthe mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, andtell the children of Israel; 19:4 Ye have seen what I did unto theEgyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you untomyself.19:5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep mycovenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above allpeople: for all the earth is mine: 19:6 And ye shall be unto me akingdom of priests, and an holy nation.These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children ofIsrael.19:7 And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laidbefore their faces all these words which the LORD commanded him.19:8 And all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORDhath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the peopleunto the LORD.19:9 And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thickcloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believethee for ever.And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD.19:10 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctifythem to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes, 19:11 Andbe ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will comedown in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.19:12 And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying,Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touchthe border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put todeath: 19:13 There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely bestoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall notlive: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.19:14 And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, andsanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.19:15 And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day:come not at your wives.19:16 And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that therewere thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, andthe voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people thatwas in the camp trembled.19:17 And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet withGod; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.19:18 And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORDdescended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smokeof a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.19:19 And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louderand louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice.19:20 And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of themount: and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moseswent up.19:21 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lestthey break through unto the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish.19:22 And let the priests also, which come near to the LORD, sanctifythemselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them.19:23 And Moses said unto the LORD, The people cannot come up to mountSinai: for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, andsanctify it.19:24 And the LORD said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou shaltcome up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and thepeople break through to come up unto the LORD, lest he break forthupon them.19:25 So Moses went down unto the people, and spake unto them.20:1 And God spake all these words, saying, 20:2 I am the LORD thyGod, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of thehouse of bondage.20:3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.20:4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likenessof any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath,or that is in the water under the earth.20:5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for Ithe LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of thefathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of themthat hate me; 20:6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that loveme, and keep my commandments.20:7 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for theLORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.20:8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.20:9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: 20:10 But theseventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt notdo any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, northy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thygates: 20:11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea,and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore theLORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.20:12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long uponthe land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.20:13 Thou shalt not kill.20:14 Thou shalt not commit adultery.20:15 Thou shalt not steal.20:16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.20:17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covetthy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor hisox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.20:18 And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, andthe noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when thepeople saw it, they removed, and stood afar off.20:19 And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear:but let not God speak with us, lest we die.20:20 And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come toprove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sinnot.20:21 And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto thethick darkness where God was.20:22 And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto thechildren of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you fromheaven.20:23 Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye makeunto you gods of gold.20:24 An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrificethereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, andthine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come untothee, and I will bless thee.20:25 And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not buildit of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hastpolluted it.20:26 Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thynakedness be not discovered thereon.21:1 Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.21:2 If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and inthe seventh he shall go out free for nothing.21:3 If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he weremarried, then his wife shall go out with him.21:4 If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sonsor daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master's, and heshall go out by himself.21:5 And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife,and my children; I will not go out free: 21:6 Then his master shallbring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, orunto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with anaul; and he shall serve him for ever.21:7 And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall notgo out as the menservants do.21:8 If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself,then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nationhe shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.21:9 And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with herafter the manner of daughters.21:10 If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her dutyof marriage, shall he not diminish.21:11 And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go outfree without money.21:12 He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put todeath.21:13 And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand;then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.21:14 But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay himwith guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.21:15 And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surelyput to death.21:16 And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be foundin his hand, he shall surely be put to death.21:17 And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely beput to death.21:18 And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone,or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed: 21:19 If herise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smotehim be quit: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shallcause him to be thoroughly healed.21:20 And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and hedie under his hand; he shall be surely punished.21:21 Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not bepunished: for he is his money.21:22 If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruitdepart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surelypunished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and heshall pay as the judges determine.21:23 And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life,21:24 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,21:25 Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.21:26 And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of hismaid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.21:27 And if he smite out his manservant's tooth, or his maidservant'stooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.21:28 If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shallbe surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner ofthe ox shall be quit.21:29 But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, andit hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, butthat he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and hisowner also shall be put to death.21:30 If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give forthe ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him.21:31 Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, accordingto this judgment shall it be done unto him.21:32 If the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shallgive unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall bestoned.21:33 And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, andnot cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein; 21:34 The owner of thepit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and thedead beast shall be his.21:35 And if one man's ox hurt another's, that he die; then they shallsell the live ox, and divide the money of it; and the dead ox alsothey shall divide.21:36 Or if it be known that the ox hath used to push in time past,and his owner hath not kept him in; he shall surely pay ox for ox; andthe dead shall be his own.22:1 If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it;he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.22:2 If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die,there shall no blood be shed for him.22:3 If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him;for he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shallbe sold for his theft.22:4 If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it beox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.22:5 If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shallput in his beast, and shall feed in another man's field; of the bestof his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he makerestitution.22:6 If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks ofcorn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; hethat kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.22:7 If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep,and it be stolen out of the man's house; if the thief be found, lethim pay double.22:8 If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall bebrought unto the judges, to see whether he have put his hand unto hisneighbour's goods.22:9 For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, forsheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing which anotherchallengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before thejudges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double untohis neighbour.22:10 If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or asheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away,no man seeing it: 22:11 Then shall an oath of the LORD be between themboth, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods; andthe owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good.22:12 And if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto theowner thereof.22:13 If it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it for witness, andhe shall not make good that which was torn.22:14 And if a man borrow ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, ordie, the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make itgood.22:15 But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good:if it be an hired thing, it came for his hire.22:16 And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie withher, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.22:17 If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall paymoney according to the dowry of virgins.22:18 Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.22:19 Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.22:20 He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the LORD only, heshall be utterly destroyed.22:21 Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye werestrangers in the land of Egypt.22:22 Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.22:23 If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, Iwill surely hear their cry; 22:24 And my wrath shall wax hot, and Iwill kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and yourchildren fatherless.22:25 If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee,thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon himusury.22:26 If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thoushalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down: 22:27 For thatis his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall hesleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I willhear; for I am gracious.22:28 Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thypeople.22:29 Thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits, andof thy liquors: the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.22:30 Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep:seven days it shall be with his dam; on the eighth day thou shalt giveit me.22:31 And ye shall be holy men unto me: neither shall ye eat any fleshthat is torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs.23:1 Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with thewicked to be an unrighteous witness.23:2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thouspeak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment: 23:3 Neithershalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.23:4 If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shaltsurely bring it back to him again.23:5 If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under hisburden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help withhim.23:6 Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.23:7 Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteousslay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.23:8 And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, andperverteth the words of the righteous.23:9 Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart ofa stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.23:10 And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in thefruits thereof: 23:11 But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest andlie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leavethe beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal withthy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard.23:12 Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thoushalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thyhandmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.23:13 And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: andmake no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard outof thy mouth.23:14 Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.23:15 Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eatunleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the timeappointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: andnone shall appear before me empty:) 23:16 And the feast of harvest,the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: andthe feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thouhast gathered in thy labours out of the field.23:17 Three items in the year all thy males shall appear before theLORD God.23:18 Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavenedbread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning.23:19 The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring intothe house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in hismother's milk.23:20 Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way,and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.23:21 Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he willnot pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him.23:22 But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that Ispeak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversaryunto thine adversaries.23:23 For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto theAmorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites,the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off.23:24 Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor doafter their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quitebreak down their images.23:25 And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thybread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst ofthee.23:26 There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thyland: the number of thy days I will fulfil.23:27 I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the peopleto whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn theirbacks unto thee.23:28 And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out theHivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.23:29 I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest theland become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply againstthee.23:30 By little and little I will drive them out from before thee,until thou be increased, and inherit the land.23:31 And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea ofthe Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I willdeliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shaltdrive them out before thee.23:32 Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.23:33 They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sinagainst me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snareunto thee.24:1 And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the LORD, thou, and Aaron,Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship yeafar off.24:2 And Moses alone shall come near the LORD: but they shall not comenigh; neither shall the people go up with him.24:3 And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, andall the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, andsaid, All the words which the LORD hath said will we do.24:4 And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early inthe morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars,according to the twelve tribes of Israel.24:5 And he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offeredburnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the LORD.24:6 And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and halfof the blood he sprinkled on the altar.24:7 And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience ofthe people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, andbe obedient.24:8 And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, andsaid, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made withyou concerning all these words.24:9 Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy ofthe elders of Israel: 24:10 And they saw the God of Israel: and therewas under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and asit were the body of heaven in his clearness.24:11 And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not hishand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink.24:12 And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, andbe there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, andcommandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.24:13 And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went upinto the mount of God.24:14 And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we comeagain unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: if any manhave any matters to do, let him come unto them.24:15 And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount.24:16 And the glory of the LORD abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloudcovered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out ofthe midst of the cloud.24:17 And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fireon the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.24:18 And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up intothe mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.25:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 25:2 Speak unto thechildren of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man thatgiveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering.25:3 And this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, andsilver, and brass, 25:4 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and finelinen, and goats' hair, 25:5 And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers'skins, and shittim wood, 25:6 Oil for the light, spices for anointingoil, and for sweet incense, 25:7 Onyx stones, and stones to be set inthe ephod, and in the breastplate.25:8 And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.25:9 According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of thetabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even soshall ye make it.25:10 And they shall make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and ahalf shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadththereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.25:11 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and withoutshalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold roundabout.25:12 And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them inthe four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side ofit, and two rings in the other side of it.25:13 And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay themwith gold.25:14 And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of theark, that the ark may be borne with them.25:15 The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not betaken from it.25:16 And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall givethee.25:17 And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and ahalf shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadththereof.25:18 And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shaltthou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat.25:19 And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on theother end: even of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on thetwo ends thereof.25:20 And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high,covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall lookone to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubimsbe.25:21 And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in theark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.25:22 And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with theefrom above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which areupon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee incommandment unto the children of Israel.25:23 Thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood: two cubits shallbe the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubitand a half the height thereof.25:24 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto acrown of gold round about.25:25 And thou shalt make unto it a border of an hand breadth roundabout, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof roundabout.25:26 And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the ringsin the four corners that are on the four feet thereof.25:27 Over against the border shall the rings be for places of thestaves to bear the table.25:28 And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay themwith gold, that the table may be borne with them.25:29 And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, andcovers thereof, and bowls thereof, to cover withal: of pure gold shaltthou make them.25:30 And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me alway.25:31 And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten workshall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls,his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same.25:32 And six branches shall come out of the sides of it; threebranches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches ofthe candlestick out of the other side: 25:33 Three bowls made likeunto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowlsmade like almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a flower: so inthe six branches that come out of the candlestick.25:34 And in the candlesticks shall be four bowls made like untoalmonds, with their knops and their flowers.25:35 And there shall be a knop under two branches of the same, and aknop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches ofthe same, according to the six branches that proceed out of thecandlestick.25:36 Their knops and their branches shall be of the same: all itshall be one beaten work of pure gold.25:37 And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shalllight the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it.25:38 And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall be ofpure gold.25:39 Of a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all thesevessels.25:40 And look that thou make them after their pattern, which wasshewed thee in the mount.26:1 Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of finetwined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims ofcunning work shalt thou make them.26:2 The length of one curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, andthe breadth of one curtain four cubits: and every one of the curtainsshall have one measure.26:3 The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; andother five curtains shall be coupled one to another.26:4 And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the onecurtain from the selvedge in the coupling; and likewise shalt thoumake in the uttermost edge of another curtain, in the coupling of thesecond.26:5 Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loopsshalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is in the coupling ofthe second; that the loops may take hold one of another.26:6 And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold, and couple the curtainstogether with the taches: and it shall be one tabernacle.26:7 And thou shalt make curtains of goats' hair to be a covering uponthe tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make.26:8 The length of one curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadthof one curtain four cubits: and the eleven curtains shall be all ofone measure.26:9 And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, and sixcurtains by themselves, and shalt double the sixth curtain in theforefront of the tabernacle.26:10 And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtainthat is outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops in the edge of thecurtain which coupleth the second.26:11 And thou shalt make fifty taches of brass, and put the tachesinto the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one.26:12 And the remnant that remaineth of the curtains of the tent, thehalf curtain that remaineth, shall hang over the backside of thetabernacle.26:13 And a cubit on the one side, and a cubit on the other side ofthat which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent, itshall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on thatside, to cover it.26:14 And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyedred, and a covering above of badgers' skins.26:15 And thou shalt make boards for the tabernacle of shittim woodstanding up.26:16 Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and ahalf shall be the breadth of one board.26:17 Two tenons shall there be in one board, set in order one againstanother: thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle.26:18 And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boardson the south side southward.26:19 And thou shalt make forty sockets of silver under the twentyboards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and twosockets under another board for his two tenons.26:20 And for the second side of the tabernacle on the north sidethere shall be twenty boards: 26:21 And their forty sockets of silver;two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.26:22 And for the sides of the tabernacle westward thou shalt make sixboards.26:23 And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernaclein the two sides.26:24 And they shall be coupled together beneath, and they shall becoupled together above the head of it unto one ring: thus shall it befor them both; they shall be for the two corners.26:25 And they shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver,sixteen sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets underanother board.26:26 And thou shalt make bars of shittim wood; five for the boards ofthe one side of the tabernacle, 26:27 And five bars for the boards ofthe other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of theside of the tabernacle, for the two sides westward.26:28 And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall reach fromend to end.26:29 And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold, and make theirrings of gold for places for the bars: and thou shalt overlay the barswith gold.26:30 And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashionthereof which was shewed thee in the mount.26:31 And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, andfine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made:26:32 And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim woodoverlaid with gold: their hooks shall be of gold, upon the foursockets of silver.26:33 And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thoumayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: andthe vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the mostholy.26:34 And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimonyin the most holy place.26:35 And thou shalt set the table without the vail, and thecandlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacletoward the south: and thou shalt put the table on the north side.26:36 And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, ofblue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought withneedlework.26:37 And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars of shittimwood, and overlay them with gold, and their hooks shall be of gold:and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them.27:1 And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long,and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the heightthereof shall be three cubits.27:2 And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four cornersthereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay itwith brass.27:3 And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and hisshovels, and his basons, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all thevessels thereof thou shalt make of brass.27:4 And thou shalt make for it a grate of network of brass; and uponthe net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four corners thereof.27:5 And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath,that the net may be even to the midst of the altar.27:6 And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood,and overlay them with brass.27:7 And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shallbe upon the two sides of the altar, to bear it.27:8 Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: as it was shewed thee inthe mount, so shall they make it.27:9 And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the southside southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twinedlinen of an hundred cubits long for one side: 27:10 And the twentypillars thereof and their twenty sockets shall be of brass; the hooksof the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.27:11 And likewise for the north side in length there shall behangings of an hundred cubits long, and his twenty pillars and theirtwenty sockets of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets ofsilver.27:12 And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall behangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.27:13 And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall befifty cubits.27:14 The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits:their pillars three, and their sockets three.27:15 And on the other side shall be hangings fifteen cubits: theirpillars three, and their sockets three.27:16 And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twentycubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen,wrought with needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and theirsockets four.27:17 All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted withsilver; their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass.27:18 The length of the court shall be an hundred cubits, and thebreadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits of fine twinedlinen, and their sockets of brass.27:19 All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof,and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall be ofbrass.27:20 And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bringthee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burnalways.27:21 In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which isbefore the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from eveningto morning before the LORD: it shall be a statute for ever unto theirgenerations on the behalf of the children of Israel.28:1 And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him,from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in thepriest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar,Aaron's sons.28:2 And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for gloryand for beauty.28:3 And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I havefilled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron's garmentsto consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest'soffice.28:4 And these are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate,and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle:and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons,that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.28:5 And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, andfine linen.28:6 And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, ofscarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work.28:7 It shall have the two shoulderpieces thereof joined at the twoedges thereof; and so it shall be joined together.28:8 And the curious girdle of the ephod, which is upon it, shall beof the same, according to the work thereof; even of gold, of blue, andpurple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.28:9 And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the namesof the children of Israel: 28:10 Six of their names on one stone, andthe other six names of the rest on the other stone, according to theirbirth.28:11 With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of asignet, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of thechildren of Israel: thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold.28:12 And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of theephod for stones of memorial unto the children of Israel: and Aaronshall bear their names before the LORD upon his two shoulders for amemorial.28:13 And thou shalt make ouches of gold; 28:14 And two chains of puregold at the ends; of wreathen work shalt thou make them, and fastenthe wreathen chains to the ouches.28:15 And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunningwork; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, ofblue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen, shaltthou make it.28:16 Foursquare it shall be being doubled; a span shall be the lengththereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof.28:17 And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even four rows ofstones: the first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle:this shall be the first row.28:18 And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and adiamond.28:19 And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.28:20 And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: theyshall be set in gold in their inclosings.28:21 And the stones shall be with the names of the children ofIsrael, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of asignet; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelvetribes.28:22 And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains at the ends ofwreathen work of pure gold.28:23 And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, andshalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.28:24 And thou shalt put the two wreathen chains of gold in the tworings which are on the ends of the breastplate.28:25 And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains thou shaltfasten in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of theephod before it.28:26 And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put themupon the two ends of the breastplate in the border thereof, which isin the side of the ephod inward.28:27 And two other rings of gold thou shalt make, and shalt put themon the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart thereof,over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle ofthe ephod.28:28 And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof untothe rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be above thecurious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosedfrom the ephod.28:29 And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in thebreastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the holyplace, for a memorial before the LORD continually.28:30 And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim andthe Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron's heart, when he goeth inbefore the LORD: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children ofIsrael upon his heart before the LORD continually.28:31 And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue.28:32 And there shall be an hole in the top of it, in the midstthereof: it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole ofit, as it were the hole of an habergeon, that it be not rent.28:33 And beneath upon the hem of it thou shalt make pomegranates ofblue, and of purple, and of scarlet, round about the hem thereof; andbells of gold between them round about: 28:34 A golden bell and apomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the roberound about.28:35 And it shall be upon Aaron to minister: and his sound shall beheard when he goeth in unto the holy place before the LORD, and whenhe cometh out, that he die not.28:36 And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it,like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.28:37 And thou shalt put it on a blue lace, that it may be upon themitre; upon the forefront of the mitre it shall be.28:38 And it shall be upon Aaron's forehead, that Aaron may bear theiniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallowin all their holy gifts; and it shall be always upon his forehead,that they may be accepted before the LORD.28:39 And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen, and thou shaltmake the mitre of fine linen, and thou shalt make the girdle ofneedlework.28:40 And for Aaron's sons thou shalt make coats, and thou shalt makefor them girdles, and bonnets shalt thou make for them, for glory andfor beauty.28:41 And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his sonswith him; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctifythem, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office.28:42 And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover theirnakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach: 28:43And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they come inunto the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near untothe altar to minister in the holy place; that they bear not iniquity,and die: it shall be a statute for ever unto him and his seed afterhim.29:1 And this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallowthem, to minister unto me in the priest's office: Take one youngbullock, and two rams without blemish, 29:2 And unleavened bread, andcakes unleavened tempered with oil, and wafers unleavened anointedwith oil: of wheaten flour shalt thou make them.29:3 And thou shalt put them into one basket, and bring them in thebasket, with the bullock and the two rams.29:4 And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring unto the door of thetabernacle of the congregation, and shalt wash them with water.29:5 And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat,and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, andgird him with the curious girdle of the ephod: 29:6 And thou shalt putthe mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre.29:7 Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon hishead, and anoint him.29:8 And thou shalt bring his sons, and put coats upon them.29:9 And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, andput the bonnets on them: and the priest's office shall be theirs for aperpetual statute: and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons.29:10 And thou shalt cause a bullock to be brought before thetabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron and his sons shall put theirhands upon the head of the bullock.29:11 And thou shalt kill the bullock before the LORD, by the door ofthe tabernacle of the congregation.29:12 And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put it uponthe horns of the altar with thy finger, and pour all the blood besidethe bottom of the altar.29:13 And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, andthe caul that is above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fatthat is upon them, and burn them upon the altar.29:14 But the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung, shaltthou burn with fire without the camp: it is a sin offering.29:15 Thou shalt also take one ram; and Aaron and his sons shall puttheir hands upon the head of the ram.29:16 And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take his blood, andsprinkle it round about upon the altar.29:17 And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces, and wash the inwards ofhim, and his legs, and put them unto his pieces, and unto his head.29:18 And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar: it is a burntoffering unto the LORD: it is a sweet savour, an offering made by fireunto the LORD.29:19 And thou shalt take the other ram; and Aaron and his sons shallput their hands upon the head of the ram.29:20 Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of his blood, and put itupon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the rightear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon thegreat toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altarround about.29:21 And thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar, and ofthe anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron, and upon his garments,and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him: and heshall be hallowed, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons'garments with him.29:22 Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat and the rump, and thefat that covereth the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and thetwo kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder;for it is a ram of consecration: 29:23 And one loaf of bread, and onecake of oiled bread, and one wafer out of the basket of the unleavenedbread that is before the LORD: 29:24 And thou shalt put all in thehands of Aaron, and in the hands of his sons; and shalt wave them fora wave offering before the LORD.29:25 And thou shalt receive them of their hands, and burn them uponthe altar for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour before the LORD: itis an offering made by fire unto the LORD.29:26 And thou shalt take the breast of the ram of Aaron'sconsecration, and wave it for a wave offering before the LORD: and itshall be thy part.29:27 And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and theshoulder of the heave offering, which is waved, and which is heavedup, of the ram of the consecration, even of that which is for Aaron,and of that which is for his sons: 29:28 And it shall be Aaron's andhis sons' by a statute for ever from the children of Israel: for it isan heave offering: and it shall be an heave offering from the childrenof Israel of the sacrifice of their peace offerings, even their heaveoffering unto the LORD.29:29 And the holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons' after him, tobe anointed therein, and to be consecrated in them.29:30 And that son that is priest in his stead shall put them on sevendays, when he cometh into the tabernacle of the congregation tominister in the holy place.29:31 And thou shalt take the ram of the consecration, and seethe hisflesh in the holy place.29:32 And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and thebread that is in the basket by the door of the tabernacle of thecongregation.29:33 And they shall eat those things wherewith the atonement wasmade, to consecrate and to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eatthereof, because they are holy.29:34 And if ought of the flesh of the consecrations, or of the bread,remain unto the morning, then thou shalt burn the remainder with fire:it shall not be eaten, because it is holy.29:35 And thus shalt thou do unto Aaron, and to his sons, according toall things which I have commanded thee: seven days shalt thouconsecrate them.29:36 And thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering foratonement: and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast made anatonement for it, and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it.29:37 Seven days thou shalt make an atonement for the altar, andsanctify it; and it shall be an altar most holy: whatsoever toucheththe altar shall be holy.29:38 Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar; twolambs of the first year day by day continually.29:39 The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lambthou shalt offer at even: 29:40 And with the one lamb a tenth deal offlour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil; and thefourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering.29:41 And the other lamb thou shalt offer at even, and shalt dothereto according to the meat offering of the morning, and accordingto the drink offering thereof, for a sweet savour, an offering made byfire unto the LORD.29:42 This shall be a continual burnt offering throughout yourgenerations at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation beforethe LORD: where I will meet you, to speak there unto thee.29:43 And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and thetabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory.29:44 And I will sanctify the tabernacle of the congregation, and thealtar: I will sanctify also both Aaron and his sons, to minister to mein the priest's office.29:45 And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be theirGod.29:46 And they shall know that I am the LORD their God, that broughtthem forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them: I amthe LORD their God.30:1 And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittimwood shalt thou make it.30:2 A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadththereof; foursquare shall it be: and two cubits shall be the heightthereof: the horns thereof shall be of the same.30:3 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, andthe sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shaltmake unto it a crown of gold round about.30:4 And two golden rings shalt thou make to it under the crown of it,by the two corners thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou makeit; and they shall be for places for the staves to bear it withal.30:5 And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay themwith gold.30:6 And thou shalt put it before the vail that is by the ark of thetestimony, before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where Iwill meet with thee.30:7 And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when hedresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.30:8 And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incenseupon it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout yourgenerations.30:9 Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice,nor meat offering; neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon.30:10 And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in ayear with the blood of the sin offering of atonements: once in theyear shall he make atonement upon it throughout your generations: itis most holy unto the LORD.30:11 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 30:12 When thou takestthe sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall theygive every man a ransom for his soul unto the LORD, when thounumberest them; that there be no plague among them, when thounumberest them.30:13 This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that arenumbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekelis twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the offering of the LORD.30:14 Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twentyyears old and above, shall give an offering unto the LORD.30:15 The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give lessthan half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the LORD, to makean atonement for your souls.30:16 And thou shalt take the atonement money of the children ofIsrael, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of thecongregation; that it may be a memorial unto the children of Israelbefore the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls.30:17 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 30:18 Thou shalt alsomake a laver of brass, and his foot also of brass, to wash withal: andthou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and thealtar, and thou shalt put water therein.30:19 For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feetthereat: 30:20 When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation,they shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they come nearto the altar to minister, to burn offering made by fire unto the LORD:30:21 So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they dienot: and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and tohis seed throughout their generations.30:22 Moreover the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 30:23 Take thou alsounto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and ofsweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, andof sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels, 30:24 And of cassiafive hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oilolive an hin: 30:25 And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, anointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holyanointing oil.30:26 And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the congregationtherewith, and the ark of the testimony, 30:27 And the table and allhis vessels, and the candlestick and his vessels, and the altar ofincense, 30:28 And the altar of burnt offering with all his vessels,and the laver and his foot.30:29 And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy:whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.30:30 And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them,that they may minister unto me in the priest's office.30:31 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Thisshall be an holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations.30:32 Upon man's flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall ye makeany other like it, after the composition of it: it is holy, and itshall be holy unto you.30:33 Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any ofit upon a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people.30:34 And the LORD said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices,stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with purefrankincense: of each shall there be a like weight: 30:35 And thoushalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary,tempered together, pure and holy: 30:36 And thou shalt beat some of itvery small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle ofthe congregation, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto youmost holy.30:37 And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not maketo yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be untothee holy for the LORD.30:38 Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, shalleven be cut off from his people.31:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 31:2 See, I have called byname Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah:31:3 And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and inunderstanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship,31:4 To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and inbrass, 31:5 And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving oftimber, to work in all manner of workmanship.31:6 And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab, the son ofAhisamach, of the tribe of Dan: and in the hearts of all that are wisehearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I havecommanded thee; 31:7 The tabernacle of the congregation, and the arkof the testimony, and the mercy seat that is thereupon, and all thefurniture of the tabernacle, 31:8 And the table and his furniture, andthe pure candlestick with all his furniture, and the altar of incense,31:9 And the altar of burnt offering with all his furniture, and thelaver and his foot, 31:10 And the cloths of service, and the holygarments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, tominister in the priest's office, 31:11 And the anointing oil, andsweet incense for the holy place: according to all that I havecommanded thee shall they do.31:12 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 31:13 Speak thou alsounto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep:for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; thatye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you.31:14 Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you:every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoeverdoeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among hispeople.31:15 Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath ofrest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day,he shall surely be put to death.31:16 Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, toobserve the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetualcovenant.31:17 It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: forin six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day herested, and was refreshed.31:18 And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communingwith him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone,written with the finger of God.32:1 And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out ofthe mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, andsaid unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as forthis Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, wewot not what is become of him.32:2 And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, whichare in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters,and bring them unto me.32:3 And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were intheir ears, and brought them unto Aaron.32:4 And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with agraving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, Thesebe thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.32:5 And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaronmade proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the LORD.32:6 And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burntofferings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eatand to drink, and rose up to play.32:7 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people,which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corruptedthemselves: 32:8 They have turned aside quickly out of the way which Icommanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshippedit, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, OIsrael, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.32:9 And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and,behold, it is a stiffnecked people: 32:10 Now therefore let me alone,that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them:and I will make of thee a great nation.32:11 And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doththy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forthout of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?32:12 Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief didhe bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume themfrom the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent ofthis evil against thy people.32:13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thouswarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply yourseed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken ofwill I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.32:14 And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do untohis people.32:15 And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the twotables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written onboth their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written.32:16 And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was thewriting of God, graven upon the tables.32:17 And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted,he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp.32:18 And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery,neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome: but thenoise of them that sing do I hear.32:19 And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, thathe saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot, and hecast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.32:20 And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in thefire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and madethe children of Israel drink of it.32:21 And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, thatthou hast brought so great a sin upon them?  32:22 And Aaron said, Letnot the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that theyare set on mischief.32:23 For they said unto me, Make us gods, which shall go before us:for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land ofEgypt, we wot not what is become of him.32:24 And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break itoff. So they gave it me: then I cast it into the fire, and there cameout this calf.32:25 And when Moses saw that the people were naked; (for Aaron hadmade them naked unto their shame among their enemies:) 32:26 ThenMoses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the LORD'sside? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gatheredthemselves together unto him.32:27 And he said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Putevery man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gatethroughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man hiscompanion, and every man his neighbour.32:28 And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: andthere fell of the people that day about three thousand men.32:29 For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves today to the LORD,even every man upon his son, and upon his brother; that he may bestowupon you a blessing this day.32:30 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto thepeople, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto theLORD; peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin.32:31 And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Oh, this people havesinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold.32:32 Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin--; and if not, blot me,I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.32:33 And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me,him will I blot out of my book.32:34 Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I havespoken unto thee: behold, mine Angel shall go before thee:nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them.32:35 And the LORD plagued the people, because they made the calf,which Aaron made.33:1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Depart, and go up hence, thou andthe people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, untothe land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying,Unto thy seed will I give it: 33:2 And I will send an angel beforethee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and theHittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite: 33:3 Unto aland flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst ofthee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in theway.33:4 And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: andno man did put on him his ornaments.33:5 For the LORD had said unto Moses, Say unto the children ofIsrael, Ye are a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst ofthee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thyornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee.33:6 And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornamentsby the mount Horeb.33:7 And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp,afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of thecongregation. And it came to pass, that every one which sought theLORD went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which waswithout the camp.33:8 And it came to pass, when Moses went out unto the tabernacle,that all the people rose up, and stood every man at his tent door, andlooked after Moses, until he was gone into the tabernacle.33:9 And it came to pass, as Moses entered into the tabernacle, thecloudy pillar descended, and stood at the door of the tabernacle, andthe Lord talked with Moses.33:10 And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at the tabernacledoor: and all the people rose up and worshipped, every man in his tentdoor.33:11 And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speakethunto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servantJoshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of thetabernacle.33:12 And Moses said unto the LORD, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring upthis people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send withme. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also foundgrace in my sight.33:13 Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight,shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace inthy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people.33:14 And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will givethee rest.33:15 And he said unto him, If thy presence go not with me, carry usnot up hence.33:16 For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people havefound grace in thy sight? is it not in that thou goest with us? soshall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that areupon the face of the earth.33:17 And the LORD said unto Moses, I will do this thing also thatthou hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I knowthee by name.33:18 And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory.33:19 And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and Iwill proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be graciousto whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shewmercy.33:20 And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no mansee me, and live.33:21 And the LORD said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thoushalt stand upon a rock: 33:22 And it shall come to pass, while myglory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, andwill cover thee with my hand while I pass by: 33:23 And I will takeaway mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shallnot be seen.34:1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone likeunto the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that werein the first tables, which thou brakest.34:2 And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning untomount Sinai, and present thyself there to me in the top of the mount.34:3 And no man shall come up with thee, neither let any man be seenthroughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed beforethat mount.34:4 And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Mosesrose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as theLORD had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone.34:5 And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there,and proclaimed the name of the LORD.34:6 And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, TheLORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant ingoodness and truth, 34:7 Keeping mercy for thousands, forgivinginiquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clearthe guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children,and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourthgeneration.34:8 And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, andworshipped.34:9 And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O LORD, letmy LORD, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; andpardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance.34:10 And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people Iwill do marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor inany nation: and all the people among which thou art shall see the workof the LORD: for it is a terrible thing that I will do with thee.34:11 Observe thou that which I command thee this day: behold, I driveout before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, andthe Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.34:12 Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with theinhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare inthe midst of thee: 34:13 But ye shall destroy their altars, breaktheir images, and cut down their groves: 34:14 For thou shalt worshipno other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:34:15 Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, andthey go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods,and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice; 34:16 And thou takeof their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoringafter their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods.34:17 Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.34:18 The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thoushalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, in the time of themonth Abib: for in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt.34:19 All that openeth the matrix is mine; and every firstling amongthy cattle, whether ox or sheep, that is male.34:20 But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: andif thou redeem him not, then shalt thou break his neck. All thefirstborn of thy sons thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear beforeme empty.34:21 Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shaltrest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.34:22 And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits ofwheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year's end.34:23 Thrice in the year shall all your menchildren appear before theLORD God, the God of Israel.34:24 For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thyborders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go upto appear before the LORD thy God thrice in the year.34:25 Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven;neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left untothe morning.34:26 The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring untothe house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in hismother's milk.34:27 And the LORD said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for afterthe tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and withIsrael.34:28 And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; hedid neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tablesthe words of the covenant, the ten commandments.34:29 And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai withthe two tables of testimony in Moses' hand, when he came down from themount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while hetalked with him.34:30 And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold,the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come nigh him.34:31 And Moses called unto them; and Aaron and all the rulers of thecongregation returned unto him: and Moses talked with them.34:32 And afterward all the children of Israel came nigh: and he gavethem in commandment all that the LORD had spoken with him in mountSinai.34:33 And till Moses had done speaking with them, he put a vail on hisface.34:34 But when Moses went in before the LORD to speak with him, hetook the vail off, until he came out. And he came out, and spake untothe children of Israel that which he was commanded.34:35 And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skinof Moses' face shone: and Moses put the vail upon his face again,until he went in to speak with him.35:1 And Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israeltogether, and said unto them, These are the words which the LORD hathcommanded, that ye should do them.35:2 Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shallbe to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever doethwork therein shall be put to death.35:3 Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon thesabbath day.35:4 And Moses spake unto all the congregation of the children ofIsrael, saying, This is the thing which the LORD commanded, saying,35:5 Take ye from among you an offering unto the LORD: whosoever is ofa willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the LORD; gold, andsilver, and brass, 35:6 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and finelinen, and goats' hair, 35:7 And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers'skins, and shittim wood, 35:8 And oil for the light, and spices foranointing oil, and for the sweet incense, 35:9 And onyx stones, andstones to be set for the ephod, and for the breastplate.35:10 And every wise hearted among you shall come, and make all thatthe LORD hath commanded; 35:11 The tabernacle, his tent, and hiscovering, his taches, and his boards, his bars, his pillars, and hissockets, 35:12 The ark, and the staves thereof, with the mercy seat,and the vail of the covering, 35:13 The table, and his staves, and allhis vessels, and the shewbread, 35:14 The candlestick also for thelight, and his furniture, and his lamps, with the oil for the light,35:15 And the incense altar, and his staves, and the anointing oil,and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the door at the entering inof the tabernacle, 35:16 The altar of burnt offering, with his brasengrate, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot, 35:17The hangings of the court, his pillars, and their sockets, and thehanging for the door of the court, 35:18 The pins of the tabernacle,and the pins of the court, and their cords, 35:19 The cloths ofservice, to do service in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaronthe priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest'soffice.35:20 And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed fromthe presence of Moses.35:21 And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and everyone whom his spirit made willing, and they brought the LORD's offeringto the work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all hisservice, and for the holy garments.35:22 And they came, both men and women, as many as were willinghearted, and brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and tablets,all jewels of gold: and every man that offered offered an offering ofgold unto the LORD.35:23 And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, andscarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, and red skins of rams, andbadgers' skins, brought them.35:24 Every one that did offer an offering of silver and brass broughtthe LORD's offering: and every man, with whom was found shittim woodfor any work of the service, brought it.35:25 And all the women that were wise hearted did spin with theirhands, and brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and ofpurple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen.35:26 And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spungoats' hair.35:27 And the rulers brought onyx stones, and stones to be set, forthe ephod, and for the breastplate; 35:28 And spice, and oil for thelight, and for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense.35:29 The children of Israel brought a willing offering unto the LORD,every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for allmanner of work, which the LORD had commanded to be made by the hand ofMoses.35:30 And Moses said unto the children of Israel, See, the LORD hathcalled by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribeof Judah; 35:31 And he hath filled him with the spirit of God, inwisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner ofworkmanship; 35:32 And to devise curious works, to work in gold, andin silver, and in brass, 35:33 And in the cutting of stones, to setthem, and in carving of wood, to make any manner of cunning work.35:34 And he hath put in his heart that he may teach, both he, andAholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan.35:35 Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner ofwork, of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of theembroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen,and of the weaver, even of them that do any work, and of those thatdevise cunning work.36:1 Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, inwhom the LORD put wisdom and understanding to know how to work allmanner of work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all thatthe LORD had commanded.36:2 And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise heartedman, in whose heart the LORD had put wisdom, even every one whoseheart stirred him up to come unto the work to do it: 36:3 And theyreceived of Moses all the offering, which the children of Israel hadbrought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make itwithal. And they brought yet unto him free offerings every morning.36:4 And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary,came every man from his work which they made; 36:5 And they spake untoMoses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the serviceof the work, which the LORD commanded to make.36:6 And Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimedthroughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any morework for the offering of the sanctuary. So the people were restrainedfrom bringing.36:7 For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to makeit, and too much.36:8 And every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work ofthe tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, andpurple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work made he them.36:9 The length of one curtain was twenty and eight cubits, and thebreadth of one curtain four cubits: the curtains were all of one size.36:10 And he coupled the five curtains one unto another: and the otherfive curtains he coupled one unto another.36:11 And he made loops of blue on the edge of one curtain from theselvedge in the coupling: likewise he made in the uttermost side ofanother curtain, in the coupling of the second.36:12 Fifty loops made he in one curtain, and fifty loops made he inthe edge of the curtain which was in the coupling of the second: theloops held one curtain to another.36:13 And he made fifty taches of gold, and coupled the curtains oneunto another with the taches: so it became one tabernacle.36:14 And he made curtains of goats' hair for the tent over thetabernacle: eleven curtains he made them.36:15 The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits wasthe breadth of one curtain: the eleven curtains were of one size.36:16 And he coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains bythemselves.36:17 And he made fifty loops upon the uttermost edge of the curtainin the coupling, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtainwhich coupleth the second.36:18 And he made fifty taches of brass to couple the tent together,that it might be one.36:19 And he made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, anda covering of badgers' skins above that.36:20 And he made boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood, standingup.36:21 The length of a board was ten cubits, and the breadth of a boardone cubit and a half.36:22 One board had two tenons, equally distant one from another: thusdid he make for all the boards of the tabernacle.36:23 And he made boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards for thesouth side southward: 36:24 And forty sockets of silver he made underthe twenty boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, andtwo sockets under another board for his two tenons.36:25 And for the other side of the tabernacle, which is toward thenorth corner, he made twenty boards, 36:26 And their forty sockets ofsilver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under anotherboard.36:27 And for the sides of the tabernacle westward he made six boards.36:28 And two boards made he for the corners of the tabernacle in thetwo sides.36:29 And they were coupled beneath, and coupled together at the headthereof, to one ring: thus he did to both of them in both the corners.36:30 And there were eight boards; and their sockets were sixteensockets of silver, under every board two sockets.36:31 And he made bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the oneside of the tabernacle, 36:32 And five bars for the boards of theother side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of thetabernacle for the sides westward.36:33 And he made the middle bar to shoot through the boards from theone end to the other.36:34 And he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings ofgold to be places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.36:35 And he made a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and finetwined linen: with cherubims made he it of cunning work.36:36 And he made thereunto four pillars of shittim wood, and overlaidthem with gold: their hooks were of gold; and he cast for them foursockets of silver.36:37 And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, andpurple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework; 36:38 Andthe five pillars of it with their hooks: and he overlaid theirchapiters and their fillets with gold: but their five sockets were ofbrass.37:1 And Bezaleel made the ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a halfwas the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and acubit and a half the height of it: 37:2 And he overlaid it with puregold within and without, and made a crown of gold to it round about.37:3 And he cast for it four rings of gold, to be set by the fourcorners of it; even two rings upon the one side of it, and two ringsupon the other side of it.37:4 And he made staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold.37:5 And he put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, tobear the ark.37:6 And he made the mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a halfwas the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof.37:7 And he made two cherubims of gold, beaten out of one piece madehe them, on the two ends of the mercy seat; 37:8 One cherub on the endon this side, and another cherub on the other end on that side: out ofthe mercy seat made he the cherubims on the two ends thereof.37:9 And the cherubims spread out their wings on high, and coveredwith their wings over the mercy seat, with their faces one to another;even to the mercy seatward were the faces of the cherubims.37:10 And he made the table of shittim wood: two cubits was the lengththereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half theheight thereof: 37:11 And he overlaid it with pure gold, and madethereunto a crown of gold round about.37:12 Also he made thereunto a border of an handbreadth round about;and made a crown of gold for the border thereof round about.37:13 And he cast for it four rings of gold, and put the rings uponthe four corners that were in the four feet thereof.37:14 Over against the border were the rings, the places for thestaves to bear the table.37:15 And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them withgold, to bear the table.37:16 And he made the vessels which were upon the table, his dishes,and his spoons, and his bowls, and his covers to cover withal, of puregold.37:17 And he made the candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work made hethe candlestick; his shaft, and his branch, his bowls, his knops, andhis flowers, were of the same: 37:18 And six branches going out of thesides thereof; three branches of the candlestick out of the one sidethereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other sidethereof: 37:19 Three bowls made after the fashion of almonds in onebranch, a knop and a flower; and three bowls made like almonds inanother branch, a knop and a flower: so throughout the six branchesgoing out of the candlestick.37:20 And in the candlestick were four bowls made like almonds, hisknops, and his flowers: 37:21 And a knop under two branches of thesame, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under twobranches of the same, according to the six branches going out of it.37:22 Their knops and their branches were of the same: all of it wasone beaten work of pure gold.37:23 And he made his seven lamps, and his snuffers, and hissnuffdishes, of pure gold.37:24 Of a talent of pure gold made he it, and all the vesselsthereof.37:25 And he made the incense altar of shittim wood: the length of itwas a cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit; it was foursquare; and twocubits was the height of it; the horns thereof were of the same.37:26 And he overlaid it with pure gold, both the top of it, and thesides thereof round about, and the horns of it: also he made unto it acrown of gold round about.37:27 And he made two rings of gold for it under the crown thereof, bythe two corners of it, upon the two sides thereof, to be places forthe staves to bear it withal.37:28 And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them withgold.37:29 And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense ofsweet spices, according to the work of the apothecary.38:1 And he made the altar of burnt offering of shittim wood: fivecubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; itwas foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof.38:2 And he made the horns thereof on the four corners of it; thehorns thereof were of the same: and he overlaid it with brass.38:3 And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and theshovels, and the basons, and the fleshhooks, and the firepans: all thevessels thereof made he of brass.38:4 And he made for the altar a brasen grate of network under thecompass thereof beneath unto the midst of it.38:5 And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grate of brass,to be places for the staves.38:6 And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them withbrass.38:7 And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar,to bear it withal; he made the altar hollow with boards.38:8 And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, ofthe lookingglasses of the women assembling, which assembled at thedoor of the tabernacle of the congregation.38:9 And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangingsof the court were of fine twined linen, an hundred cubits: 38:10 Theirpillars were twenty, and their brasen sockets twenty; the hooks of thepillars and their fillets were of silver.38:11 And for the north side the hangings were an hundred cubits,their pillars were twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty; thehooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.38:12 And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, theirpillars ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars and theirfillets of silver.38:13 And for the east side eastward fifty cubits.38:14 The hangings of the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits;their pillars three, and their sockets three.38:15 And for the other side of the court gate, on this hand and thathand, were hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and theirsockets three.38:16 All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twinedlinen.38:17 And the sockets for the pillars were of brass; the hooks of thepillars and their fillets of silver; and the overlaying of theirchapiters of silver; and all the pillars of the court were filletedwith silver.38:18 And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework, ofblue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twentycubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits,answerable to the hangings of the court.38:19 And their pillars were four, and their sockets of brass four;their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their chapiters and theirfillets of silver.38:20 And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court roundabout, were of brass.38:21 This is the sum of the tabernacle, even of the tabernacle oftestimony, as it was counted, according to the commandment of Moses,for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son to Aaronthe priest.38:22 And Bezaleel the son Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah,made all that the LORD commanded Moses.38:23 And with him was Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan,an engraver, and a cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and inpurple, and in scarlet, and fine linen.38:24 All the gold that was occupied for the work in all the work ofthe holy place, even the gold of the offering, was twenty and ninetalents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, after the shekel of thesanctuary.38:25 And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregationwas an hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and threescoreand fifteen shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary: 38:26 A bekahfor every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of thesanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty yearsold and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and fivehundred and fifty men.38:27 And of the hundred talents of silver were cast the sockets ofthe sanctuary, and the sockets of the vail; an hundred sockets of thehundred talents, a talent for a socket.38:28 And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five shekels hemade hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their chapiters, and filletedthem.38:29 And the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and twothousand and four hundred shekels.38:30 And therewith he made the sockets to the door of the tabernacleof the congregation, and the brasen altar, and the brasen grate forit, and all the vessels of the altar, 38:31 And the sockets of thecourt round about, and the sockets of the court gate, and all the pinsof the tabernacle, and all the pins of the court round about.39:1 And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made cloths ofservice, to do service in the holy place, and made the holy garmentsfor Aaron; as the LORD commanded Moses.39:2 And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, andfine twined linen.39:3 And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it intowires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet,and in the fine linen, with cunning work.39:4 They made shoulderpieces for it, to couple it together: by thetwo edges was it coupled together.39:5 And the curious girdle of his ephod, that was upon it, was of thesame, according to the work thereof; of gold, blue, and purple, andscarlet, and fine twined linen; as the LORD commanded Moses.39:6 And they wrought onyx stones inclosed in ouches of gold, graven,as signets are graven, with the names of the children of Israel.39:7 And he put them on the shoulders of the ephod, that they shouldbe stones for a memorial to the children of Israel; as the LORDcommanded Moses.39:8 And he made the breastplate of cunning work, like the work of theephod; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.39:9 It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span wasthe length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being doubled.39:10 And they set in it four rows of stones: the first row was asardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this was the first row.39:11 And the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.39:12 And the third row, a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.39:13 And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: they wereinclosed in ouches of gold in their inclosings.39:14 And the stones were according to the names of the children ofIsrael, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of asignet, every one with his name, according to the twelve tribes.39:15 And they made upon the breastplate chains at the ends, ofwreathen work of pure gold.39:16 And they made two ouches of gold, and two gold rings; and putthe two rings in the two ends of the breastplate.39:17 And they put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings onthe ends of the breastplate.39:18 And the two ends of the two wreathen chains they fastened in thetwo ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod, beforeit.39:19 And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends ofthe breastplate, upon the border of it, which was on the side of theephod inward.39:20 And they made two other golden rings, and put them on the twosides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart of it, over againstthe other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod.39:21 And they did bind the breastplate by his rings unto the rings ofthe ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be above the curiousgirdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not be loosed fromthe ephod; as the LORD commanded Moses.39:22 And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue.39:23 And there was an hole in the midst of the robe, as the hole ofan habergeon, with a band round about the hole, that it should notrend.39:24 And they made upon the hems of the robe pomegranates of blue,and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen.39:25 And they made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between thepomegranates upon the hem of the robe, round about between thepomegranates; 39:26 A bell and a pomegranate, a bell and apomegranate, round about the hem of the robe to minister in; as theLORD commanded Moses.39:27 And they made coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron, andfor his sons, 39:28 And a mitre of fine linen, and goodly bonnets offine linen, and linen breeches of fine twined linen, 39:29 And agirdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, ofneedlework; as the LORD commanded Moses.39:30 And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, andwrote upon it a writing, like to the engravings of a signet, HOLINESSTO THE LORD.39:31 And they tied unto it a lace of blue, to fasten it on high uponthe mitre; as the LORD commanded Moses.39:32 Thus was all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of thecongregation finished: and the children of Israel did according to allthat the LORD commanded Moses, so did they.39:33 And they brought the tabernacle unto Moses, the tent, and allhis furniture, his taches, his boards, his bars, and his pillars, andhis sockets, 39:34 And the covering of rams' skins dyed red, and thecovering of badgers' skins, and the vail of the covering, 39:35 Theark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the mercy seat,39:36 The table, and all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread, 39:37The pure candlestick, with the lamps thereof, even with the lamps tobe set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and the oil for light,39:38 And the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweetincense, and the hanging for the tabernacle door, 39:39 The brasenaltar, and his grate of brass, his staves, and all his vessels, thelaver and his foot, 39:40 The hangings of the court, his pillars, andhis sockets, and the hanging for the court gate, his cords, and hispins, and all the vessels of the service of the tabernacle, for thetent of the congregation, 39:41 The cloths of service to do service inthe holy place, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and hissons' garments, to minister in the priest's office.39:42 According to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so the childrenof Israel made all the work.39:43 And Moses did look upon all the work, and, behold, they had doneit as the LORD had commanded, even so had they done it: and Mosesblessed them.40:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 40:2 On the first day ofthe first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of thecongregation.40:3 And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and coverthe ark with the vail.40:4 And thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order the thingsthat are to be set in order upon it; and thou shalt bring in thecandlestick, and light the lamps thereof.40:5 And thou shalt set the altar of gold for the incense before theark of the testimony, and put the hanging of the door to thetabernacle.40:6 And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt offering before thedoor of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.40:7 And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of the congregationand the altar, and shalt put water therein.40:8 And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up thehanging at the court gate.40:9 And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle,and all that is therein, and shalt hallow it, and all the vesselsthereof: and it shall be holy.40:10 And thou shalt anoint the altar of the burnt offering, and allhis vessels, and sanctify the altar: and it shall be an altar mostholy.40:11 And thou shalt anoint the laver and his foot, and sanctify it.40:12 And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of thetabernacle of the congregation, and wash them with water.40:13 And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments, and anoint him,and sanctify him; that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.40:14 And thou shalt bring his sons, and clothe them with coats: 40:15And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, thatthey may minister unto me in the priest's office: for their anointingshall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout theirgenerations.40:16 Thus did Moses: according to all that the LORD commanded him, sodid he.40:17 And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, onthe first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up.40:18 And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened his sockets,and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and rearedup his pillars.40:19 And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle, and put thecovering of the tent above upon it; as the LORD commanded Moses.40:20 And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set thestaves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark: 40:21And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the vail of thecovering, and covered the ark of the testimony; as the LORD commandedMoses.40:22 And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, upon theside of the tabernacle northward, without the vail.40:23 And he set the bread in order upon it before the LORD; as theLORD had commanded Moses.40:24 And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, overagainst the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.40:25 And he lighted the lamps before the LORD; as the LORD commandedMoses.40:26 And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregationbefore the vail: 40:27 And he burnt sweet incense thereon; as the LORDcommanded Moses.40:28 And he set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle.40:29 And he put the altar of burnt offering by the door of thetabernacle of the tent of the congregation, and offered upon it theburnt offering and the meat offering; as the LORD commanded Moses.40:30 And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation andthe altar, and put water there, to wash withal.40:31 And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and theirfeet thereat: 40:32 When they went into the tent of the congregation,and when they came near unto the altar, they washed; as the LORDcommanded Moses.40:33 And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and thealtar, and set up the hanging of the court gate. So Moses finished thework.40:34 Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the gloryof the LORD filled the tabernacle.40:35 And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of thecongregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of theLORD filled the tabernacle.40:36 And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, thechildren of Israel went onward in all their journeys: 40:37 But if thecloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that itwas taken up.40:38 For the cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day, andfire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel,throughout all their journeys.The Third Book of Moses:  Called Leviticus1:1 And the LORD called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of thetabernacle of the congregation, saying, 1:2 Speak unto the children ofIsrael, and say unto them, If any man of you bring an offering untothe LORD, ye shall bring your offering of the cattle, even of theherd, and of the flock.1:3 If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer amale without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will atthe door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD.1:4 And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; andit shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.1:5 And he shall kill the bullock before the LORD: and the priests,Aaron's sons, shall bring the blood, and sprinkle the blood roundabout upon the altar that is by the door of the tabernacle of thecongregation.1:6 And he shall flay the burnt offering, and cut it into his pieces.1:7 And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire upon the altar,and lay the wood in order upon the fire: 1:8 And the priests, Aaron'ssons, shall lay the parts, the head, and the fat, in order upon thewood that is on the fire which is upon the altar: 1:9 But his inwardsand his legs shall he wash in water: and the priest shall burn all onthe altar, to be a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of asweet savour unto the LORD.1:10 And if his offering be of the flocks, namely, of the sheep, or ofthe goats, for a burnt sacrifice; he shall bring it a male withoutblemish.1:11 And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward beforethe LORD: and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall sprinkle his bloodround about upon the altar.1:12 And he shall cut it into his pieces, with his head and his fat:and the priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on the firewhich is upon the altar: 1:13 But he shall wash the inwards and thelegs with water: and the priest shall bring it all, and burn it uponthe altar: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of asweet savour unto the LORD.1:14 And if the burnt sacrifice for his offering to the LORD be offowls, then he shall bring his offering of turtledoves, or of youngpigeons.1:15 And the priest shall bring it unto the altar, and wring off hishead, and burn it on the altar; and the blood thereof shall be wrungout at the side of the altar: 1:16 And he shall pluck away his cropwith his feathers, and cast it beside the altar on the east part, bythe place of the ashes: 1:17 And he shall cleave it with the wingsthereof, but shall not divide it asunder: and the priest shall burn itupon the altar, upon the wood that is upon the fire: it is a burntsacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.2:1 And when any will offer a meat offering unto the LORD, hisoffering shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, andput frankincense thereon: 2:2 And he shall bring it to Aaron's sonsthe priests: and he shall take thereout his handful of the flourthereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof;and the priest shall burn the memorial of it upon the altar, to be anoffering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD: 2:3 And theremnant of the meat offering shall be Aaron's and his sons': it is athing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire.2:4 And if thou bring an oblation of a meat offering baken in theoven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, orunleavened wafers anointed with oil.2:5 And if thy oblation be a meat offering baken in a pan, it shall beof fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil.2:6 Thou shalt part it in pieces, and pour oil thereon: it is a meatoffering.2:7 And if thy oblation be a meat offering baken in the fryingpan, itshall be made of fine flour with oil.2:8 And thou shalt bring the meat offering that is made of thesethings unto the LORD: and when it is presented unto the priest, heshall bring it unto the altar.2:9 And the priest shall take from the meat offering a memorialthereof, and shall burn it upon the altar: it is an offering made byfire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.2:10 And that which is left of the meat offering shall be Aaron's andhis sons': it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD madeby fire.2:11 No meat offering, which ye shall bring unto the LORD, shall bemade with leaven: for ye shall burn no leaven, nor any honey, in anyoffering of the LORD made by fire.2:12 As for the oblation of the firstfruits, ye shall offer them untothe LORD: but they shall not be burnt on the altar for a sweet savour.2:13 And every oblation of thy meat offering shalt thou season withsalt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God tobe lacking from thy meat offering: with all thine offerings thou shaltoffer salt.2:14 And if thou offer a meat offering of thy firstfruits unto theLORD, thou shalt offer for the meat offering of thy firstfruits greenears of corn dried by the fire, even corn beaten out of full ears.2:15 And thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay frankincense thereon: itis a meat offering.2:16 And the priest shall burn the memorial of it, part of the beatencorn thereof, and part of the oil thereof, with all the frankincensethereof: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD.3:1 And if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace offering, if he offerit of the herd; whether it be a male or female, he shall offer itwithout blemish before the LORD.3:2 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and killit at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron's sonsthe priests shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.3:3 And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering anoffering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat that covereth theinwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, 3:4 And the twokidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the flanks, and thecaul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away.3:5 And Aaron's sons shall burn it on the altar upon the burntsacrifice, which is upon the wood that is on the fire: it is anoffering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.3:6 And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering unto theLORD be of the flock; male or female, he shall offer it withoutblemish.3:7 If he offer a lamb for his offering, then shall he offer it beforethe LORD.3:8 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and killit before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron's sons shallsprinkle the blood thereof round about upon the altar.3:9 And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering anoffering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat thereof, and the wholerump, it shall he take off hard by the backbone; and the fat thatcovereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, 3:10And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by theflanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall hetake away.3:11 And the priest shall burn it upon the altar: it is the food ofthe offering made by fire unto the LORD.3:12 And if his offering be a goat, then he shall offer it before theLORD.3:13 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of it, and kill it beforethe tabernacle of the congregation: and the sons of Aaron shallsprinkle the blood thereof upon the altar round about.3:14 And he shall offer thereof his offering, even an offering made byfire unto the LORD; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fatthat is upon the inwards, 3:15 And the two kidneys, and the fat thatis upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver,with the kidneys, it shall he take away.3:16 And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: it is the food ofthe offering made by fire for a sweet savour: all the fat is theLORD's.3:17 It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughoutall your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.4:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 4:2 Speak unto the childrenof Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin through ignorance against anyof the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not tobe done, and shall do against any of them: 4:3 If the priest that isanointed do sin according to the sin of the people; then let him bringfor his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock without blemishunto the LORD for a sin offering.4:4 And he shall bring the bullock unto the door of the tabernacle ofthe congregation before the LORD; and shall lay his hand upon thebullock's head, and kill the bullock before the LORD.4:5 And the priest that is anointed shall take of the bullock's blood,and bring it to the tabernacle of the congregation: 4:6 And the priestshall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seventimes before the LORD, before the vail of the sanctuary.4:7 And the priest shall put some of the blood upon the horns of thealtar of sweet incense before the LORD, which is in the tabernacle ofthe congregation; and shall pour all the blood of the bullock at thebottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of thetabernacle of the congregation.4:8 And he shall take off from it all the fat of the bullock for thesin offering; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat thatis upon the inwards, 4:9 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is uponthem, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with thekidneys, it shall he take away, 4:10 As it was taken off from thebullock of the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall burnthem upon the altar of the burnt offering.4:11 And the skin of the bullock, and all his flesh, with his head,and with his legs, and his inwards, and his dung, 4:12 Even the wholebullock shall he carry forth without the camp unto a clean place,where the ashes are poured out, and burn him on the wood with fire:where the ashes are poured out shall he be burnt.4:13 And if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance,and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have donesomewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning thingswhich should not be done, and are guilty; 4:14 When the sin, whichthey have sinned against it, is known, then the congregation shalloffer a young bullock for the sin, and bring him before the tabernacleof the congregation.4:15 And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon thehead of the bullock before the LORD: and the bullock shall be killedbefore the LORD.4:16 And the priest that is anointed shall bring of the bullock'sblood to the tabernacle of the congregation: 4:17 And the priest shalldip his finger in some of the blood, and sprinkle it seven timesbefore the LORD, even before the vail.4:18 And he shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altarwhich is before the LORD, that is in the tabernacle of thecongregation, and shall pour out all the blood at the bottom of thealtar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle ofthe congregation.4:19 And he shall take all his fat from him, and burn it upon thealtar.4:20 And he shall do with the bullock as he did with the bullock for asin offering, so shall he do with this: and the priest shall make anatonement for them, and it shall be forgiven them.4:21 And he shall carry forth the bullock without the camp, and burnhim as he burned the first bullock: it is a sin offering for thecongregation.4:22 When a ruler hath sinned, and done somewhat through ignoranceagainst any of the commandments of the LORD his God concerning thingswhich should not be done, and is guilty; 4:23 Or if his sin, whereinhe hath sinned, come to his knowledge; he shall bring his offering, akid of the goats, a male without blemish: 4:24 And he shall lay hishand upon the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where theykill the burnt offering before the LORD: it is a sin offering.4:25 And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering withhis finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering,and shall pour out his blood at the bottom of the altar of burntoffering.4:26 And he shall burn all his fat upon the altar, as the fat of thesacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall make an atonementfor him as concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him.4:27 And if any one of the common people sin through ignorance, whilehe doeth somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORDconcerning things which ought not to be done, and be guilty; 4:28 Orif his sin, which he hath sinned, come to his knowledge: then he shallbring his offering, a kid of the goats, a female without blemish, forhis sin which he hath sinned.4:29 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, andslay the sin offering in the place of the burnt offering.4:30 And the priest shall take of the blood thereof with his finger,and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shallpour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar.4:31 And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat is takenaway from off the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shallburn it upon the altar for a sweet savour unto the LORD; and thepriest shall make an atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him.4:32 And if he bring a lamb for a sin offering, he shall bring it afemale without blemish.4:33 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, andslay it for a sin offering in the place where they kill the burntoffering.4:34 And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering withhis finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering,and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar:4:35 And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of thelamb is taken away from the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and thepriest shall burn them upon the altar, according to the offerings madeby fire unto the LORD: and the priest shall make an atonement for hissin that he hath committed, and it shall be forgiven him.5:1 And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is awitness, whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter it,then he shall bear his iniquity.5:2 Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be a carcase ofan unclean beast, or a carcase of unclean cattle, or the carcase ofunclean creeping things, and if it be hidden from him; he also shallbe unclean, and guilty.5:3 Or if he touch the uncleanness of man, whatsoever uncleanness itbe that a man shall be defiled withal, and it be hid from him; when heknoweth of it, then he shall be guilty.5:4 Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to dogood, whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and itbe hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in oneof these.5:5 And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these things,that he shall confess that he hath sinned in that thing: 5:6 And heshall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD for his sin which hehath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats,for a sin offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for himconcerning his sin.5:7 And if he be not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring for histrespass, which he hath committed, two turtledoves, or two youngpigeons, unto the LORD; one for a sin offering, and the other for aburnt offering.5:8 And he shall bring them unto the priest, who shall offer thatwhich is for the sin offering first, and wring off his head from hisneck, but shall not divide it asunder: 5:9 And he shall sprinkle ofthe blood of the sin offering upon the side of the altar; and the restof the blood shall be wrung out at the bottom of the altar: it is asin offering.5:10 And he shall offer the second for a burnt offering, according tothe manner: and the priest shall make an atonement for him for his sinwhich he hath sinned, and it shall be forgiven him.5:11 But if he be not able to bring two turtledoves, or two youngpigeons, then he that sinned shall bring for his offering the tenthpart of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering; he shall put no oilupon it, neither shall he put any frankincense thereon: for it is asin offering.5:12 Then shall he bring it to the priest, and the priest shall takehis handful of it, even a memorial thereof, and burn it on the altar,according to the offerings made by fire unto the LORD: it is a sinoffering.5:13 And the priest shall make an atonement for him as touching hissin that he hath sinned in one of these, and it shall be forgiven him:and the remnant shall be the priest's, as a meat offering.5:14 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 5:15 If a soul commit atrespass, and sin through ignorance, in the holy things of the LORD;then he shall bring for his trespass unto the LORD a ram withoutblemish out of the flocks, with thy estimation by shekels of silver,after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering.5:16 And he shall make amends for the harm that he hath done in theholy thing, and shall add the fifth part thereto, and give it unto thepriest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram ofthe trespass offering, and it shall be forgiven him.5:17 And if a soul sin, and commit any of these things which areforbidden to be done by the commandments of the LORD; though he wistit not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity.5:18 And he shall bring a ram without blemish out of the flock, withthy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest: and thepriest shall make an atonement for him concerning his ignorancewherein he erred and wist it not, and it shall be forgiven him.5:19 It is a trespass offering: he hath certainly trespassed againstthe LORD.6:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 6:2 If a soul sin, andcommit a trespass against the LORD, and lie unto his neighbour in thatwhich was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing takenaway by violence, or hath deceived his neighbour; 6:3 Or have foundthat which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and sweareth falsely; inany of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein: 6:4 Then it shallbe, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore thatwhich he took violently away, or the thing which he hath deceitfullygotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thingwhich he found, 6:5 Or all that about which he hath sworn falsely; heshall even restore it in the principal, and shall add the fifth partmore thereto, and give it unto him to whom it appertaineth, in the dayof his trespass offering.6:6 And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, a ramwithout blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespassoffering, unto the priest: 6:7 And the priest shall make an atonementfor him before the LORD: and it shall be forgiven him for any thing ofall that he hath done in trespassing therein.6:8 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 6:9 Command Aaron and hissons, saying, This is the law of the burnt offering: It is the burntoffering, because of the burning upon the altar all night unto themorning, and the fire of the altar shall be burning in it.6:10 And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linenbreeches shall he put upon his flesh, and take up the ashes which thefire hath consumed with the burnt offering on the altar, and he shallput them beside the altar.6:11 And he shall put off his garments, and put on other garments, andcarry forth the ashes without the camp unto a clean place.6:12 And the fire upon the altar shall be burning in it; it shall notbe put out: and the priest shall burn wood on it every morning, andlay the burnt offering in order upon it; and he shall burn thereon thefat of the peace offerings.6:13 The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never goout.6:14 And this is the law of the meat offering: the sons of Aaron shalloffer it before the LORD, before the altar.6:15 And he shall take of it his handful, of the flour of the meatoffering, and of the oil thereof, and all the frankincense which isupon the meat offering, and shall burn it upon the altar for a sweetsavour, even the memorial of it, unto the LORD.6:16 And the remainder thereof shall Aaron and his sons eat: withunleavened bread shall it be eaten in the holy place; in the court ofthe tabernacle of the congregation they shall eat it.6:17 It shall not be baken with leaven. I have given it unto them fortheir portion of my offerings made by fire; it is most holy, as is thesin offering, and as the trespass offering.6:18 All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it. Itshall be a statute for ever in your generations concerning theofferings of the LORD made by fire: every one that toucheth them shallbe holy.6:19 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 6:20 This is the offeringof Aaron and of his sons, which they shall offer unto the LORD in theday when he is anointed; the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour fora meat offering perpetual, half of it in the morning, and half thereofat night.6:21 In a pan it shall be made with oil; and when it is baken, thoushalt bring it in: and the baken pieces of the meat offering shaltthou offer for a sweet savour unto the LORD.6:22 And the priest of his sons that is anointed in his stead shalloffer it: it is a statute for ever unto the LORD; it shall be whollyburnt.6:23 For every meat offering for the priest shall be wholly burnt: itshall not be eaten.6:24 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 6:25 Speak unto Aaron andto his sons, saying, This is the law of the sin offering: In the placewhere the burnt offering is killed shall the sin offering be killedbefore the LORD: it is most holy.6:26 The priest that offereth it for sin shall eat it: in the holyplace shall it be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of thecongregation.6:27 Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be holy: and whenthere is sprinkled of the blood thereof upon any garment, thou shaltwash that whereon it was sprinkled in the holy place.6:28 But the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden shall be broken: andif it be sodden in a brasen pot, it shall be both scoured, and rinsedin water.6:29 All the males among the priests shall eat thereof: it is mostholy.6:30 And no sin offering, whereof any of the blood is brought into thetabernacle of the congregation to reconcile withal in the holy place,shall be eaten: it shall be burnt in the fire.7:1 Likewise this is the law of the trespass offering: it is mostholy.7:2 In the place where they kill the burnt offering shall they killthe trespass offering: and the blood thereof shall he sprinkle roundabout upon the altar.7:3 And he shall offer of it all the fat thereof; the rump, and thefat that covereth the inwards, 7:4 And the two kidneys, and the fatthat is on them, which is by the flanks, and the caul that is abovethe liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away: 7:5 And the priestshall burn them upon the altar for an offering made by fire unto theLORD: it is a trespass offering.7:6 Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it shall be eatenin the holy place: it is most holy.7:7 As the sin offering is, so is the trespass offering: there is onelaw for them: the priest that maketh atonement therewith shall haveit.7:8 And the priest that offereth any man's burnt offering, even thepriest shall have to himself the skin of the burnt offering which hehath offered.7:9 And all the meat offering that is baken in the oven, and all thatis dressed in the fryingpan, and in the pan, shall be the priest'sthat offereth it.7:10 And every meat offering, mingled with oil, and dry, shall all thesons of Aaron have, one as much as another.7:11 And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which heshall offer unto the LORD.7:12 If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with thesacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, andunleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mingled with oil, offine flour, fried.7:13 Besides the cakes, he shall offer for his offering leavened breadwith the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace offerings.7:14 And of it he shall offer one out of the whole oblation for anheave offering unto the LORD, and it shall be the priest's thatsprinkleth the blood of the peace offerings.7:15 And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings forthanksgiving shall be eaten the same day that it is offered; he shallnot leave any of it until the morning.7:16 But if the sacrifice of his offering be a vow, or a voluntaryoffering, it shall be eaten the same day that he offereth hissacrifice: and on the morrow also the remainder of it shall be eaten:7:17 But the remainder of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third dayshall be burnt with fire.7:18 And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offeringsbe eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neithershall it be imputed unto him that offereth it: it shall be anabomination, and the soul that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity.7:19 And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten;it shall be burnt with fire: and as for the flesh, all that be cleanshall eat thereof.7:20 But the soul that eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice of peaceofferings, that pertain unto the LORD, having his uncleanness uponhim, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.7:21 Moreover the soul that shall touch any unclean thing, as theuncleanness of man, or any unclean beast, or any abominable uncleanthing, and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, whichpertain unto the LORD, even that soul shall be cut off from hispeople.7:22 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 7:23 Speak unto thechildren of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no manner of fat, of ox, orof sheep, or of goat.7:24 And the fat of the beast that dieth of itself, and the fat ofthat which is torn with beasts, may be used in any other use: but yeshall in no wise eat of it.7:25 For whosoever eateth the fat of the beast, of which men offer anoffering made by fire unto the LORD, even the soul that eateth itshall be cut off from his people.7:26 Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowlor of beast, in any of your dwellings.7:27 Whatsoever soul it be that eateth any manner of blood, even thatsoul shall be cut off from his people.7:28 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 7:29 Speak unto thechildren of Israel, saying, He that offereth the sacrifice of hispeace offerings unto the LORD shall bring his oblation unto the LORDof the sacrifice of his peace offerings.7:30 His own hands shall bring the offerings of the LORD made by fire,the fat with the breast, it shall he bring, that the breast may bewaved for a wave offering before the LORD.7:31 And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar: but the breastshall be Aaron's and his sons'.7:32 And the right shoulder shall ye give unto the priest for an heaveoffering of the sacrifices of your peace offerings.7:33 He among the sons of Aaron, that offereth the blood of the peaceofferings, and the fat, shall have the right shoulder for his part.7:34 For the wave breast and the heave shoulder have I taken of thechildren of Israel from off the sacrifices of their peace offerings,and have given them unto Aaron the priest and unto his sons by astatute for ever from among the children of Israel.7:35 This is the portion of the anointing of Aaron, and of theanointing of his sons, out of the offerings of the LORD made by fire,in the day when he presented them to minister unto the LORD in thepriest's office; 7:36 Which the LORD commanded to be given them of thechildren of Israel, in the day that he anointed them, by a statute forever throughout their generations.7:37 This is the law of the burnt offering, of the meat offering, andof the sin offering, and of the trespass offering, and of theconsecrations, and of the sacrifice of the peace offerings; 7:38 Whichthe LORD commanded Moses in mount Sinai, in the day that he commandedthe children of Israel to offer their oblations unto the LORD, in thewilderness of Sinai.8:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 8:2 Take Aaron and his sonswith him, and the garments, and the anointing oil, and a bullock forthe sin offering, and two rams, and a basket of unleavened bread; 8:3And gather thou all the congregation together unto the door of thetabernacle of the congregation.8:4 And Moses did as the LORD commanded him; and the assembly wasgathered together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.8:5 And Moses said unto the congregation, This is the thing which theLORD commanded to be done.8:6 And Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water.8:7 And he put upon him the coat, and girded him with the girdle, andclothed him with the robe, and put the ephod upon him, and he girdedhim with the curious girdle of the ephod, and bound it unto himtherewith.8:8 And he put the breastplate upon him: also he put in thebreastplate the Urim and the Thummim.8:9 And he put the mitre upon his head; also upon the mitre, even uponhis forefront, did he put the golden plate, the holy crown; as theLORD commanded Moses.8:10 And Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle andall that was therein, and sanctified them.8:11 And he sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven times, and anointedthe altar and all his vessels, both the laver and his foot, tosanctify them.8:12 And he poured of the anointing oil upon Aaron's head, andanointed him, to sanctify him.8:13 And Moses brought Aaron's sons, and put coats upon them, andgirded them with girdles, and put bonnets upon them; as the LORDcommanded Moses.8:14 And he brought the bullock for the sin offering: and Aaron andhis sons laid their hands upon the head of the bullock for the sinoffering.8:15 And he slew it; and Moses took the blood, and put it upon thehorns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified thealtar, and poured the blood at the bottom of the altar, and sanctifiedit, to make reconciliation upon it.8:16 And he took all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the caulabove the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and Moses burnedit upon the altar.8:17 But the bullock, and his hide, his flesh, and his dung, he burntwith fire without the camp; as the LORD commanded Moses.8:18 And he brought the ram for the burnt offering: and Aaron and hissons laid their hands upon the head of the ram.8:19 And he killed it; and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altarround about.8:20 And he cut the ram into pieces; and Moses burnt the head, and thepieces, and the fat.8:21 And he washed the inwards and the legs in water; and Moses burntthe whole ram upon the altar: it was a burnt sacrifice for a sweetsavour, and an offering made by fire unto the LORD; as the LORDcommanded Moses.8:22 And he brought the other ram, the ram of consecration: and Aaronand his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram.8:23 And he slew it; and Moses took of the blood of it, and put itupon the tip of Aaron's right ear, and upon the thumb of his righthand, and upon the great toe of his right foot.8:24 And he brought Aaron's sons, and Moses put of the blood upon thetip of their right ear, and upon the thumbs of their right hands, andupon the great toes of their right feet: and Moses sprinkled the bloodupon the altar round about.8:25 And he took the fat, and the rump, and all the fat that was uponthe inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, andtheir fat, and the right shoulder: 8:26 And out of the basket ofunleavened bread, that was before the LORD, he took one unleavenedcake, and a cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and put them on thefat, and upon the right shoulder: 8:27 And he put all upon Aaron'shands, and upon his sons' hands, and waved them for a wave offeringbefore the LORD.8:28 And Moses took them from off their hands, and burnt them on thealtar upon the burnt offering: they were consecrations for a sweetsavour: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD.8:29 And Moses took the breast, and waved it for a wave offeringbefore the LORD: for of the ram of consecration it was Moses' part; asthe LORD commanded Moses.8:30 And Moses took of the anointing oil, and of the blood which wasupon the altar, and sprinkled it upon Aaron, and upon his garments,and upon his sons, and upon his sons' garments with him; andsanctified Aaron, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons'garments with him.8:31 And Moses said unto Aaron and to his sons, Boil the flesh at thedoor of the tabernacle of the congregation: and there eat it with thebread that is in the basket of consecrations, as I commanded, saying,Aaron and his sons shall eat it.8:32 And that which remaineth of the flesh and of the bread shall yeburn with fire.8:33 And ye shall not go out of the door of the tabernacle of thecongregation in seven days, until the days of your consecration be atan end: for seven days shall he consecrate you.8:34 As he hath done this day, so the LORD hath commanded to do, tomake an atonement for you.8:35 Therefore shall ye abide at the door of the tabernacle of thecongregation day and night seven days, and keep the charge of theLORD, that ye die not: for so I am commanded.8:36 So Aaron and his sons did all things which the LORD commanded bythe hand of Moses.9:1 And it came to pass on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron andhis sons, and the elders of Israel; 9:2 And he said unto Aaron, Takethee a young calf for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering,without blemish, and offer them before the LORD.9:3 And unto the children of Israel thou shalt speak, saying, Take yea kid of the goats for a sin offering; and a calf and a lamb, both ofthe first year, without blemish, for a burnt offering; 9:4 Also abullock and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before the LORD;and a meat offering mingled with oil: for to day the LORD will appearunto you.9:5 And they brought that which Moses commanded before the tabernacleof the congregation: and all the congregation drew near and stoodbefore the LORD.9:6 And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commanded that yeshould do: and the glory of the LORD shall appear unto you.9:7 And Moses said unto Aaron, Go unto the altar, and offer thy sinoffering, and thy burnt offering, and make an atonement for thyself,and for the people: and offer the offering of the people, and make anatonement for them; as the LORD commanded.9:8 Aaron therefore went unto the altar, and slew the calf of the sinoffering, which was for himself.9:9 And the sons of Aaron brought the blood unto him: and he dippedhis finger in the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar, andpoured out the blood at the bottom of the altar: 9:10 But the fat, andthe kidneys, and the caul above the liver of the sin offering, heburnt upon the altar; as the LORD commanded Moses.9:11 And the flesh and the hide he burnt with fire without the camp.9:12 And he slew the burnt offering; and Aaron's sons presented untohim the blood, which he sprinkled round about upon the altar.9:13 And they presented the burnt offering unto him, with the piecesthereof, and the head: and he burnt them upon the altar.9:14 And he did wash the inwards and the legs, and burnt them upon theburnt offering on the altar.9:15 And he brought the people's offering, and took the goat, whichwas the sin offering for the people, and slew it, and offered it forsin, as the first.9:16 And he brought the burnt offering, and offered it according tothe manner.9:17 And he brought the meat offering, and took an handful thereof,and burnt it upon the altar, beside the burnt sacrifice of themorning.9:18 He slew also the bullock and the ram for a sacrifice of peaceofferings, which was for the people: and Aaron's sons presented untohim the blood, which he sprinkled upon the altar round about, 9:19 Andthe fat of the bullock and of the ram, the rump, and that whichcovereth the inwards, and the kidneys, and the caul above the liver:9:20 And they put the fat upon the breasts, and he burnt the fat uponthe altar: 9:21 And the breasts and the right shoulder Aaron waved fora wave offering before the LORD; as Moses commanded.9:22 And Aaron lifted up his hand toward the people, and blessed them,and came down from offering of the sin offering, and the burntoffering, and peace offerings.9:23 And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the congregation,and came out, and blessed the people: and the glory of the LORDappeared unto all the people.9:24 And there came a fire out from before the LORD, and consumed uponthe altar the burnt offering and the fat: which when all the peoplesaw, they shouted, and fell on their faces.10:1 And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them hiscenser, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offeredstrange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not.10:2 And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, andthey died before the LORD.10:3 Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake,saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before allthe people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.10:4 And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel theuncle of Aaron, and said unto them, Come near, carry your brethrenfrom before the sanctuary out of the camp.10:5 So they went near, and carried them in their coats out of thecamp; as Moses had said.10:6 And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, hissons, Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die,and lest wrath come upon all the people: but let your brethren, thewhole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the LORD hath kindled.10:7 And ye shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of thecongregation, lest ye die: for the anointing oil of the LORD is uponyou. And they did according to the word of Moses.10:8 And the LORD spake unto Aaron, saying, 10:9 Do not drink wine norstrong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into thetabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations: 10:10 And that ye may put differencebetween holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean; 10:11 And thatye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the LORDhath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses.10:12 And Moses spake unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar,his sons that were left, Take the meat offering that remaineth of theofferings of the LORD made by fire, and eat it without leaven besidethe altar: for it is most holy: 10:13 And ye shall eat it in the holyplace, because it is thy due, and thy sons' due, of the sacrifices ofthe LORD made by fire: for so I am commanded.10:14 And the wave breast and heave shoulder shall ye eat in a cleanplace; thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee: for they bethy due, and thy sons' due, which are given out of the sacrifices ofpeace offerings of the children of Israel.10:15 The heave shoulder and the wave breast shall they bring with theofferings made by fire of the fat, to wave it for a wave offeringbefore the LORD; and it shall be thine, and thy sons' with thee, by astatute for ever; as the LORD hath commanded.10:16 And Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin offering, and,behold, it was burnt: and he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, thesons of Aaron which were left alive, saying, 10:17 Wherefore have yenot eaten the sin offering in the holy place, seeing it is most holy,and God hath given it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, tomake atonement for them before the LORD?  10:18 Behold, the blood ofit was not brought in within the holy place: ye should indeed haveeaten it in the holy place, as I commanded.10:19 And Aaron said unto Moses, Behold, this day have they offeredtheir sin offering and their burnt offering before the LORD; and suchthings have befallen me: and if I had eaten the sin offering to day,should it have been accepted in the sight of the LORD?  10:20 And whenMoses heard that, he was content.11:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them,11:2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beastswhich ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth.11:3 Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth thecud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat.11:4 Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, orof them that divide the hoof: as the camel, because he cheweth thecud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.11:5 And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not thehoof; he is unclean unto you.11:6 And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not thehoof; he is unclean unto you.11:7 And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted,yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you.11:8 Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye nottouch; they are unclean to you.11:9 These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hathfins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, themshall ye eat.11:10 And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in therivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing whichis in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you: 11:11 Theyshall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of theirflesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination.11:12 Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall bean abomination unto you.11:13 And these are they which ye shall have in abomination among thefowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle,and the ossifrage, and the ospray, 11:14 And the vulture, and the kiteafter his kind; 11:15 Every raven after his kind; 11:16 And the owl,and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind, 11:17And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl, 11:18 Andthe swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle, 11:19 And the stork,the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.11:20 All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be anabomination unto you.11:21 Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goethupon all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal uponthe earth; 11:22 Even these of them ye may eat; the locust after hiskind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after hiskind, and the grasshopper after his kind.11:23 But all other flying creeping things, which have four feet,shall be an abomination unto you.11:24 And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheth thecarcase of them shall be unclean until the even.11:25 And whosoever beareth ought of the carcase of them shall washhis clothes, and be unclean until the even.11:26 The carcases of every beast which divideth the hoof, and is notclovenfooted, nor cheweth the cud, are unclean unto you: every onethat toucheth them shall be unclean.11:27 And whatsoever goeth upon his paws, among all manner of beaststhat go on all four, those are unclean unto you: whoso toucheth theircarcase shall be unclean until the even.11:28 And he that beareth the carcase of them shall wash his clothes,and be unclean until the even: they are unclean unto you.11:29 These also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping thingsthat creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoiseafter his kind, 11:30 And the ferret, and the chameleon, and thelizard, and the snail, and the mole.11:31 These are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever dothtouch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even.11:32 And upon whatsoever any of them, when they are dead, doth fall,it shall be unclean; whether it be any vessel of wood, or raiment, orskin, or sack, whatsoever vessel it be, wherein any work is done, itmust be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the even; so itshall be cleansed.11:33 And every earthen vessel, whereinto any of them falleth,whatsoever is in it shall be unclean; and ye shall break it.11:34 Of all meat which may be eaten, that on which such water comethshall be unclean: and all drink that may be drunk in every such vesselshall be unclean.11:35 And every thing whereupon any part of their carcase fallethshall be unclean; whether it be oven, or ranges for pots, they shallbe broken down: for they are unclean and shall be unclean unto you.11:36 Nevertheless a fountain or pit, wherein there is plenty ofwater, shall be clean: but that which toucheth their carcase shall beunclean.11:37 And if any part of their carcase fall upon any sowing seed whichis to be sown, it shall be clean.11:38 But if any water be put upon the seed, and any part of theircarcase fall thereon, it shall be unclean unto you.11:39 And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth thecarcase thereof shall be unclean until the even.11:40 And he that eateth of the carcase of it shall wash his clothes,and be unclean until the even: he also that beareth the carcase of itshall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.11:41 And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth shall bean abomination; it shall not be eaten.11:42 Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon allfour, or whatsoever hath more feet among all creeping things thatcreep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are anabomination.11:43 Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thingthat creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them,that ye should be defiled thereby.11:44 For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctifyyourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall yedefile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth uponthe earth.11:45 For I am the LORD that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt,to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.11:46 This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of everyliving creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature thatcreepeth upon the earth: 11:47 To make a difference between theunclean and the clean, and between the beast that may be eaten and thebeast that may not be eaten.12:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 12:2 Speak unto thechildren of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born aman child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the daysof the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean.12:3 And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall becircumcised.12:4 And she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying threeand thirty days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into thesanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled.12:5 But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean twoweeks, as in her separation: and she shall continue in the blood ofher purifying threescore and six days.12:6 And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, orfor a daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the first year for a burntoffering, and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin offering,unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest:12:7 Who shall offer it before the LORD, and make an atonement forher; and she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood. This isthe law for her that hath born a male or a female.12:8 And if she be not able to bring a lamb, then she shall bring twoturtles, or two young pigeons; the one for the burnt offering, and theother for a sin offering: and the priest shall make an atonement forher, and she shall be clean.13:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, saying, 13:2 When a manshall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, a scab, or bright spot,and it be in the skin of his flesh like the plague of leprosy; then heshall be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons thepriests: 13:3 And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin ofthe flesh: and when the hair in the plague is turned white, and theplague in sight be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a plagueof leprosy: and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce himunclean.13:4 If the bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh, and insight be not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof be not turnedwhite; then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague sevendays: 13:5 And the priest shall look on him the seventh day: and,behold, if the plague in his sight be at a stay, and the plague spreadnot in the skin; then the priest shall shut him up seven days more:13:6 And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day: and,behold, if the plague be somewhat dark, and the plague spread not inthe skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean: it is but a scab: andhe shall wash his clothes, and be clean.13:7 But if the scab spread much abroad in the skin, after that hehath been seen of the priest for his cleansing, he shall be seen ofthe priest again.13:8 And if the priest see that, behold, the scab spreadeth in theskin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a leprosy.13:9 When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be broughtunto the priest; 13:10 And the priest shall see him: and, behold, ifthe rising be white in the skin, and it have turned the hair white,and there be quick raw flesh in the rising; 13:11 It is an old leprosyin the skin of his flesh, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean,and shall not shut him up: for he is unclean.13:12 And if a leprosy break out abroad in the skin, and the leprosycover all the skin of him that hath the plague from his head even tohis foot, wheresoever the priest looketh; 13:13 Then the priest shallconsider: and, behold, if the leprosy have covered all his flesh, heshall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: it is all turnedwhite: he is clean.13:14 But when raw flesh appeareth in him, he shall be unclean.13:15 And the priest shall see the raw flesh, and pronounce him to beunclean: for the raw flesh is unclean: it is a leprosy.13:16 Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed unto white, heshall come unto the priest; 13:17 And the priest shall see him: and,behold, if the plague be turned into white; then the priest shallpronounce him clean that hath the plague: he is clean.13:18 The flesh also, in which, even in the skin thereof, was a boil,and is healed, 13:19 And in the place of the boil there be a whiterising, or a bright spot, white, and somewhat reddish, and it beshewed to the priest; 13:20 And if, when the priest seeth it, behold,it be in sight lower than the skin, and the hair thereof be turnedwhite; the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague ofleprosy broken out of the boil.13:21 But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no whitehairs therein, and if it be not lower than the skin, but be somewhatdark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days: 13:22 And if itspread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce himunclean: it is a plague.13:23 But if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not, it isa burning boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.13:24 Or if there be any flesh, in the skin whereof there is a hotburning, and the quick flesh that burneth have a white bright spot,somewhat reddish, or white; 13:25 Then the priest shall look upon it:and, behold, if the hair in the bright spot be turned white, and it bein sight deeper than the skin; it is a leprosy broken out of theburning: wherefore the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is theplague of leprosy.13:26 But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no whitehair in the bright spot, and it be no lower than the other skin, butbe somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days: 13:27And the priest shall look upon him the seventh day: and if it bespread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce himunclean: it is the plague of leprosy.13:28 And if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not in theskin, but it be somewhat dark; it is a rising of the burning, and thepriest shall pronounce him clean: for it is an inflammation of theburning.13:29 If a man or woman have a plague upon the head or the beard;13:30 Then the priest shall see the plague: and, behold, if it be insight deeper than the skin; and there be in it a yellow thin hair;then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a dry scall, even aleprosy upon the head or beard.13:31 And if the priest look on the plague of the scall, and, behold,it be not in sight deeper than the skin, and that there is no blackhair in it; then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague ofthe scall seven days: 13:32 And in the seventh day the priest shalllook on the plague: and, behold, if the scall spread not, and there bein it no yellow hair, and the scall be not in sight deeper than theskin; 13:33 He shall be shaven, but the scall shall he not shave; andthe priest shall shut up him that hath the scall seven days more:13:34 And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the scall: and,behold, if the scall be not spread in the skin, nor be in sight deeperthan the skin; then the priest shall pronounce him clean: and he shallwash his clothes, and be clean.13:35 But if the scall spread much in the skin after his cleansing;13:36 Then the priest shall look on him: and, behold, if the scall bespread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for yellow hair; he isunclean.13:37 But if the scall be in his sight at a stay, and that there isblack hair grown up therein; the scall is healed, he is clean: and thepriest shall pronounce him clean.13:38 If a man also or a woman have in the skin of their flesh brightspots, even white bright spots; 13:39 Then the priest shall look: and,behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be darkishwhite; it is a freckled spot that groweth in the skin; he is clean.13:40 And the man whose hair is fallen off his head, he is bald; yetis he clean.13:41 And he that hath his hair fallen off from the part of his headtoward his face, he is forehead bald: yet is he clean.13:42 And if there be in the bald head, or bald forehead, a whitereddish sore; it is a leprosy sprung up in his bald head, or his baldforehead.13:43 Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the risingof the sore be white reddish in his bald head, or in his baldforehead, as the leprosy appeareth in the skin of the flesh; 13:44 Heis a leprous man, he is unclean: the priest shall pronounce himutterly unclean; his plague is in his head.13:45 And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent,and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, andshall cry, Unclean, unclean.13:46 All the days wherein the plague shall be in him he shall bedefiled; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp shallhis habitation be.13:47 The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it bea woollen garment, or a linen garment; 13:48 Whether it be in thewarp, or woof; of linen, or of woollen; whether in a skin, or in anything made of skin; 13:49 And if the plague be greenish or reddish inthe garment, or in the skin, either in the warp, or in the woof, or inany thing of skin; it is a plague of leprosy, and shall be shewed untothe priest: 13:50 And the priest shall look upon the plague, and shutup it that hath the plague seven days: 13:51 And he shall look on theplague on the seventh day: if the plague be spread in the garment,either in the warp, or in the woof, or in a skin, or in any work thatis made of skin; the plague is a fretting leprosy; it is unclean.13:52 He shall therefore burn that garment, whether warp or woof, inwoollen or in linen, or any thing of skin, wherein the plague is: forit is a fretting leprosy; it shall be burnt in the fire.13:53 And if the priest shall look, and, behold, the plague be notspread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything of skin; 13:54 Then the priest shall command that they wash thething wherein the plague is, and he shall shut it up seven days more:13:55 And the priest shall look on the plague, after that it iswashed: and, behold, if the plague have not changed his colour, andthe plague be not spread; it is unclean; thou shalt burn it in thefire; it is fret inward, whether it be bare within or without.13:56 And if the priest look, and, behold, the plague be somewhat darkafter the washing of it; then he shall rend it out of the garment, orout of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof: 13:57 And ifit appear still in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, orin any thing of skin; it is a spreading plague: thou shalt burn thatwherein the plague is with fire.13:58 And the garment, either warp, or woof, or whatsoever thing ofskin it be, which thou shalt wash, if the plague be departed fromthem, then it shall be washed the second time, and shall be clean.13:59 This is the law of the plague of leprosy in a garment of woollenor linen, either in the warp, or woof, or any thing of skins, topronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean.14:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 14:2 This shall be the lawof the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought unto thepriest: 14:3 And the priest shall go forth out of the camp; and thepriest shall look, and, behold, if the plague of leprosy be healed inthe leper; 14:4 Then shall the priest command to take for him that isto be cleansed two birds alive and clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet,and hyssop: 14:5 And the priest shall command that one of the birds bekilled in an earthen vessel over running water: 14:6 As for the livingbird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and thehyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of thebird that was killed over the running water: 14:7 And he shallsprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times,and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird looseinto the open field.14:8 And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shaveoff all his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may be clean: andafter that he shall come into the camp, and shall tarry abroad out ofhis tent seven days.14:9 But it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all hishair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair heshall shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, also he shall wash hisflesh in water, and he shall be clean.14:10 And on the eighth day he shall take two he lambs withoutblemish, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish, and threetenth deals of fine flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, andone log of oil.14:11 And the priest that maketh him clean shall present the man thatis to be made clean, and those things, before the LORD, at the door ofthe tabernacle of the congregation: 14:12 And the priest shall takeone he lamb, and offer him for a trespass offering, and the log ofoil, and wave them for a wave offering before the LORD: 14:13 And heshall slay the lamb in the place where he shall kill the sin offeringand the burnt offering, in the holy place: for as the sin offering isthe priest's, so is the trespass offering: it is most holy: 14:14 Andthe priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, andthe priest shall put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that isto be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon thegreat toe of his right foot: 14:15 And the priest shall take some ofthe log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand: 14:16And the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in hisleft hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven timesbefore the LORD: 14:17 And of the rest of the oil that is in his handshall the priest put upon the tip of the right ear of him that is tobe cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the greattoe of his right foot, upon the blood of the trespass offering: 14:18And the remnant of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall pourupon the head of him that is to be cleansed: and the priest shall makean atonement for him before the LORD.14:19 And the priest shall offer the sin offering, and make anatonement for him that is to be cleansed from his uncleanness; andafterward he shall kill the burnt offering: 14:20 And the priest shalloffer the burnt offering and the meat offering upon the altar: and thepriest shall make an atonement for him, and he shall be clean.14:21 And if he be poor, and cannot get so much; then he shall takeone lamb for a trespass offering to be waved, to make an atonement forhim, and one tenth deal of fine flour mingled with oil for a meatoffering, and a log of oil; 14:22 And two turtledoves, or two youngpigeons, such as he is able to get; and the one shall be a sinoffering, and the other a burnt offering.14:23 And he shall bring them on the eighth day for his cleansing untothe priest, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,before the LORD.14:24 And the priest shall take the lamb of the trespass offering, andthe log of oil, and the priest shall wave them for a wave offeringbefore the LORD: 14:25 And he shall kill the lamb of the trespassoffering, and the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespassoffering, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is tobe cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the greattoe of his right foot: 14:26 And the priest shall pour of the oil intothe palm of his own left hand: 14:27 And the priest shall sprinklewith his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seventimes before the LORD: 14:28 And the priest shall put of the oil thatis in his hand upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to becleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toeof his right foot, upon the place of the blood of the trespassoffering: 14:29 And the rest of the oil that is in the priest's handhe shall put upon the head of him that is to be cleansed, to make anatonement for him before the LORD.14:30 And he shall offer the one of the turtledoves, or of the youngpigeons, such as he can get; 14:31 Even such as he is able to get, theone for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, with themeat offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for him that isto be cleansed before the LORD.14:32 This is the law of him in whom is the plague of leprosy, whosehand is not able to get that which pertaineth to his cleansing.14:33 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 14:34 Whenye be come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for apossession, and I put the plague of leprosy in a house of the land ofyour possession; 14:35 And he that owneth the house shall come andtell the priest, saying, It seemeth to me there is as it were a plaguein the house: 14:36 Then the priest shall command that they empty thehouse, before the priest go into it to see the plague, that all thatis in the house be not made unclean: and afterward the priest shall goin to see the house: 14:37 And he shall look on the plague, and,behold, if the plague be in the walls of the house with hollowstrakes, greenish or reddish, which in sight are lower than the wall;14:38 Then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of thehouse, and shut up the house seven days: 14:39 And the priest shallcome again the seventh day, and shall look: and, behold, if the plaguebe spread in the walls of the house; 14:40 Then the priest shallcommand that they take away the stones in which the plague is, andthey shall cast them into an unclean place without the city: 14:41 Andhe shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and theyshall pour out the dust that they scrape off without the city into anunclean place: 14:42 And they shall take other stones, and put them inthe place of those stones; and he shall take other morter, and shallplaister the house.14:43 And if the plague come again, and break out in the house, afterthat he hath taken away the stones, and after he hath scraped thehouse, and after it is plaistered; 14:44 Then the priest shall comeand look, and, behold, if the plague be spread in the house, it is afretting leprosy in the house; it is unclean.14:45 And he shall break down the house, the stones of it, and thetimber thereof, and all the morter of the house; and he shall carrythem forth out of the city into an unclean place.14:46 Moreover he that goeth into the house all the while that it isshut up shall be unclean until the even.14:47 And he that lieth in the house shall wash his clothes; and hethat eateth in the house shall wash his clothes.14:48 And if the priest shall come in, and look upon it, and, behold,the plague hath not spread in the house, after the house wasplaistered: then the priest shall pronounce the house clean, becausethe plague is healed.14:49 And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedarwood, and scarlet, and hyssop: 14:50 And he shall kill the one of thebirds in an earthen vessel over running water: 14:51 And he shall takethe cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird,and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the running water,and sprinkle the house seven times: 14:52 And he shall cleanse thehouse with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and withthe living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, andwith the scarlet: 14:53 But he shall let go the living bird out of thecity into the open fields, and make an atonement for the house: and itshall be clean.14:54 This is the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and scall,14:55 And for the leprosy of a garment, and of a house, 14:56 And fora rising, and for a scab, and for a bright spot: 14:57 To teach whenit is unclean, and when it is clean: this is the law of leprosy.15:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying, 15:2 Speakunto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When any man hath arunning issue out of his flesh, because of his issue he is unclean.15:3 And this shall be his uncleanness in his issue: whether his fleshrun with his issue, or his flesh be stopped from his issue, it is hisuncleanness.15:4 Every bed, whereon he lieth that hath the issue, is unclean: andevery thing, whereon he sitteth, shall be unclean.15:5 And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathehimself in water, and be unclean until the even.15:6 And he that sitteth on any thing whereon he sat that hath theissue shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and beunclean until the even.15:7 And he that toucheth the flesh of him that hath the issue shallwash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until theeven.15:8 And if he that hath the issue spit upon him that is clean; thenhe shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be uncleanuntil the even.15:9 And what saddle soever he rideth upon that hath the issue shallbe unclean.15:10 And whosoever toucheth any thing that was under him shall beunclean until the even: and he that beareth any of those things shallwash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until theeven.15:11 And whomsoever he toucheth that hath the issue, and hath notrinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathehimself in water, and be unclean until the even.15:12 And the vessel of earth, that he toucheth which hath the issue,shall be broken: and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.15:13 And when he that hath an issue is cleansed of his issue; then heshall number to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash hisclothes, and bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be clean.15:14 And on the eighth day he shall take to him two turtledoves, ortwo young pigeons, and come before the LORD unto the door of thetabernacle of the congregation, and give them unto the priest: 15:15And the priest shall offer them, the one for a sin offering, and theother for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement forhim before the LORD for his issue.15:16 And if any man's seed of copulation go out from him, then heshall wash all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the even.15:17 And every garment, and every skin, whereon is the seed ofcopulation, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the even.15:18 The woman also with whom man shall lie with seed of copulation,they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until theeven.15:19 And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh beblood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth hershall be unclean until the even.15:20 And every thing that she lieth upon in her separation shall beunclean: every thing also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean.15:21 And whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathehimself in water, and be unclean until the even.15:22 And whosoever toucheth any thing that she sat upon shall washhis clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until theeven.15:23 And if it be on her bed, or on any thing whereon she sitteth,when he toucheth it, he shall be unclean until the even.15:24 And if any man lie with her at all, and her flowers be upon him,he shall be unclean seven days; and all the bed whereon he lieth shallbe unclean.15:25 And if a woman have an issue of her blood many days out of thetime of her separation, or if it run beyond the time of herseparation; all the days of the issue of her uncleanness shall be asthe days of her separation: she shall be unclean.15:26 Every bed whereon she lieth all the days of her issue shall beunto her as the bed of her separation: and whatsoever she sitteth uponshall be unclean, as the uncleanness of her separation.15:27 And whosoever toucheth those things shall be unclean, and shallwash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until theeven.15:28 But if she be cleansed of her issue, then she shall number toherself seven days, and after that she shall be clean.15:29 And on the eighth day she shall take unto her two turtles, ortwo young pigeons, and bring them unto the priest, to the door of thetabernacle of the congregation.15:30 And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and theother for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement forher before the LORD for the issue of her uncleanness.15:31 Thus shall ye separate the children of Israel from theiruncleanness; that they die not in their uncleanness, when they defilemy tabernacle that is among them.15:32 This is the law of him that hath an issue, and of him whose seedgoeth from him, and is defiled therewith; 15:33 And of her that issick of her flowers, and of him that hath an issue, of the man, and ofthe woman, and of him that lieth with her that is unclean.16:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses after the death of the two sons ofAaron, when they offered before the LORD, and died; 16:2 And the LORDsaid unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at alltimes into the holy place within the vail before the mercy seat, whichis upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud uponthe mercy seat.16:3 Thus shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a young bullockfor a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering.16:4 He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linenbreeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen girdle, andwith the linen mitre shall he be attired: these are holy garments;therefore shall he wash his flesh in water, and so put them on.16:5 And he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israeltwo kids of the goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burntoffering.16:6 And Aaron shall offer his bullock of the sin offering, which isfor himself, and make an atonement for himself, and for his house.16:7 And he shall take the two goats, and present them before the LORDat the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.16:8 And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for theLORD, and the other lot for the scapegoat.16:9 And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which the LORD's lot fell,and offer him for a sin offering.16:10 But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shallbe presented alive before the LORD, to make an atonement with him, andto let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness.16:11 And Aaron shall bring the bullock of the sin offering, which isfor himself, and shall make an atonement for himself, and for hishouse, and shall kill the bullock of the sin offering which is forhimself: 16:12 And he shall take a censer full of burning coals offire from off the altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweetincense beaten small, and bring it within the vail: 16:13 And he shallput the incense upon the fire before the LORD, that the cloud of theincense may cover the mercy seat that is upon the testimony, that hedie not: 16:14 And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, andsprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy seat eastward; and beforethe mercy seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seventimes.16:15 Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for thepeople, and bring his blood within the vail, and do with that blood ashe did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercyseat, and before the mercy seat: 16:16 And he shall make an atonementfor the holy place, because of the uncleanness of the children ofIsrael, and because of their transgressions in all their sins: and soshall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation, that remainethamong them in the midst of their uncleanness.16:17 And there shall be no man in the tabernacle of the congregationwhen he goeth in to make an atonement in the holy place, until he comeout, and have made an atonement for himself, and for his household,and for all the congregation of Israel.16:18 And he shall go out unto the altar that is before the LORD, andmake an atonement for it; and shall take of the blood of the bullock,and of the blood of the goat, and put it upon the horns of the altarround about.16:19 And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger seventimes, and cleanse it, and hallow it from the uncleanness of thechildren of Israel.16:20 And when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy place, andthe tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, he shall bring thelive goat: 16:21 And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head ofthe live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the childrenof Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, puttingthem upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand ofa fit man into the wilderness: 16:22 And the goat shall bear upon himall their iniquities unto a land not inhabited: and he shall let gothe goat in the wilderness.16:23 And Aaron shall come into the tabernacle of the congregation,and shall put off the linen garments, which he put on when he wentinto the holy place, and shall leave them there: 16:24 And he shallwash his flesh with water in the holy place, and put on his garments,and come forth, and offer his burnt offering, and the burnt offeringof the people, and make an atonement for himself, and for the people.16:25 And the fat of the sin offering shall he burn upon the altar.16:26 And he that let go the goat for the scapegoat shall wash hisclothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward come into thecamp.16:27 And the bullock for the sin offering, and the goat for the sinoffering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the holyplace, shall one carry forth without the camp; and they shall burn inthe fire their skins, and their flesh, and their dung.16:28 And he that burneth them shall wash his clothes, and bathe hisflesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp.16:29 And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in theseventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict yoursouls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country,or a stranger that sojourneth among you: 16:30 For on that day shallthe priest make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, that ye may beclean from all your sins before the LORD.16:31 It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflictyour souls, by a statute for ever.16:32 And the priest, whom he shall anoint, and whom he shallconsecrate to minister in the priest's office in his father's stead,shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen clothes, even theholy garments: 16:33 And he shall make an atonement for the holysanctuary, and he shall make an atonement for the tabernacle of thecongregation, and for the altar, and he shall make an atonement forthe priests, and for all the people of the congregation.16:34 And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make anatonement for the children of Israel for all their sins once a year.And he did as the LORD commanded Moses.17:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 17:2 Speak unto Aaron, andunto his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them;This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, saying, 17:3 What mansoever there be of the house of Israel, that killeth an ox, or lamb,or goat, in the camp, or that killeth it out of the camp, 17:4 Andbringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,to offer an offering unto the LORD before the tabernacle of the LORD;blood shall be imputed unto that man; he hath shed blood; and that manshall be cut off from among his people: 17:5 To the end that thechildren of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they offer in theopen field, even that they may bring them unto the LORD, unto the doorof the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest, and offer themfor peace offerings unto the LORD.17:6 And the priest shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar of theLORD at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and burn thefat for a sweet savour unto the LORD.17:7 And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, afterwhom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever untothem throughout their generations.17:8 And thou shalt say unto them, Whatsoever man there be of thehouse of Israel, or of the strangers which sojourn among you, thatoffereth a burnt offering or sacrifice, 17:9 And bringeth it not untothe door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to offer it unto theLORD; even that man shall be cut off from among his people.17:10 And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of thestrangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; Iwill even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and willcut him off from among his people.17:11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given itto you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it isthe blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.17:12 Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of youshall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among youeat blood.17:13 And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of thestrangers that sojourn among you, which hunteth and catcheth any beastor fowl that may be eaten; he shall even pour out the blood thereof,and cover it with dust.17:14 For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for the lifethereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eatthe blood of no manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh is theblood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off.17:15 And every soul that eateth that which died of itself, or thatwhich was torn with beasts, whether it be one of your own country, ora stranger, he shall both wash his clothes, and bathe himself inwater, and be unclean until the even: then shall he be clean.17:16 But if he wash them not, nor bathe his flesh; then he shall bearhis iniquity.18:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 18:2 Speak unto thechildren of Israel, and say unto them, I am the LORD your God.18:3 After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall yenot do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bringyou, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances.18:4 Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walktherein: I am the LORD your God.18:5 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if aman do, he shall live in them: I am the LORD.18:6 None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, touncover their nakedness: I am the LORD.18:7 The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother,shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover hernakedness.18:8 The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it isthy father's nakedness.18:9 The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, ordaughter of thy mother, whether she be born at home, or born abroad,even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover.18:10 The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter'sdaughter, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover: for theirs isthine own nakedness.18:11 The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thyfather, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.18:12 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: sheis thy father's near kinswoman.18:13 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister: forshe is thy mother's near kinswoman.18:14 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother,thou shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt.18:15 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law: sheis thy son's wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.18:16 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: itis thy brother's nakedness.18:17 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and herdaughter, neither shalt thou take her son's daughter, or herdaughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are her nearkinswomen: it is wickedness.18:18 Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, touncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.18:19 Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover hernakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.18:20 Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife,to defile thyself with her.18:21 And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire toMolech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.18:22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it isabomination.18:23 Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyselftherewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie downthereto: it is confusion.18:24 Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in allthese the nations are defiled which I cast out before you: 18:25 Andthe land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof uponit, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.18:26 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shallnot commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation,nor any stranger that sojourneth among you: 18:27 (For all theseabominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, andthe land is defiled;) 18:28 That the land spue not you out also, whenye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before you.18:29 For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even thesouls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people.18:30 Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye commit not anyone of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, andthat ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the LORD your God.19:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 19:2 Speak unto all thecongregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall beholy: for I the LORD your God am holy.19:3 Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep mysabbaths: I am the LORD your God.19:4 Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I amthe LORD your God.19:5 And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD, yeshall offer it at your own will.19:6 It shall be eaten the same day ye offer it, and on the morrow:and if ought remain until the third day, it shall be burnt in thefire.19:7 And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is abominable; itshall not be accepted.19:8 Therefore every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity,because he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the LORD: and that soulshall be cut off from among his people.19:9 And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not whollyreap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleaningsof thy harvest.19:10 And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gatherevery grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor andstranger: I am the LORD your God.19:11 Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one toanother.19:12 And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thouprofane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.19:13 Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wagesof him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until themorning.19:14 Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock beforethe blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD.19:15 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt notrespect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty:but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.19:16 Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people:neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour; I am theLORD.19:17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt inany wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.19:18 Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the childrenof thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am theLORD.19:19 Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle genderwith a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed:neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee.19:20 And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid,betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom givenher; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, becauseshe was not free.19:21 And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, unto thedoor of the tabernacle of the congregation, even a ram for a trespassoffering.19:22 And the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram ofthe trespass offering before the LORD for his sin which he hath done:and the sin which he hath done shall be forgiven him.19:23 And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted allmanner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof asuncircumcised: three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you: itshall not be eaten of.19:24 But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy topraise the LORD withal.19:25 And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that itmay yield unto you the increase thereof: I am the LORD your God.19:26 Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye useenchantment, nor observe times.19:27 Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thoumar the corners of thy beard.19:28 Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, norprint any marks upon you: I am the LORD.19:29 Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lestthe land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.19:30 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am theLORD.19:31 Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek afterwizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.19:32 Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face ofthe old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.19:33 And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall notvex him.19:34 But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as oneborn among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye werestrangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.19:35 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, inweight, or in measure.19:36 Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shallye have: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land ofEgypt.19:37 Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all myjudgments, and do them: I am the LORD.20:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 20:2 Again, thou shalt sayto the children of Israel, Whosoever he be of the children of Israel,or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth any of hisseed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of theland shall stone him with stones.20:3 And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him offfrom among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech,to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.20:4 And if the people of the land do any ways hide their eyes fromthe man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and kill him not:20:5 Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family,and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commitwhoredom with Molech, from among their people.20:6 And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits,and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my faceagainst that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.20:7 Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORDyour God.20:8 And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the LORD whichsanctify you.20:9 For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall besurely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; hisblood shall be upon him.20:10 And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife,even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, theadulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.20:11 And the man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered hisfather's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; theirblood shall be upon them.20:12 And if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them shallsurely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shallbe upon them.20:13 If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, bothof them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put todeath; their blood shall be upon them.20:14 And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: theyshall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be nowickedness among you.20:15 And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death:and ye shall slay the beast.20:16 And if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down thereto,thou shalt kill the woman, and the beast: they shall surely be put todeath; their blood shall be upon them.20:17 And if a man shall take his sister, his father's daughter, orhis mother's daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see hisnakedness; it is a wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in thesight of their people: he hath uncovered his sister's nakedness; heshall bear his iniquity.20:18 And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, andshall uncover her nakedness; he hath discovered her fountain, and shehath uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall becut off from among their people.20:19 And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister,nor of thy father's sister: for he uncovereth his near kin: they shallbear their iniquity.20:20 And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife, he hath uncoveredhis uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall diechildless.20:21 And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an uncleanthing: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall bechildless.20:22 Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments,and do them: that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, spueyou not out.20:23 And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I castout before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore Iabhorred them.20:24 But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and Iwill give it unto you to possess it, a land that floweth with milk andhoney: I am the LORD your God, which have separated you from otherpeople.20:25 Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts andunclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not makeyour souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of livingthing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you asunclean.20:26 And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and havesevered you from other people, that ye should be mine.20:27 A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is awizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them withstones: their blood shall be upon them.21:1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons ofAaron, and say unto them, There shall none be defiled for the deadamong his people: 21:2 But for his kin, that is near unto him, thatis, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for hisdaughter, and for his brother.21:3 And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hathhad no husband; for her may he be defiled.21:4 But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among hispeople, to profane himself.21:5 They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall theyshave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in theirflesh.21:6 They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name oftheir God: for the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and the breadof their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy.21:7 They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neithershall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy untohis God.21:8 Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread ofthy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the LORD, which sanctifyyou, am holy.21:9 And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playingthe whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.21:10 And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whosehead the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put onthe garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes; 21:11Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for hisfather, or for his mother; 21:12 Neither shall he go out of thesanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of theanointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the LORD.21:13 And he shall take a wife in her virginity.21:14 A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, theseshall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people towife.21:15 Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I theLORD do sanctify him.21:16 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 21:17 Speak unto Aaron,saying, Whosoever he be of thy seed in their generations that hath anyblemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God.21:18 For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall notapproach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or anything superfluous, 21:19 Or a man that is brokenfooted, orbrokenhanded, 21:20 Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemishin his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken; 21:21No man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall comenigh to offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire: he hath ablemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God.21:22 He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and ofthe holy.21:23 Only he shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto thealtar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries:for I the LORD do sanctify them.21:24 And Moses told it unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all thechildren of Israel.22:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 22:2 Speak unto Aaron andto his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of thechildren of Israel, and that they profane not my holy name in thosethings which they hallow unto me: I am the LORD.22:3 Say unto them, Whosoever he be of all your seed among yourgenerations, that goeth unto the holy things, which the children ofIsrael hallow unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, thatsoul shall be cut off from my presence: I am the LORD.22:4 What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath arunning issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean.And whoso toucheth any thing that is unclean by the dead, or a manwhose seed goeth from him; 22:5 Or whosoever toucheth any creepingthing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may takeuncleanness, whatsoever uncleanness he hath; 22:6 The soul which hathtouched any such shall be unclean until even, and shall not eat of theholy things, unless he wash his flesh with water.22:7 And when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall afterwardeat of the holy things; because it is his food.22:8 That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall noteat to defile himself therewith; I am the LORD.22:9 They shall therefore keep mine ordinance, lest they bear sin forit, and die therefore, if they profane it: I the LORD do sanctifythem.22:10 There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner ofthe priest, or an hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.22:11 But if the priest buy any soul with his money, he shall eat ofit, and he that is born in his house: they shall eat of his meat.22:12 If the priest's daughter also be married unto a stranger, shemay not eat of an offering of the holy things.22:13 But if the priest's daughter be a widow, or divorced, and haveno child, and is returned unto her father's house, as in her youth,she shall eat of her father's meat: but there shall be no stranger eatthereof.22:14 And if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly, then he shallput the fifth part thereof unto it, and shall give it unto the priestwith the holy thing.22:15 And they shall not profane the holy things of the children ofIsrael, which they offer unto the LORD; 22:16 Or suffer them to bearthe iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things: for I theLORD do sanctify them.22:17 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 22:18 Speak unto Aaron,and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say untothem, Whatsoever he be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers inIsrael, that will offer his oblation for all his vows, and for all hisfreewill offerings, which they will offer unto the LORD for a burntoffering; 22:19 Ye shall offer at your own will a male withoutblemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats.22:20 But whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not offer: for itshall not be acceptable for you.22:21 And whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peace offerings unto theLORD to accomplish his vow, or a freewill offering in beeves or sheep,it shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish therein.22:22 Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, orscabbed, ye shall not offer these unto the LORD, nor make an offeringby fire of them upon the altar unto the LORD.22:23 Either a bullock or a lamb that hath any thing superfluous orlacking in his parts, that mayest thou offer for a freewill offering;but for a vow it shall not be accepted.22:24 Ye shall not offer unto the LORD that which is bruised, orcrushed, or broken, or cut; neither shall ye make any offering thereofin your land.22:25 Neither from a stranger's hand shall ye offer the bread of yourGod of any of these; because their corruption is in them, andblemishes be in them: they shall not be accepted for you.22:26 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 22:27 When a bullock, ora sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall be seven daysunder the dam; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall beaccepted for an offering made by fire unto the LORD.22:28 And whether it be cow, or ewe, ye shall not kill it and heryoung both in one day.22:29 And when ye will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto theLORD, offer it at your own will.22:30 On the same day it shall be eaten up; ye shall leave none of ituntil the morrow: I am the LORD.22:31 Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am theLORD.22:32 Neither shall ye profane my holy name; but I will be hallowedamong the children of Israel: I am the LORD which hallow you, 22:33That brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am theLORD.23:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 23:2 Speak unto thechildren of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of theLORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these aremy feasts.23:3 Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbathof rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is thesabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.23:4 These are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, whichye shall proclaim in their seasons.23:5 In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD'spassover.23:6 And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast ofunleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavenedbread.23:7 In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall dono servile work therein.23:8 But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD sevendays: in the seventh day is an holy convocation: ye shall do noservile work therein.23:9 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 23:10 Speak unto thechildren of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the landwhich I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then yeshall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto thepriest: 23:11 And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to beaccepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shallwave it.23:12 And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an he lambwithout blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto the LORD.23:13 And the meat offering thereof shall be two tenth deals of fineflour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto the LORD for asweet savour: and the drink offering thereof shall be of wine, thefourth part of an hin.23:14 And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor greenears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering untoyour God: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generationsin all your dwellings.23:15 And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath,from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; sevensabbaths shall be complete: 23:16 Even unto the morrow after theseventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a newmeat offering unto the LORD.23:17 Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of twotenth deals; they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken withleaven; they are the firstfruits unto the LORD.23:18 And ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs without blemish ofthe first year, and one young bullock, and two rams: they shall be fora burnt offering unto the LORD, with their meat offering, and theirdrink offerings, even an offering made by fire, of sweet savour untothe LORD.23:19 Then ye shall sacrifice one kid of the goats for a sin offering,and two lambs of the first year for a sacrifice of peace offerings.23:20 And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruitsfor a wave offering before the LORD, with the two lambs: they shall beholy to the LORD for the priest.23:21 And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be anholy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work therein: itshall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout yourgenerations.23:22 And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not makeclean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neithershalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave themunto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the LORD your God.23:23 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 23:24 Speak unto thechildren of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day ofthe month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets,an holy convocation.23:25 Ye shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall offer anoffering made by fire unto the LORD.23:26 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 23:27 Also on the tenthday of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shallbe an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, andoffer an offering made by fire unto the LORD.23:28 And ye shall do no work in that same day: for it is a day ofatonement, to make an atonement for you before the LORD your God.23:29 For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in thatsame day, he shall be cut off from among his people.23:30 And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work in that same day,the same soul will I destroy from among his people.23:31 Ye shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for everthroughout your generations in all your dwellings.23:32 It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflictyour souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even untoeven, shall ye celebrate your sabbath.23:33 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 23:34 Speak unto thechildren of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh monthshall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the LORD.23:35 On the first day shall be an holy convocation: ye shall do noservile work therein.23:36 Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto theLORD: on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you; and yeshall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a solemnassembly; and ye shall do no servile work therein.23:37 These are the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to beholy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, aburnt offering, and a meat offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings,every thing upon his day: 23:38 Beside the sabbaths of the LORD, andbeside your gifts, and beside all your vows, and beside all yourfreewill offerings, which ye give unto the LORD.23:39 Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye havegathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the LORDseven days: on the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth dayshall be a sabbath.23:40 And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodlytrees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, andwillows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your Godseven days.23:41 And ye shall keep it a feast unto the LORD seven days in theyear.It shall be a statute for ever in your generations: ye shall celebrateit in the seventh month.23:42 Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelitesborn shall dwell in booths: 23:43 That your generations may know thatI made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought themout of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.23:44 And Moses declared unto the children of Israel the feasts of theLORD.24:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 24:2 Command the childrenof Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for thelight, to cause the lamps to burn continually.24:3 Without the vail of the testimony, in the tabernacle of thecongregation, shall Aaron order it from the evening unto the morningbefore the LORD continually: it shall be a statute for ever in yourgenerations.24:4 He shall order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before theLORD continually.24:5 And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof:two tenth deals shall be in one cake.24:6 And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the puretable before the LORD.24:7 And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon each row, that it maybe on the bread for a memorial, even an offering made by fire unto theLORD.24:8 Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORDcontinually, being taken from the children of Israel by an everlastingcovenant.24:9 And it shall be Aaron's and his sons'; and they shall eat it inthe holy place: for it is most holy unto him of the offerings of theLORD made by fire by a perpetual statute.24:10 And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was anEgyptian, went out among the children of Israel: and this son of theIsraelitish woman and a man of Israel strove together in the camp;24:11 And the Israelitish woman's son blasphemed the name of the Lord,and cursed. And they brought him unto Moses: (and his mother's namewas Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan:) 24:12 Andthey put him in ward, that the mind of the LORD might be shewed them.24:13 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 24:14 Bring forth himthat hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard him laytheir hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him.24:15 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying,Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin.24:16 And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely beput to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: aswell the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeththe name of the Lord, shall be put to death.24:17 And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death.24:18 And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast.24:19 And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done,so shall it be done to him; 24:20 Breach for breach, eye for eye,tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it bedone to him again.24:21 And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he thatkilleth a man, he shall be put to death.24:22 Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, asfor one of your own country: for I am the LORD your God.24:23 And Moses spake to the children of Israel, that they shouldbring forth him that had cursed out of the camp, and stone him withstones. And the children of Israel did as the LORD commanded Moses.25:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying, 25:2 Speakunto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into theland which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto theLORD.25:3 Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shaltprune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof; 25:4 But in theseventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath forthe LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.25:5 That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shaltnot reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed: for it is ayear of rest unto the land.25:6 And the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you; for thee, andfor thy servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and forthy stranger that sojourneth with thee.25:7 And for thy cattle, and for the beast that are in thy land, shallall the increase thereof be meat.25:8 And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seventimes seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shallbe unto thee forty and nine years.25:9 Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubile to sound on thetenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye makethe trumpet sound throughout all your land.25:10 And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim libertythroughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall bea jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession,and ye shall return every man unto his family.25:11 A jubile shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow,neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapesin it of thy vine undressed.25:12 For it is the jubile; it shall be holy unto you: ye shall eatthe increase thereof out of the field.25:13 In the year of this jubile ye shall return every man unto hispossession.25:14 And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought ofthy neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress one another: 25:15According to the number of years after the jubile thou shalt buy ofthy neighbour, and according unto the number of years of the fruits heshall sell unto thee: 25:16 According to the multitude of years thoushalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness ofyears thou shalt diminish the price of it: for according to the numberof the years of the fruits doth he sell unto thee.25:17 Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fearthy God:for I am the LORD your God.25:18 Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and dothem; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.25:19 And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat your fill,and dwell therein in safety.25:20 And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold,we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase: 25:21 Then I willcommand my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bringforth fruit for three years.25:22 And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat yet of old fruit untilthe ninth year; until her fruits come in ye shall eat of the oldstore.25:23 The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine, forye are strangers and sojourners with me.25:24 And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant aredemption for the land.25:25 If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of hispossession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall heredeem that which his brother sold.25:26 And if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able toredeem it; 25:27 Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, andrestore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; that he mayreturn unto his possession.25:28 But if he be not able to restore it to him, then that which issold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until theyear of jubile: and in the jubile it shall go out, and he shall returnunto his possession.25:29 And if a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he mayredeem it within a whole year after it is sold; within a full year mayhe redeem it.25:30 And if it be not redeemed within the space of a full year, thenthe house that is in the walled city shall be established for ever tohim that bought it throughout his generations: it shall not go out inthe jubile.25:31 But the houses of the villages which have no wall round aboutthem shall be counted as the fields of the country: they may beredeemed, and they shall go out in the jubile.25:32 Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, and the houses of thecities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time.25:33 And if a man purchase of the Levites, then the house that wassold, and the city of his possession, shall go out in the year ofjubile: for the houses of the cities of the Levites are theirpossession among the children of Israel.25:34 But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold;for it is their perpetual possession.25:35 And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee;then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or asojourner; that he may live with thee.25:36 Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; thatthy brother may live with thee.25:37 Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thyvictuals for increase.25:38 I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the landof Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God.25:39 And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and besold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:25:40 But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be withthee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubile.25:41 And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his childrenwith him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto thepossession of his fathers shall he return.25:42 For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the landof Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.25:43 Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thyGod.25:44 Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have,shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buybondmen and bondmaids.25:45 Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn amongyou, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you,which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession.25:46 And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children afteryou, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen forever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not ruleone over another with rigour.25:47 And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brotherthat dwelleth by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger orsojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger's family: 25:48After that he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brethrenmay redeem him: 25:49 Either his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeemhim, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him;or if he be able, he may redeem himself.25:50 And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year thathe was sold to him unto the year of jubile: and the price of his saleshall be according unto the number of years, according to the time ofan hired servant shall it be with him.25:51 If there be yet many years behind, according unto them he shallgive again the price of his redemption out of the money that he wasbought for.25:52 And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubile, thenhe shall count with him, and according unto his years shall he givehim again the price of his redemption.25:53 And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and theother shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight.25:54 And if he be not redeemed in these years, then he shall go outin the year of jubile, both he, and his children with him.25:55 For unto me the children of Israel are servants; they are myservants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORDyour God.26:1 Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you upa standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in yourland, to bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your God.26:2 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am theLORD.26:3 If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;26:4 Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yieldher increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.26:5 And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintageshall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to thefull, and dwell in your land safely.26:6 And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, andnone shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of theland, neither shall the sword go through your land.26:7 And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before youby the sword.26:8 And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of youshall put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall beforeyou by the sword.26:9 For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, andmultiply you, and establish my covenant with you.26:10 And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because ofthe new.26:11 And I set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhoryou.26:12 And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall bemy people.26:13 I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the landof Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken thebands of your yoke, and made you go upright.26:14 But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all thesecommandments; 26:15 And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if yoursoul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments,but that ye break my covenant: 26:16 I also will do this unto you; Iwill even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague,that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shallsow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.26:17 And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain beforeyour enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shallflee when none pursueth you.26:18 And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I willpunish you seven times more for your sins.26:19 And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make yourheaven as iron, and your earth as brass: 26:20 And your strength shallbe spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neithershall the trees of the land yield their fruits.26:21 And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; Iwill bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins.26:22 I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you ofyour children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number;and your high ways shall be desolate.26:23 And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but willwalk contrary unto me; 26:24 Then will I also walk contrary unto you,and will punish you yet seven times for your sins.26:25 And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrelof my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities,I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered intothe hand of the enemy.26:26 And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shallbake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your breadagain by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.26:27 And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walkcontrary unto me; 26:28 Then I will walk contrary unto you also infury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins.26:29 And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of yourdaughters shall ye eat.26:30 And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images,and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soulshall abhor you.26:31 And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuariesunto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.26:32 And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemieswhich dwell therein shall be astonished at it.26:33 And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out asword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your citieswaste.26:34 Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it liethdesolate, and ye be in your enemies' land; even then shall the landrest, and enjoy her sabbaths.26:35 As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did notrest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.26:36 And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintnessinto their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of ashaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from asword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.26:37 And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword,when none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before yourenemies.26:38 And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of yourenemies shall eat you up.26:39 And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquityin your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathersshall they pine away with them.26:40 If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of theirfathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, andthat also they have walked contrary unto me; 26:41 And that I alsohave walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land oftheir enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and theythen accept of the punishment of their iniquity: 26:42 Then will Iremember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, andalso my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember theland.26:43 The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy hersabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall acceptof the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because theydespised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes.26:44 And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies,I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy themutterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the LORD theirGod.26:45 But I will for their sakes remember the covenant of theirancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sightof the heathen, that I might be their God: I am the LORD.26:46 These are the statutes and judgments and laws, which the LORDmade between him and the children of Israel in mount Sinai by the handof Moses.27:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 27:2 Speak unto thechildren of Israel, and say unto them, When a man shall make asingular vow, the persons shall be for the LORD by thy estimation.27:3 And thy estimation shall be of the male from twenty years oldeven unto sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be fifty shekelsof silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary.27:4 And if it be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirtyshekels.27:5 And if it be from five years old even unto twenty years old, thenthy estimation shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for the femaleten shekels.27:6 And if it be from a month old even unto five years old, then thyestimation shall be of the male five shekels of silver, and for thefemale thy estimation shall be three shekels of silver.27:7 And if it be from sixty years old and above; if it be a male,then thy estimation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female tenshekels.27:8 But if he be poorer than thy estimation, then he shall presenthimself before the priest, and the priest shall value him; accordingto his ability that vowed shall the priest value him.27:9 And if it be a beast, whereof men bring an offering unto theLORD, all that any man giveth of such unto the LORD shall be holy.27:10 He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a badfor a good: and if he shall at all change beast for beast, then it andthe exchange thereof shall be holy.27:11 And if it be any unclean beast, of which they do not offer asacrifice unto the LORD, then he shall present the beast before thepriest: 27:12 And the priest shall value it, whether it be good orbad: as thou valuest it, who art the priest, so shall it be.27:13 But if he will at all redeem it, then he shall add a fifth partthereof unto thy estimation.27:14 And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy unto theLORD, then the priest shall estimate it, whether it be good or bad: asthe priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand.27:15 And if he that sanctified it will redeem his house, then heshall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, andit shall be his.27:16 And if a man shall sanctify unto the LORD some part of a fieldof his possession, then thy estimation shall be according to the seedthereof: an homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels ofsilver.27:17 If he sanctify his field from the year of jubile, according tothy estimation it shall stand.27:18 But if he sanctify his field after the jubile, then the priestshall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain,even unto the year of the jubile, and it shall be abated from thyestimation.27:19 And if he that sanctified the field will in any wise redeem it,then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation untoit, and it shall be assured to him.27:20 And if he will not redeem the field, or if he have sold thefield to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more.27:21 But the field, when it goeth out in the jubile, shall be holyunto the LORD, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be thepriest's.27:22 And if a man sanctify unto the LORD a field which he hathbought, which is not of the fields of his possession; 27:23 Then thepriest shall reckon unto him the worth of thy estimation, even untothe year of the jubile: and he shall give thine estimation in thatday, as a holy thing unto the LORD.27:24 In the year of the jubile the field shall return unto him ofwhom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land didbelong.27:25 And all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of thesanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.27:26 Only the firstling of the beasts, which should be the LORD'sfirstling, no man shall sanctify it; whether it be ox, or sheep: it isthe LORD's.27:27 And if it be of an unclean beast, then he shall redeem itaccording to thine estimation, and shall add a fifth part of itthereto: or if it be not redeemed, then it shall be sold according tothy estimation.27:28 Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall devote untothe LORD of all that he hath, both of man and beast, and of the fieldof his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing ismost holy unto the LORD.27:29 None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed;but shall surely be put to death.27:30 And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land,or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD's: it is holy unto the LORD.27:31 And if a man will at all redeem ought of his tithes, he shalladd thereto the fifth part thereof.27:32 And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even ofwhatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto theLORD.27:33 He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall hechange it: and if he change it at all, then both it and the changethereof shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.27:34 These are the commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses forthe children of Israel in mount Sinai.The Fourth Book of Moses:  Called Numbers1:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in thetabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month,in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt,saying, 1:2 Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children ofIsrael, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with thenumber of their names, every male by their polls; 1:3 From twentyyears old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel:thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies.1:4 And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one headof the house of his fathers.1:5 And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: ofthe tribe of Reuben; Elizur the son of Shedeur.1:6 Of Simeon; Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.1:7 Of Judah; Nahshon the son of Amminadab.1:8 Of Issachar; Nethaneel the son of Zuar.1:9 Of Zebulun; Eliab the son of Helon.1:10 Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim; Elishama the son ofAmmihud: of Manasseh; Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.1:11 Of Benjamin; Abidan the son of Gideoni.1:12 Of Dan; Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.1:13 Of Asher; Pagiel the son of Ocran.1:14 Of Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel.1:15 Of Naphtali; Ahira the son of Enan.1:16 These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of thetribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel.1:17 And Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by theirnames: 1:18 And they assembled all the congregation together on thefirst day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees aftertheir families, by the house of their fathers, according to the numberof the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls.1:19 As the LORD commanded Moses, so he numbered them in thewilderness of Sinai.1:20 And the children of Reuben, Israel's eldest son, by theirgenerations, after their families, by the house of their fathers,according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male fromtwenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;1:21 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben,were forty and six thousand and five hundred.1:22 Of the children of Simeon, by their generations, after theirfamilies, by the house of their fathers, those that were numbered ofthem, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every malefrom twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth towar; 1:23 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe ofSimeon, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.1:24 Of the children of Gad, by their generations, after theirfamilies, by the house of their fathers, according to the number ofthe names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to goforth to war; 1:25 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribeof Gad, were forty and five thousand six hundred and fifty.1:26 Of the children of Judah, by their generations, after theirfamilies, by the house of their fathers, according to the number ofthe names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to goforth to war; 1:27 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribeof Judah, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.1:28 Of the children of Issachar, by their generations, after theirfamilies, by the house of their fathers, according to the number ofthe names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to goforth to war; 1:29 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribeof Issachar, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred.1:30 Of the children of Zebulun, by their generations, after theirfamilies, by the house of their fathers, according to the number ofthe names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to goforth to war; 1:31 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribeof Zebulun, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred.1:32 Of the children of Joseph, namely, of the children of Ephraim, bytheir generations, after their families, by the house of theirfathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years oldand upward, all that were able to go forth to war; 1:33 Those thatwere numbered of them, even of the tribe of Ephraim, were fortythousand and five hundred.1:34 Of the children of Manasseh, by their generations, after theirfamilies, by the house of their fathers, according to the number ofthe names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to goforth to war; 1:35 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribeof Manasseh, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred.1:36 Of the children of Benjamin, by their generations, after theirfamilies, by the house of their fathers, according to the number ofthe names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to goforth to war; 1:37 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribeof Benjamin, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.1:38 Of the children of Dan, by their generations, after theirfamilies, by the house of their fathers, according to the number ofthe names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to goforth to war; 1:39 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribeof Dan, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred.1:40 Of the children of Asher, by their generations, after theirfamilies, by the house of their fathers, according to the number ofthe names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to goforth to war; 1:41 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribeof Asher, were forty and one thousand and five hundred.1:42 Of the children of Naphtali, throughout their generations, aftertheir families, by the house of their fathers, according to the numberof the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able togo forth to war; 1:43 Those that were numbered of them, even of thetribe of Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.1:44 These are those that were numbered, which Moses and Aaronnumbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men: each one wasfor the house of his fathers.1:45 So were all those that were numbered of the children of Israel,by the house of their fathers, from twenty years old and upward, allthat were able to go forth to war in Israel; 1:46 Even all they thatwere numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and fivehundred and fifty.1:47 But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were notnumbered among them.1:48 For the LORD had spoken unto Moses, saying, 1:49 Only thou shaltnot number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among thechildren of Israel: 1:50 But thou shalt appoint the Levites over thetabernacle of testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and overall things that belong to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and allthe vessels thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encampround about the tabernacle.1:51 And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall takeit down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shallset it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.1:52 And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man byhis own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout theirhosts.1:53 But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle oftestimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of thechildren of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of thetabernacle of testimony.1:54 And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORDcommanded Moses, so did they.2:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 2:2 Everyman of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard, withthe ensign of their father's house: far off about the tabernacle ofthe congregation shall they pitch.2:3 And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they ofthe standard of the camp of Judah pitch throughout their armies: andNahshon the son of Amminadab shall be captain of the children ofJudah.2:4 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, werethreescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.2:5 And those that do pitch next unto him shall be the tribe ofIssachar: and Nethaneel the son of Zuar shall be captain of thechildren of Issachar.2:6 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty andfour thousand and four hundred.2:7 Then the tribe of Zebulun: and Eliab the son of Helon shall becaptain of the children of Zebulun.2:8 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty andseven thousand and four hundred.2:9 All that were numbered in the camp of Judah were an hundredthousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred,throughout their armies. These shall first set forth.2:10 On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reubenaccording to their armies: and the captain of the children of Reubenshall be Elizur the son of Shedeur.2:11 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fortyand six thousand and five hundred.2:12 And those which pitch by him shall be the tribe of Simeon: andthe captain of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son ofZurishaddai.2:13 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fiftyand nine thousand and three hundred.2:14 Then the tribe of Gad: and the captain of the sons of Gad shallbe Eliasaph the son of Reuel.2:15 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fortyand five thousand and six hundred and fifty.2:16 All that were numbered in the camp of Reuben were an hundredthousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty,throughout their armies. And they shall set forth in the second rank.2:17 Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward withthe camp of the Levites in the midst of the camp: as they encamp, soshall they set forward, every man in his place by their standards.2:18 On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraimaccording to their armies: and the captain of the sons of Ephraimshall be Elishama the son of Ammihud.2:19 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fortythousand and five hundred.2:20 And by him shall be the tribe of Manasseh: and the captain of thechildren of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.2:21 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirtyand two thousand and two hundred.2:22 Then the tribe of Benjamin: and the captain of the sons ofBenjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni.2:23 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirtyand five thousand and four hundred.2:24 All that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were an hundredthousand and eight thousand and an hundred, throughout their armies.And they shall go forward in the third rank.2:25 The standard of the camp of Dan shall be on the north side bytheir armies: and the captain of the children of Dan shall be Ahiezerthe son of Ammishaddai.2:26 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, werethreescore and two thousand and seven hundred.2:27 And those that encamp by him shall be the tribe of Asher: and thecaptain of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ocran.2:28 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fortyand one thousand and five hundred.2:29 Then the tribe of Naphtali: and the captain of the children ofNaphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan.2:30 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fiftyand three thousand and four hundred.2:31 All they that were numbered in the camp of Dan were an hundredthousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred. They shall gohindmost with their standards.2:32 These are those which were numbered of the children of Israel bythe house of their fathers: all those that were numbered of the campsthroughout their hosts were six hundred thousand and three thousandand five hundred and fifty.2:33 But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel;as the LORD commanded Moses.2:34 And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORDcommanded Moses: so they pitched by their standards, and so they setforward, every one after their families, according to the house oftheir fathers.3:1 These also are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day thatthe LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai.3:2 And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn,and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.3:3 These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which wereanointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office.3:4 And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, when they offeredstrange fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they hadno children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's officein the sight of Aaron their father.3:5 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 3:6 Bring the tribe of Levinear, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may ministerunto him.3:7 And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the wholecongregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do theservice of the tabernacle.3:8 And they shall keep all the instruments of the tabernacle of thecongregation, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do theservice of the tabernacle.3:9 And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: theyare wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel.3:10 And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait ontheir priest's office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be putto death.3:11 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 3:12 And I, behold, I havetaken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all thefirstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel:therefore the Levites shall be mine; 3:13 Because all the firstbornare mine; for on the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land ofEgypt I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both man andbeast: mine shall they be: I am the LORD.3:14 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,3:15 Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, bytheir families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thounumber them.3:16 And Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as hewas commanded.3:17 And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, andKohath, and Merari.3:18 And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families;Libni, and Shimei.3:19 And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar,Hebron, and Uzziel.3:20 And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. Theseare the families of the Levites according to the house of theirfathers.3:21 Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of theShimites: these are the families of the Gershonites.3:22 Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of allthe males, from a month old and upward, even those that were numberedof them were seven thousand and five hundred.3:23 The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernaclewestward.3:24 And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites shallbe Eliasaph the son of Lael.3:25 And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of thecongregation shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, the coveringthereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of thecongregation, 3:26 And the hangings of the court, and the curtain forthe door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altarround about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof.3:27 And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family ofthe Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family ofthe Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.3:28 In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, wereeight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.3:29 The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of thetabernacle southward.3:30 And the chief of the house of the father of the families of theKohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.3:31 And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and thecandlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuarywherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof.3:32 And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over thechief of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep thecharge of the sanctuary.3:33 Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of theMushites: these are the families of Merari.3:34 And those that were numbered of them, according to the number ofall the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand and twohundred.3:35 And the chief of the house of the father of the families ofMerari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: these shall pitch on the side ofthe tabernacle northward.3:36 And under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari shall bethe boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillarsthereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and allthat serveth thereto, 3:37 And the pillars of the court round about,and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords.3:38 But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, evenbefore the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses,and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for thecharge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nighshall be put to death.3:39 All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaronnumbered at the commandment of the LORD, throughout their families,all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and twothousand.3:40 And the LORD said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn of themales of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and takethe number of their names.3:41 And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am the LORD) instead ofall the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of theLevites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the childrenof Israel.3:42 And Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded him, all the firstbornamong the children of Israel.3:43 And all the firstborn males by the number of names, from a monthold and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty andtwo thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen.3:44 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 3:45 Take the Levitesinstead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and thecattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shallbe mine: I am the LORD.3:46 And for those that are to be redeemed of the two hundred andthreescore and thirteen of the firstborn of the children of Israel,which are more than the Levites; 3:47 Thou shalt even take fiveshekels apiece by the poll, after the shekel of the sanctuary shaltthou take them: (the shekel is twenty gerahs:) 3:48 And thou shaltgive the money, wherewith the odd number of them is to be redeemed,unto Aaron and to his sons.3:49 And Moses took the redemption money of them that were over andabove them that were redeemed by the Levites: 3:50 Of the firstborn ofthe children of Israel took he the money; a thousand three hundred andthreescore and five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary: 3:51And Moses gave the money of them that were redeemed unto Aaron and tohis sons, according to the word of the LORD, as the LORD commandedMoses.4:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 4:2 Take thesum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after theirfamilies, by the house of their fathers, 4:3 From thirty years old andupward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to dothe work in the tabernacle of the congregation.4:4 This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacleof the congregation, about the most holy things: 4:5 And when the campsetteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall takedown the covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony with it: 4:6And shall put thereon the covering of badgers' skins, and shall spreadover it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof.4:7 And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue,and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and coversto cover withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon: 4:8 Andthey shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the samewith a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put in the stavesthereof.4:9 And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick ofthe light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuffdishes, and allthe oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it: 4:10 Andthey shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering ofbadgers' skins, and shall put it upon a bar.4:11 And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, andcover it with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put to thestaves thereof: 4:12 And they shall take all the instruments ofministry, wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in acloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of badgers' skins, andshall put them on a bar: 4:13 And they shall take away the ashes fromthe altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon: 4:14 And they shall putupon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they minister about it,even the censers, the fleshhooks, and the shovels, and the basons, allthe vessels of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering ofbadgers' skins, and put to the staves of it.4:15 And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering thesanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to setforward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it: butthey shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These things arethe burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of thecongregation.4:16 And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priestpertaineth the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the dailymeat offering, and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all thetabernacle, and of all that therein is, in the sanctuary, and in thevessels thereof.4:17 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron saying, 4:18 Cut yenot off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among theLevites: 4:19 But thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die,when they approach unto the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shallgo in, and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden:4:20 But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered,lest they die.4:21 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 4:22 Take also the sum ofthe sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by theirfamilies; 4:23 From thirty years old and upward until fifty years oldshalt thou number them; all that enter in to perform the service, todo the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.4:24 This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve,and for burdens: 4:25 And they shall bear the curtains of thetabernacle, and the tabernacle of the congregation, his covering, andthe covering of the badgers' skins that is above upon it, and thehanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, 4:26 Andthe hangings of the court, and the hanging for the door of the gate ofthe court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about,and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and allthat is made for them: so shall they serve.4:27 At the appointment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the serviceof the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burdens, and in all theirservice: and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their burdens.4:28 This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in thetabernacle of the congregation: and their charge shall be under thehand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.4:29 As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after theirfamilies, by the house of their fathers; 4:30 From thirty years oldand upward even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them, every onethat entereth into the service, to do the work of the tabernacle ofthe congregation.4:31 And this is the charge of their burden, according to all theirservice in the tabernacle of the congregation; the boards of thetabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and socketsthereof, 4:32 And the pillars of the court round about, and theirsockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments,and with all their service: and by name ye shall reckon theinstruments of the charge of their burden.4:33 This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari,according to all their service, in the tabernacle of the congregation,under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.4:34 And Moses and Aaron and the chief of the congregation numberedthe sons of the Kohathites after their families, and after the houseof their fathers, 4:35 From thirty years old and upward even untofifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for thework in the tabernacle of the congregation: 4:36 And those that werenumbered of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred andfifty.4:37 These were they that were numbered of the families of theKohathites, all that might do service in the tabernacle of thecongregation, which Moses and Aaron did number according to thecommandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.4:38 And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon, throughouttheir families, and by the house of their fathers, 4:39 From thirtyyears old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one thatentereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of thecongregation, 4:40 Even those that were numbered of them, throughouttheir families, by the house of their fathers, were two thousand andsix hundred and thirty.4:41 These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons ofGershon, of all that might do service in the tabernacle of thecongregation, whom Moses and Aaron did number according to thecommandment of the LORD.4:42 And those that were numbered of the families of the sons ofMerari, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers, 4:43From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every onethat entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of thecongregation, 4:44 Even those that were numbered of them after theirfamilies, were three thousand and two hundred.4:45 These be those that were numbered of the families of the sons ofMerari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of theLORD by the hand of Moses.4:46 All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaronand the chief of Israel numbered, after their families, and after thehouse of their fathers, 4:47 From thirty years old and upward evenunto fifty years old, every one that came to do the service of theministry, and the service of the burden in the tabernacle of thecongregation.4:48 Even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand andfive hundred and fourscore, 4:49 According to the commandment of theLORD they were numbered by the hand of Moses, every one according tohis service, and according to his burden: thus were they numbered ofhim, as the LORD commanded Moses.5:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 5:2 Command the children ofIsrael, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one thathath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead: 5:3 Both male andfemale shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that theydefile not their camps, in the midst whereof I dwell.5:4 And the children of Israel did so, and put them out without thecamp: as the LORD spake unto Moses, so did the children of Israel.5:5 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 5:6 Speak unto the childrenof Israel, When a man or woman shall commit any sin that men commit,to do a trespass against the LORD, and that person be guilty; 5:7 Thenthey shall confess their sin which they have done: and he shallrecompense his trespass with the principal thereof, and add unto itthe fifth part thereof, and give it unto him against whom he hathtrespassed.5:8 But if the man have no kinsman to recompense the trespass unto,let the trespass be recompensed unto the LORD, even to the priest;beside the ram of the atonement, whereby an atonement shall be madefor him.5:9 And every offering of all the holy things of the children ofIsrael, which they bring unto the priest, shall be his.5:10 And every man's hallowed things shall be his: whatsoever any mangiveth the priest, it shall be his.5:11 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 5:12 Speak unto thechildren of Israel, and say unto them, If any man's wife go aside, andcommit a trespass against him, 5:13 And a man lie with her carnally,and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and shebe defiled, and there be no witness against her, neither she be takenwith the manner; 5:14 And the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and hebe jealous of his wife, and she be defiled: or if the spirit ofjealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be notdefiled: 5:15 Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, andhe shall bring her offering for her, the tenth part of an ephah ofbarley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincensethereon; for it is an offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial,bringing iniquity to remembrance.5:16 And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the LORD:5:17 And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and ofthe dust that is in the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take,and put it into the water: 5:18 And the priest shall set the womanbefore the LORD, and uncover the woman's head, and put the offering ofmemorial in her hands, which is the jealousy offering: and the priestshall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the curse: 5:19And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman, Ifno man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside touncleanness with another instead of thy husband, be thou free fromthis bitter water that causeth the curse: 5:20 But if thou hast goneaside to another instead of thy husband, and if thou be defiled, andsome man have lain with thee beside thine husband: 5:21 Then thepriest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priestshall say unto the woman, The LORD make thee a curse and an oath amongthy people, when the LORD doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly toswell; 5:22 And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thybowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And thewoman shall say, Amen, amen.5:23 And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shallblot them out with the bitter water: 5:24 And he shall cause the womanto drink the bitter water that causeth the curse: and the water thatcauseth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter.5:25 Then the priest shall take the jealousy offering out of thewoman's hand, and shall wave the offering before the LORD, and offerit upon the altar: 5:26 And the priest shall take an handful of theoffering, even the memorial thereof, and burn it upon the altar, andafterward shall cause the woman to drink the water.5:27 And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall cometo pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against herhusband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her,and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot:and the woman shall be a curse among her people.5:28 And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall befree, and shall conceive seed.5:29 This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside to anotherinstead of her husband, and is defiled; 5:30 Or when the spirit ofjealousy cometh upon him, and he be jealous over his wife, and shallset the woman before the LORD, and the priest shall execute upon herall this law.5:31 Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this womanshall bear her iniquity.6:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 6:2 Speak unto the childrenof Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall separatethemselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselves unto theLORD: 6:3 He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, andshall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neithershall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried.6:4 All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is madeof the vine tree, from the kernels even to the husk.6:5 All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no razorcome upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in the which heseparateth himself unto the LORD, he shall be holy, and shall let thelocks of the hair of his head grow.6:6 All the days that he separateth himself unto the LORD he shallcome at no dead body.6:7 He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for hismother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die: because theconsecration of his God is upon his head.6:8 All the days of his separation he is holy unto the LORD.6:9 And if any man die very suddenly by him, and he hath defiled thehead of his consecration; then he shall shave his head in the day ofhis cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it.6:10 And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtles, or two youngpigeons, to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of thecongregation: 6:11 And the priest shall offer the one for a sinoffering, and the other for a burnt offering, and make an atonementfor him, for that he sinned by the dead, and shall hallow his headthat same day.6:12 And he shall consecrate unto the LORD the days of his separation,and shall bring a lamb of the first year for a trespass offering: butthe days that were before shall be lost, because his separation wasdefiled.6:13 And this is the law of the Nazarite, when the days of hisseparation are fulfilled: he shall be brought unto the door of thetabernacle of the congregation: 6:14 And he shall offer his offeringunto the LORD, one he lamb of the first year without blemish for aburnt offering, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish fora sin offering, and one ram without blemish for peace offerings, 6:15And a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mingled withoil, and wafers of unleavened bread anointed with oil, and their meatoffering, and their drink offerings.6:16 And the priest shall bring them before the LORD, and shall offerhis sin offering, and his burnt offering: 6:17 And he shall offer theram for a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD, with the basketof unleavened bread: the priest shall offer also his meat offering,and his drink offering.6:18 And the Nazarite shall shave the head of his separation at thedoor of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall take the hair ofthe head of his separation, and put it in the fire which is under thesacrifice of the peace offerings.6:19 And the priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ram, and oneunleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shallput them upon the hands of the Nazarite, after the hair of hisseparation is shaven: 6:20 And the priest shall wave them for a waveoffering before the LORD: this is holy for the priest, with the wavebreast and heave shoulder: and after that the Nazarite may drink wine.6:21 This is the law of the Nazarite who hath vowed, and of hisoffering unto the LORD for his separation, beside that that his handshall get: according to the vow which he vowed, so he must do afterthe law of his separation.6:22 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 6:23 Speak unto Aaron andunto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children ofIsrael, saying unto them, 6:24 The LORD bless thee, and keep thee:6:25 The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious untothee: 6:26 The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give theepeace.6:27 And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel, and Iwill bless them.7:1 And it came to pass on the day that Moses had fully set up thetabernacle, and had anointed it, and sanctified it, and all theinstruments thereof, both the altar and all the vessels thereof, andhad anointed them, and sanctified them; 7:2 That the princes ofIsrael, heads of the house of their fathers, who were the princes ofthe tribes, and were over them that were numbered, offered: 7:3 Andthey brought their offering before the LORD, six covered wagons, andtwelve oxen; a wagon for two of the princes, and for each one an ox:and they brought them before the tabernacle.7:4 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 7:5 Take it of them, thatthey may be to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation;and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, to every man according tohis service.7:6 And Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them unto theLevites.7:7 Two wagons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon,according to their service: 7:8 And four wagons and eight oxen he gaveunto the sons of Merari, according unto their service, under the handof Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.7:9 But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none: because the service ofthe sanctuary belonging unto them was that they should bear upon theirshoulders.7:10 And the princes offered for dedicating of the altar in the daythat it was anointed, even the princes offered their offering beforethe altar.7:11 And the LORD said unto Moses, They shall offer their offering,each prince on his day, for the dedicating of the altar.7:12 And he that offered his offering the first day was Nahshon theson of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah: 7:13 And his offering was onesilver charger, the weight thereof was an hundred and thirty shekels,one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary;both of them were full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meatoffering: 7:14 One spoon of ten shekels of gold, full of incense: 7:15One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burntoffering: 7:16 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: 7:17 And for asacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, fivelambs of the first year: this was the offering of Nahshon the son ofAmminadab.7:18 On the second day Nethaneel the son of Zuar, prince of Issachar,did offer: 7:19 He offered for his offering one silver charger, theweight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl ofseventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them fullof fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: 7:20 One spoon ofgold of ten shekels, full of incense: 7:21 One young bullock, one ram,one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 7:22 One kid of thegoats for a sin offering: 7:23 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings,two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: thiswas the offering of Nethaneel the son of Zuar.7:24 On the third day Eliab the son of Helon, prince of the childrenof Zebulun, did offer: 7:25 His offering was one silver charger, theweight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl ofseventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them fullof fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: 7:26 One goldenspoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 7:27 One young bullock, oneram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 7:28 One kid ofthe goats for a sin offering: 7:29 And for a sacrifice of peaceofferings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the firstyear: this was the offering of Eliab the son of Helon.7:30 On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, prince of thechildren of Reuben, did offer: 7:31 His offering was one silvercharger of the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, one silverbowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both ofthem full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: 7:32 Onegolden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 7:33 One young bullock,one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 7:34 Onekid of the goats for a sin offering: 7:35 And for a sacrifice of peaceofferings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the firstyear: this was the offering of Elizur the son of Shedeur.7:36 On the fifth day Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, prince of thechildren of Simeon, did offer: 7:37 His offering was one silvercharger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, onesilver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary;both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:7:38 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 7:39 One youngbullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:7:40 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: 7:41 And for a sacrificeof peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs ofthe first year: this was the offering of Shelumiel the son ofZurishaddai.7:42 On the sixth day Eliasaph the son of Deuel, prince of thechildren of Gad, offered: 7:43 His offering was one silver charger ofthe weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, a silver bowl of seventyshekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fineflour mingled with oil for a meat offering: 7:44 One golden spoon often shekels, full of incense: 7:45 One young bullock, one ram, onelamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 7:46 One kid of thegoats for a sin offering: 7:47 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings,two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: thiswas the offering of Eliasaph the son of Deuel.7:48 On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, prince of thechildren of Ephraim, offered: 7:49 His offering was one silvercharger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, onesilver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary;both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:7:50 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 7:51 One youngbullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:7:52 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: 7:53 And for a sacrificeof peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs ofthe first year: this was the offering of Elishama the son of Ammihud.7:54 On the eighth day offered Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, prince ofthe children of Manasseh: 7:55 His offering was one silver charger ofthe weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl ofseventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them fullof fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: 7:56 One goldenspoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 7:57 One young bullock, oneram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 7:58 One kid ofthe goats for a sin offering: 7:59 And for a sacrifice of peaceofferings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the firstyear: this was the offering of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.7:60 On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, prince of thechildren of Benjamin, offered: 7:61 His offering was one silvercharger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, onesilver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary;both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:7:62 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 7:63 One youngbullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:7:64 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: 7:65 And for a sacrificeof peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs ofthe first year: this was the offering of Abidan the son of Gideoni.7:66 On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, prince of thechildren of Dan, offered: 7:67 His offering was one silver charger,the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowlof seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of themfull of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: 7:68 Onegolden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 7:69 One young bullock,one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 7:70 Onekid of the goats for a sin offering: 7:71 And for a sacrifice of peaceofferings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the firstyear: this was the offering of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.7:72 On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ocran, prince of thechildren of Asher, offered: 7:73 His offering was one silver charger,the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowlof seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of themfull of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: 7:74 Onegolden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 7:75 One young bullock,one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 7:76 Onekid of the goats for a sin offering: 7:77 And for a sacrifice of peaceofferings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the firstyear: this was the offering of Pagiel the son of Ocran.7:78 On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, prince of the childrenof Naphtali, offered: 7:79 His offering was one silver charger, theweight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl ofseventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them fullof fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: 7:80 One goldenspoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 7:81 One young bullock, oneram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 7:82 One kid ofthe goats for a sin offering: 7:83 And for a sacrifice of peaceofferings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the firstyear: this was the offering of Ahira the son of Enan.7:84 This was the dedication of the altar, in the day when it wasanointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve chargers of silver, twelvesilver bowls, twelve spoons of gold: 7:85 Each charger of silverweighing an hundred and thirty shekels, each bowl seventy: all thesilver vessels weighed two thousand and four hundred shekels, afterthe shekel of the sanctuary: 7:86 The golden spoons were twelve, fullof incense, weighing ten shekels apiece, after the shekel of thesanctuary: all the gold of the spoons was an hundred and twentyshekels.7:87 All the oxen for the burnt offering were twelve bullocks, therams twelve, the lambs of the first year twelve, with their meatoffering: and the kids of the goats for sin offering twelve.7:88 And all the oxen for the sacrifice of the peace offerings weretwenty and four bullocks, the rams sixty, the he goats sixty, thelambs of the first year sixty. This was the dedication of the altar,after that it was anointed.7:89 And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of the congregationto speak with him, then he heard the voice of one speaking unto himfrom off the mercy seat that was upon the ark of testimony, frombetween the two cherubims: and he spake unto him.8:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 8:2 Speak unto Aaron andsay unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall givelight over against the candlestick.8:3 And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against thecandlestick, as the LORD commanded Moses.8:4 And this work of the candlestick was of beaten gold, unto theshaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, was beaten work: accordingunto the pattern which the LORD had shewed Moses, so he made thecandlestick.8:5 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 8:6 Take the Levites fromamong the children of Israel, and cleanse them.8:7 And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle waterof purifying upon them, and let them shave all their flesh, and letthem wash their clothes, and so make themselves clean.8:8 Then let them take a young bullock with his meat offering, evenfine flour mingled with oil, and another young bullock shalt thou takefor a sin offering.8:9 And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of thecongregation: and thou shalt gather the whole assembly of the childrenof Israel together: 8:10 And thou shalt bring the Levites before theLORD: and the children of Israel shall put their hands upon theLevites: 8:11 And Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD for anoffering of the children of Israel, that they may execute the serviceof the LORD.8:12 And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of thebullocks: and thou shalt offer the one for a sin offering, and theother for a burnt offering, unto the LORD, to make an atonement forthe Levites.8:13 And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons,and offer them for an offering unto the LORD.8:14 Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children ofIsrael: and the Levites shall be mine.8:15 And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of thetabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt cleanse them, and offerthem for an offering.8:16 For they are wholly given unto me from among the children ofIsrael; instead of such as open every womb, even instead of thefirstborn of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.8:17 For all the firstborn of the children of Israel are mine, bothman and beast: on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land ofEgypt I sanctified them for myself.8:18 And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of thechildren of Israel.8:19 And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sonsfrom among the children of Israel, to do the service of the childrenof Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make anatonement for the children of Israel: that there be no plague amongthe children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto thesanctuary.8:20 And Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children ofIsrael, did to the Levites according unto all that the LORD commandedMoses concerning the Levites, so did the children of Israel unto them.8:21 And the Levites were purified, and they washed their clothes; andAaron offered them as an offering before the LORD; and Aaron made anatonement for them to cleanse them.8:22 And after that went the Levites in to do their service in thetabernacle of the congregation before Aaron, and before his sons: asthe LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they untothem.8:23 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 8:24 This is it thatbelongeth unto the Levites: from twenty and five years old and upwardthey shall go in to wait upon the service of the tabernacle of thecongregation: 8:25 And from the age of fifty years they shall ceasewaiting upon the service thereof, and shall serve no more: 8:26 Butshall minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of thecongregation, to keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thus shaltthou do unto the Levites touching their charge.9:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in thefirst month of the second year after they were come out of the land ofEgypt, saying, 9:2 Let the children of Israel also keep the passoverat his appointed season.9:3 In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall keep it inhis appointed season: according to all the rites of it, and accordingto all the ceremonies thereof, shall ye keep it.9:4 And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, that they should keepthe passover.9:5 And they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the firstmonth at even in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all that theLORD commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel.9:6 And there were certain men, who were defiled by the dead body of aman, that they could not keep the passover on that day: and they camebefore Moses and before Aaron on that day: 9:7 And those men said untohim, We are defiled by the dead body of a man: wherefore are we keptback, that we may not offer an offering of the LORD in his appointedseason among the children of Israel?  9:8 And Moses said unto them,Stand still, and I will hear what the LORD will command concerningyou.9:9 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 9:10 Speak unto thechildren of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your posterityshall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be in a journey afaroff, yet he shall keep the passover unto the LORD.9:11 The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keepit, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.9:12 They shall leave none of it unto the morning, nor break any boneof it: according to all the ordinances of the passover they shall keepit.9:13 But the man that is clean, and is not in a journey, andforbeareth to keep the passover, even the same soul shall be cut offfrom among his people: because he brought not the offering of the LORDin his appointed season, that man shall bear his sin.9:14 And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep thepassover unto the LORD; according to the ordinance of the passover,and according to the manner thereof, so shall he do: ye shall have oneordinance, both for the stranger, and for him that was born in theland.9:15 And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloudcovered the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony: and at eventhere was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, untilthe morning.9:16 So it was alway: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearanceof fire by night.9:17 And when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then afterthat the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where thecloud abode, there the children of Israel pitched their tents.9:18 At the commandment of the LORD the children of Israel journeyed,and at the commandment of the LORD they pitched: as long as the cloudabode upon the tabernacle they rested in their tents.9:19 And when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle many days,then the children of Israel kept the charge of the LORD, and journeyednot.9:20 And so it was, when the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle;according to the commandment of the LORD they abode in their tents,and according to the commandment of the LORD they journeyed.9:21 And so it was, when the cloud abode from even unto the morning,and that the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they journeyed:whether it was by day or by night that the cloud was taken up, theyjourneyed.9:22 Or whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that thecloud tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children ofIsrael abode in their tents, and journeyed not: but when it was takenup, they journeyed.9:23 At the commandment of the LORD they rested in the tents, and atthe commandment of the LORD they journeyed: they kept the charge ofthe LORD, at the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.10:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 10:2 Make thee twotrumpets of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou make them: that thoumayest use them for the calling of the assembly, and for thejourneying of the camps.10:3 And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shallassemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of thecongregation.10:4 And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes, whichare heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves untothee.10:5 When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east partsshall go forward.10:6 When ye blow an alarm the second time, then the camps that lie onthe south side shall take their journey: they shall blow an alarm fortheir journeys.10:7 But when the congregation is to be gathered together, ye shallblow, but ye shall not sound an alarm.10:8 And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets;and they shall be to you for an ordinance for ever throughout yourgenerations.10:9 And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy thatoppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and yeshall be remembered before the LORD your God, and ye shall be savedfrom your enemies.10:10 Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, andin the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets overyour burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings;that they may be to you for a memorial before your God: I am the LORDyour God.10:11 And it came to pass on the twentieth day of the second month, inthe second year, that the cloud was taken up from off the tabernacleof the testimony.10:12 And the children of Israel took their journeys out of thewilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran.10:13 And they first took their journey according to the commandmentof the LORD by the hand of Moses.10:14 In the first place went the standard of the camp of the childrenof Judah according to their armies: and over his host was Nahshon theson of Amminadab.10:15 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar wasNethaneel the son of Zuar.10:16 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun wasEliab the son of Helon.10:17 And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon andthe sons of Merari set forward, bearing the tabernacle.10:18 And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according totheir armies: and over his host was Elizur the son of Shedeur.10:19 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon wasShelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.10:20 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad wasEliasaph the son of Deuel.10:21 And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: and theother did set up the tabernacle against they came.10:22 And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim setforward according to their armies: and over his host was Elishama theson of Ammihud.10:23 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh wasGamaliel the son of Pedahzur.10:24 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin wasAbidan the son of Gideoni.10:25 And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward,which was the rereward of all the camps throughout their hosts: andover his host was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.10:26 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher wasPagiel the son of Ocran.10:27 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali wasAhira the son of Enan.10:28 Thus were the journeyings of the children of Israel according totheir armies, when they set forward.10:29 And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite,Moses' father in law, We are journeying unto the place of which theLORD said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do theegood: for the LORD hath spoken good concerning Israel.10:30 And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to mineown land, and to my kindred.10:31 And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thouknowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou mayest be tous instead of eyes.10:32 And it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it shall be, that whatgoodness the LORD shall do unto us, the same will we do unto thee.10:33 And they departed from the mount of the LORD three days'journey: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them inthe three days' journey, to search out a resting place for them.10:34 And the cloud of the LORD was upon them by day, when they wentout of the camp.10:35 And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said,Rise up, LORD, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them thathate thee flee before thee.10:36 And when it rested, he said, Return, O LORD, unto the manythousands of Israel.11:1 And when the people complained, it displeased the LORD: and theLORD heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the LORDburnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost partsof the camp.11:2 And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto theLORD, the fire was quenched.11:3 And he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire ofthe LORD burnt among them.11:4 And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: andthe children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give usflesh to eat?  11:5 We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egyptfreely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions,and the garlick: 11:6 But now our soul is dried away: there is nothingat all, beside this manna, before our eyes.11:7 And the manna was as coriander seed, and the colour thereof asthe colour of bdellium.11:8 And the people went about, and gathered it, and ground it inmills, or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans, and made cakes ofit: and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil.11:9 And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fellupon it.11:10 Then Moses heard the people weep throughout their families,every man in the door of his tent: and the anger of the LORD waskindled greatly; Moses also was displeased.11:11 And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thyservant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thoulayest the burden of all this people upon me?  11:12 Have I conceivedall this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say untome, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the suckingchild, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers?  11:13Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weepunto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.11:14 I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is tooheavy for me.11:15 And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out ofhand, if I have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see mywretchedness.11:16 And the LORD said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of theelders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people,and officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of thecongregation, that they may stand there with thee.11:17 And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will takeof the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and theyshall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it notthyself alone.11:18 And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against tomorrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have wept in the ears of theLORD, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with usin Egypt: therefore the LORD will give you flesh, and ye shall eat.11:19 Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neitherten days, nor twenty days; 11:20 But even a whole month, until it comeout at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you: because that yehave despised the LORD which is among you, and have wept before him,saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt?  11:21 And Moses said, Thepeople, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen; and thouhast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month.11:22 Shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them, to sufficethem?  or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them,to suffice them?  11:23 And the LORD said unto Moses, Is the LORD'shand waxed short? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come topass unto thee or not.11:24 And Moses went out, and told the people the words of the LORD,and gathered the seventy men of the elders of the people, and set themround about the tabernacle.11:25 And the LORD came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and tookof the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders:and it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them, theyprophesied, and did not cease.11:26 But there remained two of the men in the camp, the name of theone was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad: and the spirit restedupon them; and they were of them that were written, but went not outunto the tabernacle: and they prophesied in the camp.11:27 And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad andMedad do prophesy in the camp.11:28 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of hisyoung men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them.11:29 And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would Godthat all the LORD's people were prophets, and that the LORD would puthis spirit upon them!  11:30 And Moses gat him into the camp, he andthe elders of Israel.11:31 And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quailsfrom the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day'sjourney on this side, and as it were a day's journey on the otherside, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon theface of the earth.11:32 And the people stood up all that day, and all that night, andall the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered leastgathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselvesround about the camp.11:33 And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it waschewed, the wrath of the LORD was kindled against the people, and theLORD smote the people with a very great plague.11:34 And he called the name of that place Kibrothhattaavah: becausethere they buried the people that lusted.11:35 And the people journeyed from Kibrothhattaavah unto Hazeroth;and abode at Hazeroth.12:1 And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopianwoman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.12:2 And they said, Hath the LORD indeed spoken only by Moses? hath henot spoken also by us? And the LORD heard it.12:3 (Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which wereupon the face of the earth.)  12:4 And the LORD spake suddenly untoMoses, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam, Come out ye three unto thetabernacle of the congregation. And they three came out.12:5 And the LORD came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood inthe door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam: and they bothcame forth.12:6 And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you,I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speakunto him in a dream.12:7 My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house.12:8 With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not indark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold:wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?12:9 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against them; and hedeparted.12:10 And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and, behold,Miriam became leprous, white as snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam,and, behold, she was leprous.12:11 And Aaron said unto Moses, Alas, my lord, I beseech thee, laynot the sin upon us, wherein we have done foolishly, and wherein wehave sinned.12:12 Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumedwhen he cometh out of his mother's womb.12:13 And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, Heal her now, O God, Ibeseech thee.12:14 And the LORD said unto Moses, If her father had but spit in herface, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut out fromthe camp seven days, and after that let her be received in again.12:15 And Miriam was shut out from the camp seven days: and the peoplejourneyed not till Miriam was brought in again.12:16 And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched inthe wilderness of Paran.13:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 13:2 Send thou men, thatthey may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children ofIsrael: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every onea ruler among them.13:3 And Moses by the commandment of the LORD sent them from thewilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children ofIsrael.13:4 And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua theson of Zaccur.13:5 Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori.13:6 Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.13:7 Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph.13:8 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun.13:9 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu.13:10 Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi.13:11 Of the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddithe son of Susi.13:12 Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli.13:13 Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael.13:14 Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi.13:15 Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.13:16 These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out theland.And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.13:17 And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said untothem, Get you up this way southward, and go up into the mountain:13:18 And see the land, what it is, and the people that dwelleththerein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many; 13:19 And whatthe land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad; and whatcities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strongholds; 13:20 And what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whetherthere be wood therein, or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring ofthe fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the firstripegrapes.13:21 So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness ofZin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.13:22 And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; whereAhiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebronwas built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)  13:23 And they came untothe brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with onecluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff; and theybrought of the pomegranates, and of the figs.13:24 The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster ofgrapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence.13:25 And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.13:26 And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all thecongregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran,to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all thecongregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land.13:27 And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thousentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is thefruit of it.13:28 Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, andthe cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw thechildren of Anak there.13:29 The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites,and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and theCanaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan.13:30 And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us goup at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.13:31 But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go upagainst the people; for they are stronger than we.13:32 And they brought up an evil report of the land which they hadsearched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through whichwe have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitantsthereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a greatstature.13:33 And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of thegiants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we werein their sight.14:1 And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; andthe people wept that night.14:2 And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and againstAaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that wehad died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in thiswilderness!  14:3 And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto thisland, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should bea prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?  14:4 And theysaid one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return intoEgypt.14:5 Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assemblyof the congregation of the children of Israel.14:6 And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, whichwere of them that searched the land, rent their clothes: 14:7 And theyspake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, Theland, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land.14:8 If the LORD delight in us, then he will bring us into this land,and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.14:9 Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people ofthe land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed fromthem, and the LORD is with us: fear them not.14:10 But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And theglory of the LORD appeared in the tabernacle of the congregationbefore all the children of Israel.14:11 And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provokeme?  and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signswhich I have shewed among them?  14:12 I will smite them with thepestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greaternation and mightier than they.14:13 And Moses said unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear it,(for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;)14:14 And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for theyhave heard that thou LORD art among this people, that thou LORD artseen face to face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and thatthou goest before them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in apillar of fire by night.14:15 Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then thenations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying, 14:16Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land whichhe sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness.14:17 And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my LORD be great,according as thou hast spoken, saying, 14:18 The LORD islongsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity andtransgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting theiniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourthgeneration.14:19 Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people accordingunto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven thispeople, from Egypt even until now.14:20 And the LORD said, I have pardoned according to thy word: 14:21But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the gloryof the LORD.14:22 Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles,which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me nowthese ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice; 14:23 Surely theyshall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shallany of them that provoked me see it: 14:24 But my servant Caleb,because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully,him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shallpossess it.14:25 (Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.)Tomorrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of theRed sea.14:26 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 14:27 Howlong shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmur againstme? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which theymurmur against me.14:28 Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the LORD, as ye havespoken in mine ears, so will I do to you: 14:29 Your carcases shallfall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, accordingto your whole number, from twenty years old and upward which havemurmured against me.14:30 Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which Isware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, andJoshua the son of Nun.14:31 But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them willI bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised.14:32 But as for you, your carcases, they shall fall in thiswilderness.14:33 And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years,and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in thewilderness.14:34 After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, evenforty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, evenforty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise.14:35 I the LORD have said, I will surely do it unto all this evilcongregation, that are gathered together against me: in thiswilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.14:36 And the men, which Moses sent to search the land, who returned,and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up aslander upon the land, 14:37 Even those men that did bring up the evilreport upon the land, died by the plague before the LORD.14:38 But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, whichwere of the men that went to search the land, lived still.14:39 And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel:and the people mourned greatly.14:40 And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into thetop of the mountain, saying, Lo, we be here, and will go up unto theplace which the LORD hath promised: for we have sinned.14:41 And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandmentof the LORD? but it shall not prosper.14:42 Go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not smittenbefore your enemies.14:43 For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, andye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned away from the LORD,therefore the LORD will not be with you.14:44 But they presumed to go up unto the hill top: nevertheless theark of the covenant of the LORD, and Moses, departed not out of thecamp.14:45 Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt inthat hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah.15:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 15:2 Speak unto thechildren of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the landof your habitations, which I give unto you, 15:3 And will make anoffering by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering, or a sacrifice inperforming a vow, or in a freewill offering, or in your solemn feasts,to make a sweet savour unto the LORD, of the herd or of the flock:15:4 Then shall he that offereth his offering unto the LORD bring ameat offering of a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part ofan hin of oil.15:5 And the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering shaltthou prepare with the burnt offering or sacrifice, for one lamb.15:6 Or for a ram, thou shalt prepare for a meat offering two tenthdeals of flour mingled with the third part of an hin of oil.15:7 And for a drink offering thou shalt offer the third part of anhin of wine, for a sweet savour unto the LORD.15:8 And when thou preparest a bullock for a burnt offering, or for asacrifice in performing a vow, or peace offerings unto the LORD: 15:9Then shall he bring with a bullock a meat offering of three tenthdeals of flour mingled with half an hin of oil.15:10 And thou shalt bring for a drink offering half an hin of wine,for an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.15:11 Thus shall it be done for one bullock, or for one ram, or for alamb, or a kid.15:12 According to the number that ye shall prepare, so shall ye do toevery one according to their number.15:13 All that are born of the country shall do these things afterthis manner, in offering an offering made by fire, of a sweet savourunto the LORD.15:14 And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whosoever be among you inyour generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweetsavour unto the LORD; as ye do, so he shall do.15:15 One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation, andalso for the stranger that sojourneth with you, an ordinance for everin your generations: as ye are, so shall the stranger be before theLORD.15:16 One law and one manner shall be for you, and for the strangerthat sojourneth with you.15:17 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 15:18 Speak unto thechildren of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the landwhither I bring you, 15:19 Then it shall be, that, when ye eat of thebread of the land, ye shall offer up an heave offering unto the LORD.15:20 Ye shall offer up a cake of the first of your dough for an heaveoffering: as ye do the heave offering of the threshingfloor, so shallye heave it.15:21 Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the LORD an heaveoffering in your generations.15:22 And if ye have erred, and not observed all these commandments,which the LORD hath spoken unto Moses, 15:23 Even all that the LORDhath commanded you by the hand of Moses, from the day that the LORDcommanded Moses, and henceforward among your generations; 15:24 Thenit shall be, if ought be committed by ignorance without the knowledgeof the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one youngbullock for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour unto the LORD, withhis meat offering, and his drink offering, according to the manner,and one kid of the goats for a sin offering.15:25 And the priest shall make an atonement for all the congregationof the children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them; for it isignorance: and they shall bring their offering, a sacrifice made byfire unto the LORD, and their sin offering before the LORD, for theirignorance: 15:26 And it shall be forgiven all the congregation of thechildren of Israel, and the stranger that sojourneth among them;seeing all the people were in ignorance.15:27 And if any soul sin through ignorance, then he shall bring a shegoat of the first year for a sin offering.15:28 And the priest shall make an atonement for the soul that sinnethignorantly, when he sinneth by ignorance before the LORD, to make anatonement for him; and it shall be forgiven him.15:29 Ye shall have one law for him that sinneth through ignorance,both for him that is born among the children of Israel, and for thestranger that sojourneth among them.15:30 But the soul that doeth ought presumptuously, whether he be bornin the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the LORD; and thatsoul shall be cut off from among his people.15:31 Because he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath brokenhis commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquityshall be upon him.15:32 And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, theyfound a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day.15:33 And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Mosesand Aaron, and unto all the congregation.15:34 And they put him in ward, because it was not declared whatshould be done to him.15:35 And the LORD said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put todeath: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without thecamp.15:36 And all the congregation brought him without the camp, andstoned him with stones, and he died; as the LORD commanded Moses.15:37 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 15:38 Speak unto thechildren of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in theborders of their garments throughout their generations, and that theyput upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue: 15:39 And itshall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and rememberall the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek notafter your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go awhoring: 15:40 That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, andbe holy unto your God.15:41 I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land ofEgypt, to be your God: I am the LORD your God.16:1 Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi,and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth,sons of Reuben, took men: 16:2 And they rose up before Moses, withcertain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes ofthe assembly, famous in the congregation, men of renown: 16:3 And theygathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and saidunto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation areholy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them: wherefore thenlift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the LORD?  16:4 Andwhen Moses heard it, he fell upon his face: 16:5 And he spake untoKorah and unto all his company, saying, Even to morrow the LORD willshew who are his, and who is holy; and will cause him to come nearunto him: even him whom he hath chosen will he cause to come near untohim.16:6 This do; Take you censers, Korah, and all his company; 16:7 Andput fire therein, and put incense in them before the LORD to morrow:and it shall be that the man whom the LORD doth choose, he shall beholy: ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi.16:8 And Moses said unto Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi:16:9 Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israelhath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you nearto himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the LORD, and tostand before the congregation to minister unto them?  16:10 And hehath brought thee near to him, and all thy brethren the sons of Leviwith thee: and seek ye the priesthood also?  16:11 For which causeboth thou and all thy company are gathered together against the LORD:and what is Aaron, that ye murmur against him?  16:12 And Moses sentto call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: which said, We will notcome up: 16:13 Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out ofa land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness,except thou make thyself altogether a prince over us?  16:14 Moreoverthou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey,or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out theeyes of these men? we will not come up.16:15 And Moses was very wroth, and said unto the LORD, Respect notthou their offering: I have not taken one ass from them, neither haveI hurt one of them.16:16 And Moses said unto Korah, Be thou and all thy company beforethe LORD, thou, and they, and Aaron, to morrow: 16:17 And take everyman his censer, and put incense in them, and bring ye before the LORDevery man his censer, two hundred and fifty censers; thou also, andAaron, each of you his censer.16:18 And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, andlaid incense thereon, and stood in the door of the tabernacle of thecongregation with Moses and Aaron.16:19 And Korah gathered all the congregation against them unto thedoor of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the glory of the LORDappeared unto all the congregation.16:20 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 16:21Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consumethem in a moment.16:22 And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of thespirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth withall the congregation?  16:23 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,16:24 Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about thetabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.16:25 And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and theelders of Israel followed him.16:26 And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you,from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of their's, lestye be consumed in all their sins.16:27 So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram,on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the doorof their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their littlechildren.16:28 And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the LORD hath sent meto do all these works; for I have not done them of mine own mind.16:29 If these men die the common death of all men, or if they bevisited after the visitation of all men; then the LORD hath not sentme.16:30 But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth,and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they godown quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men haveprovoked the LORD.16:31 And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all thesewords, that the ground clave asunder that was under them: 16:32 Andthe earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses,and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.16:33 They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into thepit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among thecongregation.16:34 And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry ofthem: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also.16:35 And there came out a fire from the LORD, and consumed the twohundred and fifty men that offered incense.16:36 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 16:37 Speak unto Eleazarthe son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of theburning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are hallowed.16:38 The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let themmake them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they offeredthem before the LORD, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be asign unto the children of Israel.16:39 And Eleazar the priest took the brasen censers, wherewith theythat were burnt had offered; and they were made broad plates for acovering of the altar: 16:40 To be a memorial unto the children ofIsrael, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come nearto offer incense before the LORD; that he be not as Korah, and as hiscompany: as the LORD said to him by the hand of Moses.16:41 But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israelmurmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed thepeople of the LORD.16:42 And it came to pass, when the congregation was gathered againstMoses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tabernacle of thecongregation: and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of theLORD appeared.16:43 And Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of thecongregation.16:44 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 16:45 Get you up fromamong this congregation, that I may consume them as in a moment. Andthey fell upon their faces.16:46 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire thereinfrom off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto thecongregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath goneout from the LORD; the plague is begun.16:47 And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of thecongregation; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: andhe put on incense, and made an atonement for the people.16:48 And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague wasstayed.16:49 Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand andseven hundred, beside them that died about the matter of Korah.16:50 And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of the tabernacle ofthe congregation: and the plague was stayed.17:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 17:2 Speak unto thechildren of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod according tothe house of their fathers, of all their princes according to thehouse of their fathers twelve rods: write thou every man's name uponhis rod.17:3 And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi: for onerod shall be for the head of the house of their fathers.17:4 And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregationbefore the testimony, where I will meet with you.17:5 And it shall come to pass, that the man's rod, whom I shallchoose, shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murmuringsof the children of Israel, whereby they murmur against you.17:6 And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and every one oftheir princes gave him a rod apiece, for each prince one, according totheir fathers' houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron wasamong their rods.17:7 And Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle ofwitness.17:8 And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into thetabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house ofLevi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, andyielded almonds.17:9 And Moses brought out all the rods from before the LORD unto allthe children of Israel: and they looked, and took every man his rod.17:10 And the LORD said unto Moses, Bring Aaron's rod again before thetestimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shaltquite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not.17:11 And Moses did so: as the LORD commanded him, so did he.17:12 And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, wedie, we perish, we all perish.17:13 Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the LORDshall die: shall we be consumed with dying?  18:1 And the LORD saidunto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father's house with thee shallbear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with theeshall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.18:2 And thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thyfather, bring thou with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, andminister unto thee: but thou and thy sons with thee shall ministerbefore the tabernacle of witness.18:3 And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all thetabernacle: only they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuaryand the altar, that neither they, nor ye also, die.18:4 And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of thetabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle:and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you.18:5 And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge ofthe altar: that there be no wrath any more upon the children ofIsrael.18:6 And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from amongthe children of Israel: to you they are given as a gift for the LORD,to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.18:7 Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest'soffice for everything of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shallserve: I have given your priest's office unto you as a service ofgift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.18:8 And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee thecharge of mine heave offerings of all the hallowed things of thechildren of Israel; unto thee have I given them by reason of theanointing, and to thy sons, by an ordinance for ever.18:9 This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from thefire: every oblation of theirs, every meat offering of theirs, andevery sin offering of theirs, and every trespass offering of theirswhich they shall render unto me, shall be most holy for thee and forthy sons.18:10 In the most holy place shalt thou eat it; every male shall eatit: it shall be holy unto thee.18:11 And this is thine; the heave offering of their gift, with allthe wave offerings of the children of Israel: I have given them untothee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, by a statute forever: every one that is clean in thy house shall eat of it.18:12 All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and ofthe wheat, the firstfruits of them which they shall offer unto theLORD, them have I given thee.18:13 And whatsoever is first ripe in the land, which they shall bringunto the LORD, shall be thine; every one that is clean in thine houseshall eat of it.18:14 Every thing devoted in Israel shall be thine.18:15 Every thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which theybring unto the LORD, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be thine:nevertheless the firstborn of man shalt thou surely redeem, and thefirstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem.18:16 And those that are to be redeemed from a month old shalt thouredeem, according to thine estimation, for the money of five shekels,after the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs.18:17 But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or thefirstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they are holy: thou shaltsprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat for anoffering made by fire, for a sweet savour unto the LORD.18:18 And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and asthe right shoulder are thine.18:19 All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the childrenof Israel offer unto the LORD, have I given thee, and thy sons and thydaughters with thee, by a statute for ever: it is a covenant of saltfor ever before the LORD unto thee and to thy seed with thee.18:20 And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance intheir land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I am thy partand thine inheritance among the children of Israel.18:21 And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth inIsrael for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, eventhe service of the tabernacle of the congregation.18:22 Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh thetabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die.18:23 But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of thecongregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be astatute for ever throughout your generations, that among the childrenof Israel they have no inheritance.18:24 But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as anheave offering unto the LORD, I have given to the Levites to inherit:therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel theyshall have no inheritance.18:25 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 18:26 Thus speak unto theLevites, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israel thetithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then yeshall offer up an heave offering of it for the LORD, even a tenth partof the tithe.18:27 And this your heave offering shall be reckoned unto you, asthough it were the corn of the threshingfloor, and as the fulness ofthe winepress.18:28 Thus ye also shall offer an heave offering unto the LORD of allyour tithes, which ye receive of the children of Israel; and ye shallgive thereof the LORD's heave offering to Aaron the priest.18:29 Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave offering of theLORD, of all the best thereof, even the hallowed part thereof out ofit.18:30 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, When ye have heaved the bestthereof from it, then it shall be counted unto the Levites as theincrease of the threshingfloor, and as the increase of the winepress.18:31 And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households: forit is your reward for your service in the tabernacle of thecongregation.18:32 And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heavedfrom it the best of it: neither shall ye pollute the holy things ofthe children of Israel, lest ye die.19:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 19:2 Thisis the ordinance of the law which the LORD hath commanded, saying,Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heiferwithout spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke:19:3 And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, that he may bringher forth without the camp, and one shall slay her before his face:19:4 And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger,and sprinkle of her blood directly before the tabernacle of thecongregation seven times: 19:5 And one shall burn the heifer in hissight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall heburn: 19:6 And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, andscarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer.19:7 Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe hisflesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and thepriest shall be unclean until the even.19:8 And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, andbathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even.19:9 And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer,and lay them up without the camp in a clean place, and it shall bekept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water ofseparation: it is a purification for sin.19:10 And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash hisclothes, and be unclean until the even: and it shall be unto thechildren of Israel, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them,for a statute for ever.19:11 He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean sevendays.19:12 He shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on theseventh day he shall be clean: but if he purify not himself the thirdday, then the seventh day he shall not be clean.19:13 Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, andpurifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the LORD; and thatsoul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water of separation wasnot sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yetupon him.19:14 This is the law, when a man dieth in a tent: all that come intothe tent, and all that is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days.19:15 And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, isunclean.19:16 And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in theopen fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall beunclean seven days.19:17 And for an unclean person they shall take of the ashes of theburnt heifer of purification for sin, and running water shall be putthereto in a vessel: 19:18 And a clean person shall take hyssop, anddip it in the water, and sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all thevessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him thattouched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave: 19:19 And theclean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day, and onthe seventh day: and on the seventh day he shall purify himself, andwash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean ateven.19:20 But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself,that soul shall be cut off from among the congregation, because hehath defiled the sanctuary of the LORD: the water of separation hathnot been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean.19:21 And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them, that he thatsprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his clothes; and he thattoucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until even.19:22 And whatsoever the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean; andthe soul that toucheth it shall be unclean until even.20:1 Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation,into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode inKadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there.20:2 And there was no water for the congregation: and they gatheredthemselves together against Moses and against Aaron.20:3 And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would Godthat we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!  20:4 And whyhave ye brought up the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness,that we and our cattle should die there?  20:5 And wherefore have yemade us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place?it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates;neither is there any water to drink.20:6 And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly untothe door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they fell upontheir faces: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto them.20:7 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 20:8 Take the rod, andgather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, andspeak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth hiswater, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock: sothou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink.20:9 And Moses took the rod from before the LORD, as he commanded him.20:10 And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together beforethe rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetchyou water out of this rock?  20:11 And Moses lifted up his hand, andwith his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came outabundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also.20:12 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed menot, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, thereforeye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have giventhem.20:13 This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israelstrove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.20:14 And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom,Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hathbefallen us: 20:15 How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we havedwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and ourfathers: 20:16 And when we cried unto the LORD, he heard our voice,and sent an angel, and hath brought us forth out of Egypt: and,behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border: 20:17Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not passthrough the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink ofthe water of the wells: we will go by the king's high way, we will notturn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thyborders.20:18 And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I comeout against thee with the sword.20:19 And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go by the highway: and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, then I will pay forit: I will only, without doing anything else, go through on my feet.20:20 And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came outagainst him with much people, and with a strong hand.20:21 Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border:wherefore Israel turned away from him.20:22 And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation,journeyed from Kadesh, and came unto mount Hor.20:23 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by thecoast of the land of Edom, saying, 20:24 Aaron shall be gathered untohis people: for he shall not enter into the land which I have givenunto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled against my word atthe water of Meribah.20:25 Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up unto mountHor: 20:26 And strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazarhis son: and Aaron shall be gathered unto his people, and shall diethere.20:27 And Moses did as the LORD commanded: and they went up into mountHor in the sight of all the congregation.20:28 And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them uponEleazar his son; and Aaron died there in the top of the mount: andMoses and Eleazar came down from the mount.20:29 And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, theymourned for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.21:1 And when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heardtell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought againstIsrael, and took some of them prisoners.21:2 And Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou wiltindeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroytheir cities.21:3 And the LORD hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered upthe Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: andhe called the name of the place Hormah.21:4 And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, tocompass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was muchdiscouraged because of the way.21:5 And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Whereforehave ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for thereis no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth thislight bread.21:6 And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bitthe people; and much people of Israel died.21:7 Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, forwe have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the LORD,that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for thepeople.21:8 And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and setit upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that isbitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.21:9 And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and itcame to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld theserpent of brass, he lived.21:10 And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth.21:11 And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ijeabarim, in thewilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising.21:12 From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared.21:13 From thence they removed, and pitched on the other side ofArnon, which is in the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of theAmorites: for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and theAmorites.21:14 Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the LORD, Whathe did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon, 21:15 And at thestream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and liethupon the border of Moab.21:16 And from thence they went to Beer: that is the well whereof theLORD spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will givethem water.21:17 Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it:21:18 The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it,by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from thewilderness they went to Mattanah: 21:19 And from Mattanah to Nahaliel:and from Nahaliel to Bamoth: 21:20 And from Bamoth in the valley, thatis in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh towardJeshimon.21:21 And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites,saying, 21:22 Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into thefields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink of the waters of thewell: but we will go along by the king's high way, until we be pastthy borders.21:23 And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border:but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out againstIsrael into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought againstIsrael.21:24 And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessedhis land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon: forthe border of the children of Ammon was strong.21:25 And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all thecities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof.21:26 For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, whohad fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land outof his hand, even unto Arnon.21:27 Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon,let the city of Sihon be built and prepared: 21:28 For there is a firegone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumedAr of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon.21:29 Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he hathgiven his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity untoSihon king of the Amorites.21:30 We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, andwe have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba.21:31 Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites.21:32 And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villagesthereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there.21:33 And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og theking of Bashan went out against them, he, and all his people, to thebattle at Edrei.21:34 And the LORD said unto Moses, Fear him not: for I have deliveredhim into thy hand, and all his people, and his land; and thou shalt doto him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt atHeshbon.21:35 So they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until therewas none left him alive: and they possessed his land.22:1 And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plainsof Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho.22:2 And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to theAmorites.22:3 And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many:and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.22:4 And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this companylick up all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass ofthe field.And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time.22:5 He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor toPethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of hispeople, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out fromEgypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide overagainst me: 22:6 Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me thispeople; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail,that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: forI wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursestis cursed.22:7 And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with therewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, andspake unto him the words of Balak.22:8 And he said unto them, Lodge here this night, and I will bringyou word again, as the LORD shall speak unto me: and the princes ofMoab abode with Balaam.22:9 And God came unto Balaam, and said, What men are these with thee?22:10 And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab,hath sent unto me, saying, 22:11 Behold, there is a people come out ofEgypt, which covereth the face of the earth: come now, curse me them;peradventure I shall be able to overcome them, and drive them out.22:12 And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thoushalt not curse the people: for they are blessed.22:13 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes ofBalak, Get you into your land: for the LORD refuseth to give me leaveto go with you.22:14 And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, andsaid, Balaam refuseth to come with us.22:15 And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable thanthey.22:16 And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak theson of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming untome: 22:17 For I will promote thee unto very great honour, and I willdo whatsoever thou sayest unto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curseme this people.22:18 And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, IfBalak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot gobeyond the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more.22:19 Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that Imay know what the LORD will say unto me more.22:20 And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the mencome to call thee, rise up, and go with them; but yet the word which Ishall say unto thee, that shalt thou do.22:21 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and wentwith the princes of Moab.22:22 And God's anger was kindled because he went: and the angel ofthe LORD stood in the way for an adversary against him. Now he wasriding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him.22:23 And the ass saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, andhis sword drawn in his hand: and the ass turned aside out of the way,and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her intothe way.22:24 But the angel of the LORD stood in a path of the vineyards, awall being on this side, and a wall on that side.22:25 And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she thrust herselfunto the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall: and hesmote her again.22:26 And the angel of the LORD went further, and stood in a narrowplace, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to theleft.22:27 And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she fell down underBalaam: and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with astaff.22:28 And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said untoBalaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me thesethree times?  22:29 And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hastmocked me: I would there were a sword in mine hand, for now would Ikill thee.22:30 And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon whichthou hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this day? was I ever wontto do so unto thee? And he said, Nay.22:31 Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel ofthe LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and hebowed down his head, and fell flat on his face.22:32 And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore hast thousmitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstandthee, because thy way is perverse before me: 22:33 And the ass saw me,and turned from me these three times: unless she had turned from me,surely now also I had slain thee, and saved her alive.22:34 And Balaam said unto the angel of the LORD, I have sinned; for Iknew not that thou stoodest in the way against me: now therefore, ifit displease thee, I will get me back again.22:35 And the angel of the LORD said unto Balaam, Go with the men: butonly the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. SoBalaam went with the princes of Balak.22:36 And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meethim unto a city of Moab, which is in the border of Arnon, which is inthe utmost coast.22:37 And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto theeto call thee? wherefore camest thou not unto me? am I not able indeedto promote thee to honour?  22:38 And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I amcome unto thee: have I now any power at all to say any thing? the wordthat God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.22:39 And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto Kirjathhuzoth.22:40 And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to theprinces that were with him.22:41 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, andbrought him up into the high places of Baal, that thence he might seethe utmost part of the people.23:1 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, andprepare me here seven oxen and seven rams.23:2 And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offeredon every altar a bullock and a ram.23:3 And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and Iwill go: peradventure the LORD will come to meet me: and whatsoever hesheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place.23:4 And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared sevenaltars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram.23:5 And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return untoBalak, and thus thou shalt speak.23:6 And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burntsacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab.23:7 And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hathbrought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come,curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.23:8 How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy,whom the LORD hath not defied?  23:9 For from the top of the rocks Isee him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwellalone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.23:10 Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourthpart of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my lastend be like his!  23:11 And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thoudone unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thouhast blessed them altogether.23:12 And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak thatwhich the LORD hath put in my mouth?  23:13 And Balak said unto him,Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayestsee them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt notsee them all: and curse me them from thence.23:14 And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top ofPisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram onevery altar.23:15 And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, whileI meet the LORD yonder.23:16 And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said,Go again unto Balak, and say thus.23:17 And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering,and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What haththe LORD spoken?  23:18 And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up,Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor: 23:19 God is nota man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he shouldrepent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, andshall he not make it good?  23:20 Behold, I have received commandmentto bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.23:21 He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seenperverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the shout ofa king is among them.23:22 God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strengthof an unicorn.23:23 Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is thereany divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be saidof Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!  23:24 Behold, thepeople shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a younglion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink theblood of the slain.23:25 And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor blessthem at all.23:26 But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee,saying, All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do?  23:27 And Balaksaid unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto anotherplace; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me themfrom thence.23:28 And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that lookethtoward Jeshimon.23:29 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, andprepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.23:30 And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and aram on every altar.24:1 And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, hewent not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set hisface toward the wilderness.24:2 And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding in histents according to their tribes; and the spirit of God came upon him.24:3 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hathsaid, and the man whose eyes are open hath said: 24:4 He hath said,which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty,falling into a trance, but having his eyes open: 24:5 How goodly arethy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel!  24:6 As thevalleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side, as thetrees of lign aloes which the LORD hath planted, and as cedar treesbeside the waters.24:7 He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall bein many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and hiskingdom shall be exalted.24:8 God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were thestrength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, andshall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.24:9 He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shallstir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he thatcurseth thee.24:10 And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote hishands together: and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to cursemine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed them thesethree times.24:11 Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote theeunto great honour; but, lo, the LORD hath kept thee back from honour.24:12 And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengerswhich thou sentest unto me, saying, 24:13 If Balak would give me hishouse full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment ofthe LORD, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; but what the LORDsaith, that will I speak?  24:14 And now, behold, I go unto my people:come therefore, and I will advertise thee what this people shall do tothy people in the latter days.24:15 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beorhath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said: 24:16 He hathsaid, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the mostHigh, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, buthaving his eyes open: 24:17 I shall see him, but not now: I shallbehold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and aSceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab,and destroy all the children of Sheth.24:18 And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possessionfor his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly.24:19 Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shalldestroy him that remaineth of the city.24:20 And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said,Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be thathe perish for ever.24:21 And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said,Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.24:22 Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shallcarry thee away captive.24:23 And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live whenGod doeth this!  24:24 And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim,and shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shallperish for ever.24:25 And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place: andBalak also went his way.25:1 And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commitwhoredom with the daughters of Moab.25:2 And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: andthe people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.25:3 And Israel joined himself unto Baalpeor: and the anger of theLORD was kindled against Israel.25:4 And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people,and hang them up before the LORD against the sun, that the fierceanger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel.25:5 And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one hismen that were joined unto Baalpeor.25:6 And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought untohis brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in thesight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who wereweeping before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.25:7 And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron thepriest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took ajavelin in his hand; 25:8 And he went after the man of Israel into thetent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and thewoman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children ofIsrael.25:9 And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.25:10 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 25:11 Phinehas, the sonof Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath awayfrom the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake amongthem, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy.25:12 Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace:25:13 And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenantof an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, andmade an atonement for the children of Israel.25:14 Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, even that wasslain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a princeof a chief house among the Simeonites.25:15 And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi,the daughter of Zur; he was head over a people, and of a chief housein Midian.25:16 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 25:17 Vex the Midianites,and smite them: 25:18 For they vex you with their wiles, wherewiththey have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter ofCozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, which wasslain in the day of the plague for Peor's sake.26:1 And it came to pass after the plague, that the LORD spake untoMoses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying, 26:2 Takethe sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twentyyears old and upward, throughout their fathers' house, all that areable to go to war in Israel.26:3 And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains ofMoab by Jordan near Jericho, saying, 26:4 Take the sum of the people,from twenty years old and upward; as the LORD commanded Moses and thechildren of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt.26:5 Reuben, the eldest son of Israel: the children of Reuben; Hanoch,of whom cometh the family of the Hanochites: of Pallu, the family ofthe Palluites: 26:6 Of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Carmi,the family of the Carmites.26:7 These are the families of the Reubenites: and they that werenumbered of them were forty and three thousand and seven hundred andthirty.26:8 And the sons of Pallu; Eliab.26:9 And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This isthat Dathan and Abiram, which were famous in the congregation, whostrove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, whenthey strove against the LORD: 26:10 And the earth opened her mouth,and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died,what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they becamea sign.26:11 Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not.26:12 The sons of Simeon after their families: of Nemuel, the familyof the Nemuelites: of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites: of Jachin,the family of the Jachinites: 26:13 Of Zerah, the family of theZarhites: of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites.26:14 These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty and twothousand and two hundred.26:15 The children of Gad after their families: of Zephon, the familyof the Zephonites: of Haggi, the family of the Haggites: of Shuni, thefamily of the Shunites: 26:16 Of Ozni, the family of the Oznites: ofEri, the family of the Erites: 26:17 Of Arod, the family of theArodites: of Areli, the family of the Arelites.26:18 These are the families of the children of Gad according to thosethat were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred.26:19 The sons of Judah were Er and Onan: and Er and Onan died in theland of Canaan.26:20 And the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, thefamily of the Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the Pharzites: ofZerah, the family of the Zarhites.26:21 And the sons of Pharez were; of Hezron, the family of theHezronites: of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.26:22 These are the families of Judah according to those that werenumbered of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and five hundred.26:23 Of the sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, thefamily of the Tolaites: of Pua, the family of the Punites: 26:24 OfJashub, the family of the Jashubites: of Shimron, the family of theShimronites.26:25 These are the families of Issachar according to those that werenumbered of them, threescore and four thousand and three hundred.26:26 Of the sons of Zebulun after their families: of Sered, thefamily of the Sardites: of Elon, the family of the Elonites: ofJahleel, the family of the Jahleelites.26:27 These are the families of the Zebulunites according to thosethat were numbered of them, threescore thousand and five hundred.26:28 The sons of Joseph after their families were Manasseh andEphraim.26:29 Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of theMachirites: and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead come the family of theGileadites.26:30 These are the sons of Gilead: of Jeezer, the family of theJeezerites: of Helek, the family of the Helekites: 26:31 And ofAsriel, the family of the Asrielites: and of Shechem, the family ofthe Shechemites: 26:32 And of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites:and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites.26:33 And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: andthe names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah,Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.26:34 These are the families of Manasseh, and those that were numberedof them, fifty and two thousand and seven hundred.26:35 These are the sons of Ephraim after their families: ofShuthelah, the family of the Shuthalhites: of Becher, the family ofthe Bachrites: of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.26:36 And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of theEranites.26:37 These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to thosethat were numbered of them, thirty and two thousand and five hundred.These are the sons of Joseph after their families.26:38 The sons of Benjamin after their families: of Bela, the familyof the Belaites: of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites: of Ahiram,the family of the Ahiramites: 26:39 Of Shupham, the family of theShuphamites: of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites.26:40 And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family ofthe Ardites: and of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.26:41 These are the sons of Benjamin after their families: and theythat were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and sixhundred.26:42 These are the sons of Dan after their families: of Shuham, thefamily of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan after theirfamilies.26:43 All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those that werenumbered of them, were threescore and four thousand and four hundred.26:44 Of the children of Asher after their families: of Jimna, thefamily of the Jimnites: of Jesui, the family of the Jesuites: ofBeriah, the family of the Beriites.26:45 Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites: ofMalchiel, the family of the Malchielites.26:46 And the name of the daughter of Asher was Sarah.26:47 These are the families of the sons of Asher according to thosethat were numbered of them; who were fifty and three thousand and fourhundred.26:48 Of the sons of Naphtali after their families: of Jahzeel, thefamily of the Jahzeelites: of Guni, the family of the Gunites: 26:49Of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites: of Shillem, the family of theShillemites.26:50 These are the families of Naphtali according to their families:and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand andfour hundred.26:51 These were the numbered of the children of Israel, six hundredthousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty.26:52 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 26:53 Unto these the landshall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names.26:54 To many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thoushalt give the less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance begiven according to those that were numbered of him.26:55 Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according tothe names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.26:56 According to the lot shall the possession thereof be dividedbetween many and few.26:57 And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after theirfamilies: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, thefamily of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites.26:58 These are the families of the Levites: the family of theLibnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites,the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korathites. And Kohathbegat Amram.26:59 And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi,whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaronand Moses, and Miriam their sister.26:60 And unto Aaron was born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.26:61 And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire beforethe LORD.26:62 And those that were numbered of them were twenty and threethousand, all males from a month old and upward: for they were notnumbered among the children of Israel, because there was noinheritance given them among the children of Israel.26:63 These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar thepriest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab byJordan near Jericho.26:64 But among these there was not a man of them whom Moses and Aaronthe priest numbered, when they numbered the children of Israel in thewilderness of Sinai.26:65 For the LORD had said of them, They shall surely die in thewilderness. And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the sonof Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.27:1 Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the sonof Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families ofManasseh the son of Joseph: and these are the names of his daughters;Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.27:2 And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, andbefore the princes and all the congregation, by the door of thetabernacle of the congregation, saying, 27:3 Our father died in thewilderness, and he was not in the company of them that gatheredthemselves together against the LORD in the company of Korah; but diedin his own sin, and had no sons.27:4 Why should the name of our father be done away from among hisfamily, because he hath no son? Give unto us therefore a possessionamong the brethren of our father.27:5 And Moses brought their cause before the LORD.27:6 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 27:7 The daughters ofZelophehad speak right: thou shalt surely give them a possession of aninheritance among their father's brethren; and thou shalt cause theinheritance of their father to pass unto them.27:8 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If aman die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to passunto his daughter.27:9 And if he have no daughter, then ye shall give his inheritanceunto his brethren.27:10 And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritanceunto his father's brethren.27:11 And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give hisinheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and heshall possess it: and it shall be unto the children of Israel astatute of judgment, as the LORD commanded Moses.27:12 And the LORD said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mountAbarim, and see the land which I have given unto the children ofIsrael.27:13 And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thypeople, as Aaron thy brother was gathered.27:14 For ye rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin, inthe strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water beforetheir eyes: that is the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wildernessof Zin.27:15 And Moses spake unto the LORD, saying, 27:16 Let the LORD, theGod of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,27:17 Which may go out before them, and which may go in before them,and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that thecongregation of the LORD be not as sheep which have no shepherd.27:18 And the LORD said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, aman in whom is the spirit, and lay thine hand upon him; 27:19 And sethim before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; andgive him a charge in their sight.27:20 And thou shalt put some of thine honour upon him, that all thecongregation of the children of Israel may be obedient.27:21 And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall askcounsel for him after the judgment of Urim before the LORD: at hisword shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he,and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation.27:22 And Moses did as the LORD commanded him: and he took Joshua, andset him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation:27:23 And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as theLORD commanded by the hand of Moses.28:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 28:2 Command the childrenof Israel, and say unto them, My offering, and my bread for mysacrifices made by fire, for a sweet savour unto me, shall ye observeto offer unto me in their due season.28:3 And thou shalt say unto them, This is the offering made by firewhich ye shall offer unto the LORD; two lambs of the first yearwithout spot day by day, for a continual burnt offering.28:4 The one lamb shalt thou offer in the morning, and the other lambshalt thou offer at even; 28:5 And a tenth part of an ephah of flourfor a meat offering, mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beatenoil.28:6 It is a continual burnt offering, which was ordained in mountSinai for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD.28:7 And the drink offering thereof shall be the fourth part of an hinfor the one lamb: in the holy place shalt thou cause the strong wineto be poured unto the LORD for a drink offering.28:8 And the other lamb shalt thou offer at even: as the meat offeringof the morning, and as the drink offering thereof, thou shalt offerit, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.28:9 And on the sabbath day two lambs of the first year without spot,and two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil,and the drink offering thereof: 28:10 This is the burnt offering ofevery sabbath, beside the continual burnt offering, and his drinkoffering.28:11 And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burntoffering unto the LORD; two young bullocks, and one ram, seven lambsof the first year without spot; 28:12 And three tenth deals of flourfor a meat offering, mingled with oil, for one bullock; and two tenthdeals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, for one ram;28:13 And a several tenth deal of flour mingled with oil for a meatoffering unto one lamb; for a burnt offering of a sweet savour, asacrifice made by fire unto the LORD.28:14 And their drink offerings shall be half an hin of wine unto abullock, and the third part of an hin unto a ram, and a fourth part ofan hin unto a lamb: this is the burnt offering of every monththroughout the months of the year.28:15 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering unto the LORD shallbe offered, beside the continual burnt offering, and his drinkoffering.28:16 And in the fourteenth day of the first month is the passover ofthe LORD.28:17 And in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast: seven daysshall unleavened bread be eaten.28:18 In the first day shall be an holy convocation; ye shall do nomanner of servile work therein: 28:19 But ye shall offer a sacrificemade by fire for a burnt offering unto the LORD; two young bullocks,and one ram, and seven lambs of the first year: they shall be unto youwithout blemish: 28:20 And their meat offering shall be of flourmingled with oil: three tenth deals shall ye offer for a bullock, andtwo tenth deals for a ram; 28:21 A several tenth deal shalt thou offerfor every lamb, throughout the seven lambs: 28:22 And one goat for asin offering, to make an atonement for you.28:23 Ye shall offer these beside the burnt offering in the morning,which is for a continual burnt offering.28:24 After this manner ye shall offer daily, throughout the sevendays, the meat of the sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour untothe LORD: it shall be offered beside the continual burnt offering, andhis drink offering.28:25 And on the seventh day ye shall have an holy convocation; yeshall do no servile work.28:26 Also in the day of the firstfruits, when ye bring a new meatoffering unto the LORD, after your weeks be out, ye shall have an holyconvocation; ye shall do no servile work: 28:27 But ye shall offer theburnt offering for a sweet savour unto the LORD; two young bullocks,one ram, seven lambs of the first year; 28:28 And their meat offeringof flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals unto one bullock, twotenth deals unto one ram, 28:29 A several tenth deal unto one lamb,throughout the seven lambs; 28:30 And one kid of the goats, to make anatonement for you.28:31 Ye shall offer them beside the continual burnt offering, and hismeat offering, (they shall be unto you without blemish) and theirdrink offerings.29:1 And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shallhave an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day ofblowing the trumpets unto you.29:2 And ye shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savour unto theLORD; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first yearwithout blemish: 29:3 And their meat offering shall be of flourmingled with oil, three tenth deals for a bullock, and two tenth dealsfor a ram, 29:4 And one tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the sevenlambs: 29:5 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering, to make anatonement for you: 29:6 Beside the burnt offering of the month, andhis meat offering, and the daily burnt offering, and his meatoffering, and their drink offerings, according unto their manner, fora sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD.29:7 And ye shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month an holyconvocation; and ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall not do any worktherein: 29:8 But ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the LORD for asweet savour; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the firstyear; they shall be unto you without blemish: 29:9 And their meatoffering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals to abullock, and two tenth deals to one ram, 29:10 A several tenth dealfor one lamb, throughout the seven lambs: 29:11 One kid of the goatsfor a sin offering; beside the sin offering of atonement, and thecontinual burnt offering, and the meat offering of it, and their drinkofferings.29:12 And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have anholy convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep afeast unto the LORD seven days: 29:13 And ye shall offer a burntoffering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD;thirteen young bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the firstyear; they shall be without blemish: 29:14 And their meat offeringshall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals unto everybullock of the thirteen bullocks, two tenth deals to each ram of thetwo rams, 29:15 And a several tenth deal to each lamb of the fourteenlambs: 29:16 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside thecontinual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering.29:17 And on the second day ye shall offer twelve young bullocks, tworams, fourteen lambs of the first year without spot: 29:18 And theirmeat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for therams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after themanner: 29:19 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside thecontinual burnt offering, and the meat offering thereof, and theirdrink offerings.29:20 And on the third day eleven bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambsof the first year without blemish; 29:21 And their meat offering andtheir drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for thelambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: 29:22 Andone goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, andhis meat offering, and his drink offering.29:23 And on the fourth day ten bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambsof the first year without blemish: 29:24 Their meat offering and theirdrink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs,shall be according to their number, after the manner: 29:25 And onekid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual burntoffering, his meat offering, and his drink offering.29:26 And on the fifth day nine bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambsof the first year without spot: 29:27 And their meat offering andtheir drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for thelambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: 29:28 Andone goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, andhis meat offering, and his drink offering.29:29 And on the sixth day eight bullocks, two rams, and fourteenlambs of the first year without blemish: 29:30 And their meat offeringand their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for thelambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: 29:31 Andone goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, hismeat offering, and his drink offering.29:32 And on the seventh day seven bullocks, two rams, and fourteenlambs of the first year without blemish: 29:33 And their meat offeringand their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for thelambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: 29:34 Andone goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, hismeat offering, and his drink offering.29:35 On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly: ye shall dono servile work therein: 29:36 But ye shall offer a burnt offering, asacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD: one bullock,one ram, seven lambs of the first year without blemish: 29:37 Theirmeat offering and their drink offerings for the bullock, for the ram,and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after themanner: 29:38 And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continualburnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering.29:39 These things ye shall do unto the LORD in your set feasts,beside your vows, and your freewill offerings, for your burntofferings, and for your meat offerings, and for your drink offerings,and for your peace offerings.29:40 And Moses told the children of Israel according to all that theLORD commanded Moses.30:1 And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning thechildren of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD hathcommanded.30:2 If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind hissoul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do accordingto all that proceedeth out of his mouth.30:3 If a woman also vow a vow unto the LORD, and bind herself by abond, being in her father's house in her youth; 30:4 And her fatherhear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and herfather shall hold his peace at her; then all her vows shall stand, andevery bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.30:5 But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth; notany of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul,shall stand: and the LORD shall forgive her, because her fatherdisallowed her.30:6 And if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or utteredought out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul; 30:7 And herhusband heard it, and held his peace at her in the day that he heardit: then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she bound hersoul shall stand.30:8 But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it;then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she utteredwith her lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect: and theLORD shall forgive her.30:9 But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewiththey have bound their souls, shall stand against her.30:10 And if she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by abond with an oath; 30:11 And her husband heard it, and held his peaceat her, and disallowed her not: then all her vows shall stand, andevery bond wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.30:12 But if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day heheard them; then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning hervows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husbandhath made them void; and the LORD shall forgive her.30:13 Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, herhusband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.30:14 But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day today; then he establisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, which areupon her: he confirmeth them, because he held his peace at her in theday that he heard them.30:15 But if he shall any ways make them void after that he hath heardthem; then he shall bear her iniquity.30:16 These are the statutes, which the LORD commanded Moses, betweena man and his wife, between the father and his daughter, being yet inher youth in her father's house.31:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 31:2 Avenge the childrenof Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thypeople.31:3 And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselvesunto the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge theLORD of Midian.31:4 Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel,shall ye send to the war.31:5 So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, athousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.31:6 And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, themand Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holyinstruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand.31:7 And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commandedMoses; and they slew all the males.31:8 And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them thatwere slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, fivekings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.31:9 And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives,and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and alltheir flocks, and all their goods.31:10 And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and alltheir goodly castles, with fire.31:11 And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men andof beasts.31:12 And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, untoMoses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of thechildren of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are byJordan near Jericho.31:13 And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of thecongregation, went forth to meet them without the camp.31:14 And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with thecaptains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came fromthe battle.31:15 And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?31:16 Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counselof Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor,and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD.31:17 Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and killevery woman that hath known man by lying with him.31:18 But all the women children, that have not known a man by lyingwith him, keep alive for yourselves.31:19 And do ye abide without the camp seven days: whosoever hathkilled any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify bothyourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day.31:20 And purify all your raiment, and all that is made of skins, andall work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood.31:21 And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went tothe battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD commandedMoses; 31:22 Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, thetin, and the lead, 31:23 Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shallmake it go through the fire, and it shall be clean: nevertheless itshall be purified with the water of separation: and all that abidethnot the fire ye shall make go through the water.31:24 And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shallbe clean, and afterward ye shall come into the camp.31:25 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 31:26 Take the sum of theprey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar thepriest, and the chief fathers of the congregation: 31:27 And dividethe prey into two parts; between them that took the war upon them, whowent out to battle, and between all the congregation: 31:28 And levy atribute unto the Lord of the men of war which went out to battle: onesoul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves, and ofthe asses, and of the sheep: 31:29 Take it of their half, and give itunto Eleazar the priest, for an heave offering of the LORD.31:30 And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take oneportion of fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and ofthe flocks, of all manner of beasts, and give them unto the Levites,which keep the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD.31:31 And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commandedMoses.31:32 And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of warhad caught, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and fivethousand sheep, 31:33 And threescore and twelve thousand beeves, 31:34And threescore and one thousand asses, 31:35 And thirty and twothousand persons in all, of women that had not known man by lying withhim.31:36 And the half, which was the portion of them that went out towar, was in number three hundred thousand and seven and thirtythousand and five hundred sheep: 31:37 And the LORD's tribute of thesheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen.31:38 And the beeves were thirty and six thousand; of which the LORD'stribute was threescore and twelve.31:39 And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of whichthe LORD's tribute was threescore and one.31:40 And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which the LORD'stribute was thirty and two persons.31:41 And Moses gave the tribute, which was the LORD's heave offering,unto Eleazar the priest, as the LORD commanded Moses.31:42 And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided fromthe men that warred, 31:43 (Now the half that pertained unto thecongregation was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seventhousand and five hundred sheep, 31:44 And thirty and six thousandbeeves, 31:45 And thirty thousand asses and five hundred, 31:46 Andsixteen thousand persons;) 31:47 Even of the children of Israel'shalf, Moses took one portion of fifty, both of man and of beast, andgave them unto the Levites, which kept the charge of the tabernacle ofthe LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.31:48 And the officers which were over thousands of the host, thecaptains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses:31:49 And they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of themen of war which are under our charge, and there lacketh not one manof us.31:50 We have therefore brought an oblation for the LORD, what everyman hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings,earrings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before theLORD.31:51 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even allwrought jewels.31:52 And all the gold of the offering that they offered up to theLORD, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds,was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels.31:53 (For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.)31:54 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captainsof thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle ofthe congregation, for a memorial for the children of Israel before theLORD.32:1 Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a verygreat multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, andthe land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle;32:2 The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spakeunto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of thecongregation, saying, 32:3 Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah,and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon, 32:4 Eventhe country which the LORD smote before the congregation of Israel, isa land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle: 32:5 Wherefore, saidthey, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given untothy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan.32:6 And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children ofReuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here?  32:7And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel fromgoing over into the land which the LORD hath given them?  32:8 Thusdid your fathers, when I sent them from Kadeshbarnea to see the land.32:9 For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw theland, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that theyshould not go into the land which the LORD had given them.32:10 And the LORD's anger was kindled the same time, and he sware,saying, 32:11 Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, fromtwenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware untoAbraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not whollyfollowed me: 32:12 Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, andJoshua the son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the LORD.32:13 And the LORD's anger was kindled against Israel, and he madethem wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation,that had done evil in the sight of the LORD, was consumed.32:14 And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, an increaseof sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD towardIsrael.32:15 For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave themin the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people.32:16 And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfoldshere for our cattle, and cities for our little ones: 32:17 But weourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until wehave brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell inthe fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land.32:18 We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israelhave inherited every man his inheritance.32:19 For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, orforward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordaneastward.32:20 And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye willgo armed before the LORD to war, 32:21 And will go all of you armedover Jordan before the LORD, until he hath driven out his enemies frombefore him, 32:22 And the land be subdued before the LORD: thenafterward ye shall return, and be guiltless before the LORD, andbefore Israel; and this land shall be your possession before the LORD.32:23 But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against theLORD: and be sure your sin will find you out.32:24 Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep;and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.32:25 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake untoMoses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth.32:26 Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle,shall be there in the cities of Gilead: 32:27 But thy servants willpass over, every man armed for war, before the LORD to battle, as mylord saith.32:28 So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, andJoshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of thechildren of Israel: 32:29 And Moses said unto them, If the children ofGad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, everyman armed to battle, before the LORD, and the land shall be subduedbefore you; then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for apossession: 32:30 But if they will not pass over with you armed, theyshall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.32:31 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered,saying, As the LORD hath said unto thy servants, so will we do.32:32 We will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan,that the possession of our inheritance on this side Jordan may beours.32:33 And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and tothe children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh the son ofJoseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom ofOg king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts,even the cities of the country round about.32:34 And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,32:35 And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah, 32:36 AndBethnimrah, and Bethharan, fenced cities: and folds for sheep.32:37 And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, andKirjathaim, 32:38 And Nebo, and Baalmeon, (their names being changed,)and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded.32:39 And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead,and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it.32:40 And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and hedwelt therein.32:41 And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small townsthereof, and called them Havothjair.32:42 And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, andcalled it Nobah, after his own name.33:1 These are the journeys of the children of Israel, which wentforth out of the land of Egypt with their armies under the hand ofMoses and Aaron.33:2 And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys bythe commandment of the LORD: and these are their journeys according totheir goings out.33:3 And they departed from Rameses in the first month, on thefifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow after the passover thechildren of Israel went out with an high hand in the sight of all theEgyptians.33:4 For the Egyptians buried all their firstborn, which the LORD hadsmitten among them: upon their gods also the LORD executed judgments.33:5 And the children of Israel removed from Rameses, and pitched inSuccoth.33:6 And they departed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which is inthe edge of the wilderness.33:7 And they removed from Etham, and turned again unto Pihahiroth,which is before Baalzephon: and they pitched before Migdol.33:8 And they departed from before Pihahiroth, and passed through themidst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days' journey inthe wilderness of Etham, and pitched in Marah.33:9 And they removed from Marah, and came unto Elim: and in Elim weretwelve fountains of water, and threescore and ten palm trees; and theypitched there.33:10 And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea.33:11 And they removed from the Red sea, and encamped in thewilderness of Sin.33:12 And they took their journey out of the wilderness of Sin, andencamped in Dophkah.33:13 And they departed from Dophkah, and encamped in Alush.33:14 And they removed from Alush, and encamped at Rephidim, where wasno water for the people to drink.33:15 And they departed from Rephidim, and pitched in the wildernessof Sinai.33:16 And they removed from the desert of Sinai, and pitched atKibrothhattaavah.33:17 And they departed from Kibrothhattaavah, and encamped atHazeroth.33:18 And they departed from Hazeroth, and pitched in Rithmah.33:19 And they departed from Rithmah, and pitched at Rimmonparez.33:20 And they departed from Rimmonparez, and pitched in Libnah.33:21 And they removed from Libnah, and pitched at Rissah.33:22 And they journeyed from Rissah, and pitched in Kehelathah.33:23 And they went from Kehelathah, and pitched in mount Shapher.33:24 And they removed from mount Shapher, and encamped in Haradah.33:25 And they removed from Haradah, and pitched in Makheloth.33:26 And they removed from Makheloth, and encamped at Tahath.33:27 And they departed from Tahath, and pitched at Tarah.33:28 And they removed from Tarah, and pitched in Mithcah.33:29 And they went from Mithcah, and pitched in Hashmonah.33:30 And they departed from Hashmonah, and encamped at Moseroth.33:31 And they departed from Moseroth, and pitched in Benejaakan.33:32 And they removed from Benejaakan, and encamped at Horhagidgad.33:33 And they went from Horhagidgad, and pitched in Jotbathah.33:34 And they removed from Jotbathah, and encamped at Ebronah.33:35 And they departed from Ebronah, and encamped at Eziongaber.33:36 And they removed from Eziongaber, and pitched in the wildernessof Zin, which is Kadesh.33:37 And they removed from Kadesh, and pitched in mount Hor, in theedge of the land of Edom.33:38 And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandmentof the LORD, and died there, in the fortieth year after the childrenof Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the first day of thefifth month.33:39 And Aaron was an hundred and twenty and three years old when hedied in mount Hor.33:40 And king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south in theland of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel.33:41 And they departed from mount Hor, and pitched in Zalmonah.33:42 And they departed from Zalmonah, and pitched in Punon.33:43 And they departed from Punon, and pitched in Oboth.33:44 And they departed from Oboth, and pitched in Ijeabarim, in theborder of Moab.33:45 And they departed from Iim, and pitched in Dibongad.33:46 And they removed from Dibongad, and encamped in Almondiblathaim.33:47 And they removed from Almondiblathaim, and pitched in themountains of Abarim, before Nebo.33:48 And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched inthe plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.33:49 And they pitched by Jordan, from Bethjesimoth even untoAbelshittim in the plains of Moab.33:50 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordannear Jericho, saying, 33:51 Speak unto the children of Israel, and sayunto them, When ye are passed over Jordan into the land of Canaan;33:52 Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land frombefore you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all theirmolten images, and quite pluck down all their high places: 33:53 Andye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein:for I have given you the land to possess it.33:54 And ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance amongyour families: and to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, andto the fewer ye shall give the less inheritance: every man'sinheritance shall be in the place where his lot falleth; according tothe tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit.33:55 But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land frombefore you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remainof them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, andshall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell.33:56 Moreover it shall come to pass, that I shall do unto you, as Ithought to do unto them.34:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 34:2 Command the childrenof Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan;(this is the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, eventhe land of Canaan with the coasts thereof:) 34:3 Then your southquarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast ofEdom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt seaeastward: 34:4 And your border shall turn from the south to the ascentof Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin: and the going forth thereof shall befrom the south to Kadeshbarnea, and shall go on to Hazaraddar, andpass on to Azmon: 34:5 And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmonunto the river of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea.34:6 And as for the western border, ye shall even have the great seafor a border: this shall be your west border.34:7 And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shallpoint out for you mount Hor: 34:8 From mount Hor ye shall point outyour border unto the entrance of Hamath; and the goings forth of theborder shall be to Zedad: 34:9 And the border shall go on to Ziphron,and the goings out of it shall be at Hazarenan: this shall be yournorth border.34:10 And ye shall point out your east border from Hazarenan toShepham: 34:11 And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, onthe east side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall reachunto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward: 34:12 And the bordershall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the saltsea: this shall be your land with the coasts thereof round about.34:13 And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is theland which ye shall inherit by lot, which the LORD commanded to giveunto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe: 34:14 For the tribe ofthe children of Reuben according to the house of their fathers, andthe tribe of the children of Gad according to the house of theirfathers, have received their inheritance; and half the tribe ofManasseh have received their inheritance: 34:15 The two tribes and thehalf tribe have received their inheritance on this side Jordan nearJericho eastward, toward the sunrising.34:16 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 34:17 These are the namesof the men which shall divide the land unto you: Eleazar the priest,and Joshua the son of Nun.34:18 And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the landby inheritance.34:19 And the names of the men are these: Of the tribe of Judah, Calebthe son of Jephunneh.34:20 And of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son ofAmmihud.34:21 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon.34:22 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Dan, Bukki theson of Jogli.34:23 The prince of the children of Joseph, for the tribe of thechildren of Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod.34:24 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, Kemuelthe son of Shiphtan.34:25 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Zebulun,Elizaphan the son of Parnach.34:26 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Issachar, Paltielthe son of Azzan.34:27 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Asher, Ahihud theson of Shelomi.34:28 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Naphtali, Pedahelthe son of Ammihud.34:29 These are they whom the LORD commanded to divide the inheritanceunto the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.35:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordannear Jericho, saying, 35:2 Command the children of Israel, that theygive unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities todwell in; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for thecities round about them.35:3 And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and the suburbs ofthem shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all theirbeasts.35:4 And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto theLevites, shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousandcubits round about.35:5 And ye shall measure from without the city on the east side twothousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on thewest side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousandcubits; and the city shall be in the midst: this shall be to them thesuburbs of the cities.35:6 And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites thereshall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for themanslayer, that he may flee thither: and to them ye shall add fortyand two cities.35:7 So all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall beforty and eight cities: them shall ye give with their suburbs.35:8 And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession ofthe children of Israel: from them that have many ye shall give many;but from them that have few ye shall give few: every one shall give ofhis cities unto the Levites according to his inheritance which heinheriteth.35:9 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 35:10 Speak unto thechildren of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come over Jordaninto the land of Canaan; 35:11 Then ye shall appoint you cities to becities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, whichkilleth any person at unawares.35:12 And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger;that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation injudgment.35:13 And of these cities which ye shall give six cities shall ye havefor refuge.35:14 Ye shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and three citiesshall ye give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge.35:15 These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children ofIsrael, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them: thatevery one that killeth any person unawares may flee thither.35:16 And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die,he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.35:17 And if he smite him with throwing a stone, wherewith he may die,and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put todeath.35:18 Or if he smite him with an hand weapon of wood, wherewith he maydie, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put todeath.35:19 The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when hemeeteth him, he shall slay him.35:20 But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying ofwait, that he die; 35:21 Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that hedie: he that smote him shall surely be put to death; for he is amurderer: the revenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when hemeeteth him.35:22 But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast uponhim any thing without laying of wait, 35:23 Or with any stone,wherewith a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon him, that hedie, and was not his enemy, neither sought his harm: 35:24 Then thecongregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of bloodaccording to these judgments: 35:25 And the congregation shall deliverthe slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and thecongregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither hewas fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest,which was anointed with the holy oil.35:26 But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border ofthe city of his refuge, whither he was fled; 35:27 And the revenger ofblood find him without the borders of the city of his refuge, and therevenger of blood kill the slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood:35:28 Because he should have remained in the city of his refuge untilthe death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priestthe slayer shall return into the land of his possession.35:29 So these things shall be for a statute of judgment unto youthroughout your generations in all your dwellings.35:30 Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death bythe mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against anyperson to cause him to die.35:31 Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of amurderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put todeath.35:32 And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that is fled to thecity of his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land,until the death of the priest.35:33 So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood itdefileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood thatis shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.35:34 Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein Idwell: for I the LORD dwell among the children of Israel.36:1 And the chief fathers of the families of the children of Gilead,the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons ofJoseph, came near, and spake before Moses, and before the princes, thechief fathers of the children of Israel: 36:2 And they said, The LORDcommanded my lord to give the land for an inheritance by lot to thechildren of Israel: and my lord was commanded by the LORD to give theinheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters.36:3 And if they be married to any of the sons of the other tribes ofthe children of Israel, then shall their inheritance be taken from theinheritance of our fathers, and shall be put to the inheritance of thetribe whereunto they are received: so shall it be taken from the lotof our inheritance.36:4 And when the jubile of the children of Israel shall be, thenshall their inheritance be put unto the inheritance of the tribewhereunto they are received: so shall their inheritance be taken awayfrom the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.36:5 And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the wordof the LORD, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph hath said well.36:6 This is the thing which the LORD doth command concerning thedaughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry to whom they thinkbest; only to the family of the tribe of their father shall theymarry.36:7 So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel removefrom tribe to tribe: for every one of the children of Israel shallkeep himself to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.36:8 And every daughter, that possesseth an inheritance in any tribeof the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of thetribe of her father, that the children of Israel may enjoy every manthe inheritance of his fathers.36:9 Neither shall the inheritance remove from one tribe to anothertribe; but every one of the tribes of the children of Israel shallkeep himself to his own inheritance.36:10 Even as the LORD commanded Moses, so did the daughters ofZelophehad: 36:11 For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, andNoah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their father'sbrothers' sons: 36:12 And they were married into the families of thesons of Manasseh the son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained inthe tribe of the family of their father.36:13 These are the commandments and the judgments, which the LORDcommanded by the hand of Moses unto the children of Israel in theplains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.The Fifth Book of Moses:  Called Deuteronomy1:1 These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this sideJordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea,between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.1:2 (There are eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of mountSeir unto Kadeshbarnea.)  1:3 And it came to pass in the fortiethyear, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Mosesspake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that the LORDhad given him in commandment unto them; 1:4 After he had slain Sihonthe king of the Amorites, which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king ofBashan, which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei: 1:5 On this side Jordan, inthe land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying, 1:6 TheLORD our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enoughin this mount: 1:7 Turn you, and take your journey, and go to themount of the Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in theplain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and by the seaside, to the land of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the greatriver, the river Euphrates.1:8 Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the landwhich the LORD sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, togive unto them and to their seed after them.1:9 And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bearyou myself alone: 1:10 The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and,behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.1:11 (The LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times so manymore as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!)  1:12 How canI myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?1:13 Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among yourtribes, and I will make them rulers over you.1:14 And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken isgood for us to do.1:15 So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and madethem heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains overhundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, andofficers among your tribes.1:16 And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causesbetween your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and hisbrother, and the stranger that is with him.1:17 Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear thesmall as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man;for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you,bring it unto me, and I will hear it.1:18 And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye shoulddo.1:19 And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that greatand terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain ofthe Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us; and we came toKadeshbarnea.1:20 And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of theAmorites, which the LORD our God doth give unto us.1:21 Behold, the LORD thy God hath set the land before thee: go up andpossess it, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath said unto thee; fearnot, neither be discouraged.1:22 And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, We will sendmen before us, and they shall search us out the land, and bring usword again by what way we must go up, and into what cities we shallcome.1:23 And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, oneof a tribe: 1:24 And they turned and went up into the mountain, andcame unto the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out.1:25 And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, andbrought it down unto us, and brought us word again, and said, It is agood land which the LORD our God doth give us.1:26 Notwithstanding ye would not go up, but rebelled against thecommandment of the LORD your God: 1:27 And ye murmured in your tents,and said, Because the LORD hated us, he hath brought us forth out ofthe land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, todestroy us.1:28 Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart,saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are greatand walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of theAnakims there.1:29 Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them.1:30 The LORD your God which goeth before you, he shall fight for you,according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes; 1:31And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the LORD thy Godbare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went,until ye came into this place.1:32 Yet in this thing ye did not believe the LORD your God, 1:33 Whowent in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch yourtents in, in fire by night, to shew you by what way ye should go, andin a cloud by day.1:34 And the LORD heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, andsware, saying, 1:35 Surely there shall not one of these men of thisevil generation see that good land, which I sware to give unto yourfathers.1:36 Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him willI give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children,because he hath wholly followed the LORD.1:37 Also the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou alsoshalt not go in thither.1:38 But Joshua the son of Nun, which standeth before thee, he shallgo in thither: encourage him: for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.1:39 Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, andyour children, which in that day had no knowledge between good andevil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and theyshall possess it.1:40 But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into thewilderness by the way of the Red sea.1:41 Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against theLORD, we will go up and fight, according to all that the LORD our Godcommanded us.And when ye had girded on every man his weapons of war, ye were readyto go up into the hill.1:42 And the LORD said unto me, Say unto them. Go not up, neitherfight; for I am not among you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies.1:43 So I spake unto you; and ye would not hear, but rebelled againstthe commandment of the LORD, and went presumptuously up into the hill.1:44 And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out againstyou, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even untoHormah.1:45 And ye returned and wept before the LORD; but the LORD would nothearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you.1:46 So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that yeabode there.2:1 Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by theway of the Red sea, as the LORD spake unto me: and we compassed mountSeir many days.2:2 And the LORD spake unto me, saying, 2:3 Ye have compassed thismountain long enough: turn you northward.2:4 And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through thecoast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; andthey shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselvestherefore: 2:5 Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of theirland, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mountSeir unto Esau for a possession.2:6 Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shallalso buy water of them for money, that ye may drink.2:7 For the LORD thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thyhand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: theseforty years the LORD thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lackednothing.2:8 And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau,which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and fromEziongaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.2:9 And the LORD said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neithercontend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their landfor a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot fora possession.2:10 The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many,and tall, as the Anakims; 2:11 Which also were accounted giants, asthe Anakims; but the Moabites called them Emims.2:12 The Horims also dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the children ofEsau succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before them,and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did unto the land of hispossession, which the LORD gave unto them.2:13 Now rise up, said I, and get you over the brook Zered. And wewent over the brook Zered.2:14 And the space in which we came from Kadeshbarnea, until we werecome over the brook Zered, was thirty and eight years; until all thegeneration of the men of war were wasted out from among the host, asthe LORD sware unto them.2:15 For indeed the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy themfrom among the host, until they were consumed.2:16 So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed anddead from among the people, 2:17 That the LORD spake unto me, saying,2:18 Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day:2:19 And when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon,distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee ofthe land of the children of Ammon any possession; because I have givenit unto the children of Lot for a possession.2:20 (That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt thereinin old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims; 2:21 A peoplegreat, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; but the LORD destroyed thembefore them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead: 2:22As he did to the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, when hedestroyed the Horims from before them; and they succeeded them, anddwelt in their stead even unto this day: 2:23 And the Avims whichdwelt in Hazerim, even unto Azzah, the Caphtorims, which came forthout of Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their stead.)  2:24 Riseye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, Ihave given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and hisland: begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle.2:25 This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear ofthee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hearreport of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee.2:26 And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth untoSihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying, 2:27 Let me passthrough thy land: I will go along by the high way, I will neither turnunto the right hand nor to the left.2:28 Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat; and give mewater for money, that I may drink: only I will pass through on myfeet; 2:29 (As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and theMoabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass overJordan into the land which the LORD our God giveth us.2:30 But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for theLORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, thathe might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day.2:31 And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have begun to give Sihon andhis land before thee: begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit hisland.2:32 Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fightat Jahaz.2:33 And the LORD our God delivered him before us; and we smote him,and his sons, and all his people.2:34 And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyedthe men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we leftnone to remain: 2:35 Only the cattle we took for a prey untoourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took.2:36 From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and fromthe city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not onecity too strong for us: the LORD our God delivered all unto us: 2:37Only unto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not, nor untoany place of the river Jabbok, nor unto the cities in the mountains,nor unto whatsoever the LORD our God forbad us.3:1 Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan: and Og the king ofBashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei.3:2 And the LORD said unto me, Fear him not: for I will deliver him,and all his people, and his land, into thy hand; and thou shalt dounto him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt atHeshbon.3:3 So the LORD our God delivered into our hands Og also, the king ofBashan, and all his people: and we smote him until none was left tohim remaining.3:4 And we took all his cities at that time, there was not a citywhich we took not from them, threescore cities, all the region ofArgob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.3:5 All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars;beside unwalled towns a great many.3:6 And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king ofHeshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of everycity.3:7 But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for aprey to ourselves.3:8 And we took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of theAmorites the land that was on this side Jordan, from the river ofArnon unto mount Hermon; 3:9 (Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion;and the Amorites call it Shenir;) 3:10 All the cities of the plain,and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto Salchah and Edrei, cities of thekingdom of Og in Bashan.3:11 For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants;behold his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath ofthe children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and fourcubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.3:12 And this land, which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, whichis by the river Arnon, and half mount Gilead, and the cities thereof,gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites.3:13 And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, being the kingdom of Og,gave I unto the half tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, withall Bashan, which was called the land of giants.3:14 Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto thecoasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own name,Bashanhavothjair, unto this day.3:15 And I gave Gilead unto Machir.3:16 And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gileadeven unto the river Arnon half the valley, and the border even untothe river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon; 3:17The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast thereof, from Chinneretheven unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, under Ashdothpisgaheastward.3:18 And I commanded you at that time, saying, The LORD your God hathgiven you this land to possess it: ye shall pass over armed beforeyour brethren the children of Israel, all that are meet for the war.3:19 But your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle, (for Iknow that ye have much cattle,) shall abide in your cities which Ihave given you; 3:20 Until the LORD have given rest unto yourbrethren, as well as unto you, and until they also possess the landwhich the LORD your God hath given them beyond Jordan: and then shallye return every man unto his possession, which I have given you.3:21 And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Thine eyes have seenall that the LORD your God hath done unto these two kings: so shallthe LORD do unto all the kingdoms whither thou passest.3:22 Ye shall not fear them: for the LORD your God he shall fight foryou.3:23 And I besought the LORD at that time, saying, 3:24 O Lord GOD,thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mightyhand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can doaccording to thy works, and according to thy might?  3:25 I pray thee,let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, thatgoodly mountain, and Lebanon.3:26 But the LORD was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not hearme: and the LORD said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more untome of this matter.3:27 Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyeswestward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold itwith thine eyes: for thou shalt not go over this Jordan.3:28 But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him: for heshall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inheritthe land which thou shalt see.3:29 So we abode in the valley over against Bethpeor.4:1 Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto thejudgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and goin and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you.4:2 Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shallye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of theLORD your God which I command you.4:3 Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because of Baalpeor: for allthe men that followed Baalpeor, the LORD thy God hath destroyed themfrom among you.4:4 But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God are alive every oneof you this day.4:5 Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORDmy God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go topossess it.4:6 Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and yourunderstanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all thesestatutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise andunderstanding people.4:7 For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them,as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for?  4:8And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments sorighteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?  4:9 Onlytake heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forgetthe things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thyheart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons'sons; 4:10 Specially the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thyGod in Horeb, when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the peopletogether, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn tofear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and thatthey may teach their children.4:11 And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountainburned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, andthick darkness.4:12 And the LORD spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: yeheard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard avoice.4:13 And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you toperform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables ofstone.4:14 And the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes andjudgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over topossess it.4:15 Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no mannerof similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out ofthe midst of the fire: 4:16 Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you agraven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male orfemale, 4:17 The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, thelikeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air, 4:18 The likenessof any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fishthat is in the waters beneath the earth: 4:19 And lest thou lift upthine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, andthe stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worshipthem, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto allnations under the whole heaven.4:20 But the LORD hath taken you, and brought you forth out of theiron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people ofinheritance, as ye are this day.4:21 Furthermore the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, and swarethat I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in untothat good land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance:4:22 But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but yeshall go over, and possess that good land.4:23 Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of theLORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, orthe likeness of any thing, which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee.4:24 For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.4:25 When thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and yeshall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves,and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall doevil in the sight of the LORD thy God, to provoke him to anger: 4:26 Icall heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shallsoon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan topossess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterlybe destroyed.4:27 And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall beleft few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD shall lead you.4:28 And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood andstone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.4:29 But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shaltfind him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.4:30 When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come uponthee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the LORD thy God, andshalt be obedient unto his voice; 4:31 (For the LORD thy God is amerciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, norforget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.4:32 For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee,since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from theone side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any suchthing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it?  4:33 Didever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of thefire, as thou hast heard, and live?  4:34 Or hath God assayed to goand take him a nation from the midst of another nation, bytemptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mightyhand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according toall that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?4:35 Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the LORD heis God; there is none else beside him.4:36 Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he mightinstruct thee: and upon earth he shewed thee his great fire; and thouheardest his words out of the midst of the fire.4:37 And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seedafter them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty powerout of Egypt; 4:38 To drive out nations from before thee greater andmightier than thou art, to bring thee in, to give thee their land foran inheritance, as it is this day.4:39 Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that theLORD he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there isnone else.4:40 Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments,which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and withthy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days uponthe earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever.4:41 Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward thesunrising; 4:42 That the slayer might flee thither, which should killhis neighbour unawares, and hated him not in times past; and thatfleeing unto one of these cities he might live: 4:43 Namely, Bezer inthe wilderness, in the plain country, of the Reubenites; and Ramoth inGilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites.4:44 And this is the law which Moses set before the children ofIsrael: 4:45 These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and thejudgments, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after theycame forth out of Egypt.4:46 On this side Jordan, in the valley over against Bethpeor, in theland of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Mosesand the children of Israel smote, after they were come forth out ofEgypt: 4:47 And they possessed his land, and the land of Og king ofBashan, two kings of the Amorites, which were on this side Jordantoward the sunrising; 4:48 From Aroer, which is by the bank of theriver Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is Hermon, 4:49 And all theplain on this side Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain,under the springs of Pisgah.5:1 And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel,the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, thatye may learn them, and keep, and do them.5:2 The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.5:3 The LORD made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us,even us, who are all of us here alive this day.5:4 The LORD talked with you face to face in the mount out of themidst of the fire, 5:5 (I stood between the LORD and you at that time,to shew you the word of the LORD: for ye were afraid by reason of thefire, and went not up into the mount;) saying, 5:6 I am the LORD thyGod, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house ofbondage.5:7 Thou shalt have none other gods before me.5:8 Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, orthat is in the waters beneath the earth: 5:9 Thou shalt not bow downthyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealousGod, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto thethird and fourth generation of them that hate me, 5:10 And shewingmercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.5:11 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for theLORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.5:12 Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hathcommanded thee.5:13 Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work: 5:14 But theseventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt notdo any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant,nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thycattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservantand thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.5:15 And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, andthat the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty handand by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded theeto keep the sabbath day.5:16 Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hathcommanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may gowell with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.5:17 Thou shalt not kill.5:18 Neither shalt thou commit adultery.5:19 Neither shalt thou steal.5:20 Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.5:21 Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour's wife, neither shaltthou covet thy neighbour's house, his field, or his manservant, or hismaidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour's.5:22 These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mountout of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness,with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in twotables of stone, and delivered them unto me.5:23 And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst ofthe darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came nearunto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders; 5:24 Andye said, Behold, the LORD our God hath shewed us his glory and hisgreatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire:we have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he liveth.5:25 Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consumeus: if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any more, then we shalldie.5:26 For who is there of all flesh, that hath heard the voice of theliving God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, andlived?  5:27 Go thou near, and hear all that the LORD our God shallsay: and speak thou unto us all that the LORD our God shall speak untothee; and we will hear it, and do it.5:28 And the LORD heard the voice of your words, when ye spake untome; and the LORD said unto me, I have heard the voice of the words ofthis people, which they have spoken unto thee: they have well said allthat they have spoken.5:29 O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me,and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them,and with their children for ever!  5:30 Go say to them, Get you intoyour tents again.5:31 But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak untothee all the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, whichthou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I givethem to possess it.5:32 Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hathcommanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to theleft.5:33 Ye shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God hathcommanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, andthat ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.6:1 Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments,which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do themin the land whither ye go to possess it: 6:2 That thou mightest fearthe LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, whichI command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days ofthy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.6:3 Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may bewell with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD God ofthy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk andhoney.6:4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: 6:5 And thou shaltlove the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, andwith all thy might.6:6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thineheart: 6:7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, andshalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thouwalkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.6:8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and theyshall be as frontlets between thine eyes.6:9 And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thygates.6:10 And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought theeinto the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac,and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thoubuildedst not, 6:11 And houses full of all good things, which thoufilledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards andolive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten andbe full; 6:12 Then beware lest thou forget the LORD, which broughtthee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.6:13 Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swearby his name.6:14 Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people whichare round about you; 6:15 (For the LORD thy God is a jealous God amongyou) lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, anddestroy thee from off the face of the earth.6:16 Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him inMassah.6:17 Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God,and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.6:18 And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight ofthe LORD: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go inand possess the good land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers.6:19 To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the LORD hathspoken.6:20 And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What meanthe testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORDour God hath commanded you?  6:21 Then thou shalt say unto thy son, Wewere Pharaoh's bondmen in Egypt; and the LORD brought us out of Egyptwith a mighty hand: 6:22 And the LORD shewed signs and wonders, greatand sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, beforeour eyes: 6:23 And he brought us out from thence, that he might bringus in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers.6:24 And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear theLORD our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, asit is at this day.6:25 And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all thesecommandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us.7:1 When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thougoest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, theHittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites,and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nationsgreater and mightier than thou; 7:2 And when the LORD thy God shalldeliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroythem; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them:7:3 Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thoushalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thyson.7:4 For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they mayserve other gods: so will the anger of the LORD be kindled againstyou, and destroy thee suddenly.7:5 But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars,and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn theirgraven images with fire.7:6 For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thyGod hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above allpeople that are upon the face of the earth.7:7 The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because yewere more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of allpeople: 7:8 But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keepthe oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD broughtyou out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house ofbondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.7:9 Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God,which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep hiscommandments to a thousand generations; 7:10 And repayeth them thathate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack to himthat hateth him, he will repay him to his face.7:11 Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes, andthe judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them.7:12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to thesejudgments, and keep, and do them, that the LORD thy God shall keepunto thee the covenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers:7:13 And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he willalso bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn,and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocksof thy sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to givethee.7:14 Thou shalt be blessed above all people: there shall not be maleor female barren among you, or among your cattle.7:15 And the LORD will take away from thee all sickness, and will putnone of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee; butwill lay them upon all them that hate thee.7:16 And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy Godshall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neithershalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee.7:17 If thou shalt say in thine heart, These nations are more than I;how can I dispossess them?  7:18 Thou shalt not be afraid of them: butshalt well remember what the LORD thy God did unto Pharaoh, and untoall Egypt; 7:19 The great temptations which thine eyes saw, and thesigns, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched outarm, whereby the LORD thy God brought thee out: so shall the LORD thyGod do unto all the people of whom thou art afraid.7:20 Moreover the LORD thy God will send the hornet among them, untilthey that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed.7:21 Thou shalt not be affrighted at them: for the LORD thy God isamong you, a mighty God and terrible.7:22 And the LORD thy God will put out those nations before thee bylittle and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest thebeasts of the field increase upon thee.7:23 But the LORD thy God shall deliver them unto thee, and shalldestroy them with a mighty destruction, until they be destroyed.7:24 And he shall deliver their kings into thine hand, and thou shaltdestroy their name from under heaven: there shall no man be able tostand before thee, until thou have destroyed them.7:25 The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thoushalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it untothee, lest thou be snared therin: for it is an abomination to the LORDthy God.7:26 Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lestthou be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, andthou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.8:1 All the commandments which I command thee this day shall yeobserve to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possessthe land which the LORD sware unto your fathers.8:2 And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God ledthee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to provethee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep hiscommandments, or no.8:3 And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed theewith manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; thathe might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but byevery word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.8:4 Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell,these forty years.8:5 Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chastenethhis son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.8:6 Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, towalk in his ways, and to fear him.8:7 For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land ofbrooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleysand hills; 8:8 A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees,and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey; 8:9 A land whereinthou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thingin it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thoumayest dig brass.8:10 When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the LORDthy God for the good land which he hath given thee.8:11 Beware that thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping hiscommandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I commandthee this day: 8:12 Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hastbuilt goodly houses, and dwelt therein; 8:13 And when thy herds andthy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, andall that thou hast is multiplied; 8:14 Then thine heart be lifted up,and thou forget the LORD thy God, which brought thee forth out of theland of Egypt, from the house of bondage; 8:15 Who led thee throughthat great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, andscorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought theeforth water out of the rock of flint; 8:16 Who fed thee in thewilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he mighthumble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thylatter end; 8:17 And thou say in thine heart, My power and the mightof mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.8:18 But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he thatgiveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenantwhich he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.8:19 And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD thy God, andwalk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testifyagainst you this day that ye shall surely perish.8:20 As the nations which the LORD destroyeth before your face, soshall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice ofthe LORD your God.9:1 Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in topossess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great andfenced up to heaven, 9:2 A people great and tall, the children of theAnakims, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say, Who canstand before the children of Anak!  9:3 Understand therefore this day,that the LORD thy God is he which goeth over before thee; as aconsuming fire he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them downbefore thy face: so shalt thou drive them out, and destroy themquickly, as the LORD hath said unto thee.9:4 Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hathcast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the LORDhath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness ofthese nations the LORD doth drive them out from before thee.9:5 Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart,dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of thesenations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, andthat he may perform the word which the LORD sware unto thy fathers,Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.9:6 Understand therefore, that the LORD thy God giveth thee not thisgood land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art astiffnecked people.9:7 Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the LORD thy God towrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart out ofthe land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have beenrebellious against the LORD.9:8 Also in Horeb ye provoked the LORD to wrath, so that the LORD wasangry with you to have destroyed you.9:9 When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone,even the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then Iabode in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eatbread nor drink water: 9:10 And the LORD delivered unto me two tablesof stone written with the finger of God; and on them was writtenaccording to all the words, which the LORD spake with you in the mountout of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly.9:11 And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights,that the LORD gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of thecovenant.9:12 And the LORD said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly fromhence; for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt havecorrupted themselves; they are quickly turned aside out of the waywhich I commanded them; they have made them a molten image.9:13 Furthermore the LORD spake unto me, saying, I have seen thispeople, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people: 9:14 Let me alone,that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven:and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.9:15 So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burnedwith fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands.9:16 And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the LORD yourGod, and had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly outof the way which the LORD had commanded you.9:17 And I took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, andbrake them before your eyes.9:18 And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days andforty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of allyour sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD,to provoke him to anger.9:19 For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith theLORD was wroth against you to destroy you. But the LORD hearkened untome at that time also.9:20 And the LORD was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: andI prayed for Aaron also the same time.9:21 And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt itwith fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it wasas small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook thatdescended out of the mount.9:22 And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibrothhattaavah, yeprovoked the LORD to wrath.9:23 Likewise when the LORD sent you from Kadeshbarnea, saying, Go upand possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled againstthe commandment of the LORD your God, and ye believed him not, norhearkened to his voice.9:24 Ye have been rebellious against the LORD from the day that I knewyou.9:25 Thus I fell down before the LORD forty days and forty nights, asI fell down at the first; because the LORD had said he would destroyyou.9:26 I prayed therefore unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, destroynot thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed throughthy greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with amighty hand.9:27 Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not untothe stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to theirsin: 9:28 Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because theLORD was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them,and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them inthe wilderness.9:29 Yet they are thy people and thine inheritance, which thoubroughtest out by thy mighty power and by thy stretched out arm.10:1 At that time the LORD said unto me, Hew thee two tables of stonelike unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and make theean ark of wood.10:2 And I will write on the tables the words that were in the firsttables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark.10:3 And I made an ark of shittim wood, and hewed two tables of stonelike unto the first, and went up into the mount, having the two tablesin mine hand.10:4 And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, theten commandments, which the LORD spake unto you in the mount out ofthe midst of the fire in the day of the assembly: and the LORD gavethem unto me.10:5 And I turned myself and came down from the mount, and put thetables in the ark which I had made; and there they be, as the LORDcommanded me.10:6 And the children of Israel took their journey from Beeroth of thechildren of Jaakan to Mosera: there Aaron died, and there he wasburied; and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest's office in hisstead.10:7 From thence they journeyed unto Gudgodah; and from Gudgodah toJotbath, a land of rivers of waters.10:8 At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi, to bear theark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to ministerunto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day.10:9 Wherefore Levi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren;the LORD is his inheritance, according as the LORD thy God promisedhim.10:10 And I stayed in the mount, according to the first time, fortydays and forty nights; and the LORD hearkened unto me at that timealso, and the LORD would not destroy thee.10:11 And the LORD said unto me, Arise, take thy journey before thepeople, that they may go in and possess the land, which I sware untotheir fathers to give unto them.10:12 And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, butto fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him,and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thysoul, 10:13 To keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes,which I command thee this day for thy good?  10:14 Behold, the heavenand the heaven of heavens is the LORD's thy God, the earth also, withall that therein is.10:15 Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and hechose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is thisday.10:16 Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no morestiffnecked.10:17 For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a greatGod, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor takethreward: 10:18 He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless andwidow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.10:19 Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in theland of Egypt.10:20 Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and tohim shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.10:21 He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for theethese great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen.10:22 Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and tenpersons; and now the LORD thy God hath made thee as the stars ofheaven for multitude.11:1 Therefore thou shalt love the LORD thy God, and keep his charge,and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway.11:2 And know ye this day: for I speak not with your children whichhave not known, and which have not seen the chastisement of the LORDyour God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his stretched out arm,11:3 And his miracles, and his acts, which he did in the midst ofEgypt unto Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and unto all his land; 11:4 Andwhat he did unto the army of Egypt, unto their horses, and to theirchariots; how he made the water of the Red sea to overflow them asthey pursued after you, and how the LORD hath destroyed them unto thisday; 11:5 And what he did unto you in the wilderness, until ye cameinto this place; 11:6 And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sonsof Eliab, the son of Reuben: how the earth opened her mouth, andswallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and all thesubstance that was in their possession, in the midst of all Israel:11:7 But your eyes have seen all the great acts of the LORD which hedid.11:8 Therefore shall ye keep all the commandments which I command youthis day, that ye may be strong, and go in and possess the land,whither ye go to possess it; 11:9 And that ye may prolong your days inthe land, which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give unto them andto their seed, a land that floweth with milk and honey.11:10 For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as theland of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed,and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs: 11:11 But theland, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, anddrinketh water of the rain of heaven: 11:12 A land which the LORD thyGod careth for: the eyes of the LORD thy God are always upon it, fromthe beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.11:13 And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently untomy commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD yourGod, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,11:14 That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season,the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thycorn, and thy wine, and thine oil.11:15 And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thoumayest eat and be full.11:16 Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and yeturn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them; 11:17 And then theLORD's wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, thatthere be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest yeperish quickly from off the good land which the LORD giveth you.11:18 Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and inyour soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may beas frontlets between your eyes.11:19 And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them whenthou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, whenthou liest down, and when thou risest up.11:20 And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house,and upon thy gates: 11:21 That your days may be multiplied, and thedays of your children, in the land which the LORD sware unto yourfathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth.11:22 For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which Icommand you, to do them, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all hisways, and to cleave unto him; 11:23 Then will the LORD drive out allthese nations from before you, and ye shall possess greater nationsand mightier than yourselves.11:24 Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall beyours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the riverEuphrates, even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be.11:25 There shall no man be able to stand before you: for the LORDyour God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you upon all theland that ye shall tread upon, as he hath said unto you.11:26 Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse; 11:27A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which Icommand you this day: 11:28 And a curse, if ye will not obey thecommandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way whichI command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have notknown.11:29 And it shall come to pass, when the LORD thy God hath broughtthee in unto the land whither thou goest to possess it, that thoushalt put the blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse upon mountEbal.11:30 Are they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the sungoeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in thechampaign over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh?  11:31 Forye shall pass over Jordan to go in to possess the land which the LORDyour God giveth you, and ye shall possess it, and dwell therein.11:32 And ye shall observe to do all the statutes and judgments whichI set before you this day.12:1 These are the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe todo in the land, which the LORD God of thy fathers giveth thee topossess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth.12:2 Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nationswhich ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, andupon the hills, and under every green tree: 12:3 And ye shalloverthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groveswith fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, anddestroy the names of them out of that place.12:4 Ye shall not do so unto the LORD your God.12:5 But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out ofall your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shallye seek, and thither thou shalt come: 12:6 And thither ye shall bringyour burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heaveofferings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings,and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks: 12:7 And there yeshall eat before the LORD your God, and ye shall rejoice in all thatye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the LORD thyGod hath blessed thee.12:8 Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day,every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes.12:9 For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance,which the LORD your God giveth you.12:10 But when ye go over Jordan, and dwell in the land which the LORDyour God giveth you to inherit, and when he giveth you rest from allyour enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety; 12:11 Then thereshall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause hisname to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you;your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heaveoffering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto theLORD: 12:12 And ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God, ye, andyour sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and yourmaidservants, and the Levite that is within your gates; forasmuch ashe hath no part nor inheritance with you.12:13 Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings inevery place that thou seest: 12:14 But in the place which the LORDshall choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burntofferings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee.12:15 Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates,whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of theLORD thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean mayeat thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the hart.12:16 Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earthas water.12:17 Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, orof thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thyflock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewillofferings, or heave offering of thine hand: 12:18 But thou must eatthem before the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD thy God shallchoose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, andthy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates: and thoushalt rejoice before the LORD thy God in all that thou puttest thinehands unto.12:19 Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long asthou livest upon the earth.12:20 When the LORD thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hathpromised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soullongeth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soullusteth after.12:21 If the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to put his namethere be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and ofthy flock, which the LORD hath given thee, as I have commanded thee,and thou shalt eat in thy gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.12:22 Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eatthem: the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike.12:23 Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is thelife; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh.12:24 Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth aswater.12:25 Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and withthy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in thesight of the LORD.12:26 Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalttake, and go unto the place which the LORD shall choose: 12:27 Andthou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood, uponthe altar of the LORD thy God: and the blood of thy sacrifices shallbe poured out upon the altar of the LORD thy God, and thou shalt eatthe flesh.12:28 Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that itmay go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, whenthou doest that which is good and right in the sight of the LORD thyGod.12:29 When the LORD thy God shall cut off the nations from beforethee, whither thou goest to possess them, and thou succeedest them,and dwellest in their land; 12:30 Take heed to thyself that thou benot snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from beforethee; and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How didthese nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.12:31 Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for everyabomination to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto theirgods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in thefire to their gods.12:32 What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shaltnot add thereto, nor diminish from it.13:1 If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, andgiveth thee a sign or a wonder, 13:2 And the sign or the wonder cometo pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after othergods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them; 13:3 Thoushalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer ofdreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love theLORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.13:4 Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep hiscommandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleaveunto him.13:5 And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put todeath; because he hath spoken to turn you away from the LORD your God,which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out ofthe house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the LORD thyGod commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away fromthe midst of thee.13:6 If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thydaughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thineown soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve othergods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers; 13:7 Namely,of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh unto thee,or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto theother end of the earth; 13:8 Thou shalt not consent unto him, norhearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thouspare, neither shalt thou conceal him: 13:9 But thou shalt surely killhim; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, andafterwards the hand of all the people.13:10 And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because hehath sought to thrust thee away from the LORD thy God, which broughtthee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.13:11 And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more anysuch wickedness as this is among you.13:12 If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities, which the LORD thyGod hath given thee to dwell there, saying, 13:13 Certain men, thechildren of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawnthe inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods,which ye have not known; 13:14 Then shalt thou enquire, and makesearch, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thingcertain, that such abomination is wrought among you; 13:15 Thou shaltsurely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword,destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattlethereof, with the edge of the sword.13:16 And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of thestreet thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoilthereof every whit, for the LORD thy God: and it shall be an heap forever; it shall not be built again.13:17 And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand:that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew theemercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hathsworn unto thy fathers; 13:18 When thou shalt hearken to the voice ofthe LORD thy God, to keep all his commandments which I command theethis day, to do that which is right in the eyes of the LORD thy God.14:1 Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cutyourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.14:2 For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORDhath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all thenations that are upon the earth.14:3 Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.14:4 These are the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, andthe goat, 14:5 The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and thewild goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois.14:6 And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleftinto two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shalleat.14:7 Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, orof them that divide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the hare, andthe coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; thereforethey are unclean unto you.14:8 And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not thecud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nortouch their dead carcase.14:9 These ye shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that havefins and scales shall ye eat: 14:10 And whatsoever hath not fins andscales ye may not eat; it is unclean unto you.14:11 Of all clean birds ye shall eat.14:12 But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and theossifrage, and the ospray, 14:13 And the glede, and the kite, and thevulture after his kind, 14:14 And every raven after his kind, 14:15And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk afterhis kind, 14:16 The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan, 14:17And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant, 14:18 And thestork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.14:19 And every creeping thing that flieth is unclean unto you: theyshall not be eaten.14:20 But of all clean fowls ye may eat.14:21 Ye shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself: thou shaltgive it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; orthou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou art an holy people untothe LORD thy God.Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.14:22 Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that thefield bringeth forth year by year.14:23 And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place whichhe shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thywine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thyflocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always.14:24 And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not ableto carry it; or if the place be too far from thee, which the LORD thyGod shall choose to set his name there, when the LORD thy God hathblessed thee: 14:25 Then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind upthe money in thine hand, and shalt go unto the place which the LORDthy God shall choose: 14:26 And thou shalt bestow that money forwhatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or forwine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: andthou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt rejoice,thou, and thine household, 14:27 And the Levite that is within thygates; thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no part nor inheritancewith thee.14:28 At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the titheof thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates:14:29 And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance withthee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which arewithin thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that theLORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thoudoest.15:1 At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release.15:2 And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor thatlendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exactit of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called theLORD's release.15:3 Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which isthine with thy brother thine hand shall release; 15:4 Save when thereshall be no poor among you; for the LORD shall greatly bless thee inthe land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance topossess it: 15:5 Only if thou carefully hearken unto the voice of theLORD thy God, to observe to do all these commandments which I commandthee this day.15:6 For the LORD thy God blesseth thee, as he promised thee: and thoushalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thoushalt reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over thee.15:7 If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren withinany of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thoushalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poorbrother: 15:8 But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shaltsurely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.15:9 Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying,The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye beevil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cryunto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee.15:10 Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grievedwhen thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thyGod shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttestthine hand unto.15:11 For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore Icommand thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thybrother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.15:12 And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be soldunto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thoushalt let him go free from thee.15:13 And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not lethim go away empty: 15:14 Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thyflock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy winepress: of thatwherewith the LORD thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him.15:15 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land ofEgypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee: therefore I command theethis thing to day.15:16 And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away fromthee; because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well withthee; 15:17 Then thou shalt take an aul, and thrust it through his earunto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thymaidservant thou shalt do likewise.15:18 It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him awayfree from thee; for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee,in serving thee six years: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee inall that thou doest.15:19 All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flockthou shalt sanctify unto the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work withthe firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep.15:20 Thou shalt eat it before the LORD thy God year by year in theplace which the LORD shall choose, thou and thy household.15:21 And if there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame, or blind,or have any ill blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the LORD thyGod.15:22 Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the unclean and the cleanperson shall eat it alike, as the roebuck, and as the hart.15:23 Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour itupon the ground as water.16:1 Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORDthy God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forthout of Egypt by night.16:2 Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the LORD thyGod, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the LORD shallchoose to place his name there.16:3 Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thoueat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thoucamest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayestremember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt allthe days of thy life.16:4 And there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thycoast seven days; neither shall there any thing of the flesh, whichthou sacrificedst the first day at even, remain all night until themorning.16:5 Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates,which the LORD thy God giveth thee: 16:6 But at the place which theLORD thy God shall choose to place his name in, there thou shaltsacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at theseason that thou camest forth out of Egypt.16:7 And thou shalt roast and eat it in the place which the LORD thyGod shall choose: and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thytents.16:8 Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh dayshall be a solemn assembly to the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no worktherein.16:9 Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number theseven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to thecorn.16:10 And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the LORD thy Godwith a tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shaltgive unto the LORD thy God, according as the LORD thy God hath blessedthee: 16:11 And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, andthy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant,and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and thefatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which theLORD thy God hath chosen to place his name there.16:12 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: andthou shalt observe and do these statutes.16:13 Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, afterthat thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine: 16:14 And thou shaltrejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thymanservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and thefatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates.16:15 Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the LORD thy Godin the place which the LORD shall choose: because the LORD thy Godshall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the works of thinehands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice.16:16 Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORDthy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavenedbread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: andthey shall not appear before the LORD empty: 16:17 Every man shallgive as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy Godwhich he hath given thee.16:18 Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, whichthe LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shalljudge the people with just judgment.16:19 Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons,neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, andpervert the words of the righteous.16:20 That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thoumayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.16:21 Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto thealtar of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee.16:22 Neither shalt thou set thee up any image; which the LORD thy Godhateth.17:1 Thou shalt not sacrifice unto the LORD thy God any bullock, orsheep, wherein is blemish, or any evilfavouredness: for that is anabomination unto the LORD thy God.17:2 If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which theLORD thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickednessin the sight of the LORD thy God, in transgressing his covenant, 17:3And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either thesun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have notcommanded; 17:4 And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, andenquired diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain,that such abomination is wrought in Israel: 17:5 Then shalt thou bringforth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing,unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them withstones, till they die.17:6 At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he thatis worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness heshall not be put to death.17:7 The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him todeath, and afterward the hands of all the people. So thou shalt putthe evil away from among you.17:8 If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, betweenblood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke,being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise,and get thee up into the place which the LORD thy God shall choose;17:9 And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto thejudge that shall be in those days, and enquire; and they shall shewthee the sentence of judgment: 17:10 And thou shalt do according tothe sentence, which they of that place which the LORD shall chooseshall shew thee; and thou shalt observe to do according to all thatthey inform thee: 17:11 According to the sentence of the law whichthey shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shalltell thee, thou shalt do: thou shalt not decline from the sentencewhich they shall shew thee, to the right hand, nor to the left.17:12 And the man that will do presumptuously, and will not hearkenunto the priest that standeth to minister there before the LORD thyGod, or unto the judge, even that man shall die: and thou shalt putaway the evil from Israel.17:13 And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no morepresumptuously.17:14 When thou art come unto the land which the LORD thy God giveththee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, Iwill set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me;17:15 Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the LORD thyGod shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king overthee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thybrother.17:16 But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause thepeople to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses:forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth returnno more that way.17:17 Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turnnot away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver andgold.17:18 And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom,that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that whichis before the priests the Levites: 17:19 And it shall be with him, andhe shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn tofear the LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and thesestatutes, to do them: 17:20 That his heart be not lifted up above hisbrethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to theright hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days inhis kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.18:1 The priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have nopart nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of theLORD made by fire, and his inheritance.18:2 Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren:the LORD is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them.18:3 And this shall be the priest's due from the people, from themthat offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; and they shall giveunto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.18:4 The firstfruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil,and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him.18:5 For the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, tostand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for ever.18:6 And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel,where he sojourned, and come with all the desire of his mind unto theplace which the LORD shall choose; 18:7 Then he shall minister in thename of the LORD his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, whichstand there before the LORD.18:8 They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh ofthe sale of his patrimony.18:9 When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveththee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of thosenations.18:10 There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his sonor his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, oran observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch.18:11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard,or a necromancer.18:12 For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD:and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them outfrom before thee.18:13 Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God.18:14 For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened untoobservers of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, the LORD thyGod hath not suffered thee so to do.18:15 The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from themidst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shallhearken; 18:16 According to all that thou desiredst of the LORD thyGod in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear againthe voice of the LORD my God, neither let me see this great fire anymore, that I die not.18:17 And the LORD said unto me, They have well spoken that which theyhave spoken.18:18 I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, likeunto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak untothem all that I shall command him.18:19 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken untomy words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.18:20 But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name,which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in thename of other gods, even that prophet shall die.18:21 And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word whichthe LORD hath not spoken?  18:22 When a prophet speaketh in the nameof the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is thething which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken itpresumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.19:1 When the LORD thy God hath cut off the nations, whose land theLORD thy God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest intheir cities, and in their houses; 19:2 Thou shalt separate threecities for thee in the midst of thy land, which the LORD thy Godgiveth thee to possess it.19:3 Thou shalt prepare thee a way, and divide the coasts of thy land,which the LORD thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, thatevery slayer may flee thither.19:4 And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither,that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom hehated not in time past; 19:5 As when a man goeth into the wood withhis neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axeto cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, andlighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he shall flee unto one ofthose cities, and live: 19:6 Lest the avenger of the blood pursue theslayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way islong, and slay him; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as hehated him not in time past.19:7 Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate threecities for thee.19:8 And if the LORD thy God enlarge thy coast, as he hath sworn untothy fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to give untothy fathers; 19:9 If thou shalt keep all these commandments to dothem, which I command thee this day, to love the LORD thy God, and towalk ever in his ways; then shalt thou add three cities more for thee,beside these three: 19:10 That innocent blood be not shed in thy land,which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood beupon thee.19:11 But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, andrise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleethinto one of these cities: 19:12 Then the elders of his city shall sendand fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger ofblood, that he may die.19:13 Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guiltof innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.19:14 Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour's landmark, which they ofold time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit inthe land that the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.19:15 One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, orfor any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of twowitnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter beestablished.19:16 If a false witness rise up against any man to testify againsthim that which is wrong; 19:17 Then both the men, between whom thecontroversy is, shall stand before the LORD, before the priests andthe judges, which shall be in those days; 19:18 And the judges shallmake diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a falsewitness, and hath testified falsely against his brother; 19:19 Thenshall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother:so shalt thou put the evil away from among you.19:20 And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shallhenceforth commit no more any such evil among you.19:21 And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eyefor eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.20:1 When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seesthorses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid ofthem: for the LORD thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out ofthe land of Egypt.20:2 And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that thepriest shall approach and speak unto the people, 20:3 And shall sayunto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle againstyour enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble,neither be ye terrified because of them; 20:4 For the LORD your God ishe that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to saveyou.20:5 And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man isthere that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let himgo and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another mandedicate it.20:6 And what man is he that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not yeteaten of it? let him also go and return unto his house, lest he die inthe battle, and another man eat of it.20:7 And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath nottaken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in thebattle, and another man take her.20:8 And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and theyshall say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let himgo and return unto his house, lest his brethren's heart faint as wellas his heart.20:9 And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speakingunto the people that they shall make captains of the armies to leadthe people.20:10 When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, thenproclaim peace unto it.20:11 And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open untothee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found thereinshall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee.20:12 And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make waragainst thee, then thou shalt besiege it: 20:13 And when the LORD thyGod hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every malethereof with the edge of the sword: 20:14 But the women, and thelittle ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all thespoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat thespoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.20:15 Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far offfrom thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.20:16 But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God dothgive thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing thatbreatheth: 20:17 But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, theHittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, theHivites, and the Jebusites; as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee:20:18 That they teach you not to do after all their abominations,which they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against theLORD your God.20:19 When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making waragainst it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof byforcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thoushalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man's life) toemploy them in the siege: 20:20 Only the trees which thou knowest thatthey be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; andthou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee,until it be subdued.21:1 If one be found slain in the land which the LORD thy God giveththee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hathslain him: 21:2 Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, andthey shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that isslain: 21:3 And it shall be, that the city which is next unto theslain man, even the elders of that city shall take an heifer, whichhath not been wrought with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke; 21:4And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a roughvalley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off theheifer's neck there in the valley: 21:5 And the priests the sons ofLevi shall come near; for them the LORD thy God hath chosen tominister unto him, and to bless in the name of the LORD; and by theirword shall every controversy and every stroke be tried: 21:6 And allthe elders of that city, that are next unto the slain man, shall washtheir hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley: 21:7 Andthey shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neitherhave our eyes seen it.21:8 Be merciful, O LORD, unto thy people Israel, whom thou hastredeemed, and lay not innocent blood unto thy people of Israel'scharge. And the blood shall be forgiven them.21:9 So shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent blood from amongyou, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD.21:10 When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and the LORDthy God hath delivered them into thine hands, and thou hast taken themcaptive, 21:11 And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, andhast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife; 21:12Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house, and she shall shave herhead, and pare her nails; 21:13 And she shall put the raiment of hercaptivity from off her, and shall remain in thine house, and bewailher father and her mother a full month: and after that thou shalt goin unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife.21:14 And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shaltlet her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all formoney, thou shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou hasthumbled her.21:15 If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, andthey have born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and ifthe firstborn son be hers that was hated: 21:16 Then it shall be, whenhe maketh his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not makethe son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the hated, which isindeed the firstborn: 21:17 But he shall acknowledge the son of thehated for the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that hehath: for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of thefirstborn is his.21:18 If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obeythe voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, whenthey have chastened him, will not hearken unto them: 21:19 Then shallhis father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto theelders of his city, and unto the gate of his place; 21:20 And theyshall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn andrebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and adrunkard.21:21 And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that hedie: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shallhear, and fear.21:22 And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be tobe put to death, and thou hang him on a tree: 21:23 His body shall notremain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury himthat day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land benot defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.22:1 Thou shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep go astray, andhide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them again untothy brother.22:2 And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know himnot, then thou shalt bring it unto thine own house, and it shall bewith thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore itto him again.22:3 In like manner shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou dowith his raiment; and with all lost thing of thy brother's, which hehath lost, and thou hast found, shalt thou do likewise: thou mayestnot hide thyself.22:4 Thou shalt not see thy brother's ass or his ox fall down by theway, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely help him to liftthem up again.22:5 The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man,neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so areabomination unto the LORD thy God.22:6 If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree,or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the damsitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the damwith the young: 22:7 But thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, andtake the young to thee; that it may be well with thee, and that thoumayest prolong thy days.22:8 When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlementfor thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any manfall from thence.22:9 Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds: lest the fruitof thy seed which thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy vineyard, bedefiled.22:10 Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together.22:11 Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen andlinen together.22:12 Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thyvesture, wherewith thou coverest thyself.22:13 If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her, 22:14And give occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil nameupon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I foundher not a maid: 22:15 Then shall the father of the damsel, and hermother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel's virginity untothe elders of the city in the gate: 22:16 And the damsel's fathershall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife,and he hateth her; 22:17 And, lo, he hath given occasions of speechagainst her, saying, I found not thy daughter a maid; and yet theseare the tokens of my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread thecloth before the elders of the city.22:18 And the elders of that city shall take that man and chastisehim; 22:19 And they shall amerce him in an hundred shekels of silver,and give them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath broughtup an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; hemay not put her away all his days.22:20 But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be notfound for the damsel: 22:21 Then they shall bring out the damsel tothe door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stoneher with stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly inIsrael, to play the whore in her father's house: so shalt thou putevil away from among you.22:22 If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, thenthey shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, andthe woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel.22:23 If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and aman find her in the city, and lie with her; 22:24 Then ye shall bringthem both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them withstones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, being in thecity; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour's wife: sothou shalt put away evil from among you.22:25 But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the manforce her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shalldie.22:26 But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in thedamsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth against hisneighbour, and slayeth him, even so is this matter: 22:27 For he foundher in the field, and the betrothed damsel cried, and there was noneto save her.22:28 If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed,and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found; 22:29 Thenthe man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fiftyshekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbledher, he may not put her away all his days.22:30 A man shall not take his father's wife, nor discover hisfather's skirt.23:1 He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cutoff, shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD.23:2 A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; evento his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation ofthe LORD.23:3 An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation ofthe LORD; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into thecongregation of the LORD for ever: 23:4 Because they met you not withbread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; andbecause they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor ofMesopotamia, to curse thee.23:5 Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; butthe LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, becausethe LORD thy God loved thee.23:6 Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy daysfor ever.23:7 Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother: thoushalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in his land.23:8 The children that are begotten of them shall enter into thecongregation of the LORD in their third generation.23:9 When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep theefrom every wicked thing.23:10 If there be among you any man, that is not clean by reason ofuncleanness that chanceth him by night, then shall he go abroad out ofthe camp, he shall not come within the camp: 23:11 But it shall be,when evening cometh on, he shall wash himself with water: and when thesun is down, he shall come into the camp again.23:12 Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thoushalt go forth abroad: 23:13 And thou shalt have a paddle upon thyweapon; and it shall be, when thou wilt ease thyself abroad, thoushalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which comethfrom thee: 23:14 For the LORD thy God walketh in the midst of thycamp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee;therefore shall thy camp be holy: that he see no unclean thing inthee, and turn away from thee.23:15 Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which isescaped from his master unto thee: 23:16 He shall dwell with thee,even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thygates, where it liketh him best: thou shalt not oppress him.23:17 There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor asodomite of the sons of Israel.23:18 Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog,into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both theseare abomination unto the LORD thy God.23:19 Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money,usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury: 23:20Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thoushalt not lend upon usury: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in allthat thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest topossess it.23:21 When thou shalt vow a vow unto the LORD thy God, thou shalt notslack to pay it: for the LORD thy God will surely require it of thee;and it would be sin in thee.23:22 But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.23:23 That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform;even a freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed unto the LORDthy God, which thou hast promised with thy mouth.23:24 When thou comest into thy neighbour's vineyard, then thou mayesteat grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure; but thou shalt not put anyin thy vessel.23:25 When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbour, thenthou mayest pluck the ears with thine hand; but thou shalt not move asickle unto thy neighbour's standing corn.24:1 When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come topass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found someuncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, andgive it in her hand, and send her out of his house.24:2 And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and beanother man's wife.24:3 And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill ofdivorcement, and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of hishouse; or if the latter husband die, which took her to be his wife;24:4 Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her againto be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abominationbefore the LORD: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which theLORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.24:5 When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war,neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free athome one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.24:6 No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge:for he taketh a man's life to pledge.24:7 If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children ofIsrael, and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth him; then that thiefshall die; and thou shalt put evil away from among you.24:8 Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently,and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you:as I commanded them, so ye shall observe to do.24:9 Remember what the LORD thy God did unto Miriam by the way, afterthat ye were come forth out of Egypt.24:10 When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not gointo his house to fetch his pledge.24:11 Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lendshall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee.24:12 And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:24:13 In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sungoeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: andit shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God.24:14 Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy,whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thyland within thy gates: 24:15 At his day thou shalt give him his hire,neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth hisheart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sinunto thee.24:16 The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neithershall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall beput to death for his own sin.24:17 Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of thefatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge: 24:18 But thou shaltremember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and the LORD thy Godredeemed thee thence: therefore I command thee to do this thing.24:19 When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hastforgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: itshall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: thatthe LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands.24:20 When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over theboughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, andfor the widow.24:21 When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt notglean it afterward: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless,and for the widow.24:22 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land ofEgypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing.25:1 If there be a controversy between men, and they come untojudgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify therighteous, and condemn the wicked.25:2 And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, thatthe judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before hisface, according to his fault, by a certain number.25:3 Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he shouldexceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brothershould seem vile unto thee.25:4 Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.25:5 If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have nochild, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger:her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him towife, and perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her.25:6 And it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shallsucceed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be notput out of Israel.25:7 And if the man like not to take his brother's wife, then let hisbrother's wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, Myhusband's brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name inIsrael, he will not perform the duty of my husband's brother.25:8 Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him:and if he stand to it, and say, I like not to take her; 25:9 Thenshall his brother's wife come unto him in the presence of the elders,and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shallanswer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not buildup his brother's house.25:10 And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him thathath his shoe loosed.25:11 When men strive together one with another, and the wife of theone draweth near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of himthat smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by thesecrets: 25:12 Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall notpity her.25:13 Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and asmall.25:14 Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great anda small.25:15 But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect andjust measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in theland which the LORD thy God giveth thee.25:16 For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, arean abomination unto the LORD thy God.25:17 Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were comeforth out of Egypt; 25:18 How he met thee by the way, and smote thehindmost of thee, even all that were feeble behind thee, when thouwast faint and weary; and he feared not God.25:19 Therefore it shall be, when the LORD thy God hath given theerest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the LORDthy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shaltblot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt notforget it.26:1 And it shall be, when thou art come in unto the land which theLORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and possessest it, anddwellest therein; 26:2 That thou shalt take of the first of all thefruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the LORDthy God giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go untothe place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name there.26:3 And thou shalt go unto the priest that shall be in those days,and say unto him, I profess this day unto the LORD thy God, that I amcome unto the country which the LORD sware unto our fathers for togive us.26:4 And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and setit down before the altar of the LORD thy God.26:5 And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrianready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, andsojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty,and populous: 26:6 And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflictedus, and laid upon us hard bondage: 26:7 And when we cried unto theLORD God of our fathers, the LORD heard our voice, and looked on ouraffliction, and our labour, and our oppression: 26:8 And the LORDbrought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with anoutstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, andwith wonders: 26:9 And he hath brought us into this place, and hathgiven us this land, even a land that floweth with milk and honey.26:10 And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land,which thou, O LORD, hast given me. And thou shalt set it before theLORD thy God, and worship before the LORD thy God: 26:11 And thoushalt rejoice in every good thing which the LORD thy God hath givenunto thee, and unto thine house, thou, and the Levite, and thestranger that is among you.26:12 When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thineincrease the third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast givenit unto the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, thatthey may eat within thy gates, and be filled; 26:13 Then thou shaltsay before the LORD thy God, I have brought away the hallowed thingsout of mine house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and untothe stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to allthy commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not transgressedthy commandments, neither have I forgotten them.26:14 I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I takenaway ought thereof for any unclean use, nor given ought thereof forthe dead: but I have hearkened to the voice of the LORD my God, andhave done according to all that thou hast commanded me.26:15 Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thypeople Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou swarestunto our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey.26:16 This day the LORD thy God hath commanded thee to do thesestatutes and judgments: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with allthine heart, and with all thy soul.26:17 Thou hast avouched the LORD this day to be thy God, and to walkin his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and hisjudgments, and to hearken unto his voice: 26:18 And the LORD hathavouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promisedthee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments; 26:19 And tomake thee high above all nations which he hath made, in praise, and inname, and in honour; and that thou mayest be an holy people unto theLORD thy God, as he hath spoken.27:1 And Moses with the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying,Keep all the commandments which I command you this day.27:2 And it shall be on the day when ye shall pass over Jordan untothe land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt set theeup great stones, and plaister them with plaister: 27:3 And thou shaltwrite upon them all the words of this law, when thou art passed over,that thou mayest go in unto the land which the LORD thy God giveththee, a land that floweth with milk and honey; as the LORD God of thyfathers hath promised thee.27:4 Therefore it shall be when ye be gone over Jordan, that ye shallset up these stones, which I command you this day, in mount Ebal, andthou shalt plaister them with plaister.27:5 And there shalt thou build an altar unto the LORD thy God, analtar of stones: thou shalt not lift up any iron tool upon them.27:6 Thou shalt build the altar of the LORD thy God of whole stones:and thou shalt offer burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD thy God:27:7 And thou shalt offer peace offerings, and shalt eat there, andrejoice before the LORD thy God.27:8 And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this lawvery plainly.27:9 And Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto all Israel,saying, Take heed, and hearken, O Israel; this day thou art become thepeople of the LORD thy God.27:10 Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the LORD thy God, and dohis commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day.27:11 And Moses charged the people the same day, saying, 27:12 Theseshall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are comeover Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph,and Benjamin: 27:13 And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse;Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.27:14 And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israelwith a loud voice, 27:15 Cursed be the man that maketh any graven ormolten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands ofthe craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the peopleshall answer and say, Amen.27:16 Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. Andall the people shall say, Amen.27:17 Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour's landmark. And all thepeople shall say, Amen.27:18 Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. Andall the people shall say, Amen.27:19 Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger,fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.27:20 Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife; because heuncovereth his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.27:21 Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all thepeople shall say, Amen.27:22 Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of hisfather, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say,Amen.27:23 Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law. And all thepeople shall say, Amen.27:24 Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all thepeople shall say, Amen.27:25 Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. Andall the people shall say, Amen.27:26 Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to dothem. And all the people shall say, Amen.28:1 And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently untothe voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all hiscommandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God willset thee on high above all nations of the earth: 28:2 And all theseblessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearkenunto the voice of the LORD thy God.28:3 Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be inthe field.28:4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thyground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and theflocks of thy sheep.28:5 Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store.28:6 Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thoube when thou goest out.28:7 The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee tobe smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way,and flee before thee seven ways.28:8 The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses,and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless theein the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.28:9 The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as hehath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORDthy God, and walk in his ways.28:10 And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called bythe name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of thee.28:11 And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit ofthy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thyground, in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to givethee.28:12 The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven togive the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the workof thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shaltnot borrow.28:13 And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; andthou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thouhearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I commandthee this day, to observe and to do them: 28:14 And thou shalt not goaside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to theright hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.28:15 But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto thevoice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments andhis statutes which I command thee this day; that all these cursesshall come upon thee, and overtake thee: 28:16 Cursed shalt thou be inthe city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.28:17 Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store.28:18 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thyland, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.28:19 Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thoube when thou goest out.28:20 The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, inall that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou bedestroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness ofthy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.28:21 The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until hehave consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possessit.28:22 The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever,and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with thesword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue theeuntil thou perish.28:23 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and theearth that is under thee shall be iron.28:24 The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: fromheaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.28:25 The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies:thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways beforethem: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.28:26 And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, andunto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away.28:27 The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with theemerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst notbe healed.28:28 The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, andastonishment of heart: 28:29 And thou shalt grope at noonday, as theblind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: andthou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shallsave thee.28:30 Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her:thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thoushalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.28:31 Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt noteat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thyface, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given untothine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue them.28:32 Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people,and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the daylong; and there shall be no might in thine hand.28:33 The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation whichthou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushedalway: 28:34 So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyeswhich thou shalt see.28:35 The LORD shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with asore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto thetop of thy head.28:36 The LORD shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt setover thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers haveknown; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.28:37 And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword,among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.28:38 Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gatherbut little in; for the locust shall consume it.28:39 Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neitherdrink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eatthem.28:40 Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thoushalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast hisfruit.28:41 Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoythem; for they shall go into captivity.28:42 All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume.28:43 The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee veryhigh; and thou shalt come down very low.28:44 He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shallbe the head, and thou shalt be the tail.28:45 Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursuethee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thouhearkenedst not unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep hiscommandments and his statutes which he commanded thee: 28:46 And theyshall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed forever.28:47 Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, andwith gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things; 28:48Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall sendagainst thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in wantof all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until hehave destroyed thee.28:49 The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from theend of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tonguethou shalt not understand; 28:50 A nation of fierce countenance, whichshall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young:28:51 And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thyland, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee eithercorn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thysheep, until he have destroyed thee.28:52 And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high andfenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thyland: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thyland, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.28:53 And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thysons and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee, inthe siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shalldistress thee: 28:54 So that the man that is tender among you, andvery delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and towardthe wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which heshall leave: 28:55 So that he will not give to any of them of theflesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing lefthim in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shalldistress thee in all thy gates.28:56 The tender and delicate woman among you, which would notadventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicatenessand tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom,and toward her son, and toward her daughter, 28:57 And toward heryoung one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward herchildren which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of allthings secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemyshall distress thee in thy gates.28:58 If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law thatare written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious andfearful name, THE LORD THY GOD; 28:59 Then the LORD will make thyplagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues,and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance.28:60 Moreover he will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt,which thou wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee.28:61 Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written inthe book of this law, them will the LORD bring upon thee, until thoube destroyed.28:62 And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the starsof heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice ofthe LORD thy God.28:63 And it shall come to pass, that as the LORD rejoiced over you todo you good, and to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice over you todestroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked fromoff the land whither thou goest to possess it.28:64 And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the oneend of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve othergods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood andstone.28:65 And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shallthe sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there atrembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind: 28:66 Andthy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day andnight, and shalt have none assurance of thy life: 28:67 In the morningthou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say,Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thoushalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.28:68 And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, bythe way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again:and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen andbondwomen, and no man shall buy you.29:1 These are the words of the covenant, which the LORD commandedMoses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, besidethe covenant which he made with them in Horeb.29:2 And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye haveseen all that the LORD did before your eyes in the land of Egypt untoPharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land; 29:3 Thegreat temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and thosegreat miracles: 29:4 Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart toperceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.29:5 And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothesare not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thyfoot.29:6 Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strongdrink: that ye might know that I am the LORD your God.29:7 And when ye came unto this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, andOg the king of Bashan, came out against us unto battle, and we smotethem: 29:8 And we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance untothe Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of Manasseh.29:9 Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that yemay prosper in all that ye do.29:10 Ye stand this day all of you before the LORD your God; yourcaptains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with all themen of Israel, 29:11 Your little ones, your wives, and thy strangerthat is in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thywater: 29:12 That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the LORD thyGod, and into his oath, which the LORD thy God maketh with thee thisday: 29:13 That he may establish thee to day for a people untohimself, and that he may be unto thee a God, as he hath said untothee, and as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, andto Jacob.29:14 Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath;29:15 But with him that standeth here with us this day before the LORDour God, and also with him that is not here with us this day: 29:16(For ye know how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt; and how we camethrough the nations which ye passed by; 29:17 And ye have seen theirabominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, whichwere among them:) 29:18 Lest there should be among you man, or woman,or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORDour God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there shouldbe among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood; 29:19 And it cometo pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he blesshimself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in theimagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst: 29:20 TheLORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and hisjealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that arewritten in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot outhis name from under heaven.29:21 And the LORD shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribesof Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that arewritten in this book of the law: 29:22 So that the generation to comeof your children that shall rise up after you, and the stranger thatshall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues ofthat land, and the sicknesses which the LORD hath laid upon it; 29:23And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning,that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, likethe overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which theLORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath: 29:24 Even all nationsshall say, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this land? whatmeaneth the heat of this great anger?  29:25 Then men shall say,Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD God of theirfathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of theland of Egypt: 29:26 For they went and served other gods, andworshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not givenunto them: 29:27 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against thisland, to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this book:29:28 And the LORD rooted them out of their land in anger, and inwrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, asit is this day.29:29 The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those thingswhich are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, thatwe may do all the words of this law.30:1 And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come uponthee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, andthou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the LORDthy God hath driven thee, 30:2 And shalt return unto the LORD thy God,and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee thisday, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thysoul; 30:3 That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, andhave compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from allthe nations, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee.30:4 If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven,from thence will the LORD thy God gather thee, and from thence will hefetch thee: 30:5 And the LORD thy God will bring thee into the landwhich thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and he will dothee good, and multiply thee above thy fathers.30:6 And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heartof thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and withall thy soul, that thou mayest live.30:7 And the LORD thy God will put all these curses upon thineenemies, and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee.30:8 And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the LORD, and do allhis commandments which I command thee this day.30:9 And the LORD thy God will make thee plenteous in every work ofthine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle,and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the LORD will againrejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers: 30:10 Ifthou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep hiscommandments and his statutes which are written in this book of thelaw, and if thou turn unto the LORD thy God with all thine heart, andwith all thy soul.30:11 For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is nothidden from thee, neither is it far off.30:12 It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go upfor us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and doit?  30:13 Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Whoshall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hearit, and do it?  30:14 But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thymouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.30:15 See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and deathand evil; 30:16 In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thyGod, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and hisstatutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: andthe LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest topossess it.30:17 But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, butshalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them; 30:18 Idenounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, and that yeshall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest overJordan to go to possess it.30:19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that Ihave set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: thereforechoose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: 30:20 That thoumayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, andthat thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the lengthof thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD swareunto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.31:1 And Moses went and spake these words unto all Israel.31:2 And he said unto them, I am an hundred and twenty years old thisday; I can no more go out and come in: also the LORD hath said untome, Thou shalt not go over this Jordan.31:3 The LORD thy God, he will go over before thee, and he willdestroy these nations from before thee, and thou shalt possess them:and Joshua, he shall go over before thee, as the LORD hath said.31:4 And the LORD shall do unto them as he did to Sihon and to Og,kings of the Amorites, and unto the land of them, whom he destroyed.31:5 And the LORD shall give them up before your face, that ye may dounto them according unto all the commandments which I have commandedyou.31:6 Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them:for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will notfail thee, nor forsake thee.31:7 And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight ofall Israel, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou must go withthis people unto the land which the LORD hath sworn unto their fathersto give them; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it.31:8 And the LORD, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be withthee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neitherbe dismayed.31:9 And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests thesons of Levi, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and untoall the elders of Israel.31:10 And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every sevenyears, in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast oftabernacles, 31:11 When all Israel is come to appear before the LORDthy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this lawbefore all Israel in their hearing.31:12 Gather the people together, men and women, and children, and thystranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that theymay learn, and fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all the wordsof this law: 31:13 And that their children, which have not known anything, may hear, and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as yelive in the land whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.31:14 And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach thatthou must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacleof the congregation, that I may give him a charge. And Moses andJoshua went, and presented themselves in the tabernacle of thecongregation.31:15 And the LORD appeared in the tabernacle in a pillar of a cloud:and the pillar of the cloud stood over the door of the tabernacle.31:16 And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thyfathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the godsof the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, andwill forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.31:17 Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and Iwill forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shallbe devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so thatthey will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, becauseour God is not among us?  31:18 And I will surely hide my face in thatday for all the evils which they shall have wrought, in that they areturned unto other gods.31:19 Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it thechildren of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be awitness for me against the children of Israel.31:20 For when I shall have brought them into the land which I swareunto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shallhave eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turnunto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break mycovenant.31:21 And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles arebefallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness;for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for Iknow their imagination which they go about, even now, before I havebrought them into the land which I sware.31:22 Moses therefore wrote this song the same day, and taught it thechildren of Israel.31:23 And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strongand of a good courage: for thou shalt bring the children of Israelinto the land which I sware unto them: and I will be with thee.31:24 And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing thewords of this law in a book, until they were finished, 31:25 ThatMoses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of theLORD, saying, 31:26 Take this book of the law, and put it in the sideof the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be therefor a witness against thee.31:27 For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I amyet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD;and how much more after my death?  31:28 Gather unto me all the eldersof your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words intheir ears, and call heaven and earth to record against them.31:29 For I know that after my death ye will utterly corruptyourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you;and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evilin the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through the work ofyour hands.31:30 And Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israelthe words of this song, until they were ended.32:1 Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, thewords of my mouth.32:2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as thedew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers uponthe grass: 32:3 Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribeye greatness unto our God.32:4 He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways arejudgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.32:5 They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of hischildren: they are a perverse and crooked generation.32:6 Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is nothe thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, andestablished thee?  32:7 Remember the days of old, consider the yearsof many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thyelders, and they will tell thee.32:8 When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, whenhe separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the peopleaccording to the number of the children of Israel.32:9 For the LORD's portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of hisinheritance.32:10 He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howlingwilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as theapple of his eye.32:11 As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young,spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings:32:12 So the LORD alone did lead him, and there was no strange godwith him.32:13 He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he mighteat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out ofthe rock, and oil out of the flinty rock; 32:14 Butter of kine, andmilk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, andgoats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pureblood of the grape.32:15 But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou artgrown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God whichmade him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.32:16 They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, withabominations provoked they him to anger.32:17 They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knewnot, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.32:18 Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hastforgotten God that formed thee.32:19 And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, because of theprovoking of his sons, and of his daughters.32:20 And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see whattheir end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, childrenin whom is no faith.32:21 They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; theyhave provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them tojealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them toanger with a foolish nation.32:22 For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto thelowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set onfire the foundations of the mountains.32:23 I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows uponthem.32:24 They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat,and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts uponthem, with the poison of serpents of the dust.32:25 The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both theyoung man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of grayhairs.32:26 I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make theremembrance of them to cease from among men: 32:27 Were it not that Ifeared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behavethemselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, andthe LORD hath not done all this.32:28 For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there anyunderstanding in them.32:29 O that they were wise, that they understood this, that theywould consider their latter end!  32:30 How should one chase athousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock hadsold them, and the LORD had shut them up?  32:31 For their rock is notas our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.32:32 For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields ofGomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter:32:33 Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom ofasps.32:34 Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among mytreasures?  32:35 To me belongeth vengeance and recompence; their footshall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, andthe things that shall come upon them make haste.32:36 For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for hisservants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is noneshut up, or left.32:37 And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom theytrusted, 32:38 Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drankthe wine of their drink offerings? let them rise up and help you, andbe your protection.32:39 See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: Ikill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any thatcan deliver out of my hand.32:40 For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.32:41 If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold onjudgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will rewardthem that hate me.32:42 I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shalldevour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of thecaptives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.32:43 Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge theblood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries,and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people.32:44 And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the earsof the people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun.32:45 And Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel:32:46 And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words whichI testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children toobserve to do, all the words of this law.32:47 For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: andthrough this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither yego over Jordan to possess it.32:48 And the LORD spake unto Moses that selfsame day, saying, 32:49Get thee up into this mountain Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is inthe land of Moab, that is over against Jericho; and behold the land ofCanaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession:32:50 And die in the mount whither thou goest up, and be gathered untothy people; as Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gatheredunto his people: 32:51 Because ye trespassed against me among thechildren of Israel at the waters of MeribahKadesh, in the wildernessof Zin; because ye sanctified me not in the midst of the children ofIsrael.32:52 Yet thou shalt see the land before thee; but thou shalt not gothither unto the land which I give the children of Israel.33:1 And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessedthe children of Israel before his death.33:2 And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir untothem; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousandsof saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.33:3 Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: andthey sat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words.33:4 Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of thecongregation of Jacob.33:5 And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and thetribes of Israel were gathered together.33:6 Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few.33:7 And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said, Hear, LORD, thevoice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands besufficient for him; and be thou an help to him from his enemies.33:8 And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thyholy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didststrive at the waters of Meribah; 33:9 Who said unto his father and tohis mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge hisbrethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word,and kept thy covenant.33:10 They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law: theyshall put incense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thinealtar.33:11 Bless, LORD, his substance, and accept the work of his hands;smite through the loins of them that rise against him, and of themthat hate him, that they rise not again.33:12 And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the LORD shall dwell insafety by him; and the Lord shall cover him all the day long, and heshall dwell between his shoulders.33:13 And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD be his land, for theprecious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that couchethbeneath, 33:14 And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun,and for the precious things put forth by the moon, 33:15 And for thechief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things ofthe lasting hills, 33:16 And for the precious things of the earth andfulness thereof, and for the good will of him that dwelt in the bush:let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of thehead of him that was separated from his brethren.33:17 His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his hornsare like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the peopletogether to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands ofEphraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.33:18 And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and,Issachar, in thy tents.33:19 They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shalloffer sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall suck of theabundance of the seas, and of treasures hid in the sand.33:20 And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: hedwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head.33:21 And he provided the first part for himself, because there, in aportion of the lawgiver, was he seated; and he came with the heads ofthe people, he executed the justice of the LORD, and his judgmentswith Israel.33:22 And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp: he shall leap fromBashan.33:23 And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, andfull with the blessing of the LORD: possess thou the west and thesouth.33:24 And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with children; lethim be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil.33:25 Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thystrength be.33:26 There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon theheaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.33:27 The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are theeverlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee;and shall say, Destroy them.33:28 Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacobshall be upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall dropdown dew.33:29 Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people savedby the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thyexcellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thoushalt tread upon their high places.34:1 And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain ofNebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the LORDshewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan, 34:2 And all Naphtali,and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, untothe utmost sea, 34:3 And the south, and the plain of the valley ofJericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar.34:4 And the LORD said unto him, This is the land which I sware untoAbraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thyseed: I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt notgo over thither.34:5 So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab,according to the word of the LORD.34:6 And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over againstBethpeor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.34:7 And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: hiseye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.34:8 And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moabthirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.34:9 And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; forMoses had laid his hands upon him: and the children of Israelhearkened unto him, and did as the LORD commanded Moses.34:10 And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses,whom the LORD knew face to face, 34:11 In all the signs and thewonders, which the LORD sent him to do in the land of Egypt toPharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land, 34:12 And inall that mighty hand, and in all the great terror which Moses shewedin the sight of all Israel.The Book of Joshua1:1 Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came topass, that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister,saying, 1:2 Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go overthis Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do giveto them, even to the children of Israel.1:3 Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that haveI given unto you, as I said unto Moses.1:4 From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river,the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the greatsea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast.1:5 There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the daysof thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will notfail thee, nor forsake thee.1:6 Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thoudivide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathersto give them.1:7 Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observeto do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee:turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayestprosper withersoever thou goest.1:8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thoushalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to doaccording to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thyway prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.1:9 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be notafraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with theewhithersoever thou goest.1:10 Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying, 1:11Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare youvictuals; for within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to goin to possess the land, which the LORD your God giveth you to possessit.1:12 And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to half the tribeof Manasseh, spake Joshua, saying, 1:13 Remember the word which Mosesthe servant of the LORD commanded you, saying, The LORD your God hathgiven you rest, and hath given you this land.1:14 Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall remain inthe land which Moses gave you on this side Jordan; but ye shall passbefore your brethren armed, all the mighty men of valour, and helpthem; 1:15 Until the LORD have given your brethren rest, as he hathgiven you, and they also have possessed the land which the LORD yourGod giveth them: then ye shall return unto the land of yourpossession, and enjoy it, which Moses the LORD's servant gave you onthis side Jordan toward the sunrising.1:16 And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest us wewill do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go.1:17 According as we hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will wehearken unto thee: only the LORD thy God be with thee, as he was withMoses.1:18 Whosoever he be that doth rebel against thy commandment, and willnot hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, he shallbe put to death: only be strong and of a good courage.2:1 And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spysecretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, andcame into an harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there.2:2 And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there camemen in hither to night of the children of Israel to search out thecountry.2:3 And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth themen that are come to thee, which are entered into thine house: forthey be come to search out all the country.2:4 And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, Therecame men unto me, but I wist not whence they were: 2:5 And it came topass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, thatthe men went out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue after themquickly; for ye shall overtake them.2:6 But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid themwith the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.2:7 And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords:and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shutthe gate.2:8 And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon theroof; 2:9 And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath givenyou the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all theinhabitants of the land faint because of you.2:10 For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red seafor you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kingsof the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og,whom ye utterly destroyed.2:11 And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt,neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you:for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earthbeneath.2:12 Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since Ihave shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto myfather's house, and give me a true token: 2:13 And that ye will savealive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, andall that they have, and deliver our lives from death.2:14 And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter notthis our business. And it shall be, when the LORD hath given us theland, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee.2:15 Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for herhouse was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.2:16 And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest thepursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until thepursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way.2:17 And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thineoath which thou hast made us swear.2:18 Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line ofscarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thoushalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thyfather's household, home unto thee.2:19 And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thyhouse into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we willbe guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his bloodshall be on our head, if any hand be upon him.2:20 And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit ofthine oath which thou hast made us to swear.2:21 And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sentthem away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in thewindow.2:22 And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there threedays, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought themthroughout all the way, but found them not.2:23 So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, andpassed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him allthings that befell them: 2:24 And they said unto Joshua, Truly theLORD hath delivered into our hands all the land; for even all theinhabitants of the country do faint because of us.3:1 And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed fromShittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, andlodged there before they passed over.3:2 And it came to pass after three days, that the officers wentthrough the host; 3:3 And they commanded the people, saying, When yesee the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests theLevites bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go afterit.3:4 Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousandcubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way bywhich ye must go: for ye have not passed this way heretofore.3:5 And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you.3:6 And Joshua spake unto the priests, saying, Take up the ark of thecovenant, and pass over before the people. And they took up the ark ofthe covenant, and went before the people.3:7 And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to magnifythee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I waswith Moses, so I will be with thee.3:8 And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of thecovenant, saying, When ye are come to the brink of the water ofJordan, ye shall stand still in Jordan.3:9 And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hearthe words of the LORD your God.3:10 And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God isamong you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you theCanaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, andthe Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites.3:11 Behold, the ark of the covenant of the LORD of all the earthpasseth over before you into Jordan.3:12 Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel,out of every tribe a man.3:13 And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet ofthe priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the LORD of all the earth,shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall becut off from the waters that come down from above; and they shallstand upon an heap.3:14 And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, topass over Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the covenantbefore the people; 3:15 And as they that bare the ark were come untoJordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped inthe brim of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all thetime of harvest,) 3:16 That the waters which came down from abovestood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that isbeside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain,even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passedover right against Jericho.3:17 And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORDstood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all theIsraelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people were passedclean over Jordan.4:1 And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed overJordan, that the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying, 4:2 Take you twelvemen out of the people, out of every tribe a man, 4:3 And command yethem, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of theplace where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and ye shallcarry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, whereye shall lodge this night.4:4 Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of thechildren of Israel, out of every tribe a man: 4:5 And Joshua said untothem, Pass over before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst ofJordan, and take you up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder,according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel: 4:6That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask theirfathers in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones?  4:7Then ye shall answer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut offbefore the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it passed overJordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall befor a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever.4:8 And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took uptwelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the LORD spake untoJoshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children ofIsrael, and carried them over with them unto the place where theylodged, and laid them down there.4:9 And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in theplace where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenantstood: and they are there unto this day.4:10 For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan,until everything was finished that the LORD commanded Joshua to speakunto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and thepeople hasted and passed over.4:11 And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over,that the ark of the LORD passed over, and the priests, in the presenceof the people.4:12 And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half thetribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, asMoses spake unto them: 4:13 About forty thousand prepared for warpassed over before the LORD unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.4:14 On that day the LORD magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel;and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life.4:15 And the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying, 4:16 Command the prieststhat bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan.4:17 Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out ofJordan.4:18 And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of thecovenant of the LORD were come up out of the midst of Jordan, and thesoles of the priests' feet were lifted up unto the dry land, that thewaters of Jordan returned unto their place, and flowed over all hisbanks, as they did before.4:19 And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of thefirst month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho.4:20 And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, didJoshua pitch in Gilgal.4:21 And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When yourchildren shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What meanthese stones?  4:22 Then ye shall let your children know, saying,Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.4:23 For the LORD your God dried up the waters of Jordan from beforeyou, until ye were passed over, as the LORD your God did to the Redsea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over: 4:24That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD, thatit is mighty: that ye might fear the LORD your God for ever.5:1 And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, whichwere on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of theCanaanites, which were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried upthe waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we werepassed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in themany more, because of the children of Israel.5:2 At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives,and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.5:3 And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children ofIsrael at the hill of the foreskins.5:4 And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise: All the peoplethat came out of Egypt, that were males, even all the men of war, diedin the wilderness by the way, after they came out of Egypt.5:5 Now all the people that came out were circumcised: but all thepeople that were born in the wilderness by the way as they came forthout of Egypt, them they had not circumcised.5:6 For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness,till all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt,were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: untowhom the LORD sware that he would not shew them the land, which theLORD sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land thatfloweth with milk and honey.5:7 And their children, whom he raised up in their stead, them Joshuacircumcised: for they were uncircumcised, because they had notcircumcised them by the way.5:8 And it came to pass, when they had done circumcising all thepeople, that they abode in their places in the camp, till they werewhole.5:9 And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away thereproach of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of the place iscalled Gilgal unto this day.5:10 And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept thepassover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains ofJericho.5:11 And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow afterthe passover, unleavened cakes, and parched corn in the selfsame day.5:12 And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of theold corn of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna anymore; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.5:13 And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he liftedup his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over againsthim with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, andsaid unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?  5:14 And hesaid, Nay; but as captain of the host of the LORD am I now come. AndJoshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said untohim, What saith my Lord unto his servant?  5:15 And the captain of theLORD's host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; forthe place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so.6:1 Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children ofIsrael: none went out, and none came in.6:2 And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine handJericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour.6:3 And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go roundabout the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.6:4 And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets oframs' horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seventimes, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets.6:5 And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast withthe ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all thepeople shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shallfall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straightbefore him.6:6 And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them,Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seventrumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the LORD.6:7 And he said unto the people, Pass on, and compass the city, andlet him that is armed pass on before the ark of the LORD.6:8 And it came to pass, when Joshua had spoken unto the people, thatthe seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns passed onbefore the LORD, and blew with the trumpets: and the ark of thecovenant of the LORD followed them.6:9 And the armed men went before the priests that blew with thetrumpets, and the rereward came after the ark, the priests going on,and blowing with the trumpets.6:10 And Joshua had commanded the people, saying, Ye shall not shout,nor make any noise with your voice, neither shall any word proceed outof your mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then shall ye shout.6:11 So the ark of the LORD compassed the city, going about it once:and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.6:12 And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up theark of the LORD.6:13 And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams' horns beforethe ark of the LORD went on continually, and blew with the trumpets:and the armed men went before them; but the rereward came after theark of the LORD, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets.6:14 And the second day they compassed the city once, and returnedinto the camp: so they did six days.6:15 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose earlyabout the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the samemanner seven times: only on that day they compassed the city seventimes.6:16 And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blewwith the trumpets, Joshua said unto the people, Shout; for the LORDhath given you the city.6:17 And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that aretherein, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and allthat are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that wesent.6:18 And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lestye make yourselves accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, andmake the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it.6:19 But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, areconsecrated unto the LORD: they shall come into the treasury of theLORD.6:20 So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets:and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet,and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell downflat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straightbefore him, and they took the city.6:21 And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man andwoman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of thesword.6:22 But Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied out thecountry, Go into the harlot's house, and bring out thence the woman,and all that she hath, as ye sware unto her.6:23 And the young men that were spies went in, and brought out Rahab,and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that shehad; and they brought out all her kindred, and left them without thecamp of Israel.6:24 And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein: onlythe silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, theyput into the treasury of the house of the LORD.6:25 And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father'shousehold, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even untothis day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy outJericho.6:26 And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the manbefore the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: heshall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngestson shall he set up the gates of it.6:27 So the LORD was with Joshua; and his fame was noised throughoutall the country.7:1 But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursedthing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son ofZerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and theanger of the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel.7:2 And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Bethaven,on the east of Bethel, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view thecountry.And the men went up and viewed Ai.7:3 And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all thepeople go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smiteAi; and make not all the people to labour thither; for they are butfew.7:4 So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men:and they fled before the men of Ai.7:5 And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for theychased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them inthe going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and becameas water.7:6 And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his facebefore the ark of the LORD until the eventide, he and the elders ofIsrael, and put dust upon their heads.7:7 And Joshua said, Alas, O LORD God, wherefore hast thou at allbrought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of theAmorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelton the other side Jordan!  7:8 O LORD, what shall I say, when Israelturneth their backs before their enemies!  7:9 For the Canaanites andall the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ usround, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do untothy great name?  7:10 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Get thee up;wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face?  7:11 Israel hath sinned, andthey have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: forthey have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, anddissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff.7:12 Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before theirenemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because theywere accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroythe accursed from among you.7:13 Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against tomorrow: for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, There is an accursedthing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand beforethine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you.7:14 In the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to yourtribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which the LORD taketh shallcome according to the families thereof; and the family which the LORDshall take shall come by households; and the household which the LORDshall take shall come man by man.7:15 And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thingshall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because he hathtransgressed the covenant of the LORD, and because he hath wroughtfolly in Israel.7:16 So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel bytheir tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken: 7:17 And he broughtthe family of Judah; and he took the family of the Zarhites: and hebrought the family of the Zarhites man by man; and Zabdi was taken:7:18 And he brought his household man by man; and Achan, the son ofCarmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, wastaken.7:19 And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory tothe LORD God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me nowwhat thou hast done; hide it not from me.7:20 And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned againstthe LORD God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done: 7:21 When I sawamong the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekelsof silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I covetedthem, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in themidst of my tent, and the silver under it.7:22 So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and,behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it.7:23 And they took them out of the midst of the tent, and brought themunto Joshua, and unto all the children of Israel, and laid them outbefore the LORD.7:24 And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah,and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons,and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and histent, and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley ofAchor.7:25 And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the LORD shalltrouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, andburned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones.7:26 And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. Sothe LORD turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the nameof that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day.8:1 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou dismayed:take all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to Ai: see, Ihave given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city,and his land: 8:2 And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didstunto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattlethereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambushfor the city behind it.8:3 So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai:and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valour, and sentthem away by night.8:4 And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in waitagainst the city, even behind the city: go not very far from the city,but be ye all ready: 8:5 And I, and all the people that are with me,will approach unto the city: and it shall come to pass, when they comeout against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them, 8:6(For they will come out after us) till we have drawn them from thecity; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first:therefore we will flee before them.8:7 Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize upon the city:for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand.8:8 And it shall be, when ye have taken the city, that ye shall setthe city on fire: according to the commandment of the LORD shall yedo. See, I have commanded you.8:9 Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush,and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshualodged that night among the people.8:10 And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and numbered the people,and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.8:11 And all the people, even the people of war that were with him,went up, and drew nigh, and came before the city, and pitched on thenorth side of Ai: now there was a valley between them and Ai.8:12 And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie inambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.8:13 And when they had set the people, even all the host that was onthe north of the city, and their liers in wait on the west of thecity, Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.8:14 And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hastedand rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel tobattle, he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the plain;but he wist not that there were liers in ambush against him behind thecity.8:15 And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten beforethem, and fled by the way of the wilderness.8:16 And all the people that were in Ai were called together to pursueafter them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away fromthe city.8:17 And there was not a man left in Ai or Bethel, that went not outafter Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.8:18 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Stretch out the spear that is inthy hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thine hand. And Joshuastretched out the spear that he had in his hand toward the city.8:19 And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran assoon as he had stretched out his hand: and they entered into the city,and took it, and hasted and set the city on fire.8:20 And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold,the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power toflee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wildernessturned back upon the pursuers.8:21 And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken thecity, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again,and slew the men of Ai.8:22 And the other issued out of the city against them; so they werein the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side: andthey smote them, so that they let none of them remain or escape.8:23 And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.8:24 And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying allthe inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein theychased them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword,until they were consumed, that all the Israelites returned unto Ai,and smote it with the edge of the sword.8:25 And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men andwomen, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai.8:26 For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out thespear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.8:27 Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a preyunto themselves, according unto the word of the LORD which hecommanded Joshua.8:28 And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even adesolation unto this day.8:29 And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and assoon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take hiscarcase down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate ofthe city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, that remainethunto this day.8:30 Then Joshua built an altar unto the LORD God of Israel in mountEbal, 8:31 As Moses the servant of the LORD commanded the children ofIsrael, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar ofwhole stones, over which no man hath lift up any iron: and theyoffered thereon burnt offerings unto the LORD, and sacrificed peaceofferings.8:32 And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of Moses,which he wrote in the presence of the children of Israel.8:33 And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges,stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests theLevites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, as well thestranger, as he that was born among them; half of them over againstmount Gerizim, and half of them over against mount Ebal; as Moses theservant of the LORD had commanded before, that they should bless thepeople of Israel.8:34 And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessings andcursings, according to all that is written in the book of the law.8:35 There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshuaread not before all the congregation of Israel, with the women, andthe little ones, and the strangers that were conversant among them.9:1 And it came to pass, when all the kings which were on this sideJordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of thegreat sea over against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, theCanaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof;9:2 That they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua andwith Israel, with one accord.9:3 And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done untoJericho and to Ai, 9:4 They did work wilily, and went and made as ifthey had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, andwine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up; 9:5 And old shoes andclouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the breadof their provision was dry and mouldy.9:6 And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said untohim, and to the men of Israel, We be come from a far country: nowtherefore make ye a league with us.9:7 And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwellamong us; and how shall we make a league with you?  9:8 And they saidunto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who areye? and from whence come ye?  9:9 And they said unto him, From a veryfar country thy servants are come because of the name of the LORD thyGod: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt,9:10 And all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, that werebeyond Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan,which was at Ashtaroth.9:11 Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spaketo us, saying, Take victuals with you for the journey, and go to meetthem, and say unto them, We are your servants: therefore now make ye aleague with us.9:12 This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses onthe day we came forth to go unto you; but now, behold, it is dry, andit is mouldy: 9:13 And these bottles of wine, which we filled, werenew; and, behold, they be rent: and these our garments and our shoesare become old by reason of the very long journey.9:14 And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at themouth of the LORD.9:15 And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, tolet them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them.9:16 And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had madea league with them, that they heard that they were their neighbours,and that they dwelt among them.9:17 And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their citieson the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, andBeeroth, and Kirjathjearim.9:18 And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes ofthe congregation had sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel. Andall the congregation murmured against the princes.9:19 But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have swornunto them by the LORD God of Israel: now therefore we may not touchthem.9:20 This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrathbe upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.9:21 And the princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them behewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation; as theprinces had promised them.9:22 And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying,Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying, We are very far from you; whenye dwell among us?  9:23 Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shallnone of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood anddrawers of water for the house of my God.9:24 And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly toldthy servants, how that the LORD thy God commanded his servant Moses togive you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the landfrom before you, therefore we were sore afraid of our lives because ofyou, and have done this thing.9:25 And now, behold, we are in thine hand: as it seemeth good andright unto thee to do unto us, do.9:26 And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand ofthe children of Israel, that they slew them not.9:27 And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of waterfor the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, even unto thisday, in the place which he should choose.10:1 Now it came to pass, when Adonizedec king of Jerusalem had heardhow Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had doneto Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and howthe inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were amongthem; 10:2 That they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city,as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, andall the men thereof were mighty.10:3 Wherefore Adonizedec king of Jerusalem, sent unto Hoham king ofHebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king ofLachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying, 10:4 Come up unto me,and help me, that we may smite Gibeon: for it hath made peace withJoshua and with the children of Israel.10:5 Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem,the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the kingof Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and alltheir hosts, and encamped before Gibeon, and made war against it.10:6 And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the camp to Gilgal,saying, Slack not thy hand from thy servants; come up to us quickly,and save us, and help us: for all the kings of the Amorites that dwellin the mountains are gathered together against us.10:7 So Joshua ascended from Gilgal, he, and all the people of warwith him, and all the mighty men of valour.10:8 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear them not: for I havedelivered them into thine hand; there shall not a man of them standbefore thee.10:9 Joshua therefore came unto them suddenly, and went up from Gilgalall night.10:10 And the LORD discomfited them before Israel, and slew them witha great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goethup to Bethhoron, and smote them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah.10:11 And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and werein the going down to Bethhoron, that the LORD cast down great stonesfrom heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they were more whichdied with hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew withthe sword.10:12 Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD deliveredup the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in thesight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, inthe valley of Ajalon.10:13 And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the peoplehad avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in thebook of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, andhasted not to go down about a whole day.10:14 And there was no day like that before it or after it, that theLORD hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the LORD fought forIsrael.10:15 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp toGilgal.10:16 But these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a cave atMakkedah.10:17 And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found hid ina cave at Makkedah.10:18 And Joshua said, Roll great stones upon the mouth of the cave,and set men by it for to keep them: 10:19 And stay ye not, but pursueafter your enemies, and smite the hindmost of them; suffer them not toenter into their cities: for the LORD your God hath delivered theminto your hand.10:20 And it came to pass, when Joshua and the children of Israel hadmade an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till theywere consumed, that the rest which remained of them entered intofenced cities.10:21 And all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah inpeace: none moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel.10:22 Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring outthose five kings unto me out of the cave.10:23 And they did so, and brought forth those five kings unto him outof the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king ofJarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon.10:24 And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings untoJoshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said untothe captains of the men of war which went with him, Come near, putyour feet upon the necks of these kings. And they came near, and puttheir feet upon the necks of them.10:25 And Joshua said unto them, Fear not, nor be dismayed, be strongand of good courage: for thus shall the LORD do to all your enemiesagainst whom ye fight.10:26 And afterward Joshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged themon five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening.10:27 And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun,that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and castthem into the cave wherein they had been hid, and laid great stones inthe cave's mouth, which remain until this very day.10:28 And that day Joshua took Makkedah, and smote it with the edge ofthe sword, and the king thereof he utterly destroyed, them, and allthe souls that were therein; he let none remain: and he did to theking of Makkedah as he did unto the king of Jericho.10:29 Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, untoLibnah, and fought against Libnah: 10:30 And the LORD delivered italso, and the king thereof, into the hand of Israel; and he smote itwith the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein; helet none remain in it; but did unto the king thereof as he did untothe king of Jericho.10:31 And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, untoLachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it: 10:32 And theLORD delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel, which took it on thesecond day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the soulsthat were therein, according to all that he had done to Libnah.10:33 Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshuasmote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining.10:34 And from Lachish Joshua passed unto Eglon, and all Israel withhim; and they encamped against it, and fought against it: 10:35 Andthey took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, andall the souls that were therein he utterly destroyed that day,according to all that he had done to Lachish.10:36 And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, untoHebron; and they fought against it: 10:37 And they took it, and smoteit with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof, and all thecities thereof, and all the souls that were therein; he left noneremaining, according to all that he had done to Eglon; but destroyedit utterly, and all the souls that were therein.10:38 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir; andfought against it: 10:39 And he took it, and the king thereof, and allthe cities thereof; and they smote them with the edge of the sword,and utterly destroyed all the souls that were therein; he left noneremaining: as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to theking thereof; as he had done also to Libnah, and to her king.10:40 So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and of the south,and of the vale, and of the springs, and all their kings: he left noneremaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the LORD God ofIsrael commanded.10:41 And Joshua smote them from Kadeshbarnea even unto Gaza, and allthe country of Goshen, even unto Gibeon.10:42 And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time,because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel.10:43 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp toGilgal.11:1 And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor had heard thosethings, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king ofShimron, and to the king of Achshaph, 11:2 And to the kings that wereon the north of the mountains, and of the plains south of Chinneroth,and in the valley, and in the borders of Dor on the west, 11:3 And tothe Canaanite on the east and on the west, and to the Amorite, and theHittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the mountains, and tothe Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh.11:4 And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, muchpeople, even as the sand that is upon the sea shore in multitude, withhorses and chariots very many.11:5 And when all these kings were met together, they came and pitchedtogether at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.11:6 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: forto morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain beforeIsrael: thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots withfire.11:7 So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against themby the waters of Merom suddenly; and they fell upon them.11:8 And the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smotethem, and chased them unto great Zidon, and unto Misrephothmaim, andunto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until theyleft them none remaining.11:9 And Joshua did unto them as the LORD bade him: he houghed theirhorses, and burnt their chariots with fire.11:10 And Joshua at that time turned back, and took Hazor, and smotethe king thereof with the sword: for Hazor beforetime was the head ofall those kingdoms.11:11 And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge ofthe sword, utterly destroying them: there was not any left to breathe:and he burnt Hazor with fire.11:12 And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them,did Joshua take, and smote them with the edge of the sword, and heutterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the LORD commanded.11:13 But as for the cities that stood still in their strength, Israelburned none of them, save Hazor only; that did Joshua burn.11:14 And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the childrenof Israel took for a prey unto themselves; but every man they smotewith the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neitherleft they any to breathe.11:15 As the LORD commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses commandJoshua, and so did Joshua; he left nothing undone of all that the LORDcommanded Moses.11:16 So Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the southcountry, and all the land of Goshen, and the valley, and the plain,and the mountain of Israel, and the valley of the same; 11:17 Evenfrom the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even unto Baalgad in thevalley of Lebanon under mount Hermon: and all their kings he took, andsmote them, and slew them.11:18 Joshua made war a long time with all those kings.11:19 There was not a city that made peace with the children ofIsrael, save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: all other theytook in battle.11:20 For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, that they shouldcome against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, andthat they might have no favour, but that he might destroy them, as theLORD commanded Moses.11:21 And at that time came Joshua, and cut off the Anakims from themountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all themountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel: Joshuadestroyed them utterly with their cities.11:22 There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the childrenof Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained.11:23 So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORDsaid unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israelaccording to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested fromwar.12:1 Now these are the kings of the land, which the children of Israelsmote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward therising of the sun, from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all theplain on the east: 12:2 Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt inHeshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the riverArnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, evenunto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;12:3 And from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and untothe sea of the plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way toBethjeshimoth; and from the south, under Ashdothpisgah: 12:4 And thecoast of Og king of Bashan, which was of the remnant of the giants,that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei, 12:5 And reigned in mountHermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto the border of theGeshurites and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihonking of Heshbon.12:6 Them did Moses the servant of the LORD and the children of Israelsmite: and Moses the servant of the LORD gave it for a possession untothe Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh.12:7 And these are the kings of the country which Joshua and thechildren of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west, from Baalgadin the valley of Lebanon even unto the mount Halak, that goeth up toSeir; which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel for a possessionaccording to their divisions; 12:8 In the mountains, and in thevalleys, and in the plains, and in the springs, and in the wilderness,and in the south country; the Hittites, the Amorites, and theCanaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: 12:9 Theking of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one;12:10 The king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one; 12:11 Theking of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one; 12:12 The king ofEglon, one; the king of Gezer, one; 12:13 The king of Debir, one; theking of Geder, one; 12:14 The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad,one; 12:15 The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one; 12:16The king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one; 12:17 The king ofTappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one; 12:18 The king of Aphek, one;the king of Lasharon, one; 12:19 The king of Madon, one; the king ofHazor, one; 12:20 The king of Shimronmeron, one; the king of Achshaph,one; 12:21 The king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one; 12:22The king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam of Carmel, one; 12:23 Theking of Dor in the coast of Dor, one; the king of the nations ofGilgal, one; 12:24 The king of Tirzah, one: all the kings thirty andone.13:1 Now Joshua was old and stricken in years; and the LORD said untohim, Thou art old and stricken in years, and there remaineth yet verymuch land to be possessed.13:2 This is the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of thePhilistines, and all Geshuri, 13:3 From Sihor, which is before Egypt,even unto the borders of Ekron northward, which is counted to theCanaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and theAshdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; alsothe Avites: 13:4 From the south, all the land of the Canaanites, andMearah that is beside the Sidonians unto Aphek, to the borders of theAmorites: 13:5 And the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon, towardthe sunrising, from Baalgad under mount Hermon unto the entering intoHamath.13:6 All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon untoMisrephothmaim, and all the Sidonians, them will I drive out frombefore the children of Israel: only divide thou it by lot unto theIsraelites for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee.13:7 Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the ninetribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh, 13:8 With whom the Reubenitesand the Gadites have received their inheritance, which Moses gavethem, beyond Jordan eastward, even as Moses the servant of the LORDgave them; 13:9 From Aroer, that is upon the bank of the river Arnon,and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain ofMedeba unto Dibon; 13:10 And all the cities of Sihon king of theAmorites, which reigned in Heshbon, unto the border of the children ofAmmon; 13:11 And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites andMaachathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah; 13:12All the kingdom of Og in Bashan, which reigned in Ashtaroth and inEdrei, who remained of the remnant of the giants: for these did Mosessmite, and cast them out.13:13 Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites,nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwellamong the Israelites until this day.13:14 Only unto the tribes of Levi he gave none inheritance; thesacrifices of the LORD God of Israel made by fire are theirinheritance, as he said unto them.13:15 And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reubeninheritance according to their families.13:16 And their coast was from Aroer, that is on the bank of the riverArnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all theplain by Medeba; 13:17 Heshbon, and all her cities that are in theplain; Dibon, and Bamothbaal, and Bethbaalmeon, 13:18 And Jahaza, andKedemoth, and Mephaath, 13:19 And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, andZarethshahar in the mount of the valley, 13:20 And Bethpeor, andAshdothpisgah, and Bethjeshimoth, 13:21 And all the cities of theplain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, whichreigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian, Evi,and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, which were dukes of Sihon,dwelling in the country.13:22 Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children ofIsrael slay with the sword among them that were slain by them.13:23 And the border of the children of Reuben was Jordan, and theborder thereof. This was the inheritance of the children of Reubenafter their families, the cities and the villages thereof.13:24 And Moses gave inheritance unto the tribe of Gad, even unto thechildren of Gad according to their families.13:25 And their coast was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, andhalf the land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that is beforeRabbah; 13:26 And from Heshbon unto Ramathmizpeh, and Betonim; andfrom Mahanaim unto the border of Debir; 13:27 And in the valley,Betharam, and Bethnimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of thekingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan and his border, even unto theedge of the sea of Chinnereth on the other side Jordan eastward.13:28 This is the inheritance of the children of Gad after theirfamilies, the cities, and their villages.13:29 And Moses gave inheritance unto the half tribe of Manasseh: andthis was the possession of the half tribe of the children of Manassehby their families.13:30 And their coast was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdomof Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan,threescore cities: 13:31 And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei,cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were pertaining unto thechildren of Machir the son of Manasseh, even to the one half of thechildren of Machir by their families.13:32 These are the countries which Moses did distribute forinheritance in the plains of Moab, on the other side Jordan, byJericho, eastward.13:33 But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not any inheritance: theLORD God of Israel was their inheritance, as he said unto them.14:1 And these are the countries which the children of Israelinherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshuathe son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of thechildren of Israel, distributed for inheritance to them.14:2 By lot was their inheritance, as the LORD commanded by the handof Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe.14:3 For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and an halftribe on the other side Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave noneinheritance among them.14:4 For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim:therefore they gave no part unto the Levites in the land, save citiesto dwell in, with their suburbs for their cattle and for theirsubstance.14:5 As the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, andthey divided the land.14:6 Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Calebthe son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him, Thou knowest thething that the LORD said unto Moses the man of God concerning me andthee in Kadeshbarnea.14:7 Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the LORD sent mefrom Kadeshbarnea to espy out the land; and I brought him word againas it was in mine heart.14:8 Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart ofthe people melt: but I wholly followed the LORD my God.14:9 And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon thyfeet have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children's forever, because thou hast wholly followed the LORD my God.14:10 And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me alive, as he said, theseforty and five years, even since the LORD spake this word unto Moses,while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo,I am this day fourscore and five years old.14:11 As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Mosessent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war,both to go out, and to come in.14:12 Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the LORD spake inthat day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims were there,and that the cities were great and fenced: if so be the LORD will bewith me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the LORD said.14:13 And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of JephunnehHebron for an inheritance.14:14 Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son ofJephunneh the Kenezite unto this day, because that he wholly followedthe LORD God of Israel.14:15 And the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba; which Arba was agreat man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war.15:1 This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah bytheir families; even to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zinsouthward was the uttermost part of the south coast.15:2 And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, fromthe bay that looketh southward: 15:3 And it went out to the south sideto Maalehacrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended up on thesouth side unto Kadeshbarnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went upto Adar, and fetched a compass to Karkaa: 15:4 From thence it passedtoward Azmon, and went out unto the river of Egypt; and the goings outof that coast were at the sea: this shall be your south coast.15:5 And the east border was the salt sea, even unto the end ofJordan.And their border in the north quarter was from the bay of the sea atthe uttermost part of Jordan: 15:6 And the border went up toBethhogla, and passed along by the north of Betharabah; and the borderwent up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben: 15:7 And the borderwent up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward,looking toward Gilgal, that is before the going up to Adummim, whichis on the south side of the river: and the border passed toward thewaters of Enshemesh, and the goings out thereof were at Enrogel: 15:8And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto thesouth side of the Jebusite; the same is Jerusalem: and the border wentup to the top of the mountain that lieth before the valley of Hinnomwestward, which is at the end of the valley of the giants northward:15:9 And the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto thefountain of the water of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mountEphron; and the border was drawn to Baalah, which is Kirjathjearim:15:10 And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir,and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, onthe north side, and went down to Bethshemesh, and passed on to Timnah:15:11 And the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward: andthe border was drawn to Shicron, and passed along to mount Baalah, andwent out unto Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at thesea.15:12 And the west border was to the great sea, and the coast thereof.This is the coast of the children of Judah round about according totheir families.15:13 And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among thechildren of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua,even the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron.15:14 And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, andAhiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.15:15 And he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir: and the nameof Debir before was Kirjathsepher.15:16 And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it, tohim will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.15:17 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: andhe gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.15:18 And it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she moved him toask of her father a field: and she lighted off her ass; and Caleb saidunto her, What wouldest thou?  15:19 Who answered, Give me a blessing;for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water.And he gave her the upper springs, and the nether springs.15:20 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judahaccording to their families.15:21 And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judahtoward the coast of Edom southward were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur,15:22 And Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah, 15:23 And Kedesh, and Hazor,and Ithnan, 15:24 Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth, 15:25 And Hazor,Hadattah, and Kerioth, and Hezron, which is Hazor, 15:26 Amam, andShema, and Moladah, 15:27 And Hazargaddah, and Heshmon, and Bethpalet,15:28 And Hazarshual, and Beersheba, and Bizjothjah, 15:29 Baalah, andIim, and Azem, 15:30 And Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah, 15:31 AndZiklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah, 15:32 And Lebaoth, and Shilhim,and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are twenty and nine, with theirvillages: 15:33 And in the valley, Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah,15:34 And Zanoah, and Engannim, Tappuah, and Enam, 15:35 Jarmuth, andAdullam, Socoh, and Azekah, 15:36 And Sharaim, and Adithaim, andGederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages: 15:37Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdalgad, 15:38 And Dilean, and Mizpeh, andJoktheel, 15:39 Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon, 15:40 And Cabbon, andLahmam, and Kithlish, 15:41 And Gederoth, Bethdagon, and Naamah, andMakkedah; sixteen cities with their villages: 15:42 Libnah, and Ether,and Ashan, 15:43 And Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib, 15:44 And Keilah,and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages: 15:45Ekron, with her towns and her villages: 15:46 From Ekron even unto thesea, all that lay near Ashdod, with their villages: 15:47 Ashdod withher towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns and her villages, untothe river of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border thereof: 15:48And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh, 15:49 And Dannah,and Kirjathsannah, which is Debir, 15:50 And Anab, and Eshtemoh, andAnim, 15:51 And Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with theirvillages: 15:52 Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean, 15:53 And Janum, andBethtappuah, and Aphekah, 15:54 And Humtah, and Kirjatharba, which isHebron, and Zior; nine cities with their villages: 15:55 Maon, Carmel,and Ziph, and Juttah, 15:56 And Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah,15:57 Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages: 15:58Halhul, Bethzur, and Gedor, 15:59 And Maarath, and Bethanoth, andEltekon; six cities with their villages: 15:60 Kirjathbaal, which isKirjathjearim, and Rabbah; two cities with their villages: 15:61 Inthe wilderness, Betharabah, Middin, and Secacah, 15:62 And Nibshan,and the city of Salt, and Engedi; six cities with their villages.15:63 As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the childrenof Judah could not drive them out; but the Jebusites dwell with thechildren of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day.16:1 And the lot of the children of Joseph fell from Jordan byJericho, unto the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness thatgoeth up from Jericho throughout mount Bethel, 16:2 And goeth out fromBethel to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth,16:3 And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the coastof Bethhoron the nether, and to Gezer; and the goings out thereof areat the sea.16:4 So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took theirinheritance.16:5 And the border of the children of Ephraim according to theirfamilies was thus: even the border of their inheritance on the eastside was Atarothaddar, unto Bethhoron the upper; 16:6 And the borderwent out toward the sea to Michmethah on the north side; and theborder went about eastward unto Taanathshiloh, and passed by it on theeast to Janohah; 16:7 And it went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and toNaarath, and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan.16:8 The border went out from Tappuah westward unto the river Kanah;and the goings out thereof were at the sea. This is the inheritance ofthe tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families.16:9 And the separate cities for the children of Ephraim were amongthe inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with theirvillages.16:10 And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: butthe Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serveunder tribute.17:1 There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was thefirstborn of Joseph; to wit, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, thefather of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gileadand Bashan.17:2 There was also a lot for the rest of the children of Manasseh bytheir families; for the children of Abiezer, and for the children ofHelek, and for the children of Asriel, and for the children ofShechem, and for the children of Hepher, and for the children ofShemida: these were the male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph bytheir families.17:3 But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son ofMachir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters: and these arethe names of his daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, andTirzah.17:4 And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshuathe son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The LORD commandedMoses to give us an inheritance among our brethren. Thereforeaccording to the commandment of the LORD he gave them an inheritanceamong the brethren of their father.17:5 And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, beside the land ofGilead and Bashan, which were on the other side Jordan; 17:6 Becausethe daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons: and therest of Manasseh's sons had the land of Gilead.17:7 And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah, thatlieth before Shechem; and the border went along on the right hand untothe inhabitants of Entappuah.17:8 Now Manasseh had the land of Tappuah: but Tappuah on the borderof Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim; 17:9 And the coastdescended unto the river Kanah, southward of the river: these citiesof Ephraim are among the cities of Manasseh: the coast of Manassehalso was on the north side of the river, and the outgoings of it wereat the sea: 17:10 Southward it was Ephraim's, and northward it wasManasseh's, and the sea is his border; and they met together in Asheron the north, and in Issachar on the east.17:11 And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Bethshean and hertowns, and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and hertowns, and the inhabitants of Endor and her towns, and the inhabitantsof Taanach and her towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and hertowns, even three countries.17:12 Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitantsof those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.17:13 Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxenstrong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, but did not utterlydrive them out.17:14 And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hastthou given me but one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I am agreat people, forasmuch as the LORD hath blessed me hitherto?  17:15And Joshua answered them, If thou be a great people, then get thee upto the wood country, and cut down for thyself there in the land of thePerizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee.17:16 And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us:and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley havechariots of iron, both they who are of Bethshean and her towns, andthey who are of the valley of Jezreel.17:17 And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim andto Manasseh, saying, Thou art a great people, and hast great power:thou shalt not have one lot only: 17:18 But the mountain shall bethine; for it is a wood, and thou shalt cut it down: and the outgoingsof it shall be thine: for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, thoughthey have iron chariots, and though they be strong.18:1 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembledtogether at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregationthere. And the land was subdued before them.18:2 And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes,which had not yet received their inheritance.18:3 And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are yeslack to go to possess the land, which the LORD God of your fathershath given you?  18:4 Give out from among you three men for eachtribe: and I will send them, and they shall rise, and go through theland, and describe it according to the inheritance of them; and theyshall come again to me.18:5 And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall abide intheir coast on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in theircoasts on the north.18:6 Ye shall therefore describe the land into seven parts, and bringthe description hither to me, that I may cast lots for you here beforethe LORD our God.18:7 But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of theLORD is their inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe ofManasseh, have received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east,which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them.18:8 And the men arose, and went away: and Joshua charged them thatwent to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, anddescribe it, and come again to me, that I may here cast lots for youbefore the LORD in Shiloh.18:9 And the men went and passed through the land, and described it bycities into seven parts in a book, and came again to Joshua to thehost at Shiloh.18:10 And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD: andthere Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according totheir divisions.18:11 And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came upaccording to their families: and the coast of their lot came forthbetween the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.18:12 And their border on the north side was from Jordan; and theborder went up to the side of Jericho on the north side, and went upthrough the mountains westward; and the goings out thereof were at thewilderness of Bethaven.18:13 And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side ofLuz, which is Bethel, southward; and the border descended toAtarothadar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the netherBethhoron.18:14 And the border was drawn thence, and compassed the corner of thesea southward, from the hill that lieth before Bethhoron southward;and the goings out thereof were at Kirjathbaal, which isKirjathjearim, a city of the children of Judah: this was the westquarter.18:15 And the south quarter was from the end of Kirjathjearim, and theborder went out on the west, and went out to the well of waters ofNephtoah: 18:16 And the border came down to the end of the mountainthat lieth before the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in thevalley of the giants on the north, and descended to the valley ofHinnom, to the side of Jebusi on the south, and descended to Enrogel,18:17 And was drawn from the north, and went forth to Enshemesh, andwent forth toward Geliloth, which is over against the going up ofAdummim, and descended to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben, 18:18And passed along toward the side over against Arabah northward, andwent down unto Arabah: 18:19 And the border passed along to the sideof Bethhoglah northward: and the outgoings of the border were at thenorth bay of the salt sea at the south end of Jordan: this was thesouth coast.18:20 And Jordan was the border of it on the east side. This was theinheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the coasts thereof roundabout, according to their families.18:21 Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjaminaccording to their families were Jericho, and Bethhoglah, and thevalley of Keziz, 18:22 And Betharabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel, 18:23And Avim, and Pharah, and Ophrah, 18:24 And Chepharhaammonai, andOphni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages: 18:25 Gibeon, andRamah, and Beeroth, 18:26 And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah, 18:27And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah, 18:28 And Zelah, Eleph, andJebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen cities withtheir villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjaminaccording to their families.19:1 And the second lot came forth to Simeon, even for the tribe ofthe children of Simeon according to their families: and theirinheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Judah.19:2 And they had in their inheritance Beersheba, and Sheba, andMoladah, 19:3 And Hazarshual, and Balah, and Azem, 19:4 And Eltolad,and Bethul, and Hormah, 19:5 And Ziklag, and Bethmarcaboth, andHazarsusah, 19:6 And Bethlebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities andtheir villages: 19:7 Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four citiesand their villages: 19:8 And all the villages that were round aboutthese cities to Baalathbeer, Ramath of the south. This is theinheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to theirfamilies.19:9 Out of the portion of the children of Judah was the inheritanceof the children of Simeon: for the part of the children of Judah wastoo much for them: therefore the children of Simeon had theirinheritance within the inheritance of them.19:10 And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun accordingto their families: and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid:19:11 And their border went up toward the sea, and Maralah, andreached to Dabbasheth, and reached to the river that is beforeJokneam; 19:12 And turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrisingunto the border of Chislothtabor, and then goeth out to Daberath, andgoeth up to Japhia, 19:13 And from thence passeth on along on the eastto Gittahhepher, to Ittahkazin, and goeth out to Remmonmethoar toNeah; 19:14 And the border compasseth it on the north side toHannathon: and the outgoings thereof are in the valley of Jiphthahel:19:15 And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, andBethlehem: twelve cities with their villages.19:16 This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according totheir families, these cities with their villages.19:17 And the fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the children ofIssachar according to their families.19:18 And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,19:19 And Haphraim, and Shihon, and Anaharath, 19:20 And Rabbith, andKishion, and Abez, 19:21 And Remeth, and Engannim, and Enhaddah, andBethpazzez; 19:22 And the coast reacheth to Tabor, and Shahazimah, andBethshemesh; and the outgoings of their border were at Jordan: sixteencities with their villages.19:23 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issacharaccording to their families, the cities and their villages.19:24 And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children ofAsher according to their families.19:25 And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph,19:26 And Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal; and reacheth to Carmelwestward, and to Shihorlibnath; 19:27 And turneth toward the sunrisingto Bethdagon, and reacheth to Zebulun, and to the valley of Jiphthaheltoward the north side of Bethemek, and Neiel, and goeth out to Cabulon the left hand, 19:28 And Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah,even unto great Zidon; 19:29 And then the coast turneth to Ramah, andto the strong city Tyre; and the coast turneth to Hosah; and theoutgoings thereof are at the sea from the coast to Achzib: 19:30 Ummahalso, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities with their villages.19:31 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asheraccording to their families, these cities with their villages.19:32 The sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali, even for thechildren of Naphtali according to their families.19:33 And their coast was from Heleph, from Allon to Zaanannim, andAdami, Nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakum; and the outgoings thereof wereat Jordan: 19:34 And then the coast turneth westward to Aznothtabor,and goeth out from thence to Hukkok, and reacheth to Zebulun on thesouth side, and reacheth to Asher on the west side, and to Judah uponJordan toward the sunrising.19:35 And the fenced cities are Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, andChinnereth, 19:36 And Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor, 19:37 And Kedesh,and Edrei, and Enhazor, 19:38 And Iron, and Migdalel, Horem, andBethanath, and Bethshemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.19:39 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtaliaccording to their families, the cities and their villages.19:40 And the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children ofDan according to their families.19:41 And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, andIrshemesh, 19:42 And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah, 19:43 AndElon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron, 19:44 And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, andBaalath, 19:45 And Jehud, and Beneberak, and Gathrimmon, 19:46 AndMejarkon, and Rakkon, with the border before Japho.19:47 And the coast of the children of Dan went out too little forthem: therefore the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem,and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessedit, and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dantheir father.19:48 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Danaccording to their families, these cities with their villages.19:49 When they had made an end of dividing the land for inheritanceby their coasts, the children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshuathe son of Nun among them: 19:50 According to the word of the LORDthey gave him the city which he asked, even Timnathserah in mountEphraim: and he built the city, and dwelt therein.19:51 These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshuathe son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of thechildren of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh beforethe LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So theymade an end of dividing the country.20:1 The LORD also spake unto Joshua, saying, 20:2 Speak to thechildren of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge,whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses: 20:3 That the slayerthat killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: andthey shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.20:4 And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall standat the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his causein the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into thecity unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.20:5 And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall notdeliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his neighbourunwittingly, and hated him not beforetime.20:6 And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before thecongregation for judgment, and until the death of the high priest thatshall be in those days: then shall the slayer return, and come untohis own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence hefled.20:7 And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, andShechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, in themountain of Judah.20:8 And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assignedBezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, andRamoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out ofthe tribe of Manasseh.20:9 These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel,and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoeverkilleth any person at unawares might flee thither, and not die by thehand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.21:1 Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites untoEleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the headsof the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel; 21:2 And theyspake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The LORDcommanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with thesuburbs thereof for our cattle.21:3 And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of theirinheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and theirsuburbs.21:4 And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and thechildren of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lotout of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out ofthe tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.21:5 And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of thefamilies of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and outof the half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.21:6 And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of thetribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribeof Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteencities.21:7 The children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe ofReuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun,twelve cities.21:8 And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites thesecities with their suburbs, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.21:9 And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and outof the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are herementioned by name.21:10 Which the children of Aaron, being of the families of theKohathites, who were of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was thefirst lot.21:11 And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, whichcity is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs thereofround about it.21:12 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave theyto Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.21:13 Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron withher suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah withher suburbs, 21:14 And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with hersuburbs, 21:15 And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs,21:16 And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, andBethshemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.21:17 And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Gebawith her suburbs, 21:18 Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with hersuburbs; four cities.21:19 All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, werethirteen cities with their suburbs.21:20 And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites whichremained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of theirlot out of the tribe of Ephraim.21:21 For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, tobe a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs, 21:22And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs; fourcities.21:23 And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbs, Gibbethonwith her suburbs, 21:24 Aijalon with her suburbs, Gathrimmon with hersuburbs; four cities.21:25 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with her suburbs,and Gathrimmon with her suburbs; two cities.21:26 All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families ofthe children of Kohath that remained.21:27 And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of theLevites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan inBashan with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; andBeeshterah with her suburbs; two cities.21:28 And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her suburbs,Dabareh with her suburbs, 21:29 Jarmuth with her suburbs, Engannimwith her suburbs; four cities.21:30 And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs, Abdonwith her suburbs, 21:31 Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob with hersuburbs; four cities.21:32 And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with hersuburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammothdor withher suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities.21:33 All the cities of the Gershonites according to their familieswere thirteen cities with their suburbs.21:34 And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of theLevites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her suburbs, andKartah with her suburbs, 21:35 Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal withher suburbs; four cities.21:36 And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, andJahazah with her suburbs, 21:37 Kedemoth with her suburbs, andMephaath with her suburbs; four cities.21:38 And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs,to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs,21:39 Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities inall.21:40 So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families,which were remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lottwelve cities.21:41 All the cities of the Levites within the possession of thechildren of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs.21:42 These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them:thus were all these cities.21:43 And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware togive unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.21:44 And the LORD gave them rest round about, according to all thathe sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all theirenemies before them; the LORD delivered all their enemies into theirhand.21:45 There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD hadspoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.22:1 Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the halftribe of Manasseh, 22:2 And said unto them, Ye have kept all thatMoses the servant of the LORD commanded you, and have obeyed my voicein all that I commanded you: 22:3 Ye have not left your brethren thesemany days unto this day, but have kept the charge of the commandmentof the LORD your God.22:4 And now the LORD your God hath given rest unto your brethren, ashe promised them: therefore now return ye, and get you unto yourtents, and unto the land of your possession, which Moses the servantof the LORD gave you on the other side Jordan.22:5 But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, whichMoses the servant of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD your God,and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and tocleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with allyour soul.22:6 So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away: and they went untotheir tents.22:7 Now to the one half of the tribe of Manasseh Moses had givenpossession in Bashan: but unto the other half thereof gave Joshuaamong their brethren on this side Jordan westward. And when Joshuasent them away also unto their tents, then he blessed them, 22:8 Andhe spake unto them, saying, Return with much riches unto your tents,and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass,and with iron, and with very much raiment: divide the spoil of yourenemies with your brethren.22:9 And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the halftribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israelout of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go unto the countryof Gilead, to the land of their possession, whereof they werepossessed, according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.22:10 And when they came unto the borders of Jordan, that are in theland of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and thehalf tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by Jordan, a great altarto see to.22:11 And the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the children ofReuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh havebuilt an altar over against the land of Canaan, in the borders ofJordan, at the passage of the children of Israel.22:12 And when the children of Israel heard of it, the wholecongregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves together atShiloh, to go up to war against them.22:13 And the children of Israel sent unto the children of Reuben, andto the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, into theland of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, 22:14 And withhim ten princes, of each chief house a prince throughout all thetribes of Israel; and each one was an head of the house of theirfathers among the thousands of Israel.22:15 And they came unto the children of Reuben, and to the childrenof Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, unto the land of Gilead,and they spake with them, saying, 22:16 Thus saith the wholecongregation of the LORD, What trespass is this that ye have committedagainst the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following theLORD, in that ye have builded you an altar, that ye might rebel thisday against the LORD?  22:17 Is the iniquity of Peor too little forus, from which we are not cleansed until this day, although there wasa plague in the congregation of the LORD, 22:18 But that ye must turnaway this day from following the LORD? and it will be, seeing ye rebelto day against the LORD, that to morrow he will be wroth with thewhole congregation of Israel.22:19 Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession be unclean, thenpass ye over unto the land of the possession of the LORD, wherein theLORD's tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession among us: but rebelnot against the LORD, nor rebel against us, in building you an altarbeside the altar of the LORD our God.22:20 Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursedthing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? and that manperished not alone in his iniquity.22:21 Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the halftribe of Manasseh answered, and said unto the heads of the thousandsof Israel, 22:22 The LORD God of gods, the LORD God of gods, heknoweth, and Israel he shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if intransgression against the LORD, (save us not this day,) 22:23 That wehave built us an altar to turn from following the LORD, or if to offerthereon burnt offering or meat offering, or if to offer peaceofferings thereon, let the LORD himself require it; 22:24 And if wehave not rather done it for fear of this thing, saying, In time tocome your children might speak unto our children, saying, What have yeto do with the LORD God of Israel?  22:25 For the LORD hath madeJordan a border between us and you, ye children of Reuben and childrenof Gad; ye have no part in the LORD: so shall your children make ourchildren cease from fearing the LORD.22:26 Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, notfor burnt offering, nor for sacrifice: 22:27 But that it may be awitness between us, and you, and our generations after us, that wemight do the service of the LORD before him with our burnt offerings,and with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings; that yourchildren may not say to our children in time to come, Ye have no partin the LORD.22:28 Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they should so say tous or to our generations in time to come, that we may say again,Behold the pattern of the altar of the LORD, which our fathers made,not for burnt offerings, nor for sacrifices; but it is a witnessbetween us and you.22:29 God forbid that we should rebel against the LORD, and turn thisday from following the LORD, to build an altar for burnt offerings,for meat offerings, or for sacrifices, beside the altar of the LORDour God that is before his tabernacle.22:30 And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of thecongregation and heads of the thousands of Israel which were with him,heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gadand the children of Manasseh spake, it pleased them.22:31 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said unto thechildren of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the children ofManasseh, This day we perceive that the LORD is among us, because yehave not committed this trespass against the LORD: now ye havedelivered the children of Israel out of the hand of the LORD.22:32 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes,returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad,out of the land of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, to the children ofIsrael, and brought them word again.22:33 And the thing pleased the children of Israel; and the childrenof Israel blessed God, and did not intend to go up against them inbattle, to destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben and Gaddwelt.22:34 And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called thealtar Ed: for it shall be a witness between us that the LORD is God.23:1 And it came to pass a long time after that the LORD had givenrest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxedold and stricken in age.23:2 And Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, and fortheir heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and saidunto them, I am old and stricken in age: 23:3 And ye have seen allthat the LORD your God hath done unto all these nations because ofyou; for the LORD your God is he that hath fought for you.23:4 Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain,to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all thenations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea westward.23:5 And the LORD your God, he shall expel them from before you, anddrive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, asthe LORD your God hath promised unto you.23:6 Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that iswritten in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not asidetherefrom to the right hand or to the left; 23:7 That ye come notamong these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mentionof the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither servethem, nor bow yourselves unto them: 23:8 But cleave unto the LORD yourGod, as ye have done unto this day.23:9 For the LORD hath driven out from before you great nations andstrong: but as for you, no man hath been able to stand before you untothis day.23:10 One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the LORD your God, heit is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you.23:11 Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the LORDyour God.23:12 Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnantof these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall makemarriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you: 23:13 Knowfor a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out any ofthese nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps untoyou, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until yeperish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.23:14 And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: andye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thinghath failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spakeconcerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hathfailed thereof.23:15 Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things arecome upon you, which the LORD your God promised you; so shall the LORDbring upon you all evil things, until he have destroyed you from offthis good land which the LORD your God hath given you.23:16 When ye have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God,which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowedyourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD be kindledagainst you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land whichhe hath given unto you.24:1 And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, andcalled for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for theirjudges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves beforeGod.24:2 And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God ofIsrael, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time,even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and theyserved other gods.24:3 And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood,and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied hisseed, and gave him Isaac.24:4 And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mountSeir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.24:5 I sent Moses also and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according tothat which I did among them: and afterward I brought you out.24:6 And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and ye came unto thesea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots andhorsemen unto the Red sea.24:7 And when they cried unto the LORD, he put darkness between youand the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them;and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in thewilderness a long season.24:8 And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt onthe other side Jordan; and they fought with you: and I gave them intoyour hand, that ye might possess their land; and I destroyed them frombefore you.24:9 Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warredagainst Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curseyou: 24:10 But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessedyou still: so I delivered you out of his hand.24:11 And you went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men ofJericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and theCanaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, andthe Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand.24:12 And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out frombefore you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thysword, nor with thy bow.24:13 And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, andcities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards andoliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.24:14 Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and intruth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the otherside of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD.24:15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you thisday whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers servedthat were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites,in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve theLORD.24:16 And the people answered and said, God forbid that we shouldforsake the LORD, to serve other gods; 24:17 For the LORD our God, heit is that brought us up and our fathers out of the land of Egypt,from the house of bondage, and which did those great signs in oursight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among allthe people through whom we passed: 24:18 And the LORD drave out frombefore us all the people, even the Amorites which dwelt in the land:therefore will we also serve the LORD; for he is our God.24:19 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD: forhe is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive yourtransgressions nor your sins.24:20 If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he willturn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done yougood.24:21 And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve theLORD.24:22 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses againstyourselves that ye have chosen you the LORD, to serve him. And theysaid, We are witnesses.24:23 Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which areamong you, and incline your heart unto the LORD God of Israel.24:24 And the people said unto Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve,and his voice will we obey.24:25 So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set thema statute and an ordinance in Shechem.24:26 And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, andtook a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by thesanctuary of the LORD.24:27 And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall bea witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the LORD whichhe spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest yedeny your God.24:28 So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance.24:29 And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son ofNun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten yearsold.24:30 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance inTimnathserah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hillof Gaash.24:31 And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all thedays of the elders that overlived Joshua, and which had known all theworks of the LORD, that he had done for Israel.24:32 And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought upout of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground whichJacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundredpieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children ofJoseph.24:33 And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hillthat pertained to Phinehas his son, which was given him in mountEphraim.The Book of Judges1:1 Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the childrenof Israel asked the LORD, saying, Who shall go up for us against theCanaanites first, to fight against them?  1:2 And the LORD said, Judahshall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.1:3 And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, Come up with me into mylot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will gowith thee into thy lot. So Simeon went with him.1:4 And Judah went up; and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and thePerizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek tenthousand men.1:5 And they found Adonibezek in Bezek: and they fought against him,and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites.1:6 But Adonibezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him,and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.1:7 And Adonibezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbsand their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as Ihave done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem,and there he died.1:8 Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and hadtaken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the cityon fire.1:9 And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against theCanaanites, that dwelt in the mountain, and in the south, and in thevalley.1:10 And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (nowthe name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba:) and they slew Sheshai, andAhiman, and Talmai.1:11 And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and thename of Debir before was Kirjathsepher: 1:12 And Caleb said, He thatsmiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah mydaughter to wife.1:13 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it:and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.1:14 And it came to pass, when she came to him, that she moved him toask of her father a field: and she lighted from off her ass; and Calebsaid unto her, What wilt thou?  1:15 And she said unto him, Give me ablessing: for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs ofwater. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the nether springs.1:16 And the children of the Kenite, Moses' father in law, went up outof the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into thewilderness of Judah, which lieth in the south of Arad; and they wentand dwelt among the people.1:17 And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew theCanaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And thename of the city was called Hormah.1:18 Also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon with thecoast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof.1:19 And the LORD was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants ofthe mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley,because they had chariots of iron.1:20 And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelledthence the three sons of Anak.1:21 And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites thatinhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children ofBenjamin in Jerusalem unto this day.1:22 And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel: andthe LORD was with them.1:23 And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. (Now the name ofthe city before was Luz.)  1:24 And the spies saw a man come forth outof the city, and they said unto him, Shew us, we pray thee, theentrance into the city, and we will shew thee mercy.1:25 And when he shewed them the entrance into the city, they smotethe city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and allhis family.1:26 And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city,and called the name thereof Luz: which is the name thereof unto thisday.1:27 Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Bethshean andher towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor andher towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor theinhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: but the Canaanites would dwellin that land.1:28 And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put theCanaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out.1:29 Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer;but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.1:30 Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor theinhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, andbecame tributaries.1:31 Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor theinhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, norof Aphik, nor of Rehob: 1:32 But the Asherites dwelt among theCanaanites, the inhabitants of the land: for they did not drive themout.1:33 Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Bethshemesh,nor the inhabitants of Bethanath; but he dwelt among the Canaanites,the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants ofBethshemesh and of Bethanath became tributaries unto them.1:34 And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain:for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley: 1:35 Butthe Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim:yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they becametributaries.1:36 And the coast of the Amorites was from the going up to Akrabbim,from the rock, and upward.2:1 And an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said,I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the landwhich I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break mycovenant with you.2:2 And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; yeshall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: whyhave ye done this?  2:3 Wherefore I also said, I will not drive themout from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, andtheir gods shall be a snare unto you.2:4 And it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD spake these wordsunto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up theirvoice, and wept.2:5 And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificedthere unto the LORD.2:6 And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel wentevery man unto his inheritance to possess the land.2:7 And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all thedays of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the greatworks of the LORD, that he did for Israel.2:8 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being anhundred and ten years old.2:9 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance inTimnathheres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hillGaash.2:10 And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers:and there arose another generation after them, which knew not theLORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel.2:11 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, andserved Baalim: 2:12 And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers,which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods,of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowedthemselves unto them, and provoked the LORD to anger.2:13 And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.2:14 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and hedelivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and hesold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that theycould not any longer stand before their enemies.2:15 Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the LORD was againstthem for evil, as the LORD had said, and as the LORD had sworn untothem: and they were greatly distressed.2:16 Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, which delivered them outof the hand of those that spoiled them.2:17 And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went awhoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turnedquickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying thecommandments of the LORD; but they did not so.2:18 And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was withthe judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all thedays of the judge: for it repented the LORD because of their groaningsby reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.2:19 And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned,and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following othergods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not fromtheir own doings, nor from their stubborn way.2:20 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel; and he said,Because that this people hath transgressed my covenant which Icommanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice; 2:21 Ialso will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nationswhich Joshua left when he died: 2:22 That through them I may proveIsrael, whether they will keep the way of the LORD to walk therein, astheir fathers did keep it, or not.2:23 Therefore the LORD left those nations, without driving them outhastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.3:1 Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel bythem, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan;3:2 Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, toteach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof; 3:3Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and theSidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mountBaalhermon unto the entering in of Hamath.3:4 And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they wouldhearken unto the commandments of the LORD, which he commanded theirfathers by the hand of Moses.3:5 And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites,and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites: 3:6 And theytook their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters totheir sons, and served their gods.3:7 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, andforgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves.3:8 Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and hesold them into the hand of Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia: andthe children of Israel served Chushanrishathaim eight years.3:9 And when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORDraised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them,even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.3:10 And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel,and went out to war: and the LORD delivered Chushanrishathaim king ofMesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed againstChushanrishathaim.3:11 And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenazdied.3:12 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of theLORD: and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel,because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.3:13 And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, andwent and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees.3:14 So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteenyears.3:15 But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORDraised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a manlefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present untoEglon the king of Moab.3:16 But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubitlength; and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh.3:17 And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon wasa very fat man.3:18 And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent awaythe people that bare the present.3:19 But he himself turned again from the quarries that were byGilgal, and said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king: who said,Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out from him.3:20 And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in a summer parlour,which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a message fromGod unto thee.And he arose out of his seat.3:21 And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from hisright thigh, and thrust it into his belly: 3:22 And the haft also wentin after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, so that hecould not draw the dagger out of his belly; and the dirt came out.3:23 Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of theparlour upon him, and locked them.3:24 When he was gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that,behold, the doors of the parlour were locked, they said, Surely hecovereth his feet in his summer chamber.3:25 And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he openednot the doors of the parlour; therefore they took a key, and openedthem: and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth.3:26 And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond thequarries, and escaped unto Seirath.3:27 And it came to pass, when he was come, that he blew a trumpet inthe mountain of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with himfrom the mount, and he before them.3:28 And he said unto them, Follow after me: for the LORD hathdelivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went downafter him, and took the fords of Jordan toward Moab, and suffered nota man to pass over.3:29 And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, alllusty, and all men of valour; and there escaped not a man.3:30 So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And theland had rest fourscore years.3:31 And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of thePhilistines six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also deliveredIsrael.4:1 And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of theLORD, when Ehud was dead.4:2 And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, thatreigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, which dwelt inHarosheth of the Gentiles.4:3 And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD: for he had ninehundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed thechildren of Israel.4:4 And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israelat that time.4:5 And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah andBethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her forjudgment.4:6 And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out ofKedeshnaphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israelcommanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with theeten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children ofZebulun?  4:7 And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera,the captain of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his multitude; andI will deliver him into thine hand.4:8 And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go:but if thou wilt not go with me, then I will not go.4:9 And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding thejourney that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for the LORDshall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, andwent with Barak to Kedesh.4:10 And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went upwith ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.4:11 Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab thefather in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, andpitched his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh.4:12 And they shewed Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone upto mount Tabor.4:13 And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundredchariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, fromHarosheth of the Gentiles unto the river of Kishon.4:14 And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is the day in which theLORD hath delivered Sisera into thine hand: is not the LORD gone outbefore thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand menafter him.4:15 And the LORD discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and allhis host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; so that Siseralighted down off his chariot, and fled away on his feet.4:16 But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, untoHarosheth of the Gentiles: and all the host of Sisera fell upon theedge of the sword; and there was not a man left.4:17 Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wifeof Heber the Kenite: for there was peace between Jabin the king ofHazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.4:18 And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, mylord, turn in to me; fear not. And when he had turned in unto her intothe tent, she covered him with a mantle.4:19 And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water todrink; for I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk, and gave himdrink, and covered him.4:20 Again he said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent, and itshall be, when any man doth come and enquire of thee, and say, Isthere any man here? that thou shalt say, No.4:21 Then Jael Heber's wife took a nail of the tent, and took anhammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail intohis temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleepand weary. So he died.4:22 And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him,and said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thouseekest. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, andthe nail was in his temples.4:23 So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before thechildren of Israel.4:24 And the hand of the children of Israel prospered, and prevailedagainst Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin kingof Canaan.5:1 Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day,saying, 5:2 Praise ye the LORD for the avenging of Israel, when thepeople willingly offered themselves.5:3 Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, will singunto the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD God of Israel.5:4 LORD, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out ofthe field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, theclouds also dropped water.5:5 The mountains melted from before the LORD, even that Sinai frombefore the LORD God of Israel.5:6 In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, thehighways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways.5:7 The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel,until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.5:8 They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shieldor spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?  5:9 My heart is towardthe governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among thepeople. Bless ye the LORD.5:10 Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, andwalk by the way.5:11 They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the placesof drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of theLORD, even the righteous acts toward the inhabitants of his villagesin Israel: then shall the people of the LORD go down to the gates.5:12 Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak,and lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam.5:13 Then he made him that remaineth have dominion over the noblesamong the people: the LORD made me have dominion over the mighty.5:14 Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; afterthee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors,and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer.5:15 And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; even Issachar, andalso Barak: he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions ofReuben there were great thoughts of heart.5:16 Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings ofthe flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings ofheart.5:17 Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships?Asher continued on the sea shore, and abode in his breaches.5:18 Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their livesunto the death in the high places of the field.5:19 The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan inTaanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money.5:20 They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses foughtagainst Sisera.5:21 The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, theriver Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength.5:22 Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings,the pransings of their mighty ones.5:23 Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse ye bitterly theinhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the LORD, tothe help of the LORD against the mighty.5:24 Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be,blessed shall she be above women in the tent.5:25 He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butterin a lordly dish.5:26 She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen'shammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head,when she had pierced and stricken through his temples.5:27 At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her feet he bowed,he fell: where he bowed, there he fell down dead.5:28 The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried throughthe lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry thewheels of his chariots?  5:29 Her wise ladies answered her, yea, shereturned answer to herself, 5:30 Have they not sped? have they notdivided the prey; to every man a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey ofdivers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of diverscolours of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them thattake the spoil?  5:31 So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but letthem that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. Andthe land had rest forty years.6:1 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: andthe LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.6:2 And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: and because ofthe Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are inthe mountains, and caves, and strong holds.6:3 And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up,and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came upagainst them; 6:4 And they encamped against them, and destroyed theincrease of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left nosustenance for Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass.6:5 For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they cameas grasshoppers for multitude; for both they and their camels werewithout number: and they entered into the land to destroy it.6:6 And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; andthe children of Israel cried unto the LORD.6:7 And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto theLORD because of the Midianites, 6:8 That the LORD sent a prophet untothe children of Israel, which said unto them, Thus saith the LORD Godof Israel, I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out ofthe house of bondage; 6:9 And I delivered you out of the hand of theEgyptians, and out of the hand of all that oppressed you, and dravethem out from before you, and gave you their land; 6:10 And I saidunto you, I am the LORD your God; fear not the gods of the Amorites,in whose land ye dwell: but ye have not obeyed my voice.6:11 And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak whichwas in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his sonGideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from theMidianites.6:12 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him,The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.6:13 And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with us, whythen is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which ourfathers told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt?but now the LORD hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands ofthe Midianites.6:14 And the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, andthou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not Isent thee?  6:15 And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall Isave Israel?  behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am theleast in my father's house.6:16 And the LORD said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thoushalt smite the Midianites as one man.6:17 And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight,then shew me a sign that thou talkest with me.6:18 Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, and bringforth my present, and set it before thee. And he said, I will tarryuntil thou come again.6:19 And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes ofan ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the brothin a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and presented it.6:20 And the angel of God said unto him, Take the flesh and theunleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out the broth.And he did so.6:21 Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the staff thatwas in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; andthere rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and theunleavened cakes. Then the angel of the LORD departed out of hissight.6:22 And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the LORD,Gideon said, Alas, O LORD God! for because I have seen an angel of theLORD face to face.6:23 And the LORD said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not: thoushalt not die.6:24 Then Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD, and called itJehovahshalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.6:25 And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him,Take thy father's young bullock, even the second bullock of sevenyears old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, andcut down the grove that is by it: 6:26 And build an altar unto theLORD thy God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and takethe second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of thegrove which thou shalt cut down.6:27 Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the LORD hadsaid unto him: and so it was, because he feared his father'shousehold, and the men of the city, that he could not do it by day,that he did it by night.6:28 And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold,the altar of Baal was cast down, and the grove was cut down that wasby it, and the second bullock was offered upon the altar that wasbuilt.6:29 And they said one to another, Who hath done this thing? And whenthey enquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son of Joash hath donethis thing.6:30 Then the men of the city said unto Joash, Bring out thy son, thathe may die: because he hath cast down the altar of Baal, and becausehe hath cut down the grove that was by it.6:31 And Joash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye plead forBaal? will ye save him? he that will plead for him, let him be put todeath whilst it is yet morning: if he be a god, let him plead forhimself, because one hath cast down his altar.6:32 Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baalplead against him, because he hath thrown down his altar.6:33 Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children ofthe east were gathered together, and went over, and pitched in thevalley of Jezreel.6:34 But the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, and he blew atrumpet; and Abiezer was gathered after him.6:35 And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; who also wasgathered after him: and he sent messengers unto Asher, and untoZebulun, and unto Naphtali; and they came up to meet them.6:36 And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand,as thou hast said, 6:37 Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in thefloor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon allthe earth beside, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by minehand, as thou hast said.6:38 And it was so: for he rose up early on the morrow, and thrust thefleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full ofwater.6:39 And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be hot against me,and I will speak but this once: let me prove, I pray thee, but thisonce with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and uponall the ground let there be dew.6:40 And God did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only,and there was dew on all the ground.7:1 Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were withhim, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that thehost of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill ofMoreh, in the valley.7:2 And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee aretoo many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israelvaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.7:3 Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying,Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early frommount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and twothousand; and there remained ten thousand.7:4 And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people are yet too many; bringthem down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there: and itshall be, that of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, thesame shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shallnot go with thee, the same shall not go.7:5 So he brought down the people unto the water: and the LORD saidunto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as adog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one thatboweth down upon his knees to drink.7:6 And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to theirmouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people boweddown upon their knees to drink water.7:7 And the LORD said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men thatlapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand:and let all the other people go every man unto his place.7:8 So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: andhe sent all the rest of Israel every man unto his tent, and retainedthose three hundred men: and the host of Midian was beneath him in thevalley.7:9 And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him,Arise, get thee down unto the host; for I have delivered it into thinehand.7:10 But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant downto the host: 7:11 And thou shalt hear what they say; and afterwardshall thine hands be strengthened to go down unto the host. Then wenthe down with Phurah his servant unto the outside of the armed men thatwere in the host.7:12 And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of theeast lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; andtheir camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side formultitude.7:13 And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told adream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, acake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto atent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent layalong.7:14 And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save thesword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: for into his handhath God delivered Midian, and all the host.7:15 And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, andthe interpretation thereof, that he worshipped, and returned into thehost of Israel, and said, Arise; for the LORD hath delivered into yourhand the host of Midian.7:16 And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and heput a trumpet in every man's hand, with empty pitchers, and lampswithin the pitchers.7:17 And he said unto them, Look on me, and do likewise: and, behold,when I come to the outside of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, soshall ye do.7:18 When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that are with me, then blowye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, The swordof the LORD, and of Gideon.7:19 So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto theoutside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they hadbut newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and brake thepitchers that were in their hands.7:20 And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake thepitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets intheir right hands to blow withal: and they cried, The sword of theLORD, and of Gideon.7:21 And they stood every man in his place round about the camp; andall the host ran, and cried, and fled.7:22 And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set everyman's sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and thehost fled to Bethshittah in Zererath, and to the border ofAbelmeholah, unto Tabbath.7:23 And the men of Israel gathered themselves together out ofNaphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued afterthe Midianites.7:24 And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim, saying,come down against the Midianites, and take before them the waters untoBethbarah and Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselvestogether, and took the waters unto Bethbarah and Jordan.7:25 And they took two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; andthey slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepressof Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb toGideon on the other side Jordan.8:1 And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served usthus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with theMidianites?  And they did chide with him sharply.8:2 And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of you?Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintageof Abiezer?  8:3 God hath delivered into your hands the princes ofMidian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you?Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that.8:4 And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the threehundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them.8:5 And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves ofbread unto the people that follow me; for they be faint, and I ampursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.8:6 And the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah andZalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thine army?8:7 And Gideon said, Therefore when the LORD hath delivered Zebah andZalmunna into mine hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thornsof the wilderness and with briers.8:8 And he went up thence to Penuel, and spake unto them likewise: andthe men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered him.8:9 And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I comeagain in peace, I will break down this tower.8:10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them,about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the hosts of thechildren of the east: for there fell an hundred and twenty thousandmen that drew sword.8:11 And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on theeast of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host; for the host wassecure.8:12 And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued after them, and tookthe two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all thehost.8:13 And Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle before the sunwas up, 8:14 And caught a young man of the men of Succoth, andenquired of him: and he described unto him the princes of Succoth, andthe elders thereof, even threescore and seventeen men.8:15 And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah andZalmunna, with whom ye did upbraid me, saying, Are the hands of Zebahand Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thy menthat are weary?  8:16 And he took the elders of the city, and thornsof the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men ofSuccoth.8:17 And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of thecity.8:18 Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men werethey whom ye slew at Tabor? And they answered, As thou art, so werethey; each one resembled the children of a king.8:19 And he said, They were my brethren, even the sons of my mother:as the LORD liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you.8:20 And he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, and slay them. But theyouth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he was yet a youth.8:21 Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise thou, and fall upon us: for asthe man is, so is his strength. And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah andZalmunna, and took away the ornaments that were on their camels'necks.8:22 Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, boththou, and thy son, and thy son's son also: for thou hast delivered usfrom the hand of Midian.8:23 And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neithershall my son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you.8:24 And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, thatye would give me every man the earrings of his prey. (For they hadgolden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)  8:25 And theyanswered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, anddid cast therein every man the earrings of his prey.8:26 And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was athousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; beside ornaments, andcollars, and purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, andbeside the chains that were about their camels' necks.8:27 And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even inOphrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thingbecame a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.8:28 Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so thatthey lifted up their heads no more. And the country was in quietnessforty years in the days of Gideon.8:29 And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house.8:30 And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: forhe had many wives.8:31 And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son,whose name he called Abimelech.8:32 And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and wasburied in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of theAbiezrites.8:33 And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that thechildren of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, andmade Baalberith their god.8:34 And the children of Israel remembered not the LORD their God, whohad delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies on everyside: 8:35 Neither shewed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal,namely, Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shewed untoIsrael.9:1 And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto hismother's brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family ofthe house of his mother's father, saying, 9:2 Speak, I pray you, inthe ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, eitherthat all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are threescore and ten persons,reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I amyour bone and your flesh.9:3 And his mother's brethren spake of him in the ears of all the menof Shechem all these words: and their hearts inclined to followAbimelech; for they said, He is our brother.9:4 And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of thehouse of Baalberith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons,which followed him.9:5 And he went unto his father's house at Ophrah, and slew hisbrethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten persons, uponone stone: notwithstanding yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaalwas left; for he hid himself.9:6 And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house ofMillo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillarthat was in Shechem.9:7 And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top ofmount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them,Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you.9:8 The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; andthey said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us.9:9 But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness,wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted overthe trees?  9:10 And the trees said to the fig tree, Come thou, andreign over us.9:11 But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness,and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?  9:12 Thensaid the trees unto the vine, Come thou, and reign over us.9:13 And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, whichcheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?  9:14 Thensaid all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us.9:15 And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint meking over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not,let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.9:16 Now therefore, if ye have done truly and sincerely, in that yehave made Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal andhis house, and have done unto him according to the deserving of hishands; 9:17 (For my father fought for you, and adventured his lifefar, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian: 9:18 And ye arerisen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons,threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech,the son of his maidservant, king over the men of Shechem, because heis your brother;) 9:19 If ye then have dealt truly and sincerely withJerubbaal and with his house this day, then rejoice ye in Abimelech,and let him also rejoice in you: 9:20 But if not, let fire come outfrom Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo;and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house ofMillo, and devour Abimelech.9:21 And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there,for fear of Abimelech his brother.9:22 When Abimelech had reigned three years over Israel, 9:23 Then Godsent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and themen of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech: 9:24 That thecruelty done to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come,and their blood be laid upon Abimelech their brother, which slew them;and upon the men of Shechem, which aided him in the killing of hisbrethren.9:25 And the men of Shechem set liers in wait for him in the top ofthe mountains, and they robbed all that came along that way by them:and it was told Abimelech.9:26 And Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brethren, and went over toShechem: and the men of Shechem put their confidence in him.9:27 And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards,and trode the grapes, and made merry, and went into the house of theirgod, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.9:28 And Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is Abimelech, and who isShechem, that we should serve him? is not he the son of Jerubbaal? andZebul his officer? serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: forwhy should we serve him?  9:29 And would to God this people were undermy hand! then would I remove Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech,Increase thine army, and come out.9:30 And when Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal theson of Ebed, his anger was kindled.9:31 And he sent messengers unto Abimelech privily, saying, Behold,Gaal the son of Ebed and his brethren be come to Shechem; and, behold,they fortify the city against thee.9:32 Now therefore up by night, thou and the people that is with thee,and lie in wait in the field: 9:33 And it shall be, that in themorning, as soon as the sun is up, thou shalt rise early, and set uponthe city: and, behold, when he and the people that is with him comeout against thee, then mayest thou do to them as thou shalt findoccasion.9:34 And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, bynight, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies.9:35 And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entering ofthe gate of the city: and Abimelech rose up, and the people that werewith him, from lying in wait.9:36 And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, therecome people down from the top of the mountains. And Zebul said untohim, Thou seest the shadow of the mountains as if they were men.9:37 And Gaal spake again, and said, See there come people down by themiddle of the land, and another company come along by the plain ofMeonenim.9:38 Then said Zebul unto him, Where is now thy mouth, wherewith thousaidst, Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? is not this thepeople that thou hast despised? go out, I pray now, and fight withthem.9:39 And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought withAbimelech.9:40 And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and many wereoverthrown and wounded, even unto the entering of the gate.9:41 And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah: and Zebul thrust out Gaal and hisbrethren, that they should not dwell in Shechem.9:42 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people went out intothe field; and they told Abimelech.9:43 And he took the people, and divided them into three companies,and laid wait in the field, and looked, and, behold, the people werecome forth out of the city; and he rose up against them, and smotethem.9:44 And Abimelech, and the company that was with him, rushed forward,and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and the two othercompanies ran upon all the people that were in the fields, and slewthem.9:45 And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he tookthe city, and slew the people that was therein, and beat down thecity, and sowed it with salt.9:46 And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, theyentered into an hold of the house of the god Berith.9:47 And it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the tower ofShechem were gathered together.9:48 And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the peoplethat were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cutdown a bough from the trees, and took it, and laid it on his shoulder,and said unto the people that were with him, What ye have seen me do,make haste, and do as I have done.9:49 And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, andfollowed Abimelech, and put them to the hold, and set the hold on fireupon them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also,about a thousand men and women.9:50 Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, andtook it.9:51 But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fledall the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut it to them,and gat them up to the top of the tower.9:52 And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, andwent hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire.9:53 And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech'shead, and all to brake his skull.9:54 Then he called hastily unto the young man his armourbearer, andsaid unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, Awomen slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died.9:55 And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, theydeparted every man unto his place.9:56 Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did untohis father, in slaying his seventy brethren: 9:57 And all the evil ofthe men of Shechem did God render upon their heads: and upon them camethe curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.10:1 And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son ofPuah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir inmount Ephraim.10:2 And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and wasburied in Shamir.10:3 And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twentyand two years.10:4 And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and theyhad thirty cities, which are called Havothjair unto this day, whichare in the land of Gilead.10:5 And Jair died, and was buried in Camon.10:6 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of theLORD, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and thegods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children ofAmmon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsook the LORD, andserved not him.10:7 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he soldthem into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of thechildren of Ammon.10:8 And that year they vexed and oppressed the children of Israel:eighteen years, all the children of Israel that were on the other sideJordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead.10:9 Moreover the children of Ammon passed over Jordan to fight alsoagainst Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim;so that Israel was sore distressed.10:10 And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, saying, We havesinned against thee, both because we have forsaken our God, and alsoserved Baalim.10:11 And the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Did not I deliveryou from the Egyptians, and from the Amorites, from the children ofAmmon, and from the Philistines?  10:12 The Zidonians also, and theAmalekites, and the Maonites, did oppress you; and ye cried to me, andI delivered you out of their hand.10:13 Yet ye have forsaken me, and served other gods: wherefore I willdeliver you no more.10:14 Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliveryou in the time of your tribulation.10:15 And the children of Israel said unto the LORD, We have sinned:do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee; deliver us only, wepray thee, this day.10:16 And they put away the strange gods from among them, and servedthe LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.10:17 Then the children of Ammon were gathered together, and encampedin Gilead. And the children of Israel assembled themselves together,and encamped in Mizpeh.10:18 And the people and princes of Gilead said one to another, Whatman is he that will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? heshall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.11:1 Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he wasthe son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.11:2 And Gilead's wife bare him sons; and his wife's sons grew up, andthey thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit inour father's house; for thou art the son of a strange woman.11:3 Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land ofTob: and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out withhim.11:4 And it came to pass in process of time, that the children ofAmmon made war against Israel.11:5 And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war againstIsrael, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land ofTob: 11:6 And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, thatwe may fight with the children of Ammon.11:7 And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me,and expel me out of my father's house? and why are ye come unto me nowwhen ye are in distress?  11:8 And the elders of Gilead said untoJephthah, Therefore we turn again to thee now, that thou mayest gowith us, and fight against the children of Ammon, and be our head overall the inhabitants of Gilead.11:9 And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me homeagain to fight against the children of Ammon, and the LORD deliverthem before me, shall I be your head?  11:10 And the elders of Gileadsaid unto Jephthah, The LORD be witness between us, if we do not soaccording to thy words.11:11 Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the peoplemade him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all hiswords before the LORD in Mizpeh.11:12 And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children ofAmmon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art comeagainst me to fight in my land?  11:13 And the king of the children ofAmmon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel tookaway my land, when they came up out of Egypt, from Arnon even untoJabbok, and unto Jordan: now therefore restore those lands againpeaceably.11:14 And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the childrenof Ammon: 11:15 And said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah, Israel tooknot away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon:11:16 But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through thewilderness unto the Red sea, and came to Kadesh; 11:17 Then Israelsent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee,pass through thy land: but the king of Edom would not hearken thereto.And in like manner they sent unto the king of Moab: but he would notconsent: and Israel abode in Kadesh.11:18 Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed theland of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of theland of Moab, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, but came notwithin the border of Moab: for Arnon was the border of Moab.11:19 And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, theking of Heshbon; and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, we pray thee,through thy land into my place.11:20 But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his coast: butSihon gathered all his people together, and pitched in Jahaz, andfought against Israel.11:21 And the LORD God of Israel delivered Sihon and all his peopleinto the hand of Israel, and they smote them: so Israel possessed allthe land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country.11:22 And they possessed all the coasts of the Amorites, from Arnoneven unto Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto Jordan.11:23 So now the LORD God of Israel hath dispossessed the Amoritesfrom before his people Israel, and shouldest thou possess it?  11:24Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee topossess? So whomsoever the LORD our God shall drive out from beforeus, them will we possess.11:25 And now art thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor,king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fightagainst them, 11:26 While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her towns, andin Aroer and her towns, and in all the cities that be along by thecoasts of Arnon, three hundred years? why therefore did ye not recoverthem within that time?  11:27 Wherefore I have not sinned againstthee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: the LORD the Judge bejudge this day between the children of Israel and the children ofAmmon.11:28 Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto thewords of Jephthah which he sent him.11:29 Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passedover Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and fromMizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto the children of Ammon.11:30 And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou shaltwithout fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands, 11:31 Thenit shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house tomeet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shallsurely be the LORD's, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.11:32 So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fightagainst them; and the LORD delivered them into his hands.11:33 And he smote them from Aroer, even till thou come to Minnith,even twenty cities, and unto the plain of the vineyards, with a verygreat slaughter. Thus the children of Ammon were subdued before thechildren of Israel.11:34 And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, hisdaughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and shewas his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.11:35 And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes,and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thouart one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto theLORD, and I cannot go back.11:36 And she said unto him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouthunto the LORD, do to me according to that which hath proceeded out ofthy mouth; forasmuch as the LORD hath taken vengeance for thee ofthine enemies, even of the children of Ammon.11:37 And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: letme alone two months, that I may go up and down upon the mountains, andbewail my virginity, I and my fellows.11:38 And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and shewent with her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon themountains.11:39 And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returnedunto her father, who did with her according to his vow which he hadvowed: and she knew no man. And it was a custom in Israel, 11:40 Thatthe daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthahthe Gileadite four days in a year.12:1 And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and wentnorthward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over tofight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go withthee? we will burn thine house upon thee with fire.12:2 And Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great strifewith the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye delivered me notout of their hands.12:3 And when I saw that ye delivered me not, I put my life in myhands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the LORDdelivered them into my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto methis day, to fight against me?  12:4 Then Jephthah gathered togetherall the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim: and the men of Gileadsmote Ephraim, because they said, Ye Gileadites are fugitives ofEphraim among the Ephraimites, and among the Manassites.12:5 And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before theEphraimites: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which wereescaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him,Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay; 12:6 Then said they unto him,Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame topronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passagesof Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty andtwo thousand.12:7 And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah theGileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.12:8 And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.12:9 And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, whom he sentabroad, and took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons. And hejudged Israel seven years.12:10 Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Bethlehem.12:11 And after him Elon, a Zebulonite, judged Israel; and he judgedIsrael ten years.12:12 And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Aijalon in thecountry of Zebulun.12:13 And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judgedIsrael.12:14 And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode onthreescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.12:15 And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buriedin Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mount of the Amalekites.13:1 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of theLORD; and the LORD delivered them into the hand of the Philistinesforty years.13:2 And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of theDanites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.13:3 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto the woman, and said untoher, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou shaltconceive, and bear a son.13:4 Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strongdrink, and eat not any unclean thing: 13:5 For, lo, thou shaltconceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head: for thechild shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall beginto deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.13:6 Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of Godcame unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of an angelof God, very terrible: but I asked him not whence he was, neither toldhe me his name: 13:7 But he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive,and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eatany unclean thing: for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from thewomb to the day of his death.13:8 Then Manoah intreated the LORD, and said, O my Lord, let the manof God which thou didst send come again unto us, and teach us what weshall do unto the child that shall be born.13:9 And God hearkened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of Godcame again unto the woman as she sat in the field: but Manoah herhusband was not with her.13:10 And the woman made haste, and ran, and shewed her husband, andsaid unto him, Behold, the man hath appeared unto me, that came untome the other day.13:11 And Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man,and said unto him, Art thou the man that spakest unto the woman? Andhe said, I am.13:12 And Manoah said, Now let thy words come to pass. How shall weorder the child, and how shall we do unto him?  13:13 And the angel ofthe LORD said unto Manoah, Of all that I said unto the woman let herbeware.13:14 She may not eat of any thing that cometh of the vine, neitherlet her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: allthat I commanded her let her observe.13:15 And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, I pray thee, let usdetain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee.13:16 And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Though thou detainme, I will not eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt offer a burntoffering, thou must offer it unto the LORD. For Manoah knew not thathe was an angel of the LORD.13:17 And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, What is thy name,that when thy sayings come to pass we may do thee honour?  13:18 Andthe angel of the LORD said unto him, Why askest thou thus after myname, seeing it is secret?  13:19 So Manoah took a kid with a meatoffering, and offered it upon a rock unto the LORD: and the angel didwonderously; and Manoah and his wife looked on.13:20 For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven fromoff the altar, that the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of thealtar. And Manoah and his wife looked on it, and fell on their facesto the ground.13:21 But the angel of the LORD did no more appear to Manoah and tohis wife. Then Manoah knew that he was an angel of the LORD.13:22 And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because wehave seen God.13:23 But his wife said unto him, If the LORD were pleased to kill us,he would not have received a burnt offering and a meat offering at ourhands, neither would he have shewed us all these things, nor would asat this time have told us such things as these.13:24 And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and thechild grew, and the LORD blessed him.13:25 And the Spirit of the LORD began to move him at times in thecamp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.14:1 And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath ofthe daughters of the Philistines.14:2 And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, Ihave seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: nowtherefore get her for me to wife.14:3 Then his father and his mother said unto him, Is there never awoman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people,that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? AndSamson said unto his father, Get her for me; for she pleaseth me well.14:4 But his father and his mother knew not that it was of the LORD,that he sought an occasion against the Philistines: for at that timethe Philistines had dominion over Israel.14:5 Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath,and came to the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a young lion roaredagainst him.14:6 And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he renthim as he would have rent a kid, and he had nothing in his hand: buthe told not his father or his mother what he had done.14:7 And he went down, and talked with the woman; and she pleasedSamson well.14:8 And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside tosee the carcase of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of beesand honey in the carcase of the lion.14:9 And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came tohis father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat: but he toldnot them that he had taken the honey out of the carcase of the lion.14:10 So his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there afeast; for so used the young men to do.14:11 And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirtycompanions to be with him.14:12 And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle untoyou: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of thefeast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirtychange of garments: 14:13 But if ye cannot declare it me, then shallye give me thirty sheets and thirty change of garments. And they saidunto him, Put forth thy riddle, that we may hear it.14:14 And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and outof the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three daysexpound the riddle.14:15 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said untoSamson's wife, Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us theriddle, lest we burn thee and thy father's house with fire: have yecalled us to take that we have? is it not so?  14:16 And Samson's wifewept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not:thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people, and hastnot told it me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told it myfather nor my mother, and shall I tell it thee?  14:17 And she weptbefore him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it came topass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she lay sore uponhim: and she told the riddle to the children of her people.14:18 And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day beforethe sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? And what is strongerthan a lion?  and he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with myheifer, ye had not found out my riddle.14:19 And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he went down toAshkelon, and slew thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gavechange of garments unto them which expounded the riddle. And his angerwas kindled, and he went up to his father's house.14:20 But Samson's wife was given to his companion, whom he had usedas his friend.15:1 But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheatharvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I willgo in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer himto go in.15:2 And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterlyhated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her youngersister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.15:3 And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blamelessthan the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure.15:4 And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and tookfirebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midstbetween two tails.15:5 And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into thestanding corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, andalso the standing corn, with the vineyards and olives.15:6 Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they answered,Samson, the son in law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife,and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burnther and her father with fire.15:7 And Samson said unto them, Though ye have done this, yet will Ibe avenged of you, and after that I will cease.15:8 And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and hewent down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam.15:9 Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spreadthemselves in Lehi.15:10 And the men of Judah said, Why are ye come up against us? Andthey answered, To bind Samson are we come up, to do to him as he hathdone to us.15:11 Then three thousand men of Judah went to the top of the rockEtam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines arerulers over us? what is this that thou hast done unto us? And he saidunto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them.15:12 And they said unto him, We are come down to bind thee, that wemay deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson saidunto them, Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves.15:13 And they spake unto him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast,and deliver thee into their hand: but surely we will not kill thee.And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from therock.15:14 And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him:and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and the cords thatwere upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and hisbands loosed from off his hands.15:15 And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand,and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith.15:16 And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps,with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.15:17 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, thathe cast away the jawbone out of his hand, and called that placeRamathlehi.15:18 And he was sore athirst, and called on the LORD, and said, Thouhast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant: andnow shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of theuncircumcised?  15:19 But God clave an hollow place that was in thejaw, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spiritcame again, and he revived: wherefore he called the name thereofEnhakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day.15:20 And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twentyyears.16:1 Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went inunto her.16:2 And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. Andthey compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate ofthe city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, whenit is day, we shall kill him.16:3 And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took thedoors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away withthem, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried themup to the top of an hill that is before Hebron.16:4 And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in thevalley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.16:5 And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said untoher, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by whatmeans we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him;and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.16:6 And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thygreat strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflictthee.16:7 And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withsthat were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.16:8 Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven greenwiths which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.16:9 Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in thechamber.And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And hebrake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth thefire. So his strength was not known.16:10 And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, andtold me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest bebound.16:11 And he said unto her, If they bind me fast with new ropes thatnever were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.16:12 Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, andsaid unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And there wereliers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from off hisarms like a thread.16:13 And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, andtold me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he saidunto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.16:14 And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, ThePhilistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep, andwent away with the pin of the beam, and with the web.16:15 And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, whenthine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, andhast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth.16:16 And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words,and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death; 16:17 That hetold her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razorupon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother'swomb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shallbecome weak, and be like any other man.16:18 And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, shesent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up thisonce, for he hath shewed me all his heart. Then the lords of thePhilistines came up unto her, and brought money in their hand.16:19 And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man,and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and shebegan to afflict him, and his strength went from him.16:20 And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awokeout of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before,and shake myself. And he wist not that the LORD was departed from him.16:21 But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and broughthim down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he didgrind in the prison house.16:22 Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he wasshaven.16:23 Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for tooffer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for theysaid, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.16:24 And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for theysaid, Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and thedestroyer of our country, which slew many of us.16:25 And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that theysaid, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called forSamson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they sethim between the pillars.16:26 And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Sufferme that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house standeth, that Imay lean upon them.16:27 Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords ofthe Philistines were there; and there were upon the roof about threethousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport.16:28 And Samson called unto the LORD, and said, O Lord God, rememberme, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, OGod, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.16:29 And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which thehouse stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his righthand, and of the other with his left.16:30 And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowedhimself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, andupon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew athis death were more than they which he slew in his life.16:31 Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, andtook him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaolin the buryingplace of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twentyyears.17:1 And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah.17:2 And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silverthat were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest ofalso in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And hismother said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my son.17:3 And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver tohis mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver untothe LORD from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a moltenimage: now therefore I will restore it unto thee.17:4 Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother tooktwo hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who madethereof a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the houseof Micah.17:5 And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, andteraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.17:6 In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did thatwhich was right in his own eyes.17:7 And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family ofJudah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.17:8 And the man departed out of the city from Bethlehemjudah tosojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim tothe house of Micah, as he journeyed.17:9 And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said untohim, I am a Levite of Bethlehemjudah, and I go to sojourn where I mayfind a place.17:10 And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a fatherand a priest, and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by the year,and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in.17:11 And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the youngman was unto him as one of his sons.17:12 And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became hispriest, and was in the house of Micah.17:13 Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good,seeing I have a Levite to my priest.18:1 In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days thetribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for untothat day all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among thetribes of Israel.18:2 And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from theircoasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out theland, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land:who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, theylodged there.18:3 When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of theyoung man the Levite: and they turned in thither, and said unto him,Who brought thee hither? and what makest thou in this place? and whathast thou here?  18:4 And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealethMicah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest.18:5 And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, thatwe may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.18:6 And the priest said unto them, Go in peace: before the LORD isyour way wherein ye go.18:7 Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the peoplethat were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of theZidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land,that might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far from theZidonians, and had no business with any man.18:8 And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and theirbrethren said unto them, What say ye?  18:9 And they said, Arise, thatwe may go up against them: for we have seen the land, and, behold, itis very good: and are ye still? be not slothful to go, and to enter topossess the land.18:10 When ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure, and to a largeland: for God hath given it into your hands; a place where there is nowant of any thing that is in the earth.18:11 And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out ofZorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men appointed with weapons ofwar.18:12 And they went up, and pitched in Kirjathjearim, in Judah:wherefore they called that place Mahanehdan unto this day: behold, itis behind Kirjathjearim.18:13 And they passed thence unto mount Ephraim, and came unto thehouse of Micah.18:14 Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country ofLaish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in thesehouses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image?now therefore consider what ye have to do.18:15 And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the youngman the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and saluted him.18:16 And the six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war,which were of the children of Dan, stood by the entering of the gate.18:17 And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and camein thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and theteraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood in the enteringof the gate with the six hundred men that were appointed with weaponsof war.18:18 And these went into Micah's house, and fetched the carved image,the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. Then said thepriest unto them, What do ye?  18:19 And they said unto him, Hold thypeace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us afather and a priest: is it better for thee to be a priest unto thehouse of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a familyin Israel?  18:20 And the priest's heart was glad, and he took theephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midstof the people.18:21 So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and thecattle and the carriage before them.18:22 And when they were a good way from the house of Micah, the menthat were in the houses near to Micah's house were gathered together,and overtook the children of Dan.18:23 And they cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned theirfaces, and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou comest withsuch a company?  18:24 And he said, Ye have taken away my gods which Imade, and the priest, and ye are gone away: and what have I more? andwhat is this that ye say unto me, What aileth thee?  18:25 And thechildren of Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard among us,lest angry fellows run upon thee, and thou lose thy life, with thelives of thy household.18:26 And the children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw thatthey were too strong for him, he turned and went back unto his house.18:27 And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priestwhich he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people that were at quietand secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burntthe city with fire.18:28 And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Zidon, andthey had no business with any man; and it was in the valley that liethby Bethrehob. And they built a city, and dwelt therein.18:29 And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dantheir father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the citywas Laish at the first.18:30 And the children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan,the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were prieststo the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.18:31 And they set them up Micah's graven image, which he made, allthe time that the house of God was in Shiloh.19:1 And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king inIsrael, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side ofmount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Bethlehemjudah.19:2 And his concubine played the whore against him, and went awayfrom him unto her father's house to Bethlehemjudah, and was there fourwhole months.19:3 And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak friendly untoher, and to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a coupleof asses: and she brought him into her father's house: and when thefather of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.19:4 And his father in law, the damsel's father, retained him; and heabode with him three days: so they did eat and drink, and lodgedthere.19:5 And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early inthe morning, that he rose up to depart: and the damsel's father saidunto his son in law, Comfort thine heart with a morsel of bread, andafterward go your way.19:6 And they sat down, and did eat and drink both of them together:for the damsel's father had said unto the man, Be content, I praythee, and tarry all night, and let thine heart be merry.19:7 And when the man rose up to depart, his father in law urged him:therefore he lodged there again.19:8 And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart; andthe damsel's father said, Comfort thine heart, I pray thee. And theytarried until afternoon, and they did eat both of them.19:9 And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, andhis servant, his father in law, the damsel's father, said unto him,Behold, now the day draweth toward evening, I pray you tarry allnight: behold, the day groweth to an end, lodge here, that thine heartmay be merry; and to morrow get you early on your way, that thoumayest go home.19:10 But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up anddeparted, and came over against Jebus, which is Jerusalem; and therewere with him two asses saddled, his concubine also was with him.19:11 And when they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and theservant said unto his master, Come, I pray thee, and let us turn ininto this city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it.19:12 And his master said unto him, We will not turn aside hither intothe city of a stranger, that is not of the children of Israel; we willpass over to Gibeah.19:13 And he said unto his servant, Come, and let us draw near to oneof these places to lodge all night, in Gibeah, or in Ramah.19:14 And they passed on and went their way; and the sun went downupon them when they were by Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin.19:15 And they turned aside thither, to go in and to lodge in Gibeah:and when he went in, he sat him down in a street of the city: forthere was no man that took them into his house to lodging.19:16 And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of thefield at even, which was also of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned inGibeah: but the men of the place were Benjamites.19:17 And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a wayfaring man inthe street of the city: and the old man said, Whither goest thou? andwhence comest thou?  19:18 And he said unto him, We are passing fromBethlehemjudah toward the side of mount Ephraim; from thence am I: andI went to Bethlehemjudah, but I am now going to the house of the LORD;and there is no man that receiveth me to house.19:19 Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses; and thereis bread and wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the youngman which is with thy servants: there is no want of any thing.19:20 And the old man said, Peace be with thee; howsoever let all thywants lie upon me; only lodge not in the street.19:21 So he brought him into his house, and gave provender unto theasses: and they washed their feet, and did eat and drink.19:22 Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men ofthe city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, andbeat at the door, and spake to the master of the house, the old man,saying, Bring forth the man that came into thine house, that we mayknow him.19:23 And the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, andsaid unto them, Nay, my brethren, nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly;seeing that this man is come into mine house, do not this folly.19:24 Behold, here is my daughter a maiden, and his concubine; them Iwill bring out now, and humble ye them, and do with them what seemethgood unto you: but unto this man do not so vile a thing.19:25 But the men would not hearken to him: so the man took hisconcubine, and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, andabused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began tospring, they let her go.19:26 Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down atthe door of the man's house where her lord was, till it was light.19:27 And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of thehouse, and went out to go his way: and, behold, the woman hisconcubine was fallen down at the door of the house, and her hands wereupon the threshold.19:28 And he said unto her, Up, and let us be going. But noneanswered.Then the man took her up upon an ass, and the man rose up, and gat himunto his place.19:29 And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laidhold on his concubine, and divided her, together with her bones, intotwelve pieces, and sent her into all the coasts of Israel.19:30 And it was so, that all that saw it said, There was no such deeddone nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out ofthe land of Egypt unto this day: consider of it, take advice, andspeak your minds.20:1 Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregationwas gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with theland of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh.20:2 And the chief of all the people, even of all the tribes ofIsrael, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God,four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword.20:3 (Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israelwere gone up to Mizpeh.) Then said the children of Israel, Tell us,how was this wickedness?  20:4 And the Levite, the husband of thewoman that was slain, answered and said, I came into Gibeah thatbelongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.20:5 And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house roundabout upon me by night, and thought to have slain me: and my concubinehave they forced, that she is dead.20:6 And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent herthroughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel: for they havecommitted lewdness and folly in Israel.20:7 Behold, ye are all children of Israel; give here your advice andcounsel.20:8 And all the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any ofus go to his tent, neither will we any of us turn into his house.20:9 But now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah; wewill go up by lot against it; 20:10 And we will take ten men of anhundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and an hundred of athousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch victual for thepeople, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin,according to all the folly that they have wrought in Israel.20:11 So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knittogether as one man.20:12 And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe ofBenjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that is done among you?20:13 Now therefore deliver us the men, the children of Belial, whichare in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil fromIsrael. But the children of Benjamin would not hearken to the voice oftheir brethren the children of Israel.20:14 But the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out ofthe cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children ofIsrael.20:15 And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out ofthe cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, beside theinhabitants of Gibeah, which were numbered seven hundred chosen men.20:16 Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen menlefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and notmiss.20:17 And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered fourhundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war.20:18 And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house ofGod, and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up firstto the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the LORD said,Judah shall go up first.20:19 And the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encampedagainst Gibeah.20:20 And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; andthe men of Israel put themselves in array to fight against them atGibeah.20:21 And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, anddestroyed down to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty and twothousand men.20:22 And the people the men of Israel encouraged themselves, and settheir battle again in array in the place where they put themselves inarray the first day.20:23 (And the children of Israel went up and wept before the LORDuntil even, and asked counsel of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up againto battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the LORDsaid, Go up against him.)  20:24 And the children of Israel came nearagainst the children of Benjamin the second day.20:25 And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the secondday, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel againeighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword.20:26 Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up,and came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before theLORD, and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings andpeace offerings before the LORD.20:27 And the children of Israel enquired of the LORD, (for the ark ofthe covenant of God was there in those days, 20:28 And Phinehas, theson of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days,)saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children ofBenjamin my brother, or shall I cease? And the LORD said, Go up; forto morrow I will deliver them into thine hand.20:29 And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah.20:30 And the children of Israel went up against the children ofBenjamin on the third day, and put themselves in array against Gibeah,as at other times.20:31 And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, andwere drawn away from the city; and they began to smite of the people,and kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up tothe house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirtymen of Israel.20:32 And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down beforeus, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, anddraw them from the city unto the highways.20:33 And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and putthemselves in array at Baaltamar: and the liers in wait of Israel cameforth out of their places, even out of the meadows of Gibeah.20:34 And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of allIsrael, and the battle was sore: but they knew not that evil was nearthem.20:35 And the LORD smote Benjamin before Israel: and the children ofIsrael destroyed of the Benjamites that day twenty and five thousandand an hundred men: all these drew the sword.20:36 So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten: for themen of Israel gave place to the Benjamites, because they trusted untothe liers in wait which they had set beside Gibeah.20:37 And the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and theliers in wait drew themselves along, and smote all the city with theedge of the sword.20:38 Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel andthe liers in wait, that they should make a great flame with smoke riseup out of the city.20:39 And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin beganto smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons: for theysaid, Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle.20:40 But when the flame began to arise up out of the city with apillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, and, behold, theflame of the city ascended up to heaven.20:41 And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjaminwere amazed: for they saw that evil was come upon them.20:42 Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel untothe way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and themwhich came out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them.20:43 Thus they inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them,and trode them down with ease over against Gibeah toward thesunrising.20:44 And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these weremen of valour.20:45 And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock ofRimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men;and pursued hard after them unto Gidom, and slew two thousand men ofthem.20:46 So that all which fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and fivethousand men that drew the sword; all these were men of valour.20:47 But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness unto therock Rimmon, and abode in the rock Rimmon four months.20:48 And the men of Israel turned again upon the children ofBenjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the menof every city, as the beast, and all that came to hand: also they seton fire all the cities that they came to.21:1 Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shallnot any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife.21:2 And the people came to the house of God, and abode there tilleven before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore; 21:3 Andsaid, O LORD God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, thatthere should be to day one tribe lacking in Israel?  21:4 And it cameto pass on the morrow, that the people rose early, and built there analtar, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.21:5 And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all thetribes of Israel that came not up with the congregation unto the LORD?For they had made a great oath concerning him that came not up to theLORD to Mizpeh, saying, He shall surely be put to death.21:6 And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin theirbrother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.21:7 How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we havesworn by the LORD that we will not give them of our daughters towives?  21:8 And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israelthat came not up to Mizpeh to the LORD? And, behold, there came noneto the camp from Jabeshgilead to the assembly.21:9 For the people were numbered, and, behold, there were none of theinhabitants of Jabeshgilead there.21:10 And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of thevaliantest, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitantsof Jabeshgilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and thechildren.21:11 And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroyevery male, and every woman that hath lain by man.21:12 And they found among the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead fourhundred young virgins, that had known no man by lying with any male:and they brought them unto the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land ofCanaan.21:13 And the whole congregation sent some to speak to the children ofBenjamin that were in the rock Rimmon, and to call peaceably untothem.21:14 And Benjamin came again at that time; and they gave them wiveswhich they had saved alive of the women of Jabeshgilead: and yet sothey sufficed them not.21:15 And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the LORDhad made a breach in the tribes of Israel.21:16 Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do forwives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out ofBenjamin?  21:17 And they said, There must be an inheritance for themthat be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out ofIsrael.21:18 Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters: for thechildren of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wifeto Benjamin.21:19 Then they said, Behold, there is a feast of the LORD in Shilohyearly in a place which is on the north side of Bethel, on the eastside of the highway that goeth up from Bethel to Shechem, and on thesouth of Lebonah.21:20 Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Goand lie in wait in the vineyards; 21:21 And see, and, behold, if thedaughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances, then come ye out ofthe vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters ofShiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.21:22 And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come untous to complain, that we will say unto them, Be favourable unto themfor our sakes: because we reserved not to each man his wife in thewar: for ye did not give unto them at this time, that ye should beguilty.21:23 And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives,according to their number, of them that danced, whom they caught: andthey went and returned unto their inheritance, and repaired thecities, and dwelt in them.21:24 And the children of Israel departed thence at that time, everyman to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from thenceevery man to his inheritance.21:25 In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did thatwhich was right in his own eyes.The Book of Ruth1:1 Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that therewas a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went tosojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.1:2 And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wifeNaomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites ofBethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continuedthere.1:3 And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her twosons.1:4 And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the onewas Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled thereabout ten years.1:5 And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman wasleft of her two sons and her husband.1:6 Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might returnfrom the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab howthat the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread.1:7 Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, and hertwo daughters in law with her; and they went on the way to return untothe land of Judah.1:8 And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each toher mother's house: the LORD deal kindly with you, as ye have dealtwith the dead, and with me.1:9 The LORD grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the houseof her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice,and wept.1:10 And they said unto her, Surely we will return with thee unto thypeople.1:11 And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me?are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be yourhusbands?  1:12 Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am tooold to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should havean husband also to night, and should also bear sons; 1:13 Would yetarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them fromhaving husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for yoursakes that the hand of the LORD is gone out against me.1:14 And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissedher mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.1:15 And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto herpeople, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law.1:16 And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return fromfollowing after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and wherethou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy Godmy God: 1:17 Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried:the LORD do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee andme.1:18 When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, thenshe left speaking unto her.1:19 So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came topass, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was movedabout them, and they said, Is this Naomi?  1:20 And she said untothem, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealtvery bitterly with me.1:21 I went out full and the LORD hath brought me home again empty:why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me,and the Almighty hath afflicted me?  1:22 So Naomi returned, and Ruththe Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out ofthe country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning ofbarley harvest.2:1 And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth,of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.2:2 And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to thefield, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall findgrace.And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.2:3 And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after thereapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field belongingunto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech.2:4 And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers,The LORD be with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless thee.2:5 Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers,Whose damsel is this?  2:6 And the servant that was set over thereapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel that came backwith Naomi out of the country of Moab: 2:7 And she said, I pray you,let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so shecame, and hath continued even from the morning until now, that shetarried a little in the house.2:8 Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not toglean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast bymy maidens: 2:9 Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, andgo thou after them: have I not charged the young men that they shallnot touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, anddrink of that which the young men have drawn.2:10 Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, andsaid unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thoushouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger?  2:11 And Boazanswered and said unto her, It hath fully been shewed me, all thatthou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thinehusband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and theland of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewestnot heretofore.2:12 The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee ofthe LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.2:13 Then she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord; for thatthou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly untothine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens.2:14 And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat ofthe bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside thereapers: and he reached her parched corn, and she did eat, and wassufficed, and left.2:15 And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men,saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not:2:16 And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, andleave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not.2:17 So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she hadgleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley.2:18 And she took it up, and went into the city: and her mother in lawsaw what she had gleaned: and she brought forth, and gave to her thatshe had reserved after she was sufficed.2:19 And her mother in law said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned today?  and where wroughtest thou? blessed be he that did take knowledgeof thee. And she shewed her mother in law with whom she had wrought,and said, The man's name with whom I wrought to day is Boaz.2:20 And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed be he of theLORD, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to thedead. And Naomi said unto her, The man is near of kin unto us, one ofour next kinsmen.2:21 And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto me also, Thou shaltkeep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest.2:22 And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter in law, It is good, mydaughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they meet thee notin any other field.2:23 So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end ofbarley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother in law.3:1 Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall Inot seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?  3:2 And now isnot Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast?  Behold, hewinnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor.3:3 Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment uponthee, and get thee down to the floor: but make not thyself known untothe man, until he shall have done eating and drinking.3:4 And it shall be, when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark theplace where he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet,and lay thee down; and he will tell thee what thou shalt do.3:5 And she said unto her, All that thou sayest unto me I will do.3:6 And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all thather mother in law bade her.3:7 And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, hewent to lie down at the end of the heap of corn: and she came softly,and uncovered his feet, and laid her down.3:8 And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, andturned himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet.3:9 And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thinehandmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou arta near kinsman.3:10 And he said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my daughter: for thouhast shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning,inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich.3:11 And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thourequirest: for all the city of my people doth know that thou art avirtuous woman.3:12 And now it is true that I am thy near kinsman: howbeit there is akinsman nearer than I.3:13 Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he willperform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do thekinsman's part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee,then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, as the LORD liveth: liedown until the morning.3:14 And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up beforeone could know another. And he said, Let it not be known that a womancame into the floor.3:15 Also he said, Bring the vail that thou hast upon thee, and holdit.And when she held it, he measured six measures of barley, and laid iton her: and she went into the city.3:16 And when she came to her mother in law, she said, Who art thou,my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her.3:17 And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for hesaid to me, Go not empty unto thy mother in law.3:18 Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how thematter will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he havefinished the thing this day.4:1 Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and,behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho,such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and satdown.4:2 And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit yedown here. And they sat down.4:3 And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of thecountry of Moab, selleth a parcel of land, which was our brotherElimelech's: 4:4 And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy itbefore the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thouwilt redeem it, redeem it: but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tellme, that I may know: for there is none to redeem it beside thee; and Iam after thee. And he said, I will redeem it.4:5 Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand ofNaomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of thedead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.4:6 And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I marmine own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannotredeem it.4:7 Now this was the manner in former time in Israel concerningredeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things; a manplucked off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour: and this was atestimony in Israel.4:8 Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thee. So he drewoff his shoe.4:9 And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all the people, Ye arewitnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech's, andall that was Chilion's and Mahlon's, of the hand of Naomi.4:10 Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchasedto be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance,that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, andfrom the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.4:11 And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said,We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thinehouse like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house ofIsrael: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Bethlehem:4:12 And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bareunto Judah, of the seed which the LORD shall give thee of this youngwoman.4:13 So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in untoher, the LORD gave her conception, and she bare a son.4:14 And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the LORD, which hathnot left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famousin Israel.4:15 And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisherof thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which isbetter to thee than seven sons, hath born him.4:16 And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and becamenurse unto it.4:17 And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is ason born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father ofJesse, the father of David.4:18 Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron,4:19 And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab, 4:20 And Amminadabbegat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon, 4:21 And Salmon begat Boaz,and Boaz begat Obed, 4:22 And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.The First Book of SamuelOtherwise Called:The First Book of the Kings1:1 Now there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim, of mount Ephraim,and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, theson of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite: 1:2 And he had two wives;the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah:and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.1:3 And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and tosacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli,Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there.1:4 And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnahhis wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions: 1:5 Butunto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but theLORD had shut up her womb.1:6 And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret,because the LORD had shut up her womb.1:7 And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house ofthe LORD, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.1:8 Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou?and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I betterto thee than ten sons?  1:9 So Hannah rose up after they had eaten inShiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seatby a post of the temple of the LORD.1:10 And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, andwept sore.1:11 And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wiltindeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, andnot forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a manchild, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life,and there shall no razor come upon his head.1:12 And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the LORD,that Eli marked her mouth.1:13 Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but hervoice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.1:14 And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put awaythy wine from thee.1:15 And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of asorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but havepoured out my soul before the LORD.1:16 Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of theabundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.1:17 Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israelgrant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him.1:18 And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So thewoman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad.1:19 And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before theLORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knewHannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her.1:20 Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about afterHannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel,saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD.1:21 And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto theLORD the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.1:22 But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, I will notgo up until the child be weaned, and then I will bring him, that hemay appear before the LORD, and there abide for ever.1:23 And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good;tarry until thou have weaned him; only the LORD establish his word. Sothe woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him.1:24 And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with threebullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and broughthim unto the house of the LORD in Shiloh: and the child was young.1:25 And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli.1:26 And she said, Oh my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am thewoman that stood by thee here, praying unto the LORD.1:27 For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petitionwhich I asked of him: 1:28 Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD;as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the LORD. And he worshippedthe LORD there.2:1 And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the LORD, minehorn is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies;because I rejoice in thy salvation.2:2 There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none beside thee:neither is there any rock like our God.2:3 Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out ofyour mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions areweighed.2:4 The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled aregirded with strength.2:5 They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and theythat were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and shethat hath many children is waxed feeble.2:6 The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave,and bringeth up.2:7 The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, andlifteth up.2:8 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggarfrom the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inheritthe throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD's, andhe hath set the world upon them.2:9 He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall besilent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.2:10 The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out ofheaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends ofthe earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt thehorn of his anointed.2:11 And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child didminister unto the LORD before Eli the priest.2:12 Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD.2:13 And the priest's custom with the people was, that, when any manoffered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was inseething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand; 2:14 And hestruck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that thefleshhook brought up the priest took for himself. So they did inShiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither.2:15 Also before they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, andsaid to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest;for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw.2:16 And if any man said unto him, Let them not fail to burn the fatpresently, and then take as much as thy soul desireth; then he wouldanswer him, Nay; but thou shalt give it me now: and if not, I willtake it by force.2:17 Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before theLORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.2:18 But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded witha linen ephod.2:19 Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to himfrom year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer theyearly sacrifice.2:20 And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The LORD givethee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to the LORD. Andthey went unto their own home.2:21 And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and barethree sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before theLORD.2:22 Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto allIsrael; and how they lay with the women that assembled at the door ofthe tabernacle of the congregation.2:23 And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of yourevil dealings by all this people.2:24 Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make theLORD's people to transgress.2:25 If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but ifa man sin against the LORD, who shall intreat for him? Notwithstandingthey hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the LORDwould slay them.2:26 And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with theLORD, and also with men.2:27 And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thussaith the LORD, Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy father,when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh's house?  2:28 And did I choose himout of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon minealtar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I giveunto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of thechildren of Israel?  2:29 Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and atmine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honourestthy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all theofferings of Israel my people?  2:30 Wherefore the LORD God of Israelsaith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father,should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far fromme; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise meshall be lightly esteemed.2:31 Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the armof thy father's house, that there shall not be an old man in thinehouse.2:32 And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealthwhich God shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man inthine house for ever.2:33 And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar,shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all theincrease of thine house shall die in the flower of their age.2:34 And this shall be a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy twosons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them.2:35 And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do accordingto that which is in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him asure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever.2:36 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thinehouse shall come and crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morselof bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests'offices, that I may eat a piece of bread.3:1 And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And theword of the LORD was precious in those days; there was no open vision.3:2 And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in hisplace, and his eyes began to wax dim, that he could not see; 3:3 Andere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the LORD, where the arkof God was, and Samuel was laid down to sleep; 3:4 That the LORDcalled Samuel: and he answered, Here am I.3:5 And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me.And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down.3:6 And the LORD called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and wentto Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And he answered,I called not, my son; lie down again.3:7 Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, neither was the word of theLORD yet revealed unto him.3:8 And the LORD called Samuel again the third time. And he arose andwent to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And Eliperceived that the LORD had called the child.3:9 Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, ifhe call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, LORD; for thy servantheareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place.3:10 And the LORD came, and stood, and called as at other times,Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth.3:11 And the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel,at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle.3:12 In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I havespoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end.3:13 For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for theiniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, andhe restrained them not.3:14 And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that theiniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged with sacrifice noroffering for ever.3:15 And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of thehouse of the LORD. And Samuel feared to shew Eli the vision.3:16 Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And heanswered, Here am I.3:17 And he said, What is the thing that the LORD hath said unto thee?I pray thee hide it not from me: God do so to thee, and more also, ifthou hide any thing from me of all the things that he said unto thee.3:18 And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And hesaid, It is the LORD: let him do what seemeth him good.3:19 And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none ofhis words fall to the ground.3:20 And all Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel wasestablished to be a prophet of the LORD.3:21 And the LORD appeared again in Shiloh: for the LORD revealedhimself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the LORD.4:1 And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went outagainst the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Ebenezer: andthe Philistines pitched in Aphek.4:2 And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: andwhen they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines:and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men.4:3 And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israelsaid, Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to day before thePhilistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD out ofShiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out ofthe hand of our enemies.4:4 So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thencethe ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth betweenthe cherubims: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, werethere with the ark of the covenant of God.4:5 And when the ark of the covenant of the LORD came into the camp,all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again.4:6 And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said,What meaneth the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews?And they understood that the ark of the LORD was come into the camp.4:7 And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come intothe camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there hath not been such athing heretofore.4:8 Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mightyGods? these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plaguesin the wilderness.4:9 Be strong and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that yebe not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quityourselves like men, and fight.4:10 And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fledevery man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; forthere fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.4:11 And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni andPhinehas, were slain.4:12 And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came toShiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon hishead.4:13 And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the waysidewatching: for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the mancame into the city, and told it, all the city cried out.4:14 And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What meaneththe noise of this tumult? And the man came in hastily, and told Eli.4:15 Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim,that he could not see.4:16 And the man said unto Eli, I am he that came out of the army, andI fled to day out of the army. And he said, What is there done, myson?  4:17 And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled beforethe Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among thepeople, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and theark of God is taken.4:18 And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, thathe fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and hisneck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he hadjudged Israel forty years.4:19 And his daughter in law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, near tobe delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God wastaken, and that her father in law and her husband were dead, she bowedherself and travailed; for her pains came upon her.4:20 And about the time of her death the women that stood by her saidunto her, Fear not; for thou hast born a son. But she answered not,neither did she regard it.4:21 And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departedfrom Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of herfather in law and her husband.4:22 And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark ofGod is taken.5:1 And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it fromEbenezer unto Ashdod.5:2 When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into thehouse of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.5:3 And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagonwas fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the LORD. Andthey took Dagon, and set him in his place again.5:4 And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon wasfallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD; and thehead of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon thethreshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him.5:5 Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come intoDagon's house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto thisday.5:6 But the hand of the LORD was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and hedestroyed them, and smote them with emerods, even Ashdod and thecoasts thereof.5:7 And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The arkof the God of Israel shall not abide with us: for his hand is soreupon us, and upon Dagon our god.5:8 They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistinesunto them, and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God ofIsrael? And they answered, Let the ark of the God of Israel be carriedabout unto Gath. And they carried the ark of the God of Israel aboutthither.5:9 And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand ofthe LORD was against the city with a very great destruction: and hesmote the men of the city, both small and great, and they had emerodsin their secret parts.5:10 Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass,as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying,They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to slay usand our people.5:11 So they sent and gathered together all the lords of thePhilistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and letit go again to his own place, that it slay us not, and our people: forthere was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand ofGod was very heavy there.5:12 And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods: and thecry of the city went up to heaven.6:1 And the ark of the LORD was in the country of the Philistinesseven months.6:2 And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners,saying, What shall we do to the ark of the LORD? tell us wherewith weshall send it to his place.6:3 And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, sendit not empty; but in any wise return him a trespass offering: then yeshall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is notremoved from you.6:4 Then said they, What shall be the trespass offering which we shallreturn to him? They answered, Five golden emerods, and five goldenmice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines: for oneplague was on you all, and on your lords.6:5 Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and images of yourmice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God ofIsrael: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and fromoff your gods, and from off your land.6:6 Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians andPharaoh hardened their hearts? when he had wrought wonderfully amongthem, did they not let the people go, and they departed?  6:7 Nowtherefore make a new cart, and take two milch kine, on which therehath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring theircalves home from them: 6:8 And take the ark of the LORD, and lay itupon the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which ye return him for atrespass offering, in a coffer by the side thereof; and send it away,that it may go.6:9 And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast toBethshemesh, then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then weshall know that it is not his hand that smote us: it was a chance thathappened to us.6:10 And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to thecart, and shut up their calves at home: 6:11 And they laid the ark ofthe LORD upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and theimages of their emerods.6:12 And the kine took the straight way to the way of Bethshemesh, andwent along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside tothe right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines wentafter them unto the border of Bethshemesh.6:13 And they of Bethshemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in thevalley: and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoicedto see it.6:14 And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Bethshemite, andstood there, where there was a great stone: and they clave the wood ofthe cart, and offered the kine a burnt offering unto the LORD.6:15 And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD, and the cofferthat was with it, wherein the jewels of gold were, and put them on thegreat stone: and the men of Bethshemesh offered burnt offerings andsacrificed sacrifices the same day unto the LORD.6:16 And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, theyreturned to Ekron the same day.6:17 And these are the golden emerods which the Philistines returnedfor a trespass offering unto the LORD; for Ashdod one, for Gaza one,for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one; 6:18 And the goldenmice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistinesbelonging to the five lords, both of fenced cities, and of countryvillages, even unto the great stone of Abel, whereon they set down theark of the LORD: which stone remaineth unto this day in the field ofJoshua, the Bethshemite.6:19 And he smote the men of Bethshemesh, because they had looked intothe ark of the LORD, even he smote of the people fifty thousand andthreescore and ten men: and the people lamented, because the LORD hadsmitten many of the people with a great slaughter.6:20 And the men of Bethshemesh said, Who is able to stand before thisholy LORD God? and to whom shall he go up from us?  6:21 And they sentmessengers to the inhabitants of Kirjathjearim, saying, ThePhilistines have brought again the ark of the LORD; come ye down, andfetch it up to you.7:1 And the men of Kirjathjearim came, and fetched up the ark of theLORD, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, andsanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the LORD.7:2 And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjathjearim, thatthe time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house ofIsrael lamented after the LORD.7:3 And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye doreturn unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strangegods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto theLORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand ofthe Philistines.7:4 Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, andserved the LORD only.7:5 And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray foryou unto the LORD.7:6 And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and pouredit out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, Wehave sinned against the LORD. And Samuel judged the children of Israelin Mizpeh.7:7 And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel weregathered together to Mizpeh, the lords of the Philistines went upagainst Israel. And when the children of Israel heard it, they wereafraid of the Philistines.7:8 And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry untothe LORD our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of thePhilistines.7:9 And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a burntoffering wholly unto the LORD: and Samuel cried unto the LORD forIsrael; and the LORD heard him.7:10 And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistinesdrew near to battle against Israel: but the LORD thundered with agreat thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and discomfited them;and they were smitten before Israel.7:11 And the men of Israel went out of Mizpeh, and pursued thePhilistines, and smote them, until they came under Bethcar.7:12 Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, andcalled the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helpedus.7:13 So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more into thecoast of Israel: and the hand of the LORD was against the Philistinesall the days of Samuel.7:14 And the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel wererestored to Israel, from Ekron even unto Gath; and the coasts thereofdid Israel deliver out of the hands of the Philistines. And there waspeace between Israel and the Amorites.7:15 And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.7:16 And he went from year to year in circuit to Bethel, and Gilgal,and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places.7:17 And his return was to Ramah; for there was his house; and therehe judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the LORD.8:1 And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sonsjudges over Israel.8:2 Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of hissecond, Abiah: they were judges in Beersheba.8:3 And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre,and took bribes, and perverted judgment.8:4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, andcame to Samuel unto Ramah, 8:5 And said unto him, Behold, thou artold, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge uslike all the nations.8:6 But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king tojudge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.8:7 And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of thepeople in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejectedthee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.8:8 According to all the works which they have done since the day thatI brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they haveforsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee.8:9 Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protestsolemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shallreign over them.8:10 And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people thatasked of him a king.8:11 And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reignover you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, forhis chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before hischariots.8:12 And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captainsover fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap hisharvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of hischariots.8:13 And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to becooks, and to be bakers.8:14 And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and youroliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.8:15 And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards,and give to his officers, and to his servants.8:16 And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, andyour goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.8:17 He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be hisservants.8:18 And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which yeshall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.8:19 Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; andthey said, Nay; but we will have a king over us; 8:20 That we also maybe like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go outbefore us, and fight our battles.8:21 And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsedthem in the ears of the LORD.8:22 And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and makethem a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye every manunto his city.9:1 Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son ofAbiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, aBenjamite, a mighty man of power.9:2 And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and agoodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlierperson than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than anyof the people.9:3 And the asses of Kish Saul's father were lost. And Kish said toSaul his son, Take now one of the servants with thee, and arise, goseek the asses.9:4 And he passed through mount Ephraim, and passed through the landof Shalisha, but they found them not: then they passed through theland of Shalim, and there they were not: and he passed through theland of the Benjamites, but they found them not.9:5 And when they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to hisservant that was with him, Come, and let us return; lest my fatherleave caring for the asses, and take thought for us.9:6 And he said unto him, Behold now, there is in this city a man ofGod, and he is an honourable man; all that he saith cometh surely topass: now let us go thither; peradventure he can shew us our way thatwe should go.9:7 Then said Saul to his servant, But, behold, if we go, what shallwe bring the man? for the bread is spent in our vessels, and there isnot a present to bring to the man of God: what have we?  9:8 And theservant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have here at hand thefourth part of a shekel of silver: that will I give to the man of God,to tell us our way.9:9 (Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to enquire of God, thus hespake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for he that is now called aProphet was beforetime called a Seer.)  9:10 Then said Saul to hisservant, Well said; come, let us go. So they went unto the city wherethe man of God was.9:11 And as they went up the hill to the city, they found youngmaidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here?9:12 And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, he is beforeyou: make haste now, for he came to day to the city; for there is asacrifice of the people to day in the high place: 9:13 As soon as yebe come into the city, ye shall straightway find him, before he go upto the high place to eat: for the people will not eat until he come,because he doth bless the sacrifice; and afterwards they eat that bebidden. Now therefore get you up; for about this time ye shall findhim.9:14 And they went up into the city: and when they were come into thecity, behold, Samuel came out against them, for to go up to the highplace.9:15 Now the LORD had told Samuel in his ear a day before Saul came,saying, 9:16 To morrow about this time I will send thee a man out ofthe land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to be captain over mypeople Israel, that he may save my people out of the hand of thePhilistines: for I have looked upon my people, because their cry iscome unto me.9:17 And when Samuel saw Saul, the LORD said unto him, Behold the manwhom I spake to thee of! this same shall reign over my people.9:18 Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, Ipray thee, where the seer's house is.9:19 And Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am the seer: go up beforeme unto the high place; for ye shall eat with me to day, and to morrowI will let thee go, and will tell thee all that is in thine heart.9:20 And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not thymind on them; for they are found. And on whom is all the desire ofIsrael? Is it not on thee, and on all thy father's house?  9:21 AndSaul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of thetribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of thetribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou so to me?  9:22 AndSamuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the parlour,and made them sit in the chiefest place among them that were bidden,which were about thirty persons.9:23 And Samuel said unto the cook, Bring the portion which I gavethee, of which I said unto thee, Set it by thee.9:24 And the cook took up the shoulder, and that which was upon it,and set it before Saul. And Samuel said, Behold that which is left!set it before thee, and eat: for unto this time hath it been kept forthee since I said, I have invited the people. So Saul did eat withSamuel that day.9:25 And when they were come down from the high place into the city,Samuel communed with Saul upon the top of the house.9:26 And they arose early: and it came to pass about the spring of theday, that Samuel called Saul to the top of the house, saying, Up, thatI may send thee away. And Saul arose, and they went out both of them,he and Samuel, abroad.9:27 And as they were going down to the end of the city, Samuel saidto Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us, (and he passed on), butstand thou still a while, that I may shew thee the word of God.10:1 Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, andkissed him, and said, Is it not because the LORD hath anointed thee tobe captain over his inheritance?  10:2 When thou art departed from meto day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel's sepulchre in theborder of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto thee, The asseswhich thou wentest to seek are found: and, lo, thy father hath leftthe care of the asses, and sorroweth for you, saying, What shall I dofor my son?  10:3 Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thoushalt come to the plain of Tabor, and there shall meet thee three mengoing up to God to Bethel, one carrying three kids, and anothercarrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine:10:4 And they will salute thee, and give thee two loaves of bread;which thou shalt receive of their hands.10:5 After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where is thegarrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou artcome thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophetscoming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and apipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy: 10:6 And theSpirit of the LORD will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy withthem, and shalt be turned into another man.10:7 And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, that thou doas occasion serve thee; for God is with thee.10:8 And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I willcome down unto thee, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrificesacrifices of peace offerings: seven days shalt thou tarry, till Icome to thee, and shew thee what thou shalt do.10:9 And it was so, that when he had turned his back to go fromSamuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs came to passthat day.10:10 And when they came thither to the hill, behold, a company ofprophets met him; and the Spirit of God came upon him, and heprophesied among them.10:11 And it came to pass, when all that knew him beforetime saw that,behold, he prophesied among the prophets, then the people said one toanother, What is this that is come unto the son of Kish? Is Saul alsoamong the prophets?  10:12 And one of the same place answered andsaid, But who is their father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saulalso among the prophets?  10:13 And when he had made an end ofprophesying, he came to the high place.10:14 And Saul's uncle said unto him and to his servant, Whither wentye?  And he said, To seek the asses: and when we saw that they were nowhere, we came to Samuel.10:15 And Saul's uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel saidunto you.10:16 And Saul said unto his uncle, He told us plainly that the asseswere found. But of the matter of the kingdom, whereof Samuel spake, hetold him not.10:17 And Samuel called the people together unto the LORD to Mizpeh;10:18 And said unto the children of Israel, Thus saith the LORD God ofIsrael, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out of thehand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all kingdoms, and ofthem that oppressed you: 10:19 And ye have this day rejected your God,who himself saved you out of all your adversities and yourtribulations; and ye have said unto him, Nay, but set a king over us.Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes, andby your thousands.10:20 And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to comenear, the tribe of Benjamin was taken.10:21 When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by theirfamilies, the family of Matri was taken, and Saul the son of Kish wastaken: and when they sought him, he could not be found.10:22 Therefore they enquired of the LORD further, if the man shouldyet come thither. And the LORD answered, Behold he hath hid himselfamong the stuff.10:23 And they ran and fetched him thence: and when he stood among thepeople, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders andupward.10:24 And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the LORD hathchosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all thepeople shouted, and said, God save the king.10:25 Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wroteit in a book, and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all thepeople away, every man to his house.10:26 And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him aband of men, whose hearts God had touched.10:27 But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? Andthey despised him, and brought no presents. But he held his peace.11:1 Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped againstJabeshgilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make acovenant with us, and we will serve thee.11:2 And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, On this condition will Imake a covenant with you, that I may thrust out all your right eyes,and lay it for a reproach upon all Israel.11:3 And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days'respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel:and then, if there be no man to save us, we will come out to thee.11:4 Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidingsin the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voices,and wept.11:5 And, behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field; and Saulsaid, What aileth the people that they weep? And they told him thetidings of the men of Jabesh.11:6 And the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those tidings,and his anger was kindled greatly.11:7 And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sentthem throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers,saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, soshall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear of the LORD fell on thepeople, and they came out with one consent.11:8 And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel werethree hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.11:9 And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye sayunto the men of Jabeshgilead, To morrow, by that time the sun be hot,ye shall have help. And the messengers came and shewed it to the menof Jabesh; and they were glad.11:10 Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To morrow we will come outunto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you.11:11 And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in threecompanies; and they came into the midst of the host in the morningwatch, and slew the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it cameto pass, that they which remained were scattered, so that two of themwere not left together.11:12 And the people said unto Samuel, Who is he that said, Shall Saulreign over us? bring the men, that we may put them to death.11:13 And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day:for to day the LORD hath wrought salvation in Israel.11:14 Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal,and renew the kingdom there.11:15 And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul kingbefore the LORD in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed sacrifices ofpeace offerings before the LORD; and there Saul and all the men ofIsrael rejoiced greatly.12:1 And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened untoyour voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you.12:2 And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old andgrayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walkedbefore you from my childhood unto this day.12:3 Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and beforehis anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? orwhom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have Ireceived any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore ityou.12:4 And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us,neither hast thou taken ought of any man's hand.12:5 And he said unto them, The LORD is witness against you, and hisanointed is witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand.And they answered, He is witness.12:6 And Samuel said unto the people, It is the LORD that advancedMoses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land ofEgypt.12:7 Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before theLORD of all the righteous acts of the LORD, which he did to you and toyour fathers.12:8 When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto theLORD, then the LORD sent Moses and Aaron, which brought forth yourfathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place.12:9 And when they forgat the LORD their God, he sold them into thehand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of thePhilistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they foughtagainst them.12:10 And they cried unto the LORD, and said, We have sinned, becausewe have forsaken the LORD, and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: butnow deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee.12:11 And the LORD sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, andSamuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on everyside, and ye dwelled safe.12:12 And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammoncame against you, ye said unto me, Nay; but a king shall reign overus: when the LORD your God was your king.12:13 Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom yehave desired! and, behold, the LORD hath set a king over you.12:14 If ye will fear the LORD, and serve him, and obey his voice, andnot rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall both ye andalso the king that reigneth over you continue following the LORD yourGod: 12:15 But if ye will not obey the voice of the LORD, but rebelagainst the commandment of the LORD, then shall the hand of the LORDbe against you, as it was against your fathers.12:16 Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the LORDwill do before your eyes.12:17 Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the LORD, andhe shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that yourwickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, inasking you a king.12:18 So Samuel called unto the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder andrain that day: and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.12:19 And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants untothe LORD thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto all our sinsthis evil, to ask us a king.12:20 And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all thiswickedness: yet turn not aside from following the LORD, but serve theLORD with all your heart; 12:21 And turn ye not aside: for then shouldye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they arevain.12:22 For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name'ssake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people.12:23 Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against theLORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and theright way: 12:24 Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with allyour heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.12:25 But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both yeand your king.13:1 Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years overIsrael, 13:2 Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof twothousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Bethel, and athousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of thepeople he sent every man to his tent.13:3 And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was inGeba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpetthroughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear.13:4 And all Israel heard say that Saul had smitten a garrison of thePhilistines, and that Israel also was had in abomination with thePhilistines. And the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal.13:5 And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight withIsrael, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, andpeople as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and theycame up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Bethaven.13:6 When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for thepeople were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves,and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.13:7 And some of the Hebrews went over Jordan to the land of Gad andGilead. As for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followedhim trembling.13:8 And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuelhad appointed: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people werescattered from him.13:9 And Saul said, Bring hither a burnt offering to me, and peaceofferings. And he offered the burnt offering.13:10 And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an end ofoffering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out tomeet him, that he might salute him.13:11 And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because Isaw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest notwithin the days appointed, and that the Philistines gatheredthemselves together at Michmash; 13:12 Therefore said I, ThePhilistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not madesupplication unto the LORD: I forced myself therefore, and offered aburnt offering.13:13 And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast notkept the commandment of the LORD thy God, which he commanded thee: fornow would the LORD have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever.13:14 But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought hima man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him to becaptain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which theLORD commanded thee.13:15 And Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah ofBenjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were present with him,about six hundred men.13:16 And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were presentwith them, abode in Gibeah of Benjamin: but the Philistines encampedin Michmash.13:17 And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines inthree companies: one company turned unto the way that leadeth toOphrah, unto the land of Shual: 13:18 And another company turned theway to Bethhoron: and another company turned to the way of the borderthat looketh to the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.13:19 Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel:for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:13:20 But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpenevery man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock.13:21 Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, andfor the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.13:22 So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neithersword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were withSaul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was therefound.13:23 And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage ofMichmash.14:1 Now it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saulsaid unto the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go overto the Philistines' garrison, that is on the other side. But he toldnot his father.14:2 And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah under apomegranate tree which is in Migron: and the people that were with himwere about six hundred men; 14:3 And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub,Ichabod's brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the LORD'spriest in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people knew not thatJonathan was gone.14:4 And between the passages, by which Jonathan sought to go overunto the Philistines' garrison, there was a sharp rock on the oneside, and a sharp rock on the other side: and the name of the one wasBozez, and the name of the other Seneh.14:5 The forefront of the one was situate northward over againstMichmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah.14:6 And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come,and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may bethat the LORD will work for us: for there is no restraint to the LORDto save by many or by few.14:7 And his armourbearer said unto him, Do all that is in thineheart: turn thee; behold, I am with thee according to thy heart.14:8 Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto these men, andwe will discover ourselves unto them.14:9 If they say thus unto us, Tarry until we come to you; then wewill stand still in our place, and will not go up unto them.14:10 But if they say thus, Come up unto us; then we will go up: forthe LORD hath delivered them into our hand: and this shall be a signunto us.14:11 And both of them discovered themselves unto the garrison of thePhilistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come forthout of the holes where they had hid themselves.14:12 And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and hisarmourbearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will shew you a thing.And Jonathan said unto his armourbearer, Come up after me: for theLORD hath delivered them into the hand of Israel.14:13 And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, andhis armourbearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan; and hisarmourbearer slew after him.14:14 And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armourbearermade, was about twenty men, within as it were an half acre of land,which a yoke of oxen might plow.14:15 And there was trembling in the host, in the field, and among allthe people: the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled, andthe earth quaked: so it was a very great trembling.14:16 And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and,behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on beating down oneanother.14:17 Then said Saul unto the people that were with him, Number now,and see who is gone from us. And when they had numbered, behold,Jonathan and his armourbearer were not there.14:18 And Saul said unto Ahiah, Bring hither the ark of God. For theark of God was at that time with the children of Israel.14:19 And it came to pass, while Saul talked unto the priest, that thenoise that was in the host of the Philistines went on and increased:and Saul said unto the priest, Withdraw thine hand.14:20 And Saul and all the people that were with him assembledthemselves, and they came to the battle: and, behold, every man'ssword was against his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture.14:21 Moreover the Hebrews that were with the Philistines before thattime, which went up with them into the camp from the country roundabout, even they also turned to be with the Israelites that were withSaul and Jonathan.14:22 Likewise all the men of Israel which had hid themselves in mountEphraim, when they heard that the Philistines fled, even they alsofollowed hard after them in the battle.14:23 So the LORD saved Israel that day: and the battle passed overunto Bethaven.14:24 And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul hadadjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any fooduntil evening, that I may be avenged on mine enemies. So none of thepeople tasted any food.14:25 And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honeyupon the ground.14:26 And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honeydropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people fearedthe oath.14:27 But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people withthe oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in hishand, and dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth;and his eyes were enlightened.14:28 Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitlycharged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eatethany food this day. And the people were faint.14:29 Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, Ipray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted alittle of this honey.14:30 How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to day ofthe spoil of their enemies which they found? for had there not beennow a much greater slaughter among the Philistines?  14:31 And theysmote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and thepeople were very faint.14:32 And the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen,and calves, and slew them on the ground: and the people did eat themwith the blood.14:33 Then they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin against theLORD, in that they eat with the blood. And he said, Ye havetransgressed: roll a great stone unto me this day.14:34 And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and sayunto them, Bring me hither every man his ox, and every man his sheep,and slay them here, and eat; and sin not against the LORD in eatingwith the blood.And all the people brought every man his ox with him that night, andslew them there.14:35 And Saul built an altar unto the LORD: the same was the firstaltar that he built unto the LORD.14:36 And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night,and spoil them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man ofthem. And they said, Do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee. Then saidthe priest, Let us draw near hither unto God.14:37 And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after thePhilistines? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But heanswered him not that day.14:38 And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the chief of the people:and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day.14:39 For, as the LORD liveth, which saveth Israel, though it be inJonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man amongall the people that answered him.14:40 Then said he unto all Israel, Be ye on one side, and I andJonathan my son will be on the other side. And the people said untoSaul, Do what seemeth good unto thee.14:41 Therefore Saul said unto the LORD God of Israel, Give a perfectlot.And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped.14:42 And Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son. AndJonathan was taken.14:43 Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou hast done. AndJonathan told him, and said, I did but taste a little honey with theend of the rod that was in mine hand, and, lo, I must die.14:44 And Saul answered, God do so and more also: for thou shaltsurely die, Jonathan.14:45 And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hathwrought this great salvation in Israel? God forbid: as the LORDliveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; forhe hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan,that he died not.14:46 Then Saul went up from following the Philistines: and thePhilistines went to their own place.14:47 So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all hisenemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children ofAmmon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and againstthe Philistines: and whithersoever he turned himself, he vexed them.14:48 And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and deliveredIsrael out of the hands of them that spoiled them.14:49 Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchishua:and the names of his two daughters were these; the name of thefirstborn Merab, and the name of the younger Michal: 14:50 And thename of Saul's wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz: and the nameof the captain of his host was Abner, the son of Ner, Saul's uncle.14:51 And Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner wasthe son of Abiel.14:52 And there was sore war against the Philistines all the days ofSaul: and when Saul saw any strong man, or any valiant man, he tookhim unto him.15:1 Samuel also said unto Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint thee to beking over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto thevoice of the words of the LORD.15:2 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did toIsrael, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up fromEgypt.15:3 Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have,and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling,ox and sheep, camel and ass.15:4 And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them inTelaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.15:5 And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.15:6 And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down fromamong the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye shewedkindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out ofEgypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.15:7 And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest toShur, that is over against Egypt.15:8 And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterlydestroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.15:9 But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep,and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that wasgood, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that wasvile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.15:10 Then came the word of the LORD unto Samuel, saying, 15:11 Itrepenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned backfrom following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And itgrieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night.15:12 And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it wastold Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up aplace, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal.15:13 And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thouof the LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD.15:14 And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep inmine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?  15:15 And Saulsaid, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the peoplespared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto theLORD thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.15:16 Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what theLORD hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on.15:17 And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wastthou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointedthee king over Israel?  15:18 And the LORD sent thee on a journey, andsaid, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fightagainst them until they be consumed.15:19 Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD, butdidst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the LORD?15:20 And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of theLORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have broughtAgag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.15:21 But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief ofthe things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice untothe LORD thy God in Gilgal.15:22 And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burntofferings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold,to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.15:23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness isas iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of theLORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.15:24 And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I havetransgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because Ifeared the people, and obeyed their voice.15:25 Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again withme, that I may worship the LORD.15:26 And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thouhast rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD hath rejected theefrom being king over Israel.15:27 And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon theskirt of his mantle, and it rent.15:28 And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom ofIsrael from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine,that is better than thou.15:29 And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for heis not a man, that he should repent.15:30 Then he said, I have sinned: yet honour me now, I pray thee,before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again withme, that I may worship the LORD thy God.15:31 So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped the LORD.15:32 Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of theAmalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surelythe bitterness of death is past.15:33 And Samuel said, As the sword hath made women childless, soshall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag inpieces before the LORD in Gilgal.15:34 Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house toGibeah of Saul.15:35 And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death:nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the LORD repented that hehad made Saul king over Israel.16:1 And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul,seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine hornwith oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for Ihave provided me a king among his sons.16:2 And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me.And the LORD said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come tosacrifice to the LORD.16:3 And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will shew thee what thoushalt do: and thou shalt anoint unto me him whom I name unto thee.16:4 And Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and came to Bethlehem.And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comestthou peaceably?  16:5 And he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrificeunto the LORD: sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice.And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to thesacrifice.16:6 And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked onEliab, and said, Surely the LORD's anointed is before him.16:7 But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or onthe height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORDseeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, butthe LORD looketh on the heart.16:8 Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. Andhe said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.16:9 Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath theLORD chosen this.16:10 Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. AndSamuel said unto Jesse, The LORD hath not chosen these.16:11 And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And hesaid, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth thesheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will notsit down till he come hither.16:12 And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal ofa beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the LORD said,Arise, anoint him: for this is he.16:13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midstof his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from thatday forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.16:14 But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evilspirit from the LORD troubled him.16:15 And Saul's servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spiritfrom God troubleth thee.16:16 Let our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, toseek out a man, who is a cunning player on an harp: and it shall cometo pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shallplay with his hand, and thou shalt be well.16:17 And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that canplay well, and bring him to me.16:18 Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seena son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, that is cunning in playing, and amighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and acomely person, and the LORD is with him.16:19 Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send meDavid thy son, which is with the sheep.16:20 And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine,and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul.16:21 And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved himgreatly; and he became his armourbearer.16:22 And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, standbefore me; for he hath found favour in my sight.16:23 And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was uponSaul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul wasrefreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.17:1 Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, andwere gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, andpitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammim.17:2 And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, andpitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against thePhilistines.17:3 And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, andIsrael stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valleybetween them.17:4 And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines,named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.17:5 And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armedwith a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousandshekels of brass.17:6 And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brassbetween his shoulders.17:7 And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and hisspear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing ashield went before him.17:8 And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said untothem, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I aPhilistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and lethim come down to me.17:9 If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we beyour servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shallye be our servants, and serve us.17:10 And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day;give me a man, that we may fight together.17:11 When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine,they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.17:12 Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah,whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went amongmen for an old man in the days of Saul.17:13 And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to thebattle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle wereEliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the thirdShammah.17:14 And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.17:15 But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheepat Bethlehem.17:16 And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presentedhimself forty days.17:17 And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren anephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the campof thy brethren; 17:18 And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain oftheir thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.17:19 Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in thevalley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.17:20 And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep witha keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he cameto the trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shoutedfor the battle.17:21 For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, armyagainst army.17:22 And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of thecarriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren.17:23 And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion,the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of thePhilistines, and spake according to the same words: and David heardthem.17:24 And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him,and were sore afraid.17:25 And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is comeup?  surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that theman who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, andwill give him his daughter, and make his father's house free inIsrael.17:26 And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shallbe done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away thereproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, thathe should defy the armies of the living God?  17:27 And the peopleanswered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the manthat killeth him.17:28 And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men;and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camestthou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in thewilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; forthou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.17:29 And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?17:30 And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the samemanner: and the people answered him again after the former manner.17:31 And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsedthem before Saul: and he sent for him.17:32 And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him;thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine.17:33 And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against thisPhilistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a manof war from his youth.17:34 And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep,and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:17:35 And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out ofhis mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard,and smote him, and slew him.17:36 Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and thisuncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hathdefied the armies of the living God.17:37 David said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the pawof the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out ofthe hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and theLORD be with thee.17:38 And Saul armed David with his armour, and he put an helmet ofbrass upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail.17:39 And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed togo; for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot gowith these; for I have not proved them. And David put them off him.17:40 And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smoothstones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which hehad, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew nearto the Philistine.17:41 And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the manthat bare the shield went before him.17:42 And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, hedisdained him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a faircountenance.17:43 And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comestto me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.17:44 And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will givethy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field.17:45 Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with asword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in thename of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thouhast defied.17:46 This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I willsmite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give thecarcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of theair, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may knowthat there is a God in Israel.17:47 And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not withsword and spear: for the battle is the LORD's, and he will give youinto our hands.17:48 And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came, anddrew nigh to meet David, that David hastened, and ran toward the armyto meet the Philistine.17:49 And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, andslang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stonesunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.17:50 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with astone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no swordin the hand of David.17:51 Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took hissword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cutoff his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their championwas dead, they fled.17:52 And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, andpursued the Philistines, until thou come to the valley, and to thegates of Ekron.And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim,even unto Gath, and unto Ekron.17:53 And the children of Israel returned from chasing after thePhilistines, and they spoiled their tents.17:54 And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it toJerusalem; but he put his armour in his tent.17:55 And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he saidunto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth?And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell.17:56 And the king said, Enquire thou whose son the stripling is.17:57 And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine,Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of thePhilistine in his hand.17:58 And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou young man? AndDavid answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.18:1 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking untoSaul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, andJonathan loved him as his own soul.18:2 And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home tohis father's house.18:3 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him ashis own soul.18:4 And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, andgave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow,and to his girdle.18:5 And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behavedhimself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he wasaccepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight ofSaul's servants.18:6 And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned fromthe slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all citiesof Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, withjoy, and with instruments of musick.18:7 And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saulhath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.18:8 And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and hesaid, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they haveascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom?18:9 And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.18:10 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from Godcame upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and Davidplayed with his hand, as at other times: and there was a javelin inSaul's hand.18:11 And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite David evento the wall with it. And David avoided out of his presence twice.18:12 And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, andwas departed from Saul.18:13 Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captainover a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.18:14 And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORDwas with him.18:15 Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, hewas afraid of him.18:16 But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out andcame in before them.18:17 And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her willI give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the LORD'sbattles.For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of thePhilistines be upon him.18:18 And David said unto Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, or myfather's family in Israel, that I should be son in law to the king?18:19 But it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul's daughtershould have been given to David, that she was given unto Adriel theMeholathite to wife.18:20 And Michal Saul's daughter loved David: and they told Saul, andthe thing pleased him.18:21 And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare tohim, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him.Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law inthe one of the twain.18:22 And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Commune with Davidsecretly, and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all hisservants love thee: now therefore be the king's son in law.18:23 And Saul's servants spake those words in the ears of David. AndDavid said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a king's son in law,seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?  18:24 And theservants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake David.18:25 And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth notany dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avengedof the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the handof the Philistines.18:26 And when his servants told David these words, it pleased Davidwell to be the king's son in law: and the days were not expired.18:27 Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of thePhilistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, andthey gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king'sson in law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife.18:28 And Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David, and thatMichal Saul's daughter loved him.18:29 And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul becameDavid's enemy continually.18:30 Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came topass, after they went forth, that David behaved himself more wiselythan all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by.19:1 And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, thatthey should kill David.19:2 But Jonathan Saul's son delighted much in David: and Jonathantold David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: nowtherefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, andabide in a secret place, and hide thyself: 19:3 And I will go out andstand beside my father in the field where thou art, and I will communewith my father of thee; and what I see, that I will tell thee.19:4 And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and saidunto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David;because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works havebeen to thee-ward very good: 19:5 For he did put his life in his hand,and slew the Philistine, and the LORD wrought a great salvation forall Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice: wherefore then wiltthou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?  19:6And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As theLORD liveth, he shall not be slain.19:7 And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan shewed him all thosethings.And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as intimes past.19:8 And there was war again: and David went out, and fought with thePhilistines, and slew them with a great slaughter; and they fled fromhim.19:9 And the evil spirit from the LORD was upon Saul, as he sat in hishouse with his javelin in his hand: and David played with his hand.19:10 And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with thejavelin: but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he smote thejavelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.19:11 Saul also sent messengers unto David's house, to watch him, andto slay him in the morning: and Michal David's wife told him, saying,If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain.19:12 So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, andfled, and escaped.19:13 And Michal took an image, and laid it in the bed, and put apillow of goats' hair for his bolster, and covered it with a cloth.19:14 And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He issick.19:15 And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bringhim up to me in the bed, that I may slay him.19:16 And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an imagein the bed, with a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster.19:17 And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived me so, andsent away mine enemy, that he is escaped? And Michal answered Saul, Hesaid unto me, Let me go; why should I kill thee?  19:18 So David fled,and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saulhad done to him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth.19:19 And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth inRamah.19:20 And Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw thecompany of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as appointedover them, the Spirit of God was upon the messengers of Saul, and theyalso prophesied.19:21 And when it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and theyprophesied likewise. And Saul sent messengers again the third time,and they prophesied also.19:22 Then went he also to Ramah, and came to a great well that is inSechu: and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And onesaid, Behold, they be at Naioth in Ramah.19:23 And he went thither to Naioth in Ramah: and the Spirit of Godwas upon him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came toNaioth in Ramah.19:24 And he stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied beforeSamuel in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all thatnight. Wherefore they say, Is Saul also among the prophets?  20:1 AndDavid fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan,What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin before thyfather, that he seeketh my life?  20:2 And he said unto him, Godforbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father will do nothing eithergreat or small, but that he will shew it me: and why should my fatherhide this thing from me? it is not so.20:3 And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweththat I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathanknow this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the LORD liveth, and asthy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.20:4 Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth, Iwill even do it for thee.20:5 And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow is the new moon,and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go,that I may hide myself in the field unto the third day at even.20:6 If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly askedleave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city: for there is ayearly sacrifice there for all the family.20:7 If he say thus, It is well; thy servant shall have peace: but ifhe be very wroth, then be sure that evil is determined by him.20:8 Therefore thou shalt deal kindly with thy servant; for thou hastbrought thy servant into a covenant of the LORD with thee:notwithstanding, if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for whyshouldest thou bring me to thy father?  20:9 And Jonathan said, Far beit from thee: for if I knew certainly that evil were determined by myfather to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee?  20:10 Thensaid David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what if thy fatheranswer thee roughly?  20:11 And Jonathan said unto David, Come, andlet us go out into the field. And they went out both of them into thefield.20:12 And Jonathan said unto David, O LORD God of Israel, when I havesounded my father about to morrow any time, or the third day, and,behold, if there be good toward David, and I then send not unto thee,and shew it thee; 20:13 The LORD do so and much more to Jonathan: butif it please my father to do thee evil, then I will shew it thee, andsend thee away, that thou mayest go in peace: and the LORD be withthee, as he hath been with my father.20:14 And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness ofthe LORD, that I die not: 20:15 But also thou shalt not cut off thykindness from my house for ever: no, not when the LORD hath cut offthe enemies of David every one from the face of the earth.20:16 So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Letthe LORD even require it at the hand of David's enemies.20:17 And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him:for he loved him as he loved his own soul.20:18 Then Jonathan said to David, To morrow is the new moon: and thoushalt be missed, because thy seat will be empty.20:19 And when thou hast stayed three days, then thou shalt go downquickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself when thebusiness was in hand, and shalt remain by the stone Ezel.20:20 And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as though Ishot at a mark.20:21 And, behold, I will send a lad, saying, Go, find out the arrows.If I expressly say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this sideof thee, take them; then come thou: for there is peace to thee, and nohurt; as the LORD liveth.20:22 But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows arebeyond thee; go thy way: for the LORD hath sent thee away.20:23 And as touching the matter which thou and I have spoken of,behold, the LORD be between thee and me for ever.20:24 So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon wascome, the king sat him down to eat meat.20:25 And the king sat upon his seat, as at other times, even upon aseat by the wall: and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul's side,and David's place was empty.20:26 Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought,Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean.20:27 And it came to pass on the morrow, which was the second day ofthe month, that David's place was empty: and Saul said unto Jonathanhis son, Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to meat, neitheryesterday, nor to day?  20:28 And Jonathan answered Saul, Davidearnestly asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem: 20:29 And he said, Letme go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; andmy brother, he hath commanded me to be there: and now, if I have foundfavour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see mybrethren. Therefore he cometh not unto the king's table.20:30 Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said untohim, Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know thatthou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto theconfusion of thy mother's nakedness?  20:31 For as long as the son ofJesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thykingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surelydie.20:32 And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him,Wherefore shall he be slain? what hath he done?  20:33 And Saul cast ajavelin at him to smite him: whereby Jonathan knew that it wasdetermined of his father to slay David.20:34 So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did eat nomeat the second day of the month: for he was grieved for David,because his father had done him shame.20:35 And it came to pass in the morning, that Jonathan went out intothe field at the time appointed with David, and a little lad with him.20:36 And he said unto his lad, Run, find out now the arrows which Ishoot. And as the lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.20:37 And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow whichJonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and said, Is not thearrow beyond thee?  20:38 And Jonathan cried after the lad, Makespeed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows, andcame to his master.20:39 But the lad knew not any thing: only Jonathan and David knew thematter.20:40 And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad, and said unto him,Go, carry them to the city.20:41 And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a placetoward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowedhimself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one withanother, until David exceeded.20:42 And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we havesworn both of us in the name of the LORD, saying, The LORD be betweenme and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever. And he aroseand departed: and Jonathan went into the city.21:1 Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech wasafraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why art thou alone,and no man with thee?  21:2 And David said unto Ahimelech the priest,The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let noman know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what Ihave commanded thee: and I have appointed my servants to such and sucha place.21:3 Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves ofbread in mine hand, or what there is present.21:4 And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common breadunder mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men havekept themselves at least from women.21:5 And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truthwomen have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out,and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in amanner common, yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel.21:6 So the priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no breadthere but the shewbread, that was taken from before the LORD, to puthot bread in the day when it was taken away.21:7 Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day,detained before the LORD; and his name was Doeg, an Edomite, thechiefest of the herdmen that belonged to Saul.21:8 And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thinehand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor myweapons with me, because the king's business required haste.21:9 And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whomthou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in acloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it: for there isno other save that here. And David said, There is none like that; giveit me.21:10 And David arose and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went toAchish the king of Gath.21:11 And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David theking of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances,saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?21:12 And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraidof Achish the king of Gath.21:13 And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himselfmad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and lethis spittle fall down upon his beard.21:14 Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad:wherefore then have ye brought him to me?  21:15 Have I need of madmen, that ye have brought this fellow to play the mad man in mypresence? shall this fellow come into my house?  22:1 David thereforedeparted thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when hisbrethren and all his father's house heard it, they went down thitherto him.22:2 And every one that was in distress, and every one that was indebt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves untohim; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him aboutfour hundred men.22:3 And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said unto theking of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth,and be with you, till I know what God will do for me.22:4 And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt withhim all the while that David was in the hold.22:5 And the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in the hold;depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. Then David departed, andcame into the forest of Hareth.22:6 When Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that werewith him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, having hisspear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him;) 22:7Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, yeBenjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields andvineyards, and make you all captains of thousands, and captains ofhundreds; 22:8 That all of you have conspired against me, and there isnone that sheweth me that my son hath made a league with the son ofJesse, and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or sheweth untome that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait,as at this day?  22:9 Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was setover the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming toNob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.22:10 And he enquired of the LORD for him, and gave him victuals, andgave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.22:11 Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son ofAhitub, and all his father's house, the priests that were in Nob: andthey came all of them to the king.22:12 And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And he answered,Here I am, my lord.22:13 And Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired against me, thouand the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword,and hast enquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, tolie in wait, as at this day?  22:14 Then Ahimelech answered the king,and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as David,which is the king's son in law, and goeth at thy bidding, and ishonourable in thine house?  22:15 Did I then begin to enquire of Godfor him? be it far from me: let not the king impute any thing unto hisservant, nor to all the house of my father: for thy servant knewnothing of all this, less or more.22:16 And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, andall thy father's house.22:17 And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn,and slay the priests of the LORD: because their hand also is withDavid, and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me.But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fallupon the priests of the LORD.22:18 And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests.And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew onthat day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.22:19 And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of thesword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, andasses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.22:20 And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, namedAbiathar, escaped, and fled after David.22:21 And Abiathar shewed David that Saul had slain the LORD'spriests.22:22 And David said unto Abiathar, I knew it that day, when Doeg theEdomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul: I have occasionedthe death of all the persons of thy father's house.22:23 Abide thou with me, fear not: for he that seeketh my lifeseeketh thy life: but with me thou shalt be in safeguard.23:1 Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fightagainst Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors.23:2 Therefore David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go andsmite these Philistines? And the LORD said unto David, Go, and smitethe Philistines, and save Keilah.23:3 And David's men said unto him, Behold, we be afraid here inJudah: how much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies ofthe Philistines?  23:4 Then David enquired of the LORD yet again. Andthe LORD answered him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I willdeliver the Philistines into thine hand.23:5 So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with thePhilistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote them with agreat slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.23:6 And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled toDavid to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.23:7 And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saulsaid, God hath delivered him into mine hand; for he is shut in, byentering into a town that hath gates and bars.23:8 And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down toKeilah, to besiege David and his men.23:9 And David knew that Saul secretly practised mischief against him;and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod.23:10 Then said David, O LORD God of Israel, thy servant hathcertainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy thecity for my sake.23:11 Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saulcome down, as thy servant hath heard? O LORD God of Israel, I beseechthee, tell thy servant. And the LORD said, He will come down.23:12 Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my meninto the hand of Saul? And the LORD said, They will deliver thee up.23:13 Then David and his men, which were about six hundred, arose anddeparted out of Keilah, and went whithersoever they could go. And itwas told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he forbare to goforth.23:14 And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remainedin a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him everyday, but God delivered him not into his hand.23:15 And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and Davidwas in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.23:16 And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood,and strengthened his hand in God.23:17 And he said unto him, Fear not: for the hand of Saul my fathershall not find thee; and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shallbe next unto thee; and that also Saul my father knoweth.23:18 And they two made a covenant before the LORD: and David abode inthe wood, and Jonathan went to his house.23:19 Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth notDavid hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill ofHachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?  23:20 Now therefore, Oking, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down;and our part shall be to deliver him into the king's hand.23:21 And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the LORD; for ye have compassionon me.23:22 Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place wherehis haunt is, and who hath seen him there: for it is told me that hedealeth very subtilly.23:23 See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking placeswhere he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty,and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in theland, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands ofJudah.23:24 And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and hismen were in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south ofJeshimon.23:25 Saul also and his men went to seek him. And they told David;wherefore he came down into a rock, and abode in the wilderness ofMaon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in thewilderness of Maon.23:26 And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and hismen on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away forfear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men roundabout to take them.23:27 But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, andcome; for the Philistines have invaded the land.23:28 Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and wentagainst the Philistines: therefore they called that placeSelahammahlekoth.23:29 And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds atEngedi.24:1 And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from following thePhilistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David is in thewilderness of Engedi.24:2 Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, andwent to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats.24:3 And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where was a cave; andSaul went in to cover his feet: and David and his men remained in thesides of the cave.24:4 And the men of David said unto him, Behold the day of which theLORD said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thinehand, that thou mayest do to him as it shall seem good unto thee. ThenDavid arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe privily.24:5 And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart smote him,because he had cut off Saul's skirt.24:6 And he said unto his men, The LORD forbid that I should do thisthing unto my master, the LORD's anointed, to stretch forth mine handagainst him, seeing he is the anointed of the LORD.24:7 So David stayed his servants with these words, and suffered themnot to rise against Saul. But Saul rose up out of the cave, and wenton his way.24:8 David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and criedafter Saul, saying, My lord the king. And when Saul looked behind him,David stooped with his face to the earth, and bowed himself.24:9 And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men's words,saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?  24:10 Behold, this day thineeyes have seen how that the LORD had delivered thee to day into minehand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee: but mine eye sparedthee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; forhe is the LORD's anointed.24:11 Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in myhand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed theenot, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression inmine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest mysoul to take it.24:12 The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me ofthee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.24:13 As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth fromthe wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.24:14 After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thoupursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.24:15 The LORD therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, andsee, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand.24:16 And it came to pass, when David had made an end of speakingthese words unto Saul, that Saul said, Is this thy voice, my sonDavid? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept.24:17 And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thouhast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.24:18 And thou hast shewed this day how that thou hast dealt well withme: forasmuch as when the LORD had delivered me into thine hand, thoukilledst me not.24:19 For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go well away?wherefore the LORD reward thee good for that thou hast done unto methis day.24:20 And now, behold, I know well that thou shalt surely be king, andthat the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thine hand.24:21 Swear now therefore unto me by the LORD, that thou wilt not cutoff my seed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of myfather's house.24:22 And David sware unto Saul. And Saul went home; but David and hismen gat them up unto the hold.25:1 And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together,and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And Davidarose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.25:2 And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel;and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and athousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.25:3 Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wifeAbigail: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautifulcountenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and hewas of the house of Caleb.25:4 And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep.25:5 And David sent out ten young men, and David said unto the youngmen, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name:25:6 And thus shall ye say to him that liveth in prosperity, Peace beboth to thee, and peace be to thine house, and peace be unto all thatthou hast.25:7 And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: now thy shepherdswhich were with us, we hurt them not, neither was there ought missingunto them, all the while they were in Carmel.25:8 Ask thy young men, and they will shew thee. Wherefore let theyoung men find favour in thine eyes: for we come in a good day: give,I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thine hand unto thy servants, and tothy son David.25:9 And when David's young men came, they spake to Nabal according toall those words in the name of David, and ceased.25:10 And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? andwho is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that breakaway every man from his master.25:11 Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that Ihave killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know notwhence they be?  25:12 So David's young men turned their way, and wentagain, and came and told him all those sayings.25:13 And David said unto his men, Gird ye on every man his sword. Andthey girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on hissword: and there went up after David about four hundred men; and twohundred abode by the stuff.25:14 But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying,Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute ourmaster; and he railed on them.25:15 But the men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt,neither missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant with them,when we were in the fields: 25:16 They were a wall unto us both bynight and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.25:17 Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil isdetermined against our master, and against all his household: for heis such a son of Belial, that a man cannot speak to him.25:18 Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and twobottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures ofparched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundredcakes of figs, and laid them on asses.25:19 And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I comeafter you. But she told not her husband Nabal.25:20 And it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she came down by thecovert on the hill, and, behold, David and his men came down againsther; and she met them.25:21 Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that thisfellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all thatpertained unto him: and he hath requited me evil for good.25:22 So and more also do God unto the enemies of David, if I leave ofall that pertain to him by the morning light any that pisseth againstthe wall.25:23 And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off the ass,and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground,25:24 And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me letthis iniquity be: and let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thineaudience, and hear the words of thine handmaid.25:25 Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, evenNabal: for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly iswith him: but I thine handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whomthou didst send.25:26 Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD liveth, and as thy soulliveth, seeing the LORD hath withholden thee from coming to shedblood, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let thineenemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.25:27 And now this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought unto mylord, let it even be given unto the young men that follow my lord.25:28 I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for theLORD will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lordfighteth the battles of the LORD, and evil hath not been found in theeall thy days.25:29 Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but thesoul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thyGod; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as outof the middle of a sling.25:30 And it shall come to pass, when the LORD shall have done to mylord according to all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee,and shall have appointed thee ruler over Israel; 25:31 That this shallbe no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either thatthou hast shed blood causeless, or that my lord hath avenged himself:but when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then rememberthine handmaid.25:32 And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel,which sent thee this day to meet me: 25:33 And blessed be thy advice,and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shedblood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.25:34 For in very deed, as the LORD God of Israel liveth, which hathkept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come tomeet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morninglight any that pisseth against the wall.25:35 So David received of her hand that which she had brought him,and said unto her, Go up in peace to thine house; see, I havehearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person.25:36 And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in hishouse, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry withinhim, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less ormore, until the morning light.25:37 But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone outof Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart diedwithin him, and he became as a stone.25:38 And it came to pass about ten days after, that the LORD smoteNabal, that he died.25:39 And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed bethe LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand ofNabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the LORD hath returnedthe wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communedwith Abigail, to take her to him to wife.25:40 And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel,they spake unto her, saying, David sent us unto thee, to take thee tohim to wife.25:41 And she arose, and bowed herself on her face to the earth, andsaid, Behold, let thine handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of theservants of my lord.25:42 And Abigail hasted, and arose and rode upon an ass, with fivedamsels of hers that went after her; and she went after the messengersof David, and became his wife.25:43 David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they were also both ofthem his wives.25:44 But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Phaltithe son of Laish, which was of Gallim.26:1 And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not Davidhide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon?  26:2Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having threethousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in thewilderness of Ziph.26:3 And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which is beforeJeshimon, by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he sawthat Saul came after him into the wilderness.26:4 David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was comein very deed.26:5 And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched:and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner,the captain of his host: and Saul lay in the trench, and the peoplepitched round about him.26:6 Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and toAbishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go downwith me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down withthee.26:7 So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold,Saul lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the groundat his bolster: but Abner and the people lay round about him.26:8 Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy intothine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, withthe spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him thesecond time.26:9 And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretchforth his hand against the LORD's anointed, and be guiltless?  26:10David said furthermore, As the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite him;or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, andperish.26:11 The LORD forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand againstthe LORD's anointed: but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that isat his bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go.26:12 So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul'sbolster; and they gat them away, and no man saw it, nor knew it,neither awaked: for they were all asleep; because a deep sleep fromthe LORD was fallen upon them.26:13 Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top ofan hill afar off; a great space being between them: 26:14 And Davidcried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, Answerestthou not, Abner? Then Abner answered and said, Who art thou thatcriest to the king?  26:15 And David said to Abner, Art not thou avaliant man? and who is like to thee in Israel? wherefore then hastthou not kept thy lord the king? for there came one of the people into destroy the king thy lord.26:16 This thing is not good that thou hast done. As the LORD liveth,ye are worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the LORD'sanointed.And now see where the king's spear is, and the cruse of water that wasat his bolster.26:17 And Saul knew David's voice, and said, Is this thy voice, my sonDavid? And David said, It is my voice, my lord, O king.26:18 And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after hisservant?  for what have I done? or what evil is in mine hand?  26:19Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of hisservant. If the LORD have stirred thee up against me, let him acceptan offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be they beforethe LORD; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in theinheritance of the LORD, saying, Go, serve other gods.26:20 Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before theface of the LORD: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea,as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains.26:21 Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I willno more do thee harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes thisday: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.26:22 And David answered and said, Behold the king's spear! and letone of the young men come over and fetch it.26:23 The LORD render to every man his righteousness and hisfaithfulness; for the LORD delivered thee into my hand to day, but Iwould not stretch forth mine hand against the LORD's anointed.26:24 And, behold, as thy life was much set by this day in mine eyes,so let my life be much set by in the eyes of the LORD, and let himdeliver me out of all tribulation.26:25 Then Saul said to David, Blessed be thou, my son David: thoushalt both do great things, and also shalt still prevail. So Davidwent on his way, and Saul returned to his place.27:1 And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by thehand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I shouldspeedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shalldespair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall Iescape out of his hand.27:2 And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men thatwere with him unto Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.27:3 And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every manwith his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam theJezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's wife.27:4 And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he soughtno more again for him.27:5 And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace in thineeyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I maydwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city withthee?  27:6 Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklagpertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day.27:7 And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistineswas a full year and four months.27:8 And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, andthe Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old theinhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land ofEgypt.27:9 And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive,and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels,and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish.27:10 And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And Davidsaid, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of theJerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites.27:11 And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring tidings toGath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David, andso will be his manner all the while he dwelleth in the country of thePhilistines.27:12 And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his peopleIsrael utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant forever.28:1 And it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gatheredtheir armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. And Achishsaid unto David, Know thou assuredly, that thou shalt go out with meto battle, thou and thy men.28:2 And David said to Achish, Surely thou shalt know what thy servantcan do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make thee keeper ofmine head for ever.28:3 Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buriedhim in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away those thathad familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land.28:4 And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came andpitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and theypitched in Gilboa.28:5 And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, andhis heart greatly trembled.28:6 And when Saul enquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not,neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.28:7 Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath afamiliar spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And hisservants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiarspirit at Endor.28:8 And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and hewent, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: andhe said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bringme him up, whom I shall name unto thee.28:9 And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul hathdone, how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and thewizards, out of the land: wherefore then layest thou a snare for mylife, to cause me to die?  28:10 And Saul sware to her by the LORD,saying, As the LORD liveth, there shall no punishment happen to theefor this thing.28:11 Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And hesaid, Bring me up Samuel.28:12 And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice: andthe woman spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? for thouart Saul.28:13 And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou?And the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth.28:14 And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, An oldman cometh up; and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul perceivedthat it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, andbowed himself.28:15 And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bringme up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistinesmake war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me nomore, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have calledthee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do.28:16 Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing theLORD is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy?  28:17 And theLORD hath done to him, as he spake by me: for the LORD hath rent thekingdom out of thine hand, and given it to thy neighbour, even toDavid: 28:18 Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the LORD, norexecutedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the LORD donethis thing unto thee this day.28:19 Moreover the LORD will also deliver Israel with thee into thehand of the Philistines: and to morrow shalt thou and thy sons be withme: the LORD also shall deliver the host of Israel into the hand ofthe Philistines.28:20 Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth, and was soreafraid, because of the words of Samuel: and there was no strength inhim; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night.28:21 And the woman came unto Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled,and said unto him, Behold, thine handmaid hath obeyed thy voice, and Ihave put my life in my hand, and have hearkened unto thy words whichthou spakest unto me.28:22 Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also unto the voice ofthine handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before thee; and eat,that thou mayest have strength, when thou goest on thy way.28:23 But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants,together with the woman, compelled him; and he hearkened unto theirvoice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed.28:24 And the woman had a fat calf in the house; and she hasted, andkilled it, and took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake unleavenedbread thereof: 28:25 And she brought it before Saul, and before hisservants; and they did eat. Then they rose up, and went away thatnight.29:1 Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek:and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which is in Jezreel.29:2 And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and bythousands: but David and his men passed on in the rereward withAchish.29:3 Then said the princes of the Philistines, What do these Hebrewshere?  And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, Is notthis David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, which hath beenwith me these days, or these years, and I have found no fault in himsince he fell unto me unto this day?  29:4 And the princes of thePhilistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistinessaid unto him, Make this fellow return, that he may go again to hisplace which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with usto battle, lest in the battle he be an adversary to us: for wherewithshould he reconcile himself unto his master? should it not be with theheads of these men?  29:5 Is not this David, of whom they sang one toanother in dances, saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his tenthousands?  29:6 Then Achish called David, and said unto him, Surely,as the LORD liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thycoming in with me in the host is good in my sight: for I have notfound evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day:nevertheless the lords favour thee not.29:7 Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou displease notthe lords of the Philistines.29:8 And David said unto Achish, But what have I done? and what hastthou found in thy servant so long as I have been with thee unto thisday, that I may not go fight against the enemies of my lord the king?29:9 And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art goodin my sight, as an angel of God: notwithstanding the princes of thePhilistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle.29:10 Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with thy master'sservants that are come with thee: and as soon as ye be up early in themorning, and have light, depart.29:11 So David and his men rose up early to depart in the morning, toreturn into the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went upto Jezreel.30:1 And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklagon the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, andZiklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire; 30:2 And hadtaken the women captives, that were therein: they slew not any, eithergreat or small, but carried them away, and went on their way.30:3 So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burnedwith fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, weretaken captives.30:4 Then David and the people that were with him lifted up theirvoice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.30:5 And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam theJezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.30:6 And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoninghim, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for hissons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORDhis God.30:7 And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son, I praythee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither theephod to David.30:8 And David enquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after thistroop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thoushalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all.30:9 So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, andcame to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed.30:10 But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundredabode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over thebrook Besor.30:11 And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him toDavid, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drinkwater; 30:12 And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and twoclusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again tohim: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days andthree nights.30:13 And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence artthou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite;and my master left me, because three days agone I fell sick.30:14 We made an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites, and uponthe coast which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb; andwe burned Ziklag with fire.30:15 And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this company?And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nordeliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down tothis company.30:16 And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spreadabroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, becauseof all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of thePhilistines, and out of the land of Judah.30:17 And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening ofthe next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundredyoung men, which rode upon camels, and fled.30:18 And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away:and David rescued his two wives.30:19 And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great,neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they hadtaken to them: David recovered all.30:20 And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they dravebefore those other cattle, and said, This is David's spoil.30:21 And David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint thatthey could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at thebrook Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the peoplethat were with him: and when David came near to the people, he salutedthem.30:22 Then answered all the wicked men and men of Belial, of thosethat went with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we willnot give them ought of the spoil that we have recovered, save to everyman his wife and his children, that they may lead them away, anddepart.30:23 Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with thatwhich the LORD hath given us, who hath preserved us, and delivered thecompany that came against us into our hand.30:24 For who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as his part isthat goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth bythe stuff: they shall part alike.30:25 And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statuteand an ordinance for Israel unto this day.30:26 And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto theelders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold a present for youof the spoil of the enemies of the LORD; 30:27 To them which were inBethel, and to them which were in south Ramoth, and to them which werein Jattir, 30:28 And to them which were in Aroer, and to them whichwere in Siphmoth, and to them which were in Eshtemoa, 30:29 And tothem which were in Rachal, and to them which were in the cities of theJerahmeelites, and to them which were in the cities of the Kenites,30:30 And to them which were in Hormah, and to them which were inChorashan, and to them which were in Athach, 30:31 And to them whichwere in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his menwere wont to haunt.31:1 Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israelfled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.31:2 And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons;and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Melchishua,Saul's sons.31:3 And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him;and he was sore wounded of the archers.31:4 Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrustme through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust methrough, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was soreafraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.31:5 And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he felllikewise upon his sword, and died with him.31:6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and allhis men, that same day together.31:7 And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of thevalley, and they that were on the other side Jordan, saw that the menof Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook thecities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.31:8 And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came tostrip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen inmount Gilboa.31:9 And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armour, and sentinto the land of the Philistines round about, to publish it in thehouse of their idols, and among the people.31:10 And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and theyfastened his body to the wall of Bethshan.31:11 And when the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead heard of that which thePhilistines had done to Saul; 31:12 All the valiant men arose, andwent all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sonsfrom the wall of Bethshan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them there.31:13 And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree atJabesh, and fasted seven days.The Second Book of SamuelOtherwise Called:The Second Book of the Kings1:1 Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David wasreturned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode twodays in Ziklag; 1:2 It came even to pass on the third day, that,behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent,and earth upon his head: and so it was, when he came to David, that hefell to the earth, and did obeisance.1:3 And David said unto him, From whence comest thou? And he said untohim, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped.1:4 And David said unto him, How went the matter? I pray thee, tellme.And he answered, That the people are fled from the battle, and many ofthe people also are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son aredead also.1:5 And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thouthat Saul and Jonathan his son be dead?  1:6 And the young man thattold him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saulleaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followedhard after him.1:7 And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called unto me. AndI answered, Here am I.1:8 And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am anAmalekite.1:9 He said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay me:for anguish is come upon me, because my life is yet whole in me.1:10 So I stood upon him, and slew him, because I was sure that hecould not live after that he was fallen: and I took the crown that wasupon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have broughtthem hither unto my lord.1:11 Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewiseall the men that were with him: 1:12 And they mourned, and wept, andfasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for thepeople of the LORD, and for the house of Israel; because they werefallen by the sword.1:13 And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou?And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite.1:14 And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretchforth thine hand to destroy the LORD's anointed?  1:15 And Davidcalled one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. Andhe smote him that he died.1:16 And David said unto him, Thy blood be upon thy head; for thymouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the LORD'sanointed.1:17 And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and overJonathan his son: 1:18 (Also he bade them teach the children of Judahthe use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.)1:19 The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are themighty fallen!  1:20 Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in thestreets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice,lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.1:21 Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there berain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of themighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had notbeen anointed with oil.1:22 From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bowof Jonathan turned not back, and the sword of Saul returned not empty.1:23 Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and intheir death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, theywere stronger than lions.1:24 Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you inscarlet, with other delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon yourapparel.1:25 How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan,thou wast slain in thine high places.1:26 I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hastthou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love ofwomen.1:27 How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!  2:1And it came to pass after this, that David enquired of the LORD,saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? And the LORDsaid unto him, Go up. And David said, Whither shall I go up? And hesaid, Unto Hebron.2:2 So David went up thither, and his two wives also, Ahinoam theJezreelitess, and Abigail Nabal's wife the Carmelite.2:3 And his men that were with him did David bring up, every man withhis household: and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron.2:4 And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king overthe house of Judah. And they told David, saying, That the men ofJabeshgilead were they that buried Saul.2:5 And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabeshgilead, and saidunto them, Blessed be ye of the LORD, that ye have shewed thiskindness unto your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him.2:6 And now the LORD shew kindness and truth unto you: and I also willrequite you this kindness, because ye have done this thing.2:7 Therefore now let your hands be strengthened, and be ye valiant:for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah haveanointed me king over them.2:8 But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host, took Ishbosheththe son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim; 2:9 And made himking over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and overEphraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.2:10 Ishbosheth Saul's son was forty years old when he began to reignover Israel, and reigned two years. But the house of Judah followedDavid.2:11 And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house ofJudah was seven years and six months.2:12 And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the sonof Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.2:13 And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out,and met together by the pool of Gibeon: and they sat down, the one onthe one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool.2:14 And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and playbefore us. And Joab said, Let them arise.2:15 Then there arose and went over by number twelve of Benjamin,which pertained to Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of theservants of David.2:16 And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and thrust hissword in his fellow's side; so they fell down together: wherefore thatplace was called Helkathhazzurim, which is in Gibeon.2:17 And there was a very sore battle that day; and Abner was beaten,and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.2:18 And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai,and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe.2:19 And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to theright hand nor to the left from following Abner.2:20 Then Abner looked behind him, and said, Art thou Asahel? And heanswered, I am.2:21 And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or tothy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee hisarmour.But Asahel would not turn aside from following of him.2:22 And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from followingme: wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? how then should Ihold up my face to Joab thy brother?  2:23 Howbeit he refused to turnaside: wherefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote himunder the fifth rib, that the spear came out behind him; and he felldown there, and died in the same place: and it came to pass, that asmany as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still.2:24 Joab also and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went downwhen they were come to the hill of Ammah, that lieth before Giah bythe way of the wilderness of Gibeon.2:25 And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together afterAbner, and became one troop, and stood on the top of an hill.2:26 Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour forever?  knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end?how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return fromfollowing their brethren?  2:27 And Joab said, As God liveth, unlessthou hadst spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone upevery one from following his brother.2:28 So Joab blew a trumpet, and all the people stood still, andpursued after Israel no more, neither fought they any more.2:29 And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plain,and passed over Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and they came toMahanaim.2:30 And Joab returned from following Abner: and when he had gatheredall the people together, there lacked of David's servants nineteen menand Asahel.2:31 But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner'smen, so that three hundred and threescore men died.2:32 And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of hisfather, which was in Bethlehem. And Joab and his men went all night,and they came to Hebron at break of day.3:1 Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house ofDavid: but David waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of Saulwaxed weaker and weaker.3:2 And unto David were sons born in Hebron: and his firstborn wasAmnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; 3:3 And his second, Chileab, ofAbigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom theson of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; 3:4 And thefourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the sonof Abital; 3:5 And the sixth, Ithream, by Eglah David's wife. Thesewere born to David in Hebron.3:6 And it came to pass, while there was war between the house of Sauland the house of David, that Abner made himself strong for the houseof Saul.3:7 And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter ofAiah: and Ishbosheth said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in untomy father's concubine?  3:8 Then was Abner very wroth for the words ofIshbosheth, and said, Am I a dog's head, which against Judah do shewkindness this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren,and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand ofDavid, that thou chargest me to day with a fault concerning thiswoman?  3:9 So do God to Abner, and more also, except, as the LORDhath sworn to David, even so I do to him; 3:10 To translate thekingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David overIsrael and over Judah, from Dan even to Beersheba.3:11 And he could not answer Abner a word again, because he fearedhim.3:12 And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whoseis the land? saying also, Make thy league with me, and, behold, myhand shall be with thee, to bring about all Israel unto thee.3:13 And he said, Well; I will make a league with thee: but one thingI require of thee, that is, Thou shalt not see my face, except thoufirst bring Michal Saul's daughter, when thou comest to see my face.3:14 And David sent messengers to Ishbosheth Saul's son, saying,Deliver me my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for an hundredforeskins of the Philistines.3:15 And Ishbosheth sent, and took her from her husband, even fromPhaltiel the son of Laish.3:16 And her husband went with her along weeping behind her toBahurim.Then said Abner unto him, Go, return. And he returned.3:17 And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, Yesought for David in times past to be king over you: 3:18 Now then doit: for the LORD hath spoken of David, saying, By the hand of myservant David I will save my people Israel out of the hand of thePhilistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies.3:19 And Abner also spake in the ears of Benjamin: and Abner went alsoto speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good toIsrael, and that seemed good to the whole house of Benjamin.3:20 So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. AndDavid made Abner and the men that were with him a feast.3:21 And Abner said unto David, I will arise and go, and will gatherall Israel unto my lord the king, that they may make a league withthee, and that thou mayest reign over all that thine heart desireth.And David sent Abner away; and he went in peace.3:22 And, behold, the servants of David and Joab came from pursuing atroop, and brought in a great spoil with them: but Abner was not withDavid in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was gone in peace.3:23 When Joab and all the host that was with him were come, they toldJoab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he hath senthim away, and he is gone in peace.3:24 Then Joab came to the king, and said, What hast thou done?behold, Abner came unto thee; why is it that thou hast sent him away,and he is quite gone?  3:25 Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, that hecame to deceive thee, and to know thy going out and thy coming in, andto know all that thou doest.3:26 And when Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers afterAbner, which brought him again from the well of Sirah: but David knewit not.3:27 And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in thegate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifthrib, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.3:28 And afterward when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom areguiltless before the LORD for ever from the blood of Abner the son ofNer: 3:29 Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father'shouse; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath anissue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that fallethon the sword, or that lacketh bread.3:30 So Joab, and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slaintheir brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.3:31 And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him,Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn beforeAbner. And king David himself followed the bier.3:32 And they buried Abner in Hebron: and the king lifted up hisvoice, and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept.3:33 And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fooldieth?  3:34 Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters:as a man falleth before wicked men, so fellest thou. And all thepeople wept again over him.3:35 And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while itwas yet day, David sware, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if Itaste bread, or ought else, till the sun be down.3:36 And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them: aswhatsoever the king did pleased all the people.3:37 For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it wasnot of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner.3:38 And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is aprince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?  3:39 And I am thisday weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah betoo hard for me: the LORD shall reward the doer of evil according tohis wickedness.4:1 And when Saul's son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his handswere feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.4:2 And Saul's son had two men that were captains of bands: the nameof the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons ofRimmon a Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin: (for Beeroth alsowas reckoned to Benjamin.4:3 And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners thereuntil this day.)  4:4 And Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son that waslame of his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Sauland Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, and fled: andit came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and becamelame. And his name was Mephibosheth.4:5 And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went,and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth, who layon a bed at noon.4:6 And they came thither into the midst of the house, as though theywould have fetched wheat; and they smote him under the fifth rib: andRechab and Baanah his brother escaped.4:7 For when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in hisbedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, andtook his head, and gat them away through the plain all night.4:8 And they brought the head of Ishbosheth unto David to Hebron, andsaid to the king, Behold the head of Ishbosheth the son of Saul thineenemy, which sought thy life; and the LORD hath avenged my lord theking this day of Saul, and of his seed.4:9 And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons ofRimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, As the LORD liveth, whohath redeemed my soul out of all adversity, 4:10 When one told me,saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, Itook hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who thought that I wouldhave given him a reward for his tidings: 4:11 How much more, whenwicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon hisbed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, andtake you away from the earth?  4:12 And David commanded his young men,and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hangedthem up over the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth,and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.5:1 Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, andspake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.5:2 Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he thatleddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD said to thee, Thoushalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel.5:3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and kingDavid made a league with them in Hebron before the LORD: and theyanointed David king over Israel.5:4 David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reignedforty years.5:5 In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and inJerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah.5:6 And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, theinhabitants of the land: which spake unto David, saying, Except thoutake away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither:thinking, David cannot come in hither.5:7 Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is thecity of David.5:8 And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter,and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind that are hatedof David's soul, he shall be chief and captain. Wherefore they said,The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.5:9 So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. AndDavid built round about from Millo and inward.5:10 And David went on, and grew great, and the LORD God of hosts waswith him.5:11 And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees,and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house.5:12 And David perceived that the LORD had established him king overIsrael, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel'ssake.5:13 And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem,after he was come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughtersborn to David.5:14 And these be the names of those that were born unto him inJerusalem; Shammuah, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, 5:15 Ibharalso, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia, 5:16 And Elishama, andEliada, and Eliphalet.5:17 But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David kingover Israel, all the Philistines came up to seek David; and Davidheard of it, and went down to the hold.5:18 The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley ofRephaim.5:19 And David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up to thePhilistines? wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD saidunto David, Go up: for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines intothine hand.5:20 And David came to Baalperazim, and David smote them there, andsaid, The LORD hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me, as thebreach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that placeBaalperazim.5:21 And there they left their images, and David and his men burnedthem.5:22 And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves inthe valley of Rephaim.5:23 And when David enquired of the LORD, he said, Thou shalt not goup; but fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over againstthe mulberry trees.5:24 And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the topsof the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for thenshall the LORD go out before thee, to smite the host of thePhilistines.5:25 And David did so, as the LORD had commanded him; and smote thePhilistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer.6:1 Again, David gathered together all the chosen men of Israel,thirty thousand.6:2 And David arose, and went with all the people that were with himfrom Baale of Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, whosename is called by the name of the LORD of hosts that dwelleth betweenthe cherubims.6:3 And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out ofthe house of Abinadab that was in Gibeah: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sonsof Abinadab, drave the new cart.6:4 And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab which was atGibeah, accompanying the ark of God: and Ahio went before the ark.6:5 And David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD onall manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and onpsalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.6:6 And when they came to Nachon's threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth hishand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it.6:7 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and God smotehim there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God.6:8 And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach uponUzzah: and he called the name of the place Perezuzzah to this day.6:9 And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and said, How shall theark of the LORD come to me?  6:10 So David would not remove the ark ofthe LORD unto him into the city of David: but David carried it asideinto the house of Obededom the Gittite.6:11 And the ark of the LORD continued in the house of Obededom theGittite three months: and the LORD blessed Obededom, and all hishousehold.6:12 And it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed thehouse of Obededom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of theark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the houseof Obededom into the city of David with gladness.6:13 And it was so, that when they that bare the ark of the LORD hadgone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings.6:14 And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and Davidwas girded with a linen ephod.6:15 So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of theLORD with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.6:16 And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, MichalSaul's daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leapingand dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart.6:17 And they brought in the ark of the LORD, and set it in his place,in the midst of the tabernacle that David had pitched for it: andDavid offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.6:18 And as soon as David had made an end of offering burnt offeringsand peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD ofhosts.6:19 And he dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitudeof Israel, as well to the women as men, to every one a cake of bread,and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine. So all the peopledeparted every one to his house.6:20 Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal thedaughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious wasthe king of Israel to day, who uncovered himself to day in the eyes ofthe handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelesslyuncovereth himself!  6:21 And David said unto Michal, It was beforethe LORD, which chose me before thy father, and before all his house,to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel:therefore will I play before the LORD.6:22 And I will yet be more vile than thus, and will be base in mineown sight: and of the maidservants which thou hast spoken of, of themshall I be had in honour.6:23 Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the dayof her death.7:1 And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the LORDhad given him rest round about from all his enemies; 7:2 That the kingsaid unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar,but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.7:3 And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart;for the LORD is with thee.7:4 And it came to pass that night, that the word of the LORD cameunto Nathan, saying, 7:5 Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith theLORD, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in?  7:6 Whereas Ihave not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought up thechildren of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked ina tent and in a tabernacle.7:7 In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children ofIsrael spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom Icommanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me anhouse of cedar?  7:8 Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servantDavid, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote,from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel: 7:9And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off allthine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, likeunto the name of the great men that are in the earth.7:10 Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and willplant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move nomore; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more,as beforetime, 7:11 And as since the time that I commanded judges tobe over my people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thineenemies. Also the LORD telleth thee that he will make thee an house.7:12 And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thyfathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out ofthy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.7:13 He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish thethrone of his kingdom for ever.7:14 I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commitiniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripesof the children of men: 7:15 But my mercy shall not depart away fromhim, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.7:16 And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for everbefore thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.7:17 According to all these words, and according to all this vision,so did Nathan speak unto David.7:18 Then went king David in, and sat before the LORD, and he said,Who am I, O Lord GOD? and what is my house, that thou hast brought mehitherto?  7:19 And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O LordGOD; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a greatwhile to come. And is this the manner of man, O Lord GOD?  7:20 Andwhat can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord GOD, knowest thyservant.7:21 For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thoudone all these great things, to make thy servant know them.7:22 Wherefore thou art great, O LORD God: for there is none likethee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that wehave heard with our ears.7:23 And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even likeIsrael, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to makehim a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land,before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from thenations and their gods?  7:24 For thou hast confirmed to thyself thypeople Israel to be a people unto thee for ever: and thou, LORD, artbecome their God.7:25 And now, O LORD God, the word that thou hast spoken concerningthy servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and doas thou hast said.7:26 And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hostsis the God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David beestablished before thee.7:27 For thou, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thyservant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thyservant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee.7:28 And now, O Lord GOD, thou art that God, and thy words be true,and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant: 7:29 Thereforenow let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it maycontinue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord GOD, hast spoken it:and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed forever.8:1 And after this it came to pass that David smote the Philistines,and subdued them: and David took Methegammah out of the hand of thePhilistines.8:2 And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting themdown to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death,and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites becameDavid's servants, and brought gifts.8:3 David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as hewent to recover his border at the river Euphrates.8:4 And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundredhorsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all thechariot horses, but reserved of them for an hundred chariots.8:5 And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king ofZobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.8:6 Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syriansbecame servants to David, and brought gifts. And the LORD preservedDavid whithersoever he went.8:7 And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants ofHadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.8:8 And from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king Davidtook exceeding much brass.8:9 When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the hostof Hadadezer, 8:10 Then Toi sent Joram his son unto king David, tosalute him, and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer,and smitten him: for Hadadezer had wars with Toi. And Joram broughtwith him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass:8:11 Which also king David did dedicate unto the LORD, with the silverand gold that he had dedicated of all nations which he subdued; 8:12Of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of thePhilistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, son ofRehob, king of Zobah.8:13 And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting of theSyrians in the valley of salt, being eighteen thousand men.8:14 And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put hegarrisons, and all they of Edom became David's servants. And the LORDpreserved David whithersoever he went.8:15 And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgmentand justice unto all his people.8:16 And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphatthe son of Ahilud was recorder; 8:17 And Zadok the son of Ahitub, andAhimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Seraiah was thescribe; 8:18 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both theCherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief rulers.9:1 And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house ofSaul, that I may shew him kindness for Jonathan's sake?  9:2 And therewas of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba. And when theyhad called him unto David, the king said unto him, Art thou Ziba?  Andhe said, Thy servant is he.9:3 And the king said, Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, thatI may shew the kindness of God unto him? And Ziba said unto the king,Jonathan hath yet a son, which is lame on his feet.9:4 And the king said unto him, Where is he? And Ziba said unto theking, Behold, he is in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, inLodebar.9:5 Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir,the son of Ammiel, from Lodebar.9:6 Now when Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, wascome unto David, he fell on his face, and did reverence. And Davidsaid, Mephibosheth. And he answered, Behold thy servant!  9:7 AndDavid said unto him, Fear not: for I will surely shew thee kindnessfor Jonathan thy father's sake, and will restore thee all the land ofSaul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually.9:8 And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thoushouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?  9:9 Then the king calledto Ziba, Saul's servant, and said unto him, I have given unto thymaster's son all that pertained to Saul and to all his house.9:10 Thou therefore, and thy sons, and thy servants, shall till theland for him, and thou shalt bring in the fruits, that thy master'sson may have food to eat: but Mephibosheth thy master's son shall eatbread alway at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twentyservants.9:11 Then said Ziba unto the king, According to all that my lord theking hath commanded his servant, so shall thy servant do. As forMephibosheth, said the king, he shall eat at my table, as one of theking's sons.9:12 And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Micha. And allthat dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants unto Mephibosheth.9:13 So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem: for he did eat continually atthe king's table; and was lame on both his feet.10:1 And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children ofAmmon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead.10:2 Then said David, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son ofNahash, as his father shewed kindness unto me. And David sent tocomfort him by the hand of his servants for his father. And David'sservants came into the land of the children of Ammon.10:3 And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun theirlord, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hathsent comforters unto thee? hath not David rather sent his servantsunto thee, to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?10:4 Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved off the onehalf of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, evento their buttocks, and sent them away.10:5 When they told it unto David, he sent to meet them, because themen were greatly ashamed: and the king said, Tarry at Jericho untilyour beards be grown, and then return.10:6 And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David,the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Bethrehob and theSyrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah athousand men, and of Ishtob twelve thousand men.10:7 And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of themighty men.10:8 And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in arrayat the entering in of the gate: and the Syrians of Zoba, and of Rehob,and Ishtob, and Maacah, were by themselves in the field.10:9 When Joab saw that the front of the battle was against him beforeand behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them inarray against the Syrians: 10:10 And the rest of the people hedelivered into the hand of Abishai his brother, that he might put themin array against the children of Ammon.10:11 And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thoushalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee,then I will come and help thee.10:12 Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, andfor the cities of our God: and the LORD do that which seemeth himgood.10:13 And Joab drew nigh, and the people that were with him, unto thebattle against the Syrians: and they fled before him.10:14 And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled,then fled they also before Abishai, and entered into the city. So Joabreturned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.10:15 And when the Syrians saw that they were smitten before Israel,they gathered themselves together.10:16 And Hadarezer sent, and brought out the Syrians that were beyondthe river: and they came to Helam; and Shobach the captain of the hostof Hadarezer went before them.10:17 And when it was told David, he gathered all Israel together, andpassed over Jordan, and came to Helam. And the Syrians set themselvesin array against David, and fought with him.10:18 And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew the men ofseven hundred chariots of the Syrians, and forty thousand horsemen,and smote Shobach the captain of their host, who died there.10:19 And when all the kings that were servants to Hadarezer saw thatthey were smitten before Israel, they made peace with Israel, andserved them. So the Syrians feared to help the children of Ammon anymore.11:1 And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time whenkings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants withhim, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, andbesieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem.11:2 And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from offhis bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from theroof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautifulto look upon.11:3 And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is notthis Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?11:4 And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in untohim, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness:and she returned unto her house.11:5 And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I amwith child.11:6 And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. AndJoab sent Uriah to David.11:7 And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joabdid, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.11:8 And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet.And Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there followed him amess of meat from the king.11:9 But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all theservants of his lord, and went not down to his house.11:10 And when they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down untohis house, David said unto Uriah, Camest thou not from thy journey?why then didst thou not go down unto thine house?  11:11 And Uriahsaid unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; andmy lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the openfields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and tolie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will notdo this thing.11:12 And David said to Uriah, Tarry here to day also, and to morrow Iwill let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day, and themorrow.11:13 And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him;and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed withthe servants of his lord, but went not down to his house.11:14 And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter toJoab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.11:15 And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in theforefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he maybe smitten, and die.11:16 And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that heassigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men were.11:17 And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: andthere fell some of the people of the servants of David; and Uriah theHittite died also.11:18 Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;11:19 And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end oftelling the matters of the war unto the king, 11:20 And if so be thatthe king's wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore approached yeso nigh unto the city when ye did fight? knew ye not that they wouldshoot from the wall?  11:21 Who smote Abimelech the son ofJerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon himfrom the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? thensay thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.11:22 So the messenger went, and came and shewed David all that Joabhad sent him for.11:23 And the messenger said unto David, Surely the men prevailedagainst us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were upon themeven unto the entering of the gate.11:24 And the shooters shot from off the wall upon thy servants; andsome of the king's servants be dead, and thy servant Uriah the Hittiteis dead also.11:25 Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say untoJoab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth oneas well as another: make thy battle more strong against the city, andoverthrow it: and encourage thou him.11:26 And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband wasdead, she mourned for her husband.11:27 And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her tohis house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thingthat David had done displeased the LORD.12:1 And the LORD sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, andsaid unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and theother poor.12:2 The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds: 12:3 But thepoor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had boughtand nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with hischildren; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, andlay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.12:4 And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared totake of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaringman that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressedit for the man that was come to him.12:5 And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man; and hesaid to Nathan, As the LORD liveth, the man that hath done this thingshall surely die: 12:6 And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, becausehe did this thing, and because he had no pity.12:7 And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the LORDGod of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered theeout of the hand of Saul; 12:8 And I gave thee thy master's house, andthy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israeland of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover havegiven unto thee such and such things.12:9 Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to doevil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword,and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with thesword of the children of Ammon.12:10 Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house;because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah theHittite to be thy wife.12:11 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against theeout of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes,and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives inthe sight of this sun.12:12 For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before allIsrael, and before the sun.12:13 And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. AndNathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thoushalt not die.12:14 Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion tothe enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is born untothee shall surely die.12:15 And Nathan departed unto his house. And the LORD struck thechild that Uriah's wife bare unto David, and it was very sick.12:16 David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted,and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.12:17 And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise himup from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread withthem.12:18 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. Andthe servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: forthey said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him,and he would not hearken unto our voice: how will he then vex himself,if we tell him that the child is dead?  12:19 But when David saw thathis servants whispered, David perceived that the child was dead:therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And theysaid, He is dead.12:20 Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointedhimself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the LORD,and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required,they set bread before him, and he did eat.12:21 Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thouhast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive;but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.12:22 And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept:for I said, Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, that thechild may live?  12:23 But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast?can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not returnto me.12:24 And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in unto her,and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon:and the LORD loved him.12:25 And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called hisname Jedidiah, because of the LORD.12:26 And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, andtook the royal city.12:27 And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have foughtagainst Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters.12:28 Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encampagainst the city, and take it: lest I take the city, and it be calledafter my name.12:29 And David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah,and fought against it, and took it.12:30 And he took their king's crown from off his head, the weightwhereof was a talent of gold with the precious stones: and it was seton David's head. And he brought forth the spoil of the city in greatabundance.12:31 And he brought forth the people that were therein, and put themunder saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, andmade them pass through the brick-kiln: and thus did he unto all thecities of the children of Ammon. So David and all the people returnedunto Jerusalem.13:1 And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David hada fair sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David lovedher.13:2 And Amnon was so vexed, that he fell sick for his sister Tamar;for she was a virgin; and Amnon thought it hard for him to do anythingto her.13:3 But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son ofShimeah David's brother: and Jonadab was a very subtil man.13:4 And he said unto him, Why art thou, being the king's son, leanfrom day to day? wilt thou not tell me? And Amnon said unto him, Ilove Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister.13:5 And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and makethyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, Ipray thee, let my sister Tamar come, and give me meat, and dress themeat in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it at her hand.13:6 So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick: and when the king wascome to see him, Amnon said unto the king, I pray thee, let Tamar mysister come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eatat her hand.13:7 Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to thy brotherAmnon's house, and dress him meat.13:8 So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house; and he was laid down.And she took flour, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, anddid bake the cakes.13:9 And she took a pan, and poured them out before him; but herefused to eat. And Amnon said, Have out all men from me. And theywent out every man from him.13:10 And Amnon said unto Tamar, Bring the meat into the chamber, thatI may eat of thine hand. And Tamar took the cakes which she had made,and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her brother.13:11 And when she had brought them unto him to eat, he took hold ofher, and said unto her, Come lie with me, my sister.13:12 And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me; for nosuch thing ought to be done in Israel: do not thou this folly.13:13 And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? and as for thee,thou shalt be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I praythee, speak unto the king; for he will not withhold me from thee.13:14 Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice: but, being strongerthan she, forced her, and lay with her.13:15 Then Amnon hated her exceedingly; so that the hatred wherewithhe hated her was greater than the love wherewith he had loved her. AndAmnon said unto her, Arise, be gone.13:16 And she said unto him, There is no cause: this evil in sendingme away is greater than the other that thou didst unto me. But hewould not hearken unto her.13:17 Then he called his servant that ministered unto him, and said,Put now this woman out from me, and bolt the door after her.13:18 And she had a garment of divers colours upon her: for with suchrobes were the king's daughters that were virgins apparelled. Then hisservant brought her out, and bolted the door after her.13:19 And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of diverscolours that was on her, and laid her hand on her head, and went oncrying.13:20 And Absalom her brother said unto her, Hath Amnon thy brotherbeen with thee? but hold now thy peace, my sister: he is thy brother;regard not this thing. So Tamar remained desolate in her brotherAbsalom's house.13:21 But when king David heard of all these things, he was verywroth.13:22 And Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad:for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.13:23 And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom hadsheepshearers in Baalhazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalominvited all the king's sons.13:24 And Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold now, thy servanthath sheepshearers; let the king, I beseech thee, and his servants gowith thy servant.13:25 And the king said to Absalom, Nay, my son, let us not all nowgo, lest we be chargeable unto thee. And he pressed him: howbeit hewould not go, but blessed him.13:26 Then said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon gowith us. And the king said unto him, Why should he go with thee?13:27 But Absalom pressed him, that he let Amnon and all the king'ssons go with him.13:28 Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now whenAmnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, SmiteAmnon; then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you? becourageous, and be valiant.13:29 And the servants of Absalom did unto Amnon as Absalom hadcommanded.Then all the king's sons arose, and every man gat him up upon hismule, and fled.13:30 And it came to pass, while they were in the way, that tidingscame to David, saying, Absalom hath slain all the king's sons, andthere is not one of them left.13:31 Then the king arose, and tare his garments, and lay on theearth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent.13:32 And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother, answered andsaid, Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young menthe king's sons; for Amnon only is dead: for by the appointment ofAbsalom this hath been determined from the day that he forced hissister Tamar.13:33 Now therefore let not my lord the king take the thing to hisheart, to think that all the king's sons are dead: for Amnon only isdead.13:34 But Absalom fled. And the young man that kept the watch liftedup his eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came much people by theway of the hill side behind him.13:35 And Jonadab said unto the king, Behold, the king's sons come: asthy servant said, so it is.13:36 And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of speaking,that, behold, the king's sons came, and lifted up their voice andwept: and the king also and all his servants wept very sore.13:37 But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, kingof Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day.13:38 So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.13:39 And the soul of king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: forhe was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.14:1 Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart wastoward Absalom.14:2 And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, andsaid unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put onnow mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as awoman that had a long time mourned for the dead: 14:3 And come to theking, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in hermouth.14:4 And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on herface to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.14:5 And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, Iam indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.14:6 And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together inthe field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote theother, and slew him.14:7 And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid,and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may killhim, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy theheir also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shallnot leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the earth.14:8 And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I willgive charge concerning thee.14:9 And the woman of Tekoah said unto the king, My lord, O king, theiniquity be on me, and on my father's house: and the king and histhrone be guiltless.14:10 And the king said, Whoever saith ought unto thee, bring him tome, and he shall not touch thee any more.14:11 Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the LORD thyGod, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to destroyany more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As the LORD liveth,there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.14:12 Then the woman said, Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak oneword unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on.14:13 And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such athing against the people of God? for the king doth speak this thing asone which is faulty, in that the king doth not fetch home again hisbanished.14:14 For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground,which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect anyperson: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelledfrom him.14:15 Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lordthe king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and thyhandmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the kingwill perform the request of his handmaid.14:16 For the king will hear, to deliver his handmaid out of the handof the man that would destroy me and my son together out of theinheritance of God.14:17 Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall nowbe comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king todiscern good and bad: therefore the LORD thy God will be with thee.14:18 Then the king answered and said unto the woman, Hide not fromme, I pray thee, the thing that I shall ask thee. And the woman said,Let my lord the king now speak.14:19 And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with thee in allthis?  And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lordthe king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from oughtthat my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade me,and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid: 14:20 Tofetch about this form of speech hath thy servant Joab done this thing:and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, toknow all things that are in the earth.14:21 And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing:go therefore, bring the young man Absalom again.14:22 And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, andthanked the king: and Joab said, To day thy servant knoweth that Ihave found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hathfulfilled the request of his servant.14:23 So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom toJerusalem.14:24 And the king said, Let him turn to his own house, and let himnot see my face. So Absalom returned to his own house, and saw not theking's face.14:25 But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised asAbsalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown ofhis head there was no blemish in him.14:26 And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year's endthat he polled it: because the hair was heavy on him, therefore hepolled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekelsafter the king's weight.14:27 And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter,whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.14:28 So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not theking's face.14:29 Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent him to the king;but he would not come to him: and when he sent again the second time,he would not come.14:30 Therefore he said unto his servants, See, Joab's field is nearmine, and he hath barley there; go and set it on fire. And Absalom'sservants set the field on fire.14:31 Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto his house, and saidunto him, Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire?  14:32 AndAbsalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither,that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come fromGeshur? it had been good for me to have been there still: nowtherefore let me see the king's face; and if there be any iniquity inme, let him kill me.14:33 So Joab came to the king, and told him: and when he had calledfor Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to theground before the king: and the king kissed Absalom.15:1 And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared himchariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him.15:2 And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate:and it was so, that when any man that had a controversy came to theking for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of whatcity art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes ofIsrael.15:3 And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right;but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.15:4 Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land,that every man which hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and Iwould do him justice!  15:5 And it was so, that when any man came nighto him to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took him, andkissed him.15:6 And on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to theking for judgment: so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.15:7 And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto theking, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed untothe LORD, in Hebron.15:8 For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria,saying, If the LORD shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then Iwill serve the LORD.15:9 And the king said unto him, Go in peace. So he arose, and went toHebron.15:10 But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel,saying, As soon as ye hear the sound of the trumpet, then ye shallsay, Absalom reigneth in Hebron.15:11 And with Absalom went two hundred men out of Jerusalem, thatwere called; and they went in their simplicity, and they knew not anything.15:12 And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David'scounsellor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he offeredsacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increasedcontinually with Absalom.15:13 And there came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of themen of Israel are after Absalom.15:14 And David said unto all his servants that were with him atJerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not else escape fromAbsalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and bringevil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.15:15 And the king's servants said unto the king, Behold, thy servantsare ready to do whatsoever my lord the king shall appoint.15:16 And the king went forth, and all his household after him. Andthe king left ten women, which were concubines, to keep the house.15:17 And the king went forth, and all the people after him, andtarried in a place that was far off.15:18 And all his servants passed on beside him; and all theCherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundredmen which came after him from Gath, passed on before the king.15:19 Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thoualso with us? return to thy place, and abide with the king: for thouart a stranger, and also an exile.15:20 Whereas thou camest but yesterday, should I this day make theego up and down with us? seeing I go whither I may, return thou, andtake back thy brethren: mercy and truth be with thee.15:21 And Ittai answered the king, and said, As the LORD liveth, andas my lord the king liveth, surely in what place my lord the kingshall be, whether in death or life, even there also will thy servantbe.15:22 And David said to Ittai, Go and pass over. And Ittai the Gittitepassed over, and all his men, and all the little ones that were withhim.15:23 And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the peoplepassed over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, andall the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.15:24 And lo Zadok also, and all the Levites were with him, bearingthe ark of the covenant of God: and they set down the ark of God; andAbiathar went up, until all the people had done passing out of thecity.15:25 And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into thecity: if I shall find favour in the eyes of the LORD, he will bring meagain, and shew me both it, and his habitation: 15:26 But if he thussay, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me asseemeth good unto him.15:27 The king said also unto Zadok the priest, Art not thou a seer?return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz thyson, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.15:28 See, I will tarry in the plain of the wilderness, until therecome word from you to certify me.15:29 Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried the ark of God again toJerusalem: and they tarried there.15:30 And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and wept as hewent up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot: and all thepeople that was with him covered every man his head, and they went up,weeping as they went up.15:31 And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspiratorswith Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel ofAhithophel into foolishness.15:32 And it came to pass, that when David was come to the top of themount, where he worshipped God, behold, Hushai the Archite came tomeet him with his coat rent, and earth upon his head: 15:33 Unto whomDavid said, If thou passest on with me, then thou shalt be a burdenunto me: 15:34 But if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, Iwill be thy servant, O king; as I have been thy father's servanthitherto, so will I now also be thy servant: then mayest thou for medefeat the counsel of Ahithophel.15:35 And hast thou not there with thee Zadok and Abiathar thepriests?  therefore it shall be, that what thing soever thou shalthear out of the king's house, thou shalt tell it to Zadok and Abiatharthe priests.15:36 Behold, they have there with them their two sons, AhimaazZadok's son, and Jonathan Abiathar's son; and by them ye shall sendunto me every thing that ye can hear.15:37 So Hushai David's friend came into the city, and Absalom cameinto Jerusalem.16:1 And when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold,Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of assessaddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and an hundredbunches of raisins, and an hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle ofwine.16:2 And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Zibasaid, The asses be for the king's household to ride on; and the breadand summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such asbe faint in the wilderness may drink.16:3 And the king said, And where is thy master's son? And Ziba saidunto the king, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem: for he said, To dayshall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father.16:4 Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine are all that pertainedunto Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I humbly beseech thee that I mayfind grace in thy sight, my lord, O king.16:5 And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out aman of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the sonof Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came.16:6 And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of kingDavid: and all the people and all the mighty men were on his righthand and on his left.16:7 And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thoubloody man, and thou man of Belial: 16:8 The LORD hath returned uponthee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hastreigned; and the LORD hath delivered the kingdom into the hand ofAbsalom thy son: and, behold, thou art taken in thy mischief, becausethou art a bloody man.16:9 Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why shouldthis dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, andtake off his head.16:10 And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons ofZeruiah?  so let him curse, because the LORD hath said unto him, CurseDavid. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so?  16:11 AndDavid said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, whichcame forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more now may thisBenjamite do it? let him alone, and let him curse; for the LORD hathbidden him.16:12 It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and thatthe LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day.16:13 And as David and his men went by the way, Shimei went along onthe hill's side over against him, and cursed as he went, and threwstones at him, and cast dust.16:14 And the king, and all the people that were with him, came weary,and refreshed themselves there.16:15 And Absalom, and all the people the men of Israel, came toJerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.16:16 And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David's friend,was come unto Absalom, that Hushai said unto Absalom, God save theking, God save the king.16:17 And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend?why wentest thou not with thy friend?  16:18 And Hushai said untoAbsalom, Nay; but whom the LORD, and this people, and all the men ofIsrael, choose, his will I be, and with him will I abide.16:19 And again, whom should I serve? should I not serve in thepresence of his son? as I have served in thy father's presence, sowill I be in thy presence.16:20 Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what weshall do.16:21 And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father'sconcubines, which he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel shallhear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then shall the hands of allthat are with thee be strong.16:22 So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; andAbsalom went in unto his father's concubines in the sight of allIsrael.16:23 And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in thosedays, was as if a man had enquired at the oracle of God: so was allthe counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.17:1 Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose outtwelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David thisnight: 17:2 And I will come upon him while he is weary and weakhanded, and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with himshall flee; and I will smite the king only: 17:3 And I will bring backall the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest is as if allreturned: so all the people shall be in peace.17:4 And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders ofIsrael.17:5 Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let ushear likewise what he saith.17:6 And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spake unto him,saying, Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner: shall we do afterhis saying? if not; speak thou.17:7 And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hathgiven is not good at this time.17:8 For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that theybe mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed ofher whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will notlodge with the people.17:9 Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place: and itwill come to pass, when some of them be overthrown at the first, thatwhosoever heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the peoplethat follow Absalom.17:10 And he also that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of alion, shall utterly melt: for all Israel knoweth that thy father is amighty man, and they which be with him are valiant men.17:11 Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered untothee, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea formultitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.17:12 So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found,and we will light upon him as the dew falleth on the ground: and ofhim and of all the men that are with him there shall not be left somuch as one.17:13 Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all Israelbring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, untilthere be not one small stone found there.17:14 And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel ofHushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For theLORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to theintent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.17:15 Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thusand thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; andthus and thus have I counselled.17:16 Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge notthis night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over;lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him.17:17 Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by Enrogel; for they might notbe seen to come into the city: and a wench went and told them; andthey went and told king David.17:18 Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they wentboth of them away quickly, and came to a man's house in Bahurim, whichhad a well in his court; whither they went down.17:19 And the woman took and spread a covering over the well's mouth,and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known.17:20 And when Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house, theysaid, Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them,They be gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought andcould not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.17:21 And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came upout of the well, and went and told king David, and said unto David,Arise, and pass quickly over the water: for thus hath Ahithophelcounselled against you.17:22 Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, andthey passed over Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one ofthem that was not gone over Jordan.17:23 And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, hesaddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to hiscity, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died,and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.17:24 Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, heand all the men of Israel with him.17:25 And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab:which Amasa was a man's son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, thatwent in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab'smother.17:26 So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead.17:27 And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobithe son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir theson of Ammiel of Lodebar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,17:28 Brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, andbarley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentiles, andparched pulse, 17:29 And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese ofkine, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: forthey said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in thewilderness.18:1 And David numbered the people that were with him, and setcaptains of thousands, and captains of hundreds over them.18:2 And David sent forth a third part of the people under the hand ofJoab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah,Joab's brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite.And the king said unto the people, I will surely go forth with youmyself also.18:3 But the people answered, Thou shalt not go forth: for if we fleeaway, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will theycare for us: but now thou art worth ten thousand of us: therefore nowit is better that thou succour us out of the city.18:4 And the king said unto them, What seemeth you best I will do. Andthe king stood by the gate side, and all the people came out byhundreds and by thousands.18:5 And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Dealgently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom. And all thepeople heard when the king gave all the captains charge concerningAbsalom.18:6 So the people went out into the field against Israel: and thebattle was in the wood of Ephraim; 18:7 Where the people of Israelwere slain before the servants of David, and there was there a greatslaughter that day of twenty thousand men.18:8 For the battle was there scattered over the face of all thecountry: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sworddevoured.18:9 And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon amule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and hishead caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heavenand the earth; and the mule that was under him went away.18:10 And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I sawAbsalom hanged in an oak.18:11 And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thousawest him, and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? andI would have given thee ten shekels of silver, and a girdle.18:12 And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousandshekels of silver in mine hand, yet would I not put forth mine handagainst the king's son: for in our hearing the king charged thee andAbishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none touch the young manAbsalom.18:13 Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against mine own life:for there is no matter hid from the king, and thou thyself wouldesthave set thyself against me.18:14 Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he tookthree darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom,while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.18:15 And ten young men that bare Joab's armour compassed about andsmote Absalom, and slew him.18:16 And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuingafter Israel: for Joab held back the people.18:17 And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in thewood, and laid a very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israelfled every one to his tent.18:18 Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himselfa pillar, which is in the king's dale: for he said, I have no son tokeep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his ownname: and it is called unto this day, Absalom's place.18:19 Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear theking tidings, how that the LORD hath avenged him of his enemies.18:20 And Joab said unto him, Thou shalt not bear tidings this day,but thou shalt bear tidings another day: but this day thou shalt bearno tidings, because the king's son is dead.18:21 Then said Joab to Cushi, Go tell the king what thou hast seen.And Cushi bowed himself unto Joab, and ran.18:22 Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, Buthowsoever, let me, I pray thee, also run after Cushi. And Joab said,Wherefore wilt thou run, my son, seeing that thou hast no tidingsready?  18:23 But howsoever, said he, let me run. And he said untohim, Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi.18:24 And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman went up tothe roof over the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, andlooked, and behold a man running alone.18:25 And the watchman cried, and told the king. And the king said, Ifhe be alone, there is tidings in his mouth. And he came apace, anddrew near.18:26 And the watchman saw another man running: and the watchmancalled unto the porter, and said, Behold another man running alone.And the king said, He also bringeth tidings.18:27 And the watchman said, Me thinketh the running of the foremostis like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, Heis a good man, and cometh with good tidings.18:28 And Ahimaaz called, and said unto the king, All is well. And hefell down to the earth upon his face before the king, and said,Blessed be the LORD thy God, which hath delivered up the men thatlifted up their hand against my lord the king.18:29 And the king said, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Ahimaazanswered, When Joab sent the king's servant, and me thy servant, I sawa great tumult, but I knew not what it was.18:30 And the king said unto him, Turn aside, and stand here. And heturned aside, and stood still.18:31 And, behold, Cushi came; and Cushi said, Tidings, my lord theking: for the LORD hath avenged thee this day of all them that rose upagainst thee.18:32 And the king said unto Cushi, Is the young man Absalom safe? AndCushi answered, The enemies of my lord the king, and all that riseagainst thee to do thee hurt, be as that young man is.18:33 And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over thegate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, myson, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son,my son!  19:1 And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth andmourneth for Absalom.19:2 And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all thepeople: for the people heard say that day how the king was grieved forhis son.19:3 And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, aspeople being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.19:4 But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loudvoice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!  19:5 And Joabcame into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this daythe faces of all thy servants, which this day have saved thy life, andthe lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thywives, and the lives of thy concubines; 19:6 In that thou lovest thineenemies, and hatest thy friends. For thou hast declared this day, thatthou regardest neither princes nor servants: for this day I perceive,that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it hadpleased thee well.19:7 Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thyservants: for I swear by the LORD, if thou go not forth, there willnot tarry one with thee this night: and that will be worse unto theethan all the evil that befell thee from thy youth until now.19:8 Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. And they told unto allthe people, saying, Behold, the king doth sit in the gate. And all thepeople came before the king: for Israel had fled every man to histent.19:9 And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes ofIsrael, saying, The king saved us out of the hand of our enemies, andhe delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fledout of the land for Absalom.19:10 And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Nowtherefore why speak ye not a word of bringing the king back?  19:11And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying,Speak unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye the last to bringthe king back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is come tothe king, even to his house.19:12 Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: wherefore thenare ye the last to bring back the king?  19:13 And say ye to Amasa,Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and morealso, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in theroom of Joab.19:14 And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as theheart of one man; so that they sent this word unto the king, Returnthou, and all thy servants.19:15 So the king returned, and came to Jordan. And Judah came toGilgal, to go to meet the king, to conduct the king over Jordan.19:16 And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which was of Bahurim,hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.19:17 And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba theservant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twentyservants with him; and they went over Jordan before the king.19:18 And there went over a ferry boat to carry over the king'shousehold, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gerafell down before the king, as he was come over Jordan; 19:19 And saidunto the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me, neither dothou remember that which thy servant did perversely the day that mylord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it tohis heart.19:20 For thy servant doth know that I have sinned: therefore, behold,I am come the first this day of all the house of Joseph to go down tomeet my lord the king.19:21 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Shall notShimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD'sanointed?  19:22 And David said, What have I to do with you, ye sonsof Zeruiah, that ye should this day be adversaries unto me? shallthere any man be put to death this day in Israel? for do not I knowthat I am this day king over Israel?  19:23 Therefore the king saidunto Shimei, Thou shalt not die. And the king sware unto him.19:24 And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king, andhad neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed hisclothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came again inpeace.19:25 And it came to pass, when he was come to Jerusalem to meet theking, that the king said unto him, Wherefore wentest not thou with me,Mephibosheth?  19:26 And he answered, My lord, O king, my servantdeceived me: for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I mayride thereon, and go to the king; because thy servant is lame.19:27 And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but mylord the king is as an angel of God: do therefore what is good inthine eyes.19:28 For all of my father's house were but dead men before my lordthe king: yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat atthine own table. What right therefore have I yet to cry any more untothe king?  19:29 And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou anymore of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land.19:30 And Mephibosheth said unto the king, Yea, let him take all,forasmuch as my lord the king is come again in peace unto his ownhouse.19:31 And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim, and wentover Jordan with the king, to conduct him over Jordan.19:32 Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: andhe had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; forhe was a very great man.19:33 And the king said unto Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and Iwill feed thee with me in Jerusalem.19:34 And Barzillai said unto the king, How long have I to live, thatI should go up with the king unto Jerusalem?  19:35 I am this dayfourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thyservant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more thevoice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thyservant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?  19:36 Thy servant willgo a little way over Jordan with the king: and why should the kingrecompense it me with such a reward?  19:37 Let thy servant, I praythee, turn back again, that I may die in mine own city, and be buriedby the grave of my father and of my mother. But behold thy servantChimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him whatshall seem good unto thee.19:38 And the king answered, Chimham shall go over with me, and I willdo to him that which shall seem good unto thee: and whatsoever thoushalt require of me, that will I do for thee.19:39 And all the people went over Jordan. And when the king was comeover, the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned untohis own place.19:40 Then the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went on with him:and all the people of Judah conducted the king, and also half thepeople of Israel.19:41 And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and saidunto the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen theeaway, and have brought the king, and his household, and all David'smen with him, over Jordan?  19:42 And all the men of Judah answeredthe men of Israel, Because the king is near of kin to us: whereforethen be ye angry for this matter? have we eaten at all of the king'scost? or hath he given us any gift?  19:43 And the men of Israelanswered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king,and we have also more right in David than ye: why then did ye despiseus, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king?And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of themen of Israel.20:1 And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name wasSheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, andsaid, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the sonof Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.20:2 So every man of Israel went up from after David, and followedSheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah clave unto their king,from Jordan even to Jerusalem.20:3 And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took theten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and putthem in ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they wereshut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.20:4 Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah withinthree days, and be thou here present.20:5 So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longerthan the set time which he had appointed him.20:6 And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri dous more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord's servants, andpursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us.20:7 And there went out after him Joab's men, and the Cherethites, andthe Pelethites, and all the mighty men: and they went out ofJerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.20:8 When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa wentbefore them. And Joab's garment that he had put on was girded untohim, and upon it a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in thesheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out.20:9 And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Joabtook Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him.20:10 But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand: sohe smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels tothe ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishaihis brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.20:11 And one of Joab's men stood by him, and said, He that favourethJoab, and he that is for David, let him go after Joab.20:12 And Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. Andwhen the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed Amasa outof the highway into the field, and cast a cloth upon him, when he sawthat every one that came by him stood still.20:13 When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went onafter Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.20:14 And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and toBethmaachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, andwent also after him.20:15 And they came and besieged him in Abel of Bethmaachah, and theycast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and allthe people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.20:16 Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I prayyou, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.20:17 And when he was come near unto her, the woman said, Art thouJoab?  And he answered, I am he. Then she said unto him, Hear thewords of thine handmaid. And he answered, I do hear.20:18 Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time,saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended thematter.20:19 I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thouseekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thouswallow up the inheritance of the LORD?  20:20 And Joab answered andsaid, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up ordestroy.20:21 The matter is not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the sonof Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, evenagainst David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. Andthe woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to theeover the wall.20:22 Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And theycut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it out to Joab.And he blew a trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man tohis tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king.20:23 Now Joab was over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son ofJehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites: 20:24 AndAdoram was over the tribute: and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud wasrecorder: 20:25 And Sheva was scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar were thepriests: 20:26 And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David.21:1 Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, yearafter year; and David enquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, Itis for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.21:2 And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now theGibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant ofthe Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saulsought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.)21:3 Wherefore David said unto the Gibeonites, What shall I do foryou?  and wherewith shall I make the atonement, that ye may bless theinheritance of the LORD?  21:4 And the Gibeonites said unto him, Wewill have no silver nor gold of Saul, nor of his house; neither for usshalt thou kill any man in Israel. And he said, What ye shall say,that will I do for you.21:5 And they answered the king, The man that consumed us, and thatdevised against us that we should be destroyed from remaining in anyof the coasts of Israel, 21:6 Let seven men of his sons be deliveredunto us, and we will hang them up unto the LORD in Gibeah of Saul,whom the LORD did choose. And the king said, I will give them.21:7 But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son ofSaul, because of the LORD's oath that was between them, between Davidand Jonathan the son of Saul.21:8 But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah,whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons ofMichal the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the son ofBarzillai the Meholathite: 21:9 And he delivered them into the handsof the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the LORD:and they fell all seven together, and were put to death in the days ofharvest, in the first days, in the beginning of barley harvest.21:10 And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread itfor her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until waterdropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of theair to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.21:11 And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, theconcubine of Saul, had done.21:12 And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones ofJonathan his son from the men of Jabeshgilead, which had stolen themfrom the street of Bethshan, where the Philistines had hanged them,when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa: 21:13 And he brought upfrom thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son; andthey gathered the bones of them that were hanged.21:14 And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in thecountry of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: andthey performed all that the king commanded. And after that God wasintreated for the land.21:15 Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; andDavid went down, and his servants with him, and fought against thePhilistines: and David waxed faint.21:16 And Ishbibenob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weightof whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, hebeing girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David.21:17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote thePhilistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him,saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quenchnot the light of Israel.21:18 And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battlewith the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph,which was of the sons of the giant.21:19 And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, whereElhanan the son of Jaareoregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother ofGoliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver'sbeam.21:20 And there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of greatstature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot sixtoes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant.21:21 And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimeah thebrother of David slew him.21:22 These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the handof David, and by the hand of his servants.22:1 And David spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the daythat the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies,and out of the hand of Saul: 22:2 And he said, The LORD is my rock,and my fortress, and my deliverer; 22:3 The God of my rock; in himwill I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my hightower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.22:4 I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall Ibe saved from mine enemies.22:5 When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly menmade me afraid; 22:6 The sorrows of hell compassed me about; thesnares of death prevented me; 22:7 In my distress I called upon theLORD, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple,and my cry did enter into his ears.22:8 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heavenmoved and shook, because he was wroth.22:9 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of hismouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.22:10 He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was underhis feet.22:11 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon thewings of the wind.22:12 And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, andthick clouds of the skies.22:13 Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.22:14 The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered hisvoice.22:15 And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, anddiscomfited them.22:16 And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of theworld were discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast ofthe breath of his nostrils.22:17 He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;22:18 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hatedme: for they were too strong for me.22:19 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was mystay.22:20 He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me,because he delighted in me.22:21 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according tothe cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.22:22 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedlydeparted from my God.22:23 For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, Idid not depart from them.22:24 I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mineiniquity.22:25 Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to myrighteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight.22:26 With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with theupright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.22:27 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the frowardthou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.22:28 And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are uponthe haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.22:29 For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten mydarkness.22:30 For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leapedover a wall.22:31 As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried:he is a buckler to all them that trust in him.22:32 For who is God, save the LORD? and who is a rock, save our God?22:33 God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect.22:34 He maketh my feet like hinds' feet: and setteth me upon my highplaces.22:35 He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken bymine arms.22:36 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thygentleness hath made me great.22:37 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did notslip.22:38 I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned notagain until I had consumed them.22:39 And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could notarise: yea, they are fallen under my feet.22:40 For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that roseup against me hast thou subdued under me.22:41 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I mightdestroy them that hate me.22:42 They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the LORD, buthe answered them not.22:43 Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I didstamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad.22:44 Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people,thou hast kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew notshall serve me.22:45 Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear,they shall be obedient unto me.22:46 Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of theirclose places.22:47 The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the Godof the rock of my salvation.22:48 It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the peopleunder me.22:49 And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: thou also hastlifted me up on high above them that rose up against me: thou hastdelivered me from the violent man.22:50 Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among theheathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name.22:51 He is the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy tohis anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore.23:1 Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jessesaid, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the Godof Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said, 23:2 The Spirit ofthe LORD spake by me, and his word was in my tongue.23:3 The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He thatruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.23:4 And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth,even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out ofthe earth by clear shining after rain.23:5 Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me aneverlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is allmy salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.23:6 But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrustaway, because they cannot be taken with hands: 23:7 But the man thatshall touch them must be fenced with iron and the staff of a spear;and they shall be utterly burned with fire in the same place.23:8 These be the names of the mighty men whom David had: TheTachmonite that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the samewas Adino the Eznite: he lift up his spear against eight hundred, whomhe slew at one time.23:9 And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of thethree mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines thatwere there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel weregone away: 23:10 He arose, and smote the Philistines until his handwas weary, and his hand clave unto the sword: and the LORD wrought agreat victory that day; and the people returned after him only tospoil.23:11 And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And thePhilistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece ofground full of lentiles: and the people fled from the Philistines.23:12 But he stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it, andslew the Philistines: and the LORD wrought a great victory.23:13 And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David inthe harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of thePhilistines pitched in the valley of Rephaim.23:14 And David was then in an hold, and the garrison of thePhilistines was then in Bethlehem.23:15 And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink ofthe water of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!  23:16 Andthe three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, anddrew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, andtook it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drinkthereof, but poured it out unto the LORD.23:17 And he said, Be it far from me, O LORD, that I should do this:is not this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives?therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mightymen.23:18 And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chiefamong three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred, andslew them, and had the name among three.23:19 Was he not most honourable of three? therefore he was theircaptain: howbeit he attained not unto the first three.23:20 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, ofKabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: hewent down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow:23:21 And he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had aspear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and pluckedthe spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.23:22 These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the nameamong three mighty men.23:23 He was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not tothe first three. And David set him over his guard.23:24 Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan theson of Dodo of Bethlehem, 23:25 Shammah the Harodite, Elika theHarodite, 23:26 Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,23:27 Abiezer the Anethothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite, 23:28 Zalmonthe Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite, 23:29 Heleb the son of Baanah,a Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai out of Gibeah of the childrenof Benjamin, 23:30 Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks ofGaash, 23:31 Abialbon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite, 23:32Eliahba the Shaalbonite, of the sons of Jashen, Jonathan, 23:33Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite, 23:34Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maachathite, Eliam theson of Ahithophel the Gilonite, 23:35 Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai theArbite, 23:36 Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite, 23:37Zelek the Ammonite, Nahari the Beerothite, armourbearer to Joab theson of Zeruiah, 23:38 Ira an Ithrite, Gareb an Ithrite, 23:39 Uriahthe Hittite: thirty and seven in all.24:1 And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, andhe moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.24:2 For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was withhim, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even toBeersheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of thepeople.24:3 And Joab said unto the king, Now the LORD thy God add unto thepeople, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes ofmy lord the king may see it: but why doth my lord the king delight inthis thing?  24:4 Notwithstanding the king's word prevailed againstJoab, and against the captains of the host. And Joab and the captainsof the host went out from the presence of the king, to number thepeople of Israel.24:5 And they passed over Jordan, and pitched in Aroer, on the rightside of the city that lieth in the midst of the river of Gad, andtoward Jazer: 24:6 Then they came to Gilead, and to the land ofTahtimhodshi; and they came to Danjaan, and about to Zidon, 24:7 Andcame to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites,and of the Canaanites: and they went out to the south of Judah, evento Beersheba.24:8 So when they had gone through all the land, they came toJerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.24:9 And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto theking: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men thatdrew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.24:10 And David's heart smote him after that he had numbered thepeople.And David said unto the LORD, I have sinned greatly in that I havedone: and now, I beseech thee, O LORD, take away the iniquity of thyservant; for I have done very foolishly.24:11 For when David was up in the morning, the word of the LORD cameunto the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying, 24:12 Go and say untoDavid, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three things; choose thee oneof them, that I may do it unto thee.24:13 So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shallseven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou fleethree months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or thatthere be three days' pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see whatanswer I shall return to him that sent me.24:14 And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall nowinto the hand of the LORD; for his mercies are great: and let me notfall into the hand of man.24:15 So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning evento the time appointed: and there died of the people from Dan even toBeersheba seventy thousand men.24:16 And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem todestroy it, the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the angelthat destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And theangel of the LORD was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite.24:17 And David spake unto the LORD when he saw the angel that smotethe people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: butthese sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, beagainst me, and against my father's house.24:18 And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rearan altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite.24:19 And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as the LORDcommanded.24:20 And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming ontoward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king onhis face upon the ground.24:21 And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to hisservant?  And David said, To buy the threshingfloor of thee, to buildan altar unto the LORD, that the plague may be stayed from the people.24:22 And Araunah said unto David, Let my lord the king take and offerup what seemeth good unto him: behold, here be oxen for burntsacrifice, and threshing instruments and other instruments of the oxenfor wood.24:23 All these things did Araunah, as a king, give unto the king. AndAraunah said unto the king, The LORD thy God accept thee.24:24 And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it ofthee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD myGod of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought thethreshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.24:25 And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burntofferings and peace offerings. So the LORD was intreated for the land,and the plague was stayed from Israel.The First Book of the KingsCommonly Called:The Third Book of the Kings1:1 Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they coveredhim with clothes, but he gat no heat.1:2 Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for mylord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, andlet her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord theking may get heat.1:3 So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts ofIsrael, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.1:4 And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, andministered to him: but the king knew her not.1:5 Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I willbe king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men torun before him.1:6 And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Whyhast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his motherbare him after Absalom.1:7 And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiatharthe priest: and they following Adonijah helped him.1:8 But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathanthe prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men which belonged toDavid, were not with Adonijah.1:9 And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone ofZoheleth, which is by Enrogel, and called all his brethren the king'ssons, and all the men of Judah the king's servants: 1:10 But Nathanthe prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother,he called not.1:11 Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bathsheba the mother of Solomon,saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith dothreign, and David our lord knoweth it not?  1:12 Now therefore come,let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thineown life, and the life of thy son Solomon.1:13 Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst notthou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, AssuredlySolomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?why then doth Adonijah reign?  1:14 Behold, while thou yet talkestthere with the king, I also will come in after thee, and confirm thywords.1:15 And Bathsheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and theking was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto theking.1:16 And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And theking said, What wouldest thou?  1:17 And she said unto him, My lord,thou swarest by the LORD thy God unto thine handmaid, saying,Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit uponmy throne.1:18 And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king,thou knowest it not: 1:19 And he hath slain oxen and fat cattle andsheep in abundance, and hath called all the sons of the king, andAbiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the host: but Solomon thyservant hath he not called.1:20 And thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon thee,that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lordthe king after him.1:21 Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shallsleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be countedoffenders.1:22 And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophetalso came in.1:23 And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet. Andwhen he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the kingwith his face to the ground.1:24 And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shallreign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?  1:25 For he is gonedown this day, and hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep inabundance, and hath called all the king's sons, and the captains ofthe host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they eat and drinkbefore him, and say, God save king Adonijah.1:26 But me, even me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiahthe son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not called.1:27 Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shewedit unto thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the kingafter him?  1:28 Then king David answered and said, Call me Bathsheba.And she came into the king's presence, and stood before the king.1:29 And the king sware, and said, As the LORD liveth, that hathredeemed my soul out of all distress, 1:30 Even as I sware unto theeby the LORD God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shallreign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; even sowill I certainly do this day.1:31 Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and didreverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever.1:32 And king David said, Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan theprophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before theking.1:33 The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants of yourlord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bringhim down to Gihon: 1:34 And let Zadok the priest and Nathan theprophet anoint him there king over Israel: and blow ye with thetrumpet, and say, God save king Solomon.1:35 Then ye shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon mythrone; for he shall be king in my stead: and I have appointed him tobe ruler over Israel and over Judah.1:36 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said,Amen: the LORD God of my lord the king say so too.1:37 As the LORD hath been with my lord the king, even so be he withSolomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord kingDavid.1:38 So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the sonof Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down, andcaused Solomon to ride upon king David's mule, and brought him toGihon.1:39 And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle,and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the peoplesaid, God save king Solomon.1:40 And all the people came up after him, and the people piped withpipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with thesound of them.1:41 And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard it asthey had made an end of eating. And when Joab heard the sound of thetrumpet, he said, Wherefore is this noise of the city being in anuproar?  1:42 And while he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son ofAbiathar the priest came; and Adonijah said unto him, Come in; forthou art a valiant man, and bringest good tidings.1:43 And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord kingDavid hath made Solomon king.1:44 And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan theprophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and thePelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king's mule:1:45 And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed himking in Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that thecity rang again. This is the noise that ye have heard.1:46 And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom.1:47 And moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord kingDavid, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, andmake his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himselfupon the bed.1:48 And also thus said the king, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel,which hath given one to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes evenseeing it.1:49 And all the guests that were with Adonijah were afraid, and roseup, and went every man his way.1:50 And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, andcaught hold on the horns of the altar.1:51 And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth kingSolomon: for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar,saying, Let king Solomon swear unto me today that he will not slay hisservant with the sword.1:52 And Solomon said, If he will shew himself a worthy man, thereshall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall befound in him, he shall die.1:53 So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar.And he came and bowed himself to king Solomon: and Solomon said untohim, Go to thine house.2:1 Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he chargedSolomon his son, saying, 2:2 I go the way of all the earth: be thoustrong therefore, and shew thyself a man; 2:3 And keep the charge ofthe LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and hiscommandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is writtenin the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest,and whithersoever thou turnest thyself: 2:4 That the LORD may continuehis word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children takeheed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart andwith all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on thethrone of Israel.2:5 Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me,and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abnerthe son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, andshed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon hisgirdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on hisfeet.2:6 Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head godown to the grave in peace.2:7 But shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, andlet them be of those that eat at thy table: for so they came to mewhen I fled because of Absalom thy brother.2:8 And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, aBenjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the daywhen I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and Isware to him by the LORD, saying, I will not put thee to death withthe sword.2:9 Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, andknowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bringthou down to the grave with blood.2:10 So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city ofDavid.2:11 And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years:seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reignedhe in Jerusalem.2:12 Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and hiskingdom was established greatly.2:13 And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother ofSolomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.2:14 He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said,Say on.2:15 And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that allIsrael set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdomis turned about, and is become my brother's: for it was his from theLORD.2:16 And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she saidunto him, Say on.2:17 And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for hewill not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite towife.2:18 And Bathsheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.2:19 Bathsheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him forAdonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself untoher, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for theking's mother; and she sat on his right hand.2:20 Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee,say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for Iwill not say thee nay.2:21 And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thybrother to wife.2:22 And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dostthou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdomalso; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar thepriest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.2:23 Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, andmore also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life.2:24 Now therefore, as the LORD liveth, which hath established me, andset me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made me anhouse, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day.2:25 And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada;and he fell upon him that he died.2:26 And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth,unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I will not atthis time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the LORDGod before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted inall wherein my father was afflicted.2:27 So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the LORD;that he might fulfil the word of the LORD, which he spake concerningthe house of Eli in Shiloh.2:28 Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah,though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacleof the LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.2:29 And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto thetabernacle of the LORD; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomonsent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him.2:30 And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the LORD, and said untohim, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will diehere. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab,and thus he answered me.2:31 And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall uponhim, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood,which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father.2:32 And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fellupon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with thesword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son ofNer, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether,captain of the host of Judah.2:33 Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, andupon the head of his seed for ever: but upon David, and upon his seed,and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace for everfrom the LORD.2:34 So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, andslew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.2:35 And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over thehost: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar.2:36 And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Buildthee an house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth thenceany whither.2:37 For it shall be, that on the day thou goest out, and passest overthe brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surelydie: thy blood shall be upon thine own head.2:38 And Shimei said unto the king, The saying is good: as my lord theking hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalemmany days.2:39 And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of theservants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah king of Gath.And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants be in Gath.2:40 And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achishto seek his servants: and Shimei went, and brought his servants fromGath.2:41 And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem toGath, and was come again.2:42 And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Did Inot make thee to swear by the LORD, and protested unto thee, saying,Know for a certain, on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad anywhither, that thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me, The wordthat I have heard is good.2:43 Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and thecommandment that I have charged thee with?  2:44 The king saidmoreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heartis privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the LORDshall return thy wickedness upon thine own head; 2:45 And king Solomonshall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established beforethe LORD for ever.2:46 So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which wentout, and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was establishedin the hand of Solomon.3:1 And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and tookPharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until hehad made an end of building his own house, and the house of the LORD,and the wall of Jerusalem round about.3:2 Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was nohouse built unto the name of the LORD, until those days.3:3 And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David hisfather: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places.3:4 And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was thegreat high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer uponthat altar.3:5 In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: andGod said, Ask what I shall give thee.3:6 And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David myfather great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, andin righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hastkept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son tosit on his throne, as it is this day.3:7 And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead ofDavid my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go outor come in.3:8 And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hastchosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted formultitude.3:9 Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thypeople, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able tojudge this thy so great a people?  3:10 And the speech pleased theLORD, that Solomon had asked this thing.3:11 And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, andhast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches forthyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked forthyself understanding to discern judgment; 3:12 Behold, I have doneaccording to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and anunderstanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee,neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.3:13 And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, bothriches, and honour: so that there shall not be any among the kingslike unto thee all thy days.3:14 And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and mycommandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thydays.3:15 And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was a dream. And he came toJerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, andoffered up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and made afeast to all his servants.3:16 Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, andstood before him.3:17 And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in onehouse; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house.3:18 And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered,that this woman was delivered also: and we were together; there was nostranger with us in the house, save we two in the house.3:19 And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaidit.3:20 And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, whilethine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her deadchild in my bosom.3:21 And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, itwas dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it wasnot my son, which I did bear.3:22 And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is my son, and thedead is thy son. And this said, No; but the dead is thy son, and theliving is my son. Thus they spake before the king.3:23 Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth,and thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son is thedead, and my son is the living.3:24 And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a swordbefore the king.3:25 And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give halfto the one, and half to the other.3:26 Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king,for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give herthe living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let itbe neither mine nor thine, but divide it.3:27 Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, andin no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.3:28 And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged;and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was inhim, to do judgment.4:1 So king Solomon was king over all Israel.4:2 And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadokthe priest, 4:3 Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes;Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder.4:4 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok andAbiathar were the priests: 4:5 And Azariah the son of Nathan was overthe officers: and Zabud the son of Nathan was principal officer, andthe king's friend: 4:6 And Ahishar was over the household: andAdoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute.4:7 And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which providedvictuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a yearmade provision.4:8 And these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim: 4:9The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Bethshemesh, andElonbethhanan: 4:10 The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertainedSochoh, and all the land of Hepher: 4:11 The son of Abinadab, in allthe region of Dor; which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife:4:12 Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo,and all Bethshean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, fromBethshean to Abelmeholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam:4:13 The son of Geber, in Ramothgilead; to him pertained the towns ofJair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also pertainedthe region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities withwalls and brasen bars: 4:14 Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim:4:15 Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter ofSolomon to wife: 4:16 Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher and inAloth: 4:17 Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar: 4:18 Shimeithe son of Elah, in Benjamin: 4:19 Geber the son of Uri was in thecountry of Gilead, in the country of Sihon king of the Amorites, andof Og king of Bashan; and he was the only officer which was in theland.4:20 Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea inmultitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.4:21 And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto theland of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they broughtpresents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.4:22 And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fineflour, and threescore measures of meal, 4:23 Ten fat oxen, and twentyoxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, androebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl.4:24 For he had dominion over all the region on this side the river,from Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all the kings on this side the river:and he had peace on all sides round about him.4:25 And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine andunder his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days ofSolomon.4:26 And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots,and twelve thousand horsemen.4:27 And those officers provided victual for king Solomon, and for allthat came unto king Solomon's table, every man in his month: theylacked nothing.4:28 Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought theyunto the place where the officers were, every man according to hischarge.4:29 And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, andlargeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.4:30 And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children ofthe east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.4:31 For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, andHeman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was inall nations round about.4:32 And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were athousand and five.4:33 And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanoneven unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also ofbeasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.4:34 And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, fromall kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom.5:1 And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he hadheard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: forHiram was ever a lover of David.5:2 And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying, 5:3 Thou knowest how that Davidmy father could not build an house unto the name of the LORD his Godfor the wars which were about him on every side, until the LORD putthem under the soles of his feet.5:4 But now the LORD my God hath given me rest on every side, so thatthere is neither adversary nor evil occurrent.5:5 And, behold, I purpose to build an house unto the name of the LORDmy God, as the LORD spake unto David my father, saying, Thy son, whomI will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build an house untomy name.5:6 Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar trees out ofLebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants: and unto theewill I give hire for thy servants according to all that thou shaltappoint: for thou knowest that there is not among us any that canskill to hew timber like unto the Sidonians.5:7 And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, thathe rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed be the LORD this day, whichhath given unto David a wise son over this great people.5:8 And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have considered the thingswhich thou sentest to me for: and I will do all thy desire concerningtimber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir.5:9 My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea: and Iwill convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou shaltappoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shaltreceive them: and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food formy household.5:10 So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to allhis desire.5:11 And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for foodto his household, and twenty measures of pure oil: thus gave Solomonto Hiram year by year.5:12 And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him: and therewas peace between Hiram and Solomon; and they two made a leaguetogether.5:13 And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levywas thirty thousand men.5:14 And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses: amonth they were in Lebanon, and two months at home: and Adoniram wasover the levy.5:15 And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens,and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains; 5:16 Beside the chiefof Solomon's officers which were over the work, three thousand andthree hundred, which ruled over the people that wrought in the work.5:17 And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costlystones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.5:18 And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew them, and thestonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.6:1 And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year afterthe children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in thefourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which isthe second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD.6:2 And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the lengththereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits,and the height thereof thirty cubits.6:3 And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits wasthe length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; and tencubits was the breadth thereof before the house.6:4 And for the house he made windows of narrow lights.6:5 And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about,against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and ofthe oracle: and he made chambers round about: 6:6 The nethermostchamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad,and the third was seven cubits broad: for without in the wall of thehouse he made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not befastened in the walls of the house.6:7 And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone madeready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammernor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was inbuilding.6:8 The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of thehouse: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber,and out of the middle into the third.6:9 So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house withbeams and boards of cedar.6:10 And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubitshigh: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.6:11 And the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying, 6:12 Concerningthis house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in mystatutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments towalk in them; then will I perform my word with thee, which I spakeunto David thy father: 6:13 And I will dwell among the children ofIsrael, and will not forsake my people Israel.6:14 So Solomon built the house, and finished it.6:15 And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar,both the floor of the house, and the walls of the ceiling: and hecovered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of thehouse with planks of fir.6:16 And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both thefloor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for itwithin, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place.6:17 And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubitslong.6:18 And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and openflowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.6:19 And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there theark of the covenant of the LORD.6:20 And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length, andtwenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: andhe overlaid it with pure gold; and so covered the altar which was ofcedar.6:21 So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he madea partition by the chains of gold before the oracle; and he overlaidit with gold.6:22 And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finishedall the house: also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaidwith gold.6:23 And within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive tree, eachten cubits high.6:24 And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubitsthe other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wingunto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits.6:25 And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubims were ofone measure and one size.6:26 The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of theother cherub.6:27 And he set the cherubims within the inner house: and theystretched forth the wings of the cherubims, so that the wing of theone touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched theother wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of thehouse.6:28 And he overlaid the cherubims with gold.6:29 And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carvedfigures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within andwithout.6:30 And the floors of the house he overlaid with gold, within andwithout.6:31 And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive tree:the lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall.6:32 The two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon themcarvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaidthem with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the palmtrees.6:33 So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive tree, afourth part of the wall.6:34 And the two doors were of fir tree: the two leaves of the onedoor were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.6:35 And he carved thereon cherubims and palm trees and open flowers:and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work.6:36 And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, anda row of cedar beams.6:37 In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORDlaid, in the month Zif: 6:38 And in the eleventh year, in the monthBul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout allthe parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was heseven years in building it.7:1 But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and hefinished all his house.7:2 He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the lengththereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits,and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars,with cedar beams upon the pillars.7:3 And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay onforty five pillars, fifteen in a row.7:4 And there were windows in three rows, and light was against lightin three ranks.7:5 And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: andlight was against light in three ranks.7:6 And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof was fiftycubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch wasbefore them: and the other pillars and the thick beam were beforethem.7:7 Then he made a porch for the throne where he might judge, even theporch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from one side of thefloor to the other.7:8 And his house where he dwelt had another court within the porch,which was of the like work. Solomon made also an house for Pharaoh'sdaughter, whom he had taken to wife, like unto this porch.7:9 All these were of costly stones, according to the measures ofhewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from thefoundation unto the coping, and so on the outside toward the greatcourt.7:10 And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones,stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.7:11 And above were costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones,and cedars.7:12 And the great court round about was with three rows of hewedstones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of thehouse of the LORD, and for the porch of the house.7:13 And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.7:14 He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father wasa man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, andunderstanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came toking Solomon, and wrought all his work.7:15 For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece:and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.7:16 And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set upon the topsof the pillars: the height of the one chapiter was five cubits, andthe height of the other chapiter was five cubits: 7:17 And nets ofchecker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the chapiters which wereupon the top of the pillars; seven for the one chapiter, and seven forthe other chapiter.7:18 And he made the pillars, and two rows round about upon the onenetwork, to cover the chapiters that were upon the top, withpomegranates: and so did he for the other chapiter.7:19 And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were oflily work in the porch, four cubits.7:20 And the chapiters upon the two pillars had pomegranates alsoabove, over against the belly which was by the network: and thepomegranates were two hundred in rows round about upon the otherchapiter.7:21 And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple: and he setup the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin: and he set upthe left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz.7:22 And upon the top of the pillars was lily work: so was the work ofthe pillars finished.7:23 And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to theother: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and aline of thirty cubits did compass it round about.7:24 And under the brim of it round about there were knops compassingit, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about: the knops werecast in two rows, when it was cast.7:25 It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, andthree looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, andthree looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them,and all their hinder parts were inward.7:26 And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof waswrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it containedtwo thousand baths.7:27 And he made ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of onebase, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits the heightof it.7:28 And the work of the bases was on this manner: they had borders,and the borders were between the ledges: 7:29 And on the borders thatwere between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubims: and upon theledges there was a base above: and beneath the lions and oxen werecertain additions made of thin work.7:30 And every base had four brasen wheels, and plates of brass: andthe four corners thereof had undersetters: under the laver wereundersetters molten, at the side of every addition.7:31 And the mouth of it within the chapiter and above was a cubit:but the mouth thereof was round after the work of the base, a cubitand an half: and also upon the mouth of it were gravings with theirborders, foursquare, not round.7:32 And under the borders were four wheels; and the axletrees of thewheels were joined to the base: and the height of a wheel was a cubitand half a cubit.7:33 And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel:their axletrees, and their naves, and their felloes, and their spokes,were all molten.7:34 And there were four undersetters to the four corners of one base:and the undersetters were of the very base itself.7:35 And in the top of the base was there a round compass of half acubit high: and on the top of the base the ledges thereof and theborders thereof were of the same.7:36 For on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the bordersthereof, he graved cherubims, lions, and palm trees, according to theproportion of every one, and additions round about.7:37 After this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had onecasting, one measure, and one size.7:38 Then made he ten lavers of brass: one laver contained fortybaths: and every laver was four cubits: and upon every one of the tenbases one laver.7:39 And he put five bases on the right side of the house, and five onthe left side of the house: and he set the sea on the right side ofthe house eastward over against the south.7:40 And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basons. SoHiram made an end of doing all the work that he made king Solomon forthe house of the LORD: 7:41 The two pillars, and the two bowls of thechapiters that were on the top of the two pillars; and the twonetworks, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters which were upon thetop of the pillars; 7:42 And four hundred pomegranates for the twonetworks, even two rows of pomegranates for one network, to cover thetwo bowls of the chapiters that were upon the pillars; 7:43 And theten bases, and ten lavers on the bases; 7:44 And one sea, and twelveoxen under the sea; 7:45 And the pots, and the shovels, and thebasons: and all these vessels, which Hiram made to king Solomon forthe house of the LORD, were of bright brass.7:46 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay groundbetween Succoth and Zarthan.7:47 And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they wereexceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out.7:48 And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained unto the house ofthe LORD: the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon theshewbread was, 7:49 And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on theright side, and five on the left, before the oracle, with the flowers,and the lamps, and the tongs of gold, 7:50 And the bowls, and thesnuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers of puregold; and the hinges of gold, both for the doors of the inner house,the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, to wit, of thetemple.7:51 So was ended all the work that king Solomon made for the house ofthe LORD. And Solomon brought in the things which David his father haddedicated; even the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he putamong the treasures of the house of the LORD.8:1 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads ofthe tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, untoking Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of thecovenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion.8:2 And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomonat the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.8:3 And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up theark.8:4 And they brought up the ark of the LORD, and the tabernacle of thecongregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle,even those did the priests and the Levites bring up.8:5 And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that wereassembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheepand oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude.8:6 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORDunto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place,even under the wings of the cherubims.8:7 For the cherubims spread forth their two wings over the place ofthe ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereofabove.8:8 And they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves wereseen out in the holy place before the oracle, and they were not seenwithout: and there they are unto this day.8:9 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, whichMoses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with thechildren of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.8:10 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holyplace, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD, 8:11 So that thepriests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for theglory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD.8:12 Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in thethick darkness.8:13 I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled placefor thee to abide in for ever.8:14 And the king turned his face about, and blessed all thecongregation of Israel: (and all the congregation of Israel stood;)8:15 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which spake withhis mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled it,saying, 8:16 Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel outof Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build anhouse, that my name might be therein; but I chose David to be over mypeople Israel.8:17 And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house forthe name of the LORD God of Israel.8:18 And the LORD said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thineheart to build an house unto my name, thou didst well that it was inthine heart.8:19 Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son thatshall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto myname.8:20 And the LORD hath performed his word that he spake, and I amrisen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne ofIsrael, as the LORD promised, and have built an house for the name ofthe LORD God of Israel.8:21 And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is the covenantof the LORD, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them outof the land of Egypt.8:22 And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence ofall the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands towardheaven: 8:23 And he said, LORD God of Israel, there is no God likethee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keepest covenant andmercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart:8:24 Who hast kept with thy servant David my father that thoupromisedst him: thou spakest also with thy mouth, and hast fulfilledit with thine hand, as it is this day.8:25 Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David myfather that thou promisedst him, saying, There shall not fail thee aman in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; so that thy childrentake heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou hast walkedbefore me.8:26 And now, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified,which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father.8:27 But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven andheaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that Ihave builded?  8:28 Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thyservant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto thecry and to the prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee to day:8:29 That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, eventoward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: thatthou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall maketoward this place.8:30 And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thypeople Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thouin heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.8:31 If any man trespass against his neighbour, and an oath be laidupon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine altarin this house: 8:32 Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thyservants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; andjustifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.8:33 When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, becausethey have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, andconfess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in thishouse: 8:34 Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thypeople Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavestunto their fathers.8:35 When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they havesinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thyname, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them: 8:36 Thenhear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thypeople Israel, that thou teach them the good way wherein they shouldwalk, and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy peoplefor an inheritance.8:37 If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting,mildew, locust, or if there be caterpiller; if their enemy besiegethem in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoeversickness there be; 8:38 What prayer and supplication soever be made byany man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man theplague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:8:39 Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do,and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest;(for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children ofmen;) 8:40 That they may fear thee all the days that they live in theland which thou gavest unto our fathers.8:41 Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel,but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake; 8:42 (For theyshall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong hand, and of thystretched out arm;) when he shall come and pray toward this house;8:43 Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to allthat the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earthmay know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and thatthey may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thyname.8:44 If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoeverthou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the LORD toward the citywhich thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built for thyname: 8:45 Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and theirsupplication, and maintain their cause.8:46 If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,)and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so thatthey carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or near;8:47 Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither theywere carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee inthe land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned,and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness; 8:48 And soreturn unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in theland of their enemies, which led them away captive, and pray unto theetoward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the citywhich thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name:8:49 Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thydwelling place, and maintain their cause, 8:50 And forgive thy peoplethat have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions whereinthey have transgressed against thee, and give them compassion beforethem who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them:8:51 For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thoubroughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron:8:52 That thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant,and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto themin all that they call for unto thee.8:53 For thou didst separate them from among all the people of theearth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by the hand of Mosesthy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O LORDGod.8:54 And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying allthis prayer and supplication unto the LORD, he arose from before thealtar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread upto heaven.8:55 And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with aloud voice, saying, 8:56 Blessed be the LORD, that hath given restunto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hathnot failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by thehand of Moses his servant.8:57 The LORD our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let himnot leave us, nor forsake us: 8:58 That he may incline our hearts untohim, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and hisstatutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers.8:59 And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication beforethe LORD, be nigh unto the LORD our God day and night, that hemaintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israelat all times, as the matter shall require: 8:60 That all the people ofthe earth may know that the LORD is God, and that there is none else.8:61 Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, towalk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.8:62 And the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice beforethe LORD.8:63 And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which heoffered unto the LORD, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an hundredand twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israeldedicated the house of the LORD.8:64 The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that wasbefore the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings,and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings: because thebrasen altar that was before the LORD was too little to receive theburnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peaceofferings.8:65 And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, agreat congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river ofEgypt, before the LORD our God, seven days and seven days, evenfourteen days.8:66 On the eighth day he sent the people away: and they blessed theking, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all thegoodness that the LORD had done for David his servant, and for Israelhis people.9:1 And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of thehouse of the LORD, and the king's house, and all Solomon's desirewhich he was pleased to do, 9:2 That the LORD appeared to Solomon thesecond time, as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon.9:3 And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thysupplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed thishouse, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mineeyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.9:4 And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, inintegrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that Ihave commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments: 9:5Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever,as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee aman upon the throne of Israel.9:6 But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or yourchildren, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which Ihave set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them:9:7 Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have giventhem; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I castout of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among allpeople: 9:8 And at this house, which is high, every one that passethby it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Whyhath the LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house?  9:9 Andthey shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their God, whobrought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have takenhold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them:therefore hath the LORD brought upon them all this evil.9:10 And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon hadbuilt the two houses, the house of the LORD, and the king's house,9:11 (Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedartrees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) thatthen king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.9:12 And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon hadgiven him; and they pleased him not.9:13 And he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me, mybrother? And he called them the land of Cabul unto this day.9:14 And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold.9:15 And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; forto build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and thewall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.9:16 For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burntit with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, andgiven it for a present unto his daughter, Solomon's wife.9:17 And Solomon built Gezer, and Bethhoron the nether, 9:18 AndBaalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land, 9:19 And all thecities of store that Solomon had, and cities for his chariots, andcities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build inJerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.9:20 And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites,Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of the children ofIsrael, 9:21 Their children that were left after them in the land,whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy,upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day.9:22 But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen: butthey were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and hiscaptains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen.9:23 These were the chief of the officers that were over Solomon'swork, five hundred and fifty, which bare rule over the people thatwrought in the work.9:24 But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David unto herhouse which Solomon had built for her: then did he build Millo.9:25 And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings andpeace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the LORD, and heburnt incense upon the altar that was before the LORD. So he finishedthe house.9:26 And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Eziongeber, which isbeside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom.9:27 And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that hadknowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.9:28 And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, fourhundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.10:1 And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomonconcerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hardquestions.10:2 And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camelsthat bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and whenshe was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in herheart.10:3 And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not any thinghid from the king, which he told her not.10:4 And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom, andthe house that he had built, 10:5 And the meat of his table, and thesitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, andtheir apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went upunto the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her.10:6 And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard inmine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom.10:7 Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes hadseen it: and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom andprosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard.10:8 Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which standcontinually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.10:9 Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee, to set theeon the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for ever,therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice.10:10 And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, andof spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no moresuch abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave toking Solomon.10:11 And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir,brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and preciousstones.10:12 And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house ofthe LORD, and for the king's house, harps also and psalteries forsingers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day.10:13 And king Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her desire,whatsoever she asked, beside that which Solomon gave her of his royalbounty.So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants.10:14 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was sixhundred threescore and six talents of gold, 10:15 Beside that he hadof the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the spice merchants, and ofall the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country.10:16 And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: sixhundred shekels of gold went to one target.10:17 And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound ofgold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of theforest of Lebanon.10:18 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid itwith the best gold.10:19 The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was roundbehind: and there were stays on either side on the place of the seat,and two lions stood beside the stays.10:20 And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the otherupon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom.10:21 And all king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and allthe vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold;none were of silver: it was nothing accounted of in the days ofSolomon.10:22 For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy ofHiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold,and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.10:23 So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for richesand for wisdom.10:24 And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, whichGod had put in his heart.10:25 And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, andvessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, horses, andmules, a rate year by year.10:26 And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he hada thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen,whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king atJerusalem.10:27 And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, andcedars made he to be as the sycomore trees that are in the vale, forabundance.10:28 And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: theking's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.10:29 And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundredshekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so forall the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did theybring them out by their means.11:1 But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with thedaughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites,Zidonians, and Hittites: 11:2 Of the nations concerning which the LORDsaid unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neithershall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heartafter their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.11:3 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundredconcubines: and his wives turned away his heart.11:4 For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turnedaway his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect withthe LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.11:5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians,and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.11:6 And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fullyafter the LORD, as did David his father.11:7 Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abominationof Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, theabomination of the children of Ammon.11:8 And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burntincense and sacrificed unto their gods.11:9 And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turnedfrom the LORD God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice, 11:10And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not goafter other gods: but he kept not that which the LORD commanded.11:11 Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is doneof thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which Ihave commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, andwill give it to thy servant.11:12 Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David thyfather's sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son.11:13 Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give onetribe to thy son for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sakewhich I have chosen.11:14 And the LORD stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad theEdomite: he was of the king's seed in Edom.11:15 For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab thecaptain of the host was gone up to bury the slain, after he hadsmitten every male in Edom; 11:16 (For six months did Joab remainthere with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom:) 11:17That Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants withhim, to go into Egypt; Hadad being yet a little child.11:18 And they arose out of Midian, and came to Paran: and they tookmen with them out of Paran, and they came to Egypt, unto Pharaoh kingof Egypt; which gave him an house, and appointed him victuals, andgave him land.11:19 And Hadad found great favour in the sight of Pharaoh, so that hegave him to wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenesthe queen.11:20 And the sister of Tahpenes bare him Genubath his son, whomTahpenes weaned in Pharaoh's house: and Genubath was in Pharaoh'shousehold among the sons of Pharaoh.11:21 And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers,and that Joab the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh,Let me depart, that I may go to mine own country.11:22 Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast thou lacked with me,that, behold, thou seekest to go to thine own country? And heanswered, Nothing: howbeit let me go in any wise.11:23 And God stirred him up another adversary, Rezon the son ofEliadah, which fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah: 11:24 Andhe gathered men unto him, and became captain over a band, when Davidslew them of Zobah: and they went to Damascus, and dwelt therein, andreigned in Damascus.11:25 And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon,beside the mischief that Hadad did: and he abhorred Israel, andreigned over Syria.11:26 And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda,Solomon's servant, whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow woman, evenhe lifted up his hand against the king.11:27 And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against theking: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breaches of the city ofDavid his father.11:28 And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour: and Solomonseeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler overall the charge of the house of Joseph.11:29 And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out ofJerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way;and he had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone inthe field: 11:30 And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him,and rent it in twelve pieces: 11:31 And he said to Jeroboam, Take theeten pieces: for thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, Behold, I willrend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribesto thee: 11:32 (But he shall have one tribe for my servant David'ssake, and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out ofall the tribes of Israel:) 11:33 Because that they have forsaken me,and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemoshthe god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon,and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mineeyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David hisfather.11:34 Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand: but Iwill make him prince all the days of his life for David my servant'ssake, whom I chose, because he kept my commandments and my statutes:11:35 But I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand, and will giveit unto thee, even ten tribes.11:36 And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servantmay have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I havechosen me to put my name there.11:37 And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all thatthy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel.11:38 And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I commandthee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that is right in my sight, tokeep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that Iwill be with thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built for David,and will give Israel unto thee.11:39 And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever.11:40 Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose,and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egyptuntil the death of Solomon.11:41 And the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, andhis wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon?11:42 And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israelwas forty years.11:43 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the cityof David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.12:1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechemto make him king.12:2 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was yetin Egypt, heard of it, (for he was fled from the presence of kingSolomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;) 12:3 That they sent and calledhim. And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spakeunto Rehoboam, saying, 12:4 Thy father made our yoke grievous: nowtherefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavyyoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee.12:5 And he said unto them, Depart yet for three days, then come againto me. And the people departed.12:6 And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, that stood beforeSolomon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise thatI may answer this people?  12:7 And they spake unto him, saying, Ifthou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them,and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thyservants for ever.12:8 But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had givenhim, and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him, andwhich stood before him: 12:9 And he said unto them, What counsel giveye that we may answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Makethe yoke which thy father did put upon us lighter?  12:10 And theyoung men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thusshalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thyfather made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thusshalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than myfather's loins.12:11 And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I willadd to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whips, but I willchastise you with scorpions.12:12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day,as the king had appointed, saying, Come to me again the third day.12:13 And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the oldmen's counsel that they gave him; 12:14 And spake to them after thecounsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, andI will add to your yoke: my father also chastised you with whips, butI will chastise you with scorpions.12:15 Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for the causewas from the LORD, that he might perform his saying, which the LORDspake by Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat.12:16 So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them,the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David?neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, OIsrael: now see to thine own house, David. So Israel departed untotheir tents.12:17 But as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities ofJudah, Rehoboam reigned over them.12:18 Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the tribute; andall Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. Therefore kingRehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee toJerusalem.12:19 So Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.12:20 And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam wascome again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, andmade him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the houseof David, but the tribe of Judah only.12:21 And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all thehouse of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred and fourscorethousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against the houseof Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.12:22 But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying,12:23 Speak unto Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and untoall the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the remnant of the people,saying, 12:24 Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fightagainst your brethren the children of Israel: return every man to hishouse; for this thing is from me. They hearkened therefore to the wordof the LORD, and returned to depart, according to the word of theLORD.12:25 Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein;and went out from thence, and built Penuel.12:26 And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return tothe house of David: 12:27 If this people go up to do sacrifice in thehouse of the LORD at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this peopleturn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and theyshall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah.12:28 Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold,and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem:behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land ofEgypt.12:29 And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan.12:30 And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worshipbefore the one, even unto Dan.12:31 And he made an house of high places, and made priests of thelowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.12:32 And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on thefifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, andhe offered upon the altar. So did he in Bethel, sacrificing unto thecalves that he had made: and he placed in Bethel the priests of thehigh places which he had made.12:33 So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Bethel thefifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he haddevised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children ofIsrael: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense.13:1 And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word ofthe LORD unto Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.13:2 And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said,O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be bornunto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offerthe priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men'sbones shall be burnt upon thee.13:3 And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign whichthe LORD hath spoken; Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashesthat are upon it shall be poured out.13:4 And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of theman of God, which had cried against the altar in Bethel, that he putforth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand,which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull itin again to him.13:5 The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar,according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word ofthe LORD.13:6 And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat nowthe face of the LORD thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may berestored me again. And the man of God besought the LORD, and theking's hand was restored him again, and became as it was before.13:7 And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, andrefresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward.13:8 And the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give me halfthine house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nordrink water in this place: 13:9 For so was it charged me by the wordof the LORD, saying, Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor turn again bythe same way that thou camest.13:10 So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he cameto Bethel.13:11 Now there dwelt an old prophet in Bethel; and his sons came andtold him all the works that the man of God had done that day inBethel: the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they toldalso to their father.13:12 And their father said unto them, What way went he? For his sonshad seen what way the man of God went, which came from Judah.13:13 And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddledhim the ass: and he rode thereon, 13:14 And went after the man of God,and found him sitting under an oak: and he said unto him, Art thou theman of God that camest from Judah? And he said, I am.13:15 Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread.13:16 And he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee:neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place:13:17 For it was said to me by the word of the LORD, Thou shalt eat nobread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thoucamest.13:18 He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angelspake unto me by the word of the LORD, saying, Bring him back withthee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But helied unto him.13:19 So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, anddrank water.13:20 And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word ofthe LORD came unto the prophet that brought him back: 13:21 And hecried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith theLORD, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the LORD, and hastnot kept the commandment which the LORD thy God commanded thee, 13:22But camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place, ofthe which the Lord did say to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water;thy carcase shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers.13:23 And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he haddrunk, that he saddled for him the ass, to wit, for the prophet whomhe had brought back.13:24 And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him:and his carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lionalso stood by the carcase.13:25 And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcase cast in the way,and the lion standing by the carcase: and they came and told it in thecity where the old prophet dwelt.13:26 And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heardthereof, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient unto theword of the LORD: therefore the LORD hath delivered him unto the lion,which hath torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the LORD,which he spake unto him.13:27 And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And theysaddled him.13:28 And he went and found his carcase cast in the way, and the assand the lion standing by the carcase: the lion had not eaten thecarcase, nor torn the ass.13:29 And the prophet took up the carcase of the man of God, and laidit upon the ass, and brought it back: and the old prophet came to thecity, to mourn and to bury him.13:30 And he laid his carcase in his own grave; and they mourned overhim, saying, Alas, my brother!  13:31 And it came to pass, after hehad buried him, that he spake to his sons, saying, When I am dead,then bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of God is buried; lay mybones beside his bones: 13:32 For the saying which he cried by theword of the LORD against the altar in Bethel, and against all thehouses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, shallsurely come to pass.13:33 After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, butmade again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places:whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priestsof the high places.13:34 And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even tocut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.14:1 At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.14:2 And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguisethyself, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and getthee to Shiloh: behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, which told methat I should be king over this people.14:3 And take with thee ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse ofhoney, and go to him: he shall tell thee what shall become of thechild.14:4 And Jeroboam's wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, andcame to the house of Ahijah. But Ahijah could not see; for his eyeswere set by reason of his age.14:5 And the LORD said unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboamcometh to ask a thing of thee for her son; for he is sick: thus andthus shalt thou say unto her: for it shall be, when she cometh in,that she shall feign herself to be another woman.14:6 And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as shecame in at the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; whyfeignest thou thyself to be another? for I am sent to thee with heavytidings.14:7 Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Forasmuchas I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over mypeople Israel, 14:8 And rent the kingdom away from the house of David,and gave it thee: and yet thou hast not been as my servant David, whokept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to dothat only which was right in mine eyes; 14:9 But hast done evil aboveall that were before thee: for thou hast gone and made thee othergods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast mebehind thy back: 14:10 Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon thehouse of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pissethagainst the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, and willtake away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh awaydung, till it be all gone.14:11 Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; andhim that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat: for theLORD hath spoken it.14:12 Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house: and when thyfeet enter into the city, the child shall die.14:13 And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only ofJeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found somegood thing toward the LORD God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.14:14 Moreover the LORD shall raise him up a king over Israel, whoshall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: but what? even now.14:15 For the LORD shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in thewater, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which hegave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river,because they have made their groves, provoking the LORD to anger.14:16 And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, whodid sin, and who made Israel to sin.14:17 And Jeroboam's wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: andwhen she came to the threshold of the door, the child died; 14:18 Andthey buried him; and all Israel mourned for him, according to the wordof the LORD, which he spake by the hand of his servant Ahijah theprophet.14:19 And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how hereigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of thekings of Israel.14:20 And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years:and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead.14:21 And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam wasforty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reignedseventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD did choose outof all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother'sname was Naamah an Ammonitess.14:22 And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provokedhim to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above allthat their fathers had done.14:23 For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, onevery high hill, and under every green tree.14:24 And there were also sodomites in the land: and they didaccording to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD castout before the children of Israel.14:25 And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, thatShishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem: 14:26 And he tookaway the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of theking's house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shieldsof gold which Solomon had made.14:27 And king Rehoboam made in their stead brasen shields, andcommitted them unto the hands of the chief of the guard, which keptthe door of the king's house.14:28 And it was so, when the king went into the house of the LORD,that the guard bare them, and brought them back into the guardchamber.14:29 Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, arethey not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?14:30 And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days.14:31 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with hisfathers in the city of David. And his mother's name was Naamah anAmmonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.15:1 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebatreigned Abijam over Judah.15:2 Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. and his mother's name wasMaachah, the daughter of Abishalom.15:3 And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had donebefore him: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, asthe heart of David his father.15:4 Nevertheless for David's sake did the LORD his God give him alamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establishJerusalem: 15:5 Because David did that which was right in the eyes ofthe LORD, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded himall the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah theHittite.15:6 And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days ofhis life.15:7 Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are theynot written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Andthere was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.15:8 And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in thecity of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead.15:9 And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asaover Judah.15:10 And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And hismother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.15:11 And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as didDavid his father.15:12 And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed allthe idols that his fathers had made.15:13 And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from beingqueen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed heridol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron.15:14 But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heartwas perfect with the LORD all his days.15:15 And he brought in the things which his father had dedicated, andthe things which himself had dedicated, into the house of the LORD,silver, and gold, and vessels.15:16 And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel alltheir days.15:17 And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and builtRamah, that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa kingof Judah.15:18 Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in thetreasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king'shouse, and delivered them into the hand of his servants: and king Asasent them to Benhadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king ofSyria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying, 15:19 There is a league betweenme and thee, and between my father and thy father: behold, I have sentunto thee a present of silver and gold; come and break thy league withBaasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.15:20 So Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains ofthe hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon,and Dan, and Abelbethmaachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land ofNaphtali.15:21 And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left offbuilding of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.15:22 Then king Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none wasexempted: and they took away the stones of Ramah, and the timberthereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and king Asa built with themGeba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.15:23 The rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all thathe did, and the cities which he built, are they not written in thebook of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Nevertheless in the timeof his old age he was diseased in his feet.15:24 And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathersin the city of David his father: and Jehoshaphat his son reigned inhis stead.15:25 And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in thesecond year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned over Israel two years.15:26 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the wayof his father, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.15:27 And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar,conspired against him; and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, whichbelonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel laid siege toGibbethon.15:28 Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him,and reigned in his stead.15:29 And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all thehouse of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until hehad destroyed him, according unto the saying of the LORD, which hespake by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite: 15:30 Because of the sinsof Jeroboam which he sinned, and which he made Israel sin, by hisprovocation wherewith he provoked the LORD God of Israel to anger.15:31 Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, are theynot written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?15:32 And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel alltheir days.15:33 In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son ofAhijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, twenty and four years.15:34 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the wayof Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.16:1 Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani againstBaasha, saying, 16:2 Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, andmade thee prince over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in theway of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke meto anger with their sins; 16:3 Behold, I will take away the posterityof Baasha, and the posterity of his house; and will make thy houselike the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.16:4 Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat; and himthat dieth of his in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat.16:5 Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and hismight, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kingsof Israel?  16:6 So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried inTirzah: and Elah his son reigned in his stead.16:7 And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani camethe word of the LORD against Baasha, and against his house, even forall the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD, in provoking him toanger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam;and because he killed him.16:8 In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah theson of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years.16:9 And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspiredagainst him, as he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the houseof Arza steward of his house in Tirzah.16:10 And Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him, in the twentyand seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his stead.16:11 And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he saton his throne, that he slew all the house of Baasha: he left him notone that pisseth against a wall, neither of his kinsfolks, nor of hisfriends.16:12 Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to theword of the LORD, which he spake against Baasha by Jehu the prophet.16:13 For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, bywhich they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in provokingthe LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities.16:14 Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, are theynot written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?16:15 In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimrireign seven days in Tirzah. And the people were encamped againstGibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.16:16 And the people that were encamped heard say, Zimri hathconspired, and hath also slain the king: wherefore all Israel madeOmri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp.16:17 And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, andthey besieged Tirzah.16:18 And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was taken,that he went into the palace of the king's house, and burnt the king'shouse over him with fire, and died.16:19 For his sins which he sinned in doing evil in the sight of theLORD, in walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did,to make Israel to sin.16:20 Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that hewrought, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of thekings of Israel?  16:21 Then were the people of Israel divided intotwo parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, tomake him king; and half followed Omri.16:22 But the people that followed Omri prevailed against the peoplethat followed Tibni the son of Ginath: so Tibni died, and Omrireigned.16:23 In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri toreign over Israel, twelve years: six years reigned he in Tirzah.16:24 And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents ofsilver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city whichhe built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria.16:25 But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did worsethan all that were before him.16:26 For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, andin his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin, to provoke the LORD God ofIsrael to anger with their vanities.16:27 Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his mightthat he shewed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles ofthe kings of Israel?  16:28 So Omri slept with his fathers, and wasburied in Samaria: and Ahab his son reigned in his stead.16:29 And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah beganAhab the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omrireigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years.16:30 And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD aboveall that were before him.16:31 And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him towalk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wifeJezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went andserved Baal, and worshipped him.16:32 And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, whichhe had built in Samaria.16:33 And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the LORD Godof Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him.16:34 In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho: he laid thefoundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gatesthereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the LORD,which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.17:1 And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead,said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand,there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.17:2 And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, 17:3 Get theehence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith,that is before Jordan.17:4 And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I havecommanded the ravens to feed thee there.17:5 So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for hewent and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.17:6 And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, andbread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.17:7 And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up,because there had been no rain in the land.17:8 And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, 17:9 Arise, getthee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold,I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.17:10 So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gateof the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks:and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little waterin a vessel, that I may drink.17:11 And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said,Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand.17:12 And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, butan handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and,behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it forme and my son, that we may eat it, and die.17:13 And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said:but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, andafter make for thee and for thy son.17:14 For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shallnot waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that theLORD sendeth rain upon the earth.17:15 And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she,and he, and her house, did eat many days.17:16 And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oilfail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah.17:17 And it came to pass after these things, that the son of thewoman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was sosore, that there was no breath left in him.17:18 And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thouman of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, andto slay my son?  17:19 And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And hetook him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where heabode, and laid him upon his own bed.17:20 And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thoualso brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying herson?  17:21 And he stretched himself upon the child three times, andcried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I pray thee, let thischild's soul come into him again.17:22 And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of thechild came into him again, and he revived.17:23 And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of thechamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijahsaid, See, thy son liveth.17:24 And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art aman of God, and that the word of the LORD in thy mouth is truth.18:1 And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORDcame to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab;and I will send rain upon the earth.18:2 And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sorefamine in Samaria.18:3 And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house.(Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly: 18:4 For it was so, when Jezebelcut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundredprophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread andwater.)  18:5 And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto allfountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may findgrass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all thebeasts.18:6 So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahabwent one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.18:7 And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and heknew him, and fell on his face, and said, Art thou that my lordElijah?  18:8 And he answered him, I am: go, tell thy lord, Behold,Elijah is here.18:9 And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thyservant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?  18:10 As the LORD thy Godliveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sentto seek thee: and when they said, He is not there; he took an oath ofthe kingdom and nation, that they found thee not.18:11 And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.18:12 And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, thatthe Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not; and sowhen I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me:but I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth.18:13 Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew theprophets of the LORD, how I hid an hundred men of the LORD's prophetsby fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?  18:14 And nowthou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here: and he shallslay me.18:15 And Elijah said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom Istand, I will surely shew myself unto him to day.18:16 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went tomeet Elijah.18:17 And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said untohim, Art thou he that troubleth Israel?  18:18 And he answered, I havenot troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father's house, in that ye haveforsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim.18:19 Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mountCarmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and theprophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel's table.18:20 So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered theprophets together unto mount Carmel.18:21 And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt yebetween two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal,then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.18:22 Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only, remain aprophet of the LORD; but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fiftymen.18:23 Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose onebullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on wood, andput no fire under: and I will dress the other bullock, and lay it onwood, and put no fire under: 18:24 And call ye on the name of yourgods, and I will call on the name of the LORD: and the God thatanswereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered andsaid, It is well spoken.18:25 And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you onebullock for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many; and callon the name of your gods, but put no fire under.18:26 And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressedit, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon,saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any thatanswered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made.18:27 And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said,Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing,or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must beawaked.18:28 And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner withknives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.18:29 And it came to pass, when midday was past, and they prophesieduntil the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that therewas neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded.18:30 And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And allthe people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the LORDthat was broken down.18:31 And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of thetribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came,saying, Israel shall be thy name: 18:32 And with the stones he builtan altar in the name of the LORD: and he made a trench about thealtar, as great as would contain two measures of seed.18:33 And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, andlaid him on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pourit on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood.18:34 And he said, Do it the second time. And they did it the secondtime.And he said, Do it the third time. And they did it the third time.18:35 And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled thetrench also with water.18:36 And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the eveningsacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God ofAbraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou artGod in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done allthese things at thy word.18:37 Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thouart the LORD God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.18:38 Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burntsacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked upthe water that was in the trench.18:39 And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: andthey said, The LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the God.18:40 And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let notone of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them downto the brook Kishon, and slew them there.18:41 And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for thereis a sound of abundance of rain.18:42 So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to thetop of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put hisface between his knees, 18:43 And said to his servant, Go up now, looktoward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There isnothing. And he said, Go again seven times.18:44 And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold,there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand. And hesaid, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee downthat the rain stop thee not.18:45 And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was blackwith clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, andwent to Jezreel.18:46 And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up hisloins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.19:1 And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how hehad slain all the prophets with the sword.19:2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let thegods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life ofone of them by to morrow about this time.19:3 And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and cameto Beersheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there.19:4 But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and cameand sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself thathe might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life;for I am not better than my fathers.19:5 And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then anangel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.19:6 And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals,and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laidhim down again.19:7 And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touchedhim, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great forthee.19:8 And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength ofthat meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.19:9 And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold,the word of the LORD came to him, and he said unto him, What doestthou here, Elijah?  19:10 And he said, I have been very jealous forthe LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thycovenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with thesword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take itaway.19:11 And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD.And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent themountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORDwas not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORDwas not in the earthquake: 19:12 And after the earthquake a fire; butthe LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.19:13 And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face inhis mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave.And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thouhere, Elijah?  19:14 And he said, I have been very jealous for theLORD God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken thycovenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with thesword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take itaway.19:15 And the LORD said unto him, Go, return on thy way to thewilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest, anoint Hazael to be kingover Syria: 19:16 And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to beking over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah shaltthou anoint to be prophet in thy room.19:17 And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword ofHazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehushall Elisha slay.19:18 Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees whichhave not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.19:19 So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, whowas plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with thetwelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him.19:20 And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, Ipray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee.And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?19:21 And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slewthem, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, andgave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went afterElijah, and ministered unto him.20:1 And Benhadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together:and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, andchariots; and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it.20:2 And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, andsaid unto him, Thus saith Benhadad, 20:3 Thy silver and thy gold ismine; thy wives also and thy children, even the goodliest, are mine.20:4 And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king,according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have.20:5 And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh Benhadad,saying, Although I have sent unto thee, saying, Thou shalt deliver methy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children; 20:6 Yet Iwill send my servants unto thee to morrow about this time, and theyshall search thine house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shallbe, that whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put it intheir hand, and take it away.20:7 Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, andsaid, Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh mischief: for hesent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, andfor my gold; and I denied him not.20:8 And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken notunto him, nor consent.20:9 Wherefore he said unto the messengers of Benhadad, Tell my lordthe king, All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first Iwill do: but this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, andbrought him word again.20:10 And Benhadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me,and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls forall the people that follow me.20:11 And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not himthat girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.20:12 And it came to pass, when Ben-hadad heard this message, as hewas drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions, that he said unto hisservants, Set yourselves in array. And they set themselves in arrayagainst the city.20:13 And, behold, there came a prophet unto Ahab king of Israel,saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou seen all this great multitude?behold, I will deliver it into thine hand this day; and thou shaltknow that I am the LORD.20:14 And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Evenby the young men of the princes of the provinces. Then he said, Whoshall order the battle? And he answered, Thou.20:15 Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces,and they were two hundred and thirty two: and after them he numberedall the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand.20:16 And they went out at noon. But Benhadad was drinking himselfdrunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kingsthat helped him.20:17 And the young men of the princes of the provinces went outfirst; and Benhadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are mencome out of Samaria.20:18 And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take themalive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.20:19 So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out ofthe city, and the army which followed them.20:20 And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled; andIsrael pursued them: and Benhadad the king of Syria escaped on anhorse with the horsemen.20:21 And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses andchariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.20:22 And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said unto him,Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest: for at thereturn of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee.20:23 And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their godsare gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but letus fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be strongerthan they.20:24 And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of hisplace, and put captains in their rooms: 20:25 And number thee an army,like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot forchariot: and we will fight against them in the plain, and surely weshall be stronger than they. And he hearkened unto their voice, anddid so.20:26 And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Benhadadnumbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.20:27 And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all present,and went against them: and the children of Israel pitched before themlike two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country.20:28 And there came a man of God, and spake unto the king of Israel,and said, Thus saith the LORD, Because the Syrians have said, The LORDis God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore willI deliver all this great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall knowthat I am the LORD.20:29 And they pitched one over against the other seven days. And soit was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined: and thechildren of Israel slew of the Syrians an hundred thousand footmen inone day.20:30 But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fellupon twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left. And Benhadadfled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.20:31 And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard thatthe kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I praythee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go outto the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life.20:32 So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on theirheads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Benhadadsaith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he ismy brother.20:33 Now the men did diligently observe whether any thing would comefrom him, and did hastily catch it: and they said, Thy brotherBenhadad. Then he said, Go ye, bring him. Then Benhadad came forth tohim; and he caused him to come up into the chariot.20:34 And Ben-hadad said unto him, The cities, which my father tookfrom thy father, I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for theein Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. Then said Ahab, I will sendthee away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and senthim away.20:35 And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto hisneighbour in the word of the LORD, Smite me, I pray thee. And the manrefused to smite him.20:36 Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice ofthe LORD, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shallslay thee.And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slewhim.20:37 Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. Andthe man smote him, so that in smiting he wounded him.20:38 So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, anddisguised himself with ashes upon his face.20:39 And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king: and he said,Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a manturned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man: ifby any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, orelse thou shalt pay a talent of silver.20:40 And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And theking of Israel said unto him, So shall thy judgment be; thyself hastdecided it.20:41 And he hasted, and took the ashes away from his face; and theking of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets.20:42 And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Because thou hast letgo out of thy hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction,therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for hispeople.20:43 And the king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased,and came to Samaria.21:1 And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth theJezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace ofAhab king of Samaria.21:2 And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that Imay have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house:and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seemgood to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money.21:3 And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me, that I shouldgive the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.21:4 And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of theword which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, Iwill not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him downupon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.21:5 But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thyspirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?  21:6 And he said unto her,Because I spake unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and said unto him, Give methy vineyard for money; or else, if it please thee, I will give theeanother vineyard for it: and he answered, I will not give thee myvineyard.21:7 And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern thekingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart be merry:I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.21:8 So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with hisseal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that werein his city, dwelling with Naboth.21:9 And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and setNaboth on high among the people: 21:10 And set two men, sons ofBelial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didstblaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him,that he may die.21:11 And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who werethe inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, and asit was written in the letters which she had sent unto them.21:12 They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.21:13 And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat beforehim: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth,in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God andthe king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned himwith stones, that he died.21:14 Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and isdead.21:15 And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned,and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of thevineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give thee formoney: for Naboth is not alive, but dead.21:16 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, thatAhab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, totake possession of it.21:17 And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,21:18 Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, which is in Samaria:behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone down topossess it.21:19 And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hastthou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him,saying, Thus saith the LORD, In the place where dogs licked the bloodof Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.21:20 And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? Andhe answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to workevil in the sight of the LORD.21:21 Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thyposterity, and will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against thewall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, 21:22 And will makethine house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like thehouse of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation wherewith thouhast provoked me to anger, and made Israel to sin.21:23 And of Jezebel also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eatJezebel by the wall of Jezreel.21:24 Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and himthat dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat.21:25 But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself towork wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wifestirred up.21:26 And he did very abominably in following idols, according to allthings as did the Amorites, whom the LORD cast out before the childrenof Israel.21:27 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he renthis clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay insackcloth, and went softly.21:28 And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,21:29 Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because hehumbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: butin his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house.22:1 And they continued three years without war between Syria andIsrael.22:2 And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the kingof Judah came down to the king of Israel.22:3 And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye thatRamoth in Gilead is ours, and we be still, and take it not out of thehand of the king of Syria?  22:4 And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wiltthou go with me to battle to Ramothgilead? And Jehoshaphat said to theking of Israel, I am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horsesas thy horses.22:5 And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I praythee, at the word of the LORD to day.22:6 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, aboutfour hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramothgileadto battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the LORDshall deliver it into the hand of the king.22:7 And Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORDbesides, that we might enquire of him?  22:8 And the king of Israelsaid unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah,by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth notprophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let notthe king say so.22:9 Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Hastenhither Micaiah the son of Imlah.22:10 And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sateach on his throne, having put on their robes, in a void place in theentrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesiedbefore them.22:11 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron: and hesaid, Thus saith the LORD, With these shalt thou push the Syrians,until thou have consumed them.22:12 And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up toRamothgilead, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into theking's hand.22:13 And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto him,saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto theking with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word ofone of them, and speak that which is good.22:14 And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, what the LORD saith untome, that will I speak.22:15 So he came to the king. And the king said unto him, Micaiah,shall we go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall we forbear? Andhe answered him, Go, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it intothe hand of the king.22:16 And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure theethat thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of theLORD?  22:17 And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills,as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the LORD said, These have nomaster: let them return every man to his house in peace.22:18 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not tellthee that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil?  22:19And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORDsitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him onhis right hand and on his left.22:20 And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go upand fall at Ramothgilead? And one said on this manner, and anothersaid on that manner.22:21 And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, andsaid, I will persuade him.22:22 And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will goforth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.And he said, Thou shalt persude him, and prevail also: go forth, anddo so.22:23 Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in themouth of all these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evilconcerning thee.22:24 But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiahon the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from meto speak unto thee?  22:25 And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see inthat day, when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.22:26 And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him backunto Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son; 22:27And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feedhim with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until Icome in peace.22:28 And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, the LORD hathnot spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, O people, every one of you.22:29 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went upto Ramothgilead.22:30 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguisemyself, and enter into the battle; but put thou on thy robes. And theking of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle.22:31 But the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two captains thathad rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small norgreat, save only with the king of Israel.22:32 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots sawJehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it is the king of Israel. And theyturned aside to fight against him: and Jehoshaphat cried out.22:33 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots perceivedthat it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back frompursuing him.22:34 And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king ofIsrael between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said unto thedriver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host;for I am wounded.22:35 And the battle increased that day: and the king was stayed up inhis chariot against the Syrians, and died at even: and the blood ranout of the wound into the midst of the chariot.22:36 And there went a proclamation throughout the host about thegoing down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man tohis own country.22:37 So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buriedthe king in Samaria.22:38 And one washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria; and the dogslicked up his blood; and they washed his armour; according unto theword of the LORD which he spake.22:39 Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and theivory house which he made, and all the cities that he built, are theynot written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?22:40 So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned inhis stead.22:41 And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in thefourth year of Ahab king of Israel.22:42 Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he began toreign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And hismother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.22:43 And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned notaside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the LORD:nevertheless the high places were not taken away; for the peopleoffered and burnt incense yet in the high places.22:44 And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.22:45 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that heshewed, and how he warred, are they not written in the book of thechronicles of the kings of Judah?  22:46 And the remnant of thesodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took outof the land.22:47 There was then no king in Edom: a deputy was king.22:48 Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: butthey went not; for the ships were broken at Eziongeber.22:49 Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let myservants go with thy servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not.22:50 And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with hisfathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoram his son reignedin his stead.22:51 Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samariathe seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twoyears over Israel.22:52 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the wayof his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way ofJeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin: 22:53 For he servedBaal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger the LORD God ofIsrael, according to all that his father had done.The Second Book of the KingsCommonly Called:The Fourth Book of the Kings1:1 Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.1:2 And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber thatwas in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said untothem, Go, enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron whether I shallrecover of this disease.1:3 But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, goup to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them,Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to enquireof Baalzebub the god of Ekron?  1:4 Now therefore thus saith the LORD,Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, butshalt surely die. And Elijah departed.1:5 And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them,Why are ye now turned back?  1:6 And they said unto him, There came aman up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king thatsent you, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Is it not becausethere is not a God in Israel, that thou sendest to enquire ofBaalzebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down fromthat bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.1:7 And he said unto them, What manner of man was he which came up tomeet you, and told you these words?  1:8 And they answered him, He wasan hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. Andhe said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.1:9 Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. Andhe went up to him: and, behold, he sat on the top of an hill. And hespake unto him, Thou man of God, the king hath said, Come down.1:10 And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be aman of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee andthy fifty.And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.1:11 Again also he sent unto him another captain of fifty with hisfifty.And he answered and said unto him, O man of God, thus hath the kingsaid, Come down quickly.1:12 And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a man of God, letfire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And thefire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.1:13 And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty.And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his kneesbefore Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, Ipray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, beprecious in thy sight.1:14 Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the twocaptains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let mylife now be precious in thy sight.1:15 And the angel of the LORD said unto Elijah, Go down with him: benot afraid of him. And he arose, and went down with him unto the king.1:16 And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hastsent messengers to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron, is it notbecause there is no God in Israel to enquire of his word? thereforethou shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, butshalt surely die.1:17 So he died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah hadspoken.And Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the sonof Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son.1:18 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they notwritten in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?  2:1 Andit came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into heaven by awhirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.2:2 And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORDhath sent me to Bethel. And Elisha said unto him, As the LORD liveth,and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down toBethel.2:3 And the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel came forth toElisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take awaythy master from thy head to day? And he said, Yea, I know it; hold yeyour peace.2:4 And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for theLORD hath sent me to Jericho. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and asthy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to Jericho.2:5 And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came to Elisha,and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thymaster from thy head to day? And he answered, Yea, I know it; hold yeyour peace.2:6 And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I pray thee, here; for the LORDhath sent me to Jordan. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thysoul liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two went on.2:7 And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to viewafar off: and they two stood by Jordan.2:8 And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote thewaters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they twowent over on dry ground.2:9 And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah saidunto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away fromthee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spiritbe upon me.2:10 And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thousee me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but ifnot, it shall not be so.2:11 And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that,behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, andparted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind intoheaven.2:12 And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, thechariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more:and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.2:13 He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and wentback, and stood by the bank of Jordan; 2:14 And he took the mantle ofElijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where isthe LORD God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, theyparted hither and thither: and Elisha went over.2:15 And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jerichosaw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And theycame to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.2:16 And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servantsfifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lestperadventure the Spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and cast himupon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall notsend.2:17 And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. Theysent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found himnot.2:18 And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) hesaid unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?  2:19 And the men ofthe city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of thiscity is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and theground barren.2:20 And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And theybrought it to him.2:21 And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast thesalt in there, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have healed thesewaters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land.2:22 So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the sayingof Elisha which he spake.2:23 And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up bythe way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mockedhim, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.2:24 And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in thename of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood,and tare forty and two children of them.2:25 And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence hereturned to Samaria.3:1 Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samariathe eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelveyears.3:2 And he wrought evil in the sight of the LORD; but not like hisfather, and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal thathis father had made.3:3 Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son ofNebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.3:4 And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto theking of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousandrams, with the wool.3:5 But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moabrebelled against the king of Israel.3:6 And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and numberedall Israel.3:7 And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, Theking of Moab hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me againstMoab to battle? And he said, I will go up: I am as thou art, my peopleas thy people, and my horses as thy horses.3:8 And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The waythrough the wilderness of Edom.3:9 So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king ofEdom: and they fetched a compass of seven days' journey: and there wasno water for the host, and for the cattle that followed them.3:10 And the king of Israel said, Alas! that the LORD hath calledthese three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab!3:11 But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD,that we may enquire of the LORD by him? And one of the king ofIsrael's servants answered and said, Here is Elisha the son ofShaphat, which poured water on the hands of Elijah.3:12 And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the LORD is with him. So theking of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.3:13 And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do withthee?  get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets ofthy mother.And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for the LORD hath calledthese three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab.3:14 And Elisha said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom Istand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphatthe king of Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee.3:15 But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when theminstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him.3:16 And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full ofditches.3:17 For thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall yesee rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye maydrink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts.3:18 And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he willdeliver the Moabites also into your hand.3:19 And ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city, andshall fell every good tree, and stop all wells of water, and mar everygood piece of land with stones.3:20 And it came to pass in the morning, when the meat offering wasoffered, that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and thecountry was filled with water.3:21 And when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up tofight against them, they gathered all that were able to put on armour,and upward, and stood in the border.3:22 And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon thewater, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as red asblood: 3:23 And they said, This is blood: the kings are surely slain,and they have smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.3:24 And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose upand smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them: but they wentforward smiting the Moabites, even in their country.3:25 And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of landcast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all thewells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kirharasethleft they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, andsmote it.3:26 And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore forhim, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to breakthrough even unto the king of Edom: but they could not.3:27 Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in hisstead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. And therewas great indignation against Israel: and they departed from him, andreturned to their own land.4:1 Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of theprophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thouknowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is cometo take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.4:2 And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, whathast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not anything in the house, save a pot of oil.4:3 Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thyneighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.4:4 And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee andupon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thoushalt set aside that which is full.4:5 So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon hersons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out.4:6 And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she saidunto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There isnot a vessel more. And the oil stayed.4:7 Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell theoil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest.4:8 And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was agreat woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, thatas oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.4:9 And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this isan holy man of God, which passeth by us continually.4:10 Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and letus set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and acandlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turnin thither.4:11 And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned intothe chamber, and lay there.4:12 And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And whenhe had called her, she stood before him.4:13 And he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast beencareful for us with all this care; what is to be done for thee?wouldest thou be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of thehost? And she answered, I dwell among mine own people.4:14 And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazianswered, Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old.4:15 And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood inthe door.4:16 And he said, About this season, according to the time of life,thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God,do not lie unto thine handmaid.4:17 And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season thatElisha had said unto her, according to the time of life.4:18 And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went outto his father to the reapers.4:19 And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to alad, Carry him to his mother.4:20 And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he saton her knees till noon, and then died.4:21 And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, andshut the door upon him, and went out.4:22 And she called unto her husband, and said, Send me, I pray thee,one of the young men, and one of the asses, that I may run to the manof God, and come again.4:23 And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to day? it is neithernew moon, nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well.4:24 Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and goforward; slack not thy riding for me, except I bid thee.4:25 So she went and came unto the man of God to mount Carmel. And itcame to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said toGehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is that Shunammite: 4:26 Run now, Ipray thee, to meet her, and say unto her, Is it well with thee? is itwell with thy husband? is it well with the child? And she answered, Itis well: 4:27 And when she came to the man of God to the hill, shecaught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. Andthe man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her:and the LORD hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.4:28 Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Donot deceive me?  4:29 Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, andtake my staff in thine hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man,salute him not; and if any salute thee, answer him not again: and laymy staff upon the face of the child.4:30 And the mother of the child said, As the LORD liveth, and as thysoul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed her.4:31 And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon theface of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Whereforehe went again to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is notawaked.4:32 And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child wasdead, and laid upon his bed.4:33 He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, andprayed unto the LORD.4:34 And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth uponhis mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands:and stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child waxedwarm.4:35 Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and wentup, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times,and the child opened his eyes.4:36 And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So hecalled her. And when she was come in unto him, he said, Take up thyson.4:37 Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to theground, and took up her son, and went out.4:38 And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth in theland; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him: and hesaid unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage forthe sons of the prophets.4:39 And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wildvine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came andshred them into the pot of pottage: for they knew them not.4:40 So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, asthey were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O thouman of God, there is death in the pot. And they could not eat thereof.4:41 But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot; and hesaid, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was noharm in the pot.4:42 And there came a man from Baalshalisha, and brought the man ofGod bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full earsof corn in the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, thatthey may eat.4:43 And his servitor said, What, should I set this before an hundredmen?  He said again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thussaith the LORD, They shall eat, and shall leave thereof.4:44 So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof,according to the word of the LORD.5:1 Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a greatman with his master, and honourable, because by him the LORD had givendeliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he wasa leper.5:2 And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought awaycaptive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited onNaaman's wife.5:3 And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with theprophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy.5:4 And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said themaid that is of the land of Israel.5:5 And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letterunto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him tentalents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes ofraiment.5:6 And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, Now whenthis letter is come unto thee, behold, I have therewith sent Naaman myservant to thee, that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy.5:7 And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter,that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to makealive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of hisleprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh aquarrel against me.5:8 And it was so, when Elisha the man of God had heard that the kingof Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying,Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now to me, and heshall know that there is a prophet in Israel.5:9 So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood atthe door of the house of Elisha.5:10 And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash inJordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thoushalt be clean.5:11 But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought,He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of theLORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover theleper.5:12 Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than allthe waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So heturned and went away in a rage.5:13 And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, Myfather, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thounot have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash,and be clean?  5:14 Then went he down, and dipped himself seven timesin Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his fleshcame again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.5:15 And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, andcame, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that thereis no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee,take a blessing of thy servant.5:16 But he said, As the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I willreceive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused.5:17 And Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given tothy servant two mules' burden of earth? for thy servant willhenceforth offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice unto other gods,but unto the LORD.5:18 In this thing the LORD pardon thy servant, that when my mastergoeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth on myhand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon: when I bow down myselfin the house of Rimmon, the LORD pardon thy servant in this thing.5:19 And he said unto him, Go in peace. So he departed from him alittle way.5:20 But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold,my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at hishands that which he brought: but, as the LORD liveth, I will run afterhim, and take somewhat of him.5:21 So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him runningafter him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and said, Isall well?  5:22 And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me,saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim twoyoung men of the sons of the prophets: give them, I pray thee, atalent of silver, and two changes of garments.5:23 And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him,and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes ofgarments, and laid them upon two of his servants; and they bare thembefore him.5:24 And when he came to the tower, he took them from their hand, andbestowed them in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed.5:25 But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said untohim, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went nowhither.5:26 And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the manturned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receivemoney, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, andsheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants?  5:27 The leprosytherefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed forever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.6:1 And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, theplace where we dwell with thee is too strait for us.6:2 Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man abeam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And heanswered, Go ye.6:3 And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants.And he answered, I will go.6:4 So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut downwood.6:5 But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water:and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed.6:6 And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him theplace.And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron didswim.6:7 Therefore said he, Take it up to thee. And he put out his hand,and took it.6:8 Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counselwith his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp.6:9 And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, saying, Bewarethat thou pass not such a place; for thither the Syrians are comedown.6:10 And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of Godtold him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nortwice.6:11 Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled forthis thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them, Will yenot shew me which of us is for the king of Israel?  6:12 And one ofhis servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet thatis in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakestin thy bedchamber.6:13 And he said, Go and spy where he is, that I may send and fetchhim.And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.6:14 Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host:and they came by night, and compassed the city about.6:15 And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and goneforth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses andchariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall wedo?  6:16 And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are morethan they that be with them.6:17 And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes,that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and hesaw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fireround about Elisha.6:18 And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the LORD, andsaid, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smotethem with blindness according to the word of Elisha.6:19 And Elisha said unto them, This is not the way, neither is thisthe city: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek. Buthe led them to Samaria.6:20 And it came to pass, when they were come into Samaria, thatElisha said, LORD, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. Andthe LORD opened their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they were inthe midst of Samaria.6:21 And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, Myfather, shall I smite them? shall I smite them?  6:22 And he answered,Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hasttaken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and waterbefore them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.6:23 And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eatenand drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So thebands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.6:24 And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syriagathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.6:25 And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, theybesieged it, until an ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces ofsilver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces ofsilver.6:26 And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, therecried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.6:27 And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I helpthee?  out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?  6:28 And theking said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This womansaid unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to day, and we willeat my son to morrow.6:29 So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on thenext day, Give thy son, that we may eat him: and she hath hid her son.6:30 And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman,that he rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and thepeople looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh.6:31 Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head ofElisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.6:32 But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and theking sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, hesaid to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent totake away mine head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door,and hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his master's feetbehind him?  6:33 And while he yet talked with them, behold, themessenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of theLORD; what should I wait for the LORD any longer?  7:1 Then Elishasaid, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, To morrowabout this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel,and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.7:2 Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God,and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might thisthing be?  And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, butshalt not eat thereof.7:3 And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate:and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?  7:4 If wesay, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, andwe shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Nowtherefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if theysave us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.7:5 And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of theSyrians: and when they were come to the uttermost part of the camp ofSyria, behold, there was no man there.7:6 For the LORD had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise ofchariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: andthey said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against usthe kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to comeupon us.7:7 Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left theirtents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, andfled for their life.7:8 And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp, theywent into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence silver,and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it; and came again, andentered into another tent, and carried thence also, and went and hidit.7:9 Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a dayof good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morninglight, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that wemay go and tell the king's household.7:10 So they came and called unto the porter of the city: and theytold them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold,there was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, andasses tied, and the tents as they were.7:11 And he called the porters; and they told it to the king's housewithin.7:12 And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, Iwill now shew you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that webe hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselvesin the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catchthem alive, and get into the city.7:13 And one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I praythee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city,(behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it:behold, I say, they are even as all the multitude of the Israelitesthat are consumed:) and let us send and see.7:14 They took therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent afterthe host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.7:15 And they went after them unto Jordan: and, lo, all the way wasfull of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in theirhaste. And the messengers returned, and told the king.7:16 And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. Soa measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures ofbarley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD.7:17 And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to havethe charge of the gate: and the people trode upon him in the gate, andhe died, as the man of God had said, who spake when the king came downto him.7:18 And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king,saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fineflour for a shekel, shall be to morrow about this time in the gate ofSamaria: 7:19 And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now,behold, if the LORD should make windows in heaven, might such a thingbe? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shaltnot eat thereof.7:20 And so it fell out unto him: for the people trode upon him in thegate, and he died.8:1 Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored tolife, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojournwheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the LORD hath called for a famine;and it shall also come upon the land seven years.8:2 And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of God:and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of thePhilistines seven years.8:3 And it came to pass at the seven years' end, that the womanreturned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cryunto the king for her house and for her land.8:4 And the king talked with Gehazi the servant of the man of God,saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hathdone.8:5 And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he hadrestored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son hehad restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for herland. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this isher son, whom Elisha restored to life.8:6 And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the kingappointed unto her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that washers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left theland, even until now.8:7 And Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria wassick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come hither.8:8 And the king said unto Hazael, Take a present in thine hand, andgo, meet the man of God, and enquire of the LORD by him, saying, ShallI recover of this disease?  8:9 So Hazael went to meet him, and took apresent with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels'burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Thy son Benhadad kingof Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of thisdisease?  8:10 And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayestcertainly recover: howbeit the LORD hath shewed me that he shallsurely die.8:11 And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was ashamed:and the man of God wept.8:12 And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because Iknow the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: theirstrong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slaywith the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their womenwith child.8:13 And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he shoulddo this great thing? And Elisha answered, The LORD hath shewed me thatthou shalt be king over Syria.8:14 So he departed from Elisha, and came to his master; who said tohim, What said Elisha to thee? And he answered, He told me that thoushouldest surely recover.8:15 And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth,and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died:and Hazael reigned in his stead.8:16 And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel,Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Je hoshaphatking of Judah began to reign.8:17 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and hereigned eight years in Jerusalem.8:18 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the houseof Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in thesight of the LORD.8:19 Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah for David his servant'ssake, as he promised him to give him alway a light, and to hischildren.8:20 In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and madea king over themselves.8:21 So Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him: and herose by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him about, andthe captains of the chariots: and the people fled into their tents.8:22 Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day.Then Libnah revolted at the same time.8:23 And the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, are theynot written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?  8:24And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers inthe city of David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.8:25 In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel didAhaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign.8:26 Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; andhe reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Athaliah,the daughter of Omri king of Israel.8:27 And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil inthe sight of the LORD, as did the house of Ahab: for he was the son inlaw of the house of Ahab.8:28 And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazaelking of Syria in Ramothgilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram.8:29 And king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel of the woundswhich the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought againstHazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judahwent down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he wassick.9:1 And Elisha the prophet called one of the children of the prophets,and said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this box of oil inthine hand, and go to Ramothgilead: 9:2 And when thou comest thither,look out there Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and goin, and make him arise up from among his brethren, and carry him to aninner chamber; 9:3 Then take the box of oil, and pour it on his head,and say, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel.Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not.9:4 So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went toRamothgilead.9:5 And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting;and he said, I have an errand to thee, O captain. And Jehu said, Untowhich of all us? And he said, To thee, O captain.9:6 And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil onhis head, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I haveanointed thee king over the people of the LORD, even over Israel.9:7 And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I mayavenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all theservants of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel.9:8 For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off fromAhab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up andleft in Israel: 9:9 And I will make the house of Ahab like the houseof Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son ofAhijah: 9:10 And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel,and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled.9:11 Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one saidunto him, Is all well? wherefore came this mad fellow to thee? And hesaid unto them, Ye know the man, and his communication.9:12 And they said, It is false; tell us now. And he said, Thus andthus spake he to me, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed theeking over Israel.9:13 Then they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put itunder him on the top of the stairs, and blew with trumpets, saying,Jehu is king.9:14 So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspiredagainst Joram. (Now Joram had kept Ramothgilead, he and all Israel,because of Hazael king of Syria.9:15 But king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the woundswhich the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king ofSyria.)  And Jehu said, If it be your minds, then let none go forthnor escape out of the city to go to tell it in Jezreel.9:16 So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram laythere.And Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram.9:17 And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he spiedthe company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joramsaid, Take an horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is itpeace?  9:18 So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said,Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to dowith peace? turn thee behind me. And the watchman told, saying, Themessenger came to them, but he cometh not again.9:19 Then he sent out a second on horseback, which came to them, andsaid, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu answered, What hastthou to do with peace? turn thee behind me.9:20 And the watchman told, saying, He came even unto them, and comethnot again: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son ofNimshi; for he driveth furiously.9:21 And Joram said, Make ready. And his chariot was made ready. AndJoram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in hischariot, and they went out against Jehu, and met him in the portion ofNaboth the Jezreelite.9:22 And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is itpeace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms ofthy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?  9:23 And Joramturned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, OAhaziah.9:24 And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jehorambetween his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunkdown in his chariot.9:25 Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him inthe portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember howthat, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the LORDlaid this burden upon him; 9:26 Surely I have seen yesterday the bloodof Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the LORD; and I willrequite thee in this plat, saith the LORD. Now therefore take and casthim into the plat of ground, according to the word of the LORD.9:27 But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the wayof the garden house. And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite himalso in the chariot. And they did so at the going up to Gur, which isby Ibleam.And he fled to Megiddo, and died there.9:28 And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, andburied him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David.9:29 And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziahto reign over Judah.9:30 And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and shepainted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window.9:31 And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace,who slew his master?  9:32 And he lifted up his face to the window,and said, Who is on my side?  who? And there looked out to him two orthree eunuchs.9:33 And he said, Throw her down. So they threw her down: and some ofher blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and he trodeher under foot.9:34 And when he was come in, he did eat and drink, and said, Go, seenow this cursed woman, and bury her: for she is a king's daughter.9:35 And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than theskull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.9:36 Wherefore they came again, and told him. And he said, This is theword of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite,saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel:9:37 And the carcase of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of thefield in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This isJezebel.10:1 And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, andsent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and tothem that brought up Ahab's children, saying, 10:2 Now as soon as thisletter cometh to you, seeing your master's sons are with you, andthere are with you chariots and horses, a fenced city also, andarmour; 10:3 Look even out the best and meetest of your master's sons,and set him on his father's throne, and fight for your master's house.10:4 But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kingsstood not before him: how then shall we stand?  10:5 And he that wasover the house, and he that was over the city, the elders also, andthe bringers up of the children, sent to Jehu, saying, We are thyservants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make anyking: do thou that which is good in thine eyes.10:6 Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye bemine, and if ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of themen your master's sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to morrow thistime. Now the king's sons, being seventy persons, were with the greatmen of the city, which brought them up.10:7 And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they tookthe king's sons, and slew seventy persons, and put their heads inbaskets, and sent him them to Jezreel.10:8 And there came a messenger, and told him, saying, They havebrought the heads of the king's sons. And he said, Lay ye them in twoheaps at the entering in of the gate until the morning.10:9 And it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood,and said to all the people, Ye be righteous: behold, I conspiredagainst my master, and slew him: but who slew all these?  10:10 Knownow that there shall fall unto the earth nothing of the word of theLORD, which the LORD spake concerning the house of Ahab: for the LORDhath done that which he spake by his servant Elijah.10:11 So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel,and all his great men, and his kinsfolks, and his priests, until heleft him none remaining.10:12 And he arose and departed, and came to Samaria. And as he was atthe shearing house in the way, 10:13 Jehu met with the brethren ofAhaziah king of Judah, and said, Who are ye? And they answered, We arethe brethren of Ahaziah; and we go down to salute the children of theking and the children of the queen.10:14 And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slewthem at the pit of the shearing house, even two and forty men; neitherleft he any of them.10:15 And when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the sonof Rechab coming to meet him: and he saluted him, and said to him, Isthine heart right, as my heart is with thy heart? And Jehonadabanswered, It is. If it be, give me thine hand. And he gave him hishand; and he took him up to him into the chariot.10:16 And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So theymade him ride in his chariot.10:17 And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained unto Ahabin Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the saying of theLORD, which he spake to Elijah.10:18 And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them,Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu shall serve him much.10:19 Now therefore call unto me all the prophets of Baal, all hisservants, and all his priests; let none be wanting: for I have a greatsacrifice to do to Baal; whosoever shall be wanting, he shall notlive. But Jehu did it in subtilty, to the intent that he might destroythe worshippers of Baal.10:20 And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal. And theyproclaimed it.10:21 And Jehu sent through all Israel: and all the worshippers ofBaal came, so that there was not a man left that came not. And theycame into the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was full from oneend to another.10:22 And he said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring forthvestments for all the worshippers of Baal. And he brought them forthvestments.10:23 And Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into the houseof Baal, and said unto the worshippers of Baal, Search, and look thatthere be here with you none of the servants of the LORD, but theworshippers of Baal only.10:24 And when they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings,Jehu appointed fourscore men without, and said, If any of the men whomI have brought into your hands escape, he that letteth him go, hislife shall be for the life of him.10:25 And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offeringthe burnt offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains,Go in, and slay them; let none come forth. And they smote them withthe edge of the sword; and the guard and the captains cast them out,and went to the city of the house of Baal.10:26 And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, andburned them.10:27 And they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the houseof Baal, and made it a draught house unto this day.10:28 Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.10:29 Howbeit from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who madeIsrael to sin, Jehu departed not from after them, to wit, the goldencalves that were in Bethel, and that were in Dan.10:30 And the LORD said unto Jehu, Because thou hast done well inexecuting that which is right in mine eyes, and hast done unto thehouse of Ahab according to all that was in mine heart, thy children ofthe fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.10:31 But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the LORD God ofIsrael with all his heart: for he departed not from the sins ofJeroboam, which made Israel to sin.10:32 In those days the LORD began to cut Israel short: and Hazaelsmote them in all the coasts of Israel; 10:33 From Jordan eastward,all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and theManassites, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, even Gilead andBashan.10:34 Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and allhis might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of thekings of Israel?  10:35 And Jehu slept with his fathers: and theyburied him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead.10:36 And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twentyand eight years.11:1 And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son wasdead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.11:2 But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah,took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king'ssons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, inthe bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.11:3 And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years. AndAthaliah did reign over the land.11:4 And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers overhundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to himinto the house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took anoath of them in the house of the LORD, and shewed them the king's son.11:5 And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shalldo; A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even bekeepers of the watch of the king's house; 11:6 And a third part shallbe at the gate of Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard:so shall ye keep the watch of the house, that it be not broken down.11:7 And two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even theyshall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the king.11:8 And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with hisweapons in his hand: and he that cometh within the ranges, let him beslain: and be ye with the king as he goeth out and as he cometh in.11:9 And the captains over the hundreds did according to all thingsthat Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his menthat were to come in on the sabbath, with them that should go out onthe sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.11:10 And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give kingDavid's spears and shields, that were in the temple of the LORD.11:11 And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand,round about the king, from the right corner of the temple to the leftcorner of the temple, along by the altar and the temple.11:12 And he brought forth the king's son, and put the crown upon him,and gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him;and they clapped their hands, and said, God save the king.11:13 And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of thepeople, she came to the people into the temple of the LORD.11:14 And when she looked, behold, the king stood by a pillar, as themanner was, and the princes and the trumpeters by the king, and allthe people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets: and Athaliahrent her clothes, and cried, Treason, Treason.11:15 But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds,the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth withoutthe ranges: and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For thepriest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the LORD.11:16 And they laid hands on her; and she went by the way by the whichthe horses came into the king's house: and there was she slain.11:17 And Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king andthe people, that they should be the LORD's people; between the kingalso and the people.11:18 And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, andbrake it down; his altars and his images brake they in piecesthoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. Andthe priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD.11:19 And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and theguard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the kingfrom the house of the LORD, and came by the way of the gate of theguard to the king's house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.11:20 And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was inquiet: and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king's house.11:21 Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign.12:1 In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and fortyyears reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zibiah ofBeersheba.12:2 And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD allhis days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.12:3 But the high places were not taken away: the people stillsacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.12:4 And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the dedicatedthings that is brought into the house of the LORD, even the money ofevery one that passeth the account, the money that every man is setat, and all the money that cometh into any man's heart to bring intothe house of the LORD, 12:5 Let the priests take it to them, every manof his acquaintance: and let them repair the breaches of the house,wheresoever any breach shall be found.12:6 But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of kingJehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.12:7 Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the otherpriests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of thehouse? now therefore receive no more money of your acquaintance, butdeliver it for the breaches of the house.12:8 And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people,neither to repair the breaches of the house.12:9 But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lidof it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one comethinto the house of the LORD: and the priests that kept the door puttherein all the money that was brought into the house of the LORD.12:10 And it was so, when they saw that there was much money in thechest, that the king's scribe and the high priest came up, and theyput up in bags, and told the money that was found in the house of theLORD.12:11 And they gave the money, being told, into the hands of them thatdid the work, that had the oversight of the house of the LORD: andthey laid it out to the carpenters and builders, that wrought upon thehouse of the LORD, 12:12 And to masons, and hewers of stone, and tobuy timber and hewed stone to repair the breaches of the house of theLORD, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it.12:13 Howbeit there were not made for the house of the LORD bowls ofsilver, snuffers, basons, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels ofsilver, of the money that was brought into the house of the LORD:12:14 But they gave that to the workmen, and repaired therewith thehouse of the LORD.12:15 Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand theydelivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealtfaithfully.12:16 The trespass money and sin money was not brought into the houseof the LORD: it was the priests'.12:17 Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, andtook it: and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.12:18 And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things thatJehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah,had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that wasfound in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and in the king'shouse, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away fromJerusalem.12:19 And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are theynot written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?12:20 And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash inthe house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla.12:21 For Jozachar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son ofShomer, his servants, smote him, and he died; and they buried him withhis fathers in the city of David: and Amaziah his son reigned in hisstead.13:1 In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah kingof Judah Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel inSamaria, and reigned seventeen years.13:2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, andfollowed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel tosin; he departed not therefrom.13:3 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and hedelivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into thehand of Benhadad the son of Hazael, all their days.13:4 And Jehoahaz besought the LORD, and the LORD hearkened unto him:for he saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syriaoppressed them.13:5 (And the LORD gave Israel a saviour, so that they went out fromunder the hand of the Syrians: and the children of Israel dwelt intheir tents, as beforetime.13:6 Nevertheless they departed not from the sins of the house ofJeroboam, who made Israel sin, but walked therein: and there remainedthe grove also in Samaria.)  13:7 Neither did he leave of the peopleto Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousandfootmen; for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made themlike the dust by threshing.13:8 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he did, andhis might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of thekings of Israel?  13:9 And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; and theyburied him in Samaria: and Joash his son reigned in his stead.13:10 In the thirty and seventh year of Joash king of Judah beganJehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria, andreigned sixteen years.13:11 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD; hedeparted not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who madeIsrael sin: but he walked therein.13:12 And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and hismight wherewith he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they notwritten in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?  13:13And Joash slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat upon his throne:and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.13:14 Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. AndJoash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face,and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and thehorsemen thereof.13:15 And Elisha said unto him, Take bow and arrows. And he took untohim bow and arrows.13:16 And he said to the king of Israel, Put thine hand upon the bow.And he put his hand upon it: and Elisha put his hands upon the king'shands.13:17 And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened it. ThenElisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of the LORD'sdeliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for thou shaltsmite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed them.13:18 And he said, Take the arrows. And he took them. And he said untothe king of Israel, Smite upon the ground. And he smote thrice, andstayed.13:19 And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldesthave smitten five or six times; then hadst thou smitten Syria tillthou hadst consumed it: whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice.13:20 And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of theMoabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year.13:21 And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold,they spied a band of men; and they cast the man into the sepulchre ofElisha: and when the man was let down, and touched the bones ofElisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet.13:22 But Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days ofJehoahaz.13:23 And the LORD was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them,and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham,Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he themfrom his presence as yet.13:24 So Hazael king of Syria died; and Benhadad his son reigned inhis stead.13:25 And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand ofBenhadad the son of Hazael the cities, which he had taken out of thehand of Jehoahaz his father by war. Three times did Joash beat him,and recovered the cities of Israel.14:1 In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israelreigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah.14:2 He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, andreigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name wasJehoaddan of Jerusalem.14:3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, yet notlike David his father: he did according to all things as Joash hisfather did.14:4 Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the peopledid sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places.14:5 And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in hishand, that he slew his servants which had slain the king his father.14:6 But the children of the murderers he slew not: according untothat which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein theLORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for thechildren, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but everyman shall be put to death for his own sin.14:7 He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and tookSelah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day.14:8 Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz sonof Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in theface.14:9 And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah,saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was inLebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passedby a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.14:10 Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted theeup: glory of this, and tarry at home: for why shouldest thou meddle tothy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?14:11 But Amaziah would not hear. Therefore Jehoash king of Israelwent up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in theface at Bethshemesh, which belongeth to Judah.14:12 And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fledevery man to their tents.14:13 And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the sonof Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Bethshemesh, and came to Jerusalem,and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto thecorner gate, four hundred cubits.14:14 And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels thatwere found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of theking's house, and hostages, and returned to Samaria.14:15 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might,and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written inthe book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?  14:16 And Jehoashslept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings ofIsrael; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead.14:17 And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the deathof Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.14:18 And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in thebook of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?  14:19 Now they made aconspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he fled to Lachish; but theysent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.14:20 And they brought him on horses: and he was buried at Jerusalemwith his fathers in the city of David.14:21 And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which was sixteenyears old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.14:22 He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the kingslept with his fathers.14:23 In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of JudahJeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria,and reigned forty and one years.14:24 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: hedeparted not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who madeIsrael to sin.14:25 He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath untothe sea of the plain, according to the word of the LORD God of Israel,which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai,the prophet, which was of Gathhepher.14:26 For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, that it was verybitter: for there was not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helperfor Israel.14:27 And the LORD said not that he would blot out the name of Israelfrom under heaven: but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the sonof Joash.14:28 Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, andhis might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath,which belonged to Judah, for Israel, are they not written in the bookof the chronicles of the kings of Israel?  14:29 And Jeroboam sleptwith his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and Zachariah his sonreigned in his stead.15:1 In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel beganAzariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign.15:2 Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reignedtwo and fifty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jecholiahof Jerusalem.15:3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD,according to all that his father Amaziah had done; 15:4 Save that thehigh places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incensestill on the high places.15:5 And the LORD smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the dayof his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Jotham the king's sonwas over the house, judging the people of the land.15:6 And the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, arethey not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?15:7 So Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with hisfathers in the city of David: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.15:8 In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah didZachariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six months.15:9 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as hisfathers had done: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son ofNebat, who made Israel to sin.15:10 And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smotehim before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.15:11 And the rest of the acts of Zachariah, behold, they are writtenin the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.15:12 This was the word of the LORD which he spake unto Jehu, saying,Thy sons shall sit on the throne of Israel unto the fourth generation.And so it came to pass.15:13 Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine andthirtieth year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned a full month inSamaria.15:14 For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came toSamaria, and smote Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew him,and reigned in his stead.15:15 And the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy which hemade, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of thekings of Israel.15:16 Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and thecoasts thereof from Tirzah: because they opened not to him, thereforehe smote it; and all the women therein that were with child he rippedup.15:17 In the nine and thirtieth year of Azariah king of Judah beganMenahem the son of Gadi to reign over Israel, and reigned ten years inSamaria.15:18 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: hedeparted not all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat,who made Israel to sin.15:19 And Pul the king of Assyria came against the land: and Menahemgave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with himto confirm the kingdom in his hand.15:20 And Menahem exacted the money of Israel, even of all the mightymen of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to theking of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and stayed notthere in the land.15:21 And the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, arethey not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?15:22 And Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reignedin his stead.15:23 In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekahiah the sonof Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned twoyears.15:24 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: hedeparted not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who madeIsrael to sin.15:25 But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspiredagainst him, and smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king'shouse, with Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites:and he killed him, and reigned in his room.15:26 And the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did,behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings ofIsrael.15:27 In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekah theson of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reignedtwenty years.15:28 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: hedeparted not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who madeIsrael to sin.15:29 In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser king ofAssyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh,and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, andcarried them captive to Assyria.15:30 And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah theson of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in hisstead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.15:31 And the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he did, behold,they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.15:32 In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israelbegan Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign.15:33 Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and hereigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jerusha,the daughter of Zadok.15:34 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD: he didaccording to all that his father Uzziah had done.15:35 Howbeit the high places were not removed: the people sacrificedand burned incense still in the high places. He built the higher gateof the house of the LORD.15:36 Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, arethey not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?15:37 In those days the LORD began to send against Judah Rezin theking of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.15:38 And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with hisfathers in the city of David his father: and Ahaz his son reigned inhis stead.16:1 In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the sonof Jotham king of Judah began to reign.16:2 Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reignedsixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not that which was right in thesight of the LORD his God, like David his father.16:3 But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and madehis son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of theheathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel.16:4 And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and onthe hills, and under every green tree.16:5 Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israelcame up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could notovercome him.16:6 At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, anddrave the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dweltthere unto this day.16:7 So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglathpileser king of Assyria,saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of thehand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel,which rise up against me.16:8 And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house ofthe LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house, and sent it for apresent to the king of Assyria.16:9 And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king ofAssyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the peopleof it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin.16:10 And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglathpileser king ofAssyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent toUrijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it,according to all the workmanship thereof.16:11 And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that kingAhaz had sent from Damascus: so Urijah the priest made it against kingAhaz came from Damascus.16:12 And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw thealtar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered thereon.16:13 And he burnt his burnt offering and his meat offering, andpoured his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peaceofferings, upon the altar.16:14 And he brought also the brasen altar, which was before the LORD,from the forefront of the house, from between the altar and the houseof the LORD, and put it on the north side of the altar.16:15 And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon thegreat altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meatoffering, and the king's burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, withthe burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meatoffering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle upon it all theblood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: andthe brasen altar shall be for me to enquire by.16:16 Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahazcommanded.16:17 And king Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed thelaver from off them; and took down the sea from off the brasen oxenthat were under it, and put it upon the pavement of stones.16:18 And the covert for the sabbath that they had built in the house,and the king's entry without, turned he from the house of the LORD forthe king of Assyria.16:19 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, are they notwritten in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?  16:20And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers inthe city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.17:1 In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son ofElah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years.17:2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, but notas the kings of Israel that were before him.17:3 Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hosheabecame his servant, and gave him presents.17:4 And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he hadsent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to theking of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king ofAssyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.17:5 Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, andwent up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.17:6 In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, andcarried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and inHabor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.17:7 For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against theLORD their God, which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt,from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared othergods, 17:8 And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the LORDcast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings ofIsrael, which they had made.17:9 And the children of Israel did secretly those things that werenot right against the LORD their God, and they built them high placesin all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fencedcity.17:10 And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, andunder every green tree: 17:11 And there they burnt incense in all thehigh places, as did the heathen whom the LORD carried away beforethem; and wrought wicked things to provoke the LORD to anger: 17:12For they served idols, whereof the LORD had said unto them, Ye shallnot do this thing.17:13 Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by allthe prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evilways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all thelaw which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by myservants the prophets.17:14 Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks,like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORDtheir God.17:15 And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he madewith their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified againstthem; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after theheathen that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD hadcharged them, that they should not do like them.17:16 And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, andmade them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, andworshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.17:17 And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass throughthe fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves todo evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.17:18 Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed themout of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only.17:19 Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, butwalked in the statutes of Israel which they made.17:20 And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflictedthem, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had castthem out of his sight.17:21 For he rent Israel from the house of David; and they madeJeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drave Israel fromfollowing the LORD, and made them sin a great sin.17:22 For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboamwhich he did; they departed not from them; 17:23 Until the LORDremoved Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all his servantsthe prophets. So was Israel carried away out of their own land toAssyria unto this day.17:24 And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and fromCuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placedthem in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: andthey possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.17:25 And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, thatthey feared not the LORD: therefore the LORD sent lions among them,which slew some of them.17:26 Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nationswhich thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know notthe manner of the God of the land: therefore he hath sent lions amongthem, and, behold, they slay them, because they know not the manner ofthe God of the land.17:27 Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither one ofthe priests whom ye brought from thence; and let them go and dwellthere, and let him teach them the manner of the God of the land.17:28 Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samariacame and dwelt in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear theLORD.17:29 Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in thehouses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nationin their cities wherein they dwelt.17:30 And the men of Babylon made Succothbenoth, and the men of Cuthmade Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima, 17:31 And the Avitesmade Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children infire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.17:32 So they feared the LORD, and made unto themselves of the lowestof them priests of the high places, which sacrificed for them in thehouses of the high places.17:33 They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after themanner of the nations whom they carried away from thence.17:34 Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear notthe LORD, neither do they after their statutes, or after theirordinances, or after the law and commandment which the LORD commandedthe children of Jacob, whom he named Israel; 17:35 With whom the LORDhad made a covenant, and charged them, saying, Ye shall not fear othergods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice tothem: 17:36 But the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egyptwith great power and a stretched out arm, him shall ye fear, and himshall ye worship, and to him shall ye do sacrifice.17:37 And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and thecommandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do forevermore; and ye shall not fear other gods.17:38 And the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget;neither shall ye fear other gods.17:39 But the LORD your God ye shall fear; and he shall deliver youout of the hand of all your enemies.17:40 Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their formermanner.17:41 So these nations feared the LORD, and served their gravenimages, both their children, and their children's children: as didtheir fathers, so do they unto this day.18:1 Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah kingof Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.18:2 Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and hereigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also wasAbi, the daughter of Zachariah.18:3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD,according to all that David his father did.18:4 He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut downthe groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses hadmade: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense toit: and he called it Nehushtan.18:5 He trusted in the LORD God of Israel; so that after him was nonelike him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him.18:6 For he clave to the LORD, and departed not from following him,but kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses.18:7 And the LORD was with him; and he prospered whithersoever he wentforth: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served himnot.18:8 He smote the Philistines, even unto Gaza, and the bordersthereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.18:9 And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, whichwas the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, thatShalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.18:10 And at the end of three years they took it: even in the sixthyear of Hezekiah, that is in the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel,Samaria was taken.18:11 And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, andput them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in thecities of the Medes: 18:12 Because they obeyed not the voice of theLORD their God, but transgressed his covenant, and all that Moses theservant of the LORD commanded, and would not hear them, nor do them.18:13 Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib kingof Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and tookthem.18:14 And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria toLachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thouputtest on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed untoHezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirtytalents of gold.18:15 And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the houseof the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house.18:16 At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of thetemple of the LORD, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judahhad overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.18:17 And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakehfrom Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. Andthey went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, theycame and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in thehighway of the fuller's field.18:18 And when they had called to the king, there came out to themEliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebnathe scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder.18:19 And Rabshakeh said unto them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thussaith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is thiswherein thou trustest?  18:20 Thou sayest, (but they are but vainwords,) I have counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thoutrust, that thou rebellest against me?  18:21 Now, behold, thoutrustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, onwhich if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so isPharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.18:22 But if ye say unto me, We trust in the LORD our God: is not thathe, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, andhath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altarin Jerusalem?  18:23 Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to mylord the king of Assyria, and I will deliver thee two thousand horses,if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.18:24 How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of theleast of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariotsand for horsemen?  18:25 Am I now come up without the LORD againstthis place to destroy it?  The LORD said to me, Go up against thisland, and destroy it.18:26 Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, untoRabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language;for we understand it: and talk not with us in the Jews' language inthe ears of the people that are on the wall.18:27 But Rabshakeh said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thymaster, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not sent me to themen which sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drinktheir own piss with you?  18:28 Then Rabshakeh stood and cried with aloud voice in the Jews' language, and spake, saying, Hear the word ofthe great king, the king of Assyria: 18:29 Thus saith the king, Letnot Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you outof his hand: 18:30 Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD,saying, The LORD will surely deliver us, and this city shall not bedelivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.18:31 Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria,Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me, and theneat ye every man of his own vine, and every one of his fig tree, anddrink ye every one the waters of his cistern: 18:32 Until I come andtake you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, aland of bread and vineyards, a land of oil olive and of honey, that yemay live, and not die: and hearken not unto Hezekiah, when hepersuadeth you, saying, The LORD will deliver us.18:33 Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered at all his landout of the hand of the king of Assyria?  18:34 Where are the gods ofHamath, and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, andIvah? have they delivered Samaria out of mine hand?  18:35 Who arethey among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered theircountry out of mine hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem outof mine hand?  18:36 But the people held their peace, and answered himnot a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.18:37 Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over thehousehold, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph therecorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the wordsof Rabshakeh.19:1 And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he renthis clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into thehouse of the LORD.19:2 And he sent Eliakim, which was over the household, and Shebna thescribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, toIsaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.19:3 And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day oftrouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy; for the children are come tothe birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.19:4 It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh,whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the livingGod; and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard:wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are left.19:5 So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.19:6 And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thussaith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard, withwhich the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.19:7 Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour,and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by thesword in his own land.19:8 So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warringagainst Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.19:9 And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he iscome out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again untoHezekiah, saying, 19:10 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah,saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying,Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.19:11 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done toall lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?19:12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathershave destroyed; as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children ofEden which were in Thelasar?  19:13 Where is the king of Hamath, andthe king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena,and Ivah?  19:14 And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of themessengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of theLORD, and spread it before the LORD.19:15 And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God ofIsrael, which dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, eventhou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heavenand earth.19:16 LORD, bow down thine ear, and hear: open, LORD, thine eyes, andsee: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him toreproach the living God.19:17 Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed thenations and their lands, 19:18 And have cast their gods into the fire:for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone:therefore they have destroyed them.19:19 Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech thee, save thou us outof his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou artthe LORD God, even thou only.19:20 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saiththe LORD God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed to me againstSennacherib king of Assyria I have heard.19:21 This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him; Thevirgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and laughed thee toscorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.19:22 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hastthou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even againstthe Holy One of Israel.19:23 By thy messengers thou hast reproached the LORD, and hast said,With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of themountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedartrees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter intothe lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel.19:24 I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of myfeet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.19:25 Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancienttimes that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thoushouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps.19:26 Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they weredismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and asthe green herb, as the grass on the house tops, and as corn blastedbefore it be grown up.19:27 But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, andthy rage against me.19:28 Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mineears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thylips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.19:29 And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year suchthings as grow of themselves, and in the second year that whichspringeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, andplant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof.19:30 And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yetagain take root downward, and bear fruit upward.19:31 For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they thatescape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this.19:32 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, Heshall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor comebefore it with shield, nor cast a bank against it.19:33 By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shallnot come into this city, saith the LORD.19:34 For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, andfor my servant David's sake.19:35 And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD wentout, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore andfive thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, theywere all dead corpses.19:36 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned,and dwelt at Nineveh.19:37 And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house ofNisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him withthe sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddonhis son reigned in his stead.20:1 In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophetIsaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith theLORD, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.20:2 Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD,saying, 20:3 I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walkedbefore thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done thatwhich is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.20:4 And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middlecourt, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying, 20:5 Turn again,and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, theGod of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thytears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go upunto the house of the LORD.20:6 And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliverthee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I willdefend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.20:7 And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid iton the boil, and he recovered.20:8 And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign that theLORD will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the LORDthe third day?  20:9 And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of theLORD, that the LORD will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall theshadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees?  20:10 AndHezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down tendegrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees.20:11 And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the LORD: and he brought theshadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial ofAhaz.20:12 At that time Berodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king ofBabylon, sent letters and a present unto Hezekiah: for he had heardthat Hezekiah had been sick.20:13 And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and shewed them all the houseof his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, andthe precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all thatwas found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in allhis dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not.20:14 Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said untohim, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? AndHezekiah said, They are come from a far country, even from Babylon.20:15 And he said, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiahanswered, All the things that are in mine house have they seen: thereis nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them.20:16 And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD.20:17 Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and thatwhich thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall becarried into Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD.20:18 And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shaltbeget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palaceof the king of Babylon.20:19 Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORDwhich thou hast spoken. And he said, Is it not good, if peace andtruth be in my days?  20:20 And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, andall his might, and how he made a pool, and a conduit, and broughtwater into the city, are they not written in the book of thechronicles of the kings of Judah?  20:21 And Hezekiah slept with hisfathers: and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.21:1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and reignedfifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name wasHephzibah.21:2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, afterthe abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out before thechildren of Israel.21:3 For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his fatherhad destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, asdid Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, andserved them.21:4 And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORDsaid, In Jerusalem will I put my name.21:5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courtsof the house of the LORD.21:6 And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times,and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: hewrought much wickedness in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him toanger.21:7 And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in thehouse, of which the LORD said to David, and to Solomon his son, Inthis house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes ofIsrael, will I put my name for ever: 21:8 Neither will I make the feetof Israel move any more out of the land which I gave their fathers;only if they will observe to do according to all that I have commandedthem, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commandedthem.21:9 But they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do more evilthan did the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the children ofIsrael.21:10 And the LORD spake by his servants the prophets, saying, 21:11Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations, and hathdone wickedly above all that the Amorites did, which were before him,and hath made Judah also to sin with his idols: 21:12 Therefore thussaith the LORD God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing such evil uponJerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shalltingle.21:13 And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and theplummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a manwipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down.21:14 And I will forsake the remnant of mine inheritance, and deliverthem into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey anda spoil to all their enemies; 21:15 Because they have done that whichwas evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the daytheir fathers came forth out of Egypt, even unto this day.21:16 Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he hadfilled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith hemade Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of theLORD.21:17 Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, andhis sin that he sinned, are they not written in the book of thechronicles of the kings of Judah?  21:18 And Manasseh slept with hisfathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the gardenof Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.21:19 Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and hereigned two years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name wasMeshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.21:20 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as hisfather Manasseh did.21:21 And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, andserved the idols that his father served, and worshipped them: 21:22And he forsook the LORD God of his fathers, and walked not in the wayof the LORD.21:23 And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew theking in his own house.21:24 And the people of the land slew all them that had conspiredagainst king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son kingin his stead.21:25 Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they notwritten in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?  21:26And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza: and Josiahhis son reigned in his stead.22:1 Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reignedthirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jedidah,the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath.22:2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, andwalked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to theright hand or to the left.22:3 And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, thatthe king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, thescribe, to the house of the LORD, saying, 22:4 Go up to Hilkiah thehigh priest, that he may sum the silver which is brought into thehouse of the LORD, which the keepers of the door have gathered of thepeople: 22:5 And let them deliver it into the hand of the doers of thework, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD: and let themgive it to the doers of the work which is in the house of the LORD, torepair the breaches of the house, 22:6 Unto carpenters, and builders,and masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house.22:7 Howbeit there was no reckoning made with them of the money thatwas delivered into their hand, because they dealt faithfully.22:8 And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I havefound the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah gavethe book to Shaphan, and he read it.22:9 And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the kingword again, and said, Thy servants have gathered the money that wasfound in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of them thatdo the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD.22:10 And Shaphan the scribe shewed the king, saying, Hilkiah thepriest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.22:11 And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of thebook of the law, that he rent his clothes.22:12 And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son ofShaphan, and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, andAsahiah a servant of the king's, saying, 22:13 Go ye, enquire of theLORD for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning thewords of this book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORDthat is kindled against us, because our fathers have not hearkenedunto the words of this book, to do according unto all that which iswritten concerning us.22:14 So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, andAsahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the sonof Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dweltin Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her.22:15 And she said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tellthe man that sent you to me, 22:16 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I willbring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even allthe words of the book which the king of Judah hath read: 22:17 Becausethey have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, thatthey might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands;therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and shall notbe quenched.22:18 But to the king of Judah which sent you to enquire of the LORD,thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Astouching the words which thou hast heard; 22:19 Because thine heartwas tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thouheardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitantsthereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hastrent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saiththe LORD.22:20 Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thoushalt be gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall notsee all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they broughtthe king word again.23:1 And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders ofJudah and of Jerusalem.23:2 And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the menof Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and thepriests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great:and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenantwhich was found in the house of the LORD.23:3 And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before theLORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and histestimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their soul,to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book.And all the people stood to the covenant.23:4 And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priestsof the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth outof the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, andfor the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned themwithout Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes ofthem unto Bethel.23:5 And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judahhad ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities ofJudah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burnedincense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets,and to all the host of heaven.23:6 And he brought out the grove from the house of the LORD, withoutJerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron,and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon thegraves of the children of the people.23:7 And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were by thehouse of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the grove.23:8 And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, anddefiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, fromGeba to Beersheba, and brake down the high places of the gates thatwere in the entering in of the gate of Joshua the governor of thecity, which were on a man's left hand at the gate of the city.23:9 Nevertheless the priests of the high places came not up to thealtar of the LORD in Jerusalem, but they did eat of the unleavenedbread among their brethren.23:10 And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the childrenof Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to passthrough the fire to Molech.23:11 And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given tothe sun, at the entering in of the house of the LORD, by the chamberof Nathanmelech the chamberlain, which was in the suburbs, and burnedthe chariots of the sun with fire.23:12 And the altars that were on the top of the upper chamber ofAhaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manassehhad made in the two courts of the house of the LORD, did the king beatdown, and brake them down from thence, and cast the dust of them intothe brook Kidron.23:13 And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were onthe right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king ofIsrael had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, andfor Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom theabomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.23:14 And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, andfilled their places with the bones of men.23:15 Moreover the altar that was at Bethel, and the high place whichJeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both thataltar and the high place he brake down, and burned the high place, andstamped it small to powder, and burned the grove.23:16 And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that werethere in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of thesepulchres, and burned them upon the altar, and polluted it, accordingto the word of the LORD which the man of God proclaimed, whoproclaimed these words.23:17 Then he said, What title is that that I see? And the men of thecity told him, It is the sepulchre of the man of God, which came fromJudah, and proclaimed these things that thou hast done against thealtar of Bethel.23:18 And he said, Let him alone; let no man move his bones. So theylet his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet that came out ofSamaria.23:19 And all the houses also of the high places that were in thecities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke theLord to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all theacts that he had done in Bethel.23:20 And he slew all the priests of the high places that were thereupon the altars, and burned men's bones upon them, and returned toJerusalem.23:21 And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passoverunto the LORD your God, as it is written in the book of this covenant.23:22 Surely there was not holden such a passover from the days of thejudges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel,nor of the kings of Judah; 23:23 But in the eighteenth year of kingJosiah, wherein this passover was holden to the LORD in Jerusalem.23:24 Moreover the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, andthe images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied inthe land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he mightperform the words of the law which were written in the book thatHilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD.23:25 And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned tothe LORD with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all hismight, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arosethere any like him.23:26 Notwithstanding the LORD turned not from the fierceness of hisgreat wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, because ofall the provocations that Manasseh had provoked him withal.23:27 And the LORD said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, asI have removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which Ihave chosen, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.23:28 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, arethey not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?23:29 In his days Pharaohnechoh king of Egypt went up against the kingof Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him;and he slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him.23:30 And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, andbrought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And thepeople of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him,and made him king in his father's stead.23:31 Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign;and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. And his mother's name wasHamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.23:32 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD,according to all that his fathers had done.23:33 And Pharaohnechoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land ofHamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to atribute of an hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.23:34 And Pharaohnechoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in theroom of Josiah his father, and turned his name to Jehoiakim, and tookJehoahaz away: and he came to Egypt, and died there.23:35 And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but hetaxed the land to give the money according to the commandment ofPharaoh: he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land,of every one according to his taxation, to give it unto Pharaohnechoh.23:36 Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign;and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name wasZebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.23:37 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD,according to all that his fathers had done.24:1 In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakimbecame his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled againsthim.24:2 And the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands ofthe Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children ofAmmon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to theword of the LORD, which he spake by his servants the prophets.24:3 Surely at the commandment of the LORD came this upon Judah, toremove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according toall that he did; 24:4 And also for the innocent blood that he shed:for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would notpardon.24:5 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, arethey not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?24:6 So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his sonreigned in his stead.24:7 And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land:for the king of Babylon had taken from the river of Egypt unto theriver Euphrates all that pertained to the king of Egypt.24:8 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and hereigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother's name was Nehushta,the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.24:9 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD,according to all that his father had done.24:10 At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon cameup against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.24:11 And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, andhis servants did besiege it.24:12 And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king ofBabylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, andhis officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year ofhis reign.24:13 And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of theLORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and cut in pieces all thevessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple ofthe LORD, as the LORD had said.24:14 And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and allthe mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all thecraftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of thepeople of the land.24:15 And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king'smother, and the king's wives, and his officers, and the mighty of theland, those carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.24:16 And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and craftsmen andsmiths a thousand, all that were strong and apt for war, even them theking of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.24:17 And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother kingin his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.24:18 Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign,and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name wasHamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.24:19 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD,according to all that Jehoiakim had done.24:20 For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalemand Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiahrebelled against the king of Babylon.25:1 And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenthmonth, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king ofBabylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitchedagainst it; and they built forts against it round about.25:2 And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of kingZedekiah.25:3 And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed inthe city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.25:4 And the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by nightby the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king'sgarden: (now the Chaldees were against the city round about:) and theking went the way toward the plain.25:5 And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and overtookhim in the plains of Jericho: and all his army were scattered fromhim.25:6 So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylonto Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.25:7 And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put outthe eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carriedhim to Babylon.25:8 And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which isthe nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, cameNebuzaradan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon,unto Jerusalem: 25:9 And he burnt the house of the LORD, and theking's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man'shouse burnt he with fire.25:10 And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain ofthe guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about.25:11 Now the rest of the people that were left in the city, and thefugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant ofthe multitude, did Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carry away.25:12 But the captain of the guard left of the door of the poor of theland to be vinedressers and husbandmen.25:13 And the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, andthe bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the LORD, didthe Chaldees break in pieces, and carried the brass of them toBabylon.25:14 And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons,and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took theyaway.25:15 And the firepans, and the bowls, and such things as were ofgold, in gold, and of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard tookaway.25:16 The two pillars, one sea, and the bases which Solomon had madefor the house of the LORD; the brass of all these vessels was withoutweight.25:17 The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and thechapiter upon it was brass: and the height of the chapiter threecubits; and the wreathen work, and pomegranates upon the chapiterround about, all of brass: and like unto these had the second pillarwith wreathen work.25:18 And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, andZephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door: 25:19And out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men ofwar, and five men of them that were in the king's presence, which werefound in the city, and the principal scribe of the host, whichmustered the people of the land, and threescore men of the people ofthe land that were found in the city: 25:20 And Nebuzaradan captain ofthe guard took these, and brought them to the king of Babylon toRiblah: 25:21 And the king of Babylon smote them, and slew them atRiblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away out of theirland.25:22 And as for the people that remained in the land of Judah, whomNebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he madeGedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, ruler.25:23 And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men,heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, there cameto Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johananthe son of Careah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite,and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.25:24 And Gedaliah sware to them, and to their men, and said untothem, Fear not to be the servants of the Chaldees: dwell in the land,and serve the king of Babylon; and it shall be well with you.25:25 But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the sonof Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and tenmen with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and theChaldees that were with him at Mizpah.25:26 And all the people, both small and great, and the captains ofthe armies, arose, and came to Egypt: for they were afraid of theChaldees.25:27 And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of thecaptivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on theseven and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king ofBabylon in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head ofJehoiachin king of Judah out of prison; 25:28 And he spake kindly tohim, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were withhim in Babylon; 25:29 And changed his prison garments: and he did eatbread continually before him all the days of his life.25:30 And his allowance was a continual allowance given him of theking, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life.The First Book of the Chronicles1:1 Adam, Sheth, Enosh, 1:2 Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered, 1:3 Henoch,Methuselah, Lamech, 1:4 Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.1:5 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, andTubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.1:6 And the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.1:7 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.1:8 The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.1:9 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah,and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.1:10 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.1:11 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,1:12 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (of whom came the Philistines,) andCaphthorim.1:13 And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth, 1:14 The Jebusitealso, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite, 1:15 And the Hivite, andthe Arkite, and the Sinite, 1:16 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite,and the Hamathite.1:17 The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, andAram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.1:18 And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber.1:19 And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg;because in his days the earth was divided: and his brother's name wasJoktan.1:20 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, andJerah, 1:21 Hadoram also, and Uzal, and Diklah, 1:22 And Ebal, andAbimael, and Sheba, 1:23 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All thesewere the sons of Joktan.1:24 Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah, 1:25 Eber, Peleg, Reu, 1:26 Serug, Nahor,Terah, 1:27 Abram; the same is Abraham.1:28 The sons of Abraham; Isaac, and Ishmael.1:29 These are their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth;then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, 1:30 Mishma, and Dumah, Massa,Hadad, and Tema, 1:31 Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sonsof Ishmael.1:32 Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bare Zimran,and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And thesons of Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan.1:33 And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Henoch, and Abida,and Eldaah. All these are the sons of Keturah.1:34 And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac; Esau and Israel.1:35 The sons of Esau; Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, andKorah.1:36 The sons of Eliphaz; Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz,and Timna, and Amalek.1:37 The sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.1:38 And the sons of Seir; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,and Dishon, and Ezar, and Dishan.1:39 And the sons of Lotan; Hori, and Homam: and Timna was Lotan'ssister.1:40 The sons of Shobal; Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, andOnam.and the sons of Zibeon; Aiah, and Anah.1:41 The sons of Anah; Dishon. And the sons of Dishon; Amram, andEshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.1:42 The sons of Ezer; Bilhan, and Zavan, and Jakan. The sons ofDishan; Uz, and Aran.1:43 Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom beforeany king reigned over the children of Israel; Bela the son of Beor:and the name of his city was Dinhabah.1:44 And when Bela was dead, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reignedin his stead.1:45 And when Jobab was dead, Husham of the land of the Temanitesreigned in his stead.1:46 And when Husham was dead, Hadad the son of Bedad, which smoteMidian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of hiscity was Avith.1:47 And when Hadad was dead, Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.1:48 And when Samlah was dead, Shaul of Rehoboth by the river reignedin his stead.1:49 And when Shaul was dead, Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned inhis stead.1:50 And when Baalhanan was dead, Hadad reigned in his stead: and thename of his city was Pai; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, thedaughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.1:51 Hadad died also. And the dukes of Edom were; duke Timnah, dukeAliah, duke Jetheth, 1:52 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon, 1:53Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar, 1:54 Duke Magdiel, duke Iram.These are the dukes of Edom.2:1 These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,Issachar, and Zebulun, 2:2 Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad,and Asher.2:3 The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were bornunto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, thefirstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he slewhim.2:4 And Tamar his daughter in law bore him Pharez and Zerah. All thesons of Judah were five.2:5 The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul.2:6 And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol,and Dara: five of them in all.2:7 And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, whotransgressed in the thing accursed.2:8 And the sons of Ethan; Azariah.2:9 The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him; Jerahmeel, andRam, and Chelubai.2:10 And Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince ofthe children of Judah; 2:11 And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begatBoaz, 2:12 And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse, 2:13 And Jessebegat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma thethird, 2:14 Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, 2:15 Ozem thesixth, David the seventh: 2:16 Whose sisters were Zeruiah, andAbigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel,three.2:17 And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether theIshmeelite.2:18 And Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of Azubah his wife,and of Jerioth: her sons are these; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.2:19 And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which barehim Hur.2:20 And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel.2:21 And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the fatherof Gilead, whom he married when he was threescore years old; and shebare him Segub.2:22 And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the landof Gilead.2:23 And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them,with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All thesebelonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.2:24 And after that Hezron was dead in Calebephratah, then AbiahHezron's wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa.2:25 And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were, Ram thefirstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahijah.2:26 Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name was Atarah; she wasthe mother of Onam.2:27 And the sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were, Maaz, andJamin, and Eker.2:28 And the sons of Onam were, Shammai, and Jada. And the sons ofShammai; Nadab and Abishur.2:29 And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she bare himAhban, and Molid.2:30 And the sons of Nadab; Seled, and Appaim: but Seled died withoutchildren.2:31 And the sons of Appaim; Ishi. And the sons of Ishi; Sheshan. Andthe children of Sheshan; Ahlai.2:32 And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai; Jether, andJonathan: and Jether died without children.2:33 And the sons of Jonathan; Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sonsof Jerahmeel.2:34 Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had aservant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.2:35 And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; andshe bare him Attai.2:36 And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad, 2:37 And Zabadbegat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed, 2:38 And Obed begat Jehu, andJehu begat Azariah, 2:39 And Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begatEleasah, 2:40 And Eleasah begat Sisamai, and Sisamai begat Shallum,2:41 And Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama.2:42 Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were, Mesha hisfirstborn, which was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah thefather of Hebron.2:43 And the sons of Hebron; Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema.2:44 And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam: and Rekem begatShammai.2:45 And the son of Shammai was Maon: and Maon was the father ofBethzur.2:46 And Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez:and Haran begat Gazez.2:47 And the sons of Jahdai; Regem, and Jotham, and Gesham, and Pelet,and Ephah, and Shaaph.2:48 Maachah, Caleb's concubine, bare Sheber, and Tirhanah.2:49 She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father ofMachbenah, and the father of Gibea: and the daughter of Caleb wasAchsa.2:50 These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn ofEphratah; Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim.2:51 Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Bethgader.2:52 And Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim had sons; Haroeh, and halfof the Manahethites.2:53 And the families of Kirjathjearim; the Ithrites, and the Puhites,and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zareathites,and the Eshtaulites, 2:54 The sons of Salma; Bethlehem, and theNetophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half of theManahethites, the Zorites.2:55 And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; theTirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenitesthat came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.3:1 Now these were the sons of David, which were born unto him inHebron; the firstborn Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the secondDaniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess: 3:2 The third, Absalom the son ofMaachah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur: the fourth, Adonijahthe son of Haggith: 3:3 The fifth, Shephatiah of Abital: the sixth,Ithream by Eglah his wife.3:4 These six were born unto him in Hebron; and there he reigned sevenyears and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and threeyears.3:5 And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, andNathan, and Solomon, four, of Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel: 3:6Ibhar also, and Elishama, and Eliphelet, 3:7 And Nogah, and Nepheg,and Japhia, 3:8 And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine.3:9 These were all the sons of David, beside the sons of theconcubines, and Tamar their sister.3:10 And Solomon's son was Rehoboam, Abia his son, Asa his son,Jehoshaphat his son, 3:11 Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash hisson, 3:12 Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son, 3:13 Ahazhis son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son, 3:14 Amon his son, Josiahhis son.3:15 And the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan, the secondJehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.3:16 And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son.3:17 And the sons of Jeconiah; Assir, Salathiel his son, 3:18Malchiram also, and Pedaiah, and Shenazar, Jecamiah, Hoshama, andNedabiah.3:19 And the sons of Pedaiah were, Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and thesons of Zerubbabel; Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith theirsister: 3:20 And Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah,Jushabhesed, five.3:21 And the sons of Hananiah; Pelatiah, and Jesaiah: the sons ofRephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons ofShechaniah.3:22 And the sons of Shechaniah; Shemaiah: and the sons of Shemaiah;Hattush, and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six.3:23 And the sons of Neariah; Elioenai, and Hezekiah, and Azrikam,three.3:24 And the sons of Elioenai were, Hodaiah, and Eliashib, andPelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Dalaiah, and Anani, seven.4:1 The sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.4:2 And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begatAhumai, and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites.4:3 And these were of the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, andIdbash: and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi: 4:4 And Penuelthe father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sonsof Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, the father of Bethlehem.4:5 And Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.4:6 And Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, andHaahashtari.These were the sons of Naarah.4:7 And the sons of Helah were, Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan.4:8 And Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel theson of Harum.4:9 And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mothercalled his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.4:10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thouwouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine handmight be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that itmay not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.4:11 And Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir, which was the fatherof Eshton.4:12 And Eshton begat Bethrapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the fatherof Irnahash. These are the men of Rechah.4:13 And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons ofOthniel; Hathath.4:14 And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab, the father ofthe valley of Charashim; for they were craftsmen.4:15 And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and Naam:and the sons of Elah, even Kenaz.4:16 And the sons of Jehaleleel; Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel.4:17 And the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, andJalon: and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father ofEshtemoa.4:18 And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heberthe father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these arethe sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took.4:19 And the sons of his wife Hodiah the sister of Naham, the fatherof Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite.4:20 And the sons of Shimon were, Amnon, and Rinnah, Benhanan, andTilon.And the sons of Ishi were, Zoheth, and Benzoheth.4:21 The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were, Er the father of Lecah,and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house ofthem that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea, 4:22 And Jokim,and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had the dominion inMoab, and Jashubilehem. And these are ancient things.4:23 These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plants andhedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work.4:24 The sons of Simeon were, Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, andShaul: 4:25 Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.4:26 And the sons of Mishma; Hamuel his son, Zacchur his son, Shimeihis son.4:27 And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters: but his brethrenhad not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like tothe children of Judah.4:28 And they dwelt at Beersheba, and Moladah, and Hazarshual, 4:29And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad, 4:30 And at Bethuel, and atHormah, and at Ziklag, 4:31 And at Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusim, andat Bethbirei, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reignof David.4:32 And their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, andAshan, five cities: 4:33 And all their villages that were round aboutthe same cities, unto Baal. These were their habitations, and theirgenealogy.4:34 And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah, the son of Amaziah, 4:35And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son ofAsiel, 4:36 And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah,and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah, 4:37 And Ziza the son of Shiphi,the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son ofShemaiah; 4:38 These mentioned by their names were princes in theirfamilies: and the house of their fathers increased greatly.4:39 And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east sideof the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.4:40 And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, andquiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old.4:41 And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king ofJudah, and smote their tents, and the habitations that were foundthere, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in theirrooms: because there was pasture there for their flocks.4:42 And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men,went to mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah,and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.4:43 And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, anddwelt there unto this day.5:1 Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was thefirstborn; but forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, hisbirthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: andthe genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.5:2 For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chiefruler; but the birthright was Joseph's:) 5:3 The sons, I say, ofReuben the firstborn of Israel were, Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, andCarmi.5:4 The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,5:5 Micah his son, Reaia his son, Baal his son, 5:6 Beerah his son,whom Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria carried away captive: he wasprince of the Reubenites.5:7 And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of theirgenerations was reckoned, were the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah, 5:8And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dweltin Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baalmeon: 5:9 And eastward he inhabitedunto the entering in of the wilderness from the river Euphrates:because their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead.5:10 And in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagarites, whofell by their hand: and they dwelt in their tents throughout all theeast land of Gilead.5:11 And the children of Gad dwelt over against them, in the land ofBashan unto Salcah: 5:12 Joel the chief, and Shapham the next, andJaanai, and Shaphat in Bashan.5:13 And their brethren of the house of their fathers were, Michael,and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber,seven.5:14 These are the children of Abihail the son of Huri, the son ofJaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai,the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz; 5:15 Ahi the son of Abdiel, the sonof Guni, chief of the house of their fathers.5:16 And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in her towns, and in allthe suburbs of Sharon, upon their borders.5:17 All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham kingof Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.5:18 The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe ofManasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and toshoot with bow, and skilful in war, were four and forty thousand sevenhundred and threescore, that went out to the war.5:19 And they made war with the Hagarites, with Jetur, and Nephish,and Nodab.5:20 And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites weredelivered into their hand, and all that were with them: for they criedto God in the battle, and he was intreated of them; because they puttheir trust in him.5:21 And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand,and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses twothousand, and of men an hundred thousand.5:22 For there fell down many slain, because the war was of God. Andthey dwelt in their steads until the captivity.5:23 And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land:they increased from Bashan unto Baalhermon and Senir, and unto mountHermon.5:24 And these were the heads of the house of their fathers, evenEpher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah,and Jahdiel, mighty men of valour, famous men, and heads of the houseof their fathers.5:25 And they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and wenta whoring after the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyedbefore them.5:26 And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king ofAssyria, and the spirit of Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria, and hecarried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the halftribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara,and to the river Gozan, unto this day.6:1 The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.6:2 And the sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.6:3 And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sonsalso of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.6:4 Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua, 6:5 And Abishuabegat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi, 6:6 And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, andZerahiah begat Meraioth, 6:7 Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begatAhitub, 6:8 And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz, 6:9 AndAhimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan, 6:10 And Johananbegat Azariah, (he it is that executed the priest's office in thetemple that Solomon built in Jerusalem:) 6:11 And Azariah begatAmariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub, 6:12 And Ahitub begat Zadok, andZadok begat Shallum, 6:13 And Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begatAzariah, 6:14 And Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak,6:15 And Jehozadak went into captivity, when the LORD carried awayJudah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.6:16 The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.6:17 And these be the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni, and Shimei.6:18 And the sons of Kohath were, Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, andUzziel.6:19 The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the familiesof the Levites according to their fathers.6:20 Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son, 6:21Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai his son.6:22 The sons of Kohath; Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir hisson, 6:23 Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son,6:24 Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.6:25 And the sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and Ahimoth.6:26 As for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his son, and Nahathhis son, 6:27 Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.6:28 And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn Vashni, and Abiah.6:29 The sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzahis son, 6:30 Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.6:31 And these are they whom David set over the service of song in thehouse of the LORD, after that the ark had rest.6:32 And they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacleof the congregation with singing, until Solomon had built the house ofthe LORD in Jerusalem: and then they waited on their office accordingto their order.6:33 And these are they that waited with their children. Of the sonsof the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the son ofShemuel, 6:34 The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son ofEliel, the son of Toah, 6:35 The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, theson of Mahath, the son of Amasai, 6:36 The son of Elkanah, the son ofJoel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah, 6:37 The son ofTahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, 6:38The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son ofIsrael.6:39 And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaphthe son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea, 6:40 The son of Michael, theson of Baaseiah, the son of Malchiah, 6:41 The son of Ethni, the sonof Zerah, the son of Adaiah, 6:42 The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah,the son of Shimei, 6:43 The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the sonof Levi.6:44 And their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left hand:Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch, 6:45 Theson of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah, 6:46 The sonof Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shamer, 6:47 The son of Mahli,the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.6:48 Their brethren also the Levites were appointed unto all manner ofservice of the tabernacle of the house of God.6:49 But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burntoffering, and on the altar of incense, and were appointed for all thework of the place most holy, and to make an atonement for Israel,according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.6:50 And these are the sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son, Phinehas hisson, Abishua his son, 6:51 Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah hisson, 6:52 Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son, 6:53Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.6:54 Now these are their dwelling places throughout their castles intheir coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites:for theirs was the lot.6:55 And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbsthereof round about it.6:56 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gaveto Caleb the son of Jephunneh.6:57 And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely,Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir,and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs, 6:58 And Hilen with her suburbs,Debir with her suburbs, 6:59 And Ashan with her suburbs, andBethshemesh with her suburbs: 6:60 And out of the tribe of Benjamin;Geba with her suburbs, and Alemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth withher suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteencities.6:61 And unto the sons of Kohath, which were left of the family ofthat tribe, were cities given out of the half tribe, namely, out ofthe half tribe of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities.6:62 And to the sons of Gershom throughout their families out of thetribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribeof Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteencities.6:63 Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, throughout theirfamilies, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, andout of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.6:64 And the children of Israel gave to the Levites these cities withtheir suburbs.6:65 And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah,and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribeof the children of Benjamin, these cities, which are called by theirnames.6:66 And the residue of the families of the sons of Kohath had citiesof their coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim.6:67 And they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem inmount Ephraim with her suburbs; they gave also Gezer with her suburbs,6:68 And Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs,6:69 And Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs:6:70 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with her suburbs, andBileam with her suburbs, for the family of the remnant of the sons ofKohath.6:71 Unto the sons of Gershom were given out of the family of the halftribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and Ashtarothwith her suburbs: 6:72 And out of the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh withher suburbs, Daberath with her suburbs, 6:73 And Ramoth with hersuburbs, and Anem with her suburbs: 6:74 And out of the tribe ofAsher; Mashal with her suburbs, and Abdon with her suburbs, 6:75 AndHukok with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs: 6:76 And out ofthe tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, and Hammonwith her suburbs, and Kirjathaim with her suburbs.6:77 Unto the rest of the children of Merari were given out of thetribe of Zebulun, Rimmon with her suburbs, Tabor with her suburbs:6:78 And on the other side Jordan by Jericho, on the east side ofJordan, were given them out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in thewilderness with her suburbs, and Jahzah with her suburbs, 6:79Kedemoth also with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs: 6:80And out of the tribe of Gad; Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, andMahanaim with her suburbs, 6:81 And Heshbon with her suburbs, andJazer with her suburbs.7:1 Now the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah, Jashub, andShimrom, four.7:2 And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai,and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father's house, to wit, ofTola: they were valiant men of might in their generations; whosenumber was in the days of David two and twenty thousand and sixhundred.7:3 And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael,and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, five: all of them chief men.7:4 And with them, by their generations, after the house of theirfathers, were bands of soldiers for war, six and thirty thousand men:for they had many wives and sons.7:5 And their brethren among all the families of Issachar were valiantmen of might, reckoned in all by their genealogies fourscore and seventhousand.7:6 The sons of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.7:7 And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth,and Iri, five; heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men ofvalour; and were reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two thousandand thirty and four.7:8 And the sons of Becher; Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer, andElioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, andAlameth. All these are the sons of Becher.7:9 And the number of them, after their genealogy by theirgenerations, heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men ofvalour, was twenty thousand and two hundred.7:10 The sons also of Jediael; Bilhan: and the sons of Bilhan; Jeush,and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tharshish, andAhishahar.7:11 All these the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their fathers,mighty men of valour, were seventeen thousand and two hundredsoldiers, fit to go out for war and battle.7:12 Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, and Hushim, thesons of Aher.7:13 The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum,the sons of Bilhah.7:14 The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: (but his concubinethe Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead: 7:15 And Machir tookto wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's name wasMaachah;) and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehadhad daughters.7:16 And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called hisname Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sonswere Ulam and Rakem.7:17 And the sons of Ulam; Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, theson of Machir, the son of Manasseh.7:18 And his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah.7:19 And the sons of Shemidah were, Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, andAniam.7:20 And the sons of Ephraim; Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahathhis son, and Eladah his son, and Tahath his son, 7:21 And Zabad hisson, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gaththat were born in that land slew, because they came down to take awaytheir cattle.7:22 And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren cameto comfort him.7:23 And when he went in to his wife, she conceived, and bare a son,and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house.7:24 (And his daughter was Sherah, who built Bethhoron the nether, andthe upper, and Uzzensherah.)  7:25 And Rephah was his son, alsoResheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan his son.7:26 Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son.7:27 Non his son, Jehoshuah his son.7:28 And their possessions and habitations were, Bethel and the townsthereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the townsthereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Gaza and the townsthereof: 7:29 And by the borders of the children of Manasseh,Bethshean and her towns, Taanach and her towns, Megiddo and her towns,Dor and her towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph the son ofIsrael.7:30 The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Isuah, and Ishuai, and Beriah, andSerah their sister.7:31 And the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel, who is the father ofBirzavith.7:32 And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua theirsister.7:33 And the sons of Japhlet; Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath. Theseare the children of Japhlet.7:34 And the sons of Shamer; Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.7:35 And the sons of his brother Helem; Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh,and Amal.7:36 The sons of Zophah; Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri, andImrah, 7:37 Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Ithran, andBeera.7:38 And the sons of Jether; Jephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara.7:39 And the sons of Ulla; Arah, and Haniel, and Rezia.7:40 All these were the children of Asher, heads of their father'shouse, choice and mighty men of valour, chief of the princes. And thenumber throughout the genealogy of them that were apt to the war andto battle was twenty and six thousand men.8:1 Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, andAharah the third, 8:2 Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.8:3 And the sons of Bela were, Addar, and Gera, and Abihud, 8:4 AndAbishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah, 8:5 And Gera, and Shephuphan, andHuram.8:6 And these are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of the fathersof the inhabitants of Geba, and they removed them to Manahath: 8:7 AndNaaman, and Ahiah, and Gera, he removed them, and begat Uzza, andAhihud.8:8 And Shaharaim begat children in the country of Moab, after he hadsent them away; Hushim and Baara were his wives.8:9 And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, andMalcham, 8:10 And Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirma. These were his sons,heads of the fathers.8:11 And of Hushim he begat Abitub, and Elpaal.8:12 The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who built Ono,and Lod, with the towns thereof: 8:13 Beriah also, and Shema, who wereheads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove away theinhabitants of Gath: 8:14 And Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth, 8:15 AndZebadiah, and Arad, and Ader, 8:16 And Michael, and Ispah, and Joha,the sons of Beriah; 8:17 And Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hezeki, andHeber, 8:18 Ishmerai also, and Jezliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal;8:19 And Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi, 8:20 And Elienai, and Zilthai,and Eliel, 8:21 And Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons ofShimhi; 8:22 And Ishpan, and Heber, and Eliel, 8:23 And Abdon, andZichri, and Hanan, 8:24 And Hananiah, and Elam, and Antothijah, 8:25And Iphedeiah, and Penuel, the sons of Shashak; 8:26 And Shamsherai,and Shehariah, and Athaliah, 8:27 And Jaresiah, and Eliah, and Zichri,the sons of Jeroham.8:28 These were heads of the fathers, by their generations, chief men.These dwelt in Jerusalem.8:29 And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; whose wife's name wasMaachah: 8:30 And his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, andBaal, and Nadab, 8:31 And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zacher.8:32 And Mikloth begat Shimeah. And these also dwelt with theirbrethren in Jerusalem, over against them.8:33 And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan,and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.8:34 And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal; and Meribbaal begat Micah.8:35 And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, andAhaz.8:36 And Ahaz begat Jehoadah; and Jehoadah begat Alemeth, andAzmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza, 8:37 And Moza begat Binea:Rapha was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son: 8:38 And Azel hadsix sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, andSheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.8:39 And the sons of Eshek his brother were, Ulam his firstborn,Jehush the second, and Eliphelet the third.8:40 And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour, archers, and hadmany sons, and sons' sons, an hundred and fifty. All these are of thesons of Benjamin.9:1 So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, they werewritten in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, who were carriedaway to Babylon for their transgression.9:2 Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in theircities were, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims.9:3 And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of thechildren of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim, and Manasseh;9:4 Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, theson of Bani, of the children of Pharez the son of Judah.9:5 And of the Shilonites; Asaiah the firstborn, and his sons.9:6 And of the sons of Zerah; Jeuel, and their brethren, six hundredand ninety.9:7 And of the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the sonof Hodaviah, the son of Hasenuah, 9:8 And Ibneiah the son of Jeroham,and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and Meshullam the son ofShephathiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah; 9:9 And theirbrethren, according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty andsix. All these men were chief of the fathers in the house of theirfathers.9:10 And of the priests; Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin, 9:11 AndAzariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok,the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God;9:12 And Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashur, the son ofMalchijah, and Maasiai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the sonof Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer; 9:13 Andtheir brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, a thousand andseven hundred and threescore; very able men for the work of theservice of the house of God.9:14 And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son ofAzrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari; 9:15 AndBakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the sonof Zichri, the son of Asaph; 9:16 And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, theson of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, theson of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.9:17 And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman,and their brethren: Shallum was the chief; 9:18 Who hitherto waited inthe king's gate eastward: they were porters in the companies of thechildren of Levi.9:19 And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son ofKorah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites,were over the work of the service, keepers of the gates of thetabernacle: and their fathers, being over the host of the LORD, werekeepers of the entry.9:20 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in timepast, and the LORD was with him.9:21 And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door ofthe tabernacle of the congregation.9:22 All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were twohundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in theirvillages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their setoffice.9:23 So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of thehouse of the LORD, namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards.9:24 In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north,and south.9:25 And their brethren, which were in their villages, were to comeafter seven days from time to time with them.9:26 For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their setoffice, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.9:27 And they lodged round about the house of God, because the chargewas upon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained tothem.9:28 And certain of them had the charge of the ministering vessels,that they should bring them in and out by tale.9:29 Some of them also were appointed to oversee the vessels, and allthe instruments of the sanctuary, and the fine flour, and the wine,and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices.9:30 And some of the sons of the priests made the ointment of thespices.9:31 And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn ofShallum the Korahite, had the set office over the things that weremade in the pans.9:32 And other of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, wereover the shewbread, to prepare it every sabbath.9:33 And these are the singers, chief of the fathers of the Levites,who remaining in the chambers were free: for they were employed inthat work day and night.9:34 These chief fathers of the Levites were chief throughout theirgenerations; these dwelt at Jerusalem.9:35 And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife'sname was Maachah: 9:36 And his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, andKish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab.9:37 And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth.9:38 And Mikloth begat Shimeam. And they also dwelt with theirbrethren at Jerusalem, over against their brethren.9:39 And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan,and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.9:40 And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal: and Meribbaal begat Micah.9:41 And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea, andAhaz.9:42 And Ahaz begat Jarah; and Jarah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, andZimri; and Zimri begat Moza; 9:43 And Moza begat Binea; and Rephaiahhis son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son.9:44 And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru,and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan: these were the sonsof Azel.10:1 Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israelfled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.10:2 And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after his sons;and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, thesons of Saul.10:3 And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him,and he was wounded of the archers.10:4 Then said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust methrough therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But hisarmourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. So Saul took a sword,and fell upon it.10:5 And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he felllikewise on the sword, and died.10:6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house diedtogether.10:7 And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw thatthey fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, then they forsooktheir cities, and fled: and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.10:8 And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came tostrip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in mountGilboa.10:9 And when they had stripped him, they took his head, and hisarmour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, tocarry tidings unto their idols, and to the people.10:10 And they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastenedhis head in the temple of Dagon.10:11 And when all Jabeshgilead heard all that the Philistines haddone to Saul, 10:12 They arose, all the valiant men, and took away thebody of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh,and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.10:13 So Saul died for his transgression which he committed againstthe LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, andalso for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to enquireof it; 10:14 And enquired not of the LORD: therefore he slew him, andturned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.11:1 Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying,Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.11:2 And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou wast hethat leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD thy God saidunto thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be rulerover my people Israel.11:3 Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron;and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD; andthey anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of theLORD by Samuel.11:4 And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; wherethe Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.11:5 And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not comehither. Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion, which is the cityof David.11:6 And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall bechief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and waschief.11:7 And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the cityof David.11:8 And he built the city round about, even from Millo round about:and Joab repaired the rest of the city.11:9 So David waxed greater and greater: for the LORD of hosts waswith him.11:10 These also are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, whostrengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, and with all Israel,to make him king, according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel.11:11 And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had;Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up hisspear against three hundred slain by him at one time.11:12 And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who wasone of the three mighties.11:13 He was with David at Pasdammim, and there the Philistines weregathered together to battle, where was a parcel of ground full ofbarley; and the people fled from before the Philistines.11:14 And they set themselves in the midst of that parcel, anddelivered it, and slew the Philistines; and the LORD saved them by agreat deliverance.11:15 Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David,into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped inthe valley of Rephaim.11:16 And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines' garrisonwas then at Bethlehem.11:17 And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink ofthe water of the well of Bethlehem, that is at the gate!  11:18 Andthe three brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew waterout of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, andbrought it to David: but David would not drink of it, but poured itout to the LORD.11:19 And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing:shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their lives injeopardy? for with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it.Therefore he would not drink it.These things did these three mightiest.11:20 And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three: forlifting up his spear against three hundred, he slew them, and had aname among the three.11:21 Of the three, he was more honourable than the two; for he wastheir captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three.11:22 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man ofKabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of Moab:also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day.11:23 And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubitshigh; and in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam; andhe went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of theEgyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.11:24 These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the nameamong the three mighties.11:25 Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not tothe first three: and David set him over his guard.11:26 Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother ofJoab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem, 11:27 Shammoth theHarorite, Helez the Pelonite, 11:28 Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,Abiezer the Antothite, 11:29 Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai theAhohite, 11:30 Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah theNetophathite, 11:31 Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah, that pertainedto the children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite, 11:32 Hurai ofthe brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite, 11:33 Azmaveth theBaharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite, 11:34 The sons of Hashem theGizonite, Jonathan the son of Shage the Hararite, 11:35 Ahiam the sonof Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur, 11:36 Hepher theMecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite, 11:37 Hezro the Carmelite, Naaraithe son of Ezbai, 11:38 Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son ofHaggeri, 11:39 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, thearmourbearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah, 11:40 Ira the Ithrite, Garebthe Ithrite, 11:41 Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai, 11:42Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a captain of the Reubenites, andthirty with him, 11:43 Hanan the son of Maachah, and Joshaphat theMithnite, 11:44 Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jehiel the sons ofHothan the Aroerite, 11:45 Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha hisbrother, the Tizite, 11:46 Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, andJoshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite, 11:47 Eliel,and Obed, and Jasiel the Mesobaite.12:1 Now these are they that came to David to Ziklag, while he yetkept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish: and they wereamong the mighty men, helpers of the war.12:2 They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand andthe left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow, even ofSaul's brethren of Benjamin.12:3 The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah theGibeathite; and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and Berachah,and Jehu the Antothite.12:4 And Ismaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, andover the thirty; and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Josabadthe Gederathite, 12:5 Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, andShemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite, 12:6 Elkanah, and Jesiah, andAzareel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korhites, 12:7 And Joelah, andZebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.12:8 And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into thehold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for thebattle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were likethe faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes upon the mountains;12:9 Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third, 12:10Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth, 12:11 Attai the sixth,Eliel the seventh, 12:12 Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth, 12:13Jeremiah the tenth, Machbanai the eleventh.12:14 These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one of theleast was over an hundred, and the greatest over a thousand.12:15 These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when ithad overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all them of thevalleys, both toward the east, and toward the west.12:16 And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the holdunto David.12:17 And David went out to meet them, and answered and said untothem, If ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, mine heart shall beknit unto you: but if ye be come to betray me to mine enemies, seeingthere is no wrong in mine hands, the God of our fathers look thereon,and rebuke it.12:18 Then the spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the captains,and he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse:peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be to thine helpers; for thy Godhelpeth thee.Then David received them, and made them captains of the band.12:19 And there fell some of Manasseh to David, when he came with thePhilistines against Saul to battle: but they helped them not: for thelords of the Philistines upon advisement sent him away, saying, Hewill fall to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads.12:20 As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah, andJozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, andZilthai, captains of the thousands that were of Manasseh.12:21 And they helped David against the band of the rovers: for theywere all mighty men of valour, and were captains in the host.12:22 For at that time day by day there came to David to help him,until it was a great host, like the host of God.12:23 And these are the numbers of the bands that were ready armed tothe war, and came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul tohim, according to the word of the LORD.12:24 The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were sixthousand and eight hundred, ready armed to the war.12:25 Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valour for the war,seven thousand and one hundred.12:26 Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred.12:27 And Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronites, and with him werethree thousand and seven hundred; 12:28 And Zadok, a young man mightyof valour, and of his father's house twenty and two captains.12:29 And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, threethousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept the ward ofthe house of Saul.12:30 And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eighthundred, mighty men of valour, famous throughout the house of theirfathers.12:31 And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, which wereexpressed by name, to come and make David king.12:32 And of the children of Issachar, which were men that hadunderstanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the headsof them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at theircommandment.12:33 Of Zebulun, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, withall instruments of war, fifty thousand, which could keep rank: theywere not of double heart.12:34 And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shieldand spear thirty and seven thousand.12:35 And of the Danites expert in war twenty and eight thousand andsix hundred.12:36 And of Asher, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, fortythousand.12:37 And on the other side of Jordan, of the Reubenites, and theGadites, and of the half tribe of Manasseh, with all manner ofinstruments of war for the battle, an hundred and twenty thousand.12:38 All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfectheart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the restalso of Israel were of one heart to make David king.12:39 And there they were with David three days, eating and drinking:for their brethren had prepared for them.12:40 Moreover they that were nigh them, even unto Issachar andZebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and onmules, and on oxen, and meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches ofraisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly: for therewas joy in Israel.13:1 And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds,and with every leader.13:2 And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If it seemgood unto you, and that it be of the LORD our God, let us send abroadunto our brethren every where, that are left in all the land ofIsrael, and with them also to the priests and Levites which are intheir cities and suburbs, that they may gather themselves unto us:13:3 And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we enquirednot at it in the days of Saul.13:4 And all the congregation said that they would do so: for thething was right in the eyes of all the people.13:5 So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt evenunto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God fromKirjathjearim.13:6 And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, toKirjathjearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up thence the ark ofGod the LORD, that dwelleth between the cherubims, whose name iscalled on it.13:7 And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house ofAbinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart.13:8 And David and all Israel played before God with all their might,and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and withtimbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.13:9 And when they came unto the threshingfloor of Chidon, Uzza putforth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled.13:10 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzza, and he smotehim, because he put his hand to the ark: and there he died before God.13:11 And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breachupon Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perezuzza to this day.13:12 And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bringthe ark of God home to me?  13:13 So David brought not the ark home tohimself to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house ofObededom the Gittite.13:14 And the ark of God remained with the family of Obededom in hishouse three months. And the LORD blessed the house of Obededom, andall that he had.14:1 Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber ofcedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him an house.14:2 And David perceived that the LORD had confirmed him king overIsrael, for his kingdom was lifted up on high, because of his peopleIsrael.14:3 And David took more wives at Jerusalem: and David begat more sonsand daughters.14:4 Now these are the names of his children which he had inJerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon, 14:5 And Ibhar,and Elishua, and Elpalet, 14:6 And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, 14:7And Elishama, and Beeliada, and Eliphalet.14:8 And when the Philistines heard that David was anointed king overall Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David. And David heardof it, and went out against them.14:9 And the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valley ofRephaim.14:10 And David enquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against thePhilistines? And wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORDsaid unto him, Go up; for I will deliver them into thine hand.14:11 So they came up to Baalperazim; and David smote them there. ThenDavid said, God hath broken in upon mine enemies by mine hand like thebreaking forth of waters: therefore they called the name of that placeBaalperazim.14:12 And when they had left their gods there, David gave acommandment, and they were burned with fire.14:13 And the Philistines yet again spread themselves abroad in thevalley.14:14 Therefore David enquired again of God; and God said unto him, Gonot up after them; turn away from them, and come upon them overagainst the mulberry trees.14:15 And it shall be, when thou shalt hear a sound of going in thetops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt go out to battle: forGod is gone forth before thee to smite the host of the Philistines.14:16 David therefore did as God commanded him: and they smote thehost of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gazer.14:17 And the fame of David went out into all lands; and the LORDbrought the fear of him upon all nations.15:1 And David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared aplace for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.15:2 Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but theLevites: for them hath the LORD chosen to carry the ark of God, and tominister unto him for ever.15:3 And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring upthe ark of the LORD unto his place, which he had prepared for it.15:4 And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites: 15:5Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren an hundredand twenty: 15:6 Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and hisbrethren two hundred and twenty: 15:7 Of the sons of Gershom; Joel thechief and his brethren an hundred and thirty: 15:8 Of the sons ofElizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred: 15:9 Ofthe sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore: 15:10Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren anhundred and twelve.15:11 And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for theLevites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, andAmminadab, 15:12 And said unto them, Ye are the chief of the fathersof the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, thatye may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel unto the place thatI have prepared for it.15:13 For because ye did it not at the first, the LORD our God made abreach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.15:14 So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring upthe ark of the LORD God of Israel.15:15 And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon theirshoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded according to theword of the LORD.15:16 And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint theirbrethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries andharps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.15:17 So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of hisbrethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari theirbrethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah; 15:18 And with them theirbrethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, andShemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah,and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel,the porters.15:19 So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to soundwith cymbals of brass; 15:20 And Zechariah, and Aziel, andShemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, andBenaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth; 15:21 And Mattithiah, andElipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, withharps on the Sheminith to excel.15:22 And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructedabout the song, because he was skilful.15:23 And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.15:24 And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, andZechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with thetrumpets before the ark of God: and Obededom and Jehiah weredoorkeepers for the ark.15:25 So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains overthousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out ofthe house of Obededom with joy.15:26 And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare theark of the covenant of the LORD, that they offered seven bullocks andseven rams.15:27 And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all theLevites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the masterof the song with the singers: David also had upon him an ephod oflinen.15:28 Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORDwith shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, andwith cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps.15:29 And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the LORD cameto the city of David, that Michal, the daughter of Saul looking out ata window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him inher heart.16:1 So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of thetent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt sacrificesand peace offerings before God.16:2 And when David had made an end of offering the burnt offeringsand the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of theLORD.16:3 And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to everyone a loaf of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine.16:4 And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before theark of the LORD, and to record, and to thank and praise the LORD Godof Israel: 16:5 Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, andShemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, andObededom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made asound with cymbals; 16:6 Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests withtrumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God.16:7 Then on that day David delivered first this psalm to thank theLORD into the hand of Asaph and his brethren.16:8 Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name, make known hisdeeds among the people.16:9 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrousworks.16:10 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice thatseek the LORD.16:11 Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his face continually.16:12 Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, his wonders,and the judgments of his mouth; 16:13 O ye seed of Israel his servant,ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones.16:14 He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth.16:15 Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the word which hecommanded to a thousand generations; 16:16 Even of the covenant whichhe made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac; 16:17 And hathconfirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for aneverlasting covenant, 16:18 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land ofCanaan, the lot of your inheritance; 16:19 When ye were but few, evena few, and strangers in it.16:20 And when they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdomto another people; 16:21 He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, hereproved kings for their sakes, 16:22 Saying, Touch not mine anointed,and do my prophets no harm.16:23 Sing unto the LORD, all the earth; shew forth from day to dayhis salvation.16:24 Declare his glory among the heathen; his marvellous works amongall nations.16:25 For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised: he also is tobe feared above all gods.16:26 For all the gods of the people are idols: but the LORD made theheavens.16:27 Glory and honour are in his presence; strength and gladness arein his place.16:28 Give unto the LORD, ye kindreds of the people, give unto theLORD glory and strength.16:29 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring anoffering, and come before him: worship the LORD in the beauty ofholiness.16:30 Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable,that it be not moved.16:31 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let mensay among the nations, The LORD reigneth.16:32 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the fieldsrejoice, and all that is therein.16:33 Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence of theLORD, because he cometh to judge the earth.16:34 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good; for his mercyendureth for ever.16:35 And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather ustogether, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give thanks tothy holy name, and glory in thy praise.16:36 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel for ever and ever. And all thepeople said, Amen, and praised the LORD.16:37 So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the LORDAsaph and his brethren, to minister before the ark continually, asevery day's work required: 16:38 And Obededom with their brethren,threescore and eight; Obededom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah tobe porters: 16:39 And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests,before the tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that was atGibeon, 16:40 To offer burnt offerings unto the LORD upon the altar ofthe burnt offering continually morning and evening, and to doaccording to all that is written in the law of the LORD, which hecommanded Israel; 16:41 And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the restthat were chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to theLORD, because his mercy endureth for ever; 16:42 And with them Hemanand Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should make asound, and with musical instruments of God. And the sons of Jeduthunwere porters.16:43 And all the people departed every man to his house: and Davidreturned to bless his house.17:1 Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David saidto Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the arkof the covenant of the LORD remaineth under curtains.17:2 Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; forGod is with thee.17:3 And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came toNathan, saying, 17:4 Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith theLORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in: 17:5 For I havenot dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel unto thisday; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle toanother.17:6 Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to anyof the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying,Why have ye not built me an house of cedars?  17:7 Now therefore thusshalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Itook thee from the sheepcote, even from following the sheep, that thoushouldest be ruler over my people Israel: 17:8 And I have been withthee whithersoever thou hast walked, and have cut off all thineenemies from before thee, and have made thee a name like the name ofthe great men that are in the earth.17:9 Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will plantthem, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more;neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as atthe beginning, 17:10 And since the time that I commanded judges to beover my people Israel. Moreover I will subdue all thine enemies.Furthermore I tell thee that the LORD will build thee an house.17:11 And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thoumust go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed afterthee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom.17:12 He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne forever.17:13 I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will nottake my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was beforethee: 17:14 But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom forever: and his throne shall be established for evermore.17:15 According to all these words, and according to all this vision,so did Nathan speak unto David.17:16 And David the king came and sat before the LORD, and said, Whoam I, O LORD God, and what is mine house, that thou hast brought mehitherto?  17:17 And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God;for thou hast also spoken of thy servant's house for a great while tocome, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of highdegree, O LORD God.17:18 What can David speak more to thee for the honour of thy servant?for thou knowest thy servant.17:19 O LORD, for thy servant's sake, and according to thine ownheart, hast thou done all this greatness, in making known all thesegreat things.17:20 O LORD, there is none like thee, neither is there any God besidethee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.17:21 And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whomGod went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name ofgreatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thypeople whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt?  17:22 For thy peopleIsrael didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, LORD,becamest their God.17:23 Therefore now, LORD, let the thing that thou hast spokenconcerning thy servant and concerning his house be established forever, and do as thou hast said.17:24 Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified forever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God toIsrael: and let the house of David thy servant be established beforethee.17:25 For thou, O my God, hast told thy servant that thou wilt buildhim an house: therefore thy servant hath found in his heart to praybefore thee.17:26 And now, LORD, thou art God, and hast promised this goodnessunto thy servant: 17:27 Now therefore let it please thee to bless thehouse of thy servant, that it may be before thee for ever: for thoublessest, O LORD, and it shall be blessed for ever.18:1 Now after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines,and subdued them, and took Gath and her towns out of the hand of thePhilistines.18:2 And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became David's servants, andbrought gifts.18:3 And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he wentto stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates.18:4 And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousandhorsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: David also houghed all thechariot horses, but reserved of them an hundred chariots.18:5 And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king ofZobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.18:6 Then David put garrisons in Syriadamascus; and the Syrians becameDavid's servants, and brought gifts. Thus the LORD preserved Davidwhithersoever he went.18:7 And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants ofHadarezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.18:8 Likewise from Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer,brought David very much brass, wherewith Solomon made the brasen sea,and the pillars, and the vessels of brass.18:9 Now when Tou king of Hamath heard how David had smitten all thehost of Hadarezer king of Zobah; 18:10 He sent Hadoram his son to kingDavid, to enquire of his welfare, and to congratulate him, because hehad fought against Hadarezer, and smitten him; (for Hadarezer had warwith Tou;) and with him all manner of vessels of gold and silver andbrass.18:11 Them also king David dedicated unto the LORD, with the silverand the gold that he brought from all these nations; from Edom, andfrom Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines,and from Amalek.18:12 Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in thevalley of salt eighteen thousand.18:13 And he put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites becameDavid's servants. Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.18:14 So David reigned over all Israel, and executed judgment andjustice among all his people.18:15 And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphatthe son of Ahilud, recorder.18:16 And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar,were the priests; and Shavsha was scribe; 18:17 And Benaiah the son ofJehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons ofDavid were chief about the king.19:1 Now it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of thechildren of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead.19:2 And David said, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son ofNahash, because his father shewed kindness to me. And David sentmessengers to comfort him concerning his father. So the servants ofDavid came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comforthim.19:3 But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkestthou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comfortersunto thee?  are not his servants come unto thee for to search, and tooverthrow, and to spy out the land?  19:4 Wherefore Hanun took David'sservants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the midsthard by their buttocks, and sent them away.19:5 Then there went certain, and told David how the men were served.And he sent to meet them: for the men were greatly ashamed. And theking said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and thenreturn.19:6 And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselvesodious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousandtalents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out ofMesopotamia, and out of Syriamaachah, and out of Zobah.19:7 So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king ofMaachah and his people; who came and pitched before Medeba. And thechildren of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, andcame to battle.19:8 And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of themighty men.19:9 And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in arraybefore the gate of the city: and the kings that were come were bythemselves in the field.19:10 Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before andbehind, he chose out of all the choice of Israel, and put them inarray against the Syrians.19:11 And the rest of the people he delivered unto the hand of Abishaihis brother, and they set themselves in array against the children ofAmmon.19:12 And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thoushalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee,then I will help thee.19:13 Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly forour people, and for the cities of our God: and let the LORD do thatwhich is good in his sight.19:14 So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh before theSyrians unto the battle; and they fled before him.19:15 And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled,they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered into thecity. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.19:16 And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse beforeIsrael, they sent messengers, and drew forth the Syrians that werebeyond the river: and Shophach the captain of the host of Hadarezerwent before them.19:17 And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel, and passedover Jordan, and came upon them, and set the battle in array againstthem. So when David had put the battle in array against the Syrians,they fought with him.19:18 But the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew of theSyrians seven thousand men which fought in chariots, and fortythousand footmen, and killed Shophach the captain of the host.19:19 And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to theworse before Israel, they made peace with David, and became hisservants: neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon anymore.20:1 And it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at the timethat kings go out to battle, Joab led forth the power of the army, andwasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besiegedRabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, anddestroyed it.20:2 And David took the crown of their king from off his head, andfound it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones init; and it was set upon David's head: and he brought also exceedingmuch spoil out of the city.20:3 And he brought out the people that were in it, and cut them withsaws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes. Even so dealt Davidwith all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all thepeople returned to Jerusalem.20:4 And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezerwith the Philistines; at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite slewSippai, that was of the children of the giant: and they were subdued.20:5 And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the sonof Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spearstaff was like a weaver's beam.20:6 And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of greatstature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on eachhand, and six on each foot and he also was the son of the giant.20:7 But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David'sbrother slew him.20:8 These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the handof David, and by the hand of his servants.21:1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to numberIsrael.21:2 And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go,number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring the number of themto me, that I may know it.21:3 And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an hundred times somany more as they be: but, my lord the king, are they not all mylord's servants?  why then doth my lord require this thing? why willhe be a cause of trespass to Israel?  21:4 Nevertheless the king'sword prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and wentthroughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.21:5 And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David. Andall they of Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousandmen that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred threescore and tenthousand men that drew sword.21:6 But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king'sword was abominable to Joab.21:7 And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smoteIsrael.21:8 And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, because I havedone this thing: but now, I beseech thee, do away the iniquity of thyservant; for I have done very foolishly.21:9 And the LORD spake unto Gad, David's seer, saying, 21:10 Go andtell David, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three things:choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.21:11 So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD,Choose thee 21:12 Either three years' famine; or three months to bedestroyed before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemiesovertaketh thee; or else three days the sword of the LORD, even thepestilence, in the land, and the angel of the LORD destroyingthroughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise thyself whatword I shall bring again to him that sent me.21:13 And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall nowinto the hand of the LORD; for very great are his mercies: but let menot fall into the hand of man.21:14 So the LORD sent pestilence upon Israel: and there fell ofIsrael seventy thousand men.21:15 And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as hewas destroying, the LORD beheld, and he repented him of the evil, andsaid to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand.And the angel of the LORD stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan theJebusite.21:16 And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the LORDstand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in hishand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders ofIsrael, who were clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.21:17 And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the peopleto be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed;but as for these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I praythee, O LORD my God, be on me, and on my father's house; but not onthy people, that they should be plagued.21:18 Then the angel of the LORD commanded Gad to say to David, thatDavid should go up, and set up an altar unto the LORD in thethreshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.21:19 And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in thename of the LORD.21:20 And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons withhim hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.21:21 And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and wentout of the threshingfloor, and bowed himself to David with his face tothe ground.21:22 Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of thisthreshingfloor, that I may build an altar therein unto the LORD: thoushalt grant it me for the full price: that the plague may be stayedfrom the people.21:23 And Ornan said unto David, Take it to thee, and let my lord theking do that which is good in his eyes: lo, I give thee the oxen alsofor burnt offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and thewheat for the meat offering; I give it all.21:24 And king David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy it forthe full price: for I will not take that which is thine for the LORD,nor offer burnt offerings without cost.21:25 So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of goldby weight.21:26 And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burntofferings and peace offerings, and called upon the LORD; and heanswered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering.21:27 And the LORD commanded the angel; and he put up his sword againinto the sheath thereof.21:28 At that time when David saw that the LORD had answered him inthe threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there.21:29 For the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses made in thewilderness, and the altar of the burnt offering, were at that seasonin the high place at Gibeon.21:30 But David could not go before it to enquire of God: for he wasafraid because of the sword of the angel of the LORD.22:1 Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this isthe altar of the burnt offering for Israel.22:2 And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were inthe land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to buildthe house of God.22:3 And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doorsof the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance withoutweight; 22:4 Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and theyof Tyre brought much cedar wood to David.22:5 And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the housethat is to be builded for the LORD must be exceeding magnifical, offame and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore now makepreparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.22:6 Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build anhouse for the LORD God of Israel.22:7 And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mindto build an house unto the name of the LORD my God: 22:8 But the wordof the LORD came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, andhast made great wars: thou shalt not build an house unto my name,because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight.22:9 Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest;and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for hisname shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israelin his days.22:10 He shall build an house for my name; and he shall be my son, andI will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdomover Israel for ever.22:11 Now, my son, the LORD be with thee; and prosper thou, and buildthe house of the LORD thy God, as he hath said of thee.22:12 Only the LORD give thee wisdom and understanding, and give theecharge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the LORDthy God.22:13 Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil thestatutes and judgments which the LORD charged Moses with concerningIsrael: be strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed.22:14 Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of theLORD an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousandtalents of silver; and of brass and iron without weight; for it is inabundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and thou mayest addthereto.22:15 Moreover there are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers andworkers of stone and timber, and all manner of cunning men for everymanner of work.22:16 Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there isno number. Arise therefore, and be doing, and the LORD be with thee.22:17 David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomonhis son, saying, 22:18 Is not the LORD your God with you? and hath henot given you rest on every side? for he hath given the inhabitants ofthe land into mine hand; and the land is subdued before the LORD, andbefore his people.22:19 Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God;arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the LORD God, to bringthe ark of the covenant of the LORD, and the holy vessels of God, intothe house that is to be built to the name of the LORD.23:1 So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his sonking over Israel.23:2 And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with thepriests and the Levites.23:3 Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years andupward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty andeight thousand.23:4 Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the workof the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges:23:5 Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praisedthe LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praisetherewith.23:6 And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi,namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.23:7 Of the Gershonites were, Laadan, and Shimei.23:8 The sons of Laadan; the chief was Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel,three.23:9 The sons of Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three.These were the chief of the fathers of Laadan.23:10 And the sons of Shimei were, Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, andBeriah.These four were the sons of Shimei.23:11 And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush andBeriah had not many sons; therefore they were in one reckoning,according to their father's house.23:12 The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.23:13 The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated,that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons forever, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister unto him, and tobless in his name for ever.23:14 Now concerning Moses the man of God, his sons were named of thetribe of Levi.23:15 The sons of Moses were, Gershom, and Eliezer.23:16 Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel was the chief.23:17 And the sons of Eliezer were, Rehabiah the chief. And Eliezerhad none other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.23:18 Of the sons of Izhar; Shelomith the chief.23:19 Of the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second,Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.23:20 Of the sons of Uzziel; Micah the first and Jesiah the second.23:21 The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli;Eleazar, and Kish.23:22 And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and theirbrethren the sons of Kish took them.23:23 The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.23:24 These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers;even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of namesby their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of theLORD, from the age of twenty years and upward.23:25 For David said, The LORD God of Israel hath given rest unto hispeople, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever: 23:26 And also untothe Levites; they shall no more carry the tabernacle, nor any vesselsof it for the service thereof.23:27 For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered fromtwenty years old and above: 23:28 Because their office was to wait onthe sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the LORD, in thecourts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things,and the work of the service of the house of God; 23:29 Both for theshewbread, and for the fine flour for meat offering, and for theunleavened cakes, and for that which is baked in the pan, and for thatwhich is fried, and for all manner of measure and size; 23:30 And tostand every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and likewise ateven: 23:31 And to offer all burnt sacrifices unto the LORD in thesabbaths, in the new moons, and on the set feasts, by number,according to the order commanded unto them, continually before theLORD: 23:32 And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle ofthe congregation, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge ofthe sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of theLORD.24:1 Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons ofAaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.24:2 But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had nochildren: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest's office.24:3 And David distributed them, both Zadok of the sons of Eleazar,and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their offices intheir service.24:4 And there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar thanof the sons of Ithamar, and thus were they divided. Among the sons ofEleazar there were sixteen chief men of the house of their fathers,and eight among the sons of Ithamar according to the house of theirfathers.24:5 Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for thegovernors of the sanctuary, and governors of the house of God, were ofthe sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar.24:6 And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one of the Levites,wrote them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, andAhimelech the son of Abiathar, and before the chief of the fathers ofthe priests and Levites: one principal household being taken forEleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.24:7 Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,24:8 The third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim, 24:9 The fifth toMalchijah, the sixth to Mijamin, 24:10 The seventh to Hakkoz, theeighth to Abijah, 24:11 The ninth to Jeshuah, the tenth to Shecaniah,24:12 The eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim, 24:13 Thethirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab, 24:14 The fifteenthto Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer, 24:15 The seventeenth to Hezir, theeighteenth to Aphses, 24:16 The nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentiethto Jehezekel, 24:17 The one and twentieth to Jachin, the two andtwentieth to Gamul, 24:18 The three and twentieth to Delaiah, the fourand twentieth to Maaziah.24:19 These were the orderings of them in their service to come intothe house of the LORD, according to their manner, under Aaron theirfather, as the LORD God of Israel had commanded him.24:20 And the rest of the sons of Levi were these: Of the sons ofAmram; Shubael: of the sons of Shubael; Jehdeiah.24:21 Concerning Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, the first wasIsshiah.24:22 Of the Izharites; Shelomoth: of the sons of Shelomoth; Jahath.24:23 And the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second,Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.24:24 Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah: of the sons of Michah; Shamir.24:25 The brother of Michah was Isshiah: of the sons of Isshiah;Zechariah.24:26 The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi: the sons of Jaaziah;Beno.24:27 The sons of Merari by Jaaziah; Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur, andIbri.24:28 Of Mahli came Eleazar, who had no sons.24:29 Concerning Kish: the son of Kish was Jerahmeel.24:30 The sons also of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. Thesewere the sons of the Levites after the house of their fathers.24:31 These likewise cast lots over against their brethren the sons ofAaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, andthe chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites, even theprincipal fathers over against their younger brethren.25:1 Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to theservice of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, whoshould prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and thenumber of the workmen according to their service was: 25:2 Of the sonsof Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons ofAsaph under the hands of Asaph, which prophesied according to theorder of the king.25:3 Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, andJeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of theirfather Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and topraise the LORD.25:4 Of Heman: the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel,and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamtiezer,Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth: 25:5 All these were thesons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to lift up thehorn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.25:6 All these were under the hands of their father for song in thehouse of the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for theservice of the house of God, according to the king's order to Asaph,Jeduthun, and Heman.25:7 So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructedin the songs of the LORD, even all that were cunning, was two hundredfourscore and eight.25:8 And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as thegreat, the teacher as the scholar.25:9 Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second toGedaliah, who with his brethren and sons were twelve: 25:10 The thirdto Zaccur, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 25:11 Thefourth to Izri, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 25:12 Thefifth to Nethaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 25:13The sixth to Bukkiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:25:14 The seventh to Jesharelah, he, his sons, and his brethren, weretwelve: 25:15 The eighth to Jeshaiah, he, his sons, and his brethren,were twelve: 25:16 The ninth to Mattaniah, he, his sons, and hisbrethren, were twelve: 25:17 The tenth to Shimei, he, his sons, andhis brethren, were twelve: 25:18 The eleventh to Azareel, he, hissons, and his brethren, were twelve: 25:19 The twelfth to Hashabiah,he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 25:20 The thirteenth toShubael, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 25:21 Thefourteenth to Mattithiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:25:22 The fifteenth to Jeremoth, he, his sons, and his brethren, weretwelve: 25:23 The sixteenth to Hananiah, he, his sons, and hisbrethren, were twelve: 25:24 The seventeenth to Joshbekashah, he, hissons, and his brethren, were twelve: 25:25 The eighteenth to Hanani,he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 25:26 The nineteenth toMallothi, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 25:27 Thetwentieth to Eliathah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:25:28 The one and twentieth to Hothir, he, his sons, and his brethren,were twelve: 25:29 The two and twentieth to Giddalti, he, his sons,and his brethren, were twelve: 25:30 The three and twentieth toMahazioth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 25:31 The fourand twentieth to Romamtiezer, he, his sons, and his brethren, weretwelve.26:1 Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites wasMeshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.26:2 And the sons of Meshelemiah were, Zechariah the firstborn,Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth, 26:3 Elamthe fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh.26:4 Moreover the sons of Obededom were, Shemaiah the firstborn,Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, andNethaneel the fifth.26:5 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth: forGod blessed him.26:6 Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled throughoutthe house of their father: for they were mighty men of valour.26:7 The sons of Shemaiah; Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad,whose brethren were strong men, Elihu, and Semachiah.26:8 All these of the sons of Obededom: they and their sons and theirbrethren, able men for strength for the service, were threescore andtwo of Obededom.26:9 And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong men, eighteen.26:10 Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons; Simri thechief, (for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made himthe chief;) 26:11 Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariahthe fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen.26:12 Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among thechief men, having wards one against another, to minister in the houseof the LORD.26:13 And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according tothe house of their fathers, for every gate.26:14 And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah hisson, a wise counsellor, they cast lots; and his lot came outnorthward.26:15 To Obededom southward; and to his sons the house of Asuppim.26:16 To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth westward, with the gateShallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward against ward.26:17 Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward foura day, and toward Asuppim two and two.26:18 At Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and two at Parbar.26:19 These are the divisions of the porters among the sons of Kore,and among the sons of Merari.26:20 And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the houseof God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things.26:21 As concerning the sons of Laadan; the sons of the GershoniteLaadan, chief fathers, even of Laadan the Gershonite, were Jehieli.26:22 The sons of Jehieli; Zetham, and Joel his brother, which wereover the treasures of the house of the LORD.26:23 Of the Amramites, and the Izharites, the Hebronites, and theUzzielites: 26:24 And Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses,was ruler of the treasures.26:25 And his brethren by Eliezer; Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah hisson, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomith his son.26:26 Which Shelomith and his brethren were over all the treasures ofthe dedicated things, which David the king, and the chief fathers, thecaptains over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the host,had dedicated.26:27 Out of the spoils won in battles did they dedicate to maintainthe house of the LORD.26:28 And all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, andAbner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had dedicated; andwhosoever had dedicated any thing, it was under the hand of Shelomith,and of his brethren.26:29 Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the outwardbusiness over Israel, for officers and judges.26:30 And of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brethren, men ofvalour, a thousand and seven hundred, were officers among them ofIsrael on this side Jordan westward in all the business of the LORD,and in the service of the king.26:31 Among the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief, even among theHebronites, according to the generations of his fathers. In thefortieth year of the reign of David they were sought for, and therewere found among them mighty men of valour at Jazer of Gilead.26:32 And his brethren, men of valour, were two thousand and sevenhundred chief fathers, whom king David made rulers over theReubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, for everymatter pertaining to God, and affairs of the king.27:1 Now the children of Israel after their number, to wit, the chieffathers and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officersthat served the king in any matter of the courses, which came in andwent out month by month throughout all the months of the year, ofevery course were twenty and four thousand.27:2 Over the first course for the first month was Jashobeam the sonof Zabdiel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.27:3 Of the children of Perez was the chief of all the captains of thehost for the first month.27:4 And over the course of the second month was Dodai an Ahohite, andof his course was Mikloth also the ruler: in his course likewise weretwenty and four thousand.27:5 The third captain of the host for the third month was Benaiah theson of Jehoiada, a chief priest: and in his course were twenty andfour thousand.27:6 This is that Benaiah, who was mighty among the thirty, and abovethe thirty: and in his course was Ammizabad his son.27:7 The fourth captain for the fourth month was Asahel the brother ofJoab, and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his course were twentyand four thousand.27:8 The fifth captain for the fifth month was Shamhuth the Izrahite:and in his course were twenty and four thousand.27:9 The sixth captain for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkeshthe Tekoite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.27:10 The seventh captain for the seventh month was Helez thePelonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twentyand four thousand.27:11 The eighth captain for the eighth month was Sibbecai theHushathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and fourthousand.27:12 The ninth captain for the ninth month was Abiezer theAnetothite, of the Benjamites: and in his course were twenty and fourthousand.27:13 The tenth captain for the tenth month was Maharai theNetophathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and fourthousand.27:14 The eleventh captain for the eleventh month was Benaiah thePirathonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twentyand four thousand.27:15 The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was Heldai theNetophathite, of Othniel: and in his course were twenty and fourthousand.27:16 Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: the ruler of theReubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri: of the Simeonites,Shephatiah the son of Maachah: 27:17 Of the Levites, Hashabiah the sonof Kemuel: of the Aaronites, Zadok: 27:18 Of Judah, Elihu, one of thebrethren of David: of Issachar, Omri the son of Michael: 27:19 OfZebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah: of Naphtali, Jerimoth the son ofAzriel: 27:20 Of the children of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah:of the half tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah: 27:21 Of thehalf tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah: ofBenjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner: 27:22 Of Dan, Azareel the son ofJeroham. These were the princes of the tribes of Israel.27:23 But David took not the number of them from twenty years old andunder: because the LORD had said he would increase Israel like to thestars of the heavens.27:24 Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but he finished not,because there fell wrath for it against Israel; neither was the numberput in the account of the chronicles of king David.27:25 And over the king's treasures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel: andover the storehouses in the fields, in the cities, and in thevillages, and in the castles, was Jehonathan the son of Uzziah: 27:26And over them that did the work of the field for tillage of the groundwas Ezri the son of Chelub: 27:27 And over the vineyards was Shimeithe Ramathite: over the increase of the vineyards for the wine cellarswas Zabdi the Shiphmite: 27:28 And over the olive trees and thesycomore trees that were in the low plains was Baalhanan the Gederite:and over the cellars of oil was Joash: 27:29 And over the herds thatfed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite: and over the herds that werein the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai: 27:30 Over the camelsalso was Obil the Ishmaelite: and over the asses was Jehdeiah theMeronothite: 27:31 And over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagerite. Allthese were the rulers of the substance which was king David's.27:32 Also Jonathan David's uncle was a counsellor, a wise man, and ascribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king's sons: 27:33And Ahithophel was the king's counsellor: and Hushai the Archite wasthe king's companion: 27:34 And after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the sonof Benaiah, and Abiathar: and the general of the king's army was Joab.28:1 And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of thetribes, and the captains of the companies that ministered to the kingby course, and the captains over the thousands, and captains over thehundreds, and the stewards over all the substance and possession ofthe king, and of his sons, with the officers, and with the mighty men,and with all the valiant men, unto Jerusalem.28:2 Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, mybrethren, and my people: As for me, I had in mine heart to build anhouse of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for thefootstool of our God, and had made ready for the building: 28:3 ButGod said unto me, Thou shalt not build an house for my name, becausethou hast been a man of war, and hast shed blood.28:4 Howbeit the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house ofmy father to be king over Israel for ever: for he hath chosen Judah tobe the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; andamong the sons of my father he liked me to make me king over allIsrael: 28:5 And of all my sons, (for the LORD hath given me manysons,) he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of thekingdom of the LORD over Israel.28:6 And he said unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house andmy courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be hisfather.28:7 Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be constantto do my commandments and my judgments, as at this day.28:8 Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of theLORD, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek for all thecommandments of the LORD your God: that ye may possess this good land,and leave it for an inheritance for your children after you for ever.28:9 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, andserve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORDsearcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of thethoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thouforsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.28:10 Take heed now; for the LORD hath chosen thee to build an housefor the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.28:11 Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, andof the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upperchambers thereof, and of the inner parlours thereof, and of the placeof the mercy seat, 28:12 And the pattern of all that he had by thespirit, of the courts of the house of the LORD, and of all thechambers round about, of the treasuries of the house of God, and ofthe treasuries of the dedicated things: 28:13 Also for the courses ofthe priests and the Levites, and for all the work of the service ofthe house of the LORD, and for all the vessels of service in the houseof the LORD.28:14 He gave of gold by weight for things of gold, for allinstruments of all manner of service; silver also for all instrumentsof silver by weight, for all instruments of every kind of service:28:15 Even the weight for the candlesticks of gold, and for theirlamps of gold, by weight for every candlestick, and for the lampsthereof: and for the candlesticks of silver by weight, both for thecandlestick, and also for the lamps thereof, according to the use ofevery candlestick.28:16 And by weight he gave gold for the tables of shewbread, forevery table; and likewise silver for the tables of silver: 28:17 Alsopure gold for the fleshhooks, and the bowls, and the cups: and for thegolden basons he gave gold by weight for every bason; and likewisesilver by weight for every bason of silver: 28:18 And for the altar ofincense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of thechariot of the cherubims, that spread out their wings, and covered theark of the covenant of the LORD.28:19 All this, said David, the LORD made me understand in writing byhis hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern.28:20 And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of goodcourage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, evenmy God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee,until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house ofthe LORD.28:21 And, behold, the courses of the priests and the Levites, eventhey shall be with thee for all the service of the house of God: andthere shall be with thee for all manner of workmanship every willingskilful man, for any manner of service: also the princes and all thepeople will be wholly at thy commandment.29:1 Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation,Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender,and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the LORDGod.29:2 Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God thegold for things to be made of gold, and the silver for things ofsilver, and the brass for things of brass, the iron for things ofiron, and wood for things of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set,glistering stones, and of divers colours, and all manner of preciousstones, and marble stones in abundance.29:3 Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God,I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have givento the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared forthe holy house.29:4 Even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, andseven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of thehouses withal: 29:5 The gold for things of gold, and the silver forthings of silver, and for all manner of work to be made by the handsof artificers. And who then is willing to consecrate his service thisday unto the LORD?  29:6 Then the chief of the fathers and princes ofthe tribes of Israel and the captains of thousands and of hundreds,with the rulers of the king's work, offered willingly, 29:7 And gavefor the service of the house of God of gold five thousand talents andten thousand drams, and of silver ten thousand talents, and of brasseighteen thousand talents, and one hundred thousand talents of iron.29:8 And they with whom precious stones were found gave them to thetreasure of the house of the LORD, by the hand of Jehiel theGershonite.29:9 Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly,because with perfect heart they offered willingly to the LORD: andDavid the king also rejoiced with great joy.29:10 Wherefore David blessed the LORD before all the congregation:and David said, Blessed be thou, LORD God of Israel our father, forever and ever.29:11 Thine, O LORD is the greatness, and the power, and the glory,and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and inthe earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exaltedas head above all.29:12 Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all;and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to makegreat, and to give strength unto all.29:13 Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy gloriousname.29:14 But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able tooffer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, andof thine own have we given thee.29:15 For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were allour fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is noneabiding.29:16 O LORD our God, all this store that we have prepared to buildthee an house for thine holy name cometh of thine hand, and is allthine own.29:17 I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hastpleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart Ihave willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joythy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.29:18 O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keepthis for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thypeople, and prepare their heart unto thee: 29:19 And give unto Solomonmy son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, andthy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, forthe which I have made provision.29:20 And David said to all the congregation, Now bless the LORD yourGod.And all the congregation blessed the LORD God of their fathers, andbowed down their heads, and worshipped the LORD, and the king.29:21 And they sacrificed sacrifices unto the LORD, and offered burntofferings unto the LORD, on the morrow after that day, even a thousandbullocks, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, with their drinkofferings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel: 29:22 And dideat and drink before the LORD on that day with great gladness. Andthey made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointedhim unto the LORD to be the chief governor, and Zadok to be priest.29:23 Then Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king instead ofDavid his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him.29:24 And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sonslikewise of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king.29:25 And the LORD magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of allIsrael, and bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not been onany king before him in Israel.29:26 Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel.29:27 And the time that he reigned over Israel was forty years; sevenyears reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he inJerusalem.29:28 And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honour:and Solomon his son reigned in his stead.29:29 Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they arewritten in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan theprophet, and in the book of Gad the seer, 29:30 With all his reign andhis might, and the times that went over him, and over Israel, and overall the kingdoms of the countries.The Second Book of the Chronicles1:1 And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, andthe LORD his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly.1:2 Then Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of thousandsand of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every governor in allIsrael, the chief of the fathers.1:3 So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the highplace that was at Gibeon; for there was the tabernacle of thecongregation of God, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made inthe wilderness.1:4 But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjathjearim to theplace which David had prepared for it: for he had pitched a tent forit at Jerusalem.1:5 Moreover the brasen altar, that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the sonof Hur, had made, he put before the tabernacle of the LORD: andSolomon and the congregation sought unto it.1:6 And Solomon went up thither to the brasen altar before the LORD,which was at the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered athousand burnt offerings upon it.1:7 In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Askwhat I shall give thee.1:8 And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast shewed great mercy unto Davidmy father, and hast made me to reign in his stead.1:9 Now, O LORD God, let thy promise unto David my father beestablished: for thou hast made me king over a people like the dust ofthe earth in multitude.1:10 Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come inbefore this people: for who can judge this thy people, that is sogreat?  1:11 And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thine heart,and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honour, nor the life ofthine enemies, neither yet hast asked long life; but hast asked wisdomand knowledge for thyself, that thou mayest judge my people, over whomI have made thee king: 1:12 Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee;and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none ofthe kings have had that have been before thee, neither shall there anyafter thee have the like.1:13 Then Solomon came from his journey to the high place that was atGibeon to Jerusalem, from before the tabernacle of the congregation,and reigned over Israel.1:14 And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousandand four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which heplaced in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.1:15 And the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem as plenteous asstones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in thevale for abundance.1:16 And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: theking's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.1:17 And they fetched up, and brought forth out of Egypt a chariot forsix hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty:and so brought they out horses for all the kings of the Hittites, andfor the kings of Syria, by their means.2:1 And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the LORD,and an house for his kingdom.2:2 And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bearburdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and threethousand and six hundred to oversee them.2:3 And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didstdeal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him anhouse to dwell therein, even so deal with me.2:4 Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, todedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for thecontinual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening,on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of theLORD our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel.2:5 And the house which I build is great: for great is our God aboveall gods.2:6 But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven andheaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I shouldbuild him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before him?  2:7 Sendme now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and inbrass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that canskill to grave with the cunning men that are with me in Judah and inJerusalem, whom David my father did provide.2:8 Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out ofLebanon: for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber inLebanon; and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants, 2:9 Evento prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about tobuild shall be wonderful great.2:10 And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cuttimber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousandmeasures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twentythousand baths of oil.2:11 Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent toSolomon, Because the LORD hath loved his people, he hath made theeking over them.2:12 Huram said moreover, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, that madeheaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, enduedwith prudence and understanding, that might build an house for theLORD, and an house for his kingdom.2:13 And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, ofHuram my father's, 2:14 The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan,and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and insilver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, inblue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner ofgraving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, withthy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father.2:15 Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine,which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants: 2:16 Andwe will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need: and wewill bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carryit up to Jerusalem.2:17 And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land ofIsrael, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numberedthem; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and threethousand and six hundred.2:18 And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers ofburdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain, andthree thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work.3:1 Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem inmount Moriah, where the Lord appeared unto David his father, in theplace that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan theJebusite.3:2 And he began to build in the second day of the second month, inthe fourth year of his reign.3:3 Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for thebuilding of the house of God. The length by cubits after the firstmeasure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.3:4 And the porch that was in the front of the house, the length of itwas according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and theheight was an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with puregold.3:5 And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaidwith fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.3:6 And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: andthe gold was gold of Parvaim.3:7 He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the wallsthereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on thewalls.3:8 And he made the most holy house, the length whereof was accordingto the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereoftwenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to sixhundred talents.3:9 And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And heoverlaid the upper chambers with gold.3:10 And in the most holy house he made two cherubims of image work,and overlaid them with gold.3:11 And the wings of the cherubims were twenty cubits long: one wingof the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house:and the other wing was likewise five cubits, reaching to the wing ofthe other cherub.3:12 And one wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to thewall of the house: and the other wing was five cubits also, joining tothe wing of the other cherub.3:13 The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twentycubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward.3:14 And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and finelinen, and wrought cherubims thereon.3:15 Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and fivecubits high, and the chapiter that was on the top of each of them wasfive cubits.3:16 And he made chains, as in the oracle, and put them on the headsof the pillars; and made an hundred pomegranates, and put them on thechains.3:17 And he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the righthand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on theright hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.4:1 Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the lengththereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits theheight thereof.4:2 Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, roundin compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirtycubits did compass it round about.4:3 And under it was the similitude of oxen, which did compass itround about: ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about. Two rowsof oxen were cast, when it was cast.4:4 It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, andthree looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, andthree looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them,and all their hinder parts were inward.4:5 And the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of itlike the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; and itreceived and held three thousand baths.4:6 He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and fiveon the left, to wash in them: such things as they offered for theburnt offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests towash in.4:7 And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to their form, andset them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.4:8 He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five onthe right side, and five on the left. And he made an hundred basons ofgold.4:9 Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court,and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.4:10 And he set the sea on the right side of the east end, overagainst the south.4:11 And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basons. AndHuram finished the work that he was to make for king Solomon for thehouse of God; 4:12 To wit, the two pillars, and the pommels, and thechapiters which were on the top of the two pillars, and the twowreaths to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were on thetop of the pillars; 4:13 And four hundred pomegranates on the twowreaths; two rows of pomegranates on each wreath, to cover the twopommels of the chapiters which were upon the pillars.4:14 He made also bases, and lavers made he upon the bases; 4:15 Onesea, and twelve oxen under it.4:16 The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all theirinstruments, did Huram his father make to king Solomon for the houseof the LORD of bright brass.4:17 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay groundbetween Succoth and Zeredathah.4:18 Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for theweight of the brass could not be found out.4:19 And Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house of God,the golden altar also, and the tables whereon the shewbread was set;4:20 Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burnafter the manner before the oracle, of pure gold; 4:21 And theflowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, made he of gold, and thatperfect gold; 4:22 And the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons,and the censers, of pure gold: and the entry of the house, the innerdoors thereof for the most holy place, and the doors of the house ofthe temple, were of gold.5:1 Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house of the LORD wasfinished: and Solomon brought in all the things that David his fatherhad dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the instruments,put he among the treasures of the house of God.5:2 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads ofthe tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, untoJerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of thecity of David, which is Zion.5:3 Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the kingin the feast which was in the seventh month.5:4 And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up theark.5:5 And they brought up the ark, and the tabernacle of thecongregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle,these did the priests and the Levites bring up.5:6 Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that wereassembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, whichcould not be told nor numbered for multitude.5:7 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORDunto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy place,even under the wings of the cherubims: 5:8 For the cherubims spreadforth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims coveredthe ark and the staves thereof above.5:9 And they drew out the staves of the ark, that the ends of thestaves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were notseen without. And there it is unto this day.5:10 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses puttherein at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children ofIsrael, when they came out of Egypt.5:11 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holyplace: (for all the priests that were present were sanctified, and didnot then wait by course: 5:12 Also the Levites which were the singers,all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and theirbrethren, being arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteriesand harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them anhundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets:) 5:13 It came evento pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one soundto be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted uptheir voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick,and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endurethfor ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the houseof the LORD; 5:14 So that the priests could not stand to minister byreason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house ofGod.6:1 Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in thethick darkness.6:2 But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place forthy dwelling for ever.6:3 And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole congregationof Israel: and all the congregation of Israel stood.6:4 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who hath with hishands fulfilled that which he spake with his mouth to my father David,saying, 6:5 Since the day that I brought forth my people out of theland of Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to buildan house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man tobe a ruler over my people Israel: 6:6 But I have chosen Jerusalem,that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over mypeople Israel.6:7 Now it was in the heart of David my father to build an house forthe name of the LORD God of Israel.6:8 But the LORD said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thineheart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was inthine heart: 6:9 Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; butthy son which shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build thehouse for my name.6:10 The LORD therefore hath performed his word that he hath spoken:for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and am set on thethrone of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house forthe name of the LORD God of Israel.6:11 And in it have I put the ark, wherein is the covenant of theLORD, that he made with the children of Israel.6:12 And he stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of allthe congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands: 6:13 ForSolomon had made a brasen scaffold of five cubits long, and fivecubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst ofthe court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his kneesbefore all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his handstoward heaven.6:14 And said, O LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee in theheaven, nor in the earth; which keepest covenant, and shewest mercyunto thy servants, that walk before thee with all their hearts: 6:15Thou which hast kept with thy servant David my father that which thouhast promised him; and spakest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled itwith thine hand, as it is this day.6:16 Now therefore, O LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant Davidmy father that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall notfail thee a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel; yet sothat thy children take heed to their way to walk in my law, as thouhast walked before me.6:17 Now then, O LORD God of Israel, let thy word be verified, whichthou hast spoken unto thy servant David.6:18 But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold,heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much lessthis house which I have built!  6:19 Have respect therefore to theprayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, tohearken unto the cry and the prayer which thy servant prayeth beforethee: 6:20 That thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night,upon the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy namethere; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth towardthis place.6:21 Hearken therefore unto the supplications of thy servant, and ofthy people Israel, which they shall make toward this place: hear thoufrom thy dwelling place, even from heaven; and when thou hearest,forgive.6:22 If a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon himto make him swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house;6:23 Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, byrequiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; andby justifying the righteous, by giving him according to hisrighteousness.6:24 And if thy people Israel be put to the worse before the enemy,because they have sinned against thee; and shall return and confessthy name, and pray and make supplication before thee in this house;6:25 Then hear thou from the heavens, and forgive the sin of thypeople Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest tothem and to their fathers.6:26 When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because theyhave sinned against thee; yet if they pray toward this place, andconfess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflictthem; 6:27 Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thyservants, and of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them thegood way, wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, whichthou hast given unto thy people for an inheritance.6:28 If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if therebe blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillers; if their enemiesbesiege them in the cities of their land; whatsoever sore orwhatsoever sickness there be: 6:29 Then what prayer or whatsupplication soever shall be made of any man, or of all thy peopleIsrael, when every one shall know his own sore and his own grief, andshall spread forth his hands in this house: 6:30 Then hear thou fromheaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render unto every manaccording unto all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou onlyknowest the hearts of the children of men:) 6:31 That they may fearthee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live in the land which thougavest unto our fathers.6:32 Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy peopleIsrael, but is come from a far country for thy great name's sake, andthy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and pray inthis house; 6:33 Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thydwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth tothee for; that all people of the earth may know thy name, and fearthee, as doth thy people Israel, and may know that this house which Ihave built is called by thy name.6:34 If thy people go out to war against their enemies by the way thatthou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee toward this city whichthou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name; 6:35Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication,and maintain their cause.6:36 If they sin against thee, (for there is no man which sinnethnot,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before theirenemies, and they carry them away captives unto a land far off ornear; 6:37 Yet if they bethink themselves in the land whither they arecarried captive, and turn and pray unto thee in the land of theircaptivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done amiss, and have dealtwickedly; 6:38 If they return to thee with all their heart and withall their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they havecarried them captives, and pray toward their land, which thou gavestunto their fathers, and toward the city which thou hast chosen, andtoward the house which I have built for thy name: 6:39 Then hear thoufrom the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, their prayer and theirsupplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people whichhave sinned against thee.6:40 Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and letthine ears be attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.6:41 Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into thy resting place, thou,and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O LORD God, be clothedwith salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness.6:42 O LORD God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: rememberthe mercies of David thy servant.7:1 Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came downfrom heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; andthe glory of the LORD filled the house.7:2 And the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD,because the glory of the LORD had filled the LORD's house.7:3 And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down,and the glory of the LORD upon the house, they bowed themselves withtheir faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, andpraised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth forever.7:4 Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before theLORD.7:5 And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousandoxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep: so the king and allthe people dedicated the house of God.7:6 And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also withinstruments of musick of the LORD, which David the king had made topraise the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever, when Davidpraised by their ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets beforethem, and all Israel stood.7:7 Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that was beforethe house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and thefat of the peace offerings, because the brasen altar which Solomon hadmade was not able to receive the burnt offerings, and the meatofferings, and the fat.7:8 Also at the same time Solomon kept the feast seven days, and allIsrael with him, a very great congregation, from the entering in ofHamath unto the river of Egypt.7:9 And in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they keptthe dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.7:10 And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sentthe people away into their tents, glad and merry in heart for thegoodness that the LORD had shewed unto David, and to Solomon, and toIsrael his people.7:11 Thus Solomon finished the house of the LORD, and the king'shouse: and all that came into Solomon's heart to make in the house ofthe LORD, and in his own house, he prosperously effected.7:12 And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, Ihave heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for anhouse of sacrifice.7:13 If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command thelocusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;7:14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humblethemselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wickedways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, andwill heal their land.7:15 Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayerthat is made in this place.7:16 For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name maybe there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be thereperpetually.7:17 And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy fatherwalked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and shaltobserve my statutes and my judgments; 7:18 Then will I stablish thethrone of thy kingdom, according as I have covenanted with David thyfather, saying, There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel.7:19 But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments,which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, andworship them; 7:20 Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of myland which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctifiedfor my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be aproverb and a byword among all nations.7:21 And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to everyone that passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath the LORD donethus unto this land, and unto this house?  7:22 And it shall beanswered, Because they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, whichbrought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on othergods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath he broughtall this evil upon them.8:1 And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomonhad built the house of the LORD, and his own house, 8:2 That thecities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, andcaused the children of Israel to dwell there.8:3 And Solomon went to Hamathzobah, and prevailed against it.8:4 And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities,which he built in Hamath.8:5 Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether,fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars; 8:6 And Baalath, and allthe store cities that Solomon had, and all the chariot cities, and thecities of the horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build inJerusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all the land of hisdominion.8:7 As for all the people that were left of the Hittites, and theAmorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites,which were not of Israel, 8:8 But of their children, who were leftafter them in the land, whom the children of Israel consumed not, themdid Solomon make to pay tribute until this day.8:9 But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for hiswork; but they were men of war, and chief of his captains, andcaptains of his chariots and horsemen.8:10 And these were the chief of king Solomon's officers, even twohundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people.8:11 And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city ofDavid unto the house that he had built for her: for he said, My wifeshall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because theplaces are holy, whereunto the ark of the LORD hath come.8:12 Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the altarof the LORD, which he had built before the porch, 8:13 Even after acertain rate every day, offering according to the commandment ofMoses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemnfeasts, three times in the year, even in the feast of unleavenedbread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles.8:14 And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, thecourses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to theircharges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty ofevery day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate:for so had David the man of God commanded.8:15 And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto thepriests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning thetreasures.8:16 Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of thefoundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished. So thehouse of the LORD was perfected.8:17 Then went Solomon to Eziongeber, and to Eloth, at the sea side inthe land of Edom.8:18 And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, andservants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with theservants of Solomon to Ophir, and took thence four hundred and fiftytalents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.9:1 And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she cameto prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very greatcompany, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, andprecious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed withhim of all that was in her heart.9:2 And Solomon told her all her questions: and there was nothing hidfrom Solomon which he told her not.9:3 And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, andthe house that he had built, 9:4 And the meat of his table, and thesitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, andtheir apparel; his cupbearers also, and their apparel; and his ascentby which he went up into the house of the LORD; there was no morespirit in her.9:5 And she said to the king, It was a true report which I heard inmine own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom: 9:6 Howbeit I believednot their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold,the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: for thouexceedest the fame that I heard.9:7 Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, which standcontinually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.9:8 Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee to set theeon his throne, to be king for the LORD thy God: because thy God lovedIsrael, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king overthem, to do judgment and justice.9:9 And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, andof spices great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there anysuch spice as the queen of Sheba gave king Solomon.9:10 And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon,which brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and preciousstones.9:11 And the king made of the algum trees terraces to the house of theLORD, and to the king's palace, and harps and psalteries for singers:and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.9:12 And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire,whatsoever she asked, beside that which she had brought unto the king.So she turned, and went away to her own land, she and her servants.9:13 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was sixhundred and threescore and six talents of gold; 9:14 Beside that whichchapmen and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia andgovernors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.9:15 And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: sixhundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target.9:16 And three hundred shields made he of beaten gold: three hundredshekels of gold went to one shield. And the king put them in the houseof the forest of Lebanon.9:17 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid itwith pure gold.9:18 And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold,which were fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of thesitting place, and two lions standing by the stays: 9:19 And twelvelions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps.There was not the like made in any kingdom.9:20 And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon were of gold, andall the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of puregold: none were of silver; it was not any thing accounted of in thedays of Solomon.9:21 For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram:every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, andsilver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.9:22 And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches andwisdom.9:23 And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, tohear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart.9:24 And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, andvessels of gold, and raiment, harness, and spices, horses, and mules,a rate year by year.9:25 And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, andtwelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, andwith the king at Jerusalem.9:26 And he reigned over all the kings from the river even unto theland of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.9:27 And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar treesmade he as the sycomore trees that are in the low plains in abundance.9:28 And they brought unto Solomon horses out of Egypt, and out of alllands.9:29 Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they notwritten in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy ofAhijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer againstJeroboam the son of Nebat?  9:30 And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem overall Israel forty years.9:31 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the cityof David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.10:1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem were all Israel cometo make him king.10:2 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was inEgypt, whither he fled from the presence of Solomon the king, heardit, that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt.10:3 And they sent and called him. So Jeroboam and all Israel came andspake to Rehoboam, saying, 10:4 Thy father made our yoke grievous: nowtherefore ease thou somewhat the grievous servitude of thy father, andhis heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve thee.10:5 And he said unto them, Come again unto me after three days. Andthe people departed.10:6 And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men that had stoodbefore Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counselgive ye me to return answer to this people?  10:7 And they spake untohim, saying, If thou be kind to this people, and please them, andspeak good words to them, they will be thy servants for ever.10:8 But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and tookcounsel with the young men that were brought up with him, that stoodbefore him.10:9 And he said unto them, What advice give ye that we may returnanswer to this people, which have spoken to me, saying, Ease somewhatthe yoke that thy father did put upon us?  10:10 And the young menthat were brought up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thouanswer the people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made ouryoke heavy, but make thou it somewhat lighter for us; thus shalt thousay unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father'sloins.10:11 For whereas my father put a heavy yoke upon you, I will put moreto your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastiseyou with scorpions.10:12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the thirdday, as the king bade, saying, Come again to me on the third day.10:13 And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsookthe counsel of the old men, 10:14 And answered them after the adviceof the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I willadd thereto: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastiseyou with scorpions.10:15 So the king hearkened not unto the people: for the cause was ofGod, that the LORD might perform his word, which he spake by the handof Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.10:16 And when all Israel saw that the king would not hearken untothem, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we inDavid?  and we have none inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man toyour tents, O Israel: and now, David, see to thine own house. So allIsrael went to their tents.10:17 But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities ofJudah, Rehoboam reigned over them.10:18 Then king Rehoboam sent Hadoram that was over the tribute; andthe children of Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. But kingRehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee toJerusalem.10:19 And Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.11:1 And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered of the houseof Judah and Benjamin an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men,which were warriors, to fight against Israel, that he might bring thekingdom again to Rehoboam.11:2 But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,11:3 Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to allIsrael in Judah and Benjamin, saying, 11:4 Thus saith the LORD, Yeshall not go up, nor fight against your brethren: return every man tohis house: for this thing is done of me. And they obeyed the words ofthe LORD, and returned from going against Jeroboam.11:5 And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence inJudah.11:6 He built even Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa, 11:7 And Bethzur,and Shoco, and Adullam, 11:8 And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph, 11:9And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah, 11:10 And Zorah, and Aijalon,and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin fenced cities.11:11 And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, andstore of victual, and of oil and wine.11:12 And in every several city he put shields and spears, and madethem exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.11:13 And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel resortedto him out of all their coasts.11:14 For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, andcame to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had cast themoff from executing the priest's office unto the LORD: 11:15 And heordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and forthe calves which he had made.11:16 And after them out of all the tribes of Israel such as set theirhearts to seek the LORD God of Israel came to Jerusalem, to sacrificeunto the LORD God of their fathers.11:17 So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam theson of Solomon strong, three years: for three years they walked in theway of David and Solomon.11:18 And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the sonof David to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;11:19 Which bare him children; Jeush, and Shamariah, and Zaham.11:20 And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; whichbare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.11:21 And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all hiswives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescoreconcubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescoredaughters.)  11:22 And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah thechief, to be ruler among his brethren: for he thought to make himking.11:23 And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his childrenthroughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fencedcity: and he gave them victual in abundance. And he desired manywives.12:1 And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom,and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the LORD, and allIsrael with him.12:2 And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king RehoboamShishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they hadtransgressed against the LORD, 12:3 With twelve hundred chariots, andthreescore thousand horsemen: and the people were without number thatcame with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and theEthiopians.12:4 And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and cameto Jerusalem.12:5 Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes ofJudah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak,and said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have forsaken me, andtherefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.12:6 Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves;and they said, The LORD is righteous.12:7 And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word ofthe LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves;therefore I will not destroy them, but I will grant them somedeliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem bythe hand of Shishak.12:8 Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know myservice, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.12:9 So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took awaythe treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of theking's house; he took all: he carried away also the shields of goldwhich Solomon had made.12:10 Instead of which king Rehoboam made shields of brass, andcommitted them to the hands of the chief of the guard, that kept theentrance of the king's house.12:11 And when the king entered into the house of the LORD, the guardcame and fetched them, and brought them again into the guard chamber.12:12 And when he humbled himself, the wrath of the LORD turned fromhim, that he would not destroy him altogether: and also in Judahthings went well.12:13 So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned:for Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign, andhe reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD hadchosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And hismother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess.12:14 And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek theLORD.12:15 Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not writtenin the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerninggenealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboamcontinually.12:16 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the cityof David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.13:1 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reignover Judah.13:2 He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also wasMichaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war betweenAbijah and Jeroboam.13:3 And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant men ofwar, even four hundred thousand chosen men: Jeroboam also set thebattle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men,being mighty men of valour.13:4 And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is in mountEphraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel; 13:5 Oughtye not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom overIsrael to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant ofsalt?  13:6 Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon theson of David, is risen up, and hath rebelled against his lord.13:7 And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of Belial,and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon,when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstandthem.13:8 And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in the handof the sons of David; and ye be a great multitude, and there are withyour golden calves, which Jeroboam made you for gods.13:9 Have ye not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron,and the Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of thenations of other lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himselfwith a young bullock and seven rams, the same may be a priest of themthat are no gods.13:10 But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsakenhim; and the priests, which minister unto the LORD, are the sons ofAaron, and the Levites wait upon their business: 13:11 And they burnunto the LORD every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices andsweet incense: the shewbread also set they in order upon the puretable; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burnevery evening: for we keep the charge of the LORD our God; but ye haveforsaken him.13:12 And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and hispriests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children ofIsrael, fight ye not against the LORD God of your fathers; for yeshall not prosper.13:13 But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them: sothey were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them.13:14 And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before andbehind: and they cried unto the LORD, and the priests sounded with thetrumpets.13:15 Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judahshouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israelbefore Abijah and Judah.13:16 And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God deliveredthem into their hand.13:17 And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: sothere fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.13:18 Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, andthe children of Judah prevailed, because they relied upon the LORD Godof their fathers.13:19 And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him,Bethel with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof,and Ephraim with the towns thereof.13:20 Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days ofAbijah: and the LORD struck him, and he died.13:21 But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begattwenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.13:22 And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and hissayings, are written in the story of the prophet Iddo.14:1 So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the cityof David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the landwas quiet ten years.14:2 And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the LORDhis God: 14:3 For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and thehigh places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves: 14:4And commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of their fathers, and to dothe law and the commandment.14:5 Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high placesand the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.14:6 And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, andhe had no war in those years; because the LORD had given him rest.14:7 Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and makeabout them walls, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yetbefore us; because we have sought the LORD our God, we have soughthim, and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built andprospered.14:8 And Asa had an army of men that bare targets and spears, out ofJudah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shieldsand drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these weremighty men of valour.14:9 And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an hostof a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came untoMareshah.14:10 Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in arrayin the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.14:11 And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it isnothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that haveno power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thyname we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God; let noman prevail against thee.14:12 So the LORD smote the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah;and the Ethiopians fled.14:13 And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them untoGerar: and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recoverthemselves; for they were destroyed before the LORD, and before hishost; and they carried away very much spoil.14:14 And they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear ofthe LORD came upon them: and they spoiled all the cities; for therewas exceeding much spoil in them.14:15 They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep andcamels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem.15:1 And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded: 15:2 Andhe went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and allJudah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and ifye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he willforsake you.15:3 Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, andwithout a teaching priest, and without law.15:4 But when they in their trouble did turn unto the LORD God ofIsrael, and sought him, he was found of them.15:5 And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, norto him that came in, but great vexations were upon all the inhabitantsof the countries.15:6 And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God didvex them with all adversity.15:7 Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for yourwork shall be rewarded.15:8 And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded theprophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of allthe land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he hadtaken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the LORD, that wasbefore the porch of the LORD.15:9 And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers withthem out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell tohim out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that the LORD his Godwas with him.15:10 So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the thirdmonth, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.15:11 And they offered unto the LORD the same time, of the spoil whichthey had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.15:12 And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of theirfathers with all their heart and with all their soul; 15:13 Thatwhosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put todeath, whether small or great, whether man or woman.15:14 And they sware unto the LORD with a loud voice, and withshouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.15:15 And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with alltheir heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was foundof them: and the LORD gave them rest round about.15:16 And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king, heremoved her from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove:and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burnt it at the brookKidron.15:17 But the high places were not taken away out of Israel:nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.15:18 And he brought into the house of God the things that his fatherhad dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold,and vessels.15:19 And there was no more war unto the five and thirtieth year ofthe reign of Asa.16:1 In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa Baasha king ofIsrael came up against Judah, and built Ramah, to the intent that hemight let none go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.16:2 Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of thehouse of the LORD and of the king's house, and sent to Benhadad kingof Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying, 16:3 There is a leaguebetween me and thee, as there was between my father and thy father:behold, I have sent thee silver and gold; go, break thy league withBaasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.16:4 And Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains ofhis armies against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon, and Dan,and Abelmaim, and all the store cities of Naphtali.16:5 And it came to pass, when Baasha heard it, that he left offbuilding of Ramah, and let his work cease.16:6 Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away thestones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha wasbuilding; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah.16:7 And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, andsaid unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and notrelied on the LORD thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syriaescaped out of thine hand.16:8 Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host, with verymany chariots and horsemen? yet, because thou didst rely on the LORD,he delivered them into thine hand.16:9 For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the wholeearth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart isperfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore fromhenceforth thou shalt have wars.16:10 Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house;for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressedsome of the people the same time.16:11 And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they arewritten in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.16:12 And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseasedin his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his diseasehe sought not to the LORD, but to the physicians.16:13 And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortiethyear of his reign.16:14 And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made forhimself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filledwith sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by theapothecaries' art: and they made a very great burning for him.17:1 And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthenedhimself against Israel.17:2 And he placed forces in all the fenced cities of Judah, and setgarrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, whichAsa his father had taken.17:3 And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the firstways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim; 17:4 But soughtto the Lord God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and notafter the doings of Israel.17:5 Therefore the LORD stablished the kingdom in his hand; and allJudah brought to Jehoshaphat presents; and he had riches and honour inabundance.17:6 And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD: moreover hetook away the high places and groves out of Judah.17:7 Also in the third year of his reign he sent to his princes, evento Benhail, and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to Nethaneel, and toMichaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah.17:8 And with them he sent Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, andZebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah,and Tobijah, and Tobadonijah, Levites; and with them Elishama andJehoram, priests.17:9 And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the law of the LORDwith them, and went about throughout all the cities of Judah, andtaught the people.17:10 And the fear of the LORD fell upon all the kingdoms of the landsthat were round about Judah, so that they made no war againstJehoshaphat.17:11 Also some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents, andtribute silver; and the Arabians brought him flocks, seven thousandand seven hundred rams, and seven thousand and seven hundred he goats.17:12 And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judahcastles, and cities of store.17:13 And he had much business in the cities of Judah: and the men ofwar, mighty men of valour, were in Jerusalem.17:14 And these are the numbers of them according to the house oftheir fathers: Of Judah, the captains of thousands; Adnah the chief,and with him mighty men of valour three hundred thousand.17:15 And next to him was Jehohanan the captain, and with him twohundred and fourscore thousand.17:16 And next him was Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willinglyoffered himself unto the LORD; and with him two hundred thousandmighty men of valour.17:17 And of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man of valour, and with himarmed men with bow and shield two hundred thousand.17:18 And next him was Jehozabad, and with him an hundred andfourscore thousand ready prepared for the war.17:19 These waited on the king, beside those whom the king put in thefenced cities throughout all Judah.18:1 Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance, and joinedaffinity with Ahab.18:2 And after certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria. And Ahabkilled sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people that hehad with him, and persuaded him to go up with him to Ramothgilead.18:3 And Ahab king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Wiltthou go with me to Ramothgilead? And he answered him, I am as thouart, and my people as thy people; and we will be with thee in the war.18:4 And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I praythee, at the word of the LORD to day.18:5 Therefore the king of Israel gathered together of prophets fourhundred men, and said unto them, Shall we go to Ramothgilead tobattle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for God will deliverit into the king's hand.18:6 But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORDbesides, that we might enquire of him?  18:7 And the king of Israelsaid unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, by whom we may enquire ofthe LORD: but I hate him; for he never prophesied good unto me, butalways evil: the same is Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphatsaid, Let not the king say so.18:8 And the king of Israel called for one of his officers, and said,Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imla.18:9 And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah sat eitherof them on his throne, clothed in their robes, and they sat in a voidplace at the entering in of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophetsprophesied before them.18:10 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made him horns of iron,and said, Thus saith the LORD, With these thou shalt push Syria untilthey be consumed.18:11 And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up toRamothgilead, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the handof the king.18:12 And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spake to him,saying, Behold, the words of the prophets declare good to the kingwith one assent; let thy word therefore, I pray thee, be like one oftheir's, and speak thou good.18:13 And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, even what my God saith,that will I speak.18:14 And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him,Micaiah, shall we go to Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear?And he said, Go ye up, and prosper, and they shall be delivered intoyour hand.18:15 And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure theethat thou say nothing but the truth to me in the name of the LORD?18:16 Then he said, I did see all Israel scattered upon the mountains,as sheep that have no shepherd: and the LORD said, These have nomaster; let them return therefore every man to his house in peace.18:17 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell theethat he would not prophesy good unto me, but evil?  18:18 Again hesaid, Therefore hear the word of the LORD; I saw the LORD sitting uponhis throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand andon his left.18:19 And the LORD said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that hemay go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one spake saying after thismanner, and another saying after that manner.18:20 Then there came out a spirit, and stood before the LORD, andsaid, I will entice him. And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith?  18:21And he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of allhis prophets. And the Lord said, Thou shalt entice him, and thou shaltalso prevail: go out, and do even so.18:22 Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in themouth of these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil againstthee.18:23 Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiahupon the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD fromme to speak unto thee?  18:24 And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt seeon that day when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.18:25 Then the king of Israel said, Take ye Micaiah, and carry himback to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son;18:26 And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, andfeed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, untilI return in peace.18:27 And Micaiah said, If thou certainly return in peace, then hathnot the LORD spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, all ye people.18:28 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went upto Ramothgilead.18:29 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguisemyself, and I will go to the battle; but put thou on thy robes. So theking of Israel disguised himself; and they went to the battle.18:30 Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of the chariotsthat were with him, saying, Fight ye not with small or great, saveonly with the king of Israel.18:31 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots sawJehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore theycompassed about him to fight: but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORDhelped him; and God moved them to depart from him.18:32 For it came to pass, that, when the captains of the chariotsperceived that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back againfrom pursuing him.18:33 And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king ofIsrael between the joints of the harness: therefore he said to hischariot man, Turn thine hand, that thou mayest carry me out of thehost; for I am wounded.18:34 And the battle increased that day: howbeit the king of Israelstayed himself up in his chariot against the Syrians until the even:and about the time of the sun going down he died.19:1 And Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his house in peaceto Jerusalem.19:2 And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, andsaid to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and lovethem that hate the LORD? therefore is wrath upon thee from before theLORD.19:3 Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thouhast taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thineheart to seek God.19:4 And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went out again throughthe people from Beersheba to mount Ephraim, and brought them back untothe LORD God of their fathers.19:5 And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities ofJudah, city by city, 19:6 And said to the judges, Take heed what yedo: for ye judge not for man, but for the LORD, who is with you in thejudgment.19:7 Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed anddo it: for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect ofpersons, nor taking of gifts.19:8 Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites, and ofthe priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Israel, for thejudgment of the LORD, and for controversies, when they returned toJerusalem.19:9 And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of theLORD, faithfully, and with a perfect heart.19:10 And what cause soever shall come to you of your brethren thatdwell in your cities, between blood and blood, between law andcommandment, statutes and judgments, ye shall even warn them that theytrespass not against the LORD, and so wrath come upon you, and uponyour brethren: this do, and ye shall not trespass.19:11 And, behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all mattersof the LORD; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the houseof Judah, for all the king's matters: also the Levites shall beofficers before you. Deal courageously, and the LORD shall be with thegood.20:1 It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, andthe children of Ammon, and with them other beside the Ammonites, cameagainst Jehoshaphat to battle.20:2 Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometha great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria;and, behold, they be in Hazazontamar, which is Engedi.20:3 And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, andproclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.20:4 And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the LORD:even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD.20:5 And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem,in the house of the LORD, before the new court, 20:6 And said, O LORDGod of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest not thouover all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there notpower and might, so that none is able to withstand thee?  20:7 Art notthou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land beforethy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend forever?  20:8 And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuarytherein for thy name, saying, 20:9 If, when evil cometh upon us, asthe sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before thishouse, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cryunto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help.20:10 And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir,whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of theland of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not;20:11 Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thypossession, which thou hast given us to inherit.20:12 O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no mightagainst this great company that cometh against us; neither know wewhat to do: but our eyes are upon thee.20:13 And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones,their wives, and their children.20:14 Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, theson of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph,came the Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the congregation; 20:15And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem,and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraidnor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is notyours, but God's.20:16 To morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by thecliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, beforethe wilderness of Jeruel.20:17 Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, standye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah andJerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them:for the LORD will be with you.20:18 And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: andall Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD,worshipping the LORD.20:19 And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of thechildren of the Korhites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israelwith a loud voice on high.20:20 And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into thewilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood andsaid, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe inthe LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets,so shall ye prosper.20:21 And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singersunto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as theywent out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercyendureth for ever.20:22 And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD setambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, whichwere come against Judah; and they were smitten.20:23 For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against theinhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and whenthey had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped todestroy another.20:24 And when Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness,they looked unto the multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodiesfallen to the earth, and none escaped.20:25 And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoilof them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the deadbodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves,more than they could carry away: and they were three days in gatheringof the spoil, it was so much.20:26 And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley ofBerachah; for there they blessed the LORD: therefore the name of thesame place was called, The valley of Berachah, unto this day.20:27 Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, andJehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem withjoy; for the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies.20:28 And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps andtrumpets unto the house of the LORD.20:29 And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries,when they had heard that the LORD fought against the enemies ofIsrael.20:30 So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him restround about.20:31 And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty and five yearsold when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years inJerusalem.And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.20:32 And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and departed notfrom it, doing that which was right in the sight of the LORD.20:33 Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for as yet thepeople had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers.20:34 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold,they are written in the book of Jehu the son of Hanani, who ismentioned in the book of the kings of Israel.20:35 And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself withAhaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly: 20:36 And he joinedhimself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made theships in Eziongaber.20:37 Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied againstJehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah,the LORD hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that theywere not able to go to Tarshish.21:1 Now Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with hisfathers in the city of David. And Jehoram his son reigned in hisstead.21:2 And he had brethren the sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Jehiel,and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah: all thesewere the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel.21:3 And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold,and of precious things, with fenced cities in Judah: but the kingdomgave he to Jehoram; because he was the firstborn.21:4 Now when Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his father, hestrengthened himself, and slew all his brethren with the sword, anddivers also of the princes of Israel.21:5 Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he began to reign, andhe reigned eight years in Jerusalem.21:6 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did thehouse of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife: and he wroughtthat which was evil in the eyes of the LORD.21:7 Howbeit the LORD would not destroy the house of David, because ofthe covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give alight to him and to his sons for ever.21:8 In his days the Edomites revolted from under the dominion ofJudah, and made themselves a king.21:9 Then Jehoram went forth with his princes, and all his chariotswith him: and he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites whichcompassed him in, and the captains of the chariots.21:10 So the Edomites revolted from under the hand of Judah unto thisday.The same time also did Libnah revolt from under his hand; because hehad forsaken the LORD God of his fathers.21:11 Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah andcaused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, andcompelled Judah thereto.21:12 And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying,Thus saith the LORD God of David thy father, Because thou hast notwalked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asaking of Judah, 21:13 But hast walked in the way of the kings ofIsrael, and hast made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go awhoring, like to the whoredoms of the house of Ahab, and also hastslain thy brethren of thy father's house, which were better thanthyself: 21:14 Behold, with a great plague will the LORD smite thypeople, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy goods: 21:15 Andthou shalt have great sickness by disease of thy bowels, until thybowels fall out by reason of the sickness day by day.21:16 Moreover the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of thePhilistines, and of the Arabians, that were near the Ethiopians: 21:17And they came up into Judah, and brake into it, and carried away allthe substance that was found in the king's house, and his sons also,and his wives; so that there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz,the youngest of his sons.21:18 And after all this the LORD smote him in his bowels with anincurable disease.21:19 And it came to pass, that in process of time, after the end oftwo years, his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness: so he diedof sore diseases. And his people made no burning for him, like theburning of his fathers.21:20 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and hereigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being desired.Howbeit they buried him in the city of David, but not in thesepulchres of the kings.22:1 And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest sonking in his stead: for the band of men that came with the Arabians tothe camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram kingof Judah reigned.22:2 Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign, andhe reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Athaliahthe daughter of Omri.22:3 He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his motherwas his counsellor to do wickedly.22:4 Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house ofAhab: for they were his counsellors after the death of his father tohis destruction.22:5 He walked also after their counsel, and went with Jehoram the sonof Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria atRamothgilead: and the Syrians smote Joram.22:6 And he returned to be healed in Jezreel because of the woundswhich were given him at Ramah, when he fought with Hazael king ofSyria. And Azariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to seeJehoram the son of Ahab at Jezreel, because he was sick.22:7 And the destruction of Ahaziah was of God by coming to Joram: forwhen he was come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son ofNimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab.22:8 And it came to pass, that, when Jehu was executing judgment uponthe house of Ahab, and found the princes of Judah, and the sons of thebrethren of Ahaziah, that ministered to Ahaziah, he slew them.22:9 And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for he was hid inSamaria,) and brought him to Jehu: and when they had slain him, theyburied him: Because, said they, he is the son of Jehoshaphat, whosought the LORD with all his heart. So the house of Ahaziah had nopower to keep still the kingdom.22:10 But when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son wasdead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal of the house ofJudah.22:11 But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the sonof Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons that were slain,and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, thedaughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest, (for shewas the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that she slewhim not.22:12 And he was with them hid in the house of God six years: andAthaliah reigned over the land.23:1 And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and tookthe captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael theson of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son ofAdaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him.23:2 And they went about in Judah, and gathered the Levites out of allthe cities of Judah, and the chief of the fathers of Israel, and theycame to Jerusalem.23:3 And all the congregation made a covenant with the king in thehouse of God. And he said unto them, Behold, the king's son shallreign, as the LORD hath said of the sons of David.23:4 This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you enteringon the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be porters ofthe doors; 23:5 And a third part shall be at the king's house; and athird part at the gate of the foundation: and all the people shall bein the courts of the house of the LORD.23:6 But let none come into the house of the LORD, save the priests,and they that minister of the Levites; they shall go in, for they areholy: but all the people shall keep the watch of the LORD.23:7 And the Levites shall compass the king round about, every manwith his weapons in his hand; and whosoever else cometh into thehouse, he shall be put to death: but be ye with the king when hecometh in, and when he goeth out.23:8 So the Levites and all Judah did according to all things thatJehoiada the priest had commanded, and took every man his men thatwere to come in on the sabbath, with them that were to go out on thesabbath: for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses.23:9 Moreover Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains ofhundreds spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been kingDavid's, which were in the house of God.23:10 And he set all the people, every man having his weapon in hishand, from the right side of the temple to the left side of thetemple, along by the altar and the temple, by the king round about.23:11 Then they brought out the king's son, and put upon him thecrown, and gave him the testimony, and made him king. And Jehoiada andhis sons anointed him, and said, God save the king.23:12 Now when Athaliah heard the noise of the people running andpraising the king, she came to the people into the house of the LORD:23:13 And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at theentering in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king: and all thepeople of the land rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also thesingers with instruments of musick, and such as taught to sing praise.Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason, Treason.23:14 Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundredsthat were set over the host, and said unto them, Have her forth of theranges: and whoso followeth her, let him be slain with the sword. Forthe priest said, Slay her not in the house of the LORD.23:15 So they laid hands on her; and when she was come to the enteringof the horse gate by the king's house, they slew her there.23:16 And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all thepeople, and between the king, that they should be the LORD's people.23:17 Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake itdown, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattanthe priest of Baal before the altars.23:18 Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the LORD bythe hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in thehouse of the LORD, to offer the burnt offerings of the LORD, as it iswritten in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, as itwas ordained by David.23:19 And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the LORD,that none which was unclean in any thing should enter in.23:20 And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and thegovernors of the people, and all the people of the land, and broughtdown the king from the house of the LORD: and they came through thehigh gate into the king's house, and set the king upon the throne ofthe kingdom.23:21 And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city was quiet,after that they had slain Athaliah with the sword.24:1 Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reignedforty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Zibiah ofBeersheba.24:2 And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD allthe days of Jehoiada the priest.24:3 And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons anddaughters.24:4 And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to repairthe house of the LORD.24:5 And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said tothem, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel moneyto repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that yehasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened it not.24:6 And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him,Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah andout of Jerusalem the collection, according to the commandment of Mosesthe servant of the LORD, and of the congregation of Israel, for thetabernacle of witness?  24:7 For the sons of Athaliah, that wickedwoman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicatedthings of the house of the LORD did they bestow upon Baalim.24:8 And at the king's commandment they made a chest, and set itwithout at the gate of the house of the LORD.24:9 And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, tobring in to the LORD the collection that Moses the servant of God laidupon Israel in the wilderness.24:10 And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in,and cast into the chest, until they had made an end.24:11 Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was broughtunto the king's office by the hand of the Levites, and when they sawthat there was much money, the king's scribe and the high priest'sofficer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to hisplace again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money inabundance.24:12 And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of theservice of the house of the LORD, and hired masons and carpenters torepair the house of the LORD, and also such as wrought iron and brassto mend the house of the LORD.24:13 So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, andthey set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it.24:14 And when they had finished it, they brought the rest of themoney before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for thehouse of the LORD, even vessels to minister, and to offer withal, andspoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burntofferings in the house of the LORD continually all the days ofJehoiada.24:15 But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; anhundred and thirty years old was he when he died.24:16 And they buried him in the city of David among the kings,because he had done good in Israel, both toward God, and toward hishouse.24:17 Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, andmade obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.24:18 And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, andserved groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem forthis their trespass.24:19 Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the LORD;and they testified against them: but they would not give ear.24:20 And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiadathe priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thussaith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the LORD, that yecannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the LORD, he hath alsoforsaken you.24:21 And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones atthe commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD.24:22 Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiadahis father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, hesaid, The LORD look upon it, and require it.24:23 And it came to pass at the end of the year, that the host ofSyria came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, anddestroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, andsent all the spoil of them unto the king of Damascus.24:24 For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men,and the LORD delivered a very great host into their hand, because theyhad forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. So they executed judgmentagainst Joash.24:25 And when they were departed from him, (for they left him ingreat diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the bloodof the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and hedied: and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried himnot in the sepulchres of the kings.24:26 And these are they that conspired against him; Zabad the son ofShimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a Moabitess.24:27 Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens laidupon him, and the repairing of the house of God, behold, they arewritten in the story of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his sonreigned in his stead.25:1 Amaziah was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, andhe reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's namewas Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.25:2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, but notwith a perfect heart.25:3 Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him,that he slew his servants that had killed the king his father.25:4 But he slew not their children, but did as it is written in thelaw in the book of Moses, where the LORD commanded, saying, Thefathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children diefor the fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin.25:5 Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captainsover thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses oftheir fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered themfrom twenty years old and above, and found them three hundred thousandchoice men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear andshield.25:6 He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valour out ofIsrael for an hundred talents of silver.25:7 But there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, let not thearmy of Israel go with thee; for the LORD is not with Israel, to wit,with all the children of Ephraim.25:8 But if thou wilt go, do it; be strong for the battle: God shallmake thee fall before the enemy: for God hath power to help, and tocast down.25:9 And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for thehundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the manof God answered, The LORD is able to give thee much more than this.25:10 Then Amaziah separated them, to wit, the army that was come tohim out of Ephraim, to go home again: wherefore their anger wasgreatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home in great anger.25:11 And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, andwent to the valley of salt, and smote of the children of Seir tenthousand.25:12 And other ten thousand left alive did the children of Judahcarry away captive, and brought them unto the top of the rock, andcast them down from the top of the rock, that they all were broken inpieces.25:13 But the soldiers of the army which Amaziah sent back, that theyshould not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah, fromSamaria even unto Bethhoron, and smote three thousand of them, andtook much spoil.25:14 Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from theslaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children ofSeir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself beforethem, and burned incense unto them.25:15 Wherefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, andhe sent unto him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast thou soughtafter the gods of the people, which could not deliver their own peopleout of thine hand?  25:16 And it came to pass, as he talked with him,that the king said unto him, Art thou made of the king's counsel?forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, andsaid, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thouhast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.25:17 Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, theson of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let ussee one another in the face.25:18 And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying,The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon,saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by awild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.25:19 Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten the Edomites; and thine heartlifteth thee up to boast: abide now at home; why shouldest thou meddleto thine hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah withthee?  25:20 But Amaziah would not hear; for it came of God, that hemight deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they soughtafter the gods of Edom.25:21 So Joash the king of Israel went up; and they saw one another inthe face, both he and Amaziah king of Judah, at Bethshemesh, whichbelongeth to Judah.25:22 And Judah was put to the worse before Israel, and they fledevery man to his tent.25:23 And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the sonof Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Bethshemesh, and brought him toJerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate ofEphraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.25:24 And he took all the gold and the silver, and all the vesselsthat were found in the house of God with Obededom, and the treasuresof the king's house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria.25:25 And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the deathof Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.25:26 Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold, arethey not written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel?  25:27Now after the time that Amaziah did turn away from following the LORDthey made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled toLachish: but they sent to Lachish after him, and slew him there.25:28 And they brought him upon horses, and buried him with hisfathers in the city of Judah.26:1 Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen yearsold, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.26:2 He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the kingslept with his fathers.26:3 Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign, and hereigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also wasJecoliah of Jerusalem.26:4 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD,according to all that his father Amaziah did.26:5 And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understandingin the visions of God: and as long as he sought the LORD, God made himto prosper.26:6 And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and brakedown the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod,and built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines.26:7 And God helped him against the Philistines, and against theArabians that dwelt in Gurbaal, and the Mehunims.26:8 And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah: and his name spreadabroad even to the entering in of Egypt; for he strengthened himselfexceedingly.26:9 Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, andat the valley gate, and at the turning of the wall, and fortifiedthem.26:10 Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: forhe had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains:husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel:for he loved husbandry.26:11 Moreover Uzziah had an host of fighting men, that went out towar by bands, according to the number of their account by the hand ofJeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the hand of Hananiah,one of the king's captains.26:12 The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty menof valour were two thousand and six hundred.26:13 And under their hand was an army, three hundred thousand andseven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, tohelp the king against the enemy.26:14 And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields,and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to caststones.26:15 And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to beon the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stoneswithal.And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, tillhe was strong.26:16 But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to hisdestruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and wentinto the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense.26:17 And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscorepriests of the LORD, that were valiant men: 26:18 And they withstoodUzziah the king, and said unto him, It appertaineth not unto thee,Uzziah, to burn incense unto the LORD, but to the priests the sons ofAaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary;for thou hast trespassed; neither shall it be for thine honour fromthe LORD God.26:19 Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand to burnincense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy evenrose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the LORD,from beside the incense altar.26:20 And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked uponhim, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust himout from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because the LORDhad smitten him.26:21 And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, anddwelt in a several house, being a leper; for he was cut off from thehouse of the LORD: and Jotham his son was over the king's house,judging the people of the land.26:22 Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, did Isaiahthe prophet, the son of Amoz, write.26:23 So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with hisfathers in the field of the burial which belonged to the kings; forthey said, He is a leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.27:1 Jotham was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, andhe reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also wasJerushah, the daughter of Zadok.27:2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD,according to all that his father Uzziah did: howbeit he entered notinto the temple of the LORD. And the people did yet corruptly.27:3 He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wallof Ophel he built much.27:4 Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in theforests he built castles and towers.27:5 He fought also with the king of the Ammonites, and prevailedagainst them. And the children of Ammon gave him the same year anhundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and tenthousand of barley. So much did the children of Ammon pay unto him,both the second year, and the third.27:6 So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before theLORD his God.27:7 Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars, and hisways, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel andJudah.27:8 He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, andreigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.27:9 And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in thecity of David: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.28:1 Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reignedsixteen years in Jerusalem: but he did not that which was right in thesight of the LORD, like David his father: 28:2 For he walked in theways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim.28:3 Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, andburnt his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathenwhom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.28:4 He sacrificed also and burnt incense in the high places, and onthe hills, and under every green tree.28:5 Wherefore the LORD his God delivered him into the hand of theking of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away a great multitudeof them captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was alsodelivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with agreat slaughter.28:6 For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah an hundred and twentythousand in one day, which were all valiant men; because they hadforsaken the LORD God of their fathers.28:7 And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king'sson, and Azrikam the governor of the house, and Elkanah that was nextto the king.28:8 And the children of Israel carried away captive of their brethrentwo hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took also awaymuch spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria.28:9 But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name was Oded: and hewent out before the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them,Behold, because the LORD God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, hehath delivered them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a ragethat reacheth up unto heaven.28:10 And now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah andJerusalem for bondmen and bondwomen unto you: but are there not withyou, even with you, sins against the LORD your God?  28:11 Now hear metherefore, and deliver the captives again, which ye have taken captiveof your brethren: for the fierce wrath of the LORD is upon you.28:12 Then certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariahthe son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, and Jehizkiahthe son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against themthat came from the war, 28:13 And said unto them, Ye shall not bringin the captives hither: for whereas we have offended against the LORDalready, ye intend to add more to our sins and to our trespass: forour trespass is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel.28:14 So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before theprinces and all the congregation.28:15 And the men which were expressed by name rose up, and took thecaptives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them,and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink,and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them upon asses, andbrought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brethren:then they returned to Samaria.28:16 At that time did king Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria tohelp him.28:17 For again the Edomites had come and smitten Judah, and carriedaway captives.28:18 The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low country,and of the south of Judah, and had taken Bethshemesh, and Ajalon, andGederoth, and Shocho with the villages thereof, and Timnah with thevillages thereof, Gimzo also and the villages thereof: and they dweltthere.28:19 For the LORD brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel;for he made Judah naked, and transgressed sore against the LORD.28:20 And Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria came unto him, anddistressed him, but strengthened him not.28:21 For Ahaz took away a portion out of the house of the LORD, andout of the house of the king, and of the princes, and gave it unto theking of Assyria: but he helped him not.28:22 And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more againstthe LORD: this is that king Ahaz.28:23 For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him:and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them,therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But theywere the ruin of him, and of all Israel.28:24 And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God, andcut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and shut up the doorsof the house of the LORD, and he made him altars in every corner ofJerusalem.28:25 And in every several city of Judah he made high places to burnincense unto other gods, and provoked to anger the LORD God of hisfathers.28:26 Now the rest of his acts and of all his ways, first and last,behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.28:27 And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in thecity, even in Jerusalem: but they brought him not into the sepulchresof the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.29:1 Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old,and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem. And his mother'sname was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.29:2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD,according to all that David his father had done.29:3 He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened thedoors of the house of the LORD, and repaired them.29:4 And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered themtogether into the east street, 29:5 And said unto them, Hear me, yeLevites, sanctify now yourselves, and sanctify the house of the LORDGod of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holyplace.29:6 For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil inthe eyes of the LORD our God, and have forsaken him, and have turnedaway their faces from the habitation of the LORD, and turned theirbacks.29:7 Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out thelamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in theholy place unto the God of Israel.29:8 Wherefore the wrath of the LORD was upon Judah and Jerusalem, andhe hath delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, asye see with your eyes.29:9 For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons andour daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.29:10 Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with the LORD God ofIsrael, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us.29:11 My sons, be not now negligent: for the LORD hath chosen you tostand before him, to serve him, and that ye should minister unto him,and burn incense.29:12 Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel theson of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: and of the sons ofMerari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel: and ofthe Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah:29:13 And of the sons of Elizaphan; Shimri, and Jeiel: and of the sonsof Asaph; Zechariah, and Mattaniah: 29:14 And of the sons of Heman;Jehiel, and Shimei: and of the sons of Jeduthun; Shemaiah, and Uzziel.29:15 And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselves, andcame, according to the commandment of the king, by the words of theLORD, to cleanse the house of the LORD.29:16 And the priests went into the inner part of the house of theLORD, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that theyfound in the temple of the LORD into the court of the house of theLORD. And the Levites took it, to carry it out abroad into the brookKidron.29:17 Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify,and on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of the LORD:so they sanctified the house of the LORD in eight days; and in thesixteenth day of the first month they made an end.29:18 Then they went in to Hezekiah the king, and said, We havecleansed all the house of the LORD, and the altar of burnt offering,with all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread table, with all thevessels thereof.29:19 Moreover all the vessels, which king Ahaz in his reign did castaway in his transgression, have we prepared and sanctified, and,behold, they are before the altar of the LORD.29:20 Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers ofthe city, and went up to the house of the LORD.29:21 And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and sevenlambs, and seven he goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom, and forthe sanctuary, and for Judah. And he commanded the priests the sons ofAaron to offer them on the altar of the LORD.29:22 So they killed the bullocks, and the priests received the blood,and sprinkled it on the altar: likewise, when they had killed therams, they sprinkled the blood upon the altar: they killed also thelambs, and they sprinkled the blood upon the altar.29:23 And they brought forth the he goats for the sin offering beforethe king and the congregation; and they laid their hands upon them:29:24 And the priests killed them, and they made reconciliation withtheir blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all Israel: forthe king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering shouldbe made for all Israel.29:25 And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals,with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment ofDavid, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet: for so wasthe commandment of the LORD by his prophets.29:26 And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and thepriests with the trumpets.29:27 And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt offering upon thealtar.And when the burnt offering began, the song of the LORD began alsowith the trumpets, and with the instruments ordained by David king ofIsrael.29:28 And all the congregation worshipped, and the singers sang, andthe trumpeters sounded: and all this continued until the burntoffering was finished.29:29 And when they had made an end of offering, the king and all thatwere present with him bowed themselves, and worshipped.29:30 Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levitesto sing praise unto the LORD with the words of David, and of Asaph theseer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their headsand worshipped.29:31 Then Hezekiah answered and said, Now ye have consecratedyourselves unto the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices and thankofferings into the house of the LORD. And the congregation brought insacrifices and thank offerings; and as many as were of a free heartburnt offerings.29:32 And the number of the burnt offerings, which the congregationbrought, was threescore and ten bullocks, an hundred rams, and twohundred lambs: all these were for a burnt offering to the LORD.29:33 And the consecrated things were six hundred oxen and threethousand sheep.29:34 But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay allthe burnt offerings: wherefore their brethren the Levites did helpthem, till the work was ended, and until the other priests hadsanctified themselves: for the Levites were more upright in heart tosanctify themselves than the priests.29:35 And also the burnt offerings were in abundance, with the fat ofthe peace offerings, and the drink offerings for every burnt offering.So the service of the house of the LORD was set in order.29:36 And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had preparedthe people: for the thing was done suddenly.30:1 And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters alsoto Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of theLORD at Jerusalem, to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel.30:2 For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all thecongregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month.30:3 For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests hadnot sanctified themselves sufficiently, neither had the peoplegathered themselves together to Jerusalem.30:4 And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation.30:5 So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout allIsrael, from Beersheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep thepassover unto the LORD God of Israel at Jerusalem: for they had notdone it of a long time in such sort as it was written.30:6 So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princesthroughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment ofthe king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto the LORD Godof Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the remnant ofyou, that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria.30:7 And be not ye like your fathers, and like your brethren, whichtrespassed against the LORD God of their fathers, who therefore gavethem up to desolation, as ye see.30:8 Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yieldyourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hathsanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fiercenessof his wrath may turn away from you.30:9 For if ye turn again unto the LORD, your brethren and yourchildren shall find compassion before them that lead them captive, sothat they shall come again into this land: for the LORD your God isgracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if yereturn unto him.30:10 So the posts passed from city to city through the country ofEphraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them toscorn, and mocked them.30:11 Nevertheless divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbledthemselves, and came to Jerusalem.30:12 Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to dothe commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of theLORD.30:13 And there assembled at Jerusalem much people to keep the feastof unleavened bread in the second month, a very great congregation.30:14 And they arose and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem,and all the altars for incense took they away, and cast them into thebrook Kidron.30:15 Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of thesecond month: and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, andsanctified themselves, and brought in the burnt offerings into thehouse of the LORD.30:16 And they stood in their place after their manner, according tothe law of Moses the man of God: the priests sprinkled the blood,which they received of the hand of the Levites.30:17 For there were many in the congregation that were notsanctified: therefore the Levites had the charge of the killing of thepassovers for every one that was not clean, to sanctify them unto theLORD.30:18 For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, andManasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet didthey eat the passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiahprayed for them, saying, The good LORD pardon every one 30:19 Thatprepareth his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his fathers, thoughhe be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary.30:20 And the LORD hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.30:21 And the children of Israel that were present at Jerusalem keptthe feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness: and theLevites and the priests praised the LORD day by day, singing with loudinstruments unto the LORD.30:22 And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites that taughtthe good knowledge of the LORD: and they did eat throughout the feastseven days, offering peace offerings, and making confession to theLORD God of their fathers.30:23 And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days:and they kept other seven days with gladness.30:24 For Hezekiah king of Judah did give to the congregation athousand bullocks and seven thousand sheep; and the princes gave tothe congregation a thousand bullocks and ten thousand sheep: and agreat number of priests sanctified themselves.30:25 And all the congregation of Judah, with the priests and theLevites, and all the congregation that came out of Israel, and thestrangers that came out of the land of Israel, and that dwelt inJudah, rejoiced.30:26 So there was great joy in Jerusalem: for since the time ofSolomon the son of David king of Israel there was not the like inJerusalem.30:27 Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: andtheir voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy dwellingplace, even unto heaven.31:1 Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present wentout to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cutdown the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out ofall Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they hadutterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned,every man to his possession, into their own cities.31:2 And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the Levitesafter their courses, every man according to his service, the priestsand Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister,and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the tents of theLORD.31:3 He appointed also the king's portion of his substance for theburnt offerings, to wit, for the morning and evening burnt offerings,and the burnt offerings for the sabbaths, and for the new moons, andfor the set feasts, as it is written in the law of the LORD.31:4 Moreover he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to givethe portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might beencouraged in the law of the LORD.31:5 And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children ofIsrael brought in abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil,and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of allthings brought they in abundantly.31:6 And concerning the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelt inthe cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep,and the tithe of holy things which were consecrated unto the LORDtheir God, and laid them by heaps.31:7 In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps,and finished them in the seventh month.31:8 And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, theyblessed the LORD, and his people Israel.31:9 Then Hezekiah questioned with the priests and the Levitesconcerning the heaps.31:10 And Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok answered him,and said, Since the people began to bring the offerings into the houseof the LORD, we have had enough to eat, and have left plenty: for theLORD hath blessed his people; and that which is left is this greatstore.31:11 Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of theLORD; and they prepared them, 31:12 And brought in the offerings andthe tithes and the dedicated things faithfully: over which Cononiahthe Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was the next.31:13 And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth,and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, wereoverseers under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei his brother, at thecommandment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of the houseof God.31:14 And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter toward theeast, was over the freewill offerings of God, to distribute theoblations of the LORD, and the most holy things.31:15 And next him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah,Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their setoffice, to give to their brethren by courses, as well to the great asto the small: 31:16 Beside their genealogy of males, from three yearsold and upward, even unto every one that entereth into the house ofthe LORD, his daily portion for their service in their chargesaccording to their courses; 31:17 Both to the genealogy of the priestsby the house of their fathers, and the Levites from twenty years oldand upward, in their charges by their courses; 31:18 And to thegenealogy of all their little ones, their wives, and their sons, andtheir daughters, through all the congregation: for in their set officethey sanctified themselves in holiness: 31:19 Also of the sons ofAaron the priests, which were in the fields of the suburbs of theircities, in every several city, the men that were expressed by name, togive portions to all the males among the priests, and to all that werereckoned by genealogies among the Levites.31:20 And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought thatwhich was good and right and truth before the LORD his God.31:21 And in every work that he began in the service of the house ofGod, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he didit with all his heart, and prospered.32:1 After these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacheribking of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against thefenced cities, and thought to win them for himself.32:2 And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he waspurposed to fight against Jerusalem, 32:3 He took counsel with hisprinces and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains whichwere without the city: and they did help him.32:4 So there was gathered much people together, who stopped all thefountains, and the brook that ran through the midst of the land,saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water?32:5 Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that wasbroken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, andrepaired Millo in the city of David, and made darts and shields inabundance.32:6 And he set captains of war over the people, and gathered themtogether to him in the street of the gate of the city, and spakecomfortably to them, saying, 32:7 Be strong and courageous, be notafraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitudethat is with him: for there be more with us than with him: 32:8 Withhim is an arm of flesh; but with us is the LORD our God to help us,and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon thewords of Hezekiah king of Judah.32:9 After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants toJerusalem, (but he himself laid siege against Lachish, and all hispower with him,) unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto all Judah thatwere at Jerusalem, saying, 32:10 Thus saith Sennacherib king ofAssyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem?32:11 Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over yourselves to die byfamine and by thirst, saying, The LORD our God shall deliver us out ofthe hand of the king of Assyria?  32:12 Hath not the same Hezekiahtaken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah andJerusalem, saying, Ye shall worship before one altar, and burn incenseupon it?  32:13 Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto allthe people of other lands? were the gods of the nations of those landsany ways able to deliver their lands out of mine hand?  32:14 Who wasthere among all the gods of those nations that my fathers utterlydestroyed, that could deliver his people out of mine hand, that yourGod should be able to deliver you out of mine hand?  32:15 Nowtherefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on thismanner, neither yet believe him: for no god of any nation or kingdomwas able to deliver his people out of mine hand, and out of the handof my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of minehand?  32:16 And his servants spake yet more against the LORD God, andagainst his servant Hezekiah.32:17 He wrote also letters to rail on the LORD God of Israel, and tospeak against him, saying, As the gods of the nations of other landshave not delivered their people out of mine hand, so shall not the Godof Hezekiah deliver his people out of mine hand.32:18 Then they cried with a loud voice in the Jews' speech unto thepeople of Jerusalem that were on the wall, to affright them, and totrouble them; that they might take the city.32:19 And they spake against the God of Jerusalem, as against the godsof the people of the earth, which were the work of the hands of man.32:20 And for this cause Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah theson of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven.32:21 And the LORD sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men ofvalour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king ofAssyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And whenhe was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his ownbowels slew him there with the sword.32:22 Thus the LORD saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalemfrom the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand ofall other, and guided them on every side.32:23 And many brought gifts unto the LORD to Jerusalem, and presentsto Hezekiah king of Judah: so that he was magnified in the sight ofall nations from thenceforth.32:24 In those days Hezekiah was sick to the death, and prayed untothe LORD: and he spake unto him, and he gave him a sign.32:25 But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit doneunto him; for his heart was lifted up: therefore there was wrath uponhim, and upon Judah and Jerusalem.32:26 Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of hisheart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath ofthe LORD came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah.32:27 And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honour: and he madehimself treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones,and for spices, and for shields, and for all manner of pleasantjewels; 32:28 Storehouses also for the increase of corn, and wine, andoil; and stalls for all manner of beasts, and cotes for flocks.32:29 Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks andherds in abundance: for God had given him substance very much.32:30 This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon,and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David.And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.32:31 Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes ofBabylon, who sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was done inthe land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was inhis heart.32:32 Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his goodness, behold,they are written in the vision of Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz,and in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.32:33 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in thechiefest of the sepulchres of the sons of David: and all Judah and theinhabitants of Jerusalem did him honour at his death. And Manasseh hisson reigned in his stead.33:1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and hereigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem: 33:2 But did that which wasevil in the sight of the LORD, like unto the abominations of theheathen, whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.33:3 For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father hadbroken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, andworshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.33:4 Also he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORDhad said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.33:5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courtsof the house of the LORD.33:6 And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valleyof the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments,and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and withwizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke himto anger.33:7 And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in thehouse of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son,In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all thetribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever: 33:8 Neither will I anymore remove the foot of Israel from out of the land which I haveappointed for your fathers; so that they will take heed to do all thatI have commanded them, according to the whole law and the statutes andthe ordinances by the hand of Moses.33:9 So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err,and to do worse than the heathen, whom the LORD had destroyed beforethe children of Israel.33:10 And the LORD spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but theywould not hearken.33:11 Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host ofthe king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and boundhim with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.33:12 And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, andhumbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers, 33:13 Andprayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard hissupplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom.Then Manasseh knew that the LORD he was God.33:14 Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on thewest side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fishgate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height,and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah.33:15 And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the houseof the LORD, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of thehouse of the LORD, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.33:16 And he repaired the altar of the LORD, and sacrificed thereonpeace offerings and thank offerings, and commanded Judah to serve theLORD God of Israel.33:17 Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places,yet unto the LORD their God only.33:18 Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer unto hisGod, and the words of the seers that spake to him in the name of theLORD God of Israel, behold, they are written in the book of the kingsof Israel.33:19 His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all hissins, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places,and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold,they are written among the sayings of the seers.33:20 So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in hisown house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.33:21 Amon was two and twenty years old when he began to reign, andreigned two years in Jerusalem.33:22 But he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as didManasseh his father: for Amon sacrificed unto all the carved imageswhich Manasseh his father had made, and served them; 33:23 And humblednot himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbledhimself; but Amon trespassed more and more.33:24 And his servants conspired against him, and slew him in his ownhouse.33:25 But the people of the land slew all them that had conspiredagainst king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son kingin his stead.34:1 Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reignedin Jerusalem one and thirty years.34:2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, andwalked in the ways of David his father, and declined neither to theright hand, nor to the left.34:3 For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, hebegan to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfthyear he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, andthe groves, and the carved images, and the molten images.34:4 And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and theimages, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, andthe carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and madedust of them, and strowed it upon the graves of them that hadsacrificed unto them.34:5 And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, andcleansed Judah and Jerusalem.34:6 And so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon,even unto Naphtali, with their mattocks round about.34:7 And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and hadbeaten the graven images into powder, and cut down all the idolsthroughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem.34:8 Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged theland, and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiahthe governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, torepair the house of the LORD his God.34:9 And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered themoney that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites thatkept the doors had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, andof all the remnant of Israel, and of all Judah and Benjamin; and theyreturned to Jerusalem.34:10 And they put it in the hand of the workmen that had theoversight of the house of the LORD, and they gave it to the workmenthat wrought in the house of the LORD, to repair and amend the house:34:11 Even to the artificers and builders gave they it, to buy hewnstone, and timber for couplings, and to floor the houses which thekings of Judah had destroyed.34:12 And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of themwere Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; andZechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set itforward; and other of the Levites, all that could skill of instrumentsof musick.34:13 Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and were overseersof all that wrought the work in any manner of service: and of theLevites there were scribes, and officers, and porters.34:14 And when they brought out the money that was brought into thehouse of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found a book of the law of theLORD given by Moses.34:15 And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, I havefound the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiahdelivered the book to Shaphan.34:16 And Shaphan carried the book to the king, and brought the kingword back again, saying, All that was committed to thy servants, theydo it.34:17 And they have gathered together the money that was found in thehouse of the LORD, and have delivered it into the hand of theoverseers, and to the hand of the workmen.34:18 Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah thepriest hath given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.34:19 And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of thelaw, that he rent his clothes.34:20 And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan,and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah aservant of the king's, saying, 34:21 Go, enquire of the LORD for me,and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning thewords of the book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORDthat is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the wordof the LORD, to do after all that is written in this book.34:22 And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went toHuldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the sonof Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in thecollege:) and they spake to her to that effect.34:23 And she answered them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tellye the man that sent you to me, 34:24 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, Iwill bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof,even all the curses that are written in the book which they have readbefore the king of Judah: 34:25 Because they have forsaken me, andhave burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me toanger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall bepoured out upon this place, and shall not be quenched.34:26 And as for the king of Judah, who sent you to enquire of theLORD, so shall ye say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israelconcerning the words which thou hast heard; 34:27 Because thine heartwas tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thouheardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitantsthereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes,and weep before me; I have even heard thee also, saith the LORD.34:28 Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt begathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all theevil that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants ofthe same. So they brought the king word again.34:29 Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judahand Jerusalem.34:30 And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the menof Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and theLevites, and all the people, great and small: and he read in theirears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in thehouse of the LORD.34:31 And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before theLORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments, and histestimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all hissoul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in thisbook.34:32 And he caused all that were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin tostand to it. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to thecovenant of God, the God of their fathers.34:33 And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all thecountries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all thatwere present in Israel to serve, even to serve the LORD their God. Andall his days they departed not from following the LORD, the God oftheir fathers.35:1 Moreover Josiah kept a passover unto the LORD in Jerusalem: andthey killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.35:2 And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them tothe service of the house of the LORD, 35:3 And said unto the Levitesthat taught all Israel, which were holy unto the LORD, Put the holyark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel didbuild; it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders: serve now theLORD your God, and his people Israel, 35:4 And prepare yourselves bythe houses of your fathers, after your courses, according to thewriting of David king of Israel, and according to the writing ofSolomon his son.35:5 And stand in the holy place according to the divisions of thefamilies of the fathers of your brethren the people, and after thedivision of the families of the Levites.35:6 So kill the passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare yourbrethren, that they may do according to the word of the LORD by thehand of Moses.35:7 And Josiah gave to the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, allfor the passover offerings, for all that were present, to the numberof thirty thousand, and three thousand bullocks: these were of theking's substance.35:8 And his princes gave willingly unto the people, to the priests,and to the Levites: Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, rulers of thehouse of God, gave unto the priests for the passover offerings twothousand and six hundred small cattle and three hundred oxen.35:9 Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethaneel, his brethren, andHashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, chief of the Levites, gave unto theLevites for passover offerings five thousand small cattle, and fivehundred oxen.35:10 So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in theirplace, and the Levites in their courses, according to the king'scommandment.35:11 And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled theblood from their hands, and the Levites flayed them.35:12 And they removed the burnt offerings, that they might giveaccording to the divisions of the families of the people, to offerunto the LORD, as it is written in the book of Moses. And so did theywith the oxen.35:13 And they roasted the passover with fire according to theordinance: but the other holy offerings sod they in pots, and incaldrons, and in pans, and divided them speedily among all the people.35:14 And afterward they made ready for themselves, and for thepriests: because the priests the sons of Aaron were busied in offeringof burnt offerings and the fat until night; therefore the Levitesprepared for themselves, and for the priests the sons of Aaron.35:15 And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, accordingto the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun theking's seer; and the porters waited at every gate; they might notdepart from their service; for their brethren the Levites prepared forthem.35:16 So all the service of the LORD was prepared the same day, tokeep the passover, and to offer burnt offerings upon the altar of theLORD, according to the commandment of king Josiah.35:17 And the children of Israel that were present kept the passoverat that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days.35:18 And there was no passover like to that kept in Israel from thedays of Samuel the prophet; neither did all the kings of Israel keepsuch a passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, andall Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants ofJerusalem.35:19 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passoverkept.35:20 After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho kingof Egypt came up to fight against Charchemish by Euphrates: and Josiahwent out against him.35:21 But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do withthee, thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, butagainst the house wherewith I have war: for God commanded me to makehaste: forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that hedestroy thee not.35:22 Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, butdisguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened notunto the words of Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight inthe valley of Megiddo.35:23 And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to hisservants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded.35:24 His servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put himin the second chariot that he had; and they brought him to Jerusalem,and he died, and was buried in one of the sepulchres of his fathers.And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.35:25 And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men andthe singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day,and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written inthe lamentations.35:26 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his goodness, accordingto that which was written in the law of the LORD, 35:27 And his deeds,first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings ofIsrael and Judah.36:1 Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, andmade him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem.36:2 Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign,and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.36:3 And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, and condemnedthe land in an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.36:4 And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judahand Jerusalem, and turned his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho tookJehoahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.36:5 Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign,and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that which wasevil in the sight of the LORD his God.36:6 Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound himin fetters, to carry him to Babylon.36:7 Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of theLORD to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon.36:8 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations whichhe did, and that which was found in him, behold, they are written inthe book of the kings of Israel and Judah: and Jehoiachin his sonreigned in his stead.36:9 Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and hereigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that whichwas evil in the sight of the LORD.36:10 And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, andbrought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of theLORD, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.36:11 Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign,and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.36:12 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God,and humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from themouth of the LORD.36:13 And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had madehim swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heartfrom turning unto the LORD God of Israel.36:14 Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people,transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; andpolluted the house of the LORD which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.36:15 And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by hismessengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassionon his people, and on his dwelling place: 36:16 But they mocked themessengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets,until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there wasno remedy.36:17 Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, whoslew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary,and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him thatstooped for age: he gave them all into his hand.36:18 And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, andthe treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king,and of his princes; all these he brought to Babylon.36:19 And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall ofJerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyedall the goodly vessels thereof.36:20 And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away toBabylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the reignof the kingdom of Persia: 36:21 To fulfil the word of the LORD by themouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for aslong as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore andten years.36:22 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word ofthe LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, theLORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made aproclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing,saying, 36:23 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of theearth hath the LORD God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me tobuild him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there amongyou of all his people?  The LORD his God be with him, and let him go up.Ezra1:1 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word ofthe LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirredup the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamationthroughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, 1:2Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The LORD God of heaven hath given meall the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him anhouse at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.1:3 Who is there among you of all his people? his God be with him, andlet him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house ofthe LORD God of Israel, (he is the God,) which is in Jerusalem.1:4 And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, let themen of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods,and with beasts, beside the freewill offering for the house of Godthat is in Jerusalem.1:5 Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, andthe priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God hadraised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem.1:6 And all they that were about them strengthened their hands withvessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and withprecious things, beside all that was willingly offered.1:7 Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of theLORD, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and hadput them in the house of his gods; 1:8 Even those did Cyrus king ofPersia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, andnumbered them unto Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.1:9 And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, athousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives, 1:10 Thirtybasons of gold, silver basons of a second sort four hundred and ten,and other vessels a thousand.1:11 All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and fourhundred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up with them of the captivitythat were brought up from Babylon unto Jerusalem.2:1 Now these are the children of the province that went up out of thecaptivity, of those which had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzarthe king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, and came again untoJerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city; 2:2 Which came withZerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan,Mizpar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people ofIsrael: 2:3 The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventyand two.2:4 The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.2:5 The children of Arah, seven hundred seventy and five.2:6 The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab,two thousand eight hundred and twelve.2:7 The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.2:8 The children of Zattu, nine hundred forty and five.2:9 The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore.2:10 The children of Bani, six hundred forty and two.2:11 The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and three.2:12 The children of Azgad, a thousand two hundred twenty and two.2:13 The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty and six.2:14 The children of Bigvai, two thousand fifty and six.2:15 The children of Adin, four hundred fifty and four.2:16 The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight.2:17 The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and three.2:18 The children of Jorah, an hundred and twelve.2:19 The children of Hashum, two hundred twenty and three.2:20 The children of Gibbar, ninety and five.2:21 The children of Bethlehem, an hundred twenty and three.2:22 The men of Netophah, fifty and six.2:23 The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight.2:24 The children of Azmaveth, forty and two.2:25 The children of Kirjatharim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, sevenhundred and forty and three.2:26 The children of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred twenty and one.2:27 The men of Michmas, an hundred twenty and two.2:28 The men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred twenty and three.2:29 The children of Nebo, fifty and two.2:30 The children of Magbish, an hundred fifty and six.2:31 The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty andfour.2:32 The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty.2:33 The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty andfive.2:34 The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five.2:35 The children of Senaah, three thousand and six hundred andthirty.2:36 The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua,nine hundred seventy and three.2:37 The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two.2:38 The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven.2:39 The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.2:40 The Levites: the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the childrenof Hodaviah, seventy and four.2:41 The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred twenty and eight.2:42 The children of the porters: the children of Shallum, thechildren of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, thechildren of Hatita, the children of Shobai, in all an hundred thirtyand nine.2:43 The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, thechildren of Tabbaoth, 2:44 The children of Keros, the children ofSiaha, the children of Padon, 2:45 The children of Lebanah, thechildren of Hagabah, the children of Akkub, 2:46 The children ofHagab, the children of Shalmai, the children of Hanan, 2:47 Thechildren of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of Reaiah,2:48 The children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the children ofGazzam, 2:49 The children of Uzza, the children of Paseah, thechildren of Besai, 2:50 The children of Asnah, the children ofMehunim, the children of Nephusim, 2:51 The children of Bakbuk, thechildren of Hakupha, the children of Harhur, 2:52 The children ofBazluth, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha, 2:53 Thechildren of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Thamah,2:54 The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.2:55 The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, thechildren of Sophereth, the children of Peruda, 2:56 The children ofJaalah, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel, 2:57 Thechildren of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children ofPochereth of Zebaim, the children of Ami.2:58 All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, werethree hundred ninety and two.2:59 And these were they which went up from Telmelah, Telharsa,Cherub, Addan, and Immer: but they could not shew their father'shouse, and their seed, whether they were of Israel: 2:60 The childrenof Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, sixhundred fifty and two.2:61 And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, thechildren of Koz, the children of Barzillai; which took a wife of thedaughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name:2:62 These sought their register among those that were reckoned bygenealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they, as polluted,put from the priesthood.2:63 And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of themost holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and withThummim.2:64 The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand threehundred and threescore, 2:65 Beside their servants and their maids, ofwhom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: andthere were among them two hundred singing men and singing women.2:66 Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, twohundred forty and five; 2:67 Their camels, four hundred thirty andfive; their asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty.2:68 And some of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the houseof the LORD which is at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of Godto set it up in his place: 2:69 They gave after their ability unto thetreasure of the work threescore and one thousand drams of gold, andfive thousand pound of silver, and one hundred priests' garments.2:70 So the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and thesingers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, dwelt in their cities,and all Israel in their cities.3:1 And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israelwere in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one manto Jerusalem.3:2 Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren thepriests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, andbuilded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offeringsthereon, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God.3:3 And they set the altar upon his bases; for fear was upon thembecause of the people of those countries: and they offered burntofferings thereon unto the LORD, even burnt offerings morning andevening.3:4 They kept also the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, andoffered the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the custom,as the duty of every day required; 3:5 And afterward offered thecontinual burnt offering, both of the new moons, and of all the setfeasts of the LORD that were consecrated, and of every one thatwillingly offered a freewill offering unto the LORD.3:6 From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burntofferings unto the LORD. But the foundation of the temple of the LORDwas not yet laid.3:7 They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; andmeat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, tobring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to thegrant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.3:8 Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God atJerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel,and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren thepriests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of thecaptivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty yearsold and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the LORD.3:9 Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and hissons, the sons of Judah, together, to set forward the workmen in thehouse of God: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brethrenthe Levites.3:10 And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of theLORD, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and theLevites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the LORD, after theordinance of David king of Israel.3:11 And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanksunto the LORD; because he is good, for his mercy endureth for evertoward Israel.And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised theLORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.3:12 But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, whowere ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundationof this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; andmany shouted aloud for joy: 3:13 So that the people could not discernthe noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of thepeople: for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise washeard afar off.4:1 Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that thechildren of the captivity builded the temple unto the LORD God ofIsrael; 4:2 Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of thefathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek yourGod, as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days ofEsarhaddon king of Assur, which brought us up hither.4:3 But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of thefathers of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us tobuild an house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build untothe LORD God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hathcommanded us.4:4 Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people ofJudah, and troubled them in building, 4:5 And hired counsellorsagainst them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus kingof Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.4:6 And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign,wrote they unto him an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah andJerusalem.4:7 And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel,and the rest of their companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; andthe writing of the letter was written in the Syrian tongue, andinterpreted in the Syrian tongue.4:8 Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letteragainst Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort: 4:9 Then wroteRehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of theircompanions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, theApharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, theDehavites, and the Elamites, 4:10 And the rest of the nations whom thegreat and noble Asnapper brought over, and set in the cities ofSamaria, and the rest that are on this side the river, and at such atime.4:11 This is the copy of the letter that they sent unto him, even untoArtaxerxes the king; Thy servants the men on this side the river, andat such a time.4:12 Be it known unto the king, that the Jews which came up from theeto us are come unto Jerusalem, building the rebellious and the badcity, and have set up the walls thereof, and joined the foundations.4:13 Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, andthe walls set up again, then will they not pay toll, tribute, andcustom, and so thou shalt endamage the revenue of the kings.4:14 Now because we have maintenance from the king's palace, and itwas not meet for us to see the king's dishonour, therefore have wesent and certified the king; 4:15 That search may be made in the bookof the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of therecords, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtfulunto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within thesame of old time: for which cause was this city destroyed.4:16 We certify the king that, if this city be builded again, and thewalls thereof set up, by this means thou shalt have no portion on thisside the river.4:17 Then sent the king an answer unto Rehum the chancellor, and toShimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions that dwell inSamaria, and unto the rest beyond the river, Peace, and at such atime.4:18 The letter which ye sent unto us hath been plainly read beforeme.4:19 And I commanded, and search hath been made, and it is found thatthis city of old time hath made insurrection against kings, and thatrebellion and sedition have been made therein.4:20 There have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem, which haveruled over all countries beyond the river; and toll, tribute, andcustom, was paid unto them.4:21 Give ye now commandment to cause these men to cease, and thatthis city be not builded, until another commandment shall be givenfrom me.4:22 Take heed now that ye fail not to do this: why should damage growto the hurt of the kings?  4:23 Now when the copy of king Artaxerxes'letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and theircompanions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and madethem to cease by force and power.4:24 Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem.So it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius king ofPersia.5:1 Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son ofIddo, prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem in thename of the God of Israel, even unto them.5:2 Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the sonof Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which is at Jerusalem:and with them were the prophets of God helping them.5:3 At the same time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side theriver, and Shetharboznai and their companions, and said thus untothem, Who hath commanded you to build this house, and to make up thiswall?  5:4 Then said we unto them after this manner, What are thenames of the men that make this building?  5:5 But the eye of theirGod was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not cause them tocease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they returned answerby letter concerning this matter.5:6 The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side theriver, and Shetharboznai and his companions the Apharsachites, whichwere on this side the river, sent unto Darius the king: 5:7 They senta letter unto him, wherein was written thus; Unto Darius the king, allpeace.5:8 Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province ofJudea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with greatstones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on,and prospereth in their hands.5:9 Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who commandedyou to build this house, and to make up these walls?  5:10 We askedtheir names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names ofthe men that were the chief of them.5:11 And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants ofthe God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was buildedthese many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and set up.5:12 But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven untowrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king ofBabylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried thepeople away into Babylon.5:13 But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same kingCyrus made a decree to build this house of God.5:14 And the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God,which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was in Jerusalem, andbrought them into the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus the king takeout of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered unto one, whosename was Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor; 5:15 And said untohim, Take these vessels, go, carry them into the temple that is inJerusalem, and let the house of God be builded in his place.5:16 Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundation of thehouse of God which is in Jerusalem: and since that time even until nowhath it been in building, and yet it is not finished.5:17 Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be searchmade in the king's treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whetherit be so, that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this houseof God at Jerusalem, and let the king send his pleasure to usconcerning this matter.6:1 Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in thehouse of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.6:2 And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in theprovince of the Medes, a roll, and therein was a record thus written:6:3 In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made adecree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house bebuilded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let thefoundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescorecubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits; 6:4 With three rowsof great stones, and a row of new timber: and let the expenses begiven out of the king's house: 6:5 And also let the golden and silvervessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took forth out ofthe temple which is at Jerusalem, and brought unto Babylon, berestored, and brought again unto the temple which is at Jerusalem,every one to his place, and place them in the house of God.6:6 Now therefore, Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shetharboznai,and your companions the Apharsachites, which are beyond the river, beye far from thence: 6:7 Let the work of this house of God alone; letthe governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this houseof God in his place.6:8 Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to the elders of theseJews for the building of this house of God: that of the king's goods,even of the tribute beyond the river, forthwith expenses be given untothese men, that they be not hindered.6:9 And that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams,and lambs, for the burnt offerings of the God of heaven, wheat, salt,wine, and oil, according to the appointment of the priests which areat Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail: 6:10 Thatthey may offer sacrifices of sweet savours unto the God of heaven, andpray for the life of the king, and of his sons.6:11 Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word,let timber be pulled down from his house, and being set up, let him behanged thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this.6:12 And the God that hath caused his name to dwell there destroy allkings and people, that shall put to their hand to alter and to destroythis house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree;let it be done with speed.6:13 Then Tatnai, governor on this side the river, Shetharboznai, andtheir companions, according to that which Darius the king had sent, sothey did speedily.6:14 And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered throughthe prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo.And they builded, and finished it, according to the commandment of theGod of Israel, and according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius,and Artaxerxes king of Persia.6:15 And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar,which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.6:16 And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and therest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of thishouse of God with joy.6:17 And offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundredbullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offeringfor all Israel, twelve he goats, according to the number of the tribesof Israel.6:18 And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites intheir courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it iswritten in the book of Moses.6:19 And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon thefourteenth day of the first month.6:20 For the priests and the Levites were purified together, all ofthem were pure, and killed the passover for all the children of thecaptivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.6:21 And the children of Israel, which were come again out ofcaptivity, and all such as had separated themselves unto them from thefilthiness of the heathen of the land, to seek the LORD God of Israel,did eat, 6:22 And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days withjoy: for the LORD had made them joyful, and turned the heart of theking of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work ofthe house of God, the God of Israel.7:1 Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia,Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah, 7:2The son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub, 7:3 The sonof Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth, 7:4 The son ofZerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki, 7:5 The son of Abishua,the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chiefpriest: 7:6 This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribein the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and theking granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORDhis God upon him.7:7 And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of thepriests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and theNethinims, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.7:8 And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in theseventh year of the king.7:9 For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up fromBabylon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem,according to the good hand of his God upon him.7:10 For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, andto do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.7:11 Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gaveunto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of thecommandments of the LORD, and of his statutes to Israel.7:12 Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of thelaw of the God of heaven, perfect peace, and at such a time.7:13 I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and ofhis priests and Levites, in my realm, which are minded of their ownfreewill to go up to Jerusalem, go with thee.7:14 Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his sevencounsellors, to enquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according tothe law of thy God which is in thine hand; 7:15 And to carry thesilver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have freelyoffered unto the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem, 7:16And all the silver and gold that thou canst find in all the provinceof Babylon, with the freewill offering of the people, and of thepriests, offering willingly for the house of their God which is inJerusalem: 7:17 That thou mayest buy speedily with this moneybullocks, rams, lambs, with their meat offerings and their drinkofferings, and offer them upon the altar of the house of your Godwhich is in Jerusalem.7:18 And whatsoever shall seem good to thee, and to thy brethren, todo with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do after the will ofyour God.7:19 The vessels also that are given thee for the service of the houseof thy God, those deliver thou before the God of Jerusalem.7:20 And whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of thy God,which thou shalt have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of the king'streasure house.7:21 And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all thetreasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra thepriest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require ofyou, it be done speedily, 7:22 Unto an hundred talents of silver, andto an hundred measures of wheat, and to an hundred baths of wine, andto an hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much.7:23 Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it bediligently done for the house of the God of heaven: for why shouldthere be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons?  7:24 Alsowe certify you, that touching any of the priests and Levites, singers,porters, Nethinims, or ministers of this house of God, it shall not belawful to impose toll, tribute, or custom, upon them.7:25 And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thinehand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people thatare beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teachye them that know them not.7:26 And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of theking, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it be untodeath, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or toimprisonment.7:27 Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put such athing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the LORDwhich is in Jerusalem: 7:28 And hath extended mercy unto me before theking, and his counsellors, and before all the king's mighty princes.And I was strengthened as the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, andI gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.8:1 These are now the chief of their fathers, and this is thegenealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign ofArtaxerxes the king.8:2 Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel:of the sons of David; Hattush.8:3 Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh; Zechariah: andwith him were reckoned by genealogy of the males an hundred and fifty.8:4 Of the sons of Pahathmoab; Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and withhim two hundred males.8:5 Of the sons of Shechaniah; the son of Jahaziel, and with him threehundred males.8:6 Of the sons also of Adin; Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with himfifty males.8:7 And of the sons of Elam; Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and withhim seventy males.8:8 And of the sons of Shephatiah; Zebadiah the son of Michael, andwith him fourscore males.8:9 Of the sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him twohundred and eighteen males.8:10 And of the sons of Shelomith; the son of Josiphiah, and with himan hundred and threescore males.8:11 And of the sons of Bebai; Zechariah the son of Bebai, and withhim twenty and eight males.8:12 And of the sons of Azgad; Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and withhim an hundred and ten males.8:13 And of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these,Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them threescore males.8:14 Of the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and Zabbud, and with themseventy males.8:15 And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava;and there abode we in tents three days: and I viewed the people, andthe priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi.8:16 Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and forElnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and forZechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and forElnathan, men of understanding.8:17 And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief at the placeCasiphia, and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, and to hisbrethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should bringunto us ministers for the house of our God.8:18 And by the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man ofunderstanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son ofIsrael; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen; 8:19And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, hisbrethren and their sons, twenty; 8:20 Also of the Nethinims, whomDavid and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites,two hundred and twenty Nethinims: all of them were expressed by name.8:21 Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that wemight afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way forus, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.8:22 For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers andhorsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we hadspoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them forgood that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all themthat forsake him.8:23 So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreatedof us.8:24 Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah,Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them, 8:25 And weighed untothem the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering ofthe house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and hislords, and all Israel there present, had offered: 8:26 I even weighedunto their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silvervessels an hundred talents, and of gold an hundred talents; 8:27 Alsotwenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of finecopper, precious as gold.8:28 And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto the LORD; the vessels areholy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering untothe LORD God of your fathers.8:29 Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chief ofthe priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, atJerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the LORD.8:30 So took the priests and the Levites the weight of the silver, andthe gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem unto the houseof our God.8:31 Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day ofthe first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God wasupon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of suchas lay in wait by the way.8:32 And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days.8:33 Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vesselsweighed in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son ofUriah the priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; andwith them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son ofBinnui, Levites; 8:34 By number and by weight of every one: and allthe weight was written at that time.8:35 Also the children of those that had been carried away, which werecome out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings unto the God ofIsrael, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventyand seven lambs, twelve he goats for a sin offering: all this was aburnt offering unto the LORD.8:36 And they delivered the king's commissions unto the king'slieutenants, and to the governors on this side the river: and theyfurthered the people, and the house of God.9:1 Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying,The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have notseparated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according totheir abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, thePerizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians,and the Amorites.9:2 For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and fortheir sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with thepeople of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hathbeen chief in this trespass.9:3 And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, andplucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat downastonied.9:4 Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the wordsof the God of Israel, because of the transgression of those that hadbeen carried away; and I sat astonied until the evening sacrifice.9:5 And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; andhaving rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spreadout my hands unto the LORD my God, 9:6 And said, O my God, I amashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for ouriniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown upunto the heavens.9:7 Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespassunto this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and ourpriests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, tothe sword, to captivity, and to a spoil, and to confusion of face, asit is this day.9:8 And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the LORDour God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in hisholy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a littlereviving in our bondage.9:9 For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in ourbondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings ofPersia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and torepair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and inJerusalem.9:10 And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we haveforsaken thy commandments, 9:11 Which thou hast commanded by thyservants the prophets, saying, The land, unto which ye go to possessit, is an unclean land with the filthiness of the people of the lands,with their abominations, which have filled it from one end to anotherwith their uncleanness.9:12 Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neithertake their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or theirwealth for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land,and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever.9:13 And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and forour great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us lessthan our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance asthis; 9:14 Should we again break thy commandments, and join inaffinity with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou beangry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be noremnant nor escaping?  9:15 O LORD God of Israel, thou art righteous:for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are beforethee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because ofthis.10:1 Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping andcasting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto himout of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children:for the people wept very sore.10:2 And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam,answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, andhave taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there ishope in Israel concerning this thing.10:3 Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away allthe wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel ofmy lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; andlet it be done according to the law.10:4 Arise; for this matter belongeth unto thee: we also will be withthee: be of good courage, and do it.10:5 Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and allIsrael, to swear that they should do according to this word. And theysware.10:6 Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into thechamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, hedid eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of thetransgression of them that had been carried away.10:7 And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem untoall the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselvestogether unto Jerusalem; 10:8 And that whosoever would not come withinthree days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders,all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from thecongregation of those that had been carried away.10:9 Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselvestogether unto Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, onthe twentieth day of the month; and all the people sat in the streetof the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for thegreat rain.10:10 And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, Ye havetransgressed, and have taken strange wives, to increase the trespassof Israel.10:11 Now therefore make confession unto the LORD God of your fathers,and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the people of theland, and from the strange wives.10:12 Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice,As thou hast said, so must we do.10:13 But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and weare not able to stand without, neither is this a work of one day ortwo: for we are many that have transgressed in this thing.10:14 Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let allthem which have taken strange wives in our cities come at appointedtimes, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof,until the fierce wrath of our God for this matter be turned from us.10:15 Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvahwere employed about this matter: and Meshullam and Shabbethai theLevite helped them.10:16 And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest,with certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers,and all of them by their names, were separated, and sat down in thefirst day of the tenth month to examine the matter.10:17 And they made an end with all the men that had taken strangewives by the first day of the first month.10:18 And among the sons of the priests there were found that hadtaken strange wives: namely, of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak,and his brethren; Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.10:19 And they gave their hands that they would put away their wives;and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their trespass.10:20 And of the sons of Immer; Hanani, and Zebadiah.10:21 And of the sons of Harim; Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah,and Jehiel, and Uzziah.10:22 And of the sons of Pashur; Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael,Nethaneel, Jozabad, and Elasah.10:23 Also of the Levites; Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah, (the sameis Kelita,) Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.10:24 Of the singers also; Eliashib: and of the porters; Shallum, andTelem, and Uri.10:25 Moreover of Israel: of the sons of Parosh; Ramiah, and Jeziah,and Malchiah, and Miamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah.10:26 And of the sons of Elam; Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, andAbdi, and Jeremoth, and Eliah.10:27 And of the sons of Zattu; Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, andJeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza.10:28 Of the sons also of Bebai; Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, andAthlai.10:29 And of the sons of Bani; Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub,and Sheal, and Ramoth.10:30 And of the sons of Pahathmoab; Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah,Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezaleel, and Binnui, and Manasseh.10:31 And of the sons of Harim; Eliezer, Ishijah, Malchiah, Shemaiah,Shimeon, 10:32 Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah.10:33 Of the sons of Hashum; Mattenai, Mattathah, Zabad, Eliphelet,Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei.10:34 Of the sons of Bani; Maadai, Amram, and Uel, 10:35 Benaiah,Bedeiah, Chelluh, 10:36 Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib, 10:37 Mattaniah,Mattenai, and Jaasau, 10:38 And Bani, and Binnui, Shimei, 10:39 AndShelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah, 10:40 Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,10:41 Azareel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah, 10:42 Shallum, Amariah, andJoseph.10:43 Of the sons of Nebo; Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jadau,and Joel, Benaiah.10:44 All these had taken strange wives: and some of them had wives bywhom they had children.The Book of Nehemiah1:1 The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to passin the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan thepalace, 1:2 That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain menof Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, whichwere left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.1:3 And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivitythere in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wallof Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burnedwith fire.1:4 And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down andwept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the Godof heaven, 1:5 And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, thegreat and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them thatlove him and observe his commandments: 1:6 Let thine ear now beattentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer ofthy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for thechildren of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the childrenof Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father'shouse have sinned.1:7 We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept thecommandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thoucommandedst thy servant Moses.1:8 Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thyservant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroadamong the nations: 1:9 But if ye turn unto me, and keep mycommandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto theuttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, andwill bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my namethere.1:10 Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hastredeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand.1:11 O LORD, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to theprayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desireto fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, andgrant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king'scupbearer.2:1 And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year ofArtaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine,and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in hispresence.2:2 Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad,seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart.Then I was very sore afraid, 2:3 And said unto the king, Let the kinglive for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city,the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gatesthereof are consumed with fire?  2:4 Then the king said unto me, Forwhat dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.2:5 And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thyservant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send meunto Judah, unto the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may buildit.2:6 And the king said unto me, (the queen also sitting by him,) Forhow long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return? So itpleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.2:7 Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let lettersbe given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey meover till I come into Judah; 2:8 And a letter unto Asaph the keeper ofthe king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for thegates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wallof the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the kinggranted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.2:9 Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them theking's letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army andhorsemen with me.2:10 When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, theAmmonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was comea man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.2:11 So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.2:12 And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neithertold I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem:neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon.2:13 And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even beforethe dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls ofJerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumedwith fire.2:14 Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king'spool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.2:15 Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall,and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and soreturned.2:16 And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neitherhad I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to thenobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work.2:17 Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, howJerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire:come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more areproach.2:18 Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; asalso the king's words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Letus rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this goodwork.2:19 But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, theAmmonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn,and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will yerebel against the king?  2:20 Then answered I them, and said untothem, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servantswill arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial,in Jerusalem.3:1 Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren thepriests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and setup the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it,unto the tower of Hananeel.3:2 And next unto him builded the men of Jericho. And next to thembuilded Zaccur the son of Imri.3:3 But the fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build, who also laidthe beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof,and the bars thereof.3:4 And next unto them repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah, the son ofKoz. And next unto them repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah, theson of Meshezabeel. And next unto them repaired Zadok the son ofBaana.3:5 And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put nottheir necks to the work of their LORD.3:6 Moreover the old gate repaired Jehoiada the son of Paseah, andMeshullam the son of Besodeiah; they laid the beams thereof, and setup the doors thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.3:7 And next unto them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon theMeronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, unto the throne of thegovernor on this side the river.3:8 Next unto him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, of thegoldsmiths.Next unto him also repaired Hananiah the son of one of theapothecaries, and they fortified Jerusalem unto the broad wall.3:9 And next unto them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler ofthe half part of Jerusalem.3:10 And next unto them repaired Jedaiah the son of Harumaph, evenover against his house. And next unto him repaired Hattush the son ofHashabniah.3:11 Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hashub the son of Pahathmoab,repaired the other piece, and the tower of the furnaces.3:12 And next unto him repaired Shallum the son of Halohesh, the rulerof the half part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.3:13 The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah;they built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, andthe bars thereof, and a thousand cubits on the wall unto the dunggate.3:14 But the dung gate repaired Malchiah the son of Rechab, the rulerof part of Bethhaccerem; he built it, and set up the doors thereof,the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.3:15 But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son ofColhozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it,and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof,and the wall of the pool of Siloah by the king's garden, and unto thestairs that go down from the city of David.3:16 After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of thehalf part of Bethzur, unto the place over against the sepulchres ofDavid, and to the pool that was made, and unto the house of themighty.3:17 After him repaired the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani. Next untohim repaired Hashabiah, the ruler of the half part of Keilah, in hispart.3:18 After him repaired their brethren, Bavai the son of Henadad, theruler of the half part of Keilah.3:19 And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler ofMizpah, another piece over against the going up to the armoury at theturning of the wall.3:20 After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired the otherpiece, from the turning of the wall unto the door of the house ofEliashib the high priest.3:21 After him repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah the son of Kozanother piece, from the door of the house of Eliashib even to the endof the house of Eliashib.3:22 And after him repaired the priests, the men of the plain.3:23 After him repaired Benjamin and Hashub over against their house.After him repaired Azariah the son of Maaseiah the son of Ananiah byhis house.3:24 After him repaired Binnui the son of Henadad another piece, fromthe house of Azariah unto the turning of the wall, even unto thecorner.3:25 Palal the son of Uzai, over against the turning of the wall, andthe tower which lieth out from the king's high house, that was by thecourt of the prison. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh.3:26 Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, unto the place overagainst the water gate toward the east, and the tower that lieth out.3:27 After them the Tekoites repaired another piece, over against thegreat tower that lieth out, even unto the wall of Ophel.3:28 From above the horse gate repaired the priests, every one overagainst his house.3:29 After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer over against hishouse.After him repaired also Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah, the keeper ofthe east gate.3:30 After him repaired Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun thesixth son of Zalaph, another piece. After him repaired Meshullam theson of Berechiah over against his chamber.3:31 After him repaired Malchiah the goldsmith's son unto the place ofthe Nethinims, and of the merchants, over against the gate Miphkad,and to the going up of the corner.3:32 And between the going up of the corner unto the sheep gaterepaired the goldsmiths and the merchants.4:1 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded thewall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.4:2 And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, andsaid, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? willthey sacrifice?  will they make an end in a day? will they revive thestones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned?  4:3 NowTobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which theybuild, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.4:4 Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upontheir own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity: 4:5And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted outfrom before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before thebuilders.4:6 So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together untothe half thereof: for the people had a mind to work.4:7 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and theArabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the wallsof Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped,then they were very wroth, 4:8 And conspired all of them together tocome and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.4:9 Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watchagainst them day and night, because of them.4:10 And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens isdecayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to buildthe wall.4:11 And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, tillwe come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work tocease.4:12 And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelt by them came,they said unto us ten times, From all places whence ye shall returnunto us they will be upon you.4:13 Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on thehigher places, I even set the people after their families with theirswords, their spears, and their bows.4:14 And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to therulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them:remember the LORD, which is great and terrible, and fight for yourbrethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.4:15 And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was knownunto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returnedall of us to the wall, every one unto his work.4:16 And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of myservants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both thespears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulerswere behind all the house of Judah.4:17 They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, withthose that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work,and with the other hand held a weapon.4:18 For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, andso builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.4:19 And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest ofthe people, The work is great and large, and we are separated upon thewall, one far from another.4:20 In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resortye thither unto us: our God shall fight for us.4:21 So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears fromthe rising of the morning till the stars appeared.4:22 Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every onewith his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may bea guard to us, and labour on the day.4:23 So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men ofthe guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, savingthat every one put them off for washing.5:1 And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives againsttheir brethren the Jews.5:2 For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, aremany: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live.5:3 Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands,vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.5:4 There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king'stribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.5:5 Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children astheir children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and ourdaughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought untobondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for othermen have our lands and vineyards.5:6 And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.5:7 Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and therulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother.And I set a great assembly against them.5:8 And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed ourbrethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye evensell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held theytheir peace, and found nothing to answer.5:9 Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk inthe fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen ourenemies?  5:10 I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, mightexact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury.5:11 Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, theirvineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth partof the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye exact ofthem.5:12 Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing ofthem; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, andtook an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise.5:13 Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man fromhis house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, eventhus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said,Amen, and praised the LORD. And the people did according to thispromise.5:14 Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governorin the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two andthirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and mybrethren have not eaten the bread of the governor.5:15 But the former governors that had been before me were chargeableunto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside fortyshekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people:but so did not I, because of the fear of God.5:16 Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought weany land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work.5:17 Moreover there were at my table an hundred and fifty of the Jewsand rulers, beside those that came unto us from among the heathen thatare about us.5:18 Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and sixchoice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten daysstore of all sorts of wine: yet for all this required not I the breadof the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people.5:19 Think upon me, my God, for good, according to all that I havedone for this people.6:1 Now it came to pass when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem theArabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded thewall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though at that timeI had not set up the doors upon the gates;) 6:2 That Sanballat andGeshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in some one ofthe villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief.6:3 And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work,so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leaveit, and come down to you?  6:4 Yet they sent unto me four times afterthis sort; and I answered them after the same manner.6:5 Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifthtime with an open letter in his hand; 6:6 Wherein was written, It isreported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith it, that thou and theJews think to rebel: for which cause thou buildest the wall, that thoumayest be their king, according to these words.6:7 And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee atJerusalem, saying, There is a king in Judah: and now shall it bereported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, andlet us take counsel together.6:8 Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done asthou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.6:9 For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakenedfrom the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God, strengthenmy hands.6:10 Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiahthe son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meettogether in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut thedoors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in thenight will they come to slay thee.6:11 And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that,being as I am, would go into the temple to save his life? I will notgo in.6:12 And, lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that hepronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat hadhired him.6:13 Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, andsin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that theymight reproach me.6:14 My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to thesetheir works, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of theprophets, that would have put me in fear.6:15 So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the monthElul, in fifty and two days.6:16 And it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard thereof, andall the heathen that were about us saw these things, they were muchcast down in their own eyes: for they perceived that this work waswrought of our God.6:17 Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters untoTobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them.6:18 For there were many in Judah sworn unto him, because he was theson in law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son Johanan hadtaken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah.6:19 Also they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my wordsto him. And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.7:1 Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up thedoors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed,7:2 That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of thepalace, charge over Jerusalem: for he was a faithful man, and fearedGod above many.7:3 And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be openeduntil the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut thedoors, and bar them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants ofJerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one to be over againsthis house.7:4 Now the city was large and great: but the people were few therein,and the houses were not builded.7:5 And my God put into mine heart to gather together the nobles, andthe rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy.And I found a register of the genealogy of them which came up at thefirst, and found written therein, 7:6 These are the children of theprovince, that went up out of the captivity, of those that had beencarried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carriedaway, and came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one unto hiscity; 7:7 Who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah,Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum,Baanah. The number, I say, of the men of the people of Israel wasthis; 7:8 The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy andtwo.7:9 The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.7:10 The children of Arah, six hundred fifty and two.7:11 The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab,two thousand and eight hundred and eighteen.7:12 The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.7:13 The children of Zattu, eight hundred forty and five.7:14 The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore.7:15 The children of Binnui, six hundred forty and eight.7:16 The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and eight.7:17 The children of Azgad, two thousand three hundred twenty and two.7:18 The children of Adonikam, six hundred threescore and seven.7:19 The children of Bigvai, two thousand threescore and seven.7:20 The children of Adin, six hundred fifty and five.7:21 The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight.7:22 The children of Hashum, three hundred twenty and eight.7:23 The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and four.7:24 The children of Hariph, an hundred and twelve.7:25 The children of Gibeon, ninety and five.7:26 The men of Bethlehem and Netophah, an hundred fourscore andeight.7:27 The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight.7:28 The men of Bethazmaveth, forty and two.7:29 The men of Kirjathjearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundredforty and three.7:30 The men of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred twenty and one.7:31 The men of Michmas, an hundred and twenty and two.7:32 The men of Bethel and Ai, an hundred twenty and three.7:33 The men of the other Nebo, fifty and two.7:34 The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty andfour.7:35 The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty.7:36 The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five.7:37 The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty andone.7:38 The children of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred and thirty.7:39 The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua,nine hundred seventy and three.7:40 The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two.7:41 The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven.7:42 The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.7:43 The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, and of thechildren of Hodevah, seventy and four.7:44 The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred forty and eight.7:45 The porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, thechildren of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, thechildren of Shobai, an hundred thirty and eight.7:46 The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hashupha,the children of Tabbaoth, 7:47 The children of Keros, the children ofSia, the children of Padon, 7:48 The children of Lebana, the childrenof Hagaba, the children of Shalmai, 7:49 The children of Hanan, thechildren of Giddel, the children of Gahar, 7:50 The children ofReaiah, the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, 7:51 Thechildren of Gazzam, the children of Uzza, the children of Phaseah,7:52 The children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the children ofNephishesim, 7:53 The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, thechildren of Harhur, 7:54 The children of Bazlith, the children ofMehida, the children of Harsha, 7:55 The children of Barkos, thechildren of Sisera, the children of Tamah, 7:56 The children ofNeziah, the children of Hatipha.7:57 The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, thechildren of Sophereth, the children of Perida, 7:58 The children ofJaala, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel, 7:59 Thechildren of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children ofPochereth of Zebaim, the children of Amon.7:60 All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, werethree hundred ninety and two.7:61 And these were they which went up also from Telmelah, Telharesha,Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not shew their father'shouse, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel.7:62 The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children ofNekoda, six hundred forty and two.7:63 And of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz,the children of Barzillai, which took one of the daughters ofBarzillai the Gileadite to wife, and was called after their name.7:64 These sought their register among those that were reckoned bygenealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they, as polluted, putfrom the priesthood.7:65 And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of themost holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim.7:66 The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand threehundred and threescore, 7:67 Beside their manservants and theirmaidservants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirtyand seven: and they had two hundred forty and five singing men andsinging women.7:68 Their horses, seven hundred thirty and six: their mules, twohundred forty and five: 7:69 Their camels, four hundred thirty andfive: six thousand seven hundred and twenty asses.7:70 And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. TheTirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty basons,five hundred and thirty priests' garments.7:71 And some of the chief of the fathers gave to the treasure of thework twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand and two hundredpound of silver.7:72 And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousanddrams of gold, and two thousand pound of silver, and threescore andseven priests' garments.7:73 So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and thesingers, and some of the people, and the Nethinims, and all Israel,dwelt in their cities; and when the seventh month came, the childrenof Israel were in their cities.8:1 And all the people gathered themselves together as one man intothe street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezrathe scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD hadcommanded to Israel.8:2 And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation bothof men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon thefirst day of the seventh month.8:3 And he read therein before the street that was before the watergate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, andthose that could understand; and the ears of all the people wereattentive unto the book of the law.8:4 And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they hadmade for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, andAnaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; andon his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, andHashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam.8:5 And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for hewas above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stoodup: 8:6 And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the peopleanswered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowedtheir heads, and worshipped the LORD with their faces to the ground.8:7 Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai,Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and theLevites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stoodin their place.8:8 So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gavethe sense, and caused them to understand the reading.8:9 And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest thescribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all thepeople, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep.For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.8:10 Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink thesweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: forthis day is holy unto our LORD: neither be ye sorry; for the joy ofthe LORD is your strength.8:11 So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace,for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.8:12 And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and tosend portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understoodthe words that were declared unto them.8:13 And on the second day were gathered together the chief of thefathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra thescribe, even to understand the words of the law.8:14 And they found written in the law which the LORD had commanded byMoses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feastof the seventh month: 8:15 And that they should publish and proclaimin all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto themount, and fetch olive branches, and pine branches, and myrtlebranches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to makebooths, as it is written.8:16 So the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselvesbooths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, andin the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the watergate, and in the street of the gate of Ephraim.8:17 And all the congregation of them that were come again out of thecaptivity made booths, and sat under the booths: for since the days ofJeshua the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israeldone so. And there was very great gladness.8:18 Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read inthe book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and onthe eighth day was a solemn assembly, according unto the manner.9:1 Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children ofIsrael were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earthupon them.9:2 And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers,and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of theirfathers.9:3 And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the lawof the LORD their God one fourth part of the day; and another fourthpart they confessed, and worshipped the LORD their God.9:4 Then stood up upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani,Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and criedwith a loud voice unto the LORD their God.9:5 Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah,Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and blessthe LORD your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name,which is exalted above all blessing and praise.9:6 Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heavenof heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that aretherein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest themall; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.9:7 Thou art the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtesthim forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name ofAbraham; 9:8 And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest acovenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites,the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and theGirgashites, to give it, I say, to his seed, and hast performed thywords; for thou art righteous: 9:9 And didst see the affliction of ourfathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea; 9:10 Andshewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, andon all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealtproudly against them. So didst thou get thee a name, as it is thisday.9:11 And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they wentthrough the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutorsthou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.9:12 Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and inthe night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way whereinthey should go.9:13 Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with themfrom heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, goodstatutes and commandments: 9:14 And madest known unto them thy holysabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by thehand of Moses thy servant: 9:15 And gavest them bread from heaven fortheir hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock fortheir thirst, and promisedst them that they should go in to possessthe land which thou hadst sworn to give them.9:16 But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks,and hearkened not to thy commandments, 9:17 And refused to obey,neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; buthardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain toreturn to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, graciousand merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookestthem not.9:18 Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thyGod that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought greatprovocations; 9:19 Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest themnot in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from themby day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night,to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go.9:20 Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, andwithheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water fortheir thirst.9:21 Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, sothat they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feetswelled not.9:22 Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst dividethem into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the landof the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.9:23 Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, andbroughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised totheir fathers, that they should go in to possess it.9:24 So the children went in and possessed the land, and thousubduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, andgavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of theland, that they might do with them as they would.9:25 And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed housesfull of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruittrees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat,and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.9:26 Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee,and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets whichtestified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought greatprovocations.9:27 Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies,who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried untothee, thou heardest them from heaven; and according to thy manifoldmercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand oftheir enemies.9:28 But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee:therefore leftest thou them in the land of their enemies, so that theyhad the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried untothee, thou heardest them from heaven; and many times didst thoudeliver them according to thy mercies; 9:29 And testifiedst againstthem, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealtproudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned againstthy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;) andwithdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.9:30 Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst againstthem by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear:therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands.9:31 Nevertheless for thy great mercies' sake thou didst not utterlyconsume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and mercifulGod.9:32 Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terribleGod, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seemlittle before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on ourprinces, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers,and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria untothis day.9:33 Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thouhast done right, but we have done wickedly: 9:34 Neither have ourkings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, norhearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thoudidst testify against them.9:35 For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy greatgoodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land whichthou gavest before them, neither turned they from their wicked works.9:36 Behold, we are servants this day, and for the land that thougavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof,behold, we are servants in it: 9:37 And it yieldeth much increase untothe kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also theyhave dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure,and we are in great distress.9:38 And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it;and our princes, Levites, and priests, seal unto it.10:1 Now those that sealed were, Nehemiah, the Tirshatha, the son ofHachaliah, and Zidkijah, 10:2 Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah, 10:3 Pashur,Amariah, Malchijah, 10:4 Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch, 10:5 Harim,Meremoth, Obadiah, 10:6 Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch, 10:7 Meshullam,Abijah, Mijamin, 10:8 Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were thepriests.10:9 And the Levites: both Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of thesons of Henadad, Kadmiel; 10:10 And their brethren, Shebaniah,Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan, 10:11 Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah, 10:12Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah, 10:13 Hodijah, Bani, Beninu.10:14 The chief of the people; Parosh, Pahathmoab, Elam, Zatthu, Bani,10:15 Bunni, Azgad, Bebai, 10:16 Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin, 10:17 Ater,Hizkijah, Azzur, 10:18 Hodijah, Hashum, Bezai, 10:19 Hariph, Anathoth,Nebai, 10:20 Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir, 10:21 Meshezabeel, Zadok,Jaddua, 10:22 Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah, 10:23 Hoshea, Hananiah, Hashub,10:24 Hallohesh, Pileha, Shobek, 10:25 Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,10:26 And Ahijah, Hanan, Anan, 10:27 Malluch, Harim, Baanah.10:28 And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, theporters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separatedthemselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, theirwives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge,and having understanding; 10:29 They clave to their brethren, theirnobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God'slaw, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe anddo all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and his judgments andhis statutes; 10:30 And that we would not give our daughters unto thepeople of the land, not take their daughters for our sons: 10:31 Andif the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbathday to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or onthe holy day: and that we would leave the seventh year, and theexaction of every debt.10:32 Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly withthe third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God;10:33 For the shewbread, and for the continual meat offering, and forthe continual burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, forthe set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin offerings tomake an atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of ourGod.10:34 And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and thepeople, for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God,after the houses of our fathers, at times appointed year by year, toburn upon the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the law:10:35 And to bring the firstfruits of our ground, and the firstfruitsof all fruit of all trees, year by year, unto the house of the LORD:10:36 Also the firstborn of our sons, and of our cattle, as it iswritten in the law, and the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks,to bring to the house of our God, unto the priests that minister inthe house of our God: 10:37 And that we should bring the firstfruitsof our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees,of wine and of oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house ofour God; and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites, that the sameLevites might have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage.10:38 And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, whenthe Levites take tithes: and the Levites shall bring up the tithe ofthe tithes unto the house of our God, to the chambers, into thetreasure house.10:39 For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bringthe offering of the corn, of the new wine, and the oil, unto thechambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests thatminister, and the porters, and the singers: and we will not forsakethe house of our God.11:1 And the rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem: the rest of thepeople also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem theholy city, and nine parts to dwell in other cities.11:2 And the people blessed all the men, that willingly offeredthemselves to dwell at Jerusalem.11:3 Now these are the chief of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem:but in the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his possession in theircities, to wit, Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and theNethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants.11:4 And at Jerusalem dwelt certain of the children of Judah, and ofthe children of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah; Athaiah the son ofUzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son ofShephatiah, the son of Mahalaleel, of the children of Perez; 11:5 AndMaaseiah the son of Baruch, the son of Colhozeh, the son of Hazaiah,the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the sonof Shiloni.11:6 All the sons of Perez that dwelt at Jerusalem were four hundredthreescore and eight valiant men.11:7 And these are the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam,the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son ofMaaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jesaiah.11:8 And after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty and eight.11:9 And Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer: and Judah the sonof Senuah was second over the city.11:10 Of the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin.11:11 Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son ofZadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, was the ruler of thehouse of God.11:12 And their brethren that did the work of the house were eighthundred twenty and two: and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son ofPelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashur,the son of Malchiah.11:13 And his brethren, chief of the fathers, two hundred forty andtwo: and Amashai the son of Azareel, the son of Ahasai, the son ofMeshillemoth, the son of Immer, 11:14 And their brethren, mighty menof valour, an hundred twenty and eight: and their overseer wasZabdiel, the son of one of the great men.11:15 Also of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hashub, the son ofAzrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni; 11:16 And Shabbethaiand Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, had the oversight of theoutward business of the house of God.11:17 And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son ofAsaph, was the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer: andBakbukiah the second among his brethren, and Abda the son of Shammua,the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.11:18 All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore andfour.11:19 Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren thatkept the gates, were an hundred seventy and two.11:20 And the residue of Israel, of the priests, and the Levites, werein all the cities of Judah, every one in his inheritance.11:21 But the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gispa were overthe Nethinims.11:22 The overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the sonof Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micha.Of the sons of Asaph, the singers were over the business of the houseof God.11:23 For it was the king's commandment concerning them, that acertain portion should be for the singers, due for every day.11:24 And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabeel, of the children of Zerahthe son of Judah, was at the king's hand in all matters concerning thepeople.11:25 And for the villages, with their fields, some of the children ofJudah dwelt at Kirjatharba, and in the villages thereof, and at Dibon,and in the villages thereof, and at Jekabzeel, and in the villagesthereof, 11:26 And at Jeshua, and at Moladah, and at Bethphelet, 11:27And at Hazarshual, and at Beersheba, and in the villages thereof,11:28 And at Ziklag, and at Mekonah, and in the villages thereof,11:29 And at Enrimmon, and at Zareah, and at Jarmuth, 11:30 Zanoah,Adullam, and in their villages, at Lachish, and the fields thereof, atAzekah, and in the villages thereof. And they dwelt from Beershebaunto the valley of Hinnom.11:31 The children also of Benjamin from Geba dwelt at Michmash, andAija, and Bethel, and in their villages.11:32 And at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah, 11:33 Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,11:34 Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat, 11:35 Lod, and Ono, the valley ofcraftsmen.11:36 And of the Levites were divisions in Judah, and in Benjamin.12:1 Now these are the priests and the Levites that went up withZerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,12:2 Amariah, Malluch, Hattush, 12:3 Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth, 12:4Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah, 12:5 Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah, 12:6 Shemaiah,and Joiarib, Jedaiah, 12:7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These werethe chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.12:8 Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah,and Mattaniah, which was over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren.12:9 Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against themin the watches.12:10 And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, andEliashib begat Joiada, 12:11 And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathanbegat Jaddua.12:12 And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of thefathers: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah; 12:13 Of Ezra,Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan; 12:14 Of Melicu, Jonathan; ofShebaniah, Joseph; 12:15 Of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai; 12:16 OfIddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam; 12:17 Of Abijah, Zichri; ofMiniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai: 12:18 Of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah,Jehonathan; 12:19 And of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi; 12:20 OfSallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber; 12:21 Of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; ofJedaiah, Nethaneel.12:22 The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, andJaddua, were recorded chief of the fathers: also the priests, to thereign of Darius the Persian.12:23 The sons of Levi, the chief of the fathers, were written in thebook of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son ofEliashib.12:24 And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshuathe son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praiseand to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man ofGod, ward over against ward.12:25 Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub,were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates.12:26 These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son ofJozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra thepriest, the scribe.12:27 And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought theLevites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keepthe dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and withsinging, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps.12:28 And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, bothout of the plain country round about Jerusalem, and from the villagesof Netophathi; 12:29 Also from the house of Gilgal, and out of thefields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers had builded them villagesround about Jerusalem.12:30 And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, andpurified the people, and the gates, and the wall.12:31 Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, andappointed two great companies of them that gave thanks, whereof onewent on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate: 12:32 Andafter them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah, 12:33 AndAzariah, Ezra, and Meshullam, 12:34 Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah,and Jeremiah, 12:35 And certain of the priests' sons with trumpets;namely, Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son ofMattaniah, the son of Michaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph:12:36 And his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai,Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of Davidthe man of God, and Ezra the scribe before them.12:37 And at the fountain gate, which was over against them, they wentup by the stairs of the city of David, at the going up of the wall,above the house of David, even unto the water gate eastward.12:38 And the other company of them that gave thanks went over againstthem, and I after them, and the half of the people upon the wall, frombeyond the tower of the furnaces even unto the broad wall; 12:39 Andfrom above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above thefish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even untothe sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate.12:40 So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the houseof God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me: 12:41 And thepriests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah,and Hananiah, with trumpets; 12:42 And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, andEleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer.And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.12:43 Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: forGod had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and thechildren rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afaroff.12:44 And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for thetreasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes,to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions ofthe law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for thepriests and for the Levites that waited.12:45 And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God,and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment ofDavid, and of Solomon his son.12:46 For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief ofthe singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.12:47 And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days ofNehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, every dayhis portion: and they sanctified holy things unto the Levites; and theLevites sanctified them unto the children of Aaron.13:1 On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of thepeople; and therein was found written, that the Ammonite and theMoabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever; 13:2Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water,but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit ourGod turned the curse into a blessing.13:3 Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that theyseparated from Israel all the mixed multitude.13:4 And before this, Eliashib the priest, having the oversight of thechamber of the house of our God, was allied unto Tobiah: 13:5 And hehad prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they laid themeat offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes ofthe corn, the new wine, and the oil, which was commanded to be givento the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the offerings ofthe priests.13:6 But in all this time was not I at Jerusalem: for in the two andthirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon came I unto the king, andafter certain days obtained I leave of the king: 13:7 And I came toJerusalem, and understood of the evil that Eliashib did for Tobiah, inpreparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God.13:8 And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the householdstuff to Tobiah out of the chamber.13:9 Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers: and thitherbrought I again the vessels of the house of God, with the meatoffering and the frankincense.13:10 And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not beengiven them: for the Levites and the singers, that did the work, werefled every one to his field.13:11 Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house ofGod forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in theirplace.13:12 Then brought all Judah the tithe of the corn and the new wineand the oil unto the treasuries.13:13 And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest,and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to themwas Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah: for they werecounted faithful, and their office was to distribute unto theirbrethren.13:14 Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my gooddeeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the officesthereof.13:15 In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on thesabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine,grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought intoJerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified against them in the daywherein they sold victuals.13:16 There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish, andall manner of ware, and sold on the sabbath unto the children ofJudah, and in Jerusalem.13:17 Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them,What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day?13:18 Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all thisevil upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israelby profaning the sabbath.13:19 And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began tobe dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut,and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: andsome of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden bebrought in on the sabbath day.13:20 So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged withoutJerusalem once or twice.13:21 Then I testified against them, and said unto them, Why lodge yeabout the wall? if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you. From thattime forth came they no more on the sabbath.13:22 And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves,and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbathday.Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according tothe greatness of thy mercy.13:23 In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod,of Ammon, and of Moab: 13:24 And their children spake half in thespeech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, butaccording to the language of each people.13:25 And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain ofthem, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying,Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take theirdaughters unto your sons, or for yourselves.13:26 Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet amongmany nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God,and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him didoutlandish women cause to sin.13:27 Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, totransgress against our God in marrying strange wives?  13:28 And oneof the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son inlaw to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me.13:29 Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled thepriesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.13:30 Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed the wardsof the priests and the Levites, every one in his business; 13:31 Andfor the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the firstfruits.Remember me, O my God, for good.The Book of Esther1:1 Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasueruswhich reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred andseven and twenty provinces:) 1:2 That in those days, when the kingAhasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan thepalace, 1:3 In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto allhis princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, thenobles and princes of the provinces, being before him: 1:4 When heshewed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honour of hisexcellent majesty many days, even an hundred and fourscore days.1:5 And when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto allthe people that were present in Shushan the palace, both unto greatand small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king'spalace; 1:6 Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened withcords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble:the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue,and white, and black, marble.1:7 And they gave them drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels beingdiverse one from another,) and royal wine in abundance, according tothe state of the king.1:8 And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel: for sothe king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that theyshould do according to every man's pleasure.1:9 Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royalhouse which belonged to king Ahasuerus.1:10 On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry withwine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha,Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the presenceof Ahasuerus the king, 1:11 To bring Vashti the queen before the kingwith the crown royal, to shew the people and the princes her beauty:for she was fair to look on.1:12 But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment byhis chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his angerburned in him.1:13 Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times, (for sowas the king's manner toward all that knew law and judgment: 1:14 Andthe next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres,Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which sawthe king's face, and which sat the first in the kingdom;) 1:15 Whatshall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, because she hathnot performed the commandment of the king Ahasuerus by thechamberlains?  1:16 And Memucan answered before the king and theprinces, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, butalso to all the princes, and to all the people that are in all theprovinces of the king Ahasuerus.1:17 For this deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women, sothat they shall despise their husbands in their eyes, when it shall bereported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be broughtin before him, but she came not.1:18 Likewise shall the ladies of Persia and Media say this day untoall the king's princes, which have heard of the deed of the queen.Thus shall there arise too much contempt and wrath.1:19 If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him,and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes,that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before kingAhasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that isbetter than she.1:20 And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be publishedthroughout all his empire, (for it is great,) all the wives shall giveto their husbands honour, both to great and small.1:21 And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king didaccording to the word of Memucan: 1:22 For he sent letters into allthe king's provinces, into every province according to the writingthereof, and to every people after their language, that every manshould bear rule in his own house, and that it should be publishedaccording to the language of every people.2:1 After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased,he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreedagainst her.2:2 Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, Let therebe fair young virgins sought for the king: 2:3 And let the kingappoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they maygather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, tothe house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king'schamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things forpurification be given them: 2:4 And let the maiden which pleaseth theking be queen instead of Vashti.And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.2:5 Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name wasMordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, aBenjamite; 2:6 Who had been carried away from Jerusalem with thecaptivity which had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah,whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away.2:7 And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter:for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair andbeautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, tookfor his own daughter.2:8 So it came to pass, when the king's commandment and his decree washeard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan thepalace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto theking's house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.2:9 And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; andhe speedily gave her her things for purification, with such things asbelonged to her, and seven maidens, which were meet to be given her,out of the king's house: and he preferred her and her maids unto thebest place of the house of the women.2:10 Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecaihad charged her that she should not shew it.2:11 And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women'shouse, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her.2:12 Now when every maid's turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus,after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of thewomen, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, towit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours,and with other things for the purifying of the women;) 2:13 Then thuscame every maiden unto the king; whatsoever she desired was given herto go with her out of the house of the women unto the king's house.2:14 In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into thesecond house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king'schamberlain, which kept the concubines: she came in unto the king nomore, except the king delighted in her, and that she were called byname.2:15 Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle ofMordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in untothe king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain,the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in thesight of all them that looked upon her.2:16 So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal inthe tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of hisreign.2:17 And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtainedgrace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that heset the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead ofVashti.2:18 Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and hisservants, even Esther's feast; and he made a release to the provinces,and gave gifts, according to the state of the king.2:19 And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, thenMordecai sat in the king's gate.2:20 Esther had not yet shewed her kindred nor her people; as Mordecaihad charged her: for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, like aswhen she was brought up with him.2:21 In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's gate, two of theking's chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door,were wroth, and sought to lay hands on the king Ahasuerus.2:22 And the thing was known to Mordecai, who told it unto Esther thequeen; and Esther certified the king thereof in Mordecai's name.2:23 And when inquisition was made of the matter, it was found out;therefore they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in thebook of the chronicles before the king.3:1 After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son ofHammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above allthe princes that were with him.3:2 And all the king's servants, that were in the king's gate, bowed,and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him.But Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence.3:3 Then the king's servants, which were in the king's gate, said untoMordecai, Why transgressest thou the king's commandment?  3:4 Now itcame to pass, when they spake daily unto him, and he hearkened notunto them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai's matterswould stand: for he had told them that he was a Jew.3:5 And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence,then was Haman full of wrath.3:6 And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they hadshewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroyall the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, eventhe people of Mordecai.3:7 In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth yearof king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman fromday to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is,the month Adar.3:8 And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain peoplescattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provincesof thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neitherkeep they the king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profitto suffer them.3:9 If it please the king, let it be written that they may bedestroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the handsof those that have the charge of the business, to bring it into theking's treasuries.3:10 And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Hamanthe son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy.3:11 And the king said unto Haman, The silver is given to thee, thepeople also, to do with them as it seemeth good to thee.3:12 Then were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day of thefirst month, and there was written according to all that Haman hadcommanded unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors that wereover every province, and to the rulers of every people of everyprovince according to the writing thereof, and to every people aftertheir language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, andsealed with the king's ring.3:13 And the letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces,to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young andold, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenthday of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take thespoil of them for a prey.3:14 The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in everyprovince was published unto all people, that they should be readyagainst that day.3:15 The posts went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, andthe decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman satdown to drink; but the city Shushan was perplexed.4:1 When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent hisclothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midstof the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry; 4:2 And came evenbefore the king's gate: for none might enter into the king's gateclothed with sackcloth.4:3 And in every province, whithersoever the king's commandment andhis decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting,and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.4:4 So Esther's maids and her chamberlains came and told it her. Thenwas the queen exceedingly grieved; and she sent raiment to clotheMordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him: but he received itnot.4:5 Then called Esther for Hatach, one of the king's chamberlains,whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and gave him a commandmentto Mordecai, to know what it was, and why it was.4:6 So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city,which was before the king's gate.4:7 And Mordecai told him of all that had happened unto him, and ofthe sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king'streasuries for the Jews, to destroy them.4:8 Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that wasgiven at Shushan to destroy them, to shew it unto Esther, and todeclare it unto her, and to charge her that she should go in unto theking, to make supplication unto him, and to make request before himfor her people.4:9 And Hatach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai.4:10 Again Esther spake unto Hatach, and gave him commandment untoMordecai; 4:11 All the king's servants, and the people of the king'sprovinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or women, shall comeunto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is onelaw of his to put him to death, except such to whom the king shallhold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not beencalled to come in unto the king these thirty days.4:12 And they told to Mordecai Esther's words.4:13 Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyselfthat thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews.4:14 For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shallthere enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from anotherplace; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and whoknoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?4:15 Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer, 4:16 Go,gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast yefor me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also andmy maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king,which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.4:17 So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Estherhad commanded him.5:1 Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royalapparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's house, overagainst the king's house: and the king sat upon his royal throne inthe royal house, over against the gate of the house.5:2 And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in thecourt, that she obtained favour in his sight: and the king held out toEsther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near,and touched the top of the sceptre.5:3 Then said the king unto her, What wilt thou, queen Esther? andwhat is thy request? it shall be even given thee to the half of thekingdom.5:4 And Esther answered, If it seem good unto the king, let the kingand Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him.5:5 Then the king said, Cause Haman to make haste, that he may do asEsther hath said. So the king and Haman came to the banquet thatEsther had prepared.5:6 And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thypetition? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? evento the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.5:7 Then answered Esther, and said, My petition and my request is; 5:8If I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it please theking to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king andHaman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will doto morrow as the king hath said.5:9 Then went Haman forth that day joyful and with a glad heart: butwhen Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he stood not up, normoved for him, he was full of indignation against Mordecai.5:10 Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, hesent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife.5:11 And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitudeof his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him,and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of theking.5:12 Haman said moreover, Yea, Esther the queen did let no man come inwith the king unto the banquet that she had prepared but myself; andto morrow am I invited unto her also with the king.5:13 Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai theJew sitting at the king's gate.5:14 Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let agallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou untothe king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrilywith the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and hecaused the gallows to be made.6:1 On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bringthe book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before theking.6:2 And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana andTeresh, two of the king's chamberlains, the keepers of the door, whosought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.6:3 And the king said, What honour and dignity hath been done toMordecai for this? Then said the king's servants that ministered untohim, There is nothing done for him.6:4 And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come intothe outward court of the king's house, to speak unto the king to hangMordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.6:5 And the king's servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth inthe court. And the king said, Let him come in.6:6 So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be doneunto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now Haman thought inhis heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than tomyself?  6:7 And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the kingdelighteth to honour, 6:8 Let the royal apparel be brought which theking useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and thecrown royal which is set upon his head: 6:9 And let this apparel andhorse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most nobleprinces, that they may array the man withal whom the king delightethto honour, and bring him on horseback through the street of the city,and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom theking delighteth to honour.6:10 Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel andthe horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, thatsitteth at the king's gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hastspoken.6:11 Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai,and brought him on horseback through the street of the city, andproclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom theking delighteth to honour.6:12 And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted tohis house mourning, and having his head covered.6:13 And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thingthat had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife untohim, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hastbegun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surelyfall before him.6:14 And while they were yet talking with him, came the king'schamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that Estherhad prepared.7:1 So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.7:2 And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at thebanquet of wine, What is thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall begranted thee: and what is thy request? and it shall be performed, evento the half of the kingdom.7:3 Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour inthy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given meat my petition, and my people at my request: 7:4 For we are sold, Iand my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if wehad been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue,although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage.7:5 Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen,Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?7:6 And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman.Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.7:7 And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath wentinto the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for hislife to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determinedagainst him by the king.7:8 Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place ofthe banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Estherwas. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in thehouse? As the word went out of king's mouth, they covered Haman'sface.7:9 And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king,Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made forMordecai, who spoken good for the king, standeth in the house ofHaman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon.7:10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared forMordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.8:1 On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman theJews' enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king;for Esther had told what he was unto her.8:2 And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, andgave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house ofHaman.8:3 And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at hisfeet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Hamanthe Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.8:4 Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So Estherarose, and stood before the king, 8:5 And said, If it please the king,and if I have favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before theking, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse theletters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which hewrote to destroy the Jews which are in all the king's provinces: 8:6For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people?or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?  8:7 Thenthe king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew,Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they havehanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews.8:8 Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king's name,and seal it with the king's ring: for the writing which is written inthe king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, may no man reverse.8:9 Then were the king's scribes called at that time in the thirdmonth, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth daythereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commandedunto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers ofthe provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twentyand seven provinces, unto every province according to the writingthereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jewsaccording to their writing, and according to their language.8:10 And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus' name, and sealed it with theking's ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders onmules, camels, and young dromedaries: 8:11 Wherein the king grantedthe Jews which were in every city to gather themselves together, andto stand for their life, to destroy, to slay and to cause to perish,all the power of the people and province that would assault them, bothlittle ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey, 8:12Upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely, upon thethirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.8:13 The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in everyprovince was published unto all people, and that the Jews should beready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.8:14 So the posts that rode upon mules and camels went out, beinghastened and pressed on by the king's commandment. And the decree wasgiven at Shushan the palace.8:15 And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royalapparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with agarment of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced andwas glad.8:16 The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour.8:17 And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever theking's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness,a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land becameJews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them.9:1 Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on thethirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decreedrew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of theJews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to thecontrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;) 9:2 TheJews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all theprovinces of the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought theirhurt: and no man could withstand them; for the fear of them fell uponall people.9:3 And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and thedeputies, and officers of the king, helped the Jews; because the fearof Mordecai fell upon them.9:4 For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went outthroughout all the provinces: for this man Mordecai waxed greater andgreater.9:5 Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of thesword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would untothose that hated them.9:6 And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundredmen.9:7 And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha, 9:8 And Poratha, andAdalia, and Aridatha, 9:9 And Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, andVajezatha, 9:10 The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemyof the Jews, slew they; but on the spoil laid they not their hand.9:11 On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan thepalace was brought before the king.9:12 And the king said unto Esther the queen, The Jews have slain anddestroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons ofHaman; what have they done in the rest of the king's provinces? nowwhat is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: or what is thyrequest further? and it shall be done.9:13 Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to theJews which are in Shushan to do to morrow also according unto thisday's decree, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged upon the gallows.9:14 And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was givenat Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.9:15 For the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together onthe fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred menat Shushan; but on the prey they laid not their hand.9:16 But the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gatheredthemselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest fromtheir enemies, and slew of their foes seventy and five thousand, butthey laid not their hands on the prey, 9:17 On the thirteenth day ofthe month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same rested they, andmade it a day of feasting and gladness.9:18 But the Jews that were at Shushan assembled together on thethirteenth day thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on thefifteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feastingand gladness.9:19 Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalledtowns, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness andfeasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.9:20 And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all theJews that were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both nighand far, 9:21 To stablish this among them, that they should keep thefourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same,yearly, 9:22 As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies,and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and frommourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feastingand joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to thepoor.9:23 And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecaihad written unto them; 9:24 Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, theAgagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews todestroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, andto destroy them; 9:25 But when Esther came before the king, hecommanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised againstthe Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sonsshould be hanged on the gallows.9:26 Wherefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur.Therefore for all the words of this letter, and of that which they hadseen concerning this matter, and which had come unto them, 9:27 TheJews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon allsuch as joined themselves unto them, so as it should not fail, thatthey would keep these two days according to their writing, andaccording to their appointed time every year; 9:28 And that these daysshould be remembered and kept throughout every generation, everyfamily, every province, and every city; and that these days of Purimshould not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of them perishfrom their seed.9:29 Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai theJew, wrote with all authority, to confirm this second letter of Purim.9:30 And he sent the letters unto all the Jews, to the hundred twentyand seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of peaceand truth, 9:31 To confirm these days of Purim in their timesappointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen hadenjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for theirseed, the matters of the fastings and their cry.9:32 And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and itwas written in the book.10:1 And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon theisles of the sea.10:2 And all the acts of his power and of his might, and thedeclaration of the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king advancedhim, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kingsof Media and Persia?  10:3 For Mordecai the Jew was next unto kingAhasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude ofhis brethren, seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace toall his seed.The Book of Job1:1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and thatman was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.1:2 And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.1:3 His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousandcamels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, anda very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all themen of the east.1:4 And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day;and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink withthem.1:5 And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about,that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning,and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: forJob said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in theirhearts. Thus did Job continually.1:6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to presentthemselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.1:7 And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satananswered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, andfrom walking up and down in it.1:8 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job,that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an uprightman, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?  1:9 Then Satananswered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?  1:10 Hastnot thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about allthat he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands,and his substance is increased in the land.1:11 But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and hewill curse thee to thy face.1:12 And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thypower; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forthfrom the presence of the LORD.1:13 And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eatingand drinking wine in their eldest brother's house: 1:14 And there camea messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the assesfeeding beside them: 1:15 And the Sabeans fell upon them, and tookthem away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of thesword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.1:16 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thefire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, andthe servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tellthee.1:17 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, TheChaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and havecarried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of thesword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.1:18 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thysons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldestbrother's house: 1:19 And, behold, there came a great wind from thewilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell uponthe young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tellthee.1:20 Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, andfell down upon the ground, and worshipped, 1:21 And said, Naked came Iout of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORDgave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.1:22 In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.2:1 Again there was a day when the sons of God came to presentthemselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to presenthimself before the LORD.2:2 And the LORD said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satananswered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, andfrom walking up and down in it.2:3 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job,that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an uprightman, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdethfast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroyhim without cause.2:4 And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, allthat a man hath will he give for his life.2:5 But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh,and he will curse thee to thy face.2:6 And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; butsave his life.2:7 So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Jobwith sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.2:8 And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he satdown among the ashes.2:9 Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thineintegrity?  curse God, and die.2:10 But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish womenspeaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall wenot receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.2:11 Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was comeupon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz theTemanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for theyhad made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and tocomfort him.2:12 And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not,they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one hismantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.2:13 So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and sevennights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his griefwas very great.3:1 After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.3:2 And Job spake, and said, 3:3 Let the day perish wherein I wasborn, and the night in which it was said, There is a man childconceived.3:4 Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above,neither let the light shine upon it.3:5 Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwellupon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.3:6 As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not bejoined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number ofthe months.3:7 Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.3:8 Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise uptheir mourning.3:9 Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look forlight, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day: 3:10Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hid sorrowfrom mine eyes.3:11 Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghostwhen I came out of the belly?  3:12 Why did the knees prevent me? orwhy the breasts that I should suck?  3:13 For now should I have lainstill and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,3:14 With kings and counsellors of the earth, which build desolateplaces for themselves; 3:15 Or with princes that had gold, who filledtheir houses with silver: 3:16 Or as an hidden untimely birth I hadnot been; as infants which never saw light.3:17 There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be atrest.3:18 There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of theoppressor.3:19 The small and great are there; and the servant is free from hismaster.3:20 Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life untothe bitter in soul; 3:21 Which long for death, but it cometh not; anddig for it more than for hid treasures; 3:22 Which rejoiceexceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?  3:23 Why islight given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?3:24 For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are pouredout like the waters.3:25 For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and thatwhich I was afraid of is come unto me.3:26 I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yettrouble came.4:1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, 4:2 If we assay tocommune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himselffrom speaking?  4:3 Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou haststrengthened the weak hands.4:4 Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou haststrengthened the feeble knees.4:5 But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee,and thou art troubled.4:6 Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and theuprightness of thy ways?  4:7 Remember, I pray thee, who everperished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?  4:8Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reapthe same.4:9 By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrilsare they consumed.4:10 The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, andthe teeth of the young lions, are broken.4:11 The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion'swhelps are scattered abroad.4:12 Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received alittle thereof.4:13 In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleepfalleth on men, 4:14 Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made allmy bones to shake.4:15 Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stoodup: 4:16 It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: animage was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice,saying, 4:17 Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man bemore pure than his maker?  4:18 Behold, he put no trust in hisservants; and his angels he charged with folly: 4:19 How much less inthem that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust,which are crushed before the moth?  4:20 They are destroyed frommorning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it.4:21 Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die,even without wisdom.5:1 Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which ofthe saints wilt thou turn?  5:2 For wrath killeth the foolish man, andenvy slayeth the silly one.5:3 I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed hishabitation.5:4 His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in thegate, neither is there any to deliver them.5:5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of thethorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.5:6 Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither dothtrouble spring out of the ground; 5:7 Yet man is born unto trouble, asthe sparks fly upward.5:8 I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause: 5:9Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things withoutnumber: 5:10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters uponthe fields: 5:11 To set up on high those that be low; that those whichmourn may be exalted to safety.5:12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their handscannot perform their enterprise.5:13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel ofthe froward is carried headlong.5:14 They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope in the noondayas in the night.5:15 But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and fromthe hand of the mighty.5:16 So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.5:17 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despisenot thou the chastening of the Almighty: 5:18 For he maketh sore, andbindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.5:19 He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shallno evil touch thee.5:20 In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from thepower of the sword.5:21 Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shaltthou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.5:22 At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou beafraid of the beasts of the earth.5:23 For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and thebeasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.5:24 And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; andthou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.5:25 Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thineoffspring as the grass of the earth.5:26 Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock ofcorn cometh in in his season.5:27 Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou itfor thy good.6:1 But Job answered and said, 6:2 Oh that my grief were throughlyweighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!  6:3 For nowit would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words areswallowed up.6:4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereofdrinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in arrayagainst me.6:5 Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox overhis fodder?  6:6 Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? oris there any taste in the white of an egg?  6:7 The things that mysoul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.6:8 Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me thething that I long for!  6:9 Even that it would please God to destroyme; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!  6:10 Thenshould I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: lethim not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.6:11 What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end,that I should prolong my life?  6:12 Is my strength the strength ofstones? or is my flesh of brass?  6:13 Is not my help in me? and iswisdom driven quite from me?  6:14 To him that is afflicted pityshould be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of theAlmighty.6:15 My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the streamof brooks they pass away; 6:16 Which are blackish by reason of theice, and wherein the snow is hid: 6:17 What time they wax warm, theyvanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.6:18 The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, andperish.6:19 The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited forthem.6:20 They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither,and were ashamed.6:21 For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid.6:22 Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of yoursubstance?  6:23 Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem mefrom the hand of the mighty?  6:24 Teach me, and I will hold mytongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.6:25 How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?6:26 Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that isdesperate, which are as wind?  6:27 Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless,and ye dig a pit for your friend.6:28 Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident untoyou if I lie.6:29 Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, myrighteousness is in it.6:30 Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perversethings?  7:1 Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are nothis days also like the days of an hireling?  7:2 As a servantearnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for thereward of his work: 7:3 So am I made to possess months of vanity, andwearisome nights are appointed to me.7:4 When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone?and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.7:5 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin isbroken, and become loathsome.7:6 My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent withouthope.7:7 O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.7:8 The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyesare upon me, and I am not.7:9 As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth downto the grave shall come up no more.7:10 He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his placeknow him any more.7:11 Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in theanguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.7:12 Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?  7:13When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease mycomplaints; 7:14 Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest methrough visions: 7:15 So that my soul chooseth strangling, and deathrather than my life.7:16 I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my daysare vanity.7:17 What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thoushouldest set thine heart upon him?  7:18 And that thou shouldestvisit him every morning, and try him every moment?  7:19 How long wiltthou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down myspittle?  7:20 I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thoupreserver of men?  why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, sothat I am a burden to myself?  7:21 And why dost thou not pardon mytransgression, and take away my iniquity? for now shall I sleep in thedust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.8:1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, 8:2 How long wilt thouspeak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be likea strong wind?  8:3 Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almightypervert justice?  8:4 If thy children have sinned against him, and hehave cast them away for their transgression; 8:5 If thou wouldest seekunto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty; 8:6 Ifthou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, andmake the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.8:7 Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatlyincrease.8:8 For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyselfto the search of their fathers: 8:9 (For we are but of yesterday, andknow nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:) 8:10 Shallnot they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of theirheart?  8:11 Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag growwithout water?  8:12 Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cutdown, it withereth before any other herb.8:13 So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hopeshall perish: 8:14 Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shallbe a spider's web.8:15 He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shallhold it fast, but it shall not endure.8:16 He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in hisgarden.8:17 His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place ofstones.8:18 If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying,I have not seen thee.8:19 Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shallothers grow.8:20 Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will hehelp the evil doers: 8:21 Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, andthy lips with rejoicing.8:22 They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwellingplace of the wicked shall come to nought.9:1 Then Job answered and said, 9:2 I know it is so of a truth: buthow should man be just with God?  9:3 If he will contend with him, hecannot answer him one of a thousand.9:4 He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardenedhimself against him, and hath prospered?  9:5 Which removeth themountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger.9:6 Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereoftremble.9:7 Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up thestars.9:8 Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the wavesof the sea.9:9 Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers ofthe south.9:10 Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonderswithout number.9:11 Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but Iperceive him not.9:12 Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say untohim, What doest thou?  9:13 If God will not withdraw his anger, theproud helpers do stoop under him.9:14 How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words toreason with him?  9:15 Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I notanswer, but I would make supplication to my judge.9:16 If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believethat he had hearkened unto my voice.9:17 For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my woundswithout cause.9:18 He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me withbitterness.9:19 If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, whoshall set me a time to plead?  9:20 If I justify myself, mine ownmouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove meperverse.9:21 Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I woulddespise my life.9:22 This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfectand the wicked.9:23 If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of theinnocent.9:24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth thefaces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he?  9:25 Nowmy days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.9:26 They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle thathasteth to the prey.9:27 If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off myheaviness, and comfort myself: 9:28 I am afraid of all my sorrows, Iknow that thou wilt not hold me innocent.9:29 If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?  9:30 If I wash myselfwith snow water, and make my hands never so clean; 9:31 Yet shalt thouplunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.9:32 For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and weshould come together in judgment.9:33 Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his handupon us both.9:34 Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrifyme: 9:35 Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so withme.10:1 My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint uponmyself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.10:2 I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thoucontendest with me.10:3 Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thoushouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counselof the wicked?  10:4 Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as manseeth?  10:5 Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man'sdays, 10:6 That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchestafter my sin?  10:7 Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there isnone that can deliver out of thine hand.10:8 Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about;yet thou dost destroy me.10:9 Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; andwilt thou bring me into dust again?  10:10 Hast thou not poured me outas milk, and curdled me like cheese?  10:11 Thou hast clothed me withskin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews.10:12 Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hathpreserved my spirit.10:13 And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that thisis with thee.10:14 If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me frommine iniquity.10:15 If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will Inot lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mineaffliction; 10:16 For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion:and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.10:17 Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thineindignation upon me; changes and war are against me.10:18 Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Ohthat I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!  10:19 I shouldhave been as though I had not been; I should have been carried fromthe womb to the grave.10:20 Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I maytake comfort a little, 10:21 Before I go whence I shall not return,even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death; 10:22 A land ofdarkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without anyorder, and where the light is as darkness.11:1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, 11:2 Should notthe multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk bejustified?  11:3 Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and whenthou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?  11:4 For thou hastsaid, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.11:5 But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee; 11:6And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they aredouble to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee lessthan thine iniquity deserveth.11:7 Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out theAlmighty unto perfection?  11:8 It is as high as heaven; what canstthou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?  11:9 The measurethereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.11:10 If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who canhinder him?  11:11 For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also;will he not then consider it?  11:12 For vain men would be wise,though man be born like a wild ass's colt.11:13 If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands towardhim; 11:14 If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let notwickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.11:15 For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thoushalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear: 11:16 Because thou shalt forgetthy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away: 11:17 And thineage shall be clearer than the noonday: thou shalt shine forth, thoushalt be as the morning.11:18 And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shaltdig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.11:19 Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea,many shall make suit unto thee.11:20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall notescape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.12:1 And Job answered and said, 12:2 No doubt but ye are the people,and wisdom shall die with you.12:3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior toyou: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?  12:4 I am as onemocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him:the just upright man is laughed to scorn.12:5 He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised inthe thought of him that is at ease.12:6 The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God aresecure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.12:7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowlsof the air, and they shall tell thee: 12:8 Or speak to the earth, andit shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare untothee.12:9 Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hathwrought this?  12:10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing,and the breath of all mankind.12:11 Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?  12:12With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.12:13 With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel andunderstanding.12:14 Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: heshutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.12:15 Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also hesendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.12:16 With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiverare his.12:17 He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judgesfools.12:18 He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with agirdle.12:19 He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.12:20 He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away theunderstanding of the aged.12:21 He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength ofthe mighty.12:22 He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out tolight the shadow of death.12:23 He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth thenations, and straiteneth them again.12:24 He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of theearth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is noway.12:25 They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them tostagger like a drunken man.13:1 Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath heard andunderstood it.13:2 What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior untoyou.13:3 Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason withGod.13:4 But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.13:5 O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be yourwisdom.13:6 Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.13:7 Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?13:8 Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?  13:9 Is itgood that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, doye so mock him?  13:10 He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretlyaccept persons.13:11 Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fallupon you?  13:12 Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies tobodies of clay.13:13 Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come onme what will.13:14 Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life inmine hand?  13:15 Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but Iwill maintain mine own ways before him.13:16 He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not comebefore him.13:17 Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears.13:18 Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall bejustified.13:19 Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue,I shall give up the ghost.13:20 Only do not two things unto me: then will I not hide myself fromthee.13:21 Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make meafraid.13:22 Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answerthou me.13:23 How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know mytransgression and my sin.13:24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?13:25 Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursuethe dry stubble?  13:26 For thou writest bitter things against me, andmakest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.13:27 Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowlyunto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.13:28 And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is motheaten.14:1 Man that is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble.14:2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also asa shadow, and continueth not.14:3 And doth thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest meinto judgment with thee?  14:4 Who can bring a clean thing out of anunclean? not one.14:5 Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are withthee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass; 14:6 Turnfrom him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling,his day.14:7 For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it willsprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.14:8 Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stockthereof die in the ground; 14:9 Yet through the scent of water it willbud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.14:10 But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost,and where is he?  14:11 As the waters fail from the sea, and the flooddecayeth and drieth up: 14:12 So man lieth down, and riseth not: tillthe heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out oftheir sleep.14:13 O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldestkeep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint mea set time, and remember me!  14:14 If a man die, shall he live again?all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.14:15 Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desireto the work of thine hands.14:16 For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over mysin?  14:17 My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest upmine iniquity.14:18 And surely the mountains falling cometh to nought, and the rockis removed out of his place.14:19 The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things whichgrow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope ofman.14:20 Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thouchangest his countenance, and sendest him away.14:21 His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they arebrought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.14:22 But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within himshall mourn.15:1 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said, 15:2 Should a wiseman utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?  15:3Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith hecan do no good?  15:4 Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainestprayer before God.15:5 For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest thetongue of the crafty.15:6 Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lipstestify against thee.15:7 Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made beforethe hills?  15:8 Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thourestrain wisdom to thyself?  15:9 What knowest thou, that we know not?what understandest thou, which is not in us?  15:10 With us are boththe grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.15:11 Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secretthing with thee?  15:12 Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and whatdo thy eyes wink at, 15:13 That thou turnest thy spirit against God,and lettest such words go out of thy mouth?  15:14 What is man, thathe should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should berighteous?  15:15 Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, theheavens are not clean in his sight.15:16 How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinkethiniquity like water?  15:17 I will shew thee, hear me; and that whichI have seen I will declare; 15:18 Which wise men have told from theirfathers, and have not hid it: 15:19 Unto whom alone the earth wasgiven, and no stranger passed among them.15:20 The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the numberof years is hidden to the oppressor.15:21 A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyershall come upon him.15:22 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he iswaited for of the sword.15:23 He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweththat the day of darkness is ready at his hand.15:24 Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevailagainst him, as a king ready to the battle.15:25 For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengthenethhimself against the Almighty.15:26 He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses ofhis bucklers: 15:27 Because he covereth his face with his fatness, andmaketh collops of fat on his flanks.15:28 And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no maninhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.15:29 He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue,neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.15:30 He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up hisbranches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.15:31 Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shallbe his recompence.15:32 It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shallnot be green.15:33 He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall castoff his flower as the olive.15:34 For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fireshall consume the tabernacles of bribery.15:35 They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their bellyprepareth deceit.16:1 Then Job answered and said, 16:2 I have heard many such things:miserable comforters are ye all.16:3 Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thouanswerest?  16:4 I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in mysoul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine headat you.16:5 But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of mylips should asswage your grief.16:6 Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear,what am I eased?  16:7 But now he hath made me weary: thou hast madedesolate all my company.16:8 And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness againstme: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.16:9 He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon mewith his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.16:10 They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten meupon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves togetheragainst me.16:11 God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over intothe hands of the wicked.16:12 I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also takenme by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.16:13 His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reinsasunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.16:14 He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me likea giant.16:15 I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in thedust.16:16 My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow ofdeath; 16:17 Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer ispure.16:18 O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.16:19 Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is onhigh.16:20 My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.16:21 O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth forhis neighbour!  16:22 When a few years are come, then I shall go theway whence I shall not return.17:1 My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are readyfor me.17:2 Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue intheir provocation?  17:3 Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee;who is he that will strike hands with me?  17:4 For thou hast hidtheir heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.17:5 He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of hischildren shall fail.17:6 He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I wasas a tabret.17:7 Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members areas a shadow.17:8 Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shallstir up himself against the hypocrite.17:9 The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath cleanhands shall be stronger and stronger.17:10 But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannotfind one wise man among you.17:11 My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughtsof my heart.17:12 They change the night into day: the light is short because ofdarkness.17:13 If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in thedarkness.17:14 I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thouart my mother, and my sister.17:15 And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?17:16 They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our resttogether is in the dust.18:1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, 18:2 How long will itbe ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.18:3 Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in yoursight?  18:4 He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth beforsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?18:5 Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark ofhis fire shall not shine.18:6 The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shallbe put out with him.18:7 The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his owncounsel shall cast him down.18:8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon asnare.18:9 The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevailagainst him.18:10 The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him inthe way.18:11 Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive himto his feet.18:12 His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall beready at his side.18:13 It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn ofdeath shall devour his strength.18:14 His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and itshall bring him to the king of terrors.18:15 It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his:brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.18:16 His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branchbe cut off.18:17 His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall haveno name in the street.18:18 He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out ofthe world.18:19 He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor anyremaining in his dwellings.18:20 They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as theythat went before were affrighted.18:21 Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is theplace of him that knoweth not God.19:1 Then Job answered and said, 19:2 How long will ye vex my soul,and break me in pieces with words?  19:3 These ten times have yereproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange tome.19:4 And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth withmyself.19:5 If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and pleadagainst me my reproach: 19:6 Know now that God hath overthrown me, andhath compassed me with his net.19:7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, butthere is no judgment.19:8 He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath setdarkness in my paths.19:9 He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from myhead.19:10 He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hopehath he removed like a tree.19:11 He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth meunto him as one of his enemies.19:12 His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, andencamp round about my tabernacle.19:13 He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance areverily estranged from me.19:14 My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgottenme.19:15 They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for astranger: I am an alien in their sight.19:16 I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated himwith my mouth.19:17 My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for thechildren's sake of mine own body.19:18 Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake againstme.19:19 All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved areturned against me.19:20 My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escapedwith the skin of my teeth.19:21 Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for thehand of God hath touched me.19:22 Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with myflesh?  19:23 Oh that my words were now written! oh that they wereprinted in a book!  19:24 That they were graven with an iron pen andlead in the rock for ever!  19:25 For I know that my redeemer liveth,and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: 19:26 Andthough after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall Isee God: 19:27 Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shallbehold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.19:28 But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of thematter is found in me?  19:29 Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrathbringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is ajudgment.20:1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, 20:2 Therefore domy thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.20:3 I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of myunderstanding causeth me to answer.20:4 Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,20:5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of thehypocrite but for a moment?  20:6 Though his excellency mount up tothe heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds; 20:7 Yet he shallperish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say,Where is he?  20:8 He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not befound: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.20:9 The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shallhis place any more behold him.20:10 His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shallrestore their goods.20:11 His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie downwith him in the dust.20:12 Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it underhis tongue; 20:13 Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep itstill within his mouth: 20:14 Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, itis the gall of asps within him.20:15 He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again:God shall cast them out of his belly.20:16 He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slayhim.20:17 He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey andbutter.20:18 That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall notswallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be,and he shall not rejoice therein.20:19 Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because hehath violently taken away an house which he builded not; 20:20 Surelyhe shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of thatwhich he desired.20:21 There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no manlook for his goods.20:22 In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: everyhand of the wicked shall come upon him.20:23 When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury ofhis wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.20:24 He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shallstrike him through.20:25 It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glitteringsword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.20:26 All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blownshall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in histabernacle.20:27 The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall riseup against him.20:28 The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flowaway in the day of his wrath.20:29 This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritageappointed unto him by God.21:1 But Job answered and said, 21:2 Hear diligently my speech, andlet this be your consolations.21:3 Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mockon.21:4 As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why shouldnot my spirit be troubled?  21:5 Mark me, and be astonished, and layyour hand upon your mouth.21:6 Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on myflesh.21:7 Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty inpower?  21:8 Their seed is established in their sight with them, andtheir offspring before their eyes.21:9 Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God uponthem.21:10 Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, andcasteth not her calf.21:11 They send forth their little ones like a flock, and theirchildren dance.21:12 They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of theorgan.21:13 They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to thegrave.21:14 Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire notthe knowledge of thy ways.21:15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profitshould we have, if we pray unto him?  21:16 Lo, their good is not intheir hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.21:17 How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft comeththeir destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.21:18 They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the stormcarrieth away.21:19 God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him,and he shall know it.21:20 His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of thewrath of the Almighty.21:21 For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when thenumber of his months is cut off in the midst?  21:22 Shall any teachGod knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.21:23 One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.21:24 His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened withmarrow.21:25 And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and nevereateth with pleasure.21:26 They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall coverthem.21:27 Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which yewrongfully imagine against me.21:28 For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are thedwelling places of the wicked?  21:29 Have ye not asked them that goby the way? and do ye not know their tokens, 21:30 That the wicked isreserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to theday of wrath.21:31 Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay himwhat he hath done?  21:32 Yet shall he be brought to the grave, andshall remain in the tomb.21:33 The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every manshall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.21:34 How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers thereremaineth falsehood?  22:1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered andsaid, 22:2 Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may beprofitable unto himself?  22:3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty,that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thyways perfect?  22:4 Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will heenter with thee into judgment?  22:5 Is not thy wickedness great? andthine iniquities infinite?  22:6 For thou hast taken a pledge from thybrother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.22:7 Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hastwithholden bread from the hungry.22:8 But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourableman dwelt in it.22:9 Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherlesshave been broken.22:10 Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleththee; 22:11 Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance ofwaters cover thee.22:12 Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of thestars, how high they are!  22:13 And thou sayest, How doth God know?can he judge through the dark cloud?  22:14 Thick clouds are acovering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit ofheaven.22:15 Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?22:16 Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflownwith a flood: 22:17 Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what canthe Almighty do for them?  22:18 Yet he filled their houses with goodthings: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.22:19 The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh themto scorn.22:20 Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of themthe fire consumeth.22:21 Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby goodshall come unto thee.22:22 Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up hiswords in thine heart.22:23 If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thoushalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.22:24 Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir asthe stones of the brooks.22:25 Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt haveplenty of silver.22:26 For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shaltlift up thy face unto God.22:27 Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, andthou shalt pay thy vows.22:28 Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established untothee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.22:29 When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is liftingup; and he shall save the humble person.22:30 He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is deliveredby the pureness of thine hands.23:1 Then Job answered and said, 23:2 Even to day is my complaintbitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.23:3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even tohis seat!  23:4 I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouthwith arguments.23:5 I would know the words which he would answer me, and understandwhat he would say unto me.23:6 Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he wouldput strength in me.23:7 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I bedelivered for ever from my judge.23:8 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but Icannot perceive him: 23:9 On the left hand, where he doth work, but Icannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannotsee him: 23:10 But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath triedme, I shall come forth as gold.23:11 My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and notdeclined.23:12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; Ihave esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.23:13 But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his souldesireth, even that he doeth.23:14 For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and manysuch things are with him.23:15 Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I amafraid of him.23:16 For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:23:17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath hecovered the darkness from my face.24:1 Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they thatknow him not see his days?  24:2 Some remove the landmarks; theyviolently take away flocks, and feed thereof.24:3 They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow'sox for a pledge.24:4 They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hidethemselves together.24:5 Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work;rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them andfor their children.24:6 They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather thevintage of the wicked.24:7 They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have nocovering in the cold.24:8 They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace therock for want of a shelter.24:9 They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge ofthe poor.24:10 They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take awaythe sheaf from the hungry; 24:11 Which make oil within their walls,and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.24:12 Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the woundedcrieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.24:13 They are of those that rebel against the light; they know notthe ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.24:14 The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy,and in the night is as a thief.24:15 The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying,No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.24:16 In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked forthemselves in the daytime: they know not the light.24:17 For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if oneknow them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.24:18 He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth:he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.24:19 Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the gravethose which have sinned.24:20 The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him;he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as atree.24:21 He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth notgood to the widow.24:22 He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and noman is sure of life.24:23 Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yethis eyes are upon their ways.24:24 They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and broughtlow; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as thetops of the ears of corn.24:25 And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make myspeech nothing worth?  25:1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, andsaid, 25:2 Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his highplaces.25:3 Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not hislight arise?  25:4 How then can man be justified with God? or how canhe be clean that is born of a woman?  25:5 Behold even to the moon,and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.25:6 How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is aworm?  26:1 But Job answered and said, 26:2 How hast thou helped himthat is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength?26:3 How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hastthou plentifully declared the thing as it is?  26:4 To whom hast thouuttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?  26:5 Dead things areformed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.26:6 Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.26:7 He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth theearth upon nothing.26:8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud isnot rent under them.26:9 He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloudupon it.26:10 He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day andnight come to an end.26:11 The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.26:12 He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding hesmiteth through the proud.26:13 By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hathformed the crooked serpent.26:14 Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion isheard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?  27:1Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, 27:2 As God liveth, whohath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;27:3 All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in mynostrils; 27:4 My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utterdeceit.27:5 God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will notremove mine integrity from me.27:6 My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heartshall not reproach me so long as I live.27:7 Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against meas the unrighteous.27:8 For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained,when God taketh away his soul?  27:9 Will God hear his cry whentrouble cometh upon him?  27:10 Will he delight himself in theAlmighty? will he always call upon God?  27:11 I will teach you by thehand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.27:12 Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thusaltogether vain?  27:13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God,and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of theAlmighty.27:14 If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and hisoffspring shall not be satisfied with bread.27:15 Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and hiswidows shall not weep.27:16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as theclay; 27:17 He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and theinnocent shall divide the silver.27:18 He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keepermaketh.27:19 The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: heopeneth his eyes, and he is not.27:20 Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him awayin the night.27:21 The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as astorm hurleth him out of his place.27:22 For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain fleeout of his hand.27:23 Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of hisplace.28:1 Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold wherethey fine it.28:2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of thestone.28:3 He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection:the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.28:4 The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the watersforgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.28:5 As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turnedup as it were fire.28:6 The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust ofgold.28:7 There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture'seye hath not seen: 28:8 The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor thefierce lion passed by it.28:9 He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth themountains by the roots.28:10 He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth everyprecious thing.28:11 He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that ishid bringeth he forth to light.28:12 But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place ofunderstanding?  28:13 Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is itfound in the land of the living.28:14 The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is notwith me.28:15 It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighedfor the price thereof.28:16 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the preciousonyx, or the sapphire.28:17 The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of itshall not be for jewels of fine gold.28:18 No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the priceof wisdom is above rubies.28:19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it bevalued with pure gold.28:20 Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place ofunderstanding?  28:21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living,and kept close from the fowls of the air.28:22 Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof withour ears.28:23 God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the placethereof.28:24 For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under thewhole heaven; 28:25 To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheththe waters by measure.28:26 When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightningof the thunder: 28:27 Then did he see it, and declare it; he preparedit, yea, and searched it out.28:28 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the LORD, that iswisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.29:1 Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, 29:2 Oh that I wereas in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; 29:3 When hiscandle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked throughdarkness; 29:4 As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret ofGod was upon my tabernacle; 29:5 When the Almighty was yet with me,when my children were about me; 29:6 When I washed my steps withbutter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil; 29:7 When I went outto the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!29:8 The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, andstood up.29:9 The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on theirmouth.29:10 The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to theroof of their mouth.29:11 When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye sawme, it gave witness to me: 29:12 Because I delivered the poor thatcried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.29:13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and Icaused the widow's heart to sing for joy.29:14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as arobe and a diadem.29:15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.29:16 I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not Isearched out.29:17 And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out ofhis teeth.29:18 Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply mydays as the sand.29:19 My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all nightupon my branch.29:20 My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.29:21 Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at mycounsel.29:22 After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped uponthem.29:23 And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened theirmouth wide as for the latter rain.29:24 If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of mycountenance they cast not down.29:25 I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in thearmy, as one that comforteth the mourners.30:1 But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whosefathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.30:2 Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whomold age was perished?  30:3 For want and famine they were solitary;fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.30:4 Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for theirmeat.30:5 They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them asafter a thief;) 30:6 To dwell in the cliffs of the valleys, in cavesof the earth, and in the rocks.30:7 Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they weregathered together.30:8 They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they wereviler than the earth.30:9 And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.30:10 They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit inmy face.30:11 Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have alsolet loose the bridle before me.30:12 Upon my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, andthey raise up against me the ways of their destruction.30:13 They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have nohelper.30:14 They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in thedesolation they rolled themselves upon me.30:15 Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: andmy welfare passeth away as a cloud.30:16 And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of afflictionhave taken hold upon me.30:17 My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinewstake no rest.30:18 By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: itbindeth me about as the collar of my coat.30:19 He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust andashes.30:20 I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thouregardest me not.30:21 Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposestthyself against me.30:22 Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it,and dissolvest my substance.30:23 For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the houseappointed for all living.30:24 Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, thoughthey cry in his destruction.30:25 Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soulgrieved for the poor?  30:26 When I looked for good, then evil cameunto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.30:27 My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of afflictionprevented me.30:28 I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in thecongregation.30:29 I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.30:30 My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.30:31 My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voiceof them that weep.31:1 I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon amaid?  31:2 For what portion of God is there from above? and whatinheritance of the Almighty from on high?  31:3 Is not destruction tothe wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?  31:4Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?  31:5 If I havewalked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit; 31:6 Let mebe weighed in an even balance that God may know mine integrity.31:7 If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walkedafter mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands; 31:8 Thenlet me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.31:9 If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laidwait at my neighbour's door; 31:10 Then let my wife grind untoanother, and let others bow down upon her.31:11 For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to bepunished by the judges.31:12 For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would rootout all mine increase.31:13 If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of mymaidservant, when they contended with me; 31:14 What then shall I dowhen God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?31:15 Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not onefashion us in the womb?  31:16 If I have withheld the poor from theirdesire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; 31:17 Or haveeaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eatenthereof; 31:18 (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with afather, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;) 31:19 If I haveseen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;31:20 If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed withthe fleece of my sheep; 31:21 If I have lifted up my hand against thefatherless, when I saw my help in the gate: 31:22 Then let mine armfall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.31:23 For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason ofhis highness I could not endure.31:24 If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thouart my confidence; 31:25 If I rejoice because my wealth was great, andbecause mine hand had gotten much; 31:26 If I beheld the sun when itshined, or the moon walking in brightness; 31:27 And my heart hathbeen secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand: 31:28 Thisalso were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should havedenied the God that is above.31:29 If I rejoice at the destruction of him that hated me, or liftedup myself when evil found him: 31:30 Neither have I suffered my mouthto sin by wishing a curse to his soul.31:31 If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of hisflesh!  we cannot be satisfied.31:32 The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doorsto the traveller.31:33 If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquityin my bosom: 31:34 Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contemptof families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of thedoor?  31:35 Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that theAlmighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.31:36 Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crownto me.31:37 I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a princewould I go near unto him.31:38 If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereofcomplain; 31:39 If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, orhave caused the owners thereof to lose their life: 31:40 Let thistlesgrow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley.The words of Job are ended.32:1 So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteousin his own eyes.32:2 Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel theBuzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled,because he justified himself rather than God.32:3 Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, becausethey had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.32:4 Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elderthan he.32:5 When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of thesethree men, then his wrath was kindled.32:6 And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I amyoung, and ye are very old; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not shewyou mine opinion.32:7 I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teachwisdom.32:8 But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almightygiveth them understanding.32:9 Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understandjudgment.32:10 Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will shew mine opinion.32:11 Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons,whilst ye searched out what to say.32:12 Yea, I attended unto you, and, behold, there was none of youthat convinced Job, or that answered his words: 32:13 Lest ye shouldsay, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man.32:14 Now he hath not directed his words against me: neither will Ianswer him with your speeches.32:15 They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off speaking.32:16 When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, andanswered no more;) 32:17 I said, I will answer also my part, I alsowill shew mine opinion.32:18 For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me.32:19 Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready toburst like new bottles.32:20 I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips andanswer.32:21 Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, neither let megive flattering titles unto man.32:22 For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my makerwould soon take me away.33:1 Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to allmy words.33:2 Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in mymouth.33:3 My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lipsshall utter knowledge clearly.33:4 The spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almightyhath given me life.33:5 If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, standup.33:6 Behold, I am according to thy wish in God's stead: I also amformed out of the clay.33:7 Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall myhand be heavy upon thee.33:8 Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard thevoice of thy words, saying, 33:9 I am clean without transgression, Iam innocent; neither is there iniquity in me.33:10 Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for hisenemy, 33:11 He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all mypaths.33:12 Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that Godis greater than man.33:13 Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account ofany of his matters.33:14 For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.33:15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep fallethupon men, in slumberings upon the bed; 33:16 Then he openeth the earsof men, and sealeth their instruction, 33:17 That he may withdraw manfrom his purpose, and hide pride from man.33:18 He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life fromperishing by the sword.33:19 He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitudeof his bones with strong pain: 33:20 So that his life abhorreth bread,and his soul dainty meat.33:21 His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and hisbones that were not seen stick out.33:22 Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to thedestroyers.33:23 If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among athousand, to shew unto man his uprightness: 33:24 Then he is graciousunto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I havefound a ransom.33:25 His flesh shall be fresher than a child's: he shall return tothe days of his youth: 33:26 He shall pray unto God, and he will befavourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he willrender unto man his righteousness.33:27 He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, andperverted that which was right, and it profited me not; 33:28 He willdeliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see thelight.33:29 Lo, all these things worketh God oftentimes with man, 33:30 Tobring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light ofthe living.33:31 Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I willspeak.33:32 If thou hast anything to say, answer me: speak, for I desire tojustify thee.33:33 If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach theewisdom.34:1 Furthermore Elihu answered and said, 34:2 Hear my words, O yewise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.34:3 For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.34:4 Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what isgood.34:5 For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away myjudgment.34:6 Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable withouttransgression.34:7 What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?  34:8Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh withwicked men.34:9 For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he shoulddelight himself with God.34:10 Therefore hearken unto me ye men of understanding: far be itfrom God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that heshould commit iniquity.34:11 For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause everyman to find according to his ways.34:12 Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almightypervert judgment.34:13 Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposedthe whole world?  34:14 If he set his heart upon man, if he gatherunto himself his spirit and his breath; 34:15 All flesh shall perishtogether, and man shall turn again unto dust.34:16 If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voiceof my words.34:17 Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemnhim that is most just?  34:18 Is it fit to say to a king, Thou artwicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly?  34:19 How much less to himthat accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich morethan the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.34:20 In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled atmidnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away withouthand.34:21 For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all hisgoings.34:22 There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers ofiniquity may hide themselves.34:23 For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he shouldenter into judgment with God.34:24 He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and setothers in their stead.34:25 Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in thenight, so that they are destroyed.34:26 He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;34:27 Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any ofhis ways: 34:28 So that they cause the cry of the poor to come untohim, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.34:29 When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when hehideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against anation, or against a man only: 34:30 That the hypocrite reign not,lest the people be ensnared.34:31 Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have bornechastisement, I will not offend any more: 34:32 That which I see notteach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.34:33 Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it,whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: thereforespeak what thou knowest.34:34 Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearkenunto me.34:35 Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were withoutwisdom.34:36 My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because of hisanswers for wicked men.34:37 For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his handsamong us, and multiplieth his words against God.35:1 Elihu spake moreover, and said, 35:2 Thinkest thou this to beright, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's?  35:3For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profitshall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?  35:4 I will answer thee,and thy companions with thee.35:5 Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which arehigher than thou.35:6 If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thytransgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?  35:7 If thoube righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thinehand?  35:8 Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thyrighteousness may profit the son of man.35:9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressedto cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.35:10 But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in thenight; 35:11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, andmaketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?  35:12 There they cry, butnone giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.35:13 Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almightyregard it.35:14 Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment isbefore him; therefore trust thou in him.35:15 But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yethe knoweth it not in great extremity: 35:16 Therefore doth Job openhis mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.36:1 Elihu also proceeded, and said, 36:2 Suffer me a little, and Iwill shew thee that I have yet to speak on God's behalf.36:3 I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascriberighteousness to my Maker.36:4 For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect inknowledge is with thee.36:5 Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty instrength and wisdom.36:6 He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to thepoor.36:7 He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kingsare they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and theyare exalted.36:8 And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords ofaffliction; 36:9 Then he sheweth them their work, and theirtransgressions that they have exceeded.36:10 He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth thatthey return from iniquity.36:11 If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days inprosperity, and their years in pleasures.36:12 But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and theyshall die without knowledge.36:13 But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when hebindeth them.36:14 They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.36:15 He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their earsin oppression.36:16 Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into abroad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should beset on thy table should be full of fatness.36:17 But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment andjustice take hold on thee.36:18 Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with hisstroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.36:19 Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces ofstrength.36:20 Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.36:21 Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen ratherthan affliction.36:22 Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?  36:23Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wroughtiniquity?  36:24 Remember that thou magnify his work, which menbehold.36:25 Every man may see it; man may behold it afar off.36:26 Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can thenumber of his years be searched out.36:27 For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rainaccording to the vapour thereof: 36:28 Which the clouds do drop anddistil upon man abundantly.36:29 Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or thenoise of his tabernacle?  36:30 Behold, he spreadeth his light uponit, and covereth the bottom of the sea.36:31 For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance.36:32 With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not toshine by the cloud that cometh betwixt.36:33 The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle alsoconcerning the vapour.37:1 At this also my heart trembleth, and is moved out of his place.37:2 Hear attentively the noise of his voice, and the sound that goethout of his mouth.37:3 He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning untothe ends of the earth.37:4 After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of hisexcellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard.37:5 God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doethhe, which we cannot comprehend.37:6 For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to thesmall rain, and to the great rain of his strength.37:7 He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know hiswork.37:8 Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places.37:9 Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north.37:10 By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of thewaters is straitened.37:11 Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth hisbright cloud: 37:12 And it is turned round about by his counsels: thatthey may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the worldin the earth.37:13 He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land,or for mercy.37:14 Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrousworks of God.37:15 Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light ofhis cloud to shine?  37:16 Dost thou know the balancings of theclouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?37:17 How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by thesouth wind?  37:18 Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which isstrong, and as a molten looking glass?  37:19 Teach us what we shallsay unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.37:20 Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely heshall be swallowed up.37:21 And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: butthe wind passeth, and cleanseth them.37:22 Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God is terriblemajesty.37:23 Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellentin power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will notafflict.37:24 Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any that are wiseof heart.38:1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, 38:2Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?  38:3Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, andanswer thou me.38:4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth?declare, if thou hast understanding.38:5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hathstretched the line upon it?  38:6 Whereupon are the foundationsthereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; 38:7 When themorning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?38:8 Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if ithad issued out of the womb?  38:9 When I made the cloud the garmentthereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it, 38:10 And brake upfor it my decreed place, and set bars and doors, 38:11 And said,Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proudwaves be stayed?  38:12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thydays; and caused the dayspring to know his place; 38:13 That it mighttake hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shakenout of it?  38:14 It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand asa garment.38:15 And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high armshall be broken.38:16 Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thouwalked in the search of the depth?  38:17 Have the gates of death beenopened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?38:18 Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thouknowest it all.38:19 Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness,where is the place thereof, 38:20 That thou shouldest take it to thebound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the housethereof?  38:21 Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? orbecause the number of thy days is great?  38:22 Hast thou entered intothe treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of thehail, 38:23 Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, againstthe day of battle and war?  38:24 By what way is the light parted,which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?  38:25 Who hath divideda watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for thelightning of thunder; 38:26 To cause it to rain on the earth, where noman is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man; 38:27 To satisfythe desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herbto spring forth?  38:28 Hath the rain a father? or who hath begottenthe drops of dew?  38:29 Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoaryfrost of heaven, who hath gendered it?  38:30 The waters are hid aswith a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.38:31 Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose thebands of Orion?  38:32 Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season?or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?  38:33 Knowest thou theordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in theearth?  38:34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, thatabundance of waters may cover thee?  38:35 Canst thou send lightnings,that they may go and say unto thee, Here we are?  38:36 Who hath putwisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to theheart?  38:37 Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay thebottles of heaven, 38:38 When the dust groweth into hardness, and theclods cleave fast together?  38:39 Wilt thou hunt the prey for thelion? or fill the appetite of the young lions, 38:40 When they couchin their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?  38:41 Whoprovideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God,they wander for lack of meat.39:1 Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bringforth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?  39:2 Canst thounumber the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when theybring forth?  39:3 They bow themselves, they bring forth their youngones, they cast out their sorrows.39:4 Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; theygo forth, and return not unto them.39:5 Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bandsof the wild ass?  39:6 Whose house I have made the wilderness, and thebarren land his dwellings.39:7 He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he thecrying of the driver.39:8 The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth afterevery green thing.39:9 Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?39:10 Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or willhe harrow the valleys after thee?  39:11 Wilt thou trust him, becausehis strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?  39:12Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather itinto thy barn?  39:13 Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks?or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?  39:14 Which leaveth her eggsin the earth, and warmeth them in dust, 39:15 And forgetteth that thefoot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.39:16 She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were nother's: her labour is in vain without fear; 39:17 Because God hathdeprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.39:18 What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horseand his rider.39:19 Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neckwith thunder?  39:20 Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? theglory of his nostrils is terrible.39:21 He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goethon to meet the armed men.39:22 He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth heback from the sword.39:23 The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and theshield.39:24 He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neitherbelieveth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.39:25 He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battleafar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.39:26 Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings towardthe south?  39:27 Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make hernest on high?  39:28 She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon thecrag of the rock, and the strong place.39:29 From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.39:30 Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are,there is she.40:1 Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said, 40:2 Shall he thatcontendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, lethim answer it.40:3 Then Job answered the LORD, and said, 40:4 Behold, I am vile;what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.40:5 Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I willproceed no further.40:6 Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,40:7 Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, anddeclare thou unto me.40:8 Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, thatthou mayest be righteous?  40:9 Hast thou an arm like God? or canstthou thunder with a voice like him?  40:10 Deck thyself now withmajesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.40:11 Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that isproud, and abase him.40:12 Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and treaddown the wicked in their place.40:13 Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret.40:14 Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand cansave thee.40:15 Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass asan ox.40:16 Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in thenavel of his belly.40:17 He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones arewrapped together.40:18 His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like barsof iron.40:19 He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can makehis sword to approach unto him.40:20 Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beastsof the field play.40:21 He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, andfens.40:22 The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of thebrook compass him about.40:23 Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteththat he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.40:24 He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares.41:1 Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with acord which thou lettest down?  41:2 Canst thou put an hook into hisnose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?  41:3 Will he make manysupplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee?  41:4Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servantfor ever?  41:5 Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thoubind him for thy maidens?  41:6 Shall the companions make a banquet ofhim? shall they part him among the merchants?  41:7 Canst thou fillhis skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?  41:8 Laythine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.41:9 Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast downeven at the sight of him?  41:10 None is so fierce that dare stir himup: who then is able to stand before me?  41:11 Who hath prevented me,that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.41:12 I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comelyproportion.41:13 Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to himwith his double bridle?  41:14 Who can open the doors of his face? histeeth are terrible round about.41:15 His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.41:16 One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.41:17 They are joined one to another, they stick together, that theycannot be sundered.41:18 By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like theeyelids of the morning.41:19 Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out.41:20 Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot orcaldron.41:21 His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.41:22 In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joybefore him.41:23 The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm inthemselves; they cannot be moved.41:24 His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of thenether millstone.41:25 When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason ofbreakings they purify themselves.41:26 The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, thedart, nor the habergeon.41:27 He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.41:28 The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with himinto stubble.41:29 Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of aspear.41:30 Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed thingsupon the mire.41:31 He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like apot of ointment.41:32 He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep tobe hoary.41:33 Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.41:34 He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the childrenof pride.42:1 Then Job answered the LORD, and said, 42:2 I know that thou canstdo every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee.42:3 Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have Iuttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which Iknew not.42:4 Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee,and declare thou unto me.42:5 I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eyeseeth thee.42:6 Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.42:7 And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words untoJob, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindledagainst thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken ofme the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.42:8 Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and goto my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; andmy servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I dealwith you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thingwhich is right, like my servant Job.42:9 So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar theNaamathite went, and did according as the LORD commanded them: theLORD also accepted Job.42:10 And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for hisfriends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.42:11 Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters,and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eatbread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted himover all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man alsogave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.42:12 So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than hisbeginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousandcamels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.42:13 He had also seven sons and three daughters.42:14 And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of thesecond, Kezia; and the name of the third, Kerenhappuch.42:15 And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughtersof Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.42:16 After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw hissons, and his sons' sons, even four generations.42:17 So Job died, being old and full of days.The Book of Psalms1:1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly,nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of thescornful.1:2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth hemeditate day and night.1:3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, thatbringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall notwither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.1:4 The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the winddriveth away.1:5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinnersin the congregation of the righteous.1:6 For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of theungodly shall perish.2:1 Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?2:2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counseltogether, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,2:3 Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords fromus.2:4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the LORD shall havethem in derision.2:5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in hissore displeasure.2:6 Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.2:7 I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art mySon; this day have I begotten thee.2:8 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thineinheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.2:9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them inpieces like a potter's vessel.2:10 Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges ofthe earth.2:11 Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.2:12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, whenhis wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put theirtrust in him.3:1 Lord, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they thatrise up against me.3:2 Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him inGod.Selah.3:3 But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter upof mine head.3:4 I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of hisholy hill. Selah.3:5 I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.3:6 I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have setthemselves against me round about.3:7 Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mineenemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of theungodly.3:8 Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing is upon thypeople.Selah.4:1 Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlargedme when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.4:2 O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? howlong will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.4:3 But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly forhimself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him.4:4 Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon yourbed, and be still. Selah.4:5 Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in theLORD.4:6 There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thouup the light of thy countenance upon us.4:7 Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time thattheir corn and their wine increased.4:8 I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, onlymakest me dwell in safety.5:1 Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.5:2 Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for untothee will I pray.5:3 My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morningwill I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.5:4 For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neithershall evil dwell with thee.5:5 The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workersof iniquity.5:6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhorthe bloody and deceitful man.5:7 But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thymercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.5:8 Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies;make thy way straight before my face.5:9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part isvery wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter withtheir tongue.5:10 Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels;cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they haverebelled against thee.5:11 But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let themever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also thatlove thy name be joyful in thee.5:12 For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thoucompass him as with a shield.6:1 O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thyhot displeasure.6:2 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for mybones are vexed.6:3 My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long?6:4 Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies' sake.6:5 For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave whoshall give thee thanks?6:6 I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim;I water my couch with my tears.6:7 Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because ofall mine enemies.6:8 Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD hathheard the voice of my weeping.6:9 The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive myprayer.6:10 Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them returnand be ashamed suddenly.7:1 O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all themthat persecute me, and deliver me:7:2 Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, whilethere is none to deliver.7:3 O LORD my God, If I have done this; if there be iniquity in myhands;7:4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea,I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)7:5 Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him treaddown my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.7:6 Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rageof mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hastcommanded.7:7 So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: fortheir sakes therefore return thou on high.7:8 The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to myrighteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.7:9 Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establishthe just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.7:10 My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.7:11 God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked everyday.7:12 If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, andmade it ready.7:13 He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; heordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.7:14 Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief,and brought forth falsehood.7:15 He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch whichhe made.7:16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violentdealing shall come down upon his own pate.7:17 I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and willsing praise to the name of the LORD most high.8:1 O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! whohast set thy glory above the heavens.8:2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordainedstrength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemyand the avenger.8:3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon andthe stars, which thou hast ordained;8:4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man,that thou visitest him?8:5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hastcrowned him with glory and honour.8:6 Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thouhast put all things under his feet:8:7 All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;8:8 The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoeverpasseth through the paths of the seas.8:9 O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!9:1 I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forthall thy marvellous works.9:2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thyname, O thou most High.9:3 When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish atthy presence.9:4 For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in thethrone judging right.9:5 Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked,thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.9:6 O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thouhast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.9:7 But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his thronefor judgment.9:8 And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall ministerjudgment to the people in uprightness.9:9 The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge intimes of trouble.9:10 And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: forthou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.9:11 Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare amongthe people his doings.9:12 When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: heforgetteth not the cry of the humble.9:13 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer ofthem that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:9:14 That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughterof Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.9:15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the netwhich they hid is their own foot taken.9:16 The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wickedis snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.9:17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations thatforget God.9:18 For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation ofthe poor shall not perish for ever.9:19 Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged inthy sight.9:20 Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves tobe but men. Selah.10:1 Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself intimes of trouble?10:2 The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them betaken in the devices that they have imagined.10:3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth thecovetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.10:4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seekafter God: God is not in all his thoughts.10:5 His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out ofhis sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.10:6 He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shallnever be in adversity.10:7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under histongue is mischief and vanity.10:8 He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secretplaces doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set againstthe poor.10:9 He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in waitto catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him intohis net.10:10 He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall byhis strong ones.10:11 He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth hisface; he will never see it.10:12 Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.10:13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in hisheart, Thou wilt not require it.10:14 Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, torequite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thouart the helper of the fatherless.10:15 Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out hiswickedness till thou find none.10:16 The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished outof his land.10:17 LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wiltprepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:10:18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of theearth may no more oppress.11:1 In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a birdto your mountain?11:2 For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrowupon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.11:3 If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?11:4 The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD's throne is in heaven:his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.11:5 The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that lovethviolence his soul hateth.11:6 Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and anhorrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.11:7 For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance dothbehold the upright.12:1 Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail fromamong the children of men.12:2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flatteringlips and with a double heart do they speak.12:3 The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue thatspeaketh proud things:12:4 Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are ourown: who is lord over us?12:5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, nowwill I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him thatpuffeth at him.12:6 The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in afurnace of earth, purified seven times.12:7 Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from thisgeneration for ever.12:8 The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.13:1 How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wiltthou hide thy face from me?13:2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in myheart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?13:3 Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest Isleep the sleep of death;13:4 Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those thattrouble me rejoice when I am moved.13:5 But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thysalvation.13:6 I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully withme.14:1 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They arecorrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doethgood.14:2 The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to seeif there were any that did understand, and seek God.14:3 They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy:there is none that doeth good, no, not one.14:4 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up mypeople as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.14:5 There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation ofthe righteous.14:6 Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is hisrefuge.14:7 Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! when theLORD bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice,and Israel shall be glad.15:1 Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thyholy hill?15:2 He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, andspeaketh the truth in his heart.15:3 He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to hisneighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.15:4 In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth themthat fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changethnot.15:5 He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh rewardagainst the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.16:1 Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.16:2 O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: mygoodness extendeth not to thee;16:3 But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, inwhom is all my delight.16:4 Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god:their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up theirnames into my lips.16:5 The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thoumaintainest my lot.16:6 The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have agoodly heritage.16:7 I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins alsoinstruct me in the night seasons.16:8 I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my righthand, I shall not be moved.16:9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh alsoshall rest in hope.16:10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thousuffer thine Holy One to see corruption.16:11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulnessof joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.17:1 Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto myprayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.17:2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyesbehold the things that are equal.17:3 Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night;thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that mymouth shall not transgress.17:4 Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have keptme from the paths of the destroyer.17:5 Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.17:6 I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: inclinethine ear unto me, and hear my speech.17:7 Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thyright hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise upagainst them.17:8 Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thywings,17:9 From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, whocompass me about.17:10 They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speakproudly.17:11 They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set theireyes bowing down to the earth;17:12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were ayoung lion lurking in secret places.17:13 Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soulfrom the wicked, which is thy sword:17:14 From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world,which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillestwith thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the restof their substance to their babes.17:15 As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall besatisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.18:1 I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.18:2 The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God,my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of mysalvation, and my high tower.18:3 I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shallI be saved from mine enemies.18:4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly menmade me afraid.18:5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of deathprevented me.18:6 In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: heheard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, eveninto his ears.18:7 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of thehills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.18:8 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of hismouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.18:9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was underhis feet.18:10 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon thewings of the wind.18:11 He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about himwere dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.18:12 At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed,hail stones and coals of fire.18:13 The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave hisvoice; hail stones and coals of fire.18:14 Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot outlightnings, and discomfited them.18:15 Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations ofthe world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of thebreath of thy nostrils.18:16 He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.18:17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hatedme: for they were too strong for me.18:18 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was mystay.18:19 He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me,because he delighted in me.18:20 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according tothe cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.18:21 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedlydeparted from my God.18:22 For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away hisstatutes from me.18:23 I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mineiniquity.18:24 Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to myrighteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.18:25 With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with anupright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;18:26 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the frowardthou wilt shew thyself froward.18:27 For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring downhigh looks.18:28 For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten mydarkness.18:29 For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have Ileaped over a wall.18:30 As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried:he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.18:31 For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God?18:32 It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my wayperfect.18:33 He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my highplaces.18:34 He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken bymine arms.18:35 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thyright hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.18:36 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.18:37 I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did Iturn again till they were consumed.18:38 I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they arefallen under my feet.18:39 For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hastsubdued under me those that rose up against me.18:40 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I mightdestroy them that hate me.18:41 They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD,but he answered them not.18:42 Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I didcast them out as the dirt in the streets.18:43 Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; andthou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have notknown shall serve me.18:44 As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangersshall submit themselves unto me.18:45 The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their closeplaces.18:46 The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of mysalvation be exalted.18:47 It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.18:48 He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me upabove those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from theviolent man.18:49 Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among theheathen, and sing praises unto thy name.18:50 Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy tohis anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.19:1 The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shewethhis handywork.19:2 Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night shewethknowledge.19:3 There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.19:4 Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words tothe end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,19:5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoicethas a strong man to run a race.19:6 His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuitunto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.19:7 The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: thetestimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.19:8 The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: thecommandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.19:9 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgmentsof the LORD are true and righteous altogether.19:10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold:sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.19:11 Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of themthere is great reward.19:12 Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secretfaults.19:13 Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them nothave dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall beinnocent from the great transgression.19:14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, beacceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.20:1 The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God ofJacob defend thee;20:2 Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out ofZion;20:3 Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice;Selah.20:4 Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thycounsel.20:5 We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God wewill set up our banners: the LORD fulfil all thy petitions.20:6 Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he will hear himfrom his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand.20:7 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will rememberthe name of the LORD our God.20:8 They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and standupright.20:9 Save, LORD: let the king hear us when we call.21:1 The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvationhow greatly shall he rejoice!21:2 Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholdenthe request of his lips. Selah.21:3 For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thousettest a crown of pure gold on his head.21:4 He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length ofdays for ever and ever.21:5 His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thoulaid upon him.21:6 For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made himexceeding glad with thy countenance.21:7 For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of themost High he shall not be moved.21:8 Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shallfind out those that hate thee.21:9 Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger:the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devourthem.21:10 Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seedfrom among the children of men.21:11 For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievousdevice, which they are not able to perform.21:12 Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shaltmake ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.21:13 Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: so will we singand praise thy power.22:1 My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so farfrom helping me, and from the words of my roaring?22:2 O my God, I cry in the day time, but thou hearest not; and in thenight season, and am not silent.22:3 But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.22:4 Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliverthem.22:5 They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee,and were not confounded.22:6 But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised ofthe people.22:7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip,they shake the head, saying,22:8 He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliverhim, seeing he delighted in him.22:9 But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make mehope when I was upon my mother's breasts.22:10 I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from mymother's belly.22:11 Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none tohelp.22:12 Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have besetme round.22:13 They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and aroaring lion.22:14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint:my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.22:15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleavethto my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.22:16 For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked haveinclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.22:17 I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.22:18 They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.22:19 But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste theeto help me.22:20 Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of thedog.22:21 Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from thehorns of the unicorns.22:22 I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of thecongregation will I praise thee.22:23 Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob,glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.22:24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of theafflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he criedunto him, he heard.22:25 My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will paymy vows before them that fear him.22:26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORDthat seek him: your heart shall live for ever.22:27 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD:and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.22:28 For the kingdom is the LORD's: and he is the governor among thenations.22:29 All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all theythat go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alivehis own soul.22:30 A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for ageneration.22:31 They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto apeople that shall be born, that he hath done this.23:1 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.23:2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me besidethe still waters.23:3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousnessfor his name's sake.23:4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, Iwill fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff theycomfort me.23:5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies:thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.23:6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of mylife: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.24:1 The earth is the LORD's, and the fulness thereof; the world, andthey that dwell therein.24:2 For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon thefloods.24:3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand inhis holy place?24:4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not liftedup his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.24:5 He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousnessfrom the God of his salvation.24:6 This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face,O Jacob. Selah.24:7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlastingdoors; and the King of glory shall come in.24:8 Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORDmighty in battle.24:9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlastingdoors; and the King of glory shall come in.24:10 Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King ofglory. Selah.25:1 Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.25:2 O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mineenemies triumph over me.25:3 Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamedwhich transgress without cause.25:4 Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.25:5 Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of mysalvation; on thee do I wait all the day.25:6 Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses;for they have been ever of old.25:7 Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions:according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, OLORD.25:8 Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners inthe way.25:9 The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teachhis way.25:10 All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keephis covenant and his testimonies.25:11 For thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it isgreat.25:12 What man is he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in theway that he shall choose.25:13 His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit theearth.25:14 The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he willshew them his covenant.25:15 Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD; for he shall pluck my feetout of the net.25:16 Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate andafflicted.25:17 The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of mydistresses.25:18 Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.25:19 Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me withcruel hatred.25:20 O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I putmy trust in thee.25:21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.25:22 Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.26:1 Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I havetrusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide.26:2 Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.26:3 For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked inthy truth.26:4 I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in withdissemblers.26:5 I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sitwith the wicked.26:6 I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thinealtar, O LORD:26:7 That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell ofall thy wondrous works.26:8 LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the placewhere thine honour dwelleth.26:9 Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:26:10 In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full ofbribes.26:11 But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and bemerciful unto me.26:12 My foot standeth in an even place: in the congregations will Ibless the LORD.27:1 The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? theLORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?27:2 When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me toeat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.27:3 Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear:though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.27:4 One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after;that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, tobehold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.27:5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: inthe secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upona rock.27:6 And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies roundabout me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy;I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD.27:7 Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me,and answer me.27:8 When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thyface, LORD, will I seek.27:9 Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger:thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of mysalvation.27:10 When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will takeme up.27:11 Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, becauseof mine enemies.27:12 Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for falsewitnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.27:13 I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of theLORD in the land of the living.27:14 Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthenthine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.28:1 Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest,if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.28:2 Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when Ilift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.28:3 Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers ofiniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is intheir hearts.28:4 Give them according to their deeds, and according to thewickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of theirhands; render to them their desert.28:5 Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operationof his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.28:6 Blessed be the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of mysupplications.28:7 The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him,and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with mysong will I praise him.28:8 The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of hisanointed.28:9 Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, andlift them up for ever.29:1 Give unto the LORD, O ye mighty, give unto the LORD glory andstrength.29:2 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORDin the beauty of holiness.29:3 The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: the God of glorythundereth: the LORD is upon many waters.29:4 The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is fullof majesty.29:5 The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars; yea, the LORD breakeththe cedars of Lebanon.29:6 He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion likea young unicorn.29:7 The voice of the LORD divideth the flames of fire.29:8 The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the LORD shakeththe wilderness of Kadesh.29:9 The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereththe forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory.29:10 The LORD sitteth upon the flood; yea, the LORD sitteth King forever.29:11 The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will blesshis people with peace.30:1 I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hastnot made my foes to rejoice over me.30:2 O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.30:3 O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hastkept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.30:4 Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at theremembrance of his holiness.30:5 For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life:weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.30:6 And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.30:7 LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong:thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.30:8 I cried to thee, O LORD; and unto the LORD I made supplication.30:9 What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit?Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?30:10 Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD, be thou my helper.30:11 Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast putoff my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;30:12 To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not besilent.O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.31:1 In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed:deliver me in thy righteousness.31:2 Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strongrock, for an house of defence to save me.31:3 For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name'ssake lead me, and guide me.31:4 Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: forthou art my strength.31:5 Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORDGod of truth.31:6 I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in theLORD.31:7 I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast consideredmy trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;31:8 And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast setmy feet in a large room.31:9 Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye isconsumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.31:10 For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: mystrength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.31:11 I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among myneighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see mewithout fled from me.31:12 I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a brokenvessel.31:13 For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side:while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take awaymy life.31:14 But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God.31:15 My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mineenemies, and from them that persecute me.31:16 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thymercies' sake.31:17 Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: letthe wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.31:18 Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievousthings proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.31:19 Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for themthat fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in theebefore the sons of men!31:20 Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from thepride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from thestrife of tongues.31:21 Blessed be the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellouskindness in a strong city.31:22 For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes:nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I criedunto thee.31:23 O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth thefaithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.31:24 Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all yethat hope in the LORD.32:1 Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin iscovered.32:2 Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, andin whose spirit there is no guile.32:3 When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring allthe day long.32:4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture isturned into the drought of summer. Selah.32:5 I acknowledge my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid.I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thouforgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.32:6 For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a timewhen thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters theyshall not come nigh unto him.32:7 Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble;thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.32:8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shaltgo: I will guide thee with mine eye.32:9 Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have nounderstanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lestthey come near unto thee.32:10 Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in theLORD, mercy shall compass him about.32:11 Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout forjoy, all ye that are upright in heart.33:1 Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for theupright.33:2 Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and aninstrument of ten strings.33:3 Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise.33:4 For the word of the LORD is right; and all his works are done intruth.33:5 He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of thegoodness of the LORD.33:6 By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the hostof them by the breath of his mouth.33:7 He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layethup the depth in storehouses.33:8 Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of theworld stand in awe of him.33:9 For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.33:10 The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: hemaketh the devices of the people of none effect.33:11 The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of hisheart to all generations.33:12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whomhe hath chosen for his own inheritance.33:13 The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men.33:14 From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all theinhabitants of the earth.33:15 He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all theirworks.33:16 There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty manis not delivered by much strength.33:17 An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliverany by his great strength.33:18 Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, uponthem that hope in his mercy;33:19 To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive infamine.33:20 Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield.33:21 For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted inhis holy name.33:22 Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in thee.34:1 I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continuallybe in my mouth.34:2 My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hearthereof, and be glad.34:3 O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.34:4 I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all myfears.34:5 They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces werenot ashamed.34:6 This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out ofall his troubles.34:7 The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him,and delivereth them.34:8 O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man thattrusteth in him.34:9 O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them thatfear him.34:10 The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seekthe LORD shall not want any good thing.34:11 Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear ofthe LORD.34:12 What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that hemay see good?34:13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.34:14 Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.34:15 The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears areopen unto their cry.34:16 The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut offthe remembrance of them from the earth.34:17 The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them outof all their troubles.34:18 The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; andsaveth such as be of a contrite spirit.34:19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORDdelivereth him out of them all.34:20 He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.34:21 Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteousshall be desolate.34:22 The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of themthat trust in him shall be desolate.35:1 Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fightagainst them that fight against me.35:2 Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.35:3 Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them thatpersecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.35:4 Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul:let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.35:5 Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of theLORD chase them.35:6 Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORDpersecute them.35:7 For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, whichwithout cause they have digged for my soul.35:8 Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net thathe hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.35:9 And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in hissalvation.35:10 All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, whichdeliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poorand the needy from him that spoileth him?35:11 False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things thatI knew not.35:12 They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.35:13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: Ihumbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine ownbosom.35:14 I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: Ibowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.35:15 But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselvestogether: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me,and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:35:16 With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me withtheir teeth.35:17 Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from theirdestructions, my darling from the lions.35:18 I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praisethee among much people.35:19 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me:neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.35:20 For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful mattersagainst them that are quiet in the land.35:21 Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha,aha, our eye hath seen it.35:22 This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be notfar from me.35:23 Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause,my God and my Lord.35:24 Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and letthem not rejoice over me.35:25 Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: letthem not say, We have swallowed him up.35:26 Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together thatrejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonourthat magnify themselves against me.35:27 Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteouscause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, whichhath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.35:28 And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praiseall the day long.36:1 The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that thereis no fear of God before his eyes.36:2 For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity befound to be hateful.36:3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left offto be wise, and to do good.36:4 He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a waythat is not good; he abhorreth not evil.36:5 Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulnessreacheth unto the clouds.36:6 Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments area great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.36:7 How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore thechildren of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.36:8 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house;and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.36:9 For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we seelight.36:10 O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thyrighteousness to the upright in heart.36:11 Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the handof the wicked remove me.36:12 There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down,and shall not be able to rise.37:1 Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou enviousagainst the workers of iniquity.37:2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as thegreen herb.37:3 Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land,and verily thou shalt be fed.37:4 Delight thyself also in the LORD: and he shall give thee thedesires of thine heart.37:5 Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shallbring it to pass.37:6 And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thyjudgment as the noonday.37:7 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyselfbecause of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man whobringeth wicked devices to pass.37:8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wiseto do evil.37:9 For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon theLORD, they shall inherit the earth.37:10 For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thoushalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.37:11 But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delightthemselves in the abundance of peace.37:12 The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him withhis teeth.37:13 The LORD shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day iscoming.37:14 The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, tocast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of uprightconversation.37:15 Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bowsshall be broken.37:16 A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches ofmany wicked.37:17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORDupholdeth the righteous.37:18 The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritanceshall be for ever.37:19 They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days offamine they shall be satisfied.37:20 But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shallbe as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall theyconsume away.37:21 The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteoussheweth mercy, and giveth.37:22 For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and theythat be cursed of him shall be cut off.37:23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and hedelighteth in his way.37:24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORDupholdeth him with his hand.37:25 I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen therighteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.37:26 He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.37:27 Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.37:28 For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; theyare preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.37:29 The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein forever.37:30 The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tonguetalketh of judgment.37:31 The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shallslide.37:32 The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.37:33 The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when heis judged.37:34 Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee toinherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.37:35 I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himselflike a green bay tree.37:36 Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, buthe could not be found.37:37 Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end ofthat man is peace.37:38 But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end ofthe wicked shall be cut off.37:39 But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is theirstrength in the time of trouble.37:40 And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliverthem from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.38:1 O lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hotdispleasure.38:2 For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.38:3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neitheris there any rest in my bones because of my sin.38:4 For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burdenthey are too heavy for me.38:5 My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.38:6 I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the daylong.38:7 For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is nosoundness in my flesh.38:8 I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of thedisquietness of my heart.38:9 Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hidfrom thee.38:10 My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light ofmine eyes, it also is gone from me.38:11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and mykinsmen stand afar off.38:12 They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and theythat seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits allthe day long.38:13 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man thatopeneth not his mouth.38:14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are noreproofs.38:15 For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.38:16 For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me:when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.38:17 For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.38:18 For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.38:19 But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they thathate me wrongfully are multiplied.38:20 They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries;because I follow the thing that good is.38:21 Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.38:22 Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.39:1 I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with mytongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is beforeme.39:2 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and mysorrow was stirred.39:3 My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned:then spake I with my tongue,39:4 LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, whatit is: that I may know how frail I am.39:5 Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age isas nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state isaltogether vanity.Selah.39:6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they aredisquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shallgather them.39:7 And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.39:8 Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproachof the foolish.39:9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.39:10 Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow ofthine hand.39:11 When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thoumakest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man isvanity. Selah.39:12 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thypeace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, asall my fathers were.39:13 O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, andbe no more.40:1 I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, andheard my cry.40:2 He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miryclay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.40:3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God:many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.40:4 Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, andrespecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.40:5 Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hastdone, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckonedup in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they aremore than can be numbered.40:6 Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thouopened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.40:7 Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is writtenof me,40:8 I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within myheart.40:9 I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, Ihave not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.40:10 I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I havedeclared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thylovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.40:11 Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thylovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.40:12 For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquitieshave taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they aremore than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.40:13 Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to helpme.40:14 Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after mysoul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame thatwish me evil.40:15 Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say untome, Aha, aha.40:16 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: letsuch as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified.40:17 But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou artmy help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.41:1 Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliverhim in time of trouble.41:2 The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall beblessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will ofhis enemies.41:3 The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thouwilt make all his bed in his sickness.41:4 I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I havesinned against thee.41:5 Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his nameperish?41:6 And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gatherethiniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.41:7 All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do theydevise my hurt.41:8 An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now thathe lieth he shall rise up no more.41:9 Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eatof my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.41:10 But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that Imay requite them.41:11 By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy dothnot triumph over me.41:12 And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settestme before thy face for ever.41:13 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and toeverlasting. Amen, and Amen.42:1 As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soulafter thee, O God.42:2 My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I comeand appear before God?42:3 My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continuallysay unto me, Where is thy God?42:4 When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I hadgone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, withthe voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.42:5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted inme?  hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of hiscountenance.42:6 O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will Iremember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from thehill Mizar.42:7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thywaves and thy billows are gone over me.42:8 Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the day time, andin the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God ofmy life.42:9 I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go Imourning because of the oppression of the enemy?42:10 As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; whilethey say daily unto me, Where is thy God?42:11 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquietedwithin me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is thehealth of my countenance, and my God.43:1 Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: Odeliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.43:2 For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off?why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?43:3 O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let thembring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.43:4 Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy:yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.43:5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquietedwithin me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the healthof my countenance, and my God.44:1 We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us,what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.44:2 How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedstthem; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.44:3 For they got not the land in possession by their own sword,neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thinearm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favourunto them.44:4 Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.44:5 Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name willwe tread them under that rise up against us.44:6 For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.44:7 But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them toshame that hated us.44:8 In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever.Selah.44:9 But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forthwith our armies.44:10 Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hateus spoil for themselves.44:11 Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hastscattered us among the heathen.44:12 Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thywealth by their price.44:13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and aderision to them that are round about us.44:14 Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the headamong the people.44:15 My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my facehath covered me,44:16 For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reasonof the enemy and avenger.44:17 All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee,neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.44:18 Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declinedfrom thy way;44:19 Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, andcovered us with the shadow of death.44:20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out ourhands to a strange god;44:21 Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of theheart.44:22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are countedas sheep for the slaughter.44:23 Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off forever.44:24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our afflictionand our oppression?44:25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth untothe earth.44:26 Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake.45:1 My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which Ihave made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.45:2 Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured intothy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.45:3 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory andthy majesty.45:4 And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth andmeekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach theeterrible things.45:5 Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies;whereby the people fall under thee.45:6 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thykingdom is a right sceptre.45:7 Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God,thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thyfellows.45:8 All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out ofthe ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.45:9 Kings' daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy righthand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.45:10 Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forgetalso thine own people, and thy father's house;45:11 So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord;and worship thou him.45:12 And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even therich among the people shall intreat thy favour.45:13 The king's daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is ofwrought gold.45:14 She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: thevirgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.45:15 With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shallenter into the king's palace.45:16 Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayestmake princes in all the earth.45:17 I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations:therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.46:1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.46:2 Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, andthough the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;46:3 Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though themountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.46:4 There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city ofGod, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.46:5 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shallhelp her, and that right early.46:6 The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice,the earth melted.46:7 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge.Selah.46:8 Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath madein the earth.46:9 He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breakeththe bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot inthe fire.46:10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among theheathen, I will be exalted in the earth.46:11 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge.Selah.47:1 O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voiceof triumph.47:2 For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over allthe earth.47:3 He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under ourfeet.47:4 He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacobwhom he loved. Selah.47:5 God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of atrumpet.47:6 Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King,sing praises.47:7 For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises withunderstanding.47:8 God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of hisholiness.47:9 The princes of the people are gathered together, even the peopleof the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong unto God:he is greatly exalted.48:1 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of ourGod, in the mountain of his holiness.48:2 Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mountZion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.48:3 God is known in her palaces for a refuge.48:4 For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.48:5 They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, andhasted away.48:6 Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman intravail.48:7 Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.48:8 As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD ofhosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.48:9 We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thytemple.48:10 According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends ofthe earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.48:11 Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad,because of thy judgments.48:12 Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towersthereof.48:13 Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye maytell it to the generation following.48:14 For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guideeven unto death.49:1 Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of theworld:49:2 Both low and high, rich and poor, together.49:3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heartshall be of understanding.49:4 I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark sayingupon the harp.49:5 Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity ofmy heels shall compass me about?49:6 They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in themultitude of their riches;49:7 None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to Goda ransom for him:49:8 (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth forever:)49:9 That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.49:10 For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and thebrutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.49:11 Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue forever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call theirlands after their own names.49:12 Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like thebeasts that perish.49:13 This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve theirsayings. Selah.49:14 Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them;and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; andtheir beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.49:15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for heshall receive me. Selah.49:16 Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of hishouse is increased;49:17 For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shallnot descend after him.49:18 Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praisethee, when thou doest well to thyself.49:19 He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall neversee light.49:20 Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beaststhat perish.50:1 The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earthfrom the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.50:2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.50:3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shalldevour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.50:4 He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, thathe may judge his people.50:5 Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made acovenant with me by sacrifice.50:6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judgehimself. Selah.50:7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testifyagainst thee: I am God, even thy God.50:8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burntofferings, to have been continually before me.50:9 I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thyfolds.50:10 For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon athousand hills.50:11 I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts ofthe field are mine.50:12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine,and the fulness thereof.50:13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?50:14 Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the mostHigh:50:15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, andthou shalt glorify me.50:16 But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declaremy statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?50:17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, and casteth my words behindthee.50:18 When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, andhast been partaker with adulterers.50:19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.50:20 Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderestthine own mother's son.50:21 These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtestthat I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee,and set them in order before thine eyes.50:22 Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you inpieces, and there be none to deliver.50:23 Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that orderethhis conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.51:1 Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness:according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out mytransgressions.51:2 Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.51:3 For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever beforeme.51:4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thysight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and beclear when thou judgest.51:5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my motherconceive me.51:6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in thehidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.51:7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shallbe whiter than snow.51:8 Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hastbroken may rejoice.51:9 Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spiritwithin me.51:11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spiritfrom me.51:12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thyfree spirit.51:13 Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall beconverted unto thee.51:14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of mysalvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.51:15 O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thypraise.51:16 For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thoudelightest not in burnt offering.51:17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and acontrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.51:18 Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls ofJerusalem.51:19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness,with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offerbullocks upon thine altar.52:1 Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodnessof God endureth continually.52:2 The tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, workingdeceitfully.52:3 Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speakrighteousness. Selah.52:4 Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.52:5 God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take theeaway, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out ofthe land of the living. Selah.52:6 The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:52:7 Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trustedin the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in hiswickedness.52:8 But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust inthe mercy of God for ever and ever.52:9 I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and Iwill wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.53:1 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt arethey, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doethgood.53:2 God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see ifthere were any that did understand, that did seek God.53:3 Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether becomefilthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.53:4 Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my peopleas they eat bread: they have not called upon God.53:5 There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hathscattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast putthem to shame, because God hath despised them.53:6 Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When Godbringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, andIsrael shall be glad.54:1 Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy strength.54:2 Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.54:3 For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek aftermy soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.54:4 Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them that uphold mysoul.54:5 He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thytruth.54:6 I will freely sacrifice unto thee: I will praise thy name, OLORD; for it is good.54:7 For he hath delivered me out of all trouble: and mine eye hathseen his desire upon mine enemies.55:1 Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from mysupplication.55:2 Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make anoise;55:3 Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression ofthe wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.55:4 My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death arefallen upon me.55:5 Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hathoverwhelmed me.55:6 And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I flyaway, and be at rest.55:7 Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness.Selah.55:8 I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.55:9 Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seenviolence and strife in the city.55:10 Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischiefalso and sorrow are in the midst of it.55:11 Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart notfrom her streets.55:12 For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could haveborne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himselfagainst me; then I would have hid myself from him:55:13 But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mineacquaintance.55:14 We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of Godin company.55:15 Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell:for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.55:16 As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.55:17 Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud:and he shall hear my voice.55:18 He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that wasagainst me: for there were many with me.55:19 God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old.Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.55:20 He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace withhim: he hath broken his covenant.55:21 The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was inhis heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.55:22 Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: heshall never suffer the righteous to be moved.55:23 But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit ofdestruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half theirdays; but I will trust in thee.56:1 Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; hefighting daily oppresseth me.56:2 Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many thatfight against me, O thou most High.56:3 What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.56:4 In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I willnot fear what flesh can do unto me.56:5 Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against mefor evil.56:6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they markmy steps, when they wait for my soul.56:7 Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down thepeople, O God.56:8 Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle:are they not in thy book?56:9 When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this Iknow; for God is for me.56:10 In God will I praise his word: in the LORD will I praise hisword.56:11 In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can dounto me.56:12 Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.56:13 For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thoudeliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the lightof the living?57:1 Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soultrusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make myrefuge, until these calamities be overpast.57:2 I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth allthings for me.57:3 He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of himthat would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy andhis truth.57:4 My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set onfire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, andtheir tongue a sharp sword.57:5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be aboveall the earth.57:6 They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down:they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they arefallen themselves. Selah.57:7 My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and givepraise.57:8 Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awakeearly.57:9 I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing untothee among the nations.57:10 For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto theclouds.57:11 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: let thy glory beabove all the earth.58:1 Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judgeuprightly, O ye sons of men?58:2 Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of yourhands in the earth.58:3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon asthey be born, speaking lies.58:4 Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like thedeaf adder that stoppeth her ear;58:5 Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming neverso wisely.58:6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the greatteeth of the young lions, O LORD.58:7 Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when hebendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.58:8 As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: likethe untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.58:9 Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away aswith a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.58:10 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: heshall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.58:11 So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for therighteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.59:1 Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them thatrise up against me.59:2 Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloodymen.59:3 For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gatheredagainst me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD.59:4 They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to helpme, and behold.59:5 Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake tovisit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors.Selah.59:6 They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and goround about the city.59:7 Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in theirlips: for who, say they, doth hear?59:8 But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all theheathen in derision.59:9 Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is mydefence.59:10 The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see mydesire upon mine enemies.59:11 Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power;and bring them down, O Lord our shield.59:12 For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let themeven be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which theyspeak.59:13 Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be: andlet them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth.Selah.59:14 And at evening let them return; and let them make a noise like adog, and go round about the city.59:15 Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be notsatisfied.59:16 But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thymercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in theday of my trouble.59:17 Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defence,and the God of my mercy.60:1 O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hastbeen displeased; O turn thyself to us again.60:2 Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: healthe breaches thereof; for it shaketh.60:3 Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us todrink the wine of astonishment.60:4 Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may bedisplayed because of the truth. Selah.60:5 That thy beloved may be delivered; save with thy right hand, andhear me.60:6 God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divideShechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.60:7 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is thestrength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;60:8 Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia,triumph thou because of me.60:9 Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me intoEdom?60:10 Wilt not thou, O God, which hadst cast us off? and thou, O God,which didst not go out with our armies?60:11 Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.60:12 Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall treaddown our enemies.61:1 Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer.61:2 From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart isoverwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.61:3 For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from theenemy.61:4 I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in thecovert of thy wings. Selah.61:5 For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given me theheritage of those that fear thy name.61:6 Thou wilt prolong the king's life: and his years as manygenerations.61:7 He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth,which may preserve him.61:8 So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever, that I may dailyperform my vows.62:1 Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.62:2 He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shallnot be greatly moved.62:3 How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall beslain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a totteringfence.62:4 They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: theydelight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly.Selah.62:5 My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.62:6 He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shallnot be moved.62:7 In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, andmy refuge, is in God.62:8 Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart beforehim: God is a refuge for us. Selah.62:9 Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are alie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter thanvanity.62:10 Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: ifriches increase, set not your heart upon them.62:11 God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that powerbelongeth unto God.62:12 Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: for thou renderest toevery man according to his work.63:1 O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirstethfor thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, whereno water is;63:2 To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in thesanctuary.63:3 Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shallpraise thee.63:4 Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands inthy name.63:5 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and mymouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:63:6 When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in thenight watches.63:7 Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thywings will I rejoice.63:8 My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.63:9 But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into thelower parts of the earth.63:10 They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes.63:11 But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth byhim shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall bestopped.64:1 Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear ofthe enemy.64:2 Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from theinsurrection of the workers of iniquity:64:3 Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoottheir arrows, even bitter words:64:4 That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do theyshoot at him, and fear not.64:5 They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune oflaying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?64:6 They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search:both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.64:7 But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they bewounded.64:8 So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: allthat see them shall flee away.64:9 And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; forthey shall wisely consider of his doing.64:10 The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him;and all the upright in heart shall glory.65:1 Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and unto thee shall thevow be performed.65:2 O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.65:3 Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thoushalt purge them away.65:4 Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approachunto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied withthe goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.65:5 By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God ofour salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth,and of them that are afar off upon the sea:65:6 Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; being girdedwith power:65:7 Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves,and the tumult of the people.65:8 They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thytokens: thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening torejoice.65:9 Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichestit with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest themcorn, when thou hast so provided for it.65:10 Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest thefurrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest thespringing thereof.65:11 Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths dropfatness.65:12 They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the littlehills rejoice on every side.65:13 The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also arecovered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.66:1 Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands:66:2 Sing forth the honour of his name: make his praise glorious.66:3 Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through thegreatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves untothee.66:4 All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; theyshall sing to thy name. Selah.66:5 Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doing towardthe children of men.66:6 He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood onfoot: there did we rejoice in him.66:7 He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations: letnot the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah.66:8 O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise tobe heard:66:9 Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to bemoved.66:10 For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silveris tried.66:11 Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon ourloins.66:12 Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went throughfire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthyplace.66:13 I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay theemy vows,66:14 Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I wasin trouble.66:15 I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with theincense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah.66:16 Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what hehath done for my soul.66:17 I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with mytongue.66:18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:66:19 But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice ofmy prayer.66:20 Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor hismercy from me.67:1 God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face toshine upon us; Selah.67:2 That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among allnations.67:3 Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praisethee.67:4 O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judgethe people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah.67:5 Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praisethee.67:6 Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our ownGod, shall bless us.67:7 God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him.68:1 Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also thathate him flee before him.68:2 As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax meltethbefore the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.68:3 But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea,let them exceedingly rejoice.68:4 Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that ridethupon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him.68:5 A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God inhis holy habitation.68:6 God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those whichare bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.68:7 O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didstmarch through the wilderness; Selah:68:8 The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God:even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.68:9 Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didstconfirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.68:10 Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast preparedof thy goodness for the poor.68:11 The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those thatpublished it.68:12 Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at homedivided the spoil.68:13 Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wingsof a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.68:14 When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was white as snow inSalmon.68:15 The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; an high hill as thehill of Bashan.68:16 Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God desirethto dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell in it for ever.68:17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands ofangels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.68:18 Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive:thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, thatthe LORD God might dwell among them.68:19 Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, eventhe God of our salvation. Selah.68:20 He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto GOD theLord belong the issues from death.68:21 But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalpof such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.68:22 The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring mypeople again from the depths of the sea:68:23 That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, andthe tongue of thy dogs in the same.68:24 They have seen thy goings, O God; even the goings of my God, myKing, in the sanctuary.68:25 The singers went before, the players on instruments followedafter; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.68:26 Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, from thefountain of Israel.68:27 There is little Benjamin with their ruler, the princes of Judahand their council, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes ofNaphtali.68:28 Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, thatwhich thou hast wrought for us.68:29 Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presentsunto thee.68:30 Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, withthe calves of the people, till every one submit himself with pieces ofsilver: scatter thou the people that delight in war.68:31 Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch outher hands unto God.68:32 Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto theLord; Selah:68:33 To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which were ofold; lo, he doth send out his voice, and that a mighty voice.68:34 Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel, andhis strength is in the clouds.68:35 O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: the God ofIsrael is he that giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessedbe God.69:1 Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.69:2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come intodeep waters, where the floods overflow me.69:3 I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail whileI wait for my God.69:4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of minehead: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, aremighty: then I restored that which I took not away.69:5 O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid fromthee.69:6 Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamedfor my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, OGod of Israel.69:7 Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered myface.69:8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto mymother's children.69:9 For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproachesof them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.69:10 When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to myreproach.69:11 I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb tothem.69:12 They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the songof the drunkards.69:13 But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptabletime: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth ofthy salvation.69:14 Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me bedelivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.69:15 Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallowme up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.69:16 Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto meaccording to the multitude of thy tender mercies.69:17 And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble:hear me speedily.69:18 Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because ofmine enemies.69:19 Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour:mine adversaries are all before thee.69:20 Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and Ilooked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters,but I found none.69:21 They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gaveme vinegar to drink.69:22 Let their table become a snare before them: and that whichshould have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.69:23 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make theirloins continually to shake.69:24 Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful angertake hold of them.69:25 Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in theirtents.69:26 For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk tothe grief of those whom thou hast wounded.69:27 Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thyrighteousness.69:28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not bewritten with the righteous.69:29 But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me upon high.69:30 I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify himwith thanksgiving.69:31 This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullockthat hath horns and hoofs.69:32 The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shalllive that seek God.69:33 For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.69:34 Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thingthat moveth therein.69:35 For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: thatthey may dwell there, and have it in possession.69:36 The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they thatlove his name shall dwell therein.70:1 Make haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O Lord.70:2 Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: letthem be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.70:3 Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say,Aha, aha.70:4 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and letsuch as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.70:5 But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art myhelp and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying.71:1 In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put toconfusion.71:2 Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: inclinethine ear unto me, and save me.71:3 Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort:thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and myfortress.71:4 Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of thehand of the unrighteous and cruel man.71:5 For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from myyouth.71:6 By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he thattook me out of my mother's bowels: my praise shall be continually ofthee.71:7 I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.71:8 Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour allthe day.71:9 Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when mystrength faileth.71:10 For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for mysoul take counsel together,71:11 Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for thereis none to deliver him.71:12 O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.71:13 Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to mysoul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek myhurt.71:14 But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more andmore.71:15 My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvationall the day; for I know not the numbers thereof.71:16 I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mentionof thy righteousness, even of thine only.71:17 O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have Ideclared thy wondrous works.71:18 Now also when I am old and greyheaded, O God, forsake me not;until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy powerto every one that is to come.71:19 Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done greatthings: O God, who is like unto thee!71:20 Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shaltquicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of theearth.71:21 Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side.71:22 I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, O myGod: unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.71:23 My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and mysoul, which thou hast redeemed.71:24 My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long:for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek myhurt.72:1 Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness untothe king's son.72:2 He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor withjudgment.72:3 The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the littlehills, by righteousness.72:4 He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the childrenof the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.72:5 They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure,throughout all generations.72:6 He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers thatwater the earth.72:7 In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peaceso long as the moon endureth.72:8 He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the riverunto the ends of the earth.72:9 They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and hisenemies shall lick the dust.72:10 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: thekings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.72:11 Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shallserve him.72:12 For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also,and him that hath no helper.72:13 He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls ofthe needy.72:14 He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: andprecious shall their blood be in his sight.72:15 And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold ofSheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; and daily shallhe be praised.72:16 There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top ofthe mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they ofthe city shall flourish like grass of the earth.72:17 His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued aslong as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shallcall him blessed.72:18 Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doethwondrous things.72:19 And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the wholeearth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.72:20 The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.73:1 Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a cleanheart.73:2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nighslipped.73:3 For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity ofthe wicked.73:4 For there are no bands in their death: but their strength isfirm.73:5 They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plaguedlike other men.73:6 Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violencecovereth them as a garment.73:7 Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heartcould wish.73:8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: theyspeak loftily.73:9 They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tonguewalketh through the earth.73:10 Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup arewrung out to them.73:11 And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in themost High?73:12 Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; theyincrease in riches.73:13 Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands ininnocency.73:14 For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened everymorning.73:15 If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against thegeneration of thy children.73:16 When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;73:17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I theirend.73:18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedstthem down into destruction.73:19 How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they areutterly consumed with terrors.73:20 As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thoushalt despise their image.73:21 Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.73:22 So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.73:23 Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me bymy right hand.73:24 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive meto glory.73:25 Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earththat I desire beside thee.73:26 My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of myheart, and my portion for ever.73:27 For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hastdestroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.73:28 But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trustin the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.74:1 O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine angersmoke against the sheep of thy pasture?74:2 Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; therod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion,wherein thou hast dwelt.74:3 Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all thatthe enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.74:4 Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set uptheir ensigns for signs.74:5 A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon thethick trees.74:6 But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axesand hammers.74:7 They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled bycasting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.74:8 They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: theyhave burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.74:9 We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither isthere among us any that knoweth how long.74:10 O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemyblaspheme thy name for ever?74:11 Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it outof thy bosom.74:12 For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of theearth.74:13 Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest theheads of the dragons in the waters.74:14 Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him tobe meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.74:15 Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst upmighty rivers.74:16 The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast preparedthe light and the sun.74:17 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast madesummer and winter.74:18 Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and thatthe foolish people have blasphemed thy name.74:19 O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude ofthe wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.74:20 Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earthare full of the habitations of cruelty.74:21 O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needypraise thy name.74:22 Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolishman reproacheth thee daily.74:23 Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those thatrise up against thee increaseth continually.75:1 Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks:for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare.75:2 When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly.75:3 The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bearup the pillars of it. Selah.75:4 I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked,Lift not up the horn:75:5 Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.75:6 For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west,nor from the south.75:7 But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth upanother.75:8 For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red;it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregsthereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drinkthem.75:9 But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God ofJacob.75:10 All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the hornsof the righteous shall be exalted.76:1 In Judah is God known: his name is great in Israel.76:2 In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion.76:3 There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword,and the battle. Selah.76:4 Thou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey.76:5 The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: andnone of the men of might have found their hands.76:6 At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse arecast into a dead sleep.76:7 Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sightwhen once thou art angry?76:8 Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earthfeared, and was still,76:9 When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth.Selah.76:10 Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder ofwrath shalt thou restrain.76:11 Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be round abouthim bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.76:12 He shall cut off the spirit of princes: he is terrible to thekings of the earth.77:1 I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; andhe gave ear unto me.77:2 In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in thenight, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.77:3 I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spiritwas overwhelmed. Selah.77:4 Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannotspeak.77:5 I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.77:6 I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mineown heart: and my spirit made diligent search.77:7 Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable nomore?77:8 Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail forevermore?77:9 Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up histender mercies? Selah.77:10 And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the yearsof the right hand of the most High.77:11 I will remember the works of the LORD: surely I will rememberthy wonders of old.77:12 I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings.77:13 Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God asour God?77:14 Thou art the God that doest wonders: thou hast declared thystrength among the people.77:15 Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacoband Joseph. Selah.77:16 The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they wereafraid: the depths also were troubled.77:17 The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thinearrows also went abroad.77:18 The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightningslightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.77:19 Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thyfootsteps are not known.77:20 Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses andAaron.78:1 Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the wordsof my mouth.78:2 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings ofold:78:3 Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.78:4 We will not hide them from their children, shewing to thegeneration to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and hiswonderful works that he hath done.78:5 For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law inIsrael, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make themknown to their children:78:6 That the generation to come might know them, even the childrenwhich should be born; who should arise and declare them to theirchildren:78:7 That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the worksof God, but keep his commandments:78:8 And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebelliousgeneration; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whosespirit was not stedfast with God.78:9 The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turnedback in the day of battle.78:10 They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in hislaw;78:11 And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them.78:12 Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in theland of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.78:13 He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he madethe waters to stand as an heap.78:14 In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the nightwith a light of fire.78:15 He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as outof the great depths.78:16 He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters torun down like rivers.78:17 And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most Highin the wilderness.78:18 And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for theirlust.78:19 Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a tablein the wilderness?78:20 Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and thestreams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh forhis people?78:21 Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so a fire waskindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;78:22 Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in hissalvation:78:23 Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened thedoors of heaven,78:24 And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given themof the corn of heaven.78:25 Man did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the full.78:26 He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his powerhe brought in the south wind.78:27 He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls likeas the sand of the sea:78:28 And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about theirhabitations.78:29 So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them theirown desire;78:30 They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meatwas yet in their mouths,78:31 The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them,and smote down the chosen men of Israel.78:32 For all this they sinned still, and believed not for hiswondrous works.78:33 Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their yearsin trouble.78:34 When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned andenquired early after God.78:35 And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high Godtheir redeemer.78:36 Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and theylied unto him with their tongues.78:37 For their heart was not right with him, neither were theystedfast in his covenant.78:38 But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, anddestroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and didnot stir up all his wrath.78:39 For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passethaway, and cometh not again.78:40 How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve himin the desert!78:41 Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy Oneof Israel.78:42 They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered themfrom the enemy.78:43 How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in thefield of Zoan.78:44 And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, thatthey could not drink.78:45 He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them;and frogs, which destroyed them.78:46 He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and theirlabour unto the locust.78:47 He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore treeswith frost.78:48 He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks tohot thunderbolts.78:49 He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, andindignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.78:50 He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death,but gave their life over to the pestilence;78:51 And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of theirstrength in the tabernacles of Ham:78:52 But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided themin the wilderness like a flock.78:53 And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the seaoverwhelmed their enemies.78:54 And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to thismountain, which his right hand had purchased.78:55 He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them aninheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in theirtents.78:56 Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept nothis testimonies:78:57 But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: theywere turned aside like a deceitful bow.78:58 For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and movedhim to jealousy with their graven images.78:59 When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:78:60 So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which heplaced among men;78:61 And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory intothe enemy's hand.78:62 He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth withhis inheritance.78:63 The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were notgiven to marriage.78:64 Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made nolamentation.78:65 Then the LORD awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty manthat shouteth by reason of wine.78:66 And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to aperpetual reproach.78:67 Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not thetribe of Ephraim:78:68 But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.78:69 And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earthwhich he hath established for ever.78:70 He chose David also his servant, and took him from thesheepfolds:78:71 From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feedJacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.78:72 So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; andguided them by the skilfulness of his hands.79:1 O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holytemple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.79:2 The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat untothe fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts ofthe earth.79:3 Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; andthere was none to bury them.79:4 We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derisionto them that are round about us.79:5 How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousyburn like fire?79:6 Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, andupon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.79:7 For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.79:8 O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tendermercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.79:9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: anddeliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake.79:10 Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him beknown among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood ofthy servants which is shed.79:11 Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according tothe greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed todie;79:12 And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom theirreproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.79:13 So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanksfor ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations.80:1 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like aflock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.80:2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength,and come and save us.80:3 Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shallbe saved.80:4 O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against theprayer of thy people?80:5 Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tearsto drink in great measure.80:6 Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemieslaugh among themselves.80:7 Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; andwe shall be saved.80:8 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out theheathen, and planted it.80:9 Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deeproot, and it filled the land.80:10 The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughsthereof were like the goodly cedars.80:11 She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto theriver.80:12 Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all theywhich pass by the way do pluck her?80:13 The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast ofthe field doth devour it.80:14 Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven,and behold, and visit this vine;80:15 And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and thebranch that thou madest strong for thyself.80:16 It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at therebuke of thy countenance.80:17 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son ofman whom thou madest strong for thyself.80:18 So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will callupon thy name.80:19 Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; andwe shall be saved.81:1 Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto theGod of Jacob.81:2 Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harpwith the psaltery.81:3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, onour solemn feast day.81:4 For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.81:5 This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went outthrough the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understoodnot.81:6 I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were deliveredfrom the pots.81:7 Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered theein the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters ofMeribah.Selah.81:8 Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, ifthou wilt hearken unto me;81:9 There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worshipany strange god.81:10 I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land ofEgypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.81:11 But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel wouldnone of me.81:12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walkedin their own counsels.81:13 Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walkedin my ways!81:14 I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my handagainst their adversaries.81:15 The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves untohim: but their time should have endured for ever.81:16 He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: andwith honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.82:1 God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth amongthe gods.82:2 How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of thewicked? Selah.82:3 Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted andneedy.82:4 Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of thewicked.82:5 They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on indarkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.82:6 I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the mostHigh.82:7 But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.82:8 Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit allnations.83:1 Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be notstill, O God.83:2 For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate theehave lifted up the head.83:3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consultedagainst thy hidden ones.83:4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being anation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.83:5 For they have consulted together with one consent: they areconfederate against thee:83:6 The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and theHagarenes;83:7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with theinhabitants of Tyre;83:8 Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children ofLot.Selah.83:9 Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin,at the brook of Kison:83:10 Which perished at Endor: they became as dung for the earth.83:11 Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all theirprinces as Zebah, and as Zalmunna:83:12 Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God inpossession.83:13 O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before thewind.83:14 As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth themountains on fire;83:15 So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid withthy storm.83:16 Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, OLORD.83:17 Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them beput to shame, and perish:83:18 That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, artthe most high over all the earth.84:1 How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!84:2 My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD:my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.84:3 Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest forherself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD ofhosts, my King, and my God.84:4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be stillpraising thee. Selah.84:5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart arethe ways of them.84:6 Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rainalso filleth the pools.84:7 They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zionappeareth before God.84:8 O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob.Selah.84:9 Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thineanointed.84:10 For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had ratherbe a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents ofwickedness.84:11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give graceand glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walkuprightly.84:12 O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.85:1 Lord, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast broughtback the captivity of Jacob.85:2 Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast coveredall their sin. Selah.85:3 Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself fromthe fierceness of thine anger.85:4 Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward usto cease.85:5 Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thineanger to all generations?85:6 Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice inthee?85:7 Shew us thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us thy salvation.85:8 I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peaceunto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again tofolly.85:9 Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory maydwell in our land.85:10 Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace havekissed each other.85:11 Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shalllook down from heaven.85:12 Yea, the LORD shall give that which is good; and our land shallyield her increase.85:13 Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the wayof his steps.86:1 Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy.86:2 Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O thou my God, save thy servantthat trusteth in thee.86:3 Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee daily.86:4 Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I liftup my soul.86:5 For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous inmercy unto all them that call upon thee.86:6 Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of mysupplications.86:7 In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wiltanswer me.86:8 Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord; neither arethere any works like unto thy works.86:9 All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship beforethee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.86:10 For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art Godalone.86:11 Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite myheart to fear thy name.86:12 I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I willglorify thy name for evermore.86:13 For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered mysoul from the lowest hell.86:14 O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies ofviolent men have sought after my soul; and have not set thee beforethem.86:15 But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious,long suffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.86:16 O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength untothy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.86:17 Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it,and be ashamed: because thou, LORD, hast holpen me, and comforted me.87:1 His foundation is in the holy mountains.87:2 The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings ofJacob.87:3 Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.87:4 I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me:behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there.87:5 And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her:and the highest himself shall establish her.87:6 The LORD shall count, when he writeth up the people, that thisman was born there. Selah.87:7 As well the singers as the players on instruments shall be there:all my springs are in thee.88:1 O lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night beforethee:88:2 Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;88:3 For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh untothe grave.88:4 I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a manthat hath no strength:88:5 Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whomthou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.88:6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.88:7 Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with allthy waves. Selah.88:8 Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast mademe an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.88:9 Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have calleddaily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.88:10 Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise andpraise thee? Selah.88:11 Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thyfaithfulness in destruction?88:12 Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness inthe land of forgetfulness?88:13 But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall myprayer prevent thee.88:14 LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy facefrom me?88:15 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I sufferthy terrors I am distracted.88:16 Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.88:17 They came round about me daily like water; they compassed meabout together.88:18 Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mineacquaintance into darkness.89:1 I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouthwill I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.89:2 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thyfaithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.89:3 I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David myservant,89:4 Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne toall generations. Selah.89:5 And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thyfaithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.89:6 For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who amongthe sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?89:7 God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and tobe had in reverence of all them that are about him.89:8 O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or tothy faithfulness round about thee?89:9 Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise,thou stillest them.89:10 Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thouhast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.89:11 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the worldand the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.89:12 The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermonshall rejoice in thy name.89:13 Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thyright hand.89:14 Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy andtruth shall go before thy face.89:15 Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shallwalk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.89:16 In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thyrighteousness shall they be exalted.89:17 For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour ourhorn shall be exalted.89:18 For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is ourking.89:19 Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I havelaid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out ofthe people.89:20 I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointedhim:89:21 With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shallstrengthen him.89:22 The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickednessafflict him.89:23 And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague themthat hate him.89:24 But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in myname shall his horn be exalted.89:25 I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in therivers.89:26 He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rockof my salvation.89:27 Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of theearth.89:28 My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shallstand fast with him.89:29 His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne asthe days of heaven.89:30 If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;89:31 If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;89:32 Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and theiriniquity with stripes.89:33 Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him,nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.89:34 My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is goneout of my lips.89:35 Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.89:36 His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun beforeme.89:37 It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithfulwitness in heaven. Selah.89:38 But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth withthine anointed.89:39 Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hastprofaned his crown by casting it to the ground.89:40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought hisstrong holds to ruin.89:41 All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to hisneighbours.89:42 Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hastmade all his enemies to rejoice.89:43 Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not madehim to stand in the battle.89:44 Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down tothe ground.89:45 The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered himwith shame. Selah.89:46 How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrathburn like fire?89:47 Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all menin vain?89:48 What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall hedeliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.89:49 Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarestunto David in thy truth?89:50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear inmy bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;89:51 Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith theyhave reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.89:52 Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.90:1 Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.90:2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadstformed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting,thou art God.90:3 Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye childrenof men.90:4 For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it ispast, and as a watch in the night.90:5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: inthe morning they are like grass which groweth up.90:6 In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening itis cut down, and withereth.90:7 For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are wetroubled.90:8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in thelight of thy countenance.90:9 For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our yearsas a tale that is told.90:10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if byreason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strengthlabour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.90:11 Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thyfear, so is thy wrath.90:12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our heartsunto wisdom.90:13 Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thyservants.90:14 O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and beglad all our days.90:15 Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflictedus, and the years wherein we have seen evil.90:16 Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto theirchildren.90:17 And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establishthou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our handsestablish thou it.91:1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abideunder the shadow of the Almighty.91:2 I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God;in him will I trust.91:3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, andfrom the noisome pestilence.91:4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shaltthou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.91:5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for thearrow that flieth by day;91:6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for thedestruction that wasteth at noonday.91:7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy righthand; but it shall not come nigh thee.91:8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of thewicked.91:9 Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even themost High, thy habitation;91:10 There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague comenigh thy dwelling.91:11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee inall thy ways.91:12 They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy footagainst a stone.91:13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and thedragon shalt thou trample under feet.91:14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliverhim: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.91:15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with himin trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.91:16 With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.92:1 It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to singpraises unto thy name, O most High:92:2 To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thyfaithfulness every night,92:3 Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; uponthe harp with a solemn sound.92:4 For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I willtriumph in the works of thy hands.92:5 O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep.92:6 A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.92:7 When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers ofiniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:92:8 But thou, LORD, art most high for evermore.92:9 For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, for, lo, thine enemies shallperish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.92:10 But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: Ishall be anointed with fresh oil.92:11 Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies, and mine earsshall hear my desire of the wicked that rise up against me.92:12 The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall growlike a cedar in Lebanon.92:13 Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish inthe courts of our God.92:14 They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fatand flourishing;92:15 To shew that the LORD is upright: he is my rock, and there is nounrighteousness in him.93:1 The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD isclothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the worldalso is stablished, that it cannot be moved.93:2 Thy throne is established of old: thou art from everlasting.93:3 The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted uptheir voice; the floods lift up their waves.93:4 The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea,than the mighty waves of the sea.93:5 Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, OLORD, for ever.94:1 O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeancebelongeth, shew thyself.94:2 Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to theproud.94:3 LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wickedtriumph?94:4 How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all theworkers of iniquity boast themselves?94:5 They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thineheritage.94:6 They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.94:7 Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God ofJacob regard it.94:8 Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when willye be wise?94:9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed theeye, shall he not see?94:10 He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he thatteacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?94:11 The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.94:12 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachesthim out of thy law;94:13 That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, untilthe pit be digged for the wicked.94:14 For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will heforsake his inheritance.94:15 But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all theupright in heart shall follow it.94:16 Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will standup for me against the workers of iniquity?94:17 Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt insilence.94:18 When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.94:19 In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delightmy soul.94:20 Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, whichframeth mischief by a law?94:21 They gather themselves together against the soul of therighteous, and condemn the innocent blood.94:22 But the LORD is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge.94:23 And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cutthem off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut themoff.95:1 O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise tothe rock of our salvation.95:2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make ajoyful noise unto him with psalms.95:3 For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods.95:4 In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of thehills is his also.95:5 The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dryland.95:6 O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORDour maker.95:7 For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and thesheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,95:8 Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the dayof temptation in the wilderness:95:9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.95:10 Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said,It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known myways:95:11 Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into myrest.96:1 O sing unto the LORD a new song: sing unto the LORD, all theearth.96:2 Sing unto the LORD, bless his name; shew forth his salvation fromday to day.96:3 Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among allpeople.96:4 For the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised: he is to befeared above all gods.96:5 For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made theheavens.96:6 Honour and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in hissanctuary.96:7 Give unto the LORD, O ye kindreds of the people, give unto theLORD glory and strength.96:8 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring anoffering, and come into his courts.96:9 O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: fear before him,all the earth.96:10 Say among the heathen that the LORD reigneth: the world alsoshall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge thepeople righteously.96:11 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the searoar, and the fulness thereof.96:12 Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall allthe trees of the wood rejoice96:13 Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge theearth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the peoplewith his truth.97:1 The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude ofisles be glad thereof.97:2 Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness andjudgment are the habitation of his throne.97:3 A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about.97:4 His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, andtrembled.97:5 The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at thepresence of the Lord of the whole earth.97:6 The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see hisglory.97:7 Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boastthemselves of idols: worship him, all ye gods.97:8 Zion heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoicedbecause of thy judgments, O LORD.97:9 For thou, LORD, art high above all the earth: thou art exaltedfar above all gods.97:10 Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of hissaints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.97:11 Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright inheart.97:12 Rejoice in the LORD, ye righteous; and give thanks at theremembrance of his holiness.98:1 O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvellousthings: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory.98:2 The LORD hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath heopenly shewed in the sight of the heathen.98:3 He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house ofIsrael: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.98:4 Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loudnoise, and rejoice, and sing praise.98:5 Sing unto the LORD with the harp; with the harp, and the voice ofa psalm.98:6 With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before theLORD, the King.98:7 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and theythat dwell therein.98:8 Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together98:9 Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: withrighteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.99:1 The LORD reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth between thecherubims; let the earth be moved.99:2 The LORD is great in Zion; and he is high above all the people.99:3 Let them praise thy great and terrible name; for it is holy.99:4 The king's strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establishequity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.99:5 Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool; for heis holy.99:6 Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them thatcall upon his name; they called upon the LORD, and he answered them.99:7 He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept histestimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them.99:8 Thou answeredst them, O LORD our God: thou wast a God thatforgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions.99:9 Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for theLORD our God is holy.100:1 Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands.100:2 Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence withsinging.100:3 Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, andnot we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.100:4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts withpraise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.100:5 For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truthendureth to all generations.101:1 I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will Ising.101:2 I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thoucome unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.101:3 I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work ofthem that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.101:4 A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wickedperson.101:5 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: himthat hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.101:6 Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they maydwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me.101:7 He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he thattelleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.101:8 I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cutoff all wicked doers from the city of the LORD.102:1 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.102:2 Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble;incline thine ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily.102:3 For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned asan hearth.102:4 My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forgetto eat my bread.102:5 By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to myskin.102:6 I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of thedesert.102:7 I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.102:8 Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are madagainst me are sworn against me.102:9 For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink withweeping.102:10 Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hastlifted me up, and cast me down.102:11 My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am witheredlike grass.102:12 But thou, O LORD, shall endure for ever; and thy remembranceunto all generations.102:13 Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time tofavour her, yea, the set time, is come.102:14 For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour thedust thereof.102:15 So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all thekings of the earth thy glory.102:16 When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in hisglory.102:17 He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despisetheir prayer.102:18 This shall be written for the generation to come: and thepeople which shall be created shall praise the LORD.102:19 For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; fromheaven did the LORD behold the earth;102:20 To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that areappointed to death;102:21 To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise inJerusalem;102:22 When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, toserve the LORD.102:23 He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.102:24 I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thyyears are throughout all generations.102:25 Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and theheavens are the work of thy hands.102:26 They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of themshall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, andthey shall be changed:102:27 But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.102:28 The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seedshall be established before thee.103:1 Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless hisholy name.103:2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:103:3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thydiseases;103:4 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee withlovingkindness and tender mercies;103:5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth isrenewed like the eagle's.103:6 The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that areoppressed.103:7 He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children ofIsrael.103:8 The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteousin mercy.103:9 He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger forever.103:10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded usaccording to our iniquities.103:11 For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is hismercy toward them that fear him.103:12 As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed ourtransgressions from us.103:13 Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth themthat fear him.103:14 For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.103:15 As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, sohe flourisheth.103:16 For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the placethereof shall know it no more.103:17 But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlastingupon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children'schildren;103:18 To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember hiscommandments to do them.103:19 The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and hiskingdom ruleth over all.103:20 Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that dohis commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.103:21 Bless ye the LORD, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, thatdo his pleasure.103:22 Bless the LORD, all his works in all places of his dominion:bless the LORD, O my soul.104:1 Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great;thou art clothed with honour and majesty.104:2 Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: whostretchest out the heavens like a curtain:104:3 Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who makeththe clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:104:4 Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:104:5 Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not beremoved for ever.104:6 Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the watersstood above the mountains.104:7 At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hastedaway.104:8 They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys untothe place which thou hast founded for them.104:9 Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that theyturn not again to cover the earth.104:10 He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among thehills.104:11 They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild assesquench their thirst.104:12 By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation,which sing among the branches.104:13 He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfiedwith the fruit of thy works.104:14 He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for theservice of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;104:15 And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make hisface to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.104:16 The trees of the LORD are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon,which he hath planted;104:17 Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the firtrees are her house.104:18 The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocksfor the conies.104:19 He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his goingdown.104:20 Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beastsof the forest do creep forth.104:21 The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat fromGod.104:22 The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay themdown in their dens.104:23 Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until theevening.104:24 O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou madethem all: the earth is full of thy riches.104:25 So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creepinginnumerable, both small and great beasts.104:26 There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hastmade to play therein.104:27 These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meatin due season.104:28 That thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand,they are filled with good.104:29 Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away theirbreath, they die, and return to their dust.104:30 Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thourenewest the face of the earth.104:31 The glory of the LORD shall endure for ever: the LORD shallrejoice in his works.104:32 He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth thehills, and they smoke.104:33 I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live: I will sing praiseto my God while I have my being.104:34 My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in theLORD.104:35 Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let thewicked be no more. Bless thou the LORD, O my soul. Praise ye the LORD.105:1 O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known hisdeeds among the people.105:2 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrousworks.105:3 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice thatseek the LORD.105:4 Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore.105:5 Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders,and the judgments of his mouth;105:6 O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob hischosen.105:7 He is the LORD our God: his judgments are in all the earth.105:8 He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which hecommanded to a thousand generations.105:9 Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;105:10 And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel foran everlasting covenant:105:11 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot ofyour inheritance:105:12 When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, andstrangers in it.105:13 When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom toanother people;105:14 He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings fortheir sakes;105:15 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.105:16 Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake thewhole staff of bread.105:17 He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for aservant:105:18 Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:105:19 Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD triedhim.105:20 The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, andlet him go free.105:21 He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance:105:22 To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senatorswisdom.105:23 Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land ofHam.105:24 And he increased his people greatly; and made them strongerthan their enemies.105:25 He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly withhis servants.105:26 He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen.105:27 They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land ofHam.105:28 He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled notagainst his word.105:29 He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.105:30 Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers oftheir kings.105:31 He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in alltheir coasts.105:32 He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land.105:33 He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake thetrees of their coasts.105:34 He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and thatwithout number,105:35 And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured thefruit of their ground.105:36 He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of alltheir strength.105:37 He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there wasnot one feeble person among their tribes.105:38 Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fellupon them.105:39 He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in thenight.105:40 The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied themwith the bread of heaven.105:41 He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in thedry places like a river.105:42 For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.105:43 And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen withgladness:105:44 And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited thelabour of the people;105:45 That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praiseye the LORD.106:1 Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good:for his mercy endureth for ever.106:2 Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can shew forthall his praise?106:3 Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doethrighteousness at all times.106:4 Remember me, O LORD, with the favour that thou bearest unto thypeople: O visit me with thy salvation;106:5 That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in thegladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.106:6 We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, wehave done wickedly.106:7 Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they rememberednot the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even atthe Red sea.106:8 Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he mightmake his mighty power to be known.106:9 He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led themthrough the depths, as through the wilderness.106:10 And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, andredeemed them from the hand of the enemy.106:11 And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of themleft.106:12 Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.106:13 They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:106:14 But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God inthe desert.106:15 And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into theirsoul.106:16 They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of theLORD.106:17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan and covered thecompany of Abiram.106:18 And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned upthe wicked.106:19 They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.106:20 Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox thateateth grass.106:21 They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things inEgypt;106:22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by theRed sea.106:23 Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses hischosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest heshould destroy them.106:24 Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not hisword:106:25 But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voiceof the LORD.106:26 Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow themin the wilderness:106:27 To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatterthem in the lands.106:28 They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate thesacrifices of the dead.106:29 Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and theplague brake in upon them.106:30 Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so theplague was stayed.106:31 And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto allgenerations for evermore.106:32 They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it wentill with Moses for their sakes:106:33 Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedlywith his lips.106:34 They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORDcommanded them:106:35 But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.106:36 And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.106:37 Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters untodevils,106:38 And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and oftheir daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: andthe land was polluted with blood.106:39 Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoringwith their own inventions.106:40 Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people,insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.106:41 And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they thathated them ruled over them.106:42 Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought intosubjection under their hand.106:43 Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him withtheir counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.106:44 Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard theircry:106:45 And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented accordingto the multitude of his mercies.106:46 He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried themcaptives.106:47 Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the heathen,to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise.106:48 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting toeverlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the LORD.107:1 O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercyendureth for ever.107:2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed fromthe hand of the enemy;107:3 And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from thewest, from the north, and from the south.107:4 They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found nocity to dwell in.107:5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.107:6 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he deliveredthem out of their distresses.107:7 And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to acity of habitation.107:8 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for hiswonderful works to the children of men!107:9 For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soulwith goodness.107:10 Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being boundin affliction and iron;107:11 Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemnedthe counsel of the most High:107:12 Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they felldown, and there was none to help.107:13 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he savedthem out of their distresses.107:14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, andbrake their bands in sunder.107:15 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for hiswonderful works to the children of men!107:16 For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of ironin sunder.107:17 Fools because of their transgression, and because of theiriniquities, are afflicted.107:18 Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw nearunto the gates of death.107:19 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saveththem out of their distresses.107:20 He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them fromtheir destructions.107:21 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for hiswonderful works to the children of men!107:22 And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, anddeclare his works with rejoicing.107:23 They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business ingreat waters;107:24 These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep.107:25 For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which liftethup the waves thereof.107:26 They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths:their soul is melted because of trouble.107:27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and areat their wit's end.107:28 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeththem out of their distresses.107:29 He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof arestill.107:30 Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth themunto their desired haven.107:31 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for hiswonderful works to the children of men!107:32 Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, andpraise him in the assembly of the elders.107:33 He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings intodry ground;107:34 A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of themthat dwell therein.107:35 He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry groundinto watersprings.107:36 And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may preparea city for habitation;107:37 And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruitsof increase.107:38 He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; andsuffereth not their cattle to decrease.107:39 Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression,affliction, and sorrow.107:40 He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander inthe wilderness, where there is no way.107:41 Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh himfamilies like a flock.107:42 The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shallstop her mouth.107:43 Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shallunderstand the lovingkindness of the LORD.108:1 O god, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even withmy glory.108:2 Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.108:3 I will praise thee, O LORD, among the people: and I will singpraises unto thee among the nations.108:4 For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reachethunto the clouds.108:5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory aboveall the earth;108:6 That thy beloved may be delivered: save with thy right hand, andanswer me.108:7 God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divideShechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.108:8 Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strengthof mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;108:9 Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; overPhilistia will I triumph.108:10 Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me intoEdom?108:11 Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou,O God, go forth with our hosts?108:12 Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.108:13 Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shalltread down our enemies.109:1 Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;109:2 For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful areopened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.109:3 They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and foughtagainst me without a cause.109:4 For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself untoprayer.109:5 And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.109:6 Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his righthand.109:7 When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let hisprayer become sin.109:8 Let his days be few; and let another take his office.109:9 Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.109:10 Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let themseek their bread also out of their desolate places.109:11 Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let thestrangers spoil his labour.109:12 Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let therebe any to favour his fatherless children.109:13 Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation followinglet their name be blotted out.109:14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD;and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.109:15 Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut offthe memory of them from the earth.109:16 Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecutedthe poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.109:17 As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delightednot in blessing, so let it be far from him.109:18 As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, solet it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.109:19 Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for agirdle wherewith he is girded continually.109:20 Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, andof them that speak evil against my soul.109:21 But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name's sake:because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me.109:22 For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.109:23 I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up anddown as the locust.109:24 My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth offatness.109:25 I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon methey shaked their heads.109:26 Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy mercy:109:27 That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, LORD, hastdone it.109:28 Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them beashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.109:29 Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them coverthemselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.109:30 I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea, I willpraise him among the multitude.109:31 For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save himfrom those that condemn his soul.110:1 The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until Imake thine enemies thy footstool.110:2 The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rulethou in the midst of thine enemies.110:3 Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in thebeauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dewof thy youth.110:4 The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.110:5 The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the dayof his wrath.110:6 He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places withthe dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.110:7 He shall drink of the brook in the way: therefore shall he liftup the head.111:1 Praise ye the LORD. I will praise the LORD with my whole heart,in the assembly of the upright, and in the congregation.111:2 The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them thathave pleasure therein.111:3 His work is honourable and glorious: and his righteousnessendureth for ever.111:4 He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: the LORD isgracious and full of compassion.111:5 He hath given meat unto them that fear him: he will ever bemindful of his covenant.111:6 He hath shewed his people the power of his works, that he maygive them the heritage of the heathen.111:7 The works of his hands are verity and judgment; all hiscommandments are sure.111:8 They stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in truth anduprightness.111:9 He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded hiscovenant for ever: holy and reverend is his name.111:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a goodunderstanding have all they that do his commandments: his praiseendureth for ever.112:1 Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD,that delighteth greatly in his commandments.112:2 His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of theupright shall be blessed.112:3 Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousnessendureth for ever.112:4 Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he isgracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.112:5 A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide hisaffairs with discretion.112:6 Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be ineverlasting remembrance.112:7 He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed,trusting in the LORD.112:8 His heart is established, he shall not be afraid, until he seehis desire upon his enemies.112:9 He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousnessendureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.112:10 The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash withhis teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.113:1 Praise ye the LORD. Praise, O ye servants of the LORD, praisethe name of the LORD.113:2 Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and forevermore.113:3 From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same theLORD's name is to be praised.113:4 The LORD is high above all nations, and his glory above theheavens.113:5 Who is like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high,113:6 Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven,and in the earth!113:7 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needyout of the dunghill;113:8 That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of hispeople.113:9 He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyfulmother of children. Praise ye the LORD.114:1 When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a peopleof strange language;114:2 Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion.114:3 The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.114:4 The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills likelambs.114:5 What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan,that thou wast driven back?114:6 Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills,like lambs?114:7 Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at thepresence of the God of Jacob;114:8 Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into afountain of waters.115:1 Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory,for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake.115:2 Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God?115:3 But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hathpleased.115:4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.115:5 They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but theysee not:115:6 They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but theysmell not:115:7 They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but theywalk not: neither speak they through their throat.115:8 They that make them are like unto them; so is every one thattrusteth in them.115:9 O Israel, trust thou in the LORD: he is their help and theirshield.115:10 O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD: he is their help and theirshield.115:11 Ye that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD: he is their help andtheir shield.115:12 The LORD hath been mindful of us: he will bless us; he willbless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron.115:13 He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small and great.115:14 The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and yourchildren.115:15 Ye are blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth.115:16 The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD's: but the earthhath he given to the children of men.115:17 The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down intosilence.115:18 But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and forevermore.Praise the LORD.116:1 I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and mysupplications.116:2 Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I callupon him as long as I live.116:3 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gathold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.116:4 Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee,deliver my soul.116:5 Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.116:6 The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helpedme.116:7 Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealtbountifully with thee.116:8 For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes fromtears, and my feet from falling.116:9 I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.116:10 I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted:116:11 I said in my haste, All men are liars.116:12 What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits towardme?116:13 I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of theLORD.116:14 I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all hispeople.116:15 Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.116:16 O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the sonof thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.116:17 I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and willcall upon the name of the LORD.116:18 I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all hispeople.116:19 In the courts of the LORD's house, in the midst of thee, OJerusalem. Praise ye the LORD.117:1 O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.117:2 For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth ofthe LORD endureth for ever. Praise ye the LORD.118:1 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: because his mercyendureth for ever.118:2 Let Israel now say, that his mercy endureth for ever.118:3 Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy endureth forever.118:4 Let them now that fear the LORD say, that his mercy endureth forever.118:5 I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, andset me in a large place.118:6 The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do untome?118:7 The LORD taketh my part with them that help me: therefore shallI see my desire upon them that hate me.118:8 It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.118:9 It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence inprinces.118:10 All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORDwill I destroy them.118:11 They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but inthe name of the LORD I will destroy them.118:12 They compassed me about like bees: they are quenched as thefire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.118:13 Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the LORDhelped me.118:14 The LORD is my strength and song, and is become my salvation.118:15 The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles ofthe righteous: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly.118:16 The right hand of the LORD is exalted: the right hand of theLORD doeth valiantly.118:17 I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.118:18 The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me overunto death.118:19 Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, andI will praise the LORD:118:20 This gate of the LORD, into which the righteous shall enter.118:21 I will praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and art become mysalvation.118:22 The stone which the builders refused is become the head stoneof the corner.118:23 This is the LORD's doing; it is marvellous in our eyes.118:24 This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice andbe glad in it.118:25 Save now, I beseech thee, O LORD: O LORD, I beseech thee, sendnow prosperity.118:26 Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the LORD: we haveblessed you out of the house of the LORD.118:27 God is the LORD, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrificewith cords, even unto the horns of the altar.118:28 Thou art my God, and I will praise thee: thou art my God, Iwill exalt thee.118:29 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercyendureth for ever.119:1 Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of theLORD.119:2 Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek himwith the whole heart.119:3 They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.119:4 Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.119:5 O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!119:6 Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thycommandments.119:7 I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall havelearned thy righteous judgments.119:8 I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.119:9 Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heedthereto according to thy word.119:10 With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wanderfrom thy commandments.119:11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin againstthee.119:12 Blessed art thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes.119:13 With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.119:14 I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as inall riches.119:15 I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thyways.119:16 I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thyword.119:17 Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keepthy word.119:18 Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out ofthy law.119:19 I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments fromme.119:20 My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thyjudgments at all times.119:21 Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err fromthy commandments.119:22 Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thytestimonies.119:23 Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant didmeditate in thy statutes.119:24 Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.119:25 My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according tothy word.119:26 I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thystatutes.119:27 Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talkof thy wondrous works.119:28 My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me accordingunto thy word.119:29 Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy lawgraciously.119:30 I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laidbefore me.119:31 I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame.119:32 I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlargemy heart.119:33 Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep itunto the end.119:34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shallobserve it with my whole heart.119:35 Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do Idelight.119:36 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.119:37 Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou mein thy way.119:38 Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear.119:39 Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are good.119:40 Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thyrighteousness.119:41 Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, even thy salvation,according to thy word.119:42 So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me:for I trust in thy word.119:43 And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for Ihave hoped in thy judgments.119:44 So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever.119:45 And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.119:46 I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will notbe ashamed.119:47 And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I haveloved.119:48 My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which Ihave loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.119:49 Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast causedme to hope.119:50 This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hathquickened me.119:51 The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I notdeclined from thy law.119:52 I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comfortedmyself.119:53 Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked thatforsake thy law.119:54 Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.119:55 I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have keptthy law.119:56 This I had, because I kept thy precepts.119:57 Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thywords.119:58 I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto meaccording to thy word.119:59 I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.119:60 I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.119:61 The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have notforgotten thy law.119:62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thyrighteous judgments.119:63 I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them thatkeep thy precepts.119:64 The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes.119:65 Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according untothy word.119:66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thycommandments.119:67 Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thyword.119:68 Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.119:69 The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thyprecepts with my whole heart.119:70 Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.119:71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I mightlearn thy statutes.119:72 The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of goldand silver.119:73 Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding,that I may learn thy commandments.119:74 They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because Ihave hoped in thy word.119:75 I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou infaithfulness hast afflicted me.119:76 Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort,according to thy word unto thy servant.119:77 Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thylaw is my delight.119:78 Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with mewithout a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.119:79 Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that haveknown thy testimonies.119:80 Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.119:81 My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.119:82 Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?119:83 For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forgetthy statutes.119:84 How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou executejudgment on them that persecute me?119:85 The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.119:86 All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute mewrongfully; help thou me.119:87 They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thyprecepts.119:88 Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep thetestimony of thy mouth.119:89 For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.119:90 Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast establishedthe earth, and it abideth.119:91 They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for allare thy servants.119:92 Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then haveperished in mine affliction.119:93 I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hastquickened me.119:94 I am thine, save me: for I have sought thy precepts.119:95 The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I willconsider thy testimonies.119:96 I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment isexceeding broad.119:97 O how I love thy law! it is my meditation all the day.119:98 Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mineenemies: for they are ever with me.119:99 I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thytestimonies are my meditation.119:100 I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thyprecepts.119:101 I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I mightkeep thy word.119:102 I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taughtme.119:103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honeyto my mouth!119:104 Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hateevery false way.119:105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.119:106 I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thyrighteous judgments.119:107 I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according untothy word.119:108 Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, OLORD, and teach me thy judgments.119:109 My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thylaw.119:110 The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thyprecepts.119:111 Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for theyare the rejoicing of my heart.119:112 I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, evenunto the end.119:113 I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love.119:114 Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.119:115 Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandmentsof my God.119:116 Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let menot be ashamed of my hope.119:117 Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respectunto thy statutes continually.119:118 Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes:for their deceit is falsehood.119:119 Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross:therefore I love thy testimonies.119:120 My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thyjudgments.119:121 I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mineoppressors.119:122 Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppressme.119:123 Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thyrighteousness.119:124 Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach methy statutes.119:125 I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thytestimonies.119:126 It is time for thee, LORD, to work: for they have made voidthy law.119:127 Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above finegold.119:128 Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things tobe right; and I hate every false way.119:129 Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keepthem.119:130 The entrance of thy words giveth light; it givethunderstanding unto the simple.119:131 I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thycommandments.119:132 Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest todo unto those that love thy name.119:133 Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity havedominion over me.119:134 Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thyprecepts.119:135 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thystatutes.119:136 Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thylaw.119:137 Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments.119:138 Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous andvery faithful.119:139 My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgottenthy words.119:140 Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.119:141 I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts.119:142 Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy lawis the truth.119:143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thycommandments are my delights.119:144 The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give meunderstanding, and I shall live.119:145 I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thystatutes.119:146 I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.119:147 I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped inthy word.119:148 Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate inthy word.119:149 Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O LORD,quicken me according to thy judgment.119:150 They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far fromthy law.119:151 Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth.119:152 Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hastfounded them for ever.119:153 Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forgetthy law.119:154 Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thyword.119:155 Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thystatutes.119:156 Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according tothy judgments.119:157 Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not declinefrom thy testimonies.119:158 I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they keptnot thy word.119:159 Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD,according to thy lovingkindness.119:160 Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thyrighteous judgments endureth for ever.119:161 Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heartstandeth in awe of thy word.119:162 I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.119:163 I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.119:164 Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteousjudgments.119:165 Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shalloffend them.119:166 LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thycommandments.119:167 My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love themexceedingly.119:168 I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my waysare before thee.119:169 Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give meunderstanding according to thy word.119:170 Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according tothy word.119:171 My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thystatutes.119:172 My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandmentsare righteousness.119:173 Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.119:174 I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is mydelight.119:175 Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thyjudgments help me.119:176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for Ido not forget thy commandments.120:1 In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.120:2 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitfultongue.120:3 What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee,thou false tongue?120:4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.120:5 Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tentsof Kedar!120:6 My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.120:7 I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.121:1 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh myhelp.121:2 My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.121:3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth theewill not slumber.121:4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.121:5 The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy righthand.121:6 The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.121:7 The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preservethy soul.121:8 The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in fromthis time forth, and even for evermore.122:1 I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house ofthe LORD.122:2 Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem.122:3 Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together:122:4 Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto thetestimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD.122:5 For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the houseof David.122:6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that lovethee.122:7 Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.122:8 For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace bewithin thee.122:9 Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good.123:1 Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in theheavens.123:2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of theirmasters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; soour eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.123:3 Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we areexceedingly filled with contempt.123:4 Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those thatare at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.124:1 If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israelsay;124:2 If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men roseup against us:124:3 Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath waskindled against us:124:4 Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over oursoul:124:5 Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.124:6 Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to theirteeth.124:7 Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers:the snare is broken, and we are escaped.124:8 Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.125:1 They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannotbe removed, but abideth for ever.125:2 As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is roundabout his people from henceforth even for ever.125:3 For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of therighteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.125:4 Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that areupright in their hearts.125:5 As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORDshall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall beupon Israel.126:1 When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were likethem that dream.126:2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue withsinging: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done greatthings for them.126:3 The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.126:4 Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south.126:5 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.126:6 He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shalldoubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.127:1 Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that buildit: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.127:2 It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat thebread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.127:3 Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of thewomb is his reward.127:4 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children ofthe youth.127:5 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shallnot be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.128:1 Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in hisways.128:2 For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thoube, and it shall be well with thee.128:3 Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thinehouse: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.128:4 Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth theLORD.128:5 The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see thegood of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.128:6 Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children, and peace uponIsrael.129:1 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel nowsay:129:2 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they havenot prevailed against me.129:3 The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.129:4 The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of thewicked.129:5 Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.129:6 Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which witherethafore it groweth up:129:7 Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindethsheaves his bosom.129:8 Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD beupon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD.130:1 Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD.130:2 Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice ofmy supplications.130:3 If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shallstand?130:4 But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.130:5 I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do Ihope.130:6 My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for themorning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.130:7 Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy,and with him is plenteous redemption.130:8 And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.131:1 Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do Iexercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.131:2 Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that isweaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.131:3 Let Israel hope in the LORD from henceforth and for ever.132:1 Lord, remember David, and all his afflictions:132:2 How he sware unto the LORD, and vowed unto the mighty God ofJacob;132:3 Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor goup into my bed;132:4 I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids,132:5 Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation for themighty God of Jacob.132:6 Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of thewood.132:7 We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at hisfootstool.132:8 Arise, O LORD, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength.132:9 Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thysaints shout for joy.132:10 For thy servant David's sake turn not away the face of thineanointed.132:11 The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn fromit; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.132:12 If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that Ishall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne forevermore.132:13 For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for hishabitation.132:14 This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desiredit.132:15 I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poorwith bread.132:16 I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saintsshall shout aloud for joy.132:17 There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained alamp for mine anointed.132:18 His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shallhis crown flourish.133:1 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwelltogether in unity!133:2 It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran downupon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts ofhis garments;133:3 As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon themountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, evenlife for evermore.134:1 Behold, bless ye the LORD, all ye servants of the LORD, which bynight stand in the house of the LORD.134:2 Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD.134:3 The LORD that made heaven and earth bless thee out of Zion.135:1 Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the name of the LORD; praise him,O ye servants of the LORD.135:2 Ye that stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of thehouse of our God.135:3 Praise the LORD; for the LORD is good: sing praises unto hisname; for it is pleasant.135:4 For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for hispeculiar treasure.135:5 For I know that the LORD is great, and that our Lord is aboveall gods.135:6 Whatsoever the LORD pleased, that did he in heaven, and inearth, in the seas, and all deep places.135:7 He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; hemaketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of histreasuries.135:8 Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast.135:9 Who sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee, O Egypt,upon Pharaoh, and upon all his servants.135:10 Who smote great nations, and slew mighty kings;135:11 Sihon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Bashan, and all thekingdoms of Canaan:135:12 And gave their land for an heritage, an heritage unto Israelhis people.135:13 Thy name, O LORD, endureth for ever; and thy memorial, O LORD,throughout all generations.135:14 For the LORD will judge his people, and he will repent himselfconcerning his servants.135:15 The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men'shands.135:16 They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but theysee not;135:17 They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there any breathin their mouths.135:18 They that make them are like unto them: so is every one thattrusteth in them.135:19 Bless the LORD, O house of Israel: bless the LORD, O house ofAaron:135:20 Bless the LORD, O house of Levi: ye that fear the LORD, blessthe LORD.135:21 Blessed be the LORD out of Zion, which dwelleth at Jerusalem.Praise ye the LORD.136:1 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercyendureth for ever.136:2 O give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy endureth forever.136:3 O give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy endureth forever.136:4 To him who alone doeth great wonders: for his mercy endureth forever.136:5 To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endurethfor ever.136:6 To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for hismercy endureth for ever.136:7 To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever:136:8 The sun to rule by day: for his mercy endureth for ever:136:9 The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endureth forever.136:10 To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercyendureth for ever:136:11 And brought out Israel from among them: for his mercy endurethfor ever:136:12 With a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm: for his mercyendureth for ever.136:13 To him which divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercyendureth for ever:136:14 And made Israel to pass through the midst of it: for his mercyendureth for ever:136:15 But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea: for hismercy endureth for ever.136:16 To him which led his people through the wilderness: for hismercy endureth for ever.136:17 To him which smote great kings: for his mercy endureth forever:136:18 And slew famous kings: for his mercy endureth for ever:136:19 Sihon king of the Amorites: for his mercy endureth for ever:136:20 And Og the king of Bashan: for his mercy endureth for ever:136:21 And gave their land for an heritage: for his mercy endureth forever:136:22 Even an heritage unto Israel his servant: for his mercyendureth for ever.136:23 Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy endureth forever:136:24 And hath redeemed us from our enemies: for his mercy endurethfor ever.136:25 Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever.136:26 O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy endurethfor ever.137:1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, whenwe remembered Zion.137:2 We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.137:3 For there they that carried us away captive required of us asong; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing usone of the songs of Zion.137:4 How shall we sing the LORD's song in a strange land?137:5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget hercunning.137:6 If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof ofmy mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.137:7 Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem;who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.137:8 O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall hebe, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.137:9 Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little onesagainst the stones.138:1 I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will Ising praise unto thee.138:2 I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name forthy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy wordabove all thy name.138:3 In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedstme with strength in my soul.138:4 All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD, when theyhear the words of thy mouth.138:5 Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the LORD: for great is theglory of the LORD.138:6 Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: butthe proud he knoweth afar off.138:7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thoushalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, andthy right hand shall save me.138:8 The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, OLORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.139:1 O lord, thou hast searched me, and known me.139:2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thouunderstandest my thought afar off.139:3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquaintedwith all my ways.139:4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thouknowest it altogether.139:5 Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand uponme.139:6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannotattain unto it.139:7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee fromthy presence?139:8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed inhell, behold, thou art there.139:9 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermostparts of the sea;139:10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shallhold me.139:11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the nightshall be light about me.139:12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shinethas the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.139:13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in mymother's womb.139:14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made:marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.139:15 My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret,and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.139:16 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and inthy book all my members were written, which in continuance werefashioned, when as yet there was none of them.139:17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great isthe sum of them!139:18 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand:when I awake, I am still with thee.139:19 Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from metherefore, ye bloody men.139:20 For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies takethy name in vain.139:21 Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not Igrieved with those that rise up against thee?139:22 I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.139:23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know mythoughts:139:24 And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in theway everlasting.140:1 Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from theviolent man;140:2 Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are theygathered together for war.140:3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poisonis under their lips. Selah.140:4 Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me fromthe violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.140:5 The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread anet by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.140:6 I said unto the LORD, Thou art my God: hear the voice of mysupplications, O LORD.140:7 O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast coveredmy head in the day of battle.140:8 Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not hiswicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah.140:9 As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischiefof their own lips cover them.140:10 Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into thefire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.140:11 Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shallhunt the violent man to overthrow him.140:12 I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted,and the right of the poor.140:13 Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: theupright shall dwell in thy presence.141:1 Lord, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto myvoice, when I cry unto thee.141:2 Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and thelifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.141:3 Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.141:4 Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked workswith men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.141:5 Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let himreprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break myhead: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.141:6 When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shallhear my words; for they are sweet.141:7 Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when onecutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.141:8 But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is mytrust; leave not my soul destitute.141:9 Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and thegins of the workers of iniquity.141:10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withalescape.142:1 I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORDdid I make my supplication.142:2 I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him mytrouble.142:3 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest mypath.In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.142:4 I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man thatwould know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.142:5 I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and myportion in the land of the living.142:6 Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me frommy persecutors; for they are stronger than I.142:7 Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: therighteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully withme.143:1 Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thyfaithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.143:2 And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sightshall no man living be justified.143:3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my lifedown to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as thosethat have been long dead.143:4 Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within meis desolate.143:5 I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I museon the work of thy hands.143:6 I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth afterthee, as a thirsty land. Selah.143:7 Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy facefrom me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.143:8 Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in theedo I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I liftup my soul unto thee.143:9 Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hideme.143:10 Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit isgood; lead me into the land of uprightness.143:11 Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name's sake: for thy righteousness'sake bring my soul out of trouble.143:12 And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all themthat afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.144:1 Blessed be the LORD my strength which teacheth my hands to war,and my fingers to fight:144:2 My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer;my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.144:3 LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the sonof man, that thou makest account of him!144:4 Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passethaway.144:5 Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, andthey shall smoke.144:6 Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows,and destroy them.144:7 Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of greatwaters, from the hand of strange children;144:8 Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a righthand of falsehood.144:9 I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and aninstrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.144:10 It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth Davidhis servant from the hurtful sword.144:11 Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whosemouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand offalsehood:144:12 That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; thatour daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitudeof a palace:144:13 That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store:that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in ourstreets:144:14 That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be nobreaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in ourstreets.144:15 Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy isthat people, whose God is the LORD.145:1 I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name forever and ever.145:2 Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for everand ever.145:3 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatnessis unsearchable.145:4 One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shalldeclare thy mighty acts.145:5 I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thywondrous works.145:6 And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and Iwill declare thy greatness.145:7 They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness,and shall sing of thy righteousness.145:8 The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, andof great mercy.145:9 The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all hisworks.145:10 All thy works shall praise thee, O LORD; and thy saints shallbless thee.145:11 They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thypower;145:12 To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and theglorious majesty of his kingdom.145:13 Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominionendureth throughout all generations.145:14 The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those thatbe bowed down.145:15 The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meatin due season.145:16 Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of everyliving thing.145:17 The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all hisworks.145:18 The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all thatcall upon him in truth.145:19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also willhear their cry, and will save them.145:20 The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wickedwill he destroy.145:21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD: and let all fleshbless his holy name for ever and ever.146:1 Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul.146:2 While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto myGod while I have any being.146:3 Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whomthere is no help.146:4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that veryday his thoughts perish.146:5 Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hopeis in the LORD his God:146:6 Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is:which keepeth truth for ever:146:7 Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food tothe hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:146:8 The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth themthat are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:146:9 The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherlessand widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.146:10 The LORD shall reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, unto allgenerations. Praise ye the LORD.147:1 Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God;for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.147:2 The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together theoutcasts of Israel.147:3 He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.147:4 He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by theirnames.147:5 Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding isinfinite.147:6 The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to theground.147:7 Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harpunto our God:147:8 Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for theearth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.147:9 He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens whichcry.147:10 He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh notpleasure in the legs of a man.147:11 The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those thathope in his mercy.147:12 Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.147:13 For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessedthy children within thee.147:14 He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with thefinest of the wheat.147:15 He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runnethvery swiftly.147:16 He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost likeashes.147:17 He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before hiscold?147:18 He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his windto blow, and the waters flow.147:19 He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgmentsunto Israel.147:20 He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments,they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD.148:1 Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the LORD from the heavens: praisehim in the heights.148:2 Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts.148:3 Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.148:4 Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be abovethe heavens.148:5 Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and theywere created.148:6 He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made adecree which shall not pass.148:7 Praise the LORD from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps:148:8 Fire, and hail; snow, and vapours; stormy wind fulfilling hisword:148:9 Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars:148:10 Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl:148:11 Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges ofthe earth:148:12 Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children:148:13 Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone isexcellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.148:14 He also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise of all hissaints; even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Praiseye the LORD.149:1 Praise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, and hispraise in the congregation of saints.149:2 Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children ofZion be joyful in their King.149:3 Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praisesunto him with the timbrel and harp.149:4 For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify themeek with salvation.149:5 Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upontheir beds.149:6 Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edgedsword in their hand;149:7 To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon thepeople;149:8 To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fettersof iron;149:9 To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have allhis saints. Praise ye the LORD.150:1 Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him inthe firmament of his power.150:2 Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to hisexcellent greatness.150:3 Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with thepsaltery and harp.150:4 Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringedinstruments and organs.150:5 Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the highsounding cymbals.150:6 Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.The Proverbs1:1 The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel; 1:2 Toknow wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;1:3 To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, andequity; 1:4 To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledgeand discretion.1:5 A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man ofunderstanding shall attain unto wise counsels: 1:6 To understand aproverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their darksayings.1:7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but foolsdespise wisdom and instruction.1:8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not thelaw of thy mother: 1:9 For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thyhead, and chains about thy neck.1:10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.1:11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurkprivily for the innocent without cause: 1:12 Let us swallow them upalive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:1:13 We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houseswith spoil: 1:14 Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:1:15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot fromtheir path: 1:16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shedblood.1:17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.1:18 And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily fortheir own lives.1:19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which takethaway the life of the owners thereof.1:20 Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:1:21 She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings ofthe gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying, 1:22 How long,ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight intheir scorning, and fools hate knowledge?  1:23 Turn you at myreproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make knownmy words unto you.1:24 Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out myhand, and no man regarded; 1:25 But ye have set at nought all mycounsel, and would none of my reproof: 1:26 I also will laugh at yourcalamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; 1:27 When your fearcometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; whendistress and anguish cometh upon you.1:28 Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shallseek me early, but they shall not find me: 1:29 For that they hatedknowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD: 1:30 They wouldnone of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.1:31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and befilled with their own devices.1:32 For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and theprosperity of fools shall destroy them.1:33 But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall bequiet from fear of evil.2:1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandmentswith thee; 2:2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and applythine heart to understanding; 2:3 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge,and liftest up thy voice for understanding; 2:4 If thou seekest her assilver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures; 2:5 Then shaltthou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.2:6 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge andunderstanding.2:7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler tothem that walk uprightly.2:8 He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of hissaints.2:9 Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, andequity; yea, every good path.2:10 When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasantunto thy soul; 2:11 Discretion shall preserve thee, understandingshall keep thee: 2:12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil man,from the man that speaketh froward things; 2:13 Who leave the paths ofuprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; 2:14 Who rejoice to doevil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked; 2:15 Whose waysare crooked, and they froward in their paths: 2:16 To deliver theefrom the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth withher words; 2:17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteththe covenant of her God.2:18 For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.2:19 None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of thepaths of life.2:20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the pathsof the righteous.2:21 For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shallremain in it.2:22 But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and thetransgressors shall be rooted out of it.3:1 My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep mycommandments: 3:2 For length of days, and long life, and peace, shallthey add to thee.3:3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck;write them upon the table of thine heart: 3:4 So shalt thou findfavour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.3:5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thineown understanding.3:6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.3:7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart fromevil.3:8 It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.3:9 Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits ofall thine increase: 3:10 So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, andthy presses shall burst out with new wine.3:11 My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be wearyof his correction: 3:12 For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; evenas a father the son in whom he delighteth.3:13 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that gettethunderstanding.3:14 For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise ofsilver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.3:15 She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canstdesire are not to be compared unto her.3:16 Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand richesand honour.3:17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.3:18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happyis every one that retaineth her.3:19 The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hathhe established the heavens.3:20 By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds dropdown the dew.3:21 My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdomand discretion: 3:22 So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace tothy neck.3:23 Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall notstumble.3:24 When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shaltlie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.3:25 Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of thewicked, when it cometh.3:26 For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy footfrom being taken.3:27 Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in thepower of thine hand to do it.3:28 Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow Iwill give; when thou hast it by thee.3:29 Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwellethsecurely by thee.3:30 Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee noharm.3:31 Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.3:32 For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret iswith the righteous.3:33 The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but heblesseth the habitation of the just.3:34 Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto thelowly.3:35 The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion offools.4:1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to knowunderstanding.4:2 For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.4:3 For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight ofmy mother.4:4 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain mywords: keep my commandments, and live.4:5 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline fromthe words of my mouth.4:6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and sheshall keep thee.4:7 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with allthy getting get understanding.4:8 Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee tohonour, when thou dost embrace her.4:9 She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown ofglory shall she deliver to thee.4:10 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy lifeshall be many.4:11 I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in rightpaths.4:12 When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thourunnest, thou shalt not stumble.4:13 Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for sheis thy life.4:14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way ofevil men.4:15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.4:16 For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and theirsleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.4:17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine ofviolence.4:18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shinethmore and more unto the perfect day.4:19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what theystumble.4:20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.4:21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst ofthine heart.4:22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to alltheir flesh.4:23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issuesof life.4:24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put farfrom thee.4:25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straightbefore thee.4:26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.4:27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot fromevil.5:1 My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to myunderstanding: 5:2 That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thylips may keep knowledge.5:3 For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and hermouth is smoother than oil: 5:4 But her end is bitter as wormwood,sharp as a two-edged sword.5:5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.5:6 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways aremoveable, that thou canst not know them.5:7 Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from thewords of my mouth.5:8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of herhouse: 5:9 Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years untothe cruel: 5:10 Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thylabours be in the house of a stranger; 5:11 And thou mourn at thelast, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed, 5:12 And say, How haveI hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; 5:13 And have notobeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them thatinstructed me!  5:14 I was almost in all evil in the midst of thecongregation and assembly.5:15 Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out ofthine own well.5:16 Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters inthe streets.5:17 Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.5:18 Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thyyouth.5:19 Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breastssatisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.5:20 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, andembrace the bosom of a stranger?  5:21 For the ways of man are beforethe eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.5:22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall beholden with the cords of his sins.5:23 He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of hisfolly he shall go astray.6:1 My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast strickenthy hand with a stranger, 6:2 Thou art snared with the words of thymouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.6:3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come intothe hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.6:4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.6:5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as abird from the hand of the fowler.6:6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: 6:7Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, 6:8 Provideth her meat inthe summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.6:9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out ofthy sleep?  6:10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a littlefolding of the hands to sleep: 6:11 So shall thy poverty come as onethat travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.6:12 A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.6:13 He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teachethwith his fingers; 6:14 Frowardness is in his heart, he devisethmischief continually; he soweth discord.6:15 Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he bebroken without remedy.6:16 These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are anabomination unto him: 6:17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and handsthat shed innocent blood, 6:18 An heart that deviseth wickedimaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, 6:19 A falsewitness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.6:20 My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law ofthy mother: 6:21 Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie themabout thy neck.6:22 When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shallkeep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.6:23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofsof instruction are the way of life: 6:24 To keep thee from the evilwoman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.6:25 Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her takethee with her eyelids.6:26 For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece ofbread: and the adultress will hunt for the precious life.6:27 Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?6:28 Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?  6:29 Sohe that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shallnot be innocent.6:30 Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul whenhe is hungry; 6:31 But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; heshall give all the substance of his house.6:32 But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding:he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.6:33 A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not bewiped away.6:34 For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare inthe day of vengeance.6:35 He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content,though thou givest many gifts.7:1 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.7:2 Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thineeye.7:3 Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thineheart.7:4 Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thykinswoman: 7:5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, fromthe stranger which flattereth with her words.7:6 For at the window of my house I looked through my casement, 7:7And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, ayoung man void of understanding, 7:8 Passing through the street nearher corner; and he went the way to her house, 7:9 In the twilight, inthe evening, in the black and dark night: 7:10 And, behold, there methim a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.7:11 (She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house: 7:12Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at everycorner.)  7:13 So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudentface said unto him, 7:14 I have peace offerings with me; this day haveI payed my vows.7:15 Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face,and I have found thee.7:16 I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carvedworks, with fine linen of Egypt.7:17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.7:18 Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let ussolace ourselves with loves.7:19 For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey: 7:20He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the dayappointed.7:21 With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with theflattering of her lips she forced him.7:22 He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter,or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; 7:23 Till a dart strikethrough his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth notthat it is for his life.7:24 Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to thewords of my mouth.7:25 Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in herpaths.7:26 For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men havebeen slain by her.7:27 Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers ofdeath.8:1 Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?  8:2She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places ofthe paths.8:3 She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the comingin at the doors.8:4 Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.8:5 O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of anunderstanding heart.8:6 Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of mylips shall be right things.8:7 For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abominationto my lips.8:8 All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothingfroward or perverse in them.8:9 They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to themthat find knowledge.8:10 Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather thanchoice gold.8:11 For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may bedesired are not to be compared to it.8:12 I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of wittyinventions.8:13 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, andthe evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.8:14 Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I havestrength.8:15 By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.8:16 By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth.8:17 I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall findme.8:18 Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches andrighteousness.8:19 My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenuethan choice silver.8:20 I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths ofjudgment: 8:21 That I may cause those that love me to inheritsubstance; and I will fill their treasures.8:22 The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before hisworks of old.8:23 I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever theearth was.8:24 When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there wereno fountains abounding with water.8:25 Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I broughtforth: 8:26 While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields,nor the highest part of the dust of the world.8:27 When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compassupon the face of the depth: 8:28 When he established the clouds above:when he strengthened the fountains of the deep: 8:29 When he gave tothe sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment:when he appointed the foundations of the earth: 8:30 Then I was byhim, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight,rejoicing always before him; 8:31 Rejoicing in the habitable part ofhis earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.8:32 Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed arethey that keep my ways.8:33 Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.8:34 Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates,waiting at the posts of my doors.8:35 For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of theLORD.8:36 But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all theythat hate me love death.9:1 Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her sevenpillars: 9:2 She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine;she hath also furnished her table.9:3 She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highestplaces of the city, 9:4 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: asfor him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, 9:5 Come, eat ofmy bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.9:6 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.9:7 He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he thatrebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.9:8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, andhe will love thee.9:9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach ajust man, and he will increase in learning.9:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and theknowledge of the holy is understanding.9:11 For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy lifeshall be increased.9:12 If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thouscornest, thou alone shalt bear it.9:13 A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.9:14 For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the highplaces of the city, 9:15 To call passengers who go right on theirways: 9:16 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for himthat wanteth understanding, she saith to him, 9:17 Stolen waters aresweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.9:18 But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guestsare in the depths of hell.10:1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but afoolish son is the heaviness of his mother.10:2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousnessdelivereth from death.10:3 The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: buthe casteth away the substance of the wicked.10:4 He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand ofthe diligent maketh rich.10:5 He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepethin harvest is a son that causeth shame.10:6 Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereththe mouth of the wicked.10:7 The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wickedshall rot.10:8 The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating foolshall fall.10:9 He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that pervertethhis ways shall be known.10:10 He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating foolshall fall.10:11 The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violencecovereth the mouth of the wicked.10:12 Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.10:13 In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: buta rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.10:14 Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is neardestruction.10:15 The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of thepoor is their poverty.10:16 The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of thewicked to sin.10:17 He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he thatrefuseth reproof erreth.10:18 He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth aslander, is a fool.10:19 In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he thatrefraineth his lips is wise.10:20 The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of thewicked is little worth.10:21 The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want ofwisdom.10:22 The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth nosorrow with it.10:23 It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man ofunderstanding hath wisdom.10:24 The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desireof the righteous shall be granted.10:25 As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but therighteous is an everlasting foundation.10:26 As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is thesluggard to them that send him.10:27 The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of thewicked shall be shortened.10:28 The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectationof the wicked shall perish.10:29 The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destructionshall be to the workers of iniquity.10:30 The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall notinhabit the earth.10:31 The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the frowardtongue shall be cut out.10:32 The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouthof the wicked speaketh frowardness.11:1 A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight ishis delight.11:2 When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly iswisdom.11:3 The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but theperverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.11:4 Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousnessdelivereth from death.11:5 The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but thewicked shall fall by his own wickedness.11:6 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: buttransgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.11:7 When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and thehope of unjust men perisheth.11:8 The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked comethin his stead.11:9 An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but throughknowledge shall the just be delivered.11:10 When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: andwhen the wicked perish, there is shouting.11:11 By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it isoverthrown by the mouth of the wicked.11:12 He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man ofunderstanding holdeth his peace.11:13 A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithfulspirit concealeth the matter.11:14 Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude ofcounsellors there is safety.11:15 He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he thathateth suretiship is sure.11:16 A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches.11:17 The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that iscruel troubleth his own flesh.11:18 The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that sowethrighteousness shall be a sure reward.11:19 As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evilpursueth it to his own death.11:20 They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD:but such as are upright in their way are his delight.11:21 Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished:but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.11:22 As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman whichis without discretion.11:23 The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation ofthe wicked is wrath.11:24 There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is thatwithholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.11:25 The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shallbe watered also himself.11:26 He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: butblessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.11:27 He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he thatseeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.11:28 He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; but the righteousshall flourish as a branch.11:29 He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and thefool shall be servant to the wise of heart.11:30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he thatwinneth souls is wise.11:31 Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: muchmore the wicked and the sinner.12:1 Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hatethreproof is brutish.12:2 A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wickeddevices will he condemn.12:3 A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of therighteous shall not be moved.12:4 A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that makethashamed is as rottenness in his bones.12:5 The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of thewicked are deceit.12:6 The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but themouth of the upright shall deliver them.12:7 The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of therighteous shall stand.12:8 A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that isof a perverse heart shall be despised.12:9 He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he thathonoureth himself, and lacketh bread.12:10 A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tendermercies of the wicked are cruel.12:11 He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but hethat followeth vain persons is void of understanding.12:12 The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of therighteous yieldeth fruit.12:13 The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but thejust shall come out of trouble.12:14 A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth:and the recompence of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.12:15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he thathearkeneth unto counsel is wise.12:16 A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent man coverethshame.12:17 He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a falsewitness deceit.12:18 There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but thetongue of the wise is health.12:19 The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lyingtongue is but for a moment.12:20 Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to thecounsellors of peace is joy.12:21 There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall befilled with mischief.12:22 Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal trulyare his delight.12:23 A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of foolsproclaimeth foolishness.12:24 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shallbe under tribute.12:25 Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good wordmaketh it glad.12:26 The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the wayof the wicked seduceth them.12:27 The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: butthe substance of a diligent man is precious.12:28 In the way of righteousness is life: and in the pathway thereofthere is no death.13:1 A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scornerheareth not rebuke.13:2 A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul ofthe transgressors shall eat violence.13:3 He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openethwide his lips shall have destruction.13:4 The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soulof the diligent shall be made fat.13:5 A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, andcometh to shame.13:6 Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: butwickedness overthroweth the sinner.13:7 There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there isthat maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.13:8 The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but the poor hearethnot rebuke.13:9 The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wickedshall be put out.13:10 Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised iswisdom.13:11 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he thatgathereth by labour shall increase.13:12 Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh,it is a tree of life.13:13 Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareththe commandment shall be rewarded.13:14 The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from thesnares of death.13:15 Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressorsis hard.13:16 Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth openhis folly.13:17 A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithfulambassador is health.13:18 Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: buthe that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.13:19 The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it isabomination to fools to depart from evil.13:20 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion offools shall be destroyed.13:21 Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall berepayed.13:22 A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children:and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.13:23 Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that isdestroyed for want of judgment.13:24 He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth himchasteneth him betimes.13:25 The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but thebelly of the wicked shall want.14:1 Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh itdown with her hands.14:2 He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but he thatis perverse in his ways despiseth him.14:3 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips ofthe wise shall preserve them.14:4 Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by thestrength of the ox.14:5 A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utterlies.14:6 A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge iseasy unto him that understandeth.14:7 Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest notin him the lips of knowledge.14:8 The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the follyof fools is deceit.14:9 Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there isfavour.14:10 The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth notintermeddle with his joy.14:11 The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacleof the upright shall flourish.14:12 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the endthereof are the ways of death.14:13 Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of thatmirth is heaviness.14:14 The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and agood man shall be satisfied from himself.14:15 The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man lookethwell to his going.14:16 A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the foolrageth, and is confident.14:17 He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wickeddevices is hated.14:18 The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned withknowledge.14:19 The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of therighteous.14:20 The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hathmany friends.14:21 He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercyon the poor, happy is he.14:22 Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall beto them that devise good.14:23 In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendethonly to penury.14:24 The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness offools is folly.14:25 A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witnessspeaketh lies.14:26 In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his childrenshall have a place of refuge.14:27 The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from thesnares of death.14:28 In the multitude of people is the king's honour: but in the wantof people is the destruction of the prince.14:29 He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he thatis hasty of spirit exalteth folly.14:30 A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottennessof the bones.14:31 He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he thathonoureth him hath mercy on the poor.14:32 The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteoushath hope in his death.14:33 Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: butthat which is in the midst of fools is made known.14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to anypeople.14:35 The king's favour is toward a wise servant: but his wrath isagainst him that causeth shame.15:1 A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir upanger.15:2 The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth offools poureth out foolishness.15:3 The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil andthe good.15:4 A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein isa breach in the spirit.15:5 A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardethreproof is prudent.15:6 In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in therevenues of the wicked is trouble.15:7 The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of thefoolish doeth not so.15:8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: butthe prayer of the upright is his delight.15:9 The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the LORD: but heloveth him that followeth after righteousness.15:10 Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and hethat hateth reproof shall die.15:11 Hell and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then thehearts of the children of men?  15:12 A scorner loveth not one thatreproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.15:13 A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow ofthe heart the spirit is broken.15:14 The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: butthe mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.15:15 All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of amerry heart hath a continual feast.15:16 Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasureand trouble therewith.15:17 Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox andhatred therewith.15:18 A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to angerappeaseth strife.15:19 The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but theway of the righteous is made plain.15:20 A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth hismother.15:21 Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man ofunderstanding walketh uprightly.15:22 Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitudeof counsellors they are established.15:23 A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken indue season, how good is it!  15:24 The way of life is above to thewise, that he may depart from hell beneath.15:25 The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he willestablish the border of the widow.15:26 The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: butthe words of the pure are pleasant words.15:27 He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he thathateth gifts shall live.15:28 The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth ofthe wicked poureth out evil things.15:29 The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer ofthe righteous.15:30 The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good reportmaketh the bones fat.15:31 The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.15:32 He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he thatheareth reproof getteth understanding.15:33 The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and beforehonour is humility.16:1 The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of thetongue, is from the LORD.16:2 All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORDweigheth the spirits.16:3 Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall beestablished.16:4 The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wickedfor the day of evil.16:5 Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD:though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.16:6 By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of theLORD men depart from evil.16:7 When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies tobe at peace with him.16:8 Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues withoutright.16:9 A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.16:10 A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouthtransgresseth not in judgment.16:11 A just weight and balance are the LORD's: all the weights of thebag are his work.16:12 It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for thethrone is established by righteousness.16:13 Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him thatspeaketh right.16:14 The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise manwill pacify it.16:15 In the light of the king's countenance is life; and his favouris as a cloud of the latter rain.16:16 How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to getunderstanding rather to be chosen than silver!  16:17 The highway ofthe upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preservethhis soul.16:18 Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before afall.16:19 Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than todivide the spoil with the proud.16:20 He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whosotrusteth in the LORD, happy is he.16:21 The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness ofthe lips increaseth learning.16:22 Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: butthe instruction of fools is folly.16:23 The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning tohis lips.16:24 Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, andhealth to the bones.16:25 There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the endthereof are the ways of death.16:26 He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth cravethit of him.16:27 An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as aburning fire.16:28 A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chieffriends.16:29 A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into theway that is not good.16:30 He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lipshe bringeth evil to pass.16:31 The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way ofrighteousness.16:32 He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he thatruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.16:33 The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof isof the LORD.17:1 Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an housefull of sacrifices with strife.17:2 A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, andshall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.17:3 The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but theLORD trieth the hearts.17:4 A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear toa naughty tongue.17:5 Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is gladat calamities shall not be unpunished.17:6 Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory ofchildren are their fathers.17:7 Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips aprince.17:8 A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it:whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.17:9 He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he thatrepeateth a matter separateth very friends.17:10 A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripesinto a fool.17:11 An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messengershall be sent against him.17:12 Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a foolin his folly.17:13 Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from hishouse.17:14 The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water:therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.17:15 He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just,even they both are abomination to the LORD.17:16 Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom,seeing he hath no heart to it?  17:17 A friend loveth at all times,and a brother is born for adversity.17:18 A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh suretyin the presence of his friend.17:19 He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exaltethhis gate seeketh destruction.17:20 He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath aperverse tongue falleth into mischief.17:21 He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the fatherof a fool hath no joy.17:22 A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spiritdrieth the bones.17:23 A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the waysof judgment.17:24 Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of afool are in the ends of the earth.17:25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to herthat bare him.17:26 Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes forequity.17:27 He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man ofunderstanding is of an excellent spirit.17:28 Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and hethat shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.18:1 Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh andintermeddleth with all wisdom.18:2 A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart maydiscover itself.18:3 When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and withignominy reproach.18:4 The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspringof wisdom as a flowing brook.18:5 It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrowthe righteous in judgment.18:6 A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth forstrokes.18:7 A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare ofhis soul.18:8 The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down intothe innermost parts of the belly.18:9 He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is agreat waster.18:10 The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runnethinto it, and is safe.18:11 The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall inhis own conceit.18:12 Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and beforehonour is humility.18:13 He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly andshame unto him.18:14 The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a woundedspirit who can bear?  18:15 The heart of the prudent gettethknowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.18:16 A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before greatmen.18:17 He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but hisneighbour cometh and searcheth him.18:18 The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between themighty.18:19 A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: andtheir contentions are like the bars of a castle.18:20 A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth;and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.18:21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they thatlove it shall eat the fruit thereof.18:22 Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favourof the LORD.18:23 The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.18:24 A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there isa friend that sticketh closer than a brother.19:1 Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that isperverse in his lips, and is a fool.19:2 Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and hethat hasteth with his feet sinneth.19:3 The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart frettethagainst the LORD.19:4 Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from hisneighbour.19:5 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speakethlies shall not escape.19:6 Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man is afriend to him that giveth gifts.19:7 All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do hisfriends go far from him? he pursueth them with words, yet they arewanting to him.19:8 He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepethunderstanding shall find good.19:9 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speakethlies shall perish.19:10 Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant tohave rule over princes.19:11 The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his gloryto pass over a transgression.19:12 The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour isas dew upon the grass.19:13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentionsof a wife are a continual dropping.19:14 House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudentwife is from the LORD.19:15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shallsuffer hunger.19:16 He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but hethat despiseth his ways shall die.19:17 He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and thatwhich he hath given will he pay him again.19:18 Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul sparefor his crying.19:19 A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thoudeliver him, yet thou must do it again.19:20 Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wisein thy latter end.19:21 There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless thecounsel of the LORD, that shall stand.19:22 The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is betterthan a liar.19:23 The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shallabide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.19:24 A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not somuch as bring it to his mouth again.19:25 Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove onethat hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.19:26 He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is ason that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.19:27 Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err fromthe words of knowledge.19:28 An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of thewicked devoureth iniquity.19:29 Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back offools.20:1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever isdeceived thereby is not wise.20:2 The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provokethhim to anger sinneth against his own soul.20:3 It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every foolwill be meddling.20:4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shallhe beg in harvest, and have nothing.20:5 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man ofunderstanding will draw it out.20:6 Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithfulman who can find?  20:7 The just man walketh in his integrity: hischildren are blessed after him.20:8 A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away allevil with his eyes.20:9 Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?20:10 Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alikeabomination to the LORD.20:11 Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure,and whether it be right.20:12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made evenboth of them.20:13 Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, andthou shalt be satisfied with bread.20:14 It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gonehis way, then he boasteth.20:15 There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips ofknowledge are a precious jewel.20:16 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take apledge of him for a strange woman.20:17 Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouthshall be filled with gravel.20:18 Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advicemake war.20:19 He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: thereforemeddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.20:20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be putout in obscure darkness.20:21 An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but theend thereof shall not be blessed.20:22 Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, andhe shall save thee.20:23 Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a falsebalance is not good.20:24 Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand hisown way?  20:25 It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which isholy, and after vows to make enquiry.20:26 A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel overthem.20:27 The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all theinward parts of the belly.20:28 Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden bymercy.20:29 The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of oldmen is the grey head.20:30 The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes theinward parts of the belly.21:1 The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers ofwater: he turneth it whithersoever he will.21:2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORDpondereth the hearts.21:3 To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD thansacrifice.21:4 An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked,is sin.21:5 The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but ofevery one that is hasty only to want.21:6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed toand fro of them that seek death.21:7 The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuseto do judgment.21:8 The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, hiswork is right.21:9 It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with abrawling woman in a wide house.21:10 The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth nofavour in his eyes.21:11 When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and whenthe wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.21:12 The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked:but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.21:13 Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shallcry himself, but shall not be heard.21:14 A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosomstrong wrath.21:15 It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall beto the workers of iniquity.21:16 The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shallremain in the congregation of the dead.21:17 He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wineand oil shall not be rich.21:18 The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and thetransgressor for the upright.21:19 It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentiousand an angry woman.21:20 There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of thewise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.21:21 He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life,righteousness, and honour.21:22 A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down thestrength of the confidence thereof.21:23 Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul fromtroubles.21:24 Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proudwrath.21:25 The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse tolabour.21:26 He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous givethand spareth not.21:27 The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, whenhe bringeth it with a wicked mind?  21:28 A false witness shallperish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.21:29 A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, hedirecteth his way.21:30 There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against theLORD.21:31 The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety isof the LORD.22:1 A GOOD name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and lovingfavour rather than silver and gold.22:2 The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of themall.22:3 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but thesimple pass on, and are punished.22:4 By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, andlife.22:5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that dothkeep his soul shall be far from them.22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, hewill not depart from it.22:7 The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to thelender.22:8 He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of hisanger shall fail.22:9 He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth ofhis bread to the poor.22:10 Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strifeand reproach shall cease.22:11 He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips theking shall be his friend.22:12 The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth thewords of the transgressor.22:13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall beslain in the streets.22:14 The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred ofthe LORD shall fall therein.22:15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod ofcorrection shall drive it far from him.22:16 He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he thatgiveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.22:17 Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and applythine heart unto my knowledge.22:18 For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; theyshall withal be fitted in thy lips.22:19 That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to theethis day, even to thee.22:20 Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels andknowledge, 22:21 That I might make thee know the certainty of thewords of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to themthat send unto thee?  22:22 Rob not the poor, because he is poor:neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: 22:23 For the LORD willplead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.22:24 Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious manthou shalt not go: 22:25 Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare tothy soul.22:26 Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that aresureties for debts.22:27 If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bedfrom under thee?  22:28 Remove not the ancient landmark, which thyfathers have set.22:29 Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand beforekings; he shall not stand before mean men.23:1 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently whatis before thee: 23:2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a mangiven to appetite.23:3 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.23:4 Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.23:5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for richescertainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle towardheaven.23:6 Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neitherdesire thou his dainty meats: 23:7 For as he thinketh in his heart, sois he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not withthee.23:8 The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and losethy sweet words.23:9 Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdomof thy words.23:10 Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields ofthe fatherless: 23:11 For their redeemer is mighty; he shall pleadtheir cause with thee.23:12 Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the wordsof knowledge.23:13 Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest himwith the rod, he shall not die.23:14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soulfrom hell.23:15 My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, evenmine.23:16 Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.23:17 Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of theLORD all the day long.23:18 For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not becut off.23:19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in theway.23:20 Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: 23:21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsinessshall clothe a man with rags.23:22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thymother when she is old.23:23 Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction,and understanding.23:24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he thatbegetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.23:25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare theeshall rejoice.23:26 My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.23:27 For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrowpit.23:28 She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth thetransgressors among men.23:29 Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hathbabbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?23:30 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixedwine.23:31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth hiscolour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.23:32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like anadder.23:33 Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shallutter perverse things.23:34 Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of thesea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.23:35 They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; theyhave beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek ityet again.24:1 Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be withthem.24:2 For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk ofmischief.24:3 Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it isestablished: 24:4 And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled withall precious and pleasant riches.24:5 A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increasethstrength.24:6 For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude ofcounsellors there is safety.24:7 Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in thegate.24:8 He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.24:9 The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is anabomination to men.24:10 If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.24:11 If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, andthose that are ready to be slain; 24:12 If thou sayest, Behold, weknew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and hethat keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render toevery man according to his works?  24:13 My son, eat thou honey,because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:24:14 So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thouhast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shallnot be cut off.24:15 Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of therighteous; spoil not his resting place: 24:16 For a just man fallethseven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall intomischief.24:17 Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart beglad when he stumbleth: 24:18 Lest the LORD see it, and it displeasehim, and he turn away his wrath from him.24:19 Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious atthe wicked: 24:20 For there shall be no reward to the evil man; thecandle of the wicked shall be put out.24:21 My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not withthem that are given to change: 24:22 For their calamity shall risesuddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?  24:23 These thingsalso belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons injudgment.24:24 He that saith unto the wicked, Thou are righteous; him shall thepeople curse, nations shall abhor him: 24:25 But to them that rebukehim shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.24:26 Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right answer.24:27 Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in thefield; and afterwards build thine house.24:28 Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; anddeceive not with thy lips.24:29 Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I willrender to the man according to his work.24:30 I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of theman void of understanding; 24:31 And, lo, it was all grown over withthorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wallthereof was broken down.24:32 Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, andreceived instruction.24:33 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of thehands to sleep: 24:34 So shall thy poverty come as one thattravelleth; and thy want as an armed man.25:1 These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiahking of Judah copied out.25:2 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour ofkings is to search out a matter.25:3 The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart ofkings is unsearchable.25:4 Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth avessel for the finer.25:5 Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shallbe established in righteousness.25:6 Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand notin the place of great men: 25:7 For better it is that it be said untothee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in thepresence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen.25:8 Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do inthe end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.25:9 Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not asecret to another: 25:10 Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame,and thine infamy turn not away.25:11 A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures ofsilver.25:12 As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is awise reprover upon an obedient ear.25:13 As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithfulmessenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of hismasters.25:14 Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and windwithout rain.25:15 By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tonguebreaketh the bone.25:16 Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee,lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.25:17 Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be wearyof thee, and so hate thee.25:18 A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is amaul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.25:19 Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like abroken tooth, and a foot out of joint.25:20 As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegarupon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.25:21 If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he bethirsty, give him water to drink: 25:22 For thou shalt heap coals offire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee.25:23 The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance abackbiting tongue.25:24 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with abrawling woman and in a wide house.25:25 As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a farcountry.25:26 A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubledfountain, and a corrupt spring.25:27 It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their ownglory is not glory.25:28 He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that isbroken down, and without walls.26:1 As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is notseemly for a fool.26:2 As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the cursecauseless shall not come.26:3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for thefool's back.26:4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be likeunto him.26:5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his ownconceit.26:6 He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off thefeet, and drinketh damage.26:7 The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouthof fools.26:8 As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that givethhonour to a fool.26:9 As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parablein the mouths of fools.26:10 The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool,and rewardeth transgressors.26:11 As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to hisfolly.26:12 Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope ofa fool than of him.26:13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is inthe streets.26:14 As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful uponhis bed.26:15 The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him tobring it again to his mouth.26:16 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that canrender a reason.26:17 He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not tohim, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.26:18 As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death, 26:19 Sois the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?26:20 Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is notalebearer, the strife ceaseth.26:21 As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is acontentious man to kindle strife.26:22 The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down intothe innermost parts of the belly.26:23 Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered withsilver dross.26:24 He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceitwithin him; 26:25 When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for thereare seven abominations in his heart.26:26 Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall beshewed before the whole congregation.26:27 Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth astone, it will return upon him.26:28 A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and aflattering mouth worketh ruin.27:1 Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a daymay bring forth.27:2 Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger,and not thine own lips.27:3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath isheavier than them both.27:4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to standbefore envy?  27:5 Open rebuke is better than secret love.27:6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemyare deceitful.27:7 The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul everybitter thing is sweet.27:8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man thatwandereth from his place.27:9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness ofa man's friend by hearty counsel.27:10 Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neithergo into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better isa neighbour that is near than a brother far off.27:11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer himthat reproacheth me.27:12 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but thesimple pass on, and are punished.27:13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take apledge of him for a strange woman.27:14 He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early inthe morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.27:15 A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious womanare alike.27:16 Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of hisright hand, which bewrayeth itself.27:17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of hisfriend.27:18 Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so hethat waiteth on his master shall be honoured.27:19 As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.27:20 Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man arenever satisfied.27:21 As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is aman to his praise.27:22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with apestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.27:23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look wellto thy herds.27:24 For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to everygeneration?  27:25 The hay appeareth, and the tender grass shewethitself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.27:26 The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price ofthe field.27:27 And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for thefood of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.28:1 The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are boldas a lion.28:2 For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: butby a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall beprolonged.28:3 A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain whichleaveth no food.28:4 They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep thelaw contend with them.28:5 Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORDunderstand all things.28:6 Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he thatis perverse in his ways, though he be rich.28:7 Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companionof riotous men shameth his father.28:8 He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, heshall gather it for him that will pity the poor.28:9 He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even hisprayer shall be abomination.28:10 Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, heshall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have goodthings in possession.28:11 The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hathunderstanding searcheth him out.28:12 When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but whenthe wicked rise, a man is hidden.28:13 He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whosoconfesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.28:14 Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth hisheart shall fall into mischief.28:15 As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler overthe poor people.28:16 The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor:but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.28:17 A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall fleeto the pit; let no man stay him.28:18 Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perversein his ways shall fall at once.28:19 He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he thatfolloweth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.28:20 A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that makethhaste to be rich shall not be innocent.28:21 To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of breadthat man will transgress.28:22 He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth notthat poverty shall come upon him.28:23 He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than hethat flattereth with the tongue.28:24 Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is notransgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer.28:25 He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he thatputteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.28:26 He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walkethwisely, he shall be delivered.28:27 He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hidethhis eyes shall have many a curse.28:28 When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish,the righteous increase.29:1 He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenlybe destroyed, and that without remedy.29:2 When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but whenthe wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.29:3 Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepethcompany with harlots spendeth his substance.29:4 The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receivethgifts overthroweth it.29:5 A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.29:6 In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but therighteous doth sing and rejoice.29:7 The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wickedregardeth not to know it.29:8 Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn awaywrath.29:9 If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage orlaugh, there is no rest.29:10 The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.29:11 A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in tillafterwards.29:12 If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked.29:13 The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORDlighteneth both their eyes.29:14 The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall beestablished for ever.29:15 The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himselfbringeth his mother to shame.29:16 When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: butthe righteous shall see their fall.29:17 Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall givedelight unto thy soul.29:18 Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeththe law, happy is he.29:19 A servant will not be corrected by words: for though heunderstand he will not answer.29:20 Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hopeof a fool than of him.29:21 He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shallhave him become his son at the length.29:22 An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth intransgression.29:23 A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold thehumble in spirit.29:24 Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he hearethcursing, and bewrayeth it not.29:25 The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust inthe LORD shall be safe.29:26 Many seek the ruler's favour; but every man's judgment comethfrom the LORD.29:27 An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that isupright in the way is abomination to the wicked.30:1 The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the manspake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal, 30:2 Surely I am morebrutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.30:3 I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.30:4 Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gatheredthe wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? whohath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and whatis his son's name, if thou canst tell?  30:5 Every word of God ispure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.30:6 Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou befound a liar.30:7 Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before Idie: 30:8 Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither povertynor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: 30:9 Lest I be full,and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal,and take the name of my God in vain.30:10 Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, andthou be found guilty.30:11 There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth notbless their mother.30:12 There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yetis not washed from their filthiness.30:13 There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and theireyelids are lifted up.30:14 There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jawteeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needyfrom among men.30:15 The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There arethree things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It isenough: 30:16 The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is notfilled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.30:17 The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey hismother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the youngeagles shall eat it.30:18 There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, fourwhich I know not: 30:19 The way of an eagle in the air; the way of aserpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; andthe way of a man with a maid.30:20 Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipethher mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.30:21 For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which itcannot bear: 30:22 For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when heis filled with meat; 30:23 For an odious woman when she is married;and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.30:24 There be four things which are little upon the earth, but theyare exceeding wise: 30:25 The ants are a people not strong, yet theyprepare their meat in the summer; 30:26 The conies are but a feeblefolk, yet make they their houses in the rocks; 30:27 The locusts haveno king, yet go they forth all of them by bands; 30:28 The spidertaketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces.30:29 There be three things which go well, yea, four are comely ingoing: 30:30 A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth notaway for any; 30:31 A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, againstwhom there is no rising up.30:32 If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thouhast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.30:33 Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and thewringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrathbringeth forth strife.31:1 The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taughthim.31:2 What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son ofmy vows?  31:3 Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to thatwhich destroyeth kings.31:4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine;nor for princes strong drink: 31:5 Lest they drink, and forget thelaw, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.31:6 Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine untothose that be of heavy hearts.31:7 Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery nomore.31:8 Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as areappointed to destruction.31:9 Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of thepoor and needy.31:10 Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far aboverubies.31:11 The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that heshall have no need of spoil.31:12 She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.31:13 She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with herhands.31:14 She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food fromafar.31:15 She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to herhousehold, and a portion to her maidens.31:16 She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of herhands she planteth a vineyard.31:17 She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.31:18 She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goethnot out by night.31:19 She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold thedistaff.31:20 She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forthher hands to the needy.31:21 She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all herhousehold are clothed with scarlet.31:22 She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silkand purple.31:23 Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among theelders of the land.31:24 She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdlesunto the merchant.31:25 Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice intime to come.31:26 She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the lawof kindness.31:27 She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth notthe bread of idleness.31:28 Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also,and he praiseth her.31:29 Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest themall.31:30 Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman thatfeareth the LORD, she shall be praised.31:31 Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praiseher in the gates.EcclesiastesorThe Preacher1:1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.1:2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all isvanity.1:3 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under thesun?  1:4 One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh:but the earth abideth for ever.1:5 The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to hisplace where he arose.1:6 The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north;it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again accordingto his circuits.1:7 All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto theplace from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.1:8 All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is notsatisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.1:9 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and thatwhich is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thingunder the sun.1:10 Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? ithath been already of old time, which was before us.1:11 There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there beany remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall comeafter.1:12 I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.1:13 And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerningall things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath Godgiven to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.1:14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and,behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.1:15 That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which iswanting cannot be numbered.1:16 I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to greatestate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have beenbefore me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdomand knowledge.1:17 And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness andfolly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.1:18 For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increasethknowledge increaseth sorrow.2:1 I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth,therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.2:2 I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?  2:3 Isought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mineheart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what wasthat good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heavenall the days of their life.2:4 I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted mevineyards: 2:5 I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees inthem of all kind of fruits: 2:6 I made me pools of water, to watertherewith the wood that bringeth forth trees: 2:7 I got me servantsand maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had greatpossessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalembefore me: 2:8 I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiartreasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and womensingers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments,and that of all sorts.2:9 So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me inJerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.2:10 And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheldnot my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: andthis was my portion of all my labour.2:11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and onthe labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity andvexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.2:12 And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: forwhat can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hathbeen already done.2:13 Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excellethdarkness.2:14 The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh indarkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to themall.2:15 Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so ithappeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in myheart, that this also is vanity.2:16 For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool forever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all beforgotten.And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.2:17 Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought underthe sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.2:18 Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun:because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.2:19 And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yetshall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, andwherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.2:20 Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all thelabour which I took under the sun.2:21 For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge,and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall heleave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.2:22 For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of hisheart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?  2:23 For all his daysare sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest inthe night. This is also vanity.2:24 There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat anddrink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. Thisalso I saw, that it was from the hand of God.2:25 For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I?2:26 For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, andknowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather andto heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This alsois vanity and vexation of spirit.3:1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purposeunder the heaven: 3:2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time toplant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; 3:3 A time tokill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to buildup; 3:4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and atime to dance; 3:5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to gatherstones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain fromembracing; 3:6 A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, anda time to cast away; 3:7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time tokeep silence, and a time to speak; 3:8 A time to love, and a time tohate; a time of war, and a time of peace.3:9 What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?3:10 I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of mento be exercised in it.3:11 He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath setthe world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work thatGod maketh from the beginning to the end.3:12 I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice,and to do good in his life.3:13 And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the goodof all his labour, it is the gift of God.3:14 I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothingcan be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, thatmen should fear before him.3:15 That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath alreadybeen; and God requireth that which is past.3:16 And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, thatwickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquitywas there.3:17 I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and thewicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for everywork.3:18 I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men,that God might manifest them, and that they might see that theythemselves are beasts.3:19 For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; evenone thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea,they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above abeast: for all is vanity.3:20 All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dustagain.3:21 Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spiritof the beast that goeth downward to the earth?  3:22 Wherefore Iperceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoicein his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him tosee what shall be after him?  4:1 So I returned, and considered allthe oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears ofsuch as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side oftheir oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.4:2 Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than theliving which are yet alive.4:3 Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, whohath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.4:4 Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that forthis a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity andvexation of spirit.4:5 The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.4:6 Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full withtravail and vexation of spirit.4:7 Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.4:8 There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hathneither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour;neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whomdo I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, itis a sore travail.4:9 Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for theirlabour.4:10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to himthat is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.4:11 Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can onebe warm alone?  4:12 And if one prevail against him, two shallwithstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.4:13 Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king,who will no more be admonished.4:14 For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that isborn in his kingdom becometh poor.4:15 I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with thesecond child that shall stand up in his stead.4:16 There is no end of all the people, even of all that have beenbefore them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him.Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.5:1 Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be moreready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they considernot that they do evil.5:2 Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty toutter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth:therefore let thy words be few.5:3 For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool'svoice is known by multitude of words.5:4 When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hathno pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.5:5 Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldestvow and not pay.5:6 Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thoubefore the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angryat thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?  5:7 For in themultitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: butfear thou God.5:8 If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent pervertingof judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: forhe that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher thanthey.5:9 Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself isserved by the field.5:10 He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor hethat loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.5:11 When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and whatgood is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them withtheir eyes?  5:12 The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether heeat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer himto sleep.5:13 There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely,riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.5:14 But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son,and there is nothing in his hand.5:15 As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return togo as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he maycarry away in his hand.5:16 And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, soshall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?5:17 All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrowand wrath with his sickness.5:18 Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one toeat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that hetaketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him:for it is his portion.5:19 Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hathgiven him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and torejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God.5:20 For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because Godanswereth him in the joy of his heart.6:1 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is commonamong men: 6:2 A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, andhonour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that hedesireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a strangereateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.6:3 If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so thatthe days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good,and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth isbetter than he.6:4 For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and hisname shall be covered with darkness.6:5 Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hathmore rest than the other.6:6 Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seenno good: do not all go to one place?  6:7 All the labour of man is forhis mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.6:8 For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor,that knoweth to walk before the living?  6:9 Better is the sight ofthe eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity andvexation of spirit.6:10 That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it isman: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.6:11 Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man thebetter?  6:12 For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, allthe days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who cantell a man what shall be after him under the sun?  7:1 A good name isbetter than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day ofone's birth.7:2 It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to thehouse of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living willlay it to his heart.7:3 Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of thecountenance the heart is made better.7:4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heartof fools is in the house of mirth.7:5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man tohear the song of fools.7:6 For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter ofthe fool: this also is vanity.7:7 Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth theheart.7:8 Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and thepatient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.7:9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in thebosom of fools.7:10 Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were betterthan these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.7:11 Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit tothem that see the sun.7:12 For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but theexcellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that haveit.7:13 Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, whichhe hath made crooked?  7:14 In the day of prosperity be joyful, but inthe day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over againstthe other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.7:15 All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a justman that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked manthat prolongeth his life in his wickedness.7:16 Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: whyshouldest thou destroy thyself ?  7:17 Be not over much wicked,neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?  7:18It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from thiswithdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth ofthem all.7:19 Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which arein the city.7:20 For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, andsinneth not.7:21 Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hearthy servant curse thee: 7:22 For oftentimes also thine own heartknoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.7:23 All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but itwas far from me.7:24 That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?7:25 I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek outwisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly,even of foolishness and madness: 7:26 And I find more bitter thandeath the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands asbands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shallbe taken by her.7:27 Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one byone, to find out the account: 7:28 Which yet my soul seeketh, but Ifind not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among allthose have I not found.7:29 Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; butthey have sought out many inventions.8:1 Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of athing?  a man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness ofhis face shall be changed.8:2 I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regardof the oath of God.8:3 Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing;for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.8:4 Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say untohim, What doest thou?  8:5 Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel noevil thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment.8:6 Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore themisery of man is great upon him.8:7 For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him whenit shall be?  8:8 There is no man that hath power over the spirit toretain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: andthere is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliverthose that are given to it.8:9 All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that isdone under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth overanother to his own hurt.8:10 And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from theplace of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they hadso done: this is also vanity.8:11 Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily,therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to doevil.8:12 Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days beprolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fearGod, which fear before him: 8:13 But it shall not be well with thewicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow;because he feareth not before God.8:14 There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there bejust men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked;again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the workof the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.8:15 Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing underthe sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shallabide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God givethhim under the sun.8:16 When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the businessthat is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nornight seeth sleep with his eyes:) 8:17 Then I beheld all the work ofGod, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun:because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it;yea farther; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not beable to find it.9:1 For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this,that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand ofGod: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.9:2 All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous,and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean;to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is thegood, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth anoath.9:3 This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, thatthere is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men isfull of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and afterthat they go to the dead.9:4 For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for aliving dog is better than a dead lion.9:5 For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them isforgotten.9:6 Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is nowperished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thingthat is done under the sun.9:7 Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with amerry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.9:8 Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack noointment.9:9 Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of thelife of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all thedays of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thylabour which thou takest under the sun.9:10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; forthere is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave,whither thou goest.9:11 I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to theswift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise,nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men ofskill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.9:12 For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are takenin an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so arethe sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly uponthem.9:13 This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed greatunto me: 9:14 There was a little city, and few men within it; andthere came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built greatbulwarks against it: 9:15 Now there was found in it a poor wise man,and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered thatsame poor man.9:16 Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless thepoor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.9:17 The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of himthat ruleth among fools.9:18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyethmuch good.10:1 Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth astinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation forwisdom and honour.10:2 A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart athis left.10:3 Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdomfaileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.10:4 If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thyplace; for yielding pacifieth great offences.10:5 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an errorwhich proceedeth from the ruler: 10:6 Folly is set in great dignity,and the rich sit in low place.10:7 I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servantsupon the earth.10:8 He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh anhedge, a serpent shall bite him.10:9 Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he thatcleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.10:10 If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must heput to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.10:11 Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbleris no better.10:12 The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of afool will swallow up himself.10:13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and theend of his talk is mischievous madness.10:14 A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be;and what shall be after him, who can tell him?  10:15 The labour ofthe foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how togo to the city.10:16 Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princeseat in the morning!  10:17 Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king isthe son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength,and not for drunkenness!  10:18 By much slothfulness the buildingdecayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeththrough.10:19 A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but moneyanswereth all things.10:20 Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not therich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice,and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.11:1 Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after manydays.11:2 Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest notwhat evil shall be upon the earth.11:3 If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon theearth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, inthe place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.11:4 He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeththe clouds shall not reap.11:5 As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how thebones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thouknowest not the works of God who maketh all.11:6 In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold notthine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this orthat, or whether they both shall be alike good.11:7 Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyesto behold the sun: 11:8 But if a man live many years, and rejoice inthem all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall bemany. All that cometh is vanity.11:9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer theein the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and inthe sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things Godwill bring thee into judgment.11:10 Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil fromthy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.12:1 Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evildays come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have nopleasure in them; 12:2 While the sun, or the light, or the moon, orthe stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain: 12:3In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strongmen shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few,and those that look out of the windows be darkened, 12:4 And the doorsshall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low,and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughtersof musick shall be brought low; 12:5 Also when they shall be afraid ofthat which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond treeshall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desireshall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners goabout the streets: 12:6 Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or thegolden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, orthe wheel broken at the cistern.12:7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spiritshall return unto God who gave it.12:8 Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.12:9 And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught thepeople knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set inorder many proverbs.12:10 The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that whichwas written was upright, even words of truth.12:11 The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by themasters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.12:12 And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making manybooks there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.12:13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, andkeep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.12:14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secretthing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.The Song of Solomon1:1 The song of songs, which is Solomon's.1:2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love isbetter than wine.1:3 Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is asointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.1:4 Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into hischambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thylove more than wine: the upright love thee.1:5 I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tentsof Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.1:6 Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath lookedupon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me thekeeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.1:7 Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, wherethou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one thatturneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?  1:8 If thou know not,O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of theflock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents.1:9 I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses inPharaoh's chariots.1:10 Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chainsof gold.1:11 We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver.1:12 While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forththe smell thereof.1:13 A bundle of myrrh is my well-beloved unto me; he shall lie allnight betwixt my breasts.1:14 My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyardsof Engedi.1:15 Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hastdoves' eyes.1:16 Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed isgreen.1:17 The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.2:1 I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.2:2 As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.2:3 As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my belovedamong the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, andhis fruit was sweet to my taste.2:4 He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me waslove.2:5 Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick oflove.2:6 His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embraceme.2:7 I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by thehinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till heplease.2:8 The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon themountains, skipping upon the hills.2:9 My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standethbehind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himselfthrough the lattice.2:10 My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fairone, and come away.2:11 For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; 2:12 Theflowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come,and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; 2:13 The fig treeputteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape givea good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.2:14 O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secretplaces of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thyvoice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.2:15 Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: forour vines have tender grapes.2:16 My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.2:17 Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved,and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.3:1 By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him,but I found him not.3:2 I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in thebroad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but Ifound him not.3:3 The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Sawye him whom my soul loveth?  3:4 It was but a little that I passedfrom them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and wouldnot let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, andinto the chamber of her that conceived me.3:5 I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by thehinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till heplease.3:6 Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars ofsmoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of themerchant?  3:7 Behold his bed, which is Solomon's; threescore valiantmen are about it, of the valiant of Israel.3:8 They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath hissword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.3:9 King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon.3:10 He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof ofgold, the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved withlove, for the daughters of Jerusalem.3:11 Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon withthe crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of hisespousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.4:1 Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hastdoves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, thatappear from mount Gilead.4:2 Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, whichcame up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none isbarren among them.4:3 Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely:thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.4:4 Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armoury,whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men.4:5 Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feedamong the lilies.4:6 Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me tothe mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.4:7 Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.4:8 Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon: lookfrom the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from thelions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards.4:9 Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hastravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.4:10 How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better isthy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!4:11 Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk areunder thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell ofLebanon.4:12 A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, afountain sealed.4:13 Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits;camphire, with spikenard, 4:14 Spikenard and saffron; calamus andcinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with allthe chief spices: 4:15 A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters,and streams from Lebanon.4:16 Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden,that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into hisgarden, and eat his pleasant fruits.5:1 I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered mymyrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I havedrunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drinkabundantly, O beloved.5:2 I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved thatknocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, myundefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the dropsof the night.5:3 I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed myfeet; how shall I defile them?  5:4 My beloved put in his hand by thehole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him.5:5 I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh,and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of thelock.5:6 I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, andwas gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could notfind him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.5:7 The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me,they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.5:8 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved,that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.5:9 What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairestamong women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thoudost so charge us?  5:10 My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefestamong ten thousand.5:11 His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and blackas a raven.5:12 His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washedwith milk, and fitly set.5:13 His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lipslike lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.5:14 His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is asbright ivory overlaid with sapphires.5:15 His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold:his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.5:16 His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is mybeloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.6:1 Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? whitheris thy beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with thee.6:2 My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, tofeed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.6:3 I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among thelilies.6:4 Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem,terrible as an army with banners.6:5 Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy hairis as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.6:6 Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing,whereof every one beareth twins, and there is not one barren amongthem.6:7 As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks.6:8 There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virginswithout number.6:9 My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of hermother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters sawher, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and theypraised her.6:10 Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon,clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?  6:11 I wentdown into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, and tosee whether the vine flourished and the pomegranates budded.6:12 Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots ofAmminadib.6:13 Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may lookupon thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the companyof two armies.7:1 How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince's daughter! thejoints of thy thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of acunning workman.7:2 Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thybelly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies.7:3 Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins.7:4 Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools inHeshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: thy nose is as the tower ofLebanon which looketh toward Damascus.7:5 Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine headlike purple; the king is held in the galleries.7:6 How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!  7:7This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clustersof grapes.7:8 I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of theboughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine,and the smell of thy nose like apples; 7:9 And the roof of thy mouthlike the best wine for my beloved, that goeth down sweetly, causingthe lips of those that are asleep to speak.7:10 I am my beloved's, and his desire is toward me.7:11 Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge inthe villages.7:12 Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vineflourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates budforth: there will I give thee my loves.7:13 The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner ofpleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O mybeloved.8:1 O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of mymother!  when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, Ishould not be despised.8:2 I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother's house, whowould instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of thejuice of my pomegranate.8:3 His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand shouldembrace me.8:4 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, norawake my love, until he please.8:5 Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon herbeloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy motherbrought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee.8:6 Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: forlove is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coalsthereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.8:7 Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it:if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it wouldutterly be contemned.8:8 We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we dofor our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?  8:9 If she bea wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be adoor, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.8:10 I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyesas one that found favour.8:11 Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon; he let out the vineyard untokeepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousandpieces of silver.8:12 My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon, musthave a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.8:13 Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thyvoice: cause me to hear it.8:14 Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a younghart upon the mountains of spices.The Book of the Prophet Isaiah1:1 The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerningJudah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah,kings of Judah.1:2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken,I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelledagainst me.1:3 The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: butIsrael doth not know, my people doth not consider.1:4 Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed ofevildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD,they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are goneaway backward.1:5 Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more:the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.1:6 From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundnessin it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have notbeen closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.1:7 Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: yourland, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, asoverthrown by strangers.1:8 And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as alodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.1:9 Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, weshould have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.1:10 Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto thelaw of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.1:11 To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me?saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fatof fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or oflambs, or of he goats.1:12 When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at yourhand, to tread my courts?  1:13 Bring no more vain oblations; incenseis an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling ofassemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemnmeeting.1:14 Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they area trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.1:15 And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes fromyou: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands arefull of blood.1:16 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings frombefore mine eyes; cease to do evil; 1:17 Learn to do well; seekjudgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for thewidow.1:18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though yoursins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be redlike crimson, they shall be as wool.1:19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:1:20 But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword:for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.1:21 How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full ofjudgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.1:22 Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water: 1:23 Thyprinces are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one lovethgifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless,neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.1:24 Therefore saith the LORD, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One ofIsrael, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mineenemies: 1:25 And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge awaythy dross, and take away all thy tin: 1:26 And I will restore thyjudges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning:afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, thefaithful city.1:27 Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts withrighteousness.1:28 And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shallbe together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed.1:29 For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, andye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.1:30 For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden thathath no water.1:31 And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark,and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.2:1 The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah andJerusalem.2:2 And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain ofthe LORD's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, andshall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.2:3 And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to themountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he willteach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zionshall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.2:4 And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke manypeople: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and theirspears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword againstnation, neither shall they learn war any more.2:5 O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of theLORD.2:6 Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob,because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers likethe Philistines, and they please themselves in the children ofstrangers.2:7 Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there anyend of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither isthere any end of their chariots: 2:8 Their land also is full of idols;they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingershave made: 2:9 And the mean man boweth down, and the great manhumbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.2:10 Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of theLORD, and for the glory of his majesty.2:11 The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness ofmen shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in thatday.2:12 For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that isproud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall bebrought low: 2:13 And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are highand lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan, 2:14 And upon all thehigh mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up, 2:15 Andupon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall, 2:16 And upon allthe ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.2:17 And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtinessof men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in thatday.2:18 And the idols he shall utterly abolish.2:19 And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the cavesof the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty,when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.2:20 In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idolsof gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the molesand to the bats; 2:21 To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into thetops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory ofhis majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.2:22 Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for whereinis he to be accounted of ?  3:1 For, behold, the Lord, the LORD ofhosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and thestaff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water.3:2 The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet,and the prudent, and the ancient, 3:3 The captain of fifty, and thehonourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and theeloquent orator.3:4 And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall ruleover them.3:5 And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and everyone by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly againstthe ancient, and the base against the honourable.3:6 When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of hisfather, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let thisruin be under thy hand: 3:7 In that day shall he swear, saying, I willnot be an healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: makeme not a ruler of the people.3:8 For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongueand their doings are against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of hisglory.3:9 The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and theydeclare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! forthey have rewarded evil unto themselves.3:10 Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for theyshall eat the fruit of their doings.3:11 Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward ofhis hands shall be given him.3:12 As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women ruleover them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, anddestroy the way of thy paths.3:13 The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people.3:14 The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of hispeople, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard;the spoil of the poor is in your houses.3:15 What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind thefaces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.3:16 Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion arehaughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walkingand mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet: 3:17Therefore the LORD will smite with a scab the crown of the head of thedaughters of Zion, and the LORD will discover their secret parts.3:18 In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinklingornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tireslike the moon, 3:19 The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers,3:20 The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands,and the tablets, and the earrings, 3:21 The rings, and nose jewels,3:22 The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and thewimples, and the crisping pins, 3:23 The glasses, and the fine linen,and the hoods, and the vails.3:24 And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell thereshall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of wellset hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth;and burning instead of beauty.3:25 Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.3:26 And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolateshall sit upon the ground.4:1 And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, Wewill eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us becalled by thy name, to take away our reproach.4:2 In that day shall the branch of the LORD be beautiful andglorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely forthem that are escaped of Israel.4:3 And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion, and hethat remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even every one thatis written among the living in Jerusalem: 4:4 When the Lord shall havewashed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purgedthe blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit ofjudgment, and by the spirit of burning.4:5 And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion,and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining ofa flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence.4:6 And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the day time fromthe heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm andfrom rain.5:1 Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touchinghis vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:5:2 And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and plantedit with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, andalso made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bringforth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.5:3 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, Ipray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.5:4 What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have notdone in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forthgrapes, brought it forth wild grapes?  5:5 And now go to; I will tellyou what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof,and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and itshall be trodden down: 5:6 And I will lay it waste: it shall not bepruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I willalso command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.5:7 For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, andthe men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, butbehold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.5:8 Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field,till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst ofthe earth!  5:9 In mine ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth manyhouses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.5:10 Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed ofan homer shall yield an ephah.5:11 Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they mayfollow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflamethem!  5:12 And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, andwine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD,neither consider the operation of his hands.5:13 Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have noknowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitudedried up with thirst.5:14 Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouthwithout measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp,and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.5:15 And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shallbe humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled: 5:16 But theLORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shallbe sanctified in righteousness.5:17 Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the wasteplaces of the fat ones shall strangers eat.5:18 Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin asit were with a cart rope: 5:19 That say, Let him make speed, andhasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the HolyOne of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!  5:20 Woe untothem that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light,and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet forbitter!  5:21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, andprudent in their own sight!  5:22 Woe unto them that are mighty todrink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink: 5:23 Whichjustify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of therighteous from him!  5:24 Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble,and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be asrottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they havecast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of theHoly One of Israel.5:25 Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people,and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smittenthem: and the hills did tremble, and their carcases were torn in themidst of the streets.For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretchedout still.5:26 And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and willhiss unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall comewith speed swiftly: 5:27 None shall be weary nor stumble among them;none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loinsbe loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken: 5:28 Whose arrowsare sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs shall becounted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind: 5:29 Theirroaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea,they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it awaysafe, and none shall deliver it.5:30 And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring ofthe sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow,and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.6:1 In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the LORD sitting upona throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.6:2 Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twainhe covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and withtwain he did fly.6:3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is theLORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.6:4 And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried,and the house was filled with smoke.6:5 Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man ofunclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips:for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.6:6 Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in hishand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar: 6:7 And helaid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; andthine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.6:8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, andwho will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.6:9 And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, butunderstand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.6:10 Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, andshut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with theirears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.6:11 Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities bewasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land beutterly desolate, 6:12 And the LORD have removed men far away, andthere be a great forsaking in the midst of the land.6:13 But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall beeaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, whenthey cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substancethereof.7:1 And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the sonof Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah theson of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to waragainst it, but could not prevail against it.7:2 And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederatewith Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, asthe trees of the wood are moved with the wind.7:3 Then said the LORD unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou,and Shearjashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper poolin the highway of the fuller's field; 7:4 And say unto him, Take heed,and be quiet; fear not, neither be fainthearted for the two tails ofthese smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria,and of the son of Remaliah.7:5 Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evilcounsel against thee, saying, 7:6 Let us go up against Judah, and vexit, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set a king in themidst of it, even the son of Tabeal: 7:7 Thus saith the Lord GOD, Itshall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.7:8 For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus isRezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken,that it be not a people.7:9 And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria isRemaliah's son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not beestablished.7:10 Moreover the LORD spake again unto Ahaz, saying, 7:11 Ask thee asign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the heightabove.7:12 But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD.7:13 And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thingfor you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?  7:14 Thereforethe Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shallconceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.7:15 Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse theevil, and choose the good.7:16 For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choosethe good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both herkings.7:17 The LORD shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thyfather's house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraimdeparted from Judah; even the king of Assyria.7:18 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall hissfor the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, andfor the bee that is in the land of Assyria.7:19 And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolatevalleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and uponall bushes.7:20 In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired,namely, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head,and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard.7:21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish ayoung cow, and two sheep; 7:22 And it shall come to pass, for theabundance of milk that they shall give he shall eat butter: for butterand honey shall every one eat that is left in the land.7:23 And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be,where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shalleven be for briers and thorns.7:24 With arrows and with bows shall men come thither; because all theland shall become briers and thorns.7:25 And on all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, thereshall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall befor the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle.8:1 Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and writein it with a man's pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz.8:2 And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest,and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.8:3 And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son.Then said the LORD to me, Call his name Mahershalalhashbaz.8:4 For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, andmy mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall betaken away before the king of Assyria.8:5 The LORD spake also unto me again, saying, 8:6 Forasmuch as thispeople refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice inRezin and Remaliah's son; 8:7 Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringethup upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the kingof Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all hischannels, and go over all his banks: 8:8 And he shall pass throughJudah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck;and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thyland, O Immanuel.8:9 Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken inpieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and yeshall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken inpieces.8:10 Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak theword, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.8:11 For the LORD spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructedme that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying, 8:12 Sayye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, Aconfederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.8:13 Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, andlet him be your dread.8:14 And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling andfor a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and fora snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.8:15 And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, andbe snared, and be taken.8:16 Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.8:17 And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from thehouse of Jacob, and I will look for him.8:18 Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me are forsigns and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwellethin mount Zion.8:19 And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that havefamiliar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: shouldnot a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?  8:20 Tothe law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to thisword, it is because there is no light in them.8:21 And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and itshall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fretthemselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.8:22 And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble anddarkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.9:1 Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation,when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and theland of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by theway of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations.9:2 The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: theythat dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath thelight shined.9:3 Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: theyjoy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoicewhen they divide the spoil.9:4 For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of hisshoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.9:5 For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, andgarments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel offire.9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and thegovernment shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be calledWonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, ThePrince of Peace.9:7 Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end,upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and toestablish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even forever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.9:8 The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel.9:9 And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant ofSamaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart, 9:10 The bricksare fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores arecut down, but we will change them into cedars.9:11 Therefore the LORD shall set up the adversaries of Rezin againsthim, and join his enemies together; 9:12 The Syrians before, and thePhilistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. Forall this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched outstill.9:13 For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither dothey seek the LORD of hosts.9:14 Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branchand rush, in one day.9:15 The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet thatteacheth lies, he is the tail.9:16 For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they thatare led of them are destroyed.9:17 Therefore the LORD shall have no joy in their young men, neithershall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is anhypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For allthis his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched outstill.9:18 For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briersand thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and theyshall mount up like the lifting up of smoke.9:19 Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts is the land darkened, andthe people shall be as the fuel of the fire: no man shall spare hisbrother.9:20 And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and heshall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: theyshall eat every man the flesh of his own arm: 9:21 Manasseh, Ephraim;and Ephraim, Manasseh: and they together shall be against Judah. Forall this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched outstill.10:1 Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that writegrievousness which they have prescribed; 10:2 To turn aside the needyfrom judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people,that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!10:3 And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in thedesolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help?and where will ye leave your glory?  10:4 Without me they shall bowdown under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For allthis his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched outstill.10:5 O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand ismine indignation.10:6 I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against thepeople of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and totake the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.10:7 Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; butit is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.10:8 For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings?  10:9 Is notCalno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria asDamascus?  10:10 As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, andwhose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria; 10:11Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do toJerusalem and her idols?  10:12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, thatwhen the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and onJerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king ofAssyria, and the glory of his high looks.10:13 For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and bymy wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of thepeople, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down theinhabitants like a valiant man: 10:14 And my hand hath found as a nestthe riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left,have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing,or opened the mouth, or peeped.10:15 Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? orshall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if therod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if thestaff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.10:16 Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fatones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like theburning of a fire.10:17 And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy Onefor a flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers inone day; 10:18 And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of hisfruitful field, both soul and body: and they shall be as when astandard-bearer fainteth.10:19 And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that achild may write them.10:20 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant ofIsrael, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no moreagain stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the LORD, theHoly One of Israel, in truth.10:21 The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto themighty God.10:22 For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet aremnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflowwith righteousness.10:23 For the Lord GOD of hosts shall make a consumption, evendetermined, in the midst of all the land.10:24 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, O my people thatdwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall smite theewith a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the mannerof Egypt.10:25 For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease,and mine anger in their destruction.10:26 And the LORD of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him accordingto the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and as his rod wasupon the sea, so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt.10:27 And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall betaken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, andthe yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.10:28 He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hathlaid up his carriages: 10:29 They are gone over the passage: they havetaken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul isfled.10:30 Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heardunto Laish, O poor Anathoth.10:31 Madmenah is removed; the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselvesto flee.10:32 As yet shall he remain at Nob that day: he shall shake his handagainst the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.10:33 Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the bough withterror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and thehaughty shall be humbled.10:34 And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, andLebanon shall fall by a mighty one.11:1 And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and aBranch shall grow out of his roots: 11:2 And the spirit of the LORDshall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, thespirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fearof the LORD; 11:3 And shall make him of quick understanding in thefear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes,neither reprove after the hearing of his ears: 11:4 But withrighteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for themeek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth: with the rod of hismouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.11:5 And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, andfaithfulness the girdle of his reins.11:6 The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shalllie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatlingtogether; and a little child shall lead them.11:7 And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall liedown together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.11:8 And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and theweaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den.11:9 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for theearth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters coverthe sea.11:10 And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shallstand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: andhis rest shall be glorious.11:11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall sethis hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people,which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros,and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, andfrom the islands of the sea.11:12 And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shallassemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed ofJudah from the four corners of the earth.11:13 The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries ofJudah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shallnot vex Ephraim.11:14 But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines towardthe west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall laytheir hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obeythem.11:15 And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptiansea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river,and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dryshod.11:16 And there shall be an highway for the remnant of his people,which shall be left, from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the daythat he came up out of the land of Egypt.12:1 And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee:though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thoucomfortedst me.12:2 Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: forthe LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become mysalvation.12:3 Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells ofsalvation.12:4 And in that day shall ye say, Praise the LORD, call upon hisname, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his nameis exalted.12:5 Sing unto the LORD; for he hath done excellent things: this isknown in all the earth.12:6 Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the HolyOne of Israel in the midst of thee.13:1 The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.13:2 Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice untothem, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles.13:3 I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mightyones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my highness.13:4 The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a greatpeople; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gatheredtogether: the LORD of hosts mustereth the host of the battle.13:5 They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even theLORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.13:6 Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as adestruction from the Almighty.13:7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shallmelt: 13:8 And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take holdof them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shallbe amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.13:9 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath andfierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy thesinners thereof out of it.13:10 For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall notgive their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, andthe moon shall not cause her light to shine.13:11 And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked fortheir iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease,and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.13:12 I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man thanthe golden wedge of Ophir.13:13 Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall removeout of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day ofhis fierce anger.13:14 And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no mantaketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee everyone into his own land.13:15 Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every onethat is joined unto them shall fall by the sword.13:16 Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes;their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.13:17 Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall notregard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.13:18 Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and theyshall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eyes shall notspare children.13:19 And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees'excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.13:20 It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in fromgeneration to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there;neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.13:21 But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their housesshall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, andsatyrs shall dance there.13:22 And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolatehouses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near tocome, and her days shall not be prolonged.14:1 For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet chooseIsrael, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall bejoined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.14:2 And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place:and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD forservants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whosecaptives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.14:3 And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall givethee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hardbondage wherein thou wast made to serve, 14:4 That thou shalt take upthis proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath theoppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!  14:5 The LORD hath brokenthe staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers.14:6 He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he thatruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth.14:7 The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth intosinging.14:8 Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon,saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.14:9 Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming:it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of theearth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of thenations.14:10 All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also becomeweak as we? art thou become like unto us?  14:11 Thy pomp is broughtdown to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spreadunder thee, and the worms cover thee.14:12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning!how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!14:13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, Iwill exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon themount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: 14:14 I willascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.14:15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.14:16 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and considerthee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that didshake kingdoms; 14:17 That made the world as a wilderness, anddestroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of hisprisoners?  14:18 All the kings of the nations, even all of them, liein glory, every one in his own house.14:19 But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch,and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with asword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase troddenunder feet.14:20 Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hastdestroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shallnever be renowned.14:21 Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of theirfathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill theface of the world with cities.14:22 For I will rise up against them, saith the LORD of hosts, andcut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saiththe LORD.14:23 I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools ofwater: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith theLORD of hosts.14:24 The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought,so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:14:25 That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountainstread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, andhis burden depart from off their shoulders.14:26 This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: andthis is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.14:27 For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it?and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?  14:28 Inthe year that king Ahaz died was this burden.14:29 Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him thatsmote thee is broken: for out of the serpent's root shall come forth acockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.14:30 And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shalllie down in safety: and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shallslay thy remnant.14:31 Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, art dissolved:for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alonein his appointed times.14:32 What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? Thatthe LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust init.15:1 The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laidwaste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab islaid waste, and brought to silence; 15:2 He is gone up to Bajith, andto Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, andover Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cutoff.15:3 In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: onthe tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl,weeping abundantly.15:4 And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heardeven unto Jahaz: therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out;his life shall be grievous unto him.15:5 My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee untoZoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhithwith weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim theyshall raise up a cry of destruction.15:6 For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay iswithered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.15:7 Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which theyhave laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows.15:8 For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howlingthereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beerelim.15:9 For the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood: for I will bringmore upon Dimon, lions upon him that escapeth of Moab, and upon theremnant of the land.16:1 Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to thewilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.16:2 For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest,so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.16:3 Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night inthe midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him thatwandereth.16:4 Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to themfrom the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, thespoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.16:5 And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall situpon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seekingjudgment, and hasting righteousness.16:6 We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of hishaughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not beso.16:7 Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for thefoundations of Kirhareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken.16:8 For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: thelords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof,they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness:her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea.16:9 Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine ofSibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: forthe shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen.16:10 And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field;and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there beshouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses; Ihave made their vintage shouting to cease.16:11 Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mineinward parts for Kirharesh.16:12 And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is weary onthe high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but heshall not prevail.16:13 This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning Moab sincethat time.16:14 But now the LORD hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as theyears of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, withall that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small andfeeble.17:1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from beinga city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.17:2 The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, whichshall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.17:3 The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom fromDamascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of thechildren of Israel, saith the LORD of hosts.17:4 And in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacobshall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean.17:5 And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the corn, andreapeth the ears with his arm; and it shall be as he that gatherethears in the valley of Rephaim.17:6 Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of anolive tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough,four or five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof, saith the LORDGod of Israel.17:7 At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shallhave respect to the Holy One of Israel.17:8 And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands,neither shall respect that which his fingers have made, either thegroves, or the images.17:9 In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough, andan uppermost branch, which they left because of the children ofIsrael: and there shall be desolation.17:10 Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hastnot been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thouplant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips: 17:11 Inthe day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shaltthou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in theday of grief and of desperate sorrow.17:12 Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like thenoise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushinglike the rushing of mighty waters!  17:13 The nations shall rush likethe rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shallflee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains beforethe wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.17:14 And behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he isnot.This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them thatrob us.18:1 Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the riversof Ethiopia: 18:2 That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vesselsof bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to anation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginninghitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivershave spoiled!  18:3 All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers onthe earth, see ye, when he lifteth up an ensign on the mountains; andwhen he bloweth a trumpet, hear ye.18:4 For so the LORD said unto me, I will take my rest, and I willconsider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, and like acloud of dew in the heat of harvest.18:5 For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sourgrape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs withpruning hooks, and take away and cut down the branches.18:6 They shall be left together unto the fowls of the mountains, andto the beasts of the earth: and the fowls shall summer upon them, andall the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them.18:7 In that time shall the present be brought unto the LORD of hostsof a people scattered and peeled, and from a people terrible fromtheir beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden under foot,whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the place of the name of theLORD of hosts, the mount Zion.19:1 The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud,and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved athis presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.19:2 And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and theyshall fight every one against his brother, and every one against hisneighbour; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.19:3 And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and Iwill destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols,and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and tothe wizards.19:4 And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord;and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the LORD ofhosts.19:5 And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall bewasted and dried up.19:6 And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks ofdefence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shallwither.19:7 The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, andevery thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and beno more.19:8 The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle intothe brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the watersshall languish.19:9 Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weavenetworks, shall be confounded.19:10 And they shall be broken in the purposes thereof, all that makesluices and ponds for fish.19:11 Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wisecounsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, Iam the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?  19:12 Where arethey? where are thy wise men? and let them tell thee now, and let themknow what the LORD of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt.19:13 The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph aredeceived; they have also seduced Egypt, even they that are the stay ofthe tribes thereof.19:14 The LORD hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof:and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunkenman staggereth in his vomit.19:15 Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head ortail, branch or rush, may do.19:16 In that day shall Egypt be like unto women: and it shall beafraid and fear because of the shaking of the hand of the LORD ofhosts, which he shaketh over it.19:17 And the land of Judah shall be a terror unto Egypt, every onethat maketh mention thereof shall be afraid in himself, because of thecounsel of the LORD of hosts, which he hath determined against it.19:18 In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak thelanguage of Canaan, and swear to the LORD of hosts; one shall becalled, The city of destruction.19:19 In that day shall there be an altar to the LORD in the midst ofthe land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the LORD.19:20 And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the LORD ofhosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the LORD becauseof the oppressors, and he shall send them a saviour, and a great one,and he shall deliver them.19:21 And the LORD shall be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians shallknow the LORD in that day, and shall do sacrifice and oblation; yea,they shall vow a vow unto the LORD, and perform it.19:22 And the LORD shall smite Egypt: he shall smite and heal it: andthey shall return even to the LORD, and he shall be intreated of them,and shall heal them.19:23 In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria,and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria,and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians.19:24 In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and withAssyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land: 19:25 Whom the LORDof hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyriathe work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.20:1 In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the kingof Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it; 20:2 Atthe same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go andloose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thyfoot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.20:3 And the LORD said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked nakedand barefoot three years for a sign and wonder upon Egypt and uponEthiopia; 20:4 So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptiansprisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked andbarefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.20:5 And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia theirexpectation, and of Egypt their glory.20:6 And the inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day, Behold,such is our expectation, whither we flee for help to be delivered fromthe king of Assyria: and how shall we escape?  21:1 The burden of thedesert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so itcometh from the desert, from a terrible land.21:2 A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealerdealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam:besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.21:3 Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken holdupon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down atthe hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.21:4 My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of mypleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.21:5 Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, yeprinces, and anoint the shield.21:6 For thus hath the LORD said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let himdeclare what he seeth.21:7 And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot ofasses, and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with muchheed: 21:8 And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon thewatchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights: 21:9And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen.And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all thegraven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.21:10 O my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that which I haveheard of the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared untoyou.21:11 The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman,what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?  21:12 The watchmansaid, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire,enquire ye: return, come.21:13 The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge,O ye travelling companies of Dedanim.21:14 The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him thatwas thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled.21:15 For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and fromthe bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.21:16 For thus hath the LORD said unto me, Within a year, according tothe years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail: 21:17And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of thechildren of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israelhath spoken it.22:1 The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, thatthou art wholly gone up to the housetops?  22:2 Thou that art full ofstirs, a tumultuous city, joyous city: thy slain men are not slainwith the sword, nor dead in battle.22:3 All thy rulers are fled together, they are bound by the archers:all that are found in thee are bound together, which have fled fromfar.22:4 Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labournot to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of mypeople.22:5 For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and ofperplexity by the Lord GOD of hosts in the valley of vision, breakingdown the walls, and of crying to the mountains.22:6 And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, andKir uncovered the shield.22:7 And it shall come to pass, that thy choicest valleys shall befull of chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array atthe gate.22:8 And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look inthat day to the armour of the house of the forest.22:9 Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that theyare many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool.22:10 And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houseshave ye broken down to fortify the wall.22:11 Ye made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of theold pool: but ye have not looked unto the maker thereof, neither hadrespect unto him that fashioned it long ago.22:12 And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, andto mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth: 22:13 Andbehold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eatingflesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shalldie.22:14 And it was revealed in mine ears by the LORD of hosts, Surelythis iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the LordGOD of hosts.22:15 Thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, Go, get thee unto thistreasurer, even unto Shebna, which is over the house, and say, 22:16What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewedthee out a sepulchre here, as he that heweth him out a sepulchre onhigh, and that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock?  22:17Behold, the LORD will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, andwill surely cover thee.22:18 He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into alarge country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thyglory shall be the shame of thy lord's house.22:19 And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shallhe pull thee down.22:20 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call myservant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah: 22:21 And I will clothe him withthy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thygovernment into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitantsof Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.22:22 And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder;so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and noneshall open.22:23 And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall befor a glorious throne to his father's house.22:24 And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father'shouse, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity,from the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons.22:25 In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall the nail that isfastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; andthe burden that was upon it shall be cut off: for the LORD hath spokenit.23:1 The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laidwaste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land ofChittim it is revealed to them.23:2 Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants ofZidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.23:3 And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river,is her revenue; and she is a mart of nations.23:4 Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, even thestrength of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring forth children,neither do I nourish up young men, nor bring up virgins.23:5 As at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they be sorely painedat the report of Tyre.23:6 Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle.23:7 Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? herown feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.23:8 Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city,whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable ofthe earth?  23:9 The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain thepride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable ofthe earth.23:10 Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: thereis no more strength.23:11 He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms:the LORD hath given a commandment against the merchant city, todestroy the strong holds thereof.23:12 And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressedvirgin, daughter of Zidon: arise, pass over to Chittim; there alsoshalt thou have no rest.23:13 Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, till theAssyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set upthe towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and he broughtit to ruin.23:14 Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste.23:15 And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall beforgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after theend of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot.23:16 Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast beenforgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest beremembered.23:17 And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, thatthe LORD will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shallcommit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face ofthe earth.23:18 And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the LORD:it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall befor them that dwell before the LORD, to eat sufficiently, and fordurable clothing.24:1 Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, andturneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.24:2 And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as withthe servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with hermistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender,so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver ofusury to him.24:3 The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for theLORD hath spoken this word.24:4 The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth andfadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.24:5 The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; becausethey have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken theeverlasting covenant.24:6 Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwelltherein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth areburned, and few men left.24:7 The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearteddo sigh.24:8 The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoiceendeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.24:9 They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall bebitter to them that drink it.24:10 The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up,that no man may come in.24:11 There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened,the mirth of the land is gone.24:12 In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten withdestruction.24:13 When thus it shall be in the midst of the land among the people,there shall be as the shaking of an olive tree, and as the gleaninggrapes when the vintage is done.24:14 They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majestyof the LORD, they shall cry aloud from the sea.24:15 Wherefore glorify ye the LORD in the fires, even the name of theLORD God of Israel in the isles of the sea.24:16 From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, evenglory to the righteous. But I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe untome! the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; yea, thetreacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously.24:17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant ofthe earth.24:18 And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise ofthe fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of themidst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from onhigh are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.24:19 The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved,the earth is moved exceedingly.24:20 The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall beremoved like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavyupon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.24:21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shallpunish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings ofthe earth upon the earth.24:22 And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gatheredin the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many daysshall they be visited.24:23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when theLORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and beforehis ancients gloriously.25:1 O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thyname; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old arefaithfulness and truth.25:2 For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin:a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.25:3 Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of theterrible nations shall fear thee.25:4 For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to theneedy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from theheat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against thewall.25:5 Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in adry place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of theterrible ones shall be brought low.25:6 And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all peoplea feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat thingsfull of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.25:7 And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the coveringcast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations.25:8 He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipeaway tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall hetake away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it.25:9 And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we havewaited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waitedfor him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.25:10 For in this mountain shall the hand of the LORD rest, and Moabshall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down for thedunghill.25:11 And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them, as hethat swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim: and he shall bringdown their pride together with the spoils of their hands.25:12 And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bringdown, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust.26:1 In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We havea strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks.26:2 Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth thetruth may enter in.26:3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed onthee: because he trusteth in thee.26:4 Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH iseverlasting strength: 26:5 For he bringeth down them that dwell onhigh; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to theground; he bringeth it even to the dust.26:6 The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and thesteps of the needy.26:7 The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dostweigh the path of the just.26:8 Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited forthee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance ofthee.26:9 With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with myspirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are inthe earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.26:10 Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learnrighteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, andwill not behold the majesty of the LORD.26:11 LORD, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but theyshall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fireof thine enemies shall devour them.26:12 LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wroughtall our works in us.26:13 O LORD our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion overus: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name.26:14 They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, theyshall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, andmade all their memory to perish.26:15 Thou hast increased the nation, O LORD, thou hast increased thenation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto all theends of the earth.26:16 LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out aprayer when thy chastening was upon them.26:17 Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of herdelivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been inthy sight, O LORD.26:18 We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as itwere brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in theearth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.26:19 Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall theyarise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as thedew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.26:20 Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thydoors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, untilthe indignation be overpast.26:21 For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish theinhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shalldisclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.27:1 In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong swordshall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan thatcrooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.27:2 In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine.27:3 I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest anyhurt it, I will keep it night and day.27:4 Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against mein battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.27:5 Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace withme; and he shall make peace with me.27:6 He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shallblossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.27:7 Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him? or is heslain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him?  27:8In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: hestayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.27:9 By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and thisis all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stonesof the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves andimages shall not stand up.27:10 Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitationforsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, andthere shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.27:11 When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off:the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of nounderstanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy onthem, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.27:12 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall beatoff from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt, and yeshall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel.27:13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpetshall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in theland of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shallworship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem.28:1 Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whoseglorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fatvalleys of them that are overcome with wine!  28:2 Behold, the Lordhath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and adestroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall castdown to the earth with the hand.28:3 The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be troddenunder feet: 28:4 And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of thefat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit beforethe summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yetin his hand he eateth it up.28:5 In that day shall the LORD of hosts be for a crown of glory, andfor a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people, 28:6 And for aspirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strengthto them that turn the battle to the gate.28:7 But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drinkare out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred throughstrong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the waythrough strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.28:8 For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there isno place clean.28:9 Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make tounderstand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawnfrom the breasts.28:10 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; lineupon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little: 28:11For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to thispeople.28:12 To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause theweary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.28:13 But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept,precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little,and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and bebroken, and snared, and taken.28:14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rulethis people which is in Jerusalem.28:15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, andwith hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall passthrough, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge,and under falsehood have we hid ourselves: 28:16 Therefore thus saiththe Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a triedstone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believethshall not make haste.28:17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to theplummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and thewaters shall overflow the hiding place.28:18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and youragreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourgeshall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.28:19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morningby morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be avexation only to understand the report.28:20 For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself onit: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it.28:21 For the LORD shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall bewroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strangework; and bring to pass his act, his strange act.28:22 Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong:for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, evendetermined upon the whole earth.28:23 Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.28:24 Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break theclods of his ground?  28:25 When he hath made plain the face thereof,doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and castin the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in theirplace?  28:26 For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and dothteach him.28:27 For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument,neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitchesare beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod.28:28 Bread corn is bruised; because he will not ever be threshing it,nor break it with the wheel of his cart, nor bruise it with hishorsemen.28:29 This also cometh forth from the LORD of hosts, which iswonderful in counsel, and excellent in working.29:1 Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye yearto year; let them kill sacrifices.29:2 Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness andsorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel.29:3 And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siegeagainst thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee.29:4 And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of theground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voiceshall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground,and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust.29:5 Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust,and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passethaway: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly.29:6 Thou shalt be visited of the LORD of hosts with thunder, and withearthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame ofdevouring fire.29:7 And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel,even all that fight against her and her munition, and that distressher, shall be as a dream of a night vision.29:8 It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, heeateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirstyman dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold,he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of allthe nations be, that fight against mount Zion.29:9 Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they aredrunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.29:10 For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep,and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seershath he covered.29:11 And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a bookthat is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Readthis, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed: 29:12 Andthe book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, Ipray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.29:13 Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near mewith their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removedtheir heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by theprecept of men: 29:14 Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do amarvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and awonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and theunderstanding of their prudent men shall be hid.29:15 Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from theLORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? andwho knoweth us?  29:16 Surely your turning of things upside down shallbe esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him thatmade it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him thatframed it, He had no understanding?  29:17 Is it not yet a very littlewhile, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and thefruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest?  29:18 And in that dayshall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blindshall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.29:19 The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the pooramong men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.29:20 For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner isconsumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off: 29:21 That makea man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reprovethin the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.29:22 Therefore thus saith the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, concerningthe house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall hisface now wax pale.29:23 But when he seeth his children, the work of mine hands, in themidst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy Oneof Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel.29:24 They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, andthey that murmured shall learn doctrine.30:1 Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that takecounsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of myspirit, that they may add sin to sin: 30:2 That walk to go down intoEgypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in thestrength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!  30:3Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trustin the shadow of Egypt your confusion.30:4 For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.30:5 They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them, norbe an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.30:6 The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of troubleand anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper andfiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shouldersof young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to apeople that shall not profit them.30:7 For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose:therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sitstill.30:8 Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book,that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever: 30:9 That thisis a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hearthe law of the LORD: 30:10 Which say to the seers, See not; and to theprophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooththings, prophesy deceits: 30:11 Get you out of the way, turn aside outof the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.30:12 Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despisethis word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon:30:13 Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready tofall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly atan instant.30:14 And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters' vesselthat is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall notbe found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth,or to take water withal out of the pit.30:15 For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; Inreturning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidenceshall be your strength: and ye would not.30:16 But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shallye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they thatpursue you be swift.30:17 One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke offive shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of amountain, and as an ensign on an hill.30:18 And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious untoyou, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy uponyou: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that waitfor him.30:19 For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weepno more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry;when he shall hear it, he will answer thee.30:20 And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and thewater of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into acorner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers: 30:21 Andthine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way,walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to theleft.30:22 Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images ofsilver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt castthem away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get theehence.30:23 Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow theground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall befat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in largepastures.30:24 The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shalleat clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and withthe fan.30:25 And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every highhill, rivers and streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter,when the towers fall.30:26 Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun,and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of sevendays, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people,and healeth the stroke of their wound.30:27 Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with hisanger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full ofindignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire: 30:28 And his breath,as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, tosift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridlein the jaws of the people, causing them to err.30:29 Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity iskept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to comeinto the mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of Israel.30:30 And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, andshall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of hisanger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, andtempest, and hailstones.30:31 For through the voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian be beatendown, which smote with a rod.30:32 And in every place where the grounded staff shall pass, whichthe LORD shall lay upon him, it shall be with tabrets and harps: andin battles of shaking will he fight with it.30:33 For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared;he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and muchwood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindleit.31:1 Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses,and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, becausethey are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel,neither seek the LORD!  31:2 Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil,and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house ofthe evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.31:3 Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh,and not spirit. When the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he thathelpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and theyall shall fail together.31:4 For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and theyoung lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds iscalled forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, norabase himself for the noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts comedown to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.31:5 As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem;defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserveit.31:6 Turn ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeplyrevolted.31:7 For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver,and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for asin.31:8 Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man;and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall fleefrom the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited.31:9 And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and hisprinces shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the LORD, whose fire isin Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.32:1 Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shallrule in judgment.32:2 And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covertfrom the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow ofa great rock in a weary land.32:3 And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears ofthem that hear shall hearken.32:4 The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and thetongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.32:5 The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churlsaid to be bountiful.32:6 For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will workiniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD,to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink ofthe thirsty to fail.32:7 The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wickeddevices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needyspeaketh right.32:8 But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal thingsshall he stand.32:9 Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye carelessdaughters; give ear unto my speech.32:10 Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women: forthe vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come.32:11 Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye carelessones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon yourloins.32:12 They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, forthe fruitful vine.32:13 Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea,upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city: 32:14 Because thepalaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left;the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses,a pasture of flocks; 32:15 Until the spirit be poured upon us from onhigh, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful fieldbe counted for a forest.32:16 Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousnessremain in the fruitful field.32:17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect ofrighteousness quietness and assurance for ever.32:18 And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in suredwellings, and in quiet resting places; 32:19 When it shall hail,coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place.32:20 Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forththither the feet of the ox and the ass.33:1 Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealesttreacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thoushalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt makean end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.33:2 O LORD, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thoutheir arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.33:3 At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up ofthyself the nations were scattered.33:4 And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of thecaterpiller: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run uponthem.33:5 The LORD is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zionwith judgment and righteousness.33:6 And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, andstrength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is his treasure.33:7 Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without: the ambassadors ofpeace shall weep bitterly.33:8 The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath brokenthe covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.33:9 The earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and hewndown: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake offtheir fruits.33:10 Now will I rise, saith the LORD; now will I be exalted; now willI lift up myself.33:11 Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: yourbreath, as fire, shall devour you.33:12 And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cutup shall they be burned in the fire.33:13 Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and, ye that arenear, acknowledge my might.33:14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised thehypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? whoamong us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?  33:15 He that walkethrighteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain ofoppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, thatstoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes fromseeing evil; 33:16 He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shallbe the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shallbe sure.33:17 Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall beholdthe land that is very far off.33:18 Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where isthe receiver? where is he that counted the towers?  33:19 Thou shaltnot see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canstperceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.33:20 Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shallsee Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be takendown; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neithershall any of the cords thereof be broken.33:21 But there the glorious LORD will be unto us a place of broadrivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neithershall gallant ship pass thereby.33:22 For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD isour king; he will save us.33:23 Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen theirmast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a greatspoil divided; the lame take the prey.33:24 And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people thatdwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.34:1 Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let theearth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things thatcome forth of it.34:2 For the indignation of the LORD is upon all nations, and his furyupon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hathdelivered them to the slaughter.34:3 Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come upout of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with theirblood.34:4 And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavensshall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall falldown, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig fromthe fig tree.34:5 For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall comedown upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.34:6 The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, it is made fat withfatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of thekidneys of rams: for the LORD hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a greatslaughter in the land of Idumea.34:7 And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks withthe bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dustmade fat with fatness.34:8 For it is the day of the LORD's vengeance, and the year ofrecompences for the controversy of Zion.34:9 And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dustthereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burningpitch.34:10 It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shallgo up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; noneshall pass through it for ever and ever.34:11 But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl alsoand the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it theline of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.34:12 They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but noneshall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing.34:13 And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles inthe fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, anda court for owls.34:14 The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wildbeasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; thescreech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place ofrest.34:15 There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, andgather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered,every one with her mate.34:16 Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of theseshall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded,and his spirit it hath gathered them.34:17 And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided itunto them by line: they shall possess it for ever, from generation togeneration shall they dwell therein.35:1 The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; andthe desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.35:2 It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy andsinging: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellencyof Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and theexcellency of our God.35:3 Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.35:4 Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not:behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence;he will come and save you.35:5 Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of thedeaf shall be unstopped.35:6 Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of thedumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streamsin the desert.35:7 And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty landsprings of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shallbe grass with reeds and rushes.35:8 And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be calledThe way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shallbe for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.35:9 No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go upthereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walkthere: 35:10 And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come toZion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shallobtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.36:1 Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, thatSennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the defenced cities ofJudah, and took them.36:2 And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalemunto king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit ofthe upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field.36:3 Then came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah's son, which was overthe house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph's son, the recorder.36:4 And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saiththe great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this whereinthou trustest?  36:5 I say, sayest thou, (but they are but vain words)I have counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, thatthou rebellest against me?  36:6 Lo, thou trustest in the staff ofthis broken reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into hishand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust inhim.36:7 But if thou say to me, We trust in the LORD our God: is it nothe, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, andsaid to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar?36:8 Now therefore give pledges, I pray thee, to my master the king ofAssyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able onthy part to set riders upon them.36:9 How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the leastof my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots andfor horsemen?  36:10 And am I now come up without the LORD againstthis land to destroy it? the LORD said unto me, Go up against thisland, and destroy it.36:11 Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, Ipray thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understandit: and speak not to us in the Jews' language, in the ears of thepeople that are on the wall.36:12 But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master and tothee to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men that situpon the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their ownpiss with you?  36:13 Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loudvoice in the Jews' language, and said, Hear ye the words of the greatking, the king of Assyria.36:14 Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shallnot be able to deliver you.36:15 Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, TheLORD will surely deliver us: this city shall not be delivered into thehand of the king of Assyria.36:16 Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria,Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me: and eat yeevery one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink yeevery one the waters of his own cistern; 36:17 Until I come and takeyou away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a landof bread and vineyards.36:18 Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, the LORD will deliverus.Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the handof the king of Assyria?  36:19 Where are the gods of Hamath andArphad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they deliveredSamaria out of my hand?  36:20 Who are they among all the gods ofthese lands, that have delivered their land out of my hand, that theLORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?  36:21 But they heldtheir peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandmentwas, saying, Answer him not.36:22 Then came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, that was over thehousehold, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, therecorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the wordsof Rabshakeh.37:1 And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he renthis clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into thehouse of the LORD.37:2 And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna thescribe, and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth, untoIsaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.37:3 And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day oftrouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come tothe birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.37:4 It may be the LORD thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whomthe king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God,and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard:wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left.37:5 So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.37:6 And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say unto your master,Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard,wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.37:7 Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour,and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the swordin his own land.37:8 So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warringagainst Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.37:9 And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is comeforth to make war with thee. And when he heard it, he sent messengersto Hezekiah, saying, 37:10 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king ofJudah, saying, Let not thy God, in whom thou trustest, deceive thee,saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king ofAssyria.37:11 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done toall lands by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered?37:12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathershave destroyed, as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children ofEden which were in Telassar?  37:13 Where is the king of Hamath, andthe king of Arphad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, andIvah?  37:14 And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of themessengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up unto the house of theLORD, and spread it before the LORD.37:15 And Hezekiah prayed unto the LORD, saying, 37:16 O LORD ofhosts, God of Israel, that dwellest between the cherubims, thou artthe God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hastmade heaven and earth.37:17 Incline thine ear, O LORD, and hear; open thine eyes, O LORD,and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent toreproach the living God.37:18 Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all thenations, and their countries, 37:19 And have cast their gods into thefire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood andstone: therefore they have destroyed them.37:20 Now therefore, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that allthe kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD, even thouonly.37:21 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thussaith the LORD God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me againstSennacherib king of Assyria: 37:22 This is the word which the LORDhath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hathdespised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalemhath shaken her head at thee.37:23 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hastthou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even againstthe Holy One of Israel.37:24 By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, Bythe multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of themountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tallcedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enterinto the height of his border, and the forest of his Carmel.37:25 I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feethave I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places.37:26 Hast thou not heard long ago, how I have done it; and of ancienttimes, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thoushouldest be to lay waste defenced cities into ruinous heaps.37:27 Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they weredismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and asthe green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blastedbefore it be grown up.37:28 But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, andthy rage against me.37:29 Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up intomine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle inthy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.37:30 And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year suchas groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of thesame: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, andeat the fruit thereof.37:31 And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shallagain take root downward, and bear fruit upward: 37:32 For out ofJerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mountZion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this.37:33 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, Heshall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor comebefore it with shields, nor cast a bank against it.37:34 By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shallnot come into this city, saith the LORD.37:35 For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, andfor my servant David's sake.37:36 Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp ofthe Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when theyarose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.37:37 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned,and dwelt at Nineveh.37:38 And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house ofNisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him withthe sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia: and Esarhaddonhis son reigned in his stead.38:1 In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah theprophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saiththe LORD, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live.38:2 Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed untothe LORD, 38:3 And said, Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how Ihave walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and havedone that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.38:4 Then came the word of the LORD to Isaiah, saying, 38:5 Go, andsay to Hezekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, Ihave heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add untothy days fifteen years.38:6 And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the kingof Assyria: and I will defend this city.38:7 And this shall be a sign unto thee from the LORD, that the LORDwill do this thing that he hath spoken; 38:8 Behold, I will bringagain the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial ofAhaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by whichdegrees it was gone down.38:9 The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, andwas recovered of his sickness: 38:10 I said in the cutting off of mydays, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of theresidue of my years.38:11 I said, I shall not see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land ofthe living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of theworld.38:12 Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd'stent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off withpining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.38:13 I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break allmy bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.38:14 Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as adove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed;undertake for me.38:15 What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hathdone it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.38:16 O LORD, by these things men live, and in all these things is thelife of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live.38:17 Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in loveto my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast castall my sins behind thy back.38:18 For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee:they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.38:19 The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day:the father to the children shall make known thy truth.38:20 The LORD was ready to save me: therefore we will sing my songsto the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house ofthe LORD.38:21 For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay itfor a plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover.38:22 Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up tothe house of the LORD?  39:1 At that time Merodachbaladan, the son ofBaladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah: forhe had heard that he had been sick, and was recovered.39:2 And Hezekiah was glad of them, and shewed them the house of hisprecious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and theprecious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that wasfound in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all hisdominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not.39:3 Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said untohim, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? AndHezekiah said, They are come from a far country unto me, even fromBabylon.39:4 Then said he, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiahanswered, All that is in mine house have they seen: there is nothingamong my treasures that I have not shewed them.39:5 Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD of hosts:39:6 Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and thatwhich thy fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall becarried to Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD.39:7 And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shaltbeget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palaceof the king of Babylon.39:8 Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD whichthou hast spoken. He said moreover, For there shall be peace and truthin my days.40:1 Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.40:2 Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that herwarfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hathreceived of the LORD's hand double for all her sins.40:3 The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye theway of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.40:4 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shallbe made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the roughplaces plain: 40:5 And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, andall flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spokenit.40:6 The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh isgrass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:40:7 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of theLORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.40:8 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our Godshall stand for ever.40:9 O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the highmountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voicewith strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities ofJudah, Behold your God!  40:10 Behold, the Lord GOD will come withstrong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward iswith him, and his work before him.40:11 He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather thelambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently leadthose that are with young.40:12 Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, andmeted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earthin a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in abalance?  40:13 Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being hiscounsellor hath taught him?  40:14 With whom took he counsel, and whoinstructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught himknowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding?  40:15 Behold,the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the smalldust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very littlething.40:16 And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereofsufficient for a burnt offering.40:17 All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted tohim less than nothing, and vanity.40:18 To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compareunto him?  40:19 The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmithspreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.40:20 He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth atree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman toprepare a graven image, that shall not be moved.40:21 Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told youfrom the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of theearth?  40:22 It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, andthe inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out theheavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:40:23 That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges ofthe earth as vanity.40:24 Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown:yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall alsoblow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall takethem away as stubble.40:25 To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith theHoly One.40:26 Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created thesethings, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all bynames by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power;not one faileth.40:27 Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hidfrom the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God?  40:28 Hastthou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, theLORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither isweary? there is no searching of his understanding.40:29 He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might heincreaseth strength.40:30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young menshall utterly fall: 40:31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renewtheir strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shallrun, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.41:1 Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew theirstrength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come neartogether to judgment.41:2 Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to hisfoot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? hegave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow.41:3 He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he hadnot gone with his feet.41:4 Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from thebeginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he.41:5 The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid,drew near, and came.41:6 They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to hisbrother, Be of good courage.41:7 So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smoothethwith the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for thesodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.41:8 But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, theseed of Abraham my friend.41:9 Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and calledthee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art myservant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.41:10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thyGod: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will upholdthee with the right hand of my righteousness.41:11 Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall beashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strivewith thee shall perish.41:12 Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them thatcontended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing,and as a thing of nought.41:13 For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying untothee, Fear not; I will help thee.41:14 Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will helpthee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.41:15 Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument havingteeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shaltmake the hills as chaff.41:16 Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and thewhirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, andshalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.41:17 When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and theirtongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God ofIsrael will not forsake them.41:18 I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst ofthe valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dryland springs of water.41:19 I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, andthe myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree,and the pine, and the box tree together: 41:20 That they may see, andknow, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the LORDhath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.41:21 Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strongreasons, saith the King of Jacob.41:22 Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: letthem shew the former things, what they be, that we may consider them,and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come.41:23 Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may knowthat ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed,and behold it together.41:24 Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: anabomination is he that chooseth you.41:25 I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from therising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come uponprinces as upon morter, and as the potter treadeth clay.41:26 Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? andbeforetime, that we may say, He is righteous? yea, there is none thatsheweth, yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none thatheareth your words.41:27 The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I willgive to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.41:28 For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and therewas no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.41:29 Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: theirmolten images are wind and confusion.42:1 Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my souldelighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forthjudgment to the Gentiles.42:2 He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard inthe street.42:3 A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall henot quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.42:4 He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgmentin the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.42:5 Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, andstretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that whichcometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, andspirit to them that walk therein: 42:6 I the LORD have called thee inrighteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and givethee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles; 42:7To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison,and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.42:8 I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give toanother, neither my praise to graven images.42:9 Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do Ideclare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.42:10 Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise from the end ofthe earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; theisles, and the inhabitants thereof.42:11 Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice,the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rocksing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.42:12 Let them give glory unto the LORD, and declare his praise in theislands.42:13 The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir upjealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevailagainst his enemies.42:14 I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, andrefrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I willdestroy and devour at once.42:15 I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all theirherbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up thepools.42:16 And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I willlead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darknesslight before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I dounto them, and not forsake them.42:17 They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, thattrust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye are ourgods.42:18 Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.42:19 Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that Isent?  who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the LORD'sservant?  42:20 Seeing many things, but thou observest not; openingthe ears, but he heareth not.42:21 The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he willmagnify the law, and make it honourable.42:22 But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of themsnared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for aprey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore.42:23 Who among you will give ear to this? who will hearken and hearfor the time to come?  42:24 Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel tothe robbers? did not the LORD, he against whom we have sinned? forthey would not walk in his ways, neither were they obedient unto hislaw.42:25 Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and thestrength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet heknew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.43:1 But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and hethat formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I havecalled thee by thy name; thou art mine.43:2 When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; andthrough the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkestthrough the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flamekindle upon thee.43:3 For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: Igave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.43:4 Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable,and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and peoplefor thy life.43:5 Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from theeast, and gather thee from the west; 43:6 I will say to the north,Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, andmy daughters from the ends of the earth; 43:7 Even every one that iscalled by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formedhim; yea, I have made him.43:8 Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf thathave ears.43:9 Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people beassembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us former things?let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: orlet them hear, and say, It is truth.43:10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I havechosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he:before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.43:11 I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour.43:12 I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when therewas no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith theLORD, that I am God.43:13 Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that candeliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it?  43:14 Thussaith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake Ihave sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and theChaldeans, whose cry is in the ships.43:15 I am the LORD, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King.43:16 Thus saith the LORD, which maketh a way in the sea, and a pathin the mighty waters; 43:17 Which bringeth forth the chariot andhorse, the army and the power; they shall lie down together, theyshall not rise: they are extinct, they are quenched as tow.43:18 Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the thingsof old.43:19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shallye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and riversin the desert.43:20 The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and theowls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in thedesert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.43:21 This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth mypraise.43:22 But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast beenweary of me, O Israel.43:23 Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burntofferings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I havenot caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee withincense.43:24 Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thoufilled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made me toserve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities.43:25 I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mineown sake, and will not remember thy sins.43:26 Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, thatthou mayest be justified.43:27 Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressedagainst me.43:28 Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and havegiven Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches.44:1 Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:44:2 Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from thewomb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou,Jesurun, whom I have chosen.44:3 For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods uponthe dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessingupon thine offspring: 44:4 And they shall spring up as among thegrass, as willows by the water courses.44:5 One shall say, I am the LORD's; and another shall call himself bythe name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto theLORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel.44:6 Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORDof hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is noGod.44:7 And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it inorder for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the thingsthat are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto them.44:8 Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from thattime, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a Godbeside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.44:9 They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and theirdelectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses;they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.44:10 Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that isprofitable for nothing?  44:11 Behold, all his fellows shall beashamed: and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gatheredtogether, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, and they shall beashamed together.44:12 The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, andfashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of hisarms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh nowater, and is faint.44:13 The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with aline; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with thecompass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to thebeauty of a man; that it may remain in the house.44:14 He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak,which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: heplanteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it.44:15 Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof,and warm himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread; yea, hemaketh a god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, andfalleth down thereto.44:16 He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eatethflesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth himself,and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire: 44:17 And the residuethereof he maketh a god, even his graven image: he falleth down untoit, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me;for thou art my god.44:18 They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes,that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.44:19 And none considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledgenor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea,also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh,and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination?shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?  44:20 He feedeth on ashes:a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver hissoul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?  44:21 Rememberthese, O Jacob and Israel; for thou art my servant: I have formedthee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten ofme.44:22 I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and,as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.44:23 Sing, O ye heavens; for the LORD hath done it: shout, ye lowerparts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest,and every tree therein: for the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, andglorified himself in Israel.44:24 Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee fromthe womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forththe heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself; 44:25That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad;that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;44:26 That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth thecounsel of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt beinhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I willraise up the decayed places thereof: 44:27 That saith to the deep, Bedry, and I will dry up thy rivers: 44:28 That saith of Cyrus, He is myshepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem,Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.45:1 Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand Ihave holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loinsof kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shallnot be shut; 45:2 I will go before thee, and make the crooked placesstraight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunderthe bars of iron: 45:3 And I will give thee the treasures of darkness,and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, theLORD, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.45:4 For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have evencalled thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast notknown me.45:5 I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me:I girded thee, though thou hast not known me: 45:6 That they may knowfrom the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is nonebeside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else.45:7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and createevil: I the LORD do all these things.45:8 Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour downrighteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation,and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created it.45:9 Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherdstrive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him thatfashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?  45:10Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or tothe woman, What hast thou brought forth?  45:11 Thus saith the LORD,the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to comeconcerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me.45:12 I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even myhands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have Icommanded.45:13 I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all hisways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not forprice nor reward, saith the LORD of hosts.45:14 Thus saith the LORD, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise ofEthiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over untothee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chainsthey shall come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shallmake supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee; and thereis none else, there is no God.45:15 Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, theSaviour.45:16 They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: theyshall go to confusion together that are makers of idols.45:17 But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlastingsalvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.45:18 For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himselfthat formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he createdit not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and thereis none else.45:19 I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: Isaid not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speakrighteousness, I declare things that are right.45:20 Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that areescaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood oftheir graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.45:21 Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counseltogether: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told itfrom that time?  have not I the LORD? and there is no God else besideme; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.45:22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for Iam God, and there is none else.45:23 I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth inrighteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shallbow, every tongue shall swear.45:24 Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have I righteousness andstrength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensedagainst him shall be ashamed.45:25 In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shallglory.46:1 Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts,and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are aburden to the weary beast.46:2 They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver theburden, but themselves are gone into captivity.46:3 Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of thehouse of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which arecarried from the womb: 46:4 And even to your old age I am he; and evento hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even Iwill carry, and will deliver you.46:5 To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, thatwe may be like?  46:6 They lavish gold out of the bag, and weighsilver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god:they fall down, yea, they worship.46:7 They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him inhis place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea,one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of histrouble.46:8 Remember this, and shew yourselves men: bring it again to mind, Oye transgressors.46:9 Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there isnone else; I am God, and there is none like me, 46:10 Declaring theend from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are notyet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all mypleasure: 46:11 Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man thatexecuteth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I willalso bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.46:12 Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far fromrighteousness: 46:13 I bring near my righteousness; it shall not befar off, and my salvation shall not tarry: and I will place salvationin Zion for Israel my glory.47:1 Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, siton the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: forthou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.47:2 Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make barethe leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.47:3 Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: Iwill take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man.47:4 As for our redeemer, the LORD of hosts is his name, the Holy Oneof Israel.47:5 Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of theChaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms.47:6 I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, andgiven them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon theancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.47:7 And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so that thou didstnot lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latterend of it.47:8 Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, thatdwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none elsebeside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the lossof children: 47:9 But these two things shall come to thee in a momentin one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come uponthee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and forthe great abundance of thine enchantments.47:10 For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, Noneseeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; andthou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me.47:11 Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know fromwhence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not beable to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly,which thou shalt not know.47:12 Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thysorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thoushalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail.47:13 Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now theastrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up,and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee.47:14 Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; theyshall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shallnot be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it.47:15 Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, eventhy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to hisquarter; none shall save thee.48:1 Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name ofIsrael, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear bythe name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, but notin truth, nor in righteousness.48:2 For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselvesupon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is his name.48:3 I have declared the former things from the beginning; and theywent forth out of my mouth, and I shewed them; I did them suddenly,and they came to pass.48:4 Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an ironsinew, and thy brow brass; 48:5 I have even from the beginningdeclared it to thee; before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lestthou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, andmy molten image, hath commanded them.48:6 Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not ye declare it? I haveshewed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, and thoudidst not know them.48:7 They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before theday when thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, Iknew them.48:8 Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from thattime that thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest dealvery treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.48:9 For my name's sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praisewill I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.48:10 Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosenthee in the furnace of affliction.48:11 For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for howshould my name be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto another.48:12 Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I amthe first, I also am the last.48:13 Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and myright hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they standup together.48:14 All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among them hathdeclared these things? The LORD hath loved him: he will do hispleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans.48:15 I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have broughthim, and he shall make his way prosperous.48:16 Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secretfrom the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now theLord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent me.48:17 Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I amthe LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee bythe way that thou shouldest go.48:18 O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thypeace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:48:19 Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thybowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut offnor destroyed from before me.48:20 Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voiceof singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of theearth; say ye, The LORD hath redeemed his servant Jacob.48:21 And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts: hecaused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rockalso, and the waters gushed out.48:22 There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked.49:1 Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; TheLORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hathhe made mention of my name.49:2 And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow ofhis hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiverhath he hid me; 49:3 And said unto me, Thou art my servant, O Israel,in whom I will be glorified.49:4 Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strengthfor nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, andmy work with my God.49:5 And now, saith the LORD that formed me from the womb to be hisservant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered,yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my God shall bemy strength.49:6 And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be myservant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preservedof Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, thatthou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.49:7 Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, tohim whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servantof rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship,because of the LORD that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, andhe shall choose thee.49:8 Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, andin a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee,and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, tocause to inherit the desolate heritages; 49:9 That thou mayest say tothe prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shewyourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall bein all high places.49:10 They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sunsmite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even bythe springs of water shall he guide them.49:11 And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall beexalted.49:12 Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the northand from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.49:13 Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth intosinging, O mountains: for the LORD hath comforted his people, and willhave mercy upon his afflicted.49:14 But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hathforgotten me.49:15 Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not havecompassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will Inot forget thee.49:16 Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy wallsare continually before me.49:17 Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that madethee waste shall go forth of thee.49:18 Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gatherthemselves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith the LORD, thoushalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bindthem on thee, as a bride doeth.49:19 For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thydestruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of theinhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.49:20 The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost theother, shall say again in thine ears, The place is too strait for me:give place to me that I may dwell.49:21 Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these,seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, andremoving to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was leftalone; these, where had they been?  49:22 Thus saith the Lord GOD,Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up mystandard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in their arms,and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.49:23 And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thynursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face towardthe earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know thatI am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.49:24 Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captivedelivered?  49:25 But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of themighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall bedelivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, andI will save thy children.49:26 And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; andthey shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: andall flesh shall know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer,the mighty One of Jacob.50:1 Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother'sdivorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it towhom I have sold you?  Behold, for your iniquities have ye soldyourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.50:2 Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, wasthere none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannotredeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry upthe sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, becausethere is no water, and dieth for thirst.50:3 I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth theircovering.50:4 The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that Ishould know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: hewakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as thelearned.50:5 The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious,neither turned away back.50:6 I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that pluckedoff the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.50:7 For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not beconfounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know thatI shall not be ashamed.50:8 He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let usstand together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me.50:9 Behold, the Lord GOD will help me; who is he that shall condemnme?  lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat themup.50:10 Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voiceof his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let himtrust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God.50:11 Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves aboutwith sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that yehave kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down insorrow.51:1 Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seekthe LORD: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole ofthe pit whence ye are digged.51:2 Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: forI called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.51:3 For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her wasteplaces; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert likethe garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein,thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.51:4 Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation:for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to restfor a light of the people.51:5 My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and minearms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on minearm shall they trust.51:6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earthbeneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earthshall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die inlike manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousnessshall not be abolished.51:7 Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whoseheart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraidof their revilings.51:8 For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shalleat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and mysalvation from generation to generation.51:9 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as inthe ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hathcut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?  51:10 Art thou not it which hathdried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depthsof the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over?  51:11 Therefore theredeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion;and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtaingladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.51:12 I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thoushouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of manwhich shall be made as grass; 51:13 And forgettest the LORD thy maker,that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of theearth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury ofthe oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the furyof the oppressor?  51:14 The captive exile hasteneth that he may beloosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his breadshould fail.51:15 But I am the LORD thy God, that divided the sea, whose wavesroared: The LORD of hosts is his name.51:16 And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee inthe shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay thefoundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people.51:17 Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at thehand of the LORD the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs ofthe cup of trembling, and wrung them out.51:18 There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hathbrought forth; neither is there any that taketh her by the hand of allthe sons that she hath brought up.51:19 These two things are come unto thee; who shall be sorry forthee?  desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: bywhom shall I comfort thee?  51:20 Thy sons have fainted, they lie atthe head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are full ofthe fury of the LORD, the rebuke of thy God.51:21 Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but notwith wine: 51:22 Thus saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God thatpleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thinehand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thoushalt no more drink it again: 51:23 But I will put it into the hand ofthem that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that wemay go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as thestreet, to them that went over.52:1 Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautifulgarments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall nomore come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.52:2 Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem:loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.52:3 For thus saith the LORD, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; andye shall be redeemed without money.52:4 For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went down aforetime intoEgypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.52:5 Now therefore, what have I here, saith the LORD, that my peopleis taken away for nought? they that rule over them make them to howl,saith the LORD; and my name continually every day is blasphemed.52:6 Therefore my people shall know my name: therefore they shall knowin that day that I am he that doth speak: behold, it is I.52:7 How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him thatbringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth goodtidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, ThyGod reigneth!  52:8 Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with thevoice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, whenthe LORD shall bring again Zion.52:9 Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places ofJerusalem: for the LORD hath comforted his people, he hath redeemedJerusalem.52:10 The LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all thenations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of ourGod.52:11 Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no uncleanthing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear thevessels of the LORD.52:12 For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for theLORD will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rereward.52:13 Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted andextolled, and be very high.52:14 As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred morethan any man, and his form more than the sons of men: 52:15 So shallhe sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him:for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that whichthey had not heard shall they consider.53:1 Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORDrevealed?  53:2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, andas a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; andwhen we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.53:3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, andacquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; hewas despised, and we esteemed him not.53:4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet wedid esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.53:5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for ouriniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with hisstripes we are healed.53:6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one tohis own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.53:7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not hismouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep beforeher shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.53:8 He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declarehis generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: forthe transgression of my people was he stricken.53:9 And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in hisdeath; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in hismouth.53:10 Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief:when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see hisseed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shallprosper in his hand.53:11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied:by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shallbear their iniquities.53:12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and heshall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out hissoul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and hebare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.54:1 Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth intosinging, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: formore are the children of the desolate than the children of the marriedwife, saith the LORD.54:2 Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth thecurtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, andstrengthen thy stakes; 54:3 For thou shalt break forth on the righthand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, andmake the desolate cities to be inhabited.54:4 Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thouconfounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forgetthe shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thywidowhood any more.54:5 For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name;and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earthshall he be called.54:6 For the LORD hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved inspirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God.54:7 For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercieswill I gather thee.54:8 In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but witheverlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thyRedeemer.54:9 For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have swornthat the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have Isworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.54:10 For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but mykindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of mypeace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee.54:11 O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted,behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thyfoundations with sapphires.54:12 And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates ofcarbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.54:13 And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and greatshall be the peace of thy children.54:14 In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be farfrom oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for itshall not come near thee.54:15 Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me:whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake.54:16 Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in thefire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I havecreated the waster to destroy.54:17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and everytongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn.This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and theirrighteousness is of me, saith the LORD.55:1 Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he thathath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milkwithout money and without price.55:2 Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and yourlabour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, andeat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself infatness.55:3 Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shalllive; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the suremercies of David.55:4 Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leaderand commander to the people.55:5 Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, andnations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the LORD thyGod, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee.55:6 Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while heis near: 55:7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous manhis thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercyupon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.55:8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways myways, saith the LORD.55:9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my wayshigher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.55:10 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, andreturneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bringforth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to theeater: 55:11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: itshall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which Iplease, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.55:12 For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: themountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, andall the trees of the field shall clap their hands.55:13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead ofthe brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORDfor a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.56:1 Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for mysalvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.56:2 Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man thatlayeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, andkeepeth his hand from doing any evil.56:3 Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself tothe LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from hispeople: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.56:4 For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths,and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant;56:5 Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls aplace and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will givethem an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.56:6 Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the LORD,to serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants,every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh holdof my covenant; 56:7 Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, andmake them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings andtheir sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine houseshall be called an house of prayer for all people.56:8 The Lord GOD, which gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith, Yetwill I gather others to him, beside those that are gathered unto him.56:9 All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beasts inthe forest.56:10 His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumbdogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.56:11 Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and theyare shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way,every one for his gain, from his quarter.56:12 Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselveswith strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much moreabundant.57:1 The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: andmerciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous istaken away from the evil to come.57:2 He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, eachone walking in his uprightness.57:3 But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of theadulterer and the whore.57:4 Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a widemouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression,a seed of falsehood.57:5 Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slayingthe children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks?  57:6 Amongthe smooth stones of the stream is thy portion; they, they are thylot: even to them hast thou poured a drink offering, thou hast offereda meat offering. Should I receive comfort in these?  57:7 Upon a loftyand high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither wentest thou upto offer sacrifice.57:8 Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thyremembrance: for thou hast discovered thyself to another than me, andart gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee a covenant withthem; thou lovedst their bed where thou sawest it.57:9 And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increasethy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debasethyself even unto hell.57:10 Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way; yet saidst thounot, There is no hope: thou hast found the life of thine hand;therefore thou wast not grieved.57:11 And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hastlied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have not Iheld my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not?  57:12 I willdeclare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profitthee.57:13 When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the windshall carry them all away; vanity shall take them: but he that puttethhis trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holymountain; 57:14 And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare theway, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.57:15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity,whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him alsothat is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of thehumble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.57:16 For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth:for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.57:17 For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him:I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of hisheart.57:18 I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also,and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.57:19 I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is faroff, and to him that is near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him.57:20 But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest,whose waters cast up mire and dirt.57:21 There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.58:1 Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shewmy people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.58:2 Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nationthat did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God:they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight inapproaching to God.58:3 Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? whereforehave we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, inthe day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.58:4 Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fistof wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voiceto be heard on high.58:5 Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflicthis soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spreadsackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and anacceptable day to the LORD?  58:6 Is not this the fast that I havechosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens,and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?  58:7Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring thepoor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, thatthou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?58:8 Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine healthshall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go beforethee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward.58:9 Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry,and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of theethe yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity; 58:10And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflictedsoul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be asthe noon day: 58:11 And the LORD shall guide thee continually, andsatisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt belike a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters failnot.58:12 And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places:thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thoushalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths todwell in.58:13 If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thypleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy ofthe LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways,nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: 58:14Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee toride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with theheritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spokenit.59:1 Behold, the LORD's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save;neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: 59:2 But your iniquitieshave separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid hisface from you, that he will not hear.59:3 For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers withiniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath mutteredperverseness.59:4 None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trustin vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forthiniquity.59:5 They hatch cockatrice' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he thateateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh outinto a viper.59:6 Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they coverthemselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, andthe act of violence is in their hands.59:7 Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocentblood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting anddestruction are in their paths.59:8 The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in theirgoings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth thereinshall not know peace.59:9 Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtakeus: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but wewalk in darkness.59:10 We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we hadno eyes: we stumble at noon day as in the night; we are in desolateplaces as dead men.59:11 We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look forjudgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.59:12 For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sinstestify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for ouriniquities, we know them; 59:13 In transgressing and lying against theLORD, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt,conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.59:14 And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afaroff: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.59:15 Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil makethhimself a prey: and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that therewas no judgment.59:16 And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was nointercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and hisrighteousness, it sustained him.59:17 For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet ofsalvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance forclothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak.59:18 According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to hisadversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repayrecompence.59:19 So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and hisglory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like aflood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.59:20 And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turnfrom transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD.59:21 As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; Myspirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth,shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed,nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the LORD, fromhenceforth and for ever.60:1 Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD isrisen upon thee.60:2 For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and grossdarkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his gloryshall be seen upon thee.60:3 And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to thebrightness of thy rising.60:4 Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gatherthemselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far,and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side.60:5 Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shallfear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall beconverted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee.60:6 The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries ofMidian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bringgold and incense; and they shall shew forth the praises of the LORD.60:7 All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, therams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come up withacceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory.60:8 Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to theirwindows?  60:9 Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships ofTarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and theirgold with them, unto the name of the LORD thy God, and to the Holy Oneof Israel, because he hath glorified thee.60:10 And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and theirkings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but inmy favour have I had mercy on thee.60:11 Therefore thy gates shall be open continually; they shall not beshut day nor night; that men may bring unto thee the forces of theGentiles, and that their kings may be brought.60:12 For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shallperish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.60:13 The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, thepine tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of mysanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.60:14 The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bendingunto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves downat the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee; The city of theLORD, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.60:15 Whereas thou has been forsaken and hated, so that no man wentthrough thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of manygenerations.60:16 Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suckthe breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the LORD am thySaviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.60:17 For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver,and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officerspeace, and thine exactors righteousness.60:18 Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nordestruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy wallsSalvation, and thy gates Praise.60:19 The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither forbrightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall beunto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.60:20 Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdrawitself: for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days ofthy mourning shall be ended.60:21 Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit theland for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that Imay be glorified.60:22 A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strongnation: I the LORD will hasten it in his time.61:1 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hathanointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me tobind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, andthe opening of the prison to them that are bound; 61:2 To proclaim theacceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; tocomfort all that mourn; 61:3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion,to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, thegarment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might becalled trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he mightbe glorified.61:4 And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up theformer desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, thedesolations of many generations.61:5 And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons ofthe alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.61:6 But ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD: men shall call youthe Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, andin their glory shall ye boast yourselves.61:7 For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shallrejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possessthe double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.61:8 For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering;and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlastingcovenant with them.61:9 And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and theiroffspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them,that they are the seed which the LORD hath blessed.61:10 I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful inmy God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hathcovered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom deckethhimself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with herjewels.61:11 For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the gardencauseth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the LordGOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all thenations.62:1 For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem'ssake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth asbrightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.62:2 And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thyglory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of theLORD shall name.62:3 Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, anda royal diadem in the hand of thy God.62:4 Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land anymore be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thyland Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall bemarried.62:5 For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marrythee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy Godrejoice over thee.62:6 I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shallnever hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of theLORD, keep not silence, 62:7 And give him no rest, till he establish,and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.62:8 The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of hisstrength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thineenemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, forthe which thou hast laboured: 62:9 But they that have gathered itshall eat it, and praise the LORD; and they that have brought ittogether shall drink it in the courts of my holiness.62:10 Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of thepeople; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up astandard for the people.62:11 Behold, the LORD hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Sayye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, hisreward is with him, and his work before him.62:12 And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of theLORD: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.63:1 Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments fromBozrah?  this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in thegreatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty tosave.63:2 Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments likehim that treadeth in the winefat?  63:3 I have trodden the winepressalone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread themin mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall besprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment.63:4 For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of myredeemed is come.63:5 And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered thatthere was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvationunto me; and my fury, it upheld me.63:6 And I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make themdrunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth.63:7 I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, and the praisesof the LORD, according to all that the LORD hath bestowed on us, andthe great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowedon them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude ofhis lovingkindnesses.63:8 For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will notlie: so he was their Saviour.63:9 In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of hispresence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; andhe bare them, and carried them all the days of old.63:10 But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he wasturned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.63:11 Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people,saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with theshepherd of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit withinhim?  63:12 That led them by the right hand of Moses with his gloriousarm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlastingname?  63:13 That led them through the deep, as an horse in thewilderness, that they should not stumble?  63:14 As a beast goeth downinto the valley, the Spirit of the LORD caused him to rest: so didstthou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name.63:15 Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thyholiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, thesounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are theyrestrained?  63:16 Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham beignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art ourfather, our redeemer; thy name is from everlasting.63:17 O LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardenedour heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants' sake, the tribes ofthine inheritance.63:18 The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while:our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.63:19 We are thine: thou never barest rule over them; they were notcalled by thy name.64:1 Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest comedown, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence, 64:2 As whenthe melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to makethy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble atthy presence!  64:3 When thou didst terrible things which we lookednot for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence.64:4 For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, norperceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee,what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.64:5 Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, thosethat remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we havesinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved.64:6 But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnessesare as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities,like the wind, have taken us away.64:7 And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth uphimself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, andhast consumed us, because of our iniquities.64:8 But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thouour potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.64:9 Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity forever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.64:10 Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness,Jerusalem a desolation.64:11 Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praisedthee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laidwaste.64:12 Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O LORD? wilt thouhold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?  65:1 I am sought of themthat asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said,Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name.65:2 I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people,which walketh in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts;65:3 A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; thatsacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick; 65:4Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eatswine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;65:5 Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holierthan thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all theday.65:6 Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, butwill recompense, even recompense into their bosom, 65:7 Youriniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith theLORD, which have burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed meupon the hills: therefore will I measure their former work into theirbosom.65:8 Thus saith the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, andone saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do formy servants' sakes, that I may not destroy them all.65:9 And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah aninheritor of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, and myservants shall dwell there.65:10 And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor aplace for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me.65:11 But ye are they that forsake the LORD, that forget my holymountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish thedrink offering unto that number.65:12 Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bowdown to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; whenI spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and didchoose that wherein I delighted not.65:13 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shalleat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but yeshall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall beashamed: 65:14 Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but yeshall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.65:15 And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for theLord GOD shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name: 65:16That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in theGod of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the Godof truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because theyare hid from mine eyes.65:17 For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and theformer shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.65:18 But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for,behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.65:19 And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and thevoice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice ofcrying.65:20 There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old manthat hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundredyears old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall beaccursed.65:21 And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shallplant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.65:22 They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant,and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people,and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.65:23 They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; forthey are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring withthem.65:24 And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer;and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.65:25 The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shalleat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent's meat. Theyshall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD.66:1 Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is myfootstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is theplace of my rest?  66:2 For all those things hath mine hand made, andall those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will Ilook, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and tremblethat my word.66:3 He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificetha lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation,as if he offered swine's blood; he that burneth incense, as if heblessed an idol.Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth intheir abominations.66:4 I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fearsupon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, theydid not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that inwhich I delighted not.66:5 Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; Yourbrethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said,Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and theyshall be ashamed.66:6 A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voiceof the LORD that rendereth recompence to his enemies.66:7 Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came,she was delivered of a man child.66:8 Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall theearth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born atonce?  for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.66:9 Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saiththe LORD: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? saith thyGod.66:10 Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye thatlove her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her: 66:11That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of herconsolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with theabundance of her glory.66:12 For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her likea river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: thenshall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled uponher knees.66:13 As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and yeshall be comforted in Jerusalem.66:14 And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bonesshall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the LORD shall be knowntoward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies.66:15 For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariotslike a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke withflames of fire.66:16 For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh:and the slain of the LORD shall be many.66:17 They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in thegardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and theabomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith theLORD.66:18 For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that Iwill gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see myglory.66:19 And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those thatescape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that drawthe bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have notheard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare myglory among the Gentiles.66:20 And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto theLORD out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters,and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalem,saith the LORD, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a cleanvessel into the house of the LORD.66:21 And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, saiththe LORD.66:22 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make,shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and yourname remain.66:23 And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another,and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worshipbefore me, saith the LORD.66:24 And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the menthat have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die,neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorringunto all flesh.The Book of the Prophet Jeremiah1:1 The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests thatwere in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin: 1:2 To whom the word of theLORD came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in thethirteenth year of his reign.1:3 It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king ofJudah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiahking of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in thefifth month.1:4 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 1:5 Before Iformed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth outof the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto thenations.1:6 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am achild.1:7 But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shaltgo to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thoushalt speak.1:8 Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee,saith the LORD.1:9 Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And theLORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.1:10 See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over thekingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throwdown, to build, and to plant.1:11 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Jeremiah,what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.1:12 Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I willhasten my word to perform it.1:13 And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying,What seest thou? And I said, I see a seething pot; and the facethereof is toward the north.1:14 Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall breakforth upon all the inhabitants of the land.1:15 For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of thenorth, saith the LORD; and they shall come, and they shall set everyone his throne at the entering of the gates of Jerusalem, and againstall the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities ofJudah.1:16 And I will utter my judgments against them touching all theirwickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto othergods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.1:17 Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto themall that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest Iconfound thee before them.1:18 For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and aniron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against thekings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the prieststhereof, and against the people of the land.1:19 And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevailagainst thee; for I am with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee.2:1 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 2:2 Go and cryin the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I rememberthee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, whenthou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.2:3 Israel was holiness unto the LORD, and the firstfruits of hisincrease: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them,saith the LORD.2:4 Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all thefamilies of the house of Israel: 2:5 Thus saith the LORD, Whatiniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far fromme, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?  2:6 Neithersaid they, Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the land ofEgypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of desertsand of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death,through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?2:7 And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruitthereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled myland, and made mine heritage an abomination.2:8 The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle thelaw knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and theprophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do notprofit.2:9 Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with yourchildren's children will I plead.2:10 For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar,and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing.2:11 Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but mypeople have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.2:12 Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, beye very desolate, saith the LORD.2:13 For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me thefountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, brokencisterns, that can hold no water.2:14 Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled?2:15 The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made hisland waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.2:16 Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown ofthy head.2:17 Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hastforsaken the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way?  2:18 And nowwhat hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters ofSihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink thewaters of the river?  2:19 Thine own wickedness shall correct thee,and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see thatit is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thyGod, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.2:20 For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; andthou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill andunder every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.2:21 Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: howthen art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine untome?  2:22 For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee muchsoap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD.2:23 How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone afterBaalim?  see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou arta swift dromedary traversing her ways; 2:24 A wild ass used to thewilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasionwho can turn her away? all they that seek her will not wearythemselves; in her month they shall find her.2:25 Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst:but thou saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, andafter them will I go.2:26 As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house ofIsrael ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests,and their prophets.2:27 Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hastbrought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and nottheir face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, andsave us.2:28 But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise,if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to thenumber of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.2:29 Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed againstme, saith the LORD.2:30 In vain have I smitten your children; they received nocorrection: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like adestroying lion.2:31 O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been awilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people,We are lords; we will come no more unto thee?  2:32 Can a maid forgether ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten medays without number.2:33 Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou alsotaught the wicked ones thy ways.2:34 Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poorinnocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.2:35 Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shallturn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, Ihave not sinned.2:36 Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shaltbe ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.2:37 Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and thine hands upon thinehead: for the LORD hath rejected thy confidences, and thou shalt notprosper in them.3:1 They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, andbecome another man's, shall he return unto her again? shall not thatland be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with manylovers; yet return again to me, saith the LORD.3:2 Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hastnot been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabianin the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredomsand with thy wickedness.3:3 Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been nolatter rain; and thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou refusedst to beashamed.3:4 Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art theguide of my youth?  3:5 Will he reserve his anger for ever? will hekeep it to the end?  Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things asthou couldest.3:6 The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hastthou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up uponevery high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath playedthe harlot.3:7 And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me.But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.3:8 And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israelcommitted adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill ofdivorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went andplayed the harlot also.3:9 And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, thatshe defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and withstocks.3:10 And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turnedunto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the LORD.3:11 And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justifiedherself more than treacherous Judah.3:12 Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return,thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mineanger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LORD, and I willnot keep anger for ever.3:13 Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressedagainst the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangersunder every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith theLORD.3:14 Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am marriedunto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, andI will bring you to Zion: 3:15 And I will give you pastors accordingto mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.3:16 And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased inthe land, in those days, saith the LORD, they shall say no more, Theark of the covenant of the LORD: neither shall it come to mind:neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit it; neithershall that be done any more.3:17 At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD;and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of theLORD, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after theimagination of their evil heart.3:18 In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house ofIsrael, and they shall come together out of the land of the north tothe land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers.3:19 But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and givethee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and Isaid, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me.3:20 Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, sohave ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith theLORD.3:21 A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplicationsof the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and theyhave forgotten the LORD their God.3:22 Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal yourbackslidings.Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the LORD our God.3:23 Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from themultitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation ofIsrael.3:24 For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth;their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.3:25 We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for wehave sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from ouryouth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORDour God.4:1 If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: andif thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shaltthou not remove.4:2 And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, andin righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, andin him shall they glory.4:3 For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Breakup your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.4:4 Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins ofyour heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my furycome forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of theevil of your doings.4:5 Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow yethe trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assembleyourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities.4:6 Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I willbring evil from the north, and a great destruction.4:7 The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of theGentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thyland desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without aninhabitant.4:8 For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierceanger of the LORD is not turned back from us.4:9 And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the LORD, that theheart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and thepriests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder.4:10 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! surely thou hast greatly deceived thispeople and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the swordreacheth unto the soul.4:11 At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, Adry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter ofmy people, not to fan, nor to cleanse, 4:12 Even a full wind fromthose places shall come unto me: now also will I give sentence againstthem.4:13 Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be asa whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for weare spoiled.4:14 O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayestbe saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?  4:15For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from mountEphraim.4:16 Make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish againstJerusalem, that watchers come from a far country, and give out theirvoice against the cities of Judah.4:17 As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; becauseshe hath been rebellious against me, saith the LORD.4:18 Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; thisis thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth untothine heart.4:19 My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heartmaketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard,O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.4:20 Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land isspoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment.4:21 How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of thetrumpet?  4:22 For my people is foolish, they have not known me; theyare sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wiseto do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.4:23 I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; andthe heavens, and they had no light.4:24 I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hillsmoved lightly.4:25 I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of theheavens were fled.4:26 I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and allthe cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, andby his fierce anger.4:27 For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate;yet will I not make a full end.4:28 For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black;because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent,neither will I turn back from it.4:29 The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen andbowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks:every city shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell therein.4:30 And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thouclothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornamentsof gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shaltthou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seekthy life.4:31 For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and theanguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice ofthe daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth herhands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because ofmurderers.5:1 Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now,and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man,if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and Iwill pardon it.5:2 And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely.5:3 O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast strickenthem, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but theyhave refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harderthan a rock; they have refused to return.5:4 Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: forthey know not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God.5:5 I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; forthey have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God:but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.5:6 Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf ofthe evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over theircities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces:because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings areincreased.5:7 How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me,and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full,they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops inthe harlots' houses.5:8 They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed afterhis neighbour's wife.5:9 Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: and shall notmy soul be avenged on such a nation as this?  5:10 Go ye up upon herwalls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away herbattlements; for they are not the LORD's.5:11 For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt verytreacherously against me, saith the LORD.5:12 They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shallevil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine: 5:13 And theprophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall itbe done unto them.5:14 Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, Because ye speak thisword, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this peoplewood, and it shall devour them.5:15 Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel,saith the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, anation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest whatthey say.5:16 Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.5:17 And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thysons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks andthine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shallimpoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword.5:18 Nevertheless in those days, saith the LORD, I will not make afull end with you.5:19 And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth theLORD our God all these things unto us? then shalt thou answer them,Like as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, soshall ye serve strangers in a land that is not your's.5:20 Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah,saying, 5:21 Hear now this, O foolish people, and withoutunderstanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hearnot: 5:22 Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at mypresence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by aperpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereoftoss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet canthey not pass over it?  5:23 But this people hath a revolting and arebellious heart; they are revolted and gone.5:24 Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD ourGod, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season:he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.5:25 Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins havewithholden good things from you.5:26 For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as hethat setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.5:27 As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit:therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.5:28 They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds ofthe wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yetthey prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.5:29 Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: shall not mysoul be avenged on such a nation as this?  5:30 A wonderful andhorrible thing is committed in the land; 5:31 The prophets prophesyfalsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people loveto have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?  6:1 O yechildren of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst ofJerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire inBethhaccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and greatdestruction.6:2 I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicatewoman.6:3 The shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shallpitch their tents against her round about; they shall feed every onein his place.6:4 Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woeunto us! for the day goeth away, for the shadows of the evening arestretched out.6:5 Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces.6:6 For thus hath the LORD of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and casta mount against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she iswholly oppression in the midst of her.6:7 As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out herwickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continuallyis grief and wounds.6:8 Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee;lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited.6:9 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall throughly glean theremnant of Israel as a vine: turn back thine hand as a grapegathererinto the baskets.6:10 To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear?behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold,the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight init.6:11 Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD; I am weary withholding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon theassembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wifeshall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days.6:12 And their houses shall be turned unto others, with their fieldsand wives together: for I will stretch out my hand upon theinhabitants of the land, saith the LORD.6:13 For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them everyone is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto thepriest every one dealeth falsely.6:14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my peopleslightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.6:15 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, theywere not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore theyshall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them theyshall be cast down, saith the LORD.6:16 Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask forthe old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shallfind rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.6:17 Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of thetrumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.6:18 Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what isamong them.6:19 Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, eventhe fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto mywords, nor to my law, but rejected it.6:20 To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and thesweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are notacceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.6:21 Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will lay stumblingblocksbefore this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fallupon them; the neighbour and his friend shall perish.6:22 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, a people cometh from the northcountry, and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of theearth.6:23 They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have nomercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses,set in array as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion.6:24 We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguishhath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.6:25 Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the swordof the enemy and fear is on every side.6:26 O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallowthyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitterlamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.6:27 I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, thatthou mayest know and try their way.6:28 They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they arebrass and iron; they are all corrupters.6:29 The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; thefounder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.6:30 Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the LORD hathrejected them.7:1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, 7:2 Stand inthe gate of the LORD's house, and proclaim there this word, and say,Hear the word of the LORD, all ye of Judah, that enter in at thesegates to worship the LORD.7:3 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your waysand your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.7:4 Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, Thetemple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these.7:5 For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if yethroughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour; 7:6 If yeoppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed notinnocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to yourhurt: 7:7 Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the landthat I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever.7:8 Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.7:9 Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, andburn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;7:10 And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by myname, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations?  7:11 Isthis house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers inyour eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the LORD.7:12 But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set myname at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of mypeople Israel.7:13 And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the LORD,and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not;and I called you, but ye answered not; 7:14 Therefore will I do untothis house, which is called by my name, wherein ye trust, and unto theplace which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done toShiloh.7:15 And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all yourbrethren, even the whole seed of Ephraim.7:16 Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry norprayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hearthee.7:17 Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in thestreets of Jerusalem?  7:18 The children gather wood, and the fatherskindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to thequeen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, thatthey may provoke me to anger.7:19 Do they provoke me to anger? saith the LORD: do they not provokethemselves to the confusion of their own faces?  7:20 Therefore thussaith the Lord GOD; Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured outupon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of thefield, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shallnot be quenched.7:21 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burntofferings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh.7:22 For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the daythat I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burntofferings or sacrifices: 7:23 But this thing commanded I them, saying,Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: andwalk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be wellunto you.7:24 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in thecounsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and wentbackward, and not forward.7:25 Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land ofEgypt unto this day I have even sent unto you all my servants theprophets, daily rising up early and sending them: 7:26 Yet theyhearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened theirneck: they did worse than their fathers.7:27 Therefore thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but theywill not hearken to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but theywill not answer thee.7:28 But thou shalt say unto them, This is a nation that obeyeth notthe voice of the LORD their God, nor receiveth correction: truth isperished, and is cut off from their mouth.7:29 Cut off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up alamentation on high places; for the LORD hath rejected and forsakenthe generation of his wrath.7:30 For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith theLORD: they have set their abominations in the house which is called bymy name, to pollute it.7:31 And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in thevalley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters inthe fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart.7:32 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shallno more be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but thevalley of slaughter: for they shall bury in Tophet, till there be noplace.7:33 And the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls ofthe heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray themaway.7:34 Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from thestreets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness,the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the landshall be desolate.8:1 At that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring out the bones ofthe kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of thepriests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of theinhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves: 8:2 And they shallspread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven,whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom theyhave walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped:they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung uponthe face of the earth.8:3 And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue ofthem that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the placeswhither I have driven them, saith the LORD of hosts.8:4 Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; Shall theyfall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return?  8:5 Why thenis this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding?they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.8:6 I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repentedhim of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned tohis course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.8:7 Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and theturtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming;but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.8:8 How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us?Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.8:9 The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, theyhave rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them?  8:10Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields tothem that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even untothe greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto thepriest every one dealeth falsely.8:11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my peopleslightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.8:12 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, theywere not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shallthey fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation theyshall be cast down, saith the LORD.8:13 I will surely consume them, saith the LORD: there shall be nograpes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade;and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them.8:14 Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter intothe defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our Godhath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, becausewe have sinned against the LORD.8:15 We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health,and behold trouble!  8:16 The snorting of his horses was heard fromDan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of hisstrong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and allthat is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein.8:17 For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, whichwill not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.8:18 When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint inme.8:19 Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people becauseof them that dwell in a far country: Is not the LORD in Zion? is nother king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their gravenimages, and with strange vanities?  8:20 The harvest is past, thesummer is ended, and we are not saved.8:21 For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black;astonishment hath taken hold on me.8:22 Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why thenis not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?  9:1 Oh thatmy head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I mightweep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!  9:2 Ohthat I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that Imight leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers,an assembly of treacherous men.9:3 And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they arenot valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evilto evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.9:4 Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in anybrother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbourwill walk with slanders.9:5 And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speakthe truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and wearythemselves to commit iniquity.9:6 Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit theyrefuse to know me, saith the LORD.9:7 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt them,and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people?  9:8Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speakethpeaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth hiswait.9:9 Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the LORD: shall notmy soul be avenged on such a nation as this?  9:10 For the mountainswill I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of thewilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none canpass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; boththe fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone.9:11 And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I willmake the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.9:12 Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he towhom the mouth of the LORD hath spoken, that he may declare it, forwhat the land perisheth and is burned up like a wilderness, that nonepasseth through?  9:13 And the LORD saith, Because they have forsakenmy law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neitherwalked therein; 9:14 But have walked after the imagination of theirown heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them: 9:15Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, Iwill feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them waterof gall to drink.9:16 I will scatter them also among the heathen, whom neither they northeir fathers have known: and I will send a sword after them, till Ihave consumed them.9:17 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for themourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, thatthey may come: 9:18 And let them make haste, and take up a wailing forus, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush outwith waters.9:19 For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled!we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, becauseour dwellings have cast us out.9:20 Yet hear the word of the LORD, O ye women, and let your earreceive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, andevery one her neighbour lamentation.9:21 For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into ourpalaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men fromthe streets.9:22 Speak, Thus saith the LORD, Even the carcases of men shall fallas dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman,and none shall gather them.9:23 Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom,neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich manglory in his riches: 9:24 But let him that glorieth glory in this,that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD whichexercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth:for in these things I delight, saith the LORD.9:25 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish allthem which are circumcised with the uncircumcised; 9:26 Egypt, andJudah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that arein the utmost corners, that dwell in the wilderness: for all thesenations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel areuncircumcised in the heart.10:1 Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house ofIsrael: 10:2 Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen,and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen aredismayed at them.10:3 For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a treeout of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.10:4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nailsand with hammers, that it move not.10:5 They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needsbe borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for theycannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.10:6 Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou artgreat, and thy name is great in might.10:7 Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth itappertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and inall their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.10:8 But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is adoctrine of vanities.10:9 Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold fromUphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blueand purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men.10:10 But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and aneverlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and thenations shall not be able to abide his indignation.10:11 Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made theheavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and fromunder these heavens.10:12 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established theworld by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by hisdiscretion.10:13 When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters inthe heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of theearth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind outof his treasures.10:14 Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder isconfounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, andthere is no breath in them.10:15 They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of theirvisitation they shall perish.10:16 The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former ofall things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The LORD ofhosts is his name.10:17 Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of thefortress.10:18 For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will sling out theinhabitants of the land at this once, and will distress them, thatthey may find it so.10:19 Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous; but I said, Trulythis is a grief, and I must bear it.10:20 My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: mychildren are gone forth of me, and they are not: there is none tostretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.10:21 For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought theLORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall bescattered.10:22 Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotionout of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and aden of dragons.10:23 O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is notin man that walketh to direct his steps.10:24 O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lestthou bring me to nothing.10:25 Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and uponthe families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob,and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitationdesolate.11:1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD saying, 11:2 Hear yethe words of this covenant, and speak unto the men of Judah, and tothe inhabitants of Jerusalem; 11:3 And say thou unto them, Thus saiththe LORD God of Israel; Cursed be the man that obeyeth not the wordsof this covenant, 11:4 Which I commanded your fathers in the day thatI brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace,saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I commandyou: so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God: 11:5 That I mayperform the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers, to give them aland flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then answered I,and said, So be it, O LORD.11:6 Then the LORD said unto me, Proclaim all these words in thecities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, Hear ye thewords of this covenant, and do them.11:7 For I earnestly protested unto your fathers in the day that Ibrought them up out of the land of Egypt, even unto this day, risingearly and protesting, saying, Obey my voice.11:8 Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every onein the imagination of their evil heart: therefore I will bring uponthem all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do: butthey did them not.11:9 And the LORD said unto me, A conspiracy is found among the men ofJudah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.11:10 They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers,which refused to hear my words; and they went after other gods toserve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken mycovenant which I made with their fathers.11:11 Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil uponthem, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shallcry unto me, I will not hearken unto them.11:12 Then shall the cities of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem go,and cry unto the gods unto whom they offer incense: but they shall notsave them at all in the time of their trouble.11:13 For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, OJudah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have yeset up altars to that shameful thing, even altars to burn incense untoBaal.11:14 Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cryor prayer for them: for I will not hear them in the time that they cryunto me for their trouble.11:15 What hath my beloved to do in mine house, seeing she hathwrought lewdness with many, and the holy flesh is passed from thee?when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest.11:16 The LORD called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, and ofgoodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fireupon it, and the branches of it are broken.11:17 For the LORD of hosts, that planted thee, hath pronounced evilagainst thee, for the evil of the house of Israel and of the house ofJudah, which they have done against themselves to provoke me to angerin offering incense unto Baal.11:18 And the LORD hath given me knowledge of it, and I know it: thenthou shewedst me their doings.11:19 But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter;and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Letus destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him offfrom the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.11:20 But, O LORD of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest thereins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto theehave I revealed my cause.11:21 Therefore thus saith the LORD of the men of Anathoth, that seekthy life, saying, Prophesy not in the name of the LORD, that thou dienot by our hand: 11:22 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold,I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sonsand their daughters shall die by famine: 11:23 And there shall be noremnant of them: for I will bring evil upon the men of Anathoth, eventhe year of their visitation.12:1 Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let metalk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wickedprosper?  wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?12:2 Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow,yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and farfrom their reins.12:3 But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mineheart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, andprepare them for the day of slaughter.12:4 How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every fieldwither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts areconsumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our lastend.12:5 If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee,then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace,wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do inthe swelling of Jordan?  12:6 For even thy brethren, and the house ofthy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, theyhave called a multitude after thee: believe them not, though theyspeak fair words unto thee.12:7 I have forsaken mine house, I have left mine heritage; I havegiven the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.12:8 Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth outagainst me: therefore have I hated it.12:9 Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird, the birds roundabout are against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field,come to devour.12:10 Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden myportion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolatewilderness.12:11 They have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourneth untome; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it toheart.12:12 The spoilers are come upon all high places through thewilderness: for the sword of the LORD shall devour from the one end ofthe land even to the other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace.12:13 They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have putthemselves to pain, but shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed ofyour revenues because of the fierce anger of the LORD.12:14 Thus saith the LORD against all mine evil neighbours, that touchthe inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit;Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, and pluck out the houseof Judah from among them.12:15 And it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them out Iwill return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them again,every man to his heritage, and every man to his land.12:16 And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn theways of my people, to swear by my name, The LORD liveth; as theytaught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built in themidst of my people.12:17 But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroythat nation, saith the LORD.13:1 Thus saith the LORD unto me, Go and get thee a linen girdle, andput it upon thy loins, and put it not in water.13:2 So I got a girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put iton my loins.13:3 And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying,13:4 Take the girdle that thou hast got, which is upon thy loins, andarise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock.13:5 So I went, and hid it by Euphrates, as the LORD commanded me.13:6 And it came to pass after many days, that the LORD said unto me,Arise, go to Euphrates, and take the girdle from thence, which Icommanded thee to hide there.13:7 Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle fromthe place where I had hid it: and, behold, the girdle was marred, itwas profitable for nothing.13:8 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 13:9 Thus saiththe LORD, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and thegreat pride of Jerusalem.13:10 This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk inthe imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to servethem, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is goodfor nothing.13:11 For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have Icaused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole houseof Judah, saith the LORD; that they might be unto me for a people, andfor a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would nothear.13:12 Therefore thou shalt speak unto them this word; Thus saith theLORD God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and theyshall say unto thee, Do we not certainly know that every bottle shallbe filled with wine?  13:13 Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saiththe LORD, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, eventhe kings that sit upon David's throne, and the priests, and theprophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.13:14 And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers andthe sons together, saith the LORD: I will not pity, nor spare, norhave mercy, but destroy them.13:15 Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD hath spoken.13:16 Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, andbefore your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye lookfor light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it grossdarkness.13:17 But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret placesfor your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears,because the LORD's flock is carried away captive.13:18 Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down:for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory.13:19 The cities of the south shall be shut up, and none shall openthem: Judah shall be carried away captive all of it, it shall bewholly carried away captive.13:20 Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north:where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock?  13:21What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast taughtthem to be captains, and as chief over thee: shall not sorrows takethee, as a woman in travail?  13:22 And if thou say in thine heart,Wherefore come these things upon me?  For the greatness of thineiniquity are thy skirts discovered, and thy heels made bare.13:23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.13:24 Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth awayby the wind of the wilderness.13:25 This is thy lot, the portion of thy measures from me, saith theLORD; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.13:26 Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, that thyshame may appear.13:27 I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness ofthy whoredom, and thine abominations on the hills in the fields. Woeunto thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean? when shall itonce be?  14:1 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerningthe dearth.14:2 Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are blackunto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.14:3 And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: theycame to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vesselsempty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.14:4 Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth,the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.14:5 Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, becausethere was no grass.14:6 And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed upthe wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because there was nograss.14:7 O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it forthy name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned againstthee.14:8 O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, whyshouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring manthat turneth aside to tarry for a night?  14:9 Why shouldest thou beas a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O LORD,art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.14:10 Thus saith the LORD unto this people, Thus have they loved towander, they have not refrained their feet, therefore the LORD dothnot accept them; he will now remember their iniquity, and visit theirsins.14:11 Then said the LORD unto me, Pray not for this people for theirgood.14:12 When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offerburnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I willconsume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.14:13 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the prophets say unto them,Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I willgive you assured peace in this place.14:14 Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in myname: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spakeunto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and athing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.14:15 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets thatprophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword andfamine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall thoseprophets be consumed.14:16 And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in thestreets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and theyshall have none to bury them, them, their wives, nor their sons, northeir daughters: for I will pour their wickedness upon them.14:17 Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes rundown with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgindaughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a verygrievous blow.14:18 If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with thesword!  and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sickwith famine!  yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into aland that they know not.14:19 Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? whyhast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked forpeace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and beholdtrouble!  14:20 We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and theiniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.14:21 Do not abhor us, for thy name's sake, do not disgrace the throneof thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.14:22 Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can causerain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD ourGod?  therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all thesethings.15:1 Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood beforeme, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of mysight, and let them go forth.15:2 And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shallwe go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the LORD; Such asare for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword;and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for thecaptivity, to the captivity.15:3 And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: thesword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, andthe beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy.15:4 And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of theearth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for thatwhich he did in Jerusalem.15:5 For who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or who shallbemoan thee? or who shall go aside to ask how thou doest?  15:6 Thouhast forsaken me, saith the LORD, thou art gone backward: thereforewill I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am wearywith repenting.15:7 And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I willbereave them of children, I will destroy my people since they returnnot from their ways.15:8 Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: Ihave brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoilerat noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and terrorsupon the city.15:9 She that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath given up theghost; her sun is gone down while it was yet day: she hath beenashamed and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to thesword before their enemies, saith the LORD.15:10 Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strifeand a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent onusury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them dothcurse me.15:11 The LORD said, Verily it shall be well with thy remnant; verilyI will cause the enemy to entreat thee well in the time of evil and inthe time of affliction.15:12 Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel?  15:13 Thysubstance and thy treasures will I give to the spoil without price,and that for all thy sins, even in all thy borders.15:14 And I will make thee to pass with thine enemies into a landwhich thou knowest not: for a fire is kindled in mine anger, whichshall burn upon you.15:15 O LORD, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge meof my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know thatfor thy sake I have suffered rebuke.15:16 Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was untome the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, OLORD God of hosts.15:17 I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I satalone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.15:18 Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refusethto be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as watersthat fail?  15:19 Therefore thus saith the LORD, If thou return, thenwill I bring thee again, and thou shalt stand before me: and if thoutake forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: letthem return unto thee; but return not thou unto them.15:20 And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: andthey shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail againstthee: for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith theLORD.15:21 And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and Iwill redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible.16:1 The word of the LORD came also unto me, saying, 16:2 Thou shaltnot take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters inthis place.16:3 For thus saith the LORD concerning the sons and concerning thedaughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothersthat bare them, and concerning their fathers that begat them in thisland; 16:4 They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not belamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung uponthe face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and byfamine; and their carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, andfor the beasts of the earth.16:5 For thus saith the LORD, Enter not into the house of mourning,neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my peacefrom this people, saith the LORD, even lovingkindness and mercies.16:6 Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shallnot be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves,nor make themselves bald for them: 16:7 Neither shall men tearthemselves for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neithershall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their fatheror for their mother.16:8 Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit withthem to eat and to drink.16:9 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, Iwill cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in your days,the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of thebridegroom, and the voice of the bride.16:10 And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew this people allthese words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath the LORDpronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? orwhat is our sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?16:11 Then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers haveforsaken me, saith the LORD, and have walked after other gods, andhave served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, andhave not kept my law; 16:12 And ye have done worse than your fathers;for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evilheart, that they may not hearken unto me: 16:13 Therefore will I castyou out of this land into a land that ye know not, neither ye nor yourfathers; and there shall ye serve other gods day and night; where Iwill not shew you favour.16:14 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shallno more be said, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children ofIsrael out of the land of Egypt; 16:15 But, The LORD liveth, thatbrought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and fromall the lands whither he had driven them: and I will bring them againinto their land that I gave unto their fathers.16:16 Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the LORD, and theyshall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and theyshall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out ofthe holes of the rocks.16:17 For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from myface, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes.16:18 And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double;because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritancewith the carcases of their detestable and abominable things.16:19 O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the dayof affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of theearth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity,and things wherein there is no profit.16:20 Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods?  16:21Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will causethem to know mine hand and my might; and they shall know that my nameis The LORD.17:1 The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with thepoint of a diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart, andupon the horns of your altars; 17:2 Whilst their children remembertheir altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills.17:3 O my mountain in the field, I will give thy substance and all thytreasures to the spoil, and thy high places for sin, throughout allthy borders.17:4 And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thine heritagethat I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in theland which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger,which shall burn for ever.17:5 Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, andmaketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.17:6 For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not seewhen good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in thewilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.17:7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope theLORD is.17:8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and thatspreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heatcometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in theyear of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked:who can know it?  17:10 I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins,even to give every man according to his ways, and according to thefruit of his doings.17:11 As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so hethat getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midstof his days, and at his end shall be a fool.17:12 A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of oursanctuary.17:13 O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall beashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth,because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.17:14 Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall besaved: for thou art my praise.17:15 Behold, they say unto me, Where is the word of the LORD? let itcome now.17:16 As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to followthee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that whichcame out of my lips was right before thee.17:17 Be not a terror unto me: thou art my hope in the day of evil.17:18 Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me beconfounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bringupon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.17:19 Thus said the LORD unto me; Go and stand in the gate of thechildren of the people, whereby the kings of Judah come in, and by thewhich they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem; 17:20 And sayunto them, Hear ye the word of the LORD, ye kings of Judah, and allJudah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by thesegates: 17:21 Thus saith the LORD; Take heed to yourselves, and bear noburden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem;17:22 Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbathday, neither do ye any work, but hallow ye the sabbath day, as Icommanded your fathers.17:23 But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made theirneck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction.17:24 And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me,saith the LORD, to bring in no burden through the gates of this cityon the sabbath day, but hallow the sabbath day, to do no work therein;17:25 Then shall there enter into the gates of this city kings andprinces sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and onhorses, they, and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitantsof Jerusalem: and this city shall remain for ever.17:26 And they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from theplaces about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from theplain, and from the mountains, and from the south, bringing burntofferings, and sacrifices, and meat offerings, and incense, andbringing sacrifices of praise, unto the house of the LORD.17:27 But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day,and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalemon the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof,and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not bequenched.18:1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, 18:2Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause theeto hear my words.18:3 Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought awork on the wheels.18:4 And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of thepotter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to thepotter to make it.18:5 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 18:6 O house ofIsrael, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold,as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O houseof Israel.18:7 At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerninga kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; 18:8 Ifthat nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, Iwill repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.18:9 And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, andconcerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it; 18:10 If it do evil inmy sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good,wherewith I said I would benefit them.18:11 Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to theinhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I frameevil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now everyone from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good.18:12 And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our owndevices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart.18:13 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ask ye now among the heathen, whohath heard such things: the virgin of Israel hath done a very horriblething.18:14 Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon which cometh from the rockof the field? or shall the cold flowing waters that come from anotherplace be forsaken?  18:15 Because my people hath forgotten me, theyhave burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble intheir ways from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not castup; 18:16 To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; everyone that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.18:17 I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; Iwill shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of theircalamity.18:18 Then said they, Come and let us devise devices against Jeremiah;for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from thewise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him withthe tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.18:19 Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of them thatcontend with me.18:20 Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pitfor my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them,and to turn away thy wrath from them.18:21 Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour outtheir blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereavedof their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death;let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.18:22 Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring atroop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, andhid snares for my feet.18:23 Yet, LORD, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me:forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight,but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in thetime of thine anger.19:1 Thus saith the LORD, Go and get a potter's earthen bottle, andtake of the ancients of the people, and of the ancients of thepriests; 19:2 And go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, whichis by the entry of the east gate, and proclaim there the words that Ishall tell thee, 19:3 And say, Hear ye the word of the LORD, O kingsof Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem; Thus saith the LORD of hosts,the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, thewhich whosoever heareth, his ears shall tingle.19:4 Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, andhave burned incense in it unto other gods, whom neither they nor theirfathers have known, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled this placewith the blood of innocents; 19:5 They have built also the high placesof Baal, to burn their sons with fire for burnt offerings unto Baal,which I commanded not, nor spake it, neither came it into my mind:19:6 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that this placeshall no more be called Tophet, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom,but The valley of slaughter.19:7 And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in thisplace; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before theirenemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and theircarcases will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and forthe beasts of the earth.19:8 And I will make this city desolate, and an hissing; every onethat passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all theplagues thereof.19:9 And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and theflesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh ofhis friend in the siege and straitness, wherewith their enemies, andthey that seek their lives, shall straiten them.19:10 Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that gowith thee, 19:11 And shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD ofhosts; Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaketha potter's vessel, that cannot be made whole again: and they shallbury them in Tophet, till there be no place to bury.19:12 Thus will I do unto this place, saith the LORD, and to theinhabitants thereof, and even make this city as Tophet: 19:13 And thehouses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall bedefiled as the place of Tophet, because of all the houses upon whoseroofs they have burned incense unto all the host of heaven, and havepoured out drink offerings unto other gods.19:14 Then came Jeremiah from Tophet, whither the LORD had sent him toprophesy; and he stood in the court of the LORD's house; and said toall the people, 19:15 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel;Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all her towns all theevil that I have pronounced against it, because they have hardenedtheir necks, that they might not hear my words.20:1 Now Pashur the son of Immer the priest, who was also chiefgovernor in the house of the LORD, heard that Jeremiah prophesiedthese things.20:2 Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocksthat were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of theLORD.20:3 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashur brought forthJeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him, The LORD hathnot called thy name Pashur, but Magormissabib.20:4 For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will make thee a terror tothyself, and to all thy friends: and they shall fall by the sword oftheir enemies, and thine eyes shall behold it: and I will give allJudah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry themcaptive into Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword.20:5 Moreover I will deliver all the strength of this city, and allthe labours thereof, and all the precious things thereof, and all thetreasures of the kings of Judah will I give into the hand of theirenemies, which shall spoil them, and take them, and carry them toBabylon.20:6 And thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in thine house shall go intocaptivity: and thou shalt come to Babylon, and there thou shalt die,and shalt be buried there, thou, and all thy friends, to whom thouhast prophesied lies.20:7 O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived; thou artstronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every onemocketh me.20:8 For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil;because the word of the LORD was made a reproach unto me, and aderision, daily.20:9 Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any morein his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut upin my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.20:10 For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report,say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for myhalting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevailagainst him, and we shall take our revenge on him.20:11 But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore mypersecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall begreatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlastingconfusion shall never be forgotten.20:12 But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest thereins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto theehave I opened my cause.20:13 Sing unto the LORD, praise ye the LORD: for he hath deliveredthe soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers.20:14 Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein mymother bare me be blessed.20:15 Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, Aman child is born unto thee; making him very glad.20:16 And let that man be as the cities which the LORD overthrew, andrepented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and theshouting at noontide; 20:17 Because he slew me not from the womb; orthat my mother might have been my grave, and her womb to be alwaysgreat with me.20:18 Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow,that my days should be consumed with shame?  21:1 The word which cameunto Jeremiah from the LORD, when king Zedekiah sent unto him Pashurthe son of Melchiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest,saying, 21:2 Enquire, I pray thee, of the LORD for us; forNebuchadrezzar king of Babylon maketh war against us; if so be thatthe LORD will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, thathe may go up from us.21:3 Then said Jeremiah unto them, Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah: 21:4Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Behold, I will turn back theweapons of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight against theking of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans, which besiege you withoutthe walls, and I will assemble them into the midst of this city.21:5 And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand andwith a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath.21:6 And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man andbeast: they shall die of a great pestilence.21:7 And afterward, saith the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king ofJudah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in thiscity from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, intothe hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of theirenemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shallsmite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them,neither have pity, nor have mercy.21:8 And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the LORD; Behold,I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.21:9 He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by thefamine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth tothe Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall beunto him for a prey.21:10 For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not forgood, saith the LORD: it shall be given into the hand of the king ofBabylon, and he shall burn it with fire.21:11 And touching the house of the king of Judah, say, Hear ye theword of the LORD; 21:12 O house of David, thus saith the LORD; Executejudgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of thehand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn thatnone can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.21:13 Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant of the valley, and rockof the plain, saith the LORD; which say, Who shall come down againstus? or who shall enter into our habitations?  21:14 But I will punishyou according to the fruit of your doings, saith the LORD: and I willkindle a fire in the forest thereof, and it shall devour all thingsround about it.22:1 Thus saith the LORD; Go down to the house of the king of Judah,and speak there this word, 22:2 And say, Hear the word of the LORD, Oking of Judah, that sittest upon the throne of David, thou, and thyservants, and thy people that enter in by these gates: 22:3 Thus saiththe LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver thespoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do noviolence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shedinnocent blood in this place.22:4 For if ye do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in by thegates of this house kings sitting upon the throne of David, riding inchariots and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people.22:5 But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith theLORD, that this house shall become a desolation.22:6 For thus saith the LORD unto the king's house of Judah; Thou artGilead unto me, and the head of Lebanon: yet surely I will make thee awilderness, and cities which are not inhabited.22:7 And I will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with hisweapons: and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast them intothe fire.22:8 And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall sayevery man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus untothis great city?  22:9 Then they shall answer, Because they haveforsaken the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshipped othergods, and served them.22:10 Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him: but weep sore forhim that goeth away: for he shall return no more, nor see his nativecountry.22:11 For thus saith the LORD touching Shallum the son of Josiah kingof Judah, which reigned instead of Josiah his father, which went forthout of this place; He shall not return thither any more: 22:12 But heshall die in the place whither they have led him captive, and shallsee this land no more.22:13 Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and hischambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour's service without wages,and giveth him not for his work; 22:14 That saith, I will build me awide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it iscieled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.22:15 Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did notthy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it waswell with him?  22:16 He judged the cause of the poor and needy; thenit was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD.22:17 But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness,and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence,to do it.22:18 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son ofJosiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah mybrother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament for him, saying, Ahlord! or, Ah his glory!  22:19 He shall be buried with the burial ofan ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.22:20 Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in Bashan, andcry from the passages: for all thy lovers are destroyed.22:21 I spake unto thee in thy prosperity; but thou saidst, I will nothear. This hath been thy manner from thy youth, that thou obeyedst notmy voice.22:22 The wind shall eat up all thy pastors, and thy lovers shall gointo captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded forall thy wickedness.22:23 O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, howgracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of awoman in travail!  22:24 As I live, saith the LORD, though Coniah theson of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yetwould I pluck thee thence; 22:25 And I will give thee into the hand ofthem that seek thy life, and into the hand of them whose face thoufearest, even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, andinto the hand of the Chaldeans.22:26 And I will cast thee out, and thy mother that bare thee, intoanother country, where ye were not born; and there shall ye die.22:27 But to the land whereunto they desire to return, thither shallthey not return.22:28 Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? is he a vesselwherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed,and are cast into a land which they know not?  22:29 O earth, earth,earth, hear the word of the LORD.22:30 Thus saith the LORD, Write ye this man childless, a man thatshall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper,sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah.23:1 Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of mypasture! saith the LORD.23:2 Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel against the pastorsthat feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away,and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil ofyour doings, saith the LORD.23:3 And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countrieswhither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds;and they shall be fruitful and increase.23:4 And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: andthey shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they belacking, saith the LORD.23:5 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise untoDavid a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, andshall execute judgment and justice in the earth.23:6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely:and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OURRIGHTEOUSNESS.23:7 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that they shallno more say, The LORD liveth, which brought up the children of Israelout of the land of Egypt; 23:8 But, The LORD liveth, which brought upand which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the northcountry, and from all countries whither I had driven them; and theyshall dwell in their own land.23:9 Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all mybones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hathovercome, because of the LORD, and because of the words of hisholiness.23:10 For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing theland mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, andtheir course is evil, and their force is not right.23:11 For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have Ifound their wickedness, saith the LORD.23:12 Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery ways in thedarkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bringevil upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith the LORD.23:13 And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; theyprophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.23:14 I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing:they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the handsof evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness; they are allof them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.23:15 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets;Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the waterof gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forthinto all the land.23:16 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of theprophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak avision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD.23:17 They say still unto them that despise me, The LORD hath said, Yeshall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after theimagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you.23:18 For who hath stood in the counsel of the LORD, and hathperceived and heard his word? who hath marked his word, and heard it?23:19 Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD is gone forth in fury, even agrievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon the head of thewicked.23:20 The anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have executed,and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latterdays ye shall consider it perfectly.23:21 I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spokento them, yet they prophesied.23:22 But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people tohear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way,and from the evil of their doings.23:23 Am I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off?23:24 Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him?saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.23:25 I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in myname, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.23:26 How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets thatprophesy lies? yea, they are prophets of the deceit of their ownheart; 23:27 Which think to cause my people to forget my name by theirdreams which they tell every man to his neighbour, as their fathershave forgotten my name for Baal.23:28 The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he thathath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff tothe wheat? saith the LORD.23:29 Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammerthat breaketh the rock in pieces?  23:30 Therefore, behold, I amagainst the prophets, saith the LORD, that steal my words every onefrom his neighbour.23:31 Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that usetheir tongues, and say, He saith.23:32 Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith theLORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, andby their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: thereforethey shall not profit this people at all, saith the LORD.23:33 And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall askthee, saying, What is the burden of the LORD? thou shalt then say untothem, What burden? I will even forsake you, saith the LORD.23:34 And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, thatshall say, The burden of the LORD, I will even punish that man and hishouse.23:35 Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbour, and every one tohis brother, What hath the LORD answered? and, What hath the LORDspoken?  23:36 And the burden of the LORD shall ye mention no more:for every man's word shall be his burden; for ye have perverted thewords of the living God, of the LORD of hosts our God.23:37 Thus shalt thou say to the prophet, What hath the LORD answeredthee? and, What hath the LORD spoken?  23:38 But since ye say, Theburden of the LORD; therefore thus saith the LORD; Because ye say thisword, The burden of the LORD, and I have sent unto you, saying, Yeshall not say, The burden of the LORD; 23:39 Therefore, behold, I,even I, will utterly forget you, and I will forsake you, and the citythat I gave you and your fathers, and cast you out of my presence:23:40 And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and aperpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.24:1 The LORD shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were setbefore the temple of the LORD, after that Nebuchadrezzar king ofBabylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king ofJudah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, fromJerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.24:2 One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are firstripe: and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not beeaten, they were so bad.24:3 Then said the LORD unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And Isaid, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the evil, very evil, thatcannot be eaten, they are so evil.24:4 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 24:5 Thus saiththe LORD, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will Iacknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I havesent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their good.24:6 For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bringthem again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull themdown; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up.24:7 And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD: andthey shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shallreturn unto me with their whole heart.24:8 And as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil;surely thus saith the LORD, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah,and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in thisland, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt: 24:9 And I willdeliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth fortheir hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, inall places whither I shall drive them.24:10 And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, amongthem, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto themand to their fathers.25:1 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judahin the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, thatwas the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; 25:2 The whichJeremiah the prophet spake unto all the people of Judah, and to allthe inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, 25:3 From the thirteenth year ofJosiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that is thethree and twentieth year, the word of the LORD hath come unto me, andI have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye have nothearkened.25:4 And the LORD hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets,rising early and sending them; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclinedyour ear to hear.25:5 They said, Turn ye again now every one from his evil way, andfrom the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD hathgiven unto you and to your fathers for ever and ever: 25:6 And go notafter other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke menot to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt.25:7 Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith the LORD; that ye mightprovoke me to anger with the works of your hands to your own hurt.25:8 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Because ye have not heardmy words, 25:9 Behold, I will send and take all the families of thenorth, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, myservant, and will bring them against this land, and against theinhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, andwill utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and anhissing, and perpetual desolations.25:10 Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voiceof gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride,the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle.25:11 And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment;and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.25:12 And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished,that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith theLORD, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will makeit perpetual desolations.25:13 And I will bring upon that land all my words which I havepronounced against it, even all that is written in this book, whichJeremiah hath prophesied against all the nations.25:14 For many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of themalso: and I will recompense them according to their deeds, andaccording to the works of their own hands.25:15 For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cupof this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I sendthee, to drink it.25:16 And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of thesword that I will send among them.25:17 Then took I the cup at the LORD's hand, and made all the nationsto drink, unto whom the LORD had sent me: 25:18 To wit, Jerusalem, andthe cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof,to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse;as it is this day; 25:19 Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, andhis princes, and all his people; 25:20 And all the mingled people, andall the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of thePhilistines, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant ofAshdod, 25:21 Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon, 25:22 And allthe kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of theisles which are beyond the sea, 25:23 Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, andall that are in the utmost corners, 25:24 And all the kings of Arabia,and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the desert,25:25 And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and allthe kings of the Medes, 25:26 And all the kings of the north, far andnear, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which areupon the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink afterthem.25:27 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD ofhosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, andfall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send amongyou.25:28 And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thine hand todrink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Yeshall certainly drink.25:29 For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by myname, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished:for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth,saith the LORD of hosts.25:30 Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and sayunto them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his voice fromhis holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; heshall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all theinhabitants of the earth.25:31 A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the LORDhath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; hewill give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the LORD.25:32 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth fromnation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from thecoasts of the earth.25:33 And the slain of the LORD shall be at that day from one end ofthe earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not belamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon theground.25:34 Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes,ye principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of yourdispersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasantvessel.25:35 And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principalof the flock to escape.25:36 A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and an howling of theprincipal of the flock, shall be heard: for the LORD hath spoiledtheir pasture.25:37 And the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierceanger of the LORD.25:38 He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land isdesolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because ofhis fierce anger.26:1 In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah kingof Judah came this word from the LORD, saying, 26:2 Thus saith theLORD; Stand in the court of the LORD's house, and speak unto all thecities of Judah, which come to worship in the LORD's house, all thewords that I command thee to speak unto them; diminish not a word:26:3 If so be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way,that I may repent me of the evil, which I purpose to do unto thembecause of the evil of their doings.26:4 And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; If ye will nothearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you, 26:5 Tohearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I sent untoyou, both rising up early, and sending them, but ye have nothearkened; 26:6 Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will makethis city a curse to all the nations of the earth.26:7 So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiahspeaking these words in the house of the LORD.26:8 Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speakingall that the LORD had commanded him to speak unto all the people, thatthe priests and the prophets and all the people took him, saying, Thoushalt surely die.26:9 Why hast thou prophesied in the name of the LORD, saying, Thishouse shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate without aninhabitant?  And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in thehouse of the LORD.26:10 When the princes of Judah heard these things, then they came upfrom the king's house unto the house of the LORD, and sat down in theentry of the new gate of the LORD's house.26:11 Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes and toall the people, saying, This man is worthy to die; for he hathprophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears.26:12 Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people,saying, The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and againstthis city all the words that ye have heard.26:13 Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey thevoice of the LORD your God; and the LORD will repent him of the evilthat he hath pronounced against you.26:14 As for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as seemeth goodand meet unto you.26:15 But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shallsurely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, andupon the inhabitants thereof: for of a truth the LORD hath sent meunto you to speak all these words in your ears.26:16 Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and tothe prophets; This man is not worthy to die: for he hath spoken to usin the name of the LORD our God.26:17 Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spake to allthe assembly of the people, saying, 26:18 Micah the Morasthiteprophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all thepeople of Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Zion shall beplowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and themountain of the house as the high places of a forest.26:19 Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all todeath?  did he not fear the LORD, and besought the LORD, and the LORDrepented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thusmight we procure great evil against our souls.26:20 And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of theLORD, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjathjearim, who prophesiedagainst this city and against this land according to all the words ofJeremiah.26:21 And when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men, and allthe princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death: butwhen Urijah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt;26:22 And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, namely, Elnathan theson of Achbor, and certain men with him into Egypt.26:23 And they fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him untoJehoiakim the king; who slew him with the sword, and cast his deadbody into the graves of the common people.26:24 Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was withJeremiah, that they should not give him into the hand of the people toput him to death.27:1 In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah kingof Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, 27:2 Thussaith the LORD to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thyneck, 27:3 And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab,and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyrus, and to theking of Zidon, by the hand of the messengers which come to Jerusalemunto Zedekiah king of Judah; 27:4 And command them to say unto theirmasters, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Thus shallye say unto your masters; 27:5 I have made the earth, the man and thebeast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by myoutstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me.27:6 And now have I given all these lands into the hand ofNebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of thefield have I given him also to serve him.27:7 And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son,until the very time of his land come: and then many nations and greatkings shall serve themselves of him.27:8 And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which willnot serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that willnot put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nationwill I punish, saith the LORD, with the sword, and with the famine,and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.27:9 Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners,nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers,which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon:27:10 For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from yourland; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.27:11 But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the kingof Babylon, and serve him, those will I let remain still in their ownland, saith the LORD; and they shall till it, and dwell therein.27:12 I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all thesewords, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon,and serve him and his people, and live.27:13 Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by thefamine, and by the pestilence, as the LORD hath spoken against thenation that will not serve the king of Babylon?  27:14 Thereforehearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you,saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: for they prophesy alie unto you.27:15 For I have not sent them, saith the LORD, yet they prophesy alie in my name; that I might drive you out, and that ye might perish,ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you.27:16 Also I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thussaith the LORD; Hearken not to the words of your prophets thatprophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the LORD's houseshall now shortly be brought again from Babylon: for they prophesy alie unto you.27:17 Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live:wherefore should this city be laid waste?  27:18 But if they beprophets, and if the word of the LORD be with them, let them now makeintercession to the LORD of hosts, that the vessels which are left inthe house of the LORD, and in the house of the king of Judah, and atJerusalem, go not to Babylon.27:19 For thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the pillars, andconcerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning theresidue of the vessels that remain in this city.27:20 Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not, when he carriedaway captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah fromJerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem; 27:21Yea, thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning thevessels that remain in the house of the LORD, and in the house of theking of Judah and of Jerusalem; 27:22 They shall be carried toBabylon, and there shall they be until the day that I visit them,saith the LORD; then will I bring them up, and restore them to thisplace.28:1 And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reignof Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, and in the fifth month,that Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, which was of Gibeon, spakeunto me in the house of the LORD, in the presence of the priests andof all the people, saying, 28:2 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, theGod of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.28:3 Within two full years will I bring again into this place all thevessels of the LORD's house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon tookaway from this place, and carried them to Babylon: 28:4 And I willbring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah,with all the captives of Judah, that went into Babylon, saith theLORD: for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.28:5 Then the prophet Jeremiah said unto the prophet Hananiah in thepresence of the priests, and in the presence of all the people thatstood in the house of the LORD, 28:6 Even the prophet Jeremiah said,Amen: the LORD do so: the LORD perform thy words which thou hastprophesied, to bring again the vessels of the LORD's house, and allthat is carried away captive, from Babylon into this place.28:7 Nevertheless hear thou now this word that I speak in thine ears,and in the ears of all the people; 28:8 The prophets that have beenbefore me and before thee of old prophesied both against manycountries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and ofpestilence.28:9 The prophet which prophesieth of peace, when the word of theprophet shall come to pass, then shall the prophet be known, that theLORD hath truly sent him.28:10 Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophetJeremiah's neck, and brake it.28:11 And Hananiah spake in the presence of all the people, saying,Thus saith the LORD; Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzarking of Babylon from the neck of all nations within the space of twofull years. And the prophet Jeremiah went his way.28:12 Then the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the prophet, afterthat Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke from off the neck of theprophet Jeremiah, saying, 28:13 Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thussaith the LORD; Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but thou shaltmake for them yokes of iron.28:14 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; I have puta yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that they may serveNebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I havegiven him the beasts of the field also.28:15 Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hearnow, Hananiah; The LORD hath not sent thee; but thou makest thispeople to trust in a lie.28:16 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will cast thee from offthe face of the earth: this year thou shalt die, because thou hasttaught rebellion against the LORD.28:17 So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.29:1 Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophetsent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders which were carriedaway captives, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all thepeople whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem toBabylon; 29:2 (After that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and theeunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, andthe smiths, were departed from Jerusalem;) 29:3 By the hand of Elasahthe son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiahking of Judah sent unto Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon)saying, 29:4 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, unto allthat are carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried awayfrom Jerusalem unto Babylon; 29:5 Build ye houses, and dwell in them;and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them; 29:6 Take ye wives, andbeget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give yourdaughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that yemay be increased there, and not diminished.29:7 And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to becarried away captives, and pray unto the LORD for it: for in the peacethereof shall ye have peace.29:8 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not yourprophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you,neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.29:9 For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sentthem, saith the LORD.29:10 For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years beaccomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good wordtoward you, in causing you to return to this place.29:11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD,thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.29:12 Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me,and I will hearken unto you.29:13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for mewith all your heart.29:14 And I will be found of you, saith the LORD: and I will turn awayyour captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and fromall the places whither I have driven you, saith the LORD; and I willbring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried awaycaptive.29:15 Because ye have said, The LORD hath raised us up prophets inBabylon; 29:16 Know that thus saith the LORD of the king that sittethupon the throne of David, and of all the people that dwelleth in thiscity, and of your brethren that are not gone forth with you intocaptivity; 29:17 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will sendupon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will makethem like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.29:18 And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, andwith the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all thekingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and anhissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driventhem: 29:19 Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith theLORD, which I sent unto them by my servants the prophets, rising upearly and sending them; but ye would not hear, saith the LORD.29:20 Hear ye therefore the word of the LORD, all ye of the captivity,whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon: 29:21 Thus saith the LORDof hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and ofZedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which prophesy a lie unto you in myname; Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar kingof Babylon; and he shall slay them before your eyes; 29:22 And of themshall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which are inBabylon, saying, The LORD make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whomthe king of Babylon roasted in the fire; 29:23 Because they havecommitted villany in Israel, and have committed adultery with theirneighbours' wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which Ihave not commanded them; even I know, and am a witness, saith theLORD.29:24 Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,29:25 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying,Because thou hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people thatare at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, andto all the priests, saying, 29:26 The LORD hath made thee priest inthe stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in thehouse of the LORD, for every man that is mad, and maketh himself aprophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks.29:27 Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth,which maketh himself a prophet to you?  29:28 For therefore he sentunto us in Babylon, saying, This captivity is long: build ye houses,and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.29:29 And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears ofJeremiah the prophet.29:30 Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying, 29:31 Sendto all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith the LORD concerningShemaiah the Nehelamite; Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied untoyou, and I sent him not, and he caused you to trust in a lie: 29:32Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will punish Shemaiah theNehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell among thispeople; neither shall he behold the good that I will do for my people,saith the LORD; because he hath taught rebellion against the LORD.30:1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, 30:2 Thusspeaketh the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words thatI have spoken unto thee in a book.30:3 For, lo, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will bring againthe captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the LORD: and Iwill cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers,and they shall possess it.30:4 And these are the words that the LORD spake concerning Israel andconcerning Judah.30:5 For thus saith the LORD; We have heard a voice of trembling, offear, and not of peace.30:6 Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child?wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a womanin travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?  30:7 Alas! forthat day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time ofJacob's trouble, but he shall be saved out of it.30:8 For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts,that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thybonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him: 30:9 Butthey shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I willraise up unto them.30:10 Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD;neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar,and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return,and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid.30:11 For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I makea full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet I willnot make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, andwill not leave thee altogether unpunished.30:12 For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy woundis grievous.30:13 There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up:thou hast no healing medicines.30:14 All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for Ihave wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement ofa cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sinswere increased.30:15 Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow is incurablefor the multitude of thine iniquity: because thy sins were increased,I have done these things unto thee.30:16 Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and allthine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; andthey that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon theewill I give for a prey.30:17 For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thywounds, saith the LORD; because they called thee an Outcast, saying,This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.30:18 Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity ofJacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the cityshall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain afterthe manner thereof.30:19 And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of themthat make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few;I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.30:20 Their children also shall be as aforetime, and theircongregation shall be established before me, and I will punish allthat oppress them.30:21 And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governorshall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to drawnear, and he shall approach unto me: for who is this that engaged hisheart to approach unto me? saith the LORD.30:22 And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.30:23 Behold, the whirlwind of the LORD goeth forth with fury, acontinuing whirlwind: it shall fall with pain upon the head of thewicked.30:24 The fierce anger of the LORD shall not return, until he hathdone it, and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in thelatter days ye shall consider it.31:1 At the same time, saith the LORD, will I be the God of all thefamilies of Israel, and they shall be my people.31:2 Thus saith the LORD, The people which were left of the swordfound grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause himto rest.31:3 The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have lovedthee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have Idrawn thee.31:4 Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin ofIsrael: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt goforth in the dances of them that make merry.31:5 Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria: theplanters shall plant, and shall eat them as common things.31:6 For there shall be a day, that the watchmen upon the mountEphraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto the LORDour God.31:7 For thus saith the LORD; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shoutamong the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, OLORD, save thy people, the remnant of Israel.31:8 Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather themfrom the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame,the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: agreat company shall return thither.31:9 They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I leadthem: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straightway, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, andEphraim is my firstborn.31:10 Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in theisles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, andkeep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.31:11 For the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the handof him that was stronger than he.31:12 Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, andshall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and forwine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: andtheir soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow anymore at all.31:13 Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men andold together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and willcomfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.31:14 And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and mypeople shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the LORD.31:15 Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation,and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to becomforted for her children, because they were not.31:16 Thus saith the LORD; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thineeyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the LORD; andthey shall come again from the land of the enemy.31:17 And there is hope in thine end, saith the LORD, that thychildren shall come again to their own border.31:18 I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hastchastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to theyoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD myGod.31:19 Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I wasinstructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, evenconfounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.31:20 Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since Ispake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore mybowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saiththe LORD.31:21 Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine hearttoward the highway, even the way which thou wentest: turn again, Ovirgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities.31:22 How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? forthe LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compassa man.31:23 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As yet theyshall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof,when I shall bring again their captivity; The LORD bless thee, Ohabitation of justice, and mountain of holiness.31:24 And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and in all the citiesthereof together, husbandmen, and they that go forth with flocks.31:25 For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished everysorrowful soul.31:26 Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.31:27 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will sow the houseof Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with theseed of beast.31:28 And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched overthem, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and todestroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and toplant, saith the LORD.31:29 In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten asour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge.31:30 But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man thateateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.31:31 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a newcovenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: 31:32Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in theday that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land ofEgypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband untothem, saith the LORD: 31:33 But this shall be the covenant that I willmake with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, Iwill put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts;and will be their God, and they shall be my people.31:34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and everyman his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me,from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: forI will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.31:35 Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day,and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night,which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hostsis his name: 31:36 If those ordinances depart from before me, saiththe LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nationbefore me for ever.31:37 Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and thefoundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast offall the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD.31:38 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the city shall bebuilt to the LORD from the tower of Hananeel unto the gate of thecorner.31:39 And the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it uponthe hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath.31:40 And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, andall the fields unto the brook of Kidron, unto the corner of the horsegate toward the east, shall be holy unto the LORD; it shall not beplucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever.32:1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year ofZedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year ofNebuchadrezzar.32:2 For then the king of Babylon's army besieged Jerusalem: andJeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which wasin the king of Judah's house.32:3 For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Whereforedost thou prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will givethis city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it;32:4 And Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand ofthe Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the kingof Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyesshall behold his eyes; 32:5 And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, andthere shall he be until I visit him, saith the LORD: though ye fightwith the Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper.32:6 And Jeremiah said, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying,32:7 Behold, Hanameel the son of Shallum thine uncle shall come untothee saying, Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth: for the right ofredemption is thine to buy it.32:8 So Hanameel mine uncle's son came to me in the court of theprison according to the word of the LORD, and said unto me, Buy myfield, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in the country ofBenjamin: for the right of inheritance is thine, and the redemption isthine; buy it for thyself.Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD.32:9 And I bought the field of Hanameel my uncle's son, that was inAnathoth, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver.32:10 And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed it, and tookwitnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances.32:11 So I took the evidence of the purchase, both that which wassealed according to the law and custom, and that which was open: 32:12And I gave the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah,the son of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel mine uncle's son, and inthe presence of the witnesses that subscribed the book of thepurchase, before all the Jews that sat in the court of the prison.32:13 And I charged Baruch before them, saying, 32:14 Thus saith theLORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Take these evidences, this evidenceof the purchase, both which is sealed, and this evidence which isopen; and put them in an earthen vessel, that they may continue manydays.32:15 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Houses andfields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land.32:16 Now when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase untoBaruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto the LORD, saying, 32:17 AhLord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy greatpower and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:32:18 Thou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest theiniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them:the Great, the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts, is his name, 32:19 Greatin counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all theways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, andaccording to the fruit of his doings: 32:20 Which hast set signs andwonders in the land of Egypt, even unto this day, and in Israel, andamong other men; and hast made thee a name, as at this day; 32:21 Andhast brought forth thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt withsigns, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with a stretchedout arm, and with great terror; 32:22 And hast given them this land,which thou didst swear to their fathers to give them, a land flowingwith milk and honey; 32:23 And they came in, and possessed it; butthey obeyed not thy voice, neither walked in thy law; they have donenothing of all that thou commandedst them to do: therefore thou hastcaused all this evil to come upon them: 32:24 Behold the mounts, theyare come unto the city to take it; and the city is given into the handof the Chaldeans, that fight against it, because of the sword, and ofthe famine, and of the pestilence: and what thou hast spoken is cometo pass; and, behold, thou seest it.32:25 And thou hast said unto me, O Lord GOD, Buy thee the field formoney, and take witnesses; for the city is given into the hand of theChaldeans.32:26 Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying, 32:27Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing toohard for me?  32:28 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will givethis city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand ofNebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall take it: 32:29 And theChaldeans, that fight against this city, shall come and set fire onthis city, and burn it with the houses, upon whose roofs they haveoffered incense unto Baal, and poured out drink offerings unto othergods, to provoke me to anger.32:30 For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have onlydone evil before me from their youth: for the children of Israel haveonly provoked me to anger with the work of their hands, saith theLORD.32:31 For this city hath been to me as a provocation of mine anger andof my fury from the day that they built it even unto this day; that Ishould remove it from before my face, 32:32 Because of all the evil ofthe children of Israel and of the children of Judah, which they havedone to provoke me to anger, they, their kings, their princes, theirpriests, and their prophets, and the men of Judah, and the inhabitantsof Jerusalem.32:33 And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: thoughI taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have nothearkened to receive instruction.32:34 But they set their abominations in the house, which is called bymy name, to defile it.32:35 And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valleyof the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to passthrough the fire unto Molech; which I commanded them not, neither cameit into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judahto sin.32:36 And now therefore thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel,concerning this city, whereof ye say, It shall be delivered into thehand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by the famine, and bythe pestilence; 32:37 Behold, I will gather them out of all countries,whither I have driven them in mine anger, and in my fury, and in greatwrath; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will causethem to dwell safely: 32:38 And they shall be my people, and I will betheir God: 32:39 And I will give them one heart, and one way, thatthey may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their childrenafter them: 32:40 And I will make an everlasting covenant with them,that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will putmy fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.32:41 Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plantthem in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my wholesoul.32:42 For thus saith the LORD; Like as I have brought all this greatevil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that Ihave promised them.32:43 And fields shall be bought in this land, whereof ye say, It isdesolate without man or beast; it is given into the hand of theChaldeans.32:44 Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe evidences, andseal them, and take witnesses in the land of Benjamin, and in theplaces about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the citiesof the mountains, and in the cities of the valley, and in the citiesof the south: for I will cause their captivity to return, saith theLORD.33:1 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the second time,while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison, saying, 33:2 Thussaith the LORD the maker thereof, the LORD that formed it, toestablish it; the LORD is his name; 33:3 Call unto me, and I willanswer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowestnot.33:4 For thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the housesof this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, whichare thrown down by the mounts, and by the sword; 33:5 They come tofight with the Chaldeans, but it is to fill them with the dead bodiesof men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my fury, and for allwhose wickedness I have hid my face from this city.33:6 Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them,and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.33:7 And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity ofIsrael to return, and will build them, as at the first.33:8 And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby theyhave sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities,whereby they have sinned, and whereby they have transgressed againstme.33:9 And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honourbefore all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the goodthat I do unto them: and they shall fear and tremble for all thegoodness and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it.33:10 Thus saith the LORD; Again there shall be heard in this place,which ye say shall be desolate without man and without beast, even inthe cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that aredesolate, without man, and without inhabitant, and without beast,33:11 The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of thebridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shallsay, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercyendureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice ofpraise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause to return thecaptivity of the land, as at the first, saith the LORD.33:12 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Again in this place, which isdesolate without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof,shall be an habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.33:13 In the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the vale, andin the cities of the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in theplaces about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flockspass again under the hands of him that telleth them, saith the LORD.33:14 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will perform thatgood thing which I have promised unto the house of Israel and to thehouse of Judah.33:15 In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch ofrighteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment andrighteousness in the land.33:16 In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwellsafely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The LORDour righteousness.33:17 For thus saith the LORD; David shall never want a man to situpon the throne of the house of Israel; 33:18 Neither shall thepriests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt offerings, andto kindle meat offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.33:19 And the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, saying, 33:20 Thussaith the LORD; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and mycovenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night intheir season; 33:21 Then may also my covenant be broken with David myservant, that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; andwith the Levites the priests, my ministers.33:22 As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand ofthe sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, andthe Levites that minister unto me.33:23 Moreover the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying, 33:24Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The twofamilies which the LORD hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? thusthey have despised my people, that they should be no more a nationbefore them.33:25 Thus saith the LORD; If my covenant be not with day and night,and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth; 33:26Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob and David my servant, so thatI will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham,Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and havemercy on them.34:1 The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, whenNebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdomsof the earth of his dominion, and all the people, fought againstJerusalem, and against all the cities thereof, saying, 34:2 Thus saiththe LORD, the God of Israel; Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah,and tell him, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give this city intothe hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire: 34:3And thou shalt not escape out of his hand, but shalt surely be taken,and delivered into his hand; and thine eyes shall behold the eyes ofthe king of Babylon, and he shall speak with thee mouth to mouth, andthou shalt go to Babylon.34:4 Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah; Thussaith the LORD of thee, Thou shalt not die by the sword: 34:5 But thoushalt die in peace: and with the burnings of thy fathers, the formerkings which were before thee, so shall they burn odours for thee; andthey will lament thee, saying, Ah lord! for I have pronounced theword, saith the LORD.34:6 Then Jeremiah the prophet spake all these words unto Zedekiahking of Judah in Jerusalem, 34:7 When the king of Babylon's armyfought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah thatwere left, against Lachish, and against Azekah: for these defencedcities remained of the cities of Judah.34:8 This is the word that came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, afterthat the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people whichwere at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them; 34:9 That every manshould let his manservant, and every man his maidservant, being anHebrew or an Hebrewess, go free; that none should serve himself ofthem, to wit, of a Jew his brother.34:10 Now when all the princes, and all the people, which had enteredinto the covenant, heard that every one should let his manservant, andevery one his maidservant, go free, that none should serve themselvesof them any more, then they obeyed, and let them go.34:11 But afterward they turned, and caused the servants and thehandmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them intosubjection for servants and for handmaids.34:12 Therefore the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD,saying, 34:13 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; I made acovenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out ofthe land of Egypt, out of the house of bondmen, saying, 34:14 At theend of seven years let ye go every man his brother an Hebrew, whichhath been sold unto thee; and when he hath served thee six years, thoushalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not untome, neither inclined their ear.34:15 And ye were now turned, and had done right in my sight, inproclaiming liberty every man to his neighbour; and ye had made acovenant before me in the house which is called by my name: 34:16 Butye turned and polluted my name, and caused every man his servant, andevery man his handmaid, whom ye had set at liberty at their pleasure,to return, and brought them into subjection, to be unto you forservants and for handmaids.34:17 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ye have not hearkened unto me, inproclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every man to hisneighbour: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, saith the LORD, tothe sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make youto be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.34:18 And I will give the men that have transgressed my covenant,which have not performed the words of the covenant which they had madebefore me, when they cut the calf in twain, and passed between theparts thereof, 34:19 The princes of Judah, and the princes ofJerusalem, the eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of theland, which passed between the parts of the calf; 34:20 I will evengive them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of themthat seek their life: and their dead bodies shall be for meat unto thefowls of the heaven, and to the beasts of the earth.34:21 And Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I give into thehand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life,and into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which are gone upfrom you.34:22 Behold, I will command, saith the LORD, and cause them to returnto this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burnit with fire: and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation withoutan inhabitant.35:1 The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD in the days ofJehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying, 35:2 Go unto thehouse of the Rechabites, and speak unto them, and bring them into thehouse of the LORD, into one of the chambers, and give them wine todrink.35:3 Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habaziniah,and his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole house of theRechabites; 35:4 And I brought them into the house of the LORD, intothe chamber of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man of God,which was by the chamber of the princes, which was above the chamberof Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door: 35:5 And I setbefore the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine, andcups, and I said unto them, Drink ye wine.35:6 But they said, We will drink no wine: for Jonadab the son ofRechab our father commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine,neither ye, nor your sons for ever: 35:7 Neither shall ye build house,nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any: but all your days yeshall dwell in tents; that ye may live many days in the land where yebe strangers.35:8 Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab ourfather in all that he hath charged us, to drink no wine all our days,we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters; 35:9 Nor to build housesfor us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:35:10 But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done accordingto all that Jonadab our father commanded us.35:11 But it came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came upinto the land, that we said, Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for fearof the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians:so we dwell at Jerusalem.35:12 Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying, 35:13 Thussaith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Go and tell the men ofJudah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will ye not receiveinstruction to hearken to my words? saith the LORD.35:14 The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded hissons not to drink wine, are performed; for unto this day they drinknone, but obey their father's commandment: notwithstanding I havespoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye hearkened not untome.35:15 I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, risingup early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every man from hisevil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to servethem, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and toyour fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened untome.35:16 Because the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed thecommandment of their father, which he commanded them; but this peoplehath not hearkened unto me: 35:17 Therefore thus saith the LORD God ofhosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon Judah and upon allthe inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronouncedagainst them: because I have spoken unto them, but they have notheard; and I have called unto them, but they have not answered.35:18 And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saiththe LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Because ye have obeyed thecommandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, anddone according unto all that he hath commanded you: 35:19 Thereforethus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Jonadab the son ofRechab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever.36:1 And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son ofJosiah king of Judah, that this word came unto Jeremiah from the LORD,saying, 36:2 Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all thewords that I have spoken unto thee against Israel, and against Judah,and against all the nations, from the day I spake unto thee, from thedays of Josiah, even unto this day.36:3 It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which Ipurpose to do unto them; that they may return every man from his evilway; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.36:4 Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrotefrom the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD, which he hadspoken unto him, upon a roll of a book.36:5 And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot gointo the house of the LORD: 36:6 Therefore go thou, and read in theroll, which thou hast written from my mouth, the words of the LORD inthe ears of the people in the LORD's house upon the fasting day: andalso thou shalt read them in the ears of all Judah that come out oftheir cities.36:7 It may be they will present their supplication before the LORD,and will return every one from his evil way: for great is the angerand the fury that the LORD hath pronounced against this people.36:8 And Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiahthe prophet commanded him, reading in the book the words of the LORDin the LORD's house.36:9 And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son ofJosiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fastbefore the LORD to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the peoplethat came from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem.36:10 Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the houseof the LORD, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe,in the higher court, at the entry of the new gate of the LORD's house,in the ears of all the people.36:11 When Michaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heardout of the book all the words of the LORD, 36:12 Then he went downinto the king's house, into the scribe's chamber: and, lo, all theprinces sat there, even Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah the son ofShemaiah, and Elnathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son ofShaphan, and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the princes.36:13 Then Michaiah declared unto them all the words that he hadheard, when Baruch read the book in the ears of the people.36:14 Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, theson of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, unto Baruch, saying, Take in thinehand the roll wherein thou hast read in the ears of the people, andcome. So Baruch the son of Neriah took the roll in his hand, and cameunto them.36:15 And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears.So Baruch read it in their ears.36:16 Now it came to pass, when they had heard all the words, theywere afraid both one and other, and said unto Baruch, We will surelytell the king of all these words.36:17 And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou writeall these words at his mouth?  36:18 Then Baruch answered them, Hepronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote themwith ink in the book.36:19 Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou andJeremiah; and let no man know where ye be.36:20 And they went in to the king into the court, but they laid upthe roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told all the wordsin the ears of the king.36:21 So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll: and he took it out ofElishama the scribe's chamber. And Jehudi read it in the ears of theking, and in the ears of all the princes which stood beside the king.36:22 Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: andthere was a fire on the hearth burning before him.36:23 And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or fourleaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire thatwas on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire thatwas on the hearth.36:24 Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither theking, nor any of his servants that heard all these words.36:25 Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had madeintercession to the king that he would not burn the roll: but he wouldnot hear them.36:26 But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, andSeraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to takeBaruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the LORD hid them.36:27 Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, after that the kinghad burned the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth ofJeremiah, saying, 36:28 Take thee again another roll, and write in itall the former words that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim theking of Judah hath burned.36:29 And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith theLORD; Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou writtentherein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroythis land, and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast?  36:30Therefore thus saith the LORD of Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shallhave none to sit upon the throne of David: and his dead body shall becast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost.36:31 And I will punish him and his seed and his servants for theiriniquity; and I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants ofJerusalem, and upon the men of Judah, all the evil that I havepronounced against them; but they hearkened not.36:32 Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch thescribe, the son of Neriah; who wrote therein from the mouth ofJeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah hadburned in the fire: and there were added besides unto them many likewords.37:1 And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah theson of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in theland of Judah.37:2 But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, didhearken unto the words of the LORD, which he spake by the prophetJeremiah.37:3 And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah andZephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest to the prophet Jeremiah,saying, Pray now unto the LORD our God for us.37:4 Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they hadnot put him into prison.37:5 Then Pharaoh's army was come forth out of Egypt: and when theChaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they departedfrom Jerusalem.37:6 Then came the word of the LORD unto the prophet Jeremiah saying,37:7 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to theking of Judah, that sent you unto me to enquire of me; Behold,Pharaoh's army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egyptinto their own land.37:8 And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city,and take it, and burn it with fire.37:9 Thus saith the LORD; Deceive not yourselves, saying, TheChaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart.37:10 For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans thatfight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yetshould they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city withfire.37:11 And it came to pass, that when the army of the Chaldeans wasbroken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's army, 37:12 ThenJeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin,to separate himself thence in the midst of the people.37:13 And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the wardwas there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son ofHananiah; and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest awayto the Chaldeans.37:14 Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I fall not away to theChaldeans.But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought himto the princes.37:15 Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him,and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for theyhad made that the prison.37:16 When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins,and Jeremiah had remained there many days; 37:17 Then Zedekiah theking sent, and took him out: and the king asked him secretly in hishouse, and said, Is there any word from the LORD? And Jeremiah said,There is: for, said he, thou shalt be delivered into the hand of theking of Babylon.37:18 Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offendedagainst thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that yehave put me in prison?  37:19 Where are now your prophets whichprophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not comeagainst you, nor against this land?  37:20 Therefore hear now, I praythee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, beaccepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the house ofJonathan the scribe, lest I die there.37:21 Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commitJeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give himdaily a piece of bread out of the bakers' street, until all the breadin the city were spent.Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.38:1 Then Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son ofPashur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son ofMalchiah, heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken unto all thepeople, saying, 38:2 Thus saith the LORD, He that remaineth in thiscity shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: buthe that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have hislife for a prey, and shall live.38:3 Thus saith the LORD, This city shall surely be given into thehand of the king of Babylon's army, which shall take it.38:4 Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, letthis man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the menof war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, inspeaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare ofthis people, but the hurt.38:5 Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for theking is not he that can do any thing against you.38:6 Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon ofMalchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison:and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was nowater, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.38:7 Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which wasin the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon;the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin; 38:8 Ebedmelech wentforth out of the king's house, and spake to the king saying, 38:9 Mylord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done toJeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he islike to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no morebread in the city.38:10 Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Takefrom hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet outof the dungeon, before he die.38:11 So Ebedmelech took the men with him, and went into the house ofthe king under the treasury, and took thence old cast clouts and oldrotten rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah.38:12 And Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now theseold cast clouts and rotten rags under thine armholes under the cords.And Jeremiah did so.38:13 So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of thedungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.38:14 Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet untohim into the third entry that is in the house of the LORD: and theking said unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing fromme.38:15 Then Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, If I declare it unto thee,wilt thou not surely put me to death? and if I give thee counsel, wiltthou not hearken unto me?  38:16 So Zedekiah the king sware secretlyunto Jeremiah, saying, As the LORD liveth, that made us this soul, Iwill not put thee to death, neither will I give thee into the hand ofthese men that seek thy life.38:17 Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the Godof hosts, the God of Israel; If thou wilt assuredly go forth unto theking of Babylon's princes, then thy soul shall live, and this cityshall not be burned with fire; and thou shalt live, and thine house:38:18 But if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylon's princes,then shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and theyshall burn it with fire, and thou shalt not escape out of their hand.38:19 And Zedekiah the king said unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of theJews that are fallen to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into theirhand, and they mock me.38:20 But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee. Obey, I beseechthee, the voice of the LORD, which I speak unto thee: so it shall bewell unto thee, and thy soul shall live.38:21 But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that the LORDhath shewed me: 38:22 And, behold, all the women that are left in theking of Judah's house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon'sprinces, and those women shall say, Thy friends have set thee on, andhave prevailed against thee: thy feet are sunk in the mire, and theyare turned away back.38:23 So they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to theChaldeans: and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt betaken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou shalt cause thiscity to be burned with fire.38:24 Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of thesewords, and thou shalt not die.38:25 But if the princes hear that I have talked with thee, and theycome unto thee, and say unto thee, Declare unto us now what thou hastsaid unto the king, hide it not from us, and we will not put thee todeath; also what the king said unto thee: 38:26 Then thou shalt sayunto them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he wouldnot cause me to return to Jonathan's house, to die there.38:27 Then came all the princes unto Jeremiah, and asked him: and hetold them according to all these words that the king had commanded. Sothey left off speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived.38:28 So Jeremiah abode in the court of the prison until the day thatJerusalem was taken: and he was there when Jerusalem was taken.39:1 In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month,came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army againstJerusalem, and they besieged it.39:2 And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, theninth day of the month, the city was broken up.39:3 And all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat inthe middle gate, even Nergalsharezer, Samgarnebo, Sarsechim, Rabsaris,Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, with all the residue of the princes of theking of Babylon.39:4 And it came to pass, that when Zedekiah the king of Judah sawthem, and all the men of war, then they fled, and went forth out ofthe city by night, by the way of the king's garden, by the gatebetwixt the two walls: and he went out the way of the plain.39:5 But the Chaldeans' army pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiahin the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they broughthim up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land ofHamath, where he gave judgment upon him.39:6 Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblahbefore his eyes: also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles ofJudah.39:7 Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him with chains,to carry him to Babylon.39:8 And the Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the houses of thepeople, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem.39:9 Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captiveinto Babylon the remnant of the people that remained in the city, andthose that fell away, that fell to him, with the rest of the peoplethat remained.39:10 But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poor of thepeople, which had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave themvineyards and fields at the same time.39:11 Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon gave charge concerningJeremiah to Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, saying, 39:12 Takehim, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even ashe shall say unto thee.39:13 So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard sent, and Nebushasban,Rabsaris, and Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, and all the king of Babylon'sprinces; 39:14 Even they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court ofthe prison, and committed him unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the sonof Shaphan, that he should carry him home: so he dwelt among thepeople.39:15 Now the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, while he was shutup in the court of the prison, saying, 39:16 Go and speak toEbedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, theGod of Israel; Behold, I will bring my words upon this city for evil,and not for good; and they shall be accomplished in that day beforethee.39:17 But I will deliver thee in that day, saith the LORD: and thoushalt not be given into the hand of the men of whom thou art afraid.39:18 For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by thesword, but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee: because thou hastput thy trust in me, saith the LORD.40:1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after thatNebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, whenhe had taken him being bound in chains among all that were carriedaway captive of Jerusalem and Judah, which were carried away captiveunto Babylon.40:2 And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him,The LORD thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place.40:3 Now the LORD hath brought it, and done according as he hath said:because ye have sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed hisvoice, therefore this thing is come upon you.40:4 And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which wereupon thine hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with me intoBabylon, come; and I will look well unto thee: but if it seem ill untothee to come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land isbefore thee: whither it seemeth good and convenient for thee to go,thither go.40:5 Now while he was not yet gone back, he said, Go back also toGedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom the king ofBabylon hath made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell withhim among the people: or go wheresoever it seemeth convenient untothee to go. So the captain of the guard gave him victuals and areward, and let him go.40:6 Then went Jeremiah unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; anddwelt with him among the people that were left in the land.40:7 Now when all the captains of the forces which were in the fields,even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had madeGedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committedunto him men, and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, ofthem that were not carried away captive to Babylon; 40:8 Then theycame to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, andJohanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son ofTanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah theson of a Maachathite, they and their men.40:9 And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan sware unto themand to their men, saying, Fear not to serve the Chaldeans: dwell inthe land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well withyou.40:10 As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah, to serve theChaldeans, which will come unto us: but ye, gather ye wine, and summerfruits, and oil, and put them in your vessels, and dwell in yourcities that ye have taken.40:11 Likewise when all the Jews that were in Moab, and among theAmmonites, and in Edom, and that were in all the countries, heard thatthe king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah, and that he had setover them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan; 40:12 Evenall the Jews returned out of all places whither they were driven, andcame to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, unto Mizpah, and gathered wineand summer fruits very much.40:13 Moreover Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of theforces that were in the fields, came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, 40:14 Andsaid unto him, Dost thou certainly know that Baalis the king of theAmmonites hath sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to slay thee? ButGedaliah the son of Ahikam believed them not.40:15 Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpahsecretly saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael theson of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: wherefore should he slaythee, that all the Jews which are gathered unto thee should bescattered, and the remnant in Judah perish?  40:16 But Gedaliah theson of Ahikam said unto Johanan the son of Kareah, Thou shalt not dothis thing: for thou speakest falsely of Ishmael.41:1 Now it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son ofNethaniah the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, and the princes ofthe king, even ten men with him, came unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikamto Mizpah; and there they did eat bread together in Mizpah.41:2 Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men thatwere with him, and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphanwith the sword, and slew him, whom the king of Babylon had madegovernor over the land.41:3 Ishmael also slew all the Jews that were with him, even withGedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans that were found there, and themen of war.41:4 And it came to pass the second day after he had slain Gedaliah,and no man knew it, 41:5 That there came certain from Shechem, fromShiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beardsshaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, withofferings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of theLORD.41:6 And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth from Mizpah to meetthem, weeping all along as he went: and it came to pass, as he metthem, he said unto them, Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam.41:7 And it was so, when they came into the midst of the city, thatIshmael the son of Nethaniah slew them, and cast them into the midstof the pit, he, and the men that were with him.41:8 But ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael, Slay usnot: for we have treasures in the field, of wheat, and of barley, andof oil, and of honey. So he forbare, and slew them not among theirbrethren.41:9 Now the pit wherein Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies of themen, whom he had slain because of Gedaliah, was it which Asa the kinghad made for fear of Baasha king of Israel: and Ishmael the son ofNethaniah filled it with them that were slain.41:10 Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the peoplethat were in Mizpah, even the king's daughters, and all the peoplethat remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard hadcommitted to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam: and Ishmael the son ofNethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to theAmmonites.41:11 But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of theforces that were with him, heard of all the evil that Ishmael the sonof Nethaniah had done, 41:12 Then they took all the men, and went tofight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and found him by the greatwaters that are in Gibeon.41:13 Now it came to pass, that when all the people which were withIshmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of theforces that were with him, then they were glad.41:14 So all the people that Ishmael had carried away captive fromMizpah cast about and returned, and went unto Johanan the son ofKareah.41:15 But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eightmen, and went to the Ammonites.41:16 Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of theforces that were with him, all the remnant of the people whom he hadrecovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after thathe had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, even mighty men of war, andthe women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had broughtagain from Gibeon: 41:17 And they departed, and dwelt in thehabitation of Chimham, which is by Bethlehem, to go to enter intoEgypt, 41:18 Because of the Chaldeans: for they were afraid of them,because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had slain Gedaliah the son ofAhikam, whom the king of Babylon made governor in the land.42:1 Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son ofKareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from theleast even unto the greatest, came near, 42:2 And said unto Jeremiahthe prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our supplication be accepted beforethee, and pray for us unto the LORD thy God, even for all thisremnant; (for we are left but a few of many, as thine eyes do beholdus:) 42:3 That the LORD thy God may shew us the way wherein we maywalk, and the thing that we may do.42:4 Then Jeremiah the prophet said unto them, I have heard you;behold, I will pray unto the LORD your God according to your words;and it shall come to pass, that whatsoever thing the LORD shall answeryou, I will declare it unto you; I will keep nothing back from you.42:5 Then they said to Jeremiah, The LORD be a true and faithfulwitness between us, if we do not even according to all things for thewhich the LORD thy God shall send thee to us.42:6 Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voiceof the LORD our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well withus, when we obey the voice of the LORD our God.42:7 And it came to pass after ten days, that the word of the LORDcame unto Jeremiah.42:8 Then called he Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains ofthe forces which were with him, and all the people from the least evento the greatest, 42:9 And said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, the Godof Israel, unto whom ye sent me to present your supplication beforehim; 42:10 If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you,and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up: forI repent me of the evil that I have done unto you.42:11 Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid; benot afraid of him, saith the LORD: for I am with you to save you, andto deliver you from his hand.42:12 And I will shew mercies unto you, that he may have mercy uponyou, and cause you to return to your own land.42:13 But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey thevoice of the LORD your God, 42:14 Saying, No; but we will go into theland of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of thetrumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell: 42:15 Andnow therefore hear the word of the LORD, ye remnant of Judah; Thussaith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; If ye wholly set yourfaces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there; 42:16 Then itshall come to pass, that the sword, which ye feared, shall overtakeyou there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye wereafraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there yeshall die.42:17 So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go intoEgypt to sojourn there; they shall die by the sword, by the famine,and by the pestilence: and none of them shall remain or escape fromthe evil that I will bring upon them.42:18 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As mineanger and my fury hath been poured forth upon the inhabitants ofJerusalem; so shall my fury be poured forth upon you, when ye shallenter into Egypt: and ye shall be an execration, and an astonishment,and a curse, and a reproach; and ye shall see this place no more.42:19 The LORD hath said concerning you, O ye remnant of Judah; Go yenot into Egypt: know certainly that I have admonished you this day.42:20 For ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me unto the LORDyour God, saying, Pray for us unto the LORD our God; and accordingunto all that the LORD our God shall say, so declare unto us, and wewill do it.42:21 And now I have this day declared it to you; but ye have notobeyed the voice of the LORD your God, nor any thing for the which hehath sent me unto you.42:22 Now therefore know certainly that ye shall die by the sword, bythe famine, and by the pestilence, in the place whither ye desire togo and to sojourn.43:1 And it came to pass, that when Jeremiah had made an end ofspeaking unto all the people all the words of the LORD their God, forwhich the LORD their God had sent him to them, even all these words,43:2 Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son ofKareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakestfalsely: the LORD our God hath not sent thee to say, Go not into Egyptto sojourn there: 43:3 But Baruch the son of Neriah setteth thee onagainst us, for to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, thatthey might put us to death, and carry us away captives into Babylon.43:4 So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces,and all the people, obeyed not the voice of the LORD, to dwell in theland of Judah.43:5 But Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of theforces, took all the remnant of Judah, that were returned from allnations, whither they had been driven, to dwell in the land of Judah;43:6 Even men, and women, and children, and the king's daughters, andevery person that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had left withGedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah theprophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah.43:7 So they came into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not thevoice of the LORD: thus came they even to Tahpanhes.43:8 Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes,saying, 43:9 Take great stones in thine hand, and hide them in theclay in the brickkiln, which is at the entry of Pharaoh's house inTahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah; 43:10 And say unto them,Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will sendand take Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will sethis throne upon these stones that I have hid; and he shall spread hisroyal pavilion over them.43:11 And when he cometh, he shall smite the land of Egypt, anddeliver such as are for death to death; and such as are for captivityto captivity; and such as are for the sword to the sword.43:12 And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; andhe shall burn them, and carry them away captives: and he shall arrayhimself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his garment;and he shall go forth from thence in peace.43:13 He shall break also the images of Bethshemesh, that is in theland of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians shall heburn with fire.44:1 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews whichdwell in the land of Egypt, which dwell at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes,and at Noph, and in the country of Pathros, saying, 44:2 Thus saiththe LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Ye have seen all the evil that Ihave brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah; and,behold, this day they are a desolation, and no man dwelleth therein,44:3 Because of their wickedness which they have committed to provokeme to anger, in that they went to burn incense, and to serve othergods, whom they knew not, neither they, ye, nor your fathers.44:4 Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, risingearly and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing thatI hate.44:5 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from theirwickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods.44:6 Wherefore my fury and mine anger was poured forth, and waskindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; andthey are wasted and desolate, as at this day.44:7 Therefore now thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God ofIsrael; Wherefore commit ye this great evil against your souls, to cutoff from you man and woman, child and suckling, out of Judah, to leaveyou none to remain; 44:8 In that ye provoke me unto wrath with theworks of your hands, burning incense unto other gods in the land ofEgypt, whither ye be gone to dwell, that ye might cut yourselves off,and that ye might be a curse and a reproach among all the nations ofthe earth?  44:9 Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, andthe wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of theirwives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives,which they have committed in the land of Judah, and in the streets ofJerusalem?  44:10 They are not humbled even unto this day, neitherhave they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I setbefore you and before your fathers.44:11 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel;Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, and to cut off allJudah.44:12 And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their facesto go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all beconsumed, and fall in the land of Egypt; they shall even be consumedby the sword and by the famine: they shall die, from the least evenunto the greatest, by the sword and by the famine: and they shall bean execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.44:13 For I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as Ihave punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by thepestilence: 44:14 So that none of the remnant of Judah, which are goneinto the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, thatthey should return into the land of Judah, to the which they have adesire to return to dwell there: for none shall return but such asshall escape.44:15 Then all the men which knew that their wives had burned incenseunto other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great multitude,even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros,answered Jeremiah, saying, 44:16 As for the word that thou hast spokenunto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee.44:17 But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of ourown mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour outdrink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, ourkings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets ofJerusalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and sawno evil.44:18 But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven,and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things,and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.44:19 And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and pouredout drink offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worship her,and pour out drink offerings unto her, without our men?  44:20 ThenJeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, and to the women, andto all the people which had given him that answer, saying, 44:21 Theincense that ye burned in the cities of Judah, and in the streets ofJerusalem, ye, and your fathers, your kings, and your princes, and thepeople of the land, did not the LORD remember them, and came it notinto his mind?  44:22 So that the LORD could no longer bear, becauseof the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which yehave committed; therefore is your land a desolation, and anastonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as at this day.44:23 Because ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinnedagainst the LORD, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, norwalked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies;therefore this evil is happened unto you, as at this day.44:24 Moreover Jeremiah said unto all the people, and to all thewomen, Hear the word of the LORD, all Judah that are in the land ofEgypt: 44:25 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying;Ye and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and fulfilledwith your hand, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we havevowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drinkofferings unto her: ye will surely accomplish your vows, and surelyperform your vows.44:26 Therefore hear ye the word of the LORD, all Judah that dwell inthe land of Egypt; Behold, I have sworn by my great name, saith theLORD, that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man ofJudah in all the land of Egypt, saying, The Lord GOD liveth.44:27 Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: andall the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumedby the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them.44:28 Yet a small number that escape the sword shall return out of theland of Egypt into the land of Judah, and all the remnant of Judah,that are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall knowwhose words shall stand, mine, or their's.44:29 And this shall be a sign unto you, saith the LORD, that I willpunish you in this place, that ye may know that my words shall surelystand against you for evil: 44:30 Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I willgive Pharaohhophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, andinto the hand of them that seek his life; as I gave Zedekiah king ofJudah into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, his enemy, andthat sought his life.45:1 The word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto Baruch the son ofNeriah, when he had written these words in a book at the mouth ofJeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king ofJudah, saying, 45:2 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto thee,O Baruch: 45:3 Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for the LORD hath addedgrief to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest.45:4 Thus shalt thou say unto him, The LORD saith thus; Behold, thatwhich I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted Iwill pluck up, even this whole land.45:5 And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not: for,behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the LORD: but thy lifewill I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.46:1 The word of the LORD which came to Jeremiah the prophet againstthe Gentiles; 46:2 Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaohnechoking of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, whichNebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakimthe son of Josiah king of Judah.46:3 Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.46:4 Harness the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth withyour helmets; furbish the spears, and put on the brigandines.46:5 Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned away back? andtheir mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look notback: for fear was round about, saith the LORD.46:6 Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; theyshall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates.46:7 Who is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved asthe rivers?  46:8 Egypt riseth up like a flood, and his waters aremoved like the rivers; and he saith, I will go up, and will cover theearth; I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof.46:9 Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty mencome forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield;and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow.46:10 For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day ofvengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the swordshall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood:for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by theriver Euphrates.46:11 Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter ofEgypt: in vain shalt thou use many medicines; for thou shalt not becured.46:12 The nations have heard of thy shame, and thy cry hath filled theland: for the mighty man hath stumbled against the mighty, and theyare fallen both together.46:13 The word that the LORD spake to Jeremiah the prophet, howNebuchadrezzar king of Babylon should come and smite the land ofEgypt.46:14 Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Nophand in Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand fast, and prepare thee; for the swordshall devour round about thee.46:15 Why are thy valiant men swept away? they stood not, because theLORD did drive them.46:16 He made many to fall, yea, one fell upon another: and they said,Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of ournativity, from the oppressing sword.46:17 They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; hehath passed the time appointed.46:18 As I live, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts,Surely as Tabor is among the mountains, and as Carmel by the sea, soshall he come.46:19 O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish thyself to go intocaptivity: for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant.46:20 Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction cometh; itcometh out of the north.46:21 Also her hired men are in the midst of her like fatted bullocks;for they also are turned back, and are fled away together: they didnot stand, because the day of their calamity was come upon them, andthe time of their visitation.46:22 The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall marchwith an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.46:23 They shall cut down her forest, saith the LORD, though it cannotbe searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and areinnumerable.46:24 The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded; she shall bedelivered into the hand of the people of the north.46:25 The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saith; Behold, I willpunish the multitude of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods,and their kings; even Pharaoh, and all them that trust in him: 46:26And I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives,and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the handof his servants: and afterward it shall be inhabited, as in the daysof old, saith the LORD.46:27 But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, OIsrael: for, behold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy seed fromthe land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in restand at ease, and none shall make him afraid.46:28 Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD: for I am withthee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I havedriven thee: but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct theein measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished.47:1 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet againstthe Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza.47:2 Thus saith the LORD; Behold, waters rise up out of the north, andshall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and allthat is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: then the menshall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl.47:3 At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses,at the rushing of his chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, thefathers shall not look back to their children for feebleness of hands;47:4 Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the Philistines, andto cut off from Tyrus and Zidon every helper that remaineth: for theLORD will spoil the Philistines, the remnant of the country ofCaphtor.47:5 Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with the remnantof their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself?  47:6 O thou sword ofthe LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself intothy scabbard, rest, and be still.47:7 How can it be quiet, seeing the LORD hath given it a chargeagainst Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? there hath he appointedit.48:1 Against Moab thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Woeunto Nebo! for it is spoiled: Kiriathaim is confounded and taken:Misgab is confounded and dismayed.48:2 There shall be no more praise of Moab: in Heshbon they havedevised evil against it; come, and let us cut it off from being anation. Also thou shalt be cut down, O Madmen; the sword shall pursuethee.48:3 A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim, spoiling and greatdestruction.48:4 Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.48:5 For in the going up of Luhith continual weeping shall go up; forin the going down of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry ofdestruction.48:6 Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness.48:7 For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures,thou shalt also be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivitywith his priests and his princes together.48:8 And the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shallescape: the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall bedestroyed, as the LORD hath spoken.48:9 Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for thecities thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell therein.48:10 Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD deceitfully, andcursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.48:11 Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled onhis lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neitherhath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remained in him, andhis scent is not changed.48:12 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I willsend unto him wanderers, that shall cause him to wander, and shallempty his vessels, and break their bottles.48:13 And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel wasashamed of Bethel their confidence.48:14 How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the war?  48:15Moab is spoiled, and gone up out of her cities, and his chosen youngmen are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name is theLORD of hosts.48:16 The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hastethfast.48:17 All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know hisname, say, How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod!48:18 Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, come down from thy glory,and sit in thirst; for the spoiler of Moab shall come upon thee, andhe shall destroy thy strong holds.48:19 O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and espy; ask him thatfleeth, and her that escapeth, and say, What is done?  48:20 Moab isconfounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon,that Moab is spoiled, 48:21 And judgment is come upon the plaincountry; upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath, 48:22 Andupon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Bethdiblathaim, 48:23 And uponKiriathaim, and upon Bethgamul, and upon Bethmeon, 48:24 And uponKerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab,far or near.48:25 The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith theLORD.48:26 Make ye him drunken: for he magnified himself against the LORD:Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.48:27 For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found amongthieves?  for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy.48:28 O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in therock, and be like the dove that maketh her nest in the sides of thehole's mouth.48:29 We have heard the pride of Moab, (he is exceeding proud) hisloftiness, and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the haughtiness ofhis heart.48:30 I know his wrath, saith the LORD; but it shall not be so; hislies shall not so effect it.48:31 Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab;mine heart shall mourn for the men of Kirheres.48:32 O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee with the weeping ofJazer: thy plants are gone over the sea, they reach even to the sea ofJazer: the spoiler is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thyvintage.48:33 And joy and gladness is taken from the plentiful field, and fromthe land of Moab, and I have caused wine to fail from the winepresses:none shall tread with shouting; their shouting shall be no shouting.48:34 From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, and even unto Jahaz,have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, as anheifer of three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall bedesolate.48:35 Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, saith the LORD, him thatoffereth in the high places, and him that burneth incense to his gods.48:36 Therefore mine heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and mineheart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kirheres: because theriches that he hath gotten are perished.48:37 For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped: upon allthe hands shall be cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.48:38 There shall be lamentation generally upon all the housetops ofMoab, and in the streets thereof: for I have broken Moab like a vesselwherein is no pleasure, saith the LORD.48:39 They shall howl, saying, How is it broken down! how hath Moabturned the back with shame! so shall Moab be a derision and adismaying to all them about him.48:40 For thus saith the LORD; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, andshall spread his wings over Moab.48:41 Kerioth is taken, and the strong holds are surprised, and themighty men's hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart of awoman in her pangs.48:42 And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hathmagnified himself against the LORD.48:43 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon thee, Oinhabitant of Moab, saith the LORD.48:44 He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and hethat getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I willbring upon it, even upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith theLORD.48:45 They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of theforce: but a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame fromthe midst of Sihon, and shall devour the corner of Moab, and the crownof the head of the tumultuous ones.48:46 Woe be unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh perisheth: forthy sons are taken captives, and thy daughters captives.48:47 Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days,saith the LORD. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.49:1 Concerning the Ammonites, thus saith the LORD; Hath Israel nosons?  hath he no heir? why then doth their king inherit Gad, and hispeople dwell in his cities?  49:2 Therefore, behold, the days come,saith the LORD, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard inRabbah of the Ammonites; and it shall be a desolate heap, and herdaughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel be heir untothem that were his heirs, saith the LORD.49:3 Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah,gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; fortheir king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princestogether.49:4 Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, Obacksliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shallcome unto me?  49:5 Behold, I will bring a fear upon thee, saith theLord GOD of hosts, from all those that be about thee; and ye shall bedriven out every man right forth; and none shall gather up him thatwandereth.49:6 And afterward I will bring again the captivity of the children ofAmmon, saith the LORD.49:7 Concerning Edom, thus saith the LORD of hosts; Is wisdom no morein Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdomvanished?  49:8 Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants ofDedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that Iwill visit him.49:9 If grapegatherers come to thee, would they not leave somegleaning grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till they haveenough.49:10 But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places,and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is spoiled, and hisbrethren, and his neighbours, and he is not.49:11 Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; andlet thy widows trust in me.49:12 For thus saith the LORD; Behold, they whose judgment was not todrink of the cup have assuredly drunken; and art thou he that shallaltogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shaltsurely drink of it.49:13 For I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shallbecome a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all thecities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.49:14 I have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sentunto the heathen, saying, Gather ye together, and come against her,and rise up to the battle.49:15 For, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, and despisedamong men.49:16 Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thineheart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdestthe height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high asthe eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD.49:17 Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by itshall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.49:18 As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbourcities thereof, saith the LORD, no man shall abide there, neithershall a son of man dwell in it.49:19 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordanagainst the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him runaway from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her?for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is thatshepherd that will stand before me?  49:20 Therefore hear the counselof the LORD, that he hath taken against Edom; and his purposes, thathe hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely the least ofthe flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitationsdesolate with them.49:21 The earth is moved at the noise of their fall, at the cry thenoise thereof was heard in the Red sea.49:22 Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread hiswings over Bozrah: and at that day shall the heart of the mighty menof Edom be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.49:23 Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for theyhave heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on thesea; it cannot be quiet.49:24 Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fearhath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman intravail.49:25 How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!  49:26Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men ofwar shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of hosts.49:27 And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shallconsume the palaces of Benhadad.49:28 Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, whichNebuchadrezzar king of Babylon shall smite, thus saith the LORD; Ariseye, go up to Kedar, and spoil the men of the east.49:29 Their tents and their flocks shall they take away: they shalltake to themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and theircamels; and they shall cry unto them, Fear is on every side.49:30 Flee, get you far off, dwell deep, O ye inhabitants of Hazor,saith the LORD; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath taken counselagainst you, and hath conceived a purpose against you.49:31 Arise, get you up unto the wealthy nation, that dwelleth withoutcare, saith the LORD, which have neither gates nor bars, which dwellalone.49:32 And their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of theircattle a spoil: and I will scatter into all winds them that are in theutmost corners; and I will bring their calamity from all sidesthereof, saith the LORD.49:33 And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, and a desolation forever: there shall no man abide there, nor any son of man dwell in it.49:34 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet againstElam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,49:35 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow ofElam, the chief of their might.49:36 And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quartersof heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and thereshall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come.49:37 For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, andbefore them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them,even my fierce anger, saith the LORD; and I will send the sword afterthem, till I have consumed them: 49:38 And I will set my throne inElam, and will destroy from thence the king and the princes, saith theLORD.49:39 But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bringagain the captivity of Elam, saith the LORD.50:1 The word that the LORD spake against Babylon and against the landof the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet.50:2 Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard;publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded,Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images arebroken in pieces.50:3 For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, whichshall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shallremove, they shall depart, both man and beast.50:4 In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children ofIsrael shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going andweeping: they shall go, and seek the LORD their God.50:5 They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward,saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD in a perpetualcovenant that shall not be forgotten.50:6 My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused themto go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they havegone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their restingplace.50:7 All that found them have devoured them: and their adversariessaid, We offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD, thehabitation of justice, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers.50:8 Remove out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the landof the Chaldeans, and be as the he goats before the flocks.50:9 For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon anassembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall setthemselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: theirarrows shall be as of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain.50:10 And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall besatisfied, saith the LORD.50:11 Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers ofmine heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, andbellow as bulls; 50:12 Your mother shall be sore confounded; she thatbare you shall be ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations shallbe a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.50:13 Because of the wrath of the LORD it shall not be inhabited, butit shall be wholly desolate: every one that goeth by Babylon shall beastonished, and hiss at all her plagues.50:14 Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye thatbend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinnedagainst the LORD.50:15 Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand: herfoundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it is thevengeance of the LORD: take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, dounto her.50:16 Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sicklein the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shallturn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his ownland.50:17 Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away:first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last thisNebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.50:18 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel;Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I havepunished the king of Assyria.50:19 And I will bring Israel again to his habitation, and he shallfeed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied upon mountEphraim and Gilead.50:20 In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the iniquity ofIsrael shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins ofJudah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom Ireserve.50:21 Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, andagainst the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy afterthem, saith the LORD, and do according to all that I have commandedthee.50:22 A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.50:23 How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! howis Babylon become a desolation among the nations!  50:24 I have laid asnare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast notaware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast strivenagainst the LORD.50:25 The LORD hath opened his armoury, and hath brought forth theweapons of his indignation: for this is the work of the Lord GOD ofhosts in the land of the Chaldeans.50:26 Come against her from the utmost border, open her storehouses:cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly: let nothing of her beleft.50:27 Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woeunto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.50:28 The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land ofBabylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, thevengeance of his temple.50:29 Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend thebow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompenseher according to her work; according to all that she hath done, dounto her: for she hath been proud against the LORD, against the HolyOne of Israel.50:30 Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all hermen of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD.50:31 Behold, I am against thee, O thou most proud, saith the Lord GODof hosts: for thy day is come, the time that I will visit thee.50:32 And the most proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall raisehim up: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devourall round about him.50:33 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The children of Israel and thechildren of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took themcaptives held them fast; they refused to let them go.50:34 Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name: heshall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land,and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.50:35 A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the LORD, and upon theinhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men.50:36 A sword is upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword is uponher mighty men; and they shall be dismayed.50:37 A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and uponall the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shallbecome as women: a sword is upon her treasures; and they shall berobbed.50:38 A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for itis the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols.50:39 Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts ofthe islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: andit shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt infrom generation to generation.50:40 As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour citiesthereof, saith the LORD; so shall no man abide there, neither shallany son of man dwell therein.50:41 Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation,and many kings shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.50:42 They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and willnot shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shallride upon horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle,against thee, O daughter of Babylon.50:43 The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his handswaxed feeble: anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman intravail.50:44 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordanunto the habitation of the strong: but I will make them suddenly runaway from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her?for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is thatshepherd that will stand before me?  50:45 Therefore hear ye thecounsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Babylon; and hispurposes, that he hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans:Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shallmake their habitation desolate with them.50:46 At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, andthe cry is heard among the nations.51:1 Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, andagainst them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against me,a destroying wind; 51:2 And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shallfan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble theyshall be against her round about.51:3 Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and againsthim that lifteth himself up in his brigandine: and spare ye not heryoung men; destroy ye utterly all her host.51:4 Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and theythat are thrust through in her streets.51:5 For Israel hath not been forsaken, nor Judah of his God, of theLORD of hosts; though their land was filled with sin against the HolyOne of Israel.51:6 Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul:be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD'svengeance; he will render unto her a recompence.51:7 Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD's hand, that made allthe earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore thenations are mad.51:8 Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balmfor her pain, if so be she may be healed.51:9 We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her,and let us go every one into his own country: for her judgmentreacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies.51:10 The LORD hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let usdeclare in Zion the work of the LORD our God.51:11 Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raisedup the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is againstBabylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the LORD, thevengeance of his temple.51:12 Set up the standard upon the walls of Babylon, make the watchstrong, set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes: for the LORD hathboth devised and done that which he spake against the inhabitants ofBabylon.51:13 O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures,thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness.51:14 The LORD of hosts hath sworn by himself, saying, Surely I willfill thee with men, as with caterpillers; and they shall lift up ashout against thee.51:15 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established theworld by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by hisunderstanding.51:16 When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters inthe heavens; and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of theearth: he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind outof his treasures.51:17 Every man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder isconfounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, andthere is no breath in them.51:18 They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of theirvisitation they shall perish.51:19 The portion of Jacob is not like them; for he is the former ofall things: and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: the LORD ofhosts is his name.51:20 Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will Ibreak in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;51:21 And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider;and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider; 51:22With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with theewill I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break inpieces the young man and the maid; 51:23 I will also break in pieceswith thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break inpieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I breakin pieces captains and rulers.51:24 And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants ofChaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight,saith the LORD.51:25 Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith theLORD, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine handupon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee aburnt mountain.51:26 And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor astone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith theLORD.51:27 Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among thenations, prepare the nations against her, call together against herthe kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captainagainst her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers.51:28 Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, thecaptains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the land of hisdominion.51:29 And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of theLORD shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon adesolation without an inhabitant.51:30 The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they haveremained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became aswomen: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.51:31 One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meetanother, to shew the king of Babylon that his city is taken at oneend, 51:32 And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they haveburned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.51:33 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Thedaughter of Babylon is like a threshingfloor, it is time to threshher: yet a little while, and the time of her harvest shall come.51:34 Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hathcrushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me uplike a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hathcast me out.51:35 The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shallthe inhabitant of Zion say; and my blood upon the inhabitants ofChaldea, shall Jerusalem say.51:36 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause,and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make hersprings dry.51:37 And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, anastonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.51:38 They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions'whelps.51:39 In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make themdrunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and notwake, saith the LORD.51:40 I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like ramswith he goats.51:41 How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earthsurprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!51:42 The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with themultitude of the waves thereof.51:43 Her cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness, aland wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man passthereby.51:44 And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out ofhis mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations shall notflow together any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall.51:45 My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and deliver ye everyman his soul from the fierce anger of the LORD.51:46 And lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the rumour that shallbe heard in the land; a rumour shall both come one year, and afterthat in another year shall come a rumour, and violence in the land,ruler against ruler.51:47 Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will do judgment uponthe graven images of Babylon: and her whole land shall be confounded,and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.51:48 Then the heaven and the earth, and all that is therein, shallsing for Babylon: for the spoilers shall come unto her from the north,saith the LORD.51:49 As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so atBabylon shall fall the slain of all the earth.51:50 Ye that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still:remember the LORD afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.51:51 We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hathcovered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of theLORD's house.51:52 Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will dojudgment upon her graven images: and through all her land the woundedshall groan.51:53 Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she shouldfortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers comeunto her, saith the LORD.51:54 A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction fromthe land of the Chaldeans: 51:55 Because the LORD hath spoiledBabylon, and destroyed out of her the great voice; when her waves doroar like great waters, a noise of their voice is uttered: 51:56Because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and hermighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the LORDGod of recompences shall surely requite.51:57 And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, hercaptains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep aperpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the LORDof hosts.51:58 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shallbe utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; andthe people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and theyshall be weary.51:59 The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son ofNeriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king ofJudah into Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. And this Seraiahwas a quiet prince.51:60 So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come uponBabylon, even all these words that are written against Babylon.51:61 And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, andshalt see, and shalt read all these words; 51:62 Then shalt thou say,O LORD, thou hast spoken against this place, to cut it off, that noneshall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but that it shall bedesolate for ever.51:63 And it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading thisbook, that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midstof Euphrates: 51:64 And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, andshall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her: and theyshall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.52:1 Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, andhe reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name wasHamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.52:2 And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD, accordingto all that Jehoiakim had done.52:3 For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalemand Judah, till he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiahrebelled against the king of Babylon.52:4 And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenthmonth, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadrezzar king ofBabylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and pitchedagainst it, and built forts against it round about.52:5 So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.52:6 And in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, thefamine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the peopleof the land.52:7 Then the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled, andwent forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between thetwo walls, which was by the king's garden; (now the Chaldeans were bythe city round about:) and they went by the way of the plain.52:8 But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, andovertook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army wasscattered from him.52:9 Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king ofBabylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; where he gave judgment uponhim.52:10 And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before hiseyes: he slew also all the princes of Judah in Riblah.52:11 Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylonbound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prisontill the day of his death.52:12 Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, which wasthe nineteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, cameNebuzaradan, captain of the guard, which served the king of Babylon,into Jerusalem, 52:13 And burned the house of the LORD, and the king'shouse; and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of thegreat men, burned he with fire: 52:14 And all the army of theChaldeans, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down all thewalls of Jerusalem round about.52:15 Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captivecertain of the poor of the people, and the residue of the people thatremained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the kingof Babylon, and the rest of the multitude.52:16 But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left certain of thepoor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen.52:17 Also the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD,and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the LORD,the Chaldeans brake, and carried all the brass of them to Babylon.52:18 The caldrons also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and thebowls, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith theyministered, took they away.52:19 And the basons, and the firepans, and the bowls, and thecaldrons, and the candlesticks, and the spoons, and the cups; thatwhich was of gold in gold, and that which was of silver in silver,took the captain of the guard away.52:20 The two pillars, one sea, and twelve brasen bulls that wereunder the bases, which king Solomon had made in the house of the LORD:the brass of all these vessels was without weight.52:21 And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar waseighteen cubits; and a fillet of twelve cubits did compass it; and thethickness thereof was four fingers: it was hollow.52:22 And a chapiter of brass was upon it; and the height of onechapiter was five cubits, with network and pomegranates upon thechapiters round about, all of brass. The second pillar also and thepomegranates were like unto these.52:23 And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a side; and allthe pomegranates upon the network were an hundred round about.52:24 And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, andZephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door: 52:25He took also out of the city an eunuch, which had the charge of themen of war; and seven men of them that were near the king's person,which were found in the city; and the principal scribe of the host,who mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of the peopleof the land, that were found in the midst of the city.52:26 So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and broughtthem to the king of Babylon to Riblah.52:27 And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death inRiblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive outof his own land.52:28 This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: inthe seventh year three thousand Jews and three and twenty: 52:29 Inthe eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar he carried away captive fromJerusalem eight hundred thirty and two persons: 52:30 In the three andtwentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzaradan the captain of the guardcarried away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty and five persons:all the persons were four thousand and six hundred.52:31 And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of thecaptivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in thefive and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylonin the first year of his reign lifted up the head of Jehoiachin kingof Judah, and brought him forth out of prison.52:32 And spake kindly unto him, and set his throne above the throneof the kings that were with him in Babylon, 52:33 And changed hisprison garments: and he did continually eat bread before him all thedays of his life.52:34 And for his diet, there was a continual diet given him of theking of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, allthe days of his life.The Lamentations of Jeremiah1:1 How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how isshe become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, andprincess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!  1:2 Sheweepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: among allher lovers she hath none to comfort her: all her friends have dealttreacherously with her, they are become her enemies.1:3 Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because ofgreat servitude: she dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no rest:all her persecutors overtook her between the straits.1:4 The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts:all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins areafflicted, and she is in bitterness.1:5 Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the LORDhath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: herchildren are gone into captivity before the enemy.1:6 And from the daughter of Zion all her beauty is departed: herprinces are become like harts that find no pasture, and they are gonewithout strength before the pursuer.1:7 Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of hermiseries all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, whenher people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none did help her: theadversaries saw her, and did mock at her sabbaths.1:8 Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore she is removed: allthat honoured her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness:yea, she sigheth, and turneth backward.1:9 Her filthiness is in her skirts; she remembereth not her last end;therefore she came down wonderfully: she had no comforter. O LORD,behold my affliction: for the enemy hath magnified himself.1:10 The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasantthings: for she hath seen that the heathen entered into her sanctuary,whom thou didst command that they should not enter into thycongregation.1:11 All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given theirpleasant things for meat to relieve the soul: see, O LORD, andconsider; for I am become vile.1:12 Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see ifthere be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me,wherewith the LORD hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.1:13 From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevailethagainst them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned meback: he hath made me desolate and faint all the day.1:14 The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they arewreathed, and come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall,the LORD hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not ableto rise up.1:15 The LORD hath trodden under foot all my mighty men in the midstof me: he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men:the LORD hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah, as in awinepress.1:16 For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down withwater, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far fromme: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.1:17 Zion spreadeth forth her hands, and there is none to comfort her:the LORD hath commanded concerning Jacob, that his adversaries shouldbe round about him: Jerusalem is as a menstruous woman among them.1:18 The LORD is righteous; for I have rebelled against hiscommandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow: myvirgins and my young men are gone into captivity.1:19 I called for my lovers, but they deceived me: my priests and mineelders gave up the ghost in the city, while they sought their meat torelieve their souls.1:20 Behold, O LORD; for I am in distress: my bowels are troubled;mine heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroadthe sword bereaveth, at home there is as death.1:21 They have heard that I sigh: there is none to comfort me: allmine enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hastdone it: thou wilt bring the day that thou hast called, and they shallbe like unto me.1:22 Let all their wickedness come before thee; and do unto them, asthou hast done unto me for all my transgressions: for my sighs aremany, and my heart is faint.2:1 How hath the LORD covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in hisanger, and cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel,and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger!  2:2 TheLORD hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath notpitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of thedaughter of Judah; he hath brought them down to the ground: he hathpolluted the kingdom and the princes thereof.2:3 He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: hehath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burnedagainst Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about.2:4 He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right handas an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in thetabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire.2:5 The LORD was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hathswallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, andhath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.2:6 And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were ofa garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the LORD hathcaused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, andhath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest.2:7 The LORD hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary,he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces;they have made a noise in the house of the LORD, as in the day of asolemn feast.2:8 The LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter ofZion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his handfrom destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament;they languished together.2:9 Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and brokenher bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law isno more; her prophets also find no vision from the LORD.2:10 The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keepsilence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girdedthemselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down theirheads to the ground.2:11 Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver ispoured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of mypeople; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets ofthe city.2:12 They say to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? when theyswooned as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul waspoured out into their mothers' bosom.2:13 What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall Iliken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee,that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach isgreat like the sea: who can heal thee?  2:14 Thy prophets have seenvain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered thineiniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee falseburdens and causes of banishment.2:15 All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wagtheir head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city thatmen call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?  2:16All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss andgnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this isthe day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.2:17 The LORD hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilledhis word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath throwndown, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoiceover thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries.2:18 Their heart cried unto the LORD, O wall of the daughter of Zion,let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest;let not the apple of thine eye cease.2:19 Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pourout thine heart like water before the face of the LORD: lift up thyhands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint forhunger in the top of every street.2:20 Behold, O LORD, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shallthe women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall thepriest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?  2:21The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins andmy young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the dayof thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied.2:22 Thou hast called as in a solemn day my terrors round about, sothat in the day of the LORD's anger none escaped nor remained: thosethat I have swaddled and brought up hath mine enemy consumed.3:1 I AM the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.3:2 He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.3:3 Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me allthe day.3:4 My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.3:5 He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall andtravail.3:6 He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.3:7 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made mychain heavy.3:8 Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.3:9 He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my pathscrooked.3:10 He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secretplaces.3:11 He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hathmade me desolate.3:12 He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.3:13 He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.3:14 I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.3:15 He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken withwormwood.3:16 He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath coveredme with ashes.3:17 And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgatprosperity.3:18 And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:3:19 Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and thegall.3:20 My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.3:21 This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.3:22 It is of the LORD's mercies that we are not consumed, because hiscompassions fail not.3:23 They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.3:24 The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope inhim.3:25 The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul thatseeketh him.3:26 It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for thesalvation of the LORD.3:27 It is good for a man that he bear the yoke of his youth.3:28 He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne itupon him.3:29 He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.3:30 He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled fullwith reproach.3:31 For the LORD will not cast off for ever: 3:32 But though he causegrief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of hismercies.3:33 For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.3:34 To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth.3:35 To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the mostHigh, 3:36 To subvert a man in his cause, the LORD approveth not.3:37 Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lordcommandeth it not?  3:38 Out of the mouth of the most High proceedethnot evil and good?  3:39 Wherefore doth a living man complain, a manfor the punishment of his sins?  3:40 Let us search and try our ways,and turn again to the LORD.3:41 Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.3:42 We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.3:43 Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain,thou hast not pitied.3:44 Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer shouldnot pass through.3:45 Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst ofthe people.3:46 All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.3:47 Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.3:48 Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction ofthe daughter of my people.3:49 Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without anyintermission.3:50 Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven.3:51 Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of mycity.3:52 Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.3:53 They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone uponme.3:54 Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.3:55 I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.3:56 Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, atmy cry.3:57 Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thousaidst, Fear not.3:58 O LORD, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hastredeemed my life.3:59 O LORD, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.3:60 Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their imaginationsagainst me.3:61 Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, and all theirimaginations against me; 3:62 The lips of those that rose up againstme, and their device against me all the day.3:63 Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am theirmusick.3:64 Render unto them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work oftheir hands.3:65 Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them.3:66 Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of theLORD.4:1 How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! thestones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street.4:2 The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are theyesteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!4:3 Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to theiryoung ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like theostriches in the wilderness.4:4 The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouthfor thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it untothem.4:5 They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: theythat were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.4:6 For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people isgreater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, that was overthrownas in a moment, and no hands stayed on her.4:7 Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk,they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was ofsapphire: 4:8 Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not knownin the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, itis become like a stick.4:9 They that be slain with the sword are better than they that beslain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want ofthe fruits of the field.4:10 The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children:they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.4:11 The LORD hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out hisfierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, and it hath devouredthe foundations thereof.4:12 The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world,would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should haveentered into the gates of Jerusalem.4:13 For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests,that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her, 4:14 Theyhave wandered as blind men in the streets, they have pollutedthemselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.4:15 They cried unto them, Depart ye; it is unclean; depart, depart,touch not: when they fled away and wandered, they said among theheathen, They shall no more sojourn there.4:16 The anger of the LORD hath divided them; he will no more regardthem: they respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured notthe elders.4:17 As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in ourwatching we have watched for a nation that could not save us.4:18 They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end isnear, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.4:19 Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: theypursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in thewilderness.4:20 The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was takenin their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live amongthe heathen.4:21 Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in theland of Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt bedrunken, and shalt make thyself naked.4:22 The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter ofZion; he will no more carry thee away into captivity: he will visitthine iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will discover thy sins.5:1 Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold ourreproach.5:2 Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.5:3 We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.5:4 We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.5:5 Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.5:6 We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, tobe satisfied with bread.5:7 Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne theiriniquities.5:8 Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver usout of their hand.5:9 We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the swordof the wilderness.5:10 Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.5:11 They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities ofJudah.5:12 Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were nothonoured.5:13 They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under thewood.5:14 The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from theirmusick.5:15 The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned intomourning.5:16 The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we havesinned!  5:17 For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyesare dim.5:18 Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxeswalk upon it.5:19 Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation togeneration.5:20 Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so longtime?  5:21 Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned;renew our days as of old.5:22 But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.The Book of the Prophet Ezekiel1:1 Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month,in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the riverof Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.1:2 In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of kingJehoiachin's captivity, 1:3 The word of the LORD came expressly untoEzekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans bythe river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him.1:4 And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, agreat cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was aboutit, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of themidst of the fire.1:5 Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four livingcreatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of aman.1:6 And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.1:7 And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet waslike the sole of a calf's foot: and they sparkled like the colour ofburnished brass.1:8 And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their foursides; and they four had their faces and their wings.1:9 Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when theywent; they went every one straight forward.1:10 As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of aman, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had theface of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of aneagle.1:11 Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched upward; twowings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered theirbodies.1:12 And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit wasto go, they went; and they turned not when they went.1:13 As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance waslike burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it wentup and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, andout of the fire went forth lightning.1:14 And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of aflash of lightning.1:15 Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon theearth by the living creatures, with his four faces.1:16 The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto thecolour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and theirappearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of awheel.1:17 When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turnednot when they went.1:18 As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful;and their rings were full of eyes round about them four.1:19 And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them: andwhen the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheelswere lifted up.1:20 Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither was theirspirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against them: for thespirit of the living creature was in the wheels.1:21 When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood;and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were liftedup over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in thewheels.1:22 And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the livingcreature was as the colour of the terrible crystal, stretched forthover their heads above.1:23 And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one towardthe other: every one had two, which covered on this side, and everyone had two, which covered on that side, their bodies.1:24 And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like thenoise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice ofspeech, as the noise of an host: when they stood, they let down theirwings.1:25 And there was a voice from the firmament that was over theirheads, when they stood, and had let down their wings.1:26 And above the firmament that was over their heads was thelikeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and uponthe likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a manabove upon it.1:27 And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire roundabout within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, andfrom the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were theappearance of fire, and it had brightness round about.1:28 As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day ofrain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This wasthe appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when Isaw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.2:1 And he said unto me, Son of man, stand upon thy feet, and I willspeak unto thee.2:2 And the spirit entered into me when he spake unto me, and set meupon my feet, that I heard him that spake unto me.2:3 And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children ofIsrael, to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled against me: they andtheir fathers have transgressed against me, even unto this very day.2:4 For they are impudent children and stiffhearted. I do send theeunto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD.2:5 And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear,(for they are a rebellious house,) yet shall know that there hath beena prophet among them.2:6 And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid oftheir words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dostdwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayedat their looks, though they be a rebellious house.2:7 And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear,or whether they will forbear: for they are most rebellious.2:8 But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; Be not thourebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat that Igive thee.2:9 And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, aroll of a book was therein; 2:10 And he spread it before me; and itwas written within and without: and there was written thereinlamentations, and mourning, and woe.3:1 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou findest; eatthis roll, and go speak unto the house of Israel.3:2 So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that roll.3:3 And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fillthy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and itwas in my mouth as honey for sweetness.3:4 And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house ofIsrael, and speak with my words unto them.3:5 For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of anhard language, but to the house of Israel; 3:6 Not to many people of astrange speech and of an hard language, whose words thou canst notunderstand. Surely, had I sent thee to them, they would have hearkenedunto thee.3:7 But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they willnot hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel are impudent andhardhearted.3:8 Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thyforehead strong against their foreheads.3:9 As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fearthem not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be arebellious house.3:10 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all my words that I shallspeak unto thee receive in thine heart, and hear with thine ears.3:11 And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children ofthy people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the LordGOD; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.3:12 Then the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a voice of agreat rushing, saying, Blessed be the glory of the LORD from hisplace.3:13 I heard also the noise of the wings of the living creatures thattouched one another, and the noise of the wheels over against them,and a noise of a great rushing.3:14 So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went inbitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD wasstrong upon me.3:15 Then I came to them of the captivity at Telabib, that dwelt bythe river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained thereastonished among them seven days.3:16 And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word ofthe LORD came unto me, saying, 3:17 Son of man, I have made thee awatchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at mymouth, and give them warning from me.3:18 When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thougivest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from hiswicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in hisiniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.3:19 Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness,nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hastdelivered thy soul.3:20 Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, andcommit iniquity, and I lay a stumbling-block before him, he shall die:because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, andhis righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but hisblood will I require at thine hand.3:21 Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteoussin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he iswarned; also thou hast delivered thy soul.3:22 And the hand of the LORD was there upon me; and he said unto me,Arise, go forth into the plain, and I will there talk with thee.3:23 Then I arose, and went forth into the plain: and, behold, theglory of the LORD stood there, as the glory which I saw by the riverof Chebar: and I fell on my face.3:24 Then the spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet, andspake with me, and said unto me, Go, shut thyself within thine house.3:25 But thou, O son of man, behold, they shall put bands upon thee,and shall bind thee with them, and thou shalt not go out among them:3:26 And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, thatthou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: for they area rebellious house.3:27 But when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shaltsay unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; He that heareth, let him hear;and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a rebellioushouse.4:1 Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee,and pourtray upon it the city, even Jerusalem: 4:2 And lay siegeagainst it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it;set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it roundabout.4:3 Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall ofiron between thee and the city: and set thy face against it, and itshall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall bea sign to the house of Israel.4:4 Lie thou also upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of thehouse of Israel upon it: according to the number of the days that thoushalt lie upon it thou shalt bear their iniquity.4:5 For I have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity, accordingto the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days: so shaltthou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.4:6 And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side,and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: Ihave appointed thee each day for a year.4:7 Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem,and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it.4:8 And, behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turnthee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thysiege.4:9 Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, andlentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, andmake thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thoushalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eatthereof.4:10 And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twentyshekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.4:11 Thou shalt drink also water by measure, the sixth part of an hin:from time to time shalt thou drink.4:12 And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake itwith dung that cometh out of man, in their sight.4:13 And the LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eattheir defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them.4:14 Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul hath not been polluted:for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that whichdieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominableflesh into my mouth.4:15 Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow's dung for man'sdung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith.4:16 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break thestaff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, andwith care; and they shall drink water by measure, and withastonishment: 4:17 That they may want bread and water, and be astoniedone with another, and consume away for their iniquity.5:1 And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife, take thee abarber's razor, and cause it to pass upon thine head and upon thybeard: then take thee balances to weigh, and divide the hair.5:2 Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city,when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a thirdpart, and smite about it with a knife: and a third part thou shaltscatter in the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them.5:3 Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thyskirts.5:4 Then take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the fire,and burn them in the fire; for thereof shall a fire come forth intoall the house of Israel.5:5 Thus saith the Lord GOD; This is Jerusalem: I have set it in themidst of the nations and countries that are round about her.5:6 And she hath changed my judgments into wickedness more than thenations, and my statutes more than the countries that are round abouther: for they have refused my judgments and my statutes, they have notwalked in them.5:7 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye multiplied more thanthe nations that are round about you, and have not walked in mystatutes, neither have kept my judgments, neither have done accordingto the judgments of the nations that are round about you; 5:8Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, am against thee,and will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of thenations.5:9 And I will do in thee that which I have not done, and whereunto Iwill not do any more the like, because of all thine abominations.5:10 Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee,and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments inthee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the winds.5:11 Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because thouhast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with allthine abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither shallmine eye spare, neither will I have any pity.5:12 A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and withfamine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third partshall fall by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter a thirdpart into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them.5:13 Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my furyto rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that Ithe LORD have spoken it in my zeal, when I have accomplished my furyin them.5:14 Moreover I will make thee waste, and a reproach among the nationsthat are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by.5:15 So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and anastonishment unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shallexecute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes.I the LORD have spoken it.5:16 When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, whichshall be for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you:and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff ofbread: 5:17 So will I send upon you famine and evil beasts, and theyshall bereave thee: and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee;and I will bring the sword upon thee. I the LORD have spoken it.6:1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 6:2 Son of man, setthy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,6:3 And say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD;Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to therivers, and to the valleys; Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword uponyou, and I will destroy your high places.6:4 And your altars shall be desolate, and your images shall bebroken: and I will cast down your slain men before your idols.6:5 And I will lay the dead carcases of the children of Israel beforetheir idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.6:6 In all your dwellingplaces the cities shall be laid waste, and thehigh places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste andmade desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your imagesmay be cut down, and your works may be abolished.6:7 And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall knowthat I am the LORD.6:8 Yet will I leave a remnant, that ye may have some that shallescape the sword among the nations, when ye shall be scattered throughthe countries.6:9 And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nationswhither they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with theirwhorish heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, whichgo a whoring after their idols: and they shall lothe themselves forthe evils which they have committed in all their abominations.6:10 And they shall know that I am the LORD, and that I have not saidin vain that I would do this evil unto them.6:11 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Smite with thine hand, and stamp withthy foot, and say, Alas for all the evil abominations of the house ofIsrael! for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by thepestilence.6:12 He that is far off shall die of the pestilence; and he that isnear shall fall by the sword; and he that remaineth and is besiegedshall die by the famine: thus will I accomplish my fury upon them.6:13 Then shall ye know that I am the LORD, when their slain men shallbe among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill,in all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, andunder every thick oak, the place where they did offer sweet savour toall their idols.6:14 So will I stretch out my hand upon them, and make the landdesolate, yea, more desolate than the wilderness toward Diblath, inall their habitations: and they shall know that I am the LORD.7:1 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 7:2 Also, thouson of man, thus saith the Lord GOD unto the land of Israel; An end,the end is come upon the four corners of the land.7:3 Now is the end come upon thee, and I will send mine anger uponthee, and will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompenseupon thee all thine abominations.7:4 And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity: but Iwill recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be inthe midst of thee: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.7:5 Thus saith the Lord GOD; An evil, an only evil, behold, is come.7:6 An end is come, the end is come: it watcheth for thee; behold, itis come.7:7 The morning is come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the land:the time is come, the day of trouble is near, and not the soundingagain of the mountains.7:8 Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee, and accomplish mineanger upon thee: and I will judge thee according to thy ways, and willrecompense thee for all thine abominations.7:9 And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I willrecompense thee according to thy ways and thine abominations that arein the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I am the LORD thatsmiteth.7:10 Behold the day, behold, it is come: the morning is gone forth;the rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded.7:11 Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness: none of them shallremain, nor of their multitude, nor of any of their's: neither shallthere be wailing for them.7:12 The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyerrejoice, nor the seller mourn: for wrath is upon all the multitudethereof.7:13 For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, althoughthey were yet alive: for the vision is touching the whole multitudethereof, which shall not return; neither shall any strengthen himselfin the iniquity of his life.7:14 They have blown the trumpet, even to make all ready; but nonegoeth to the battle: for my wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.7:15 The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine within:he that is in the field shall die with the sword; and he that is inthe city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.7:16 But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on themountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every onefor his iniquity.7:17 All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water.7:18 They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shallcover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon alltheir heads.7:19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shallbe removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliverthem in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy theirsouls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock oftheir iniquity.7:20 As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but theymade the images of their abominations and of their detestable thingstherein: therefore have I set it far from them.7:21 And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey,and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall pollute it.7:22 My face will I turn also from them, and they shall pollute mysecret place: for the robbers shall enter into it, and defile it.7:23 Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the cityis full of violence.7:24 Wherefore I will bring the worst of the heathen, and they shallpossess their houses: I will also make the pomp of the strong tocease; and their holy places shall be defiled.7:25 Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall benone.7:26 Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be uponrumour; then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the lawshall perish from the priest, and counsel from the ancients.7:27 The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed withdesolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled:I will do unto them after their way, and according to their desertswill I judge them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.8:1 And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in thefifth day of the month, as I sat in mine house, and the elders ofJudah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell there upon me.8:2 Then I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire: fromthe appearance of his loins even downward, fire; and from his loinseven upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the colour of amber.8:3 And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock ofmine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and theheaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the doorof the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where was the seat ofthe image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy.8:4 And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, accordingto the vision that I saw in the plain.8:5 Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the waytoward the north. So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north,and behold northward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousyin the entry.8:6 He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do?even the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here,that I should go far off from my sanctuary? but turn thee yet again,and thou shalt see greater abominations.8:7 And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked,behold a hole in the wall.8:8 Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when Ihad digged in the wall, behold a door.8:9 And he said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominationsthat they do here.8:10 So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things,and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel,pourtrayed upon the wall round about.8:11 And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of thehouse of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son ofShaphan, with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud ofincense went up.8:12 Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what theancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in thechambers of his imagery? for they say, the LORD seeth us not; the LORDhath forsaken the earth.8:13 He said also unto me, Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt seegreater abominations that they do.8:14 Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD's housewhich was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping forTammuz.8:15 Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? turnthee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these.8:16 And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD's house, and,behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch andthe altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward thetemple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and theyworshipped the sun toward the east.8:17 Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it alight thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominationswhich they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence,and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branchto their nose.8:18 Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare,neither will I have pity: and though they cry in mine ears with a loudvoice, yet will I not hear them.9:1 He cried also in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause themthat have charge over the city to draw near, even every man with hisdestroying weapon in his hand.9:2 And, behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate, whichlieth toward the north, and every man a slaughter weapon in his hand;and one man among them was clothed with linen, with a writer's inkhornby his side: and they went in, and stood beside the brasen altar.9:3 And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub,whereupon he was, to the threshold of the house. And he called to theman clothed with linen, which had the writer's inkhorn by his side;9:4 And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city,through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads ofthe men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be donein the midst thereof.9:5 And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him throughthe city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity: 9:6Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, andwomen: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin atmy sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before thehouse.9:7 And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts withthe slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and slew in the city.9:8 And it came to pass, while they were slaying them, and I was left,that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thoudestroy all the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy fury uponJerusalem?  9:9 Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house ofIsrael and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood,and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The LORD hathforsaken the earth, and the LORD seeth not.9:10 And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I havepity, but I will recompense their way upon their head.9:11 And, behold, the man clothed with linen, which had the inkhorn byhis side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as thou hastcommanded me.10:1 Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above thehead of the cherubims there appeared over them as it were a sapphirestone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.10:2 And he spake unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Go inbetween the wheels, even under the cherub, and fill thine hand withcoals of fire from between the cherubims, and scatter them over thecity. And he went in in my sight.10:3 Now the cherubims stood on the right side of the house, when theman went in; and the cloud filled the inner court.10:4 Then the glory of the LORD went up from the cherub, and stoodover the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with thecloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the LORD's glory.10:5 And the sound of the cherubims' wings was heard even to the outercourt, as the voice of the Almighty God when he speaketh.10:6 And it came to pass, that when he had commanded the man clothedwith linen, saying, Take fire from between the wheels, from betweenthe cherubims; then he went in, and stood beside the wheels.10:7 And one cherub stretched forth his hand from between thecherubims unto the fire that was between the cherubims, and tookthereof, and put it into the hands of him that was clothed with linen:who took it, and went out.10:8 And there appeared in the cherubims the form of a man's handunder their wings.10:9 And when I looked, behold the four wheels by the cherubims, onewheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub: and theappearance of the wheels was as the colour of a beryl stone.10:10 And as for their appearances, they four had one likeness, as ifa wheel had been in the midst of a wheel.10:11 When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned notas they went, but to the place whither the head looked they followedit; they turned not as they went.10:12 And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, andtheir wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about, even thewheels that they four had.10:13 As for the wheels, it was cried unto them in my hearing, Owheel.10:14 And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of acherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third theface of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.10:15 And the cherubims were lifted up. This is the living creaturethat I saw by the river of Chebar.10:16 And when the cherubims went, the wheels went by them: and whenthe cherubims lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, thesame wheels also turned not from beside them.10:17 When they stood, these stood; and when they were lifted up,these lifted up themselves also: for the spirit of the living creaturewas in them.10:18 Then the glory of the LORD departed from off the threshold ofthe house, and stood over the cherubims.10:19 And the cherubims lifted up their wings, and mounted up from theearth in my sight: when they went out, the wheels also were besidethem, and every one stood at the door of the east gate of the LORD'shouse; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.10:20 This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israelby the river of Chebar; and I knew that they were the cherubims.10:21 Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings; andthe likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.10:22 And the likeness of their faces was the same faces which I sawby the river of Chebar, their appearances and themselves: they wentevery one straight forward.11:1 Moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the eastgate of the LORD's house, which looketh eastward: and behold at thedoor of the gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah theson of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.11:2 Then said he unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devisemischief, and give wicked counsel in this city: 11:3 Which say, It isnot near; let us build houses: this city is the caldron, and we be theflesh.11:4 Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man.11:5 And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and said unto me, Speak;Thus saith the LORD; Thus have ye said, O house of Israel: for I knowthe things that come into your mind, every one of them.11:6 Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filledthe streets thereof with the slain.11:7 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Your slain whom ye have laidin the midst of it, they are the flesh, and this city is the caldron:but I will bring you forth out of the midst of it.11:8 Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you,saith the Lord GOD.11:9 And I will bring you out of the midst thereof, and deliver youinto the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you.11:10 Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border ofIsrael; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.11:11 This city shall not be your caldron, neither shall ye be theflesh in the midst thereof; but I will judge you in the border ofIsrael: 11:12 And ye shall know that I am the LORD: for ye have notwalked in my statutes, neither executed my judgments, but have doneafter the manners of the heathen that are round about you.11:13 And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son ofBenaiah died. Then fell I down upon my face, and cried with a loudvoice, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou make a full end of the remnantof Israel?  11:14 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,11:15 Son of man, thy brethren, even thy brethren, the men of thykindred, and all the house of Israel wholly, are they unto whom theinhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Get you far from the LORD: unto usis this land given in possession.11:16 Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Although I have castthem far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered themamong the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary inthe countries where they shall come.11:17 Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even gather youfrom the people, and assemble you out of the countries where ye havebeen scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.11:18 And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all thedetestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof fromthence.11:19 And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spiritwithin you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, andwill give them an heart of flesh: 11:20 That they may walk in mystatutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be mypeople, and I will be their God.11:21 But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of theirdetestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their wayupon their own heads, saith the Lord GOD.11:22 Then did the cherubims lift up their wings, and the wheelsbeside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.11:23 And the glory of the LORD went up from the midst of the city,and stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city.11:24 Afterwards the spirit took me up, and brought me in a vision bythe Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So thevision that I had seen went up from me.11:25 Then I spake unto them of the captivity all the things that theLORD had shewed me.12:1 The word of the LORD also came unto me, saying, 12:2 Son of man,thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes tosee, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are arebellious house.12:3 Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for removing, andremove by day in their sight; and thou shalt remove from thy place toanother place in their sight: it may be they will consider, thoughthey be a rebellious house.12:4 Then shalt thou bring forth thy stuff by day in their sight, asstuff for removing: and thou shalt go forth at even in their sight, asthey that go forth into captivity.12:5 Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby.12:6 In their sight shalt thou bear it upon thy shoulders, and carryit forth in the twilight: thou shalt cover thy face, that thou see notthe ground: for I have set thee for a sign unto the house of Israel.12:7 And I did so as I was commanded: I brought forth my stuff by day,as stuff for captivity, and in the even I digged through the wall withmine hand; I brought it forth in the twilight, and I bare it upon myshoulder in their sight.12:8 And in the morning came the word of the LORD unto me, saying,12:9 Son of man, hath not the house of Israel, the rebellious house,said unto thee, What doest thou?  12:10 Say thou unto them, Thus saiththe Lord GOD; This burden concerneth the prince in Jerusalem, and allthe house of Israel that are among them.12:11 Say, I am your sign: like as I have done, so shall it be doneunto them: they shall remove and go into captivity.12:12 And the prince that is among them shall bear upon his shoulderin the twilight, and shall go forth: they shall dig through the wallto carry out thereby: he shall cover his face, that he see not theground with his eyes.12:13 My net also will I spread upon him, and he shall be taken in mysnare: and I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans;yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there.12:14 And I will scatter toward every wind all that are about him tohelp him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them.12:15 And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall scatterthem among the nations, and disperse them in the countries.12:16 But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from thefamine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all theirabominations among the heathen whither they come; and they shall knowthat I am the LORD.12:17 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 12:18 Son ofman, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with tremblingand with carefulness; 12:19 And say unto the people of the land, Thussaith the Lord GOD of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and of the land ofIsrael; They shall eat their bread with carefulness, and drink theirwater with astonishment, that her land may be desolate from all thatis therein, because of the violence of all them that dwell therein.12:20 And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and theland shall be desolate; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.12:21 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 12:22 Son of man,what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, Thedays are prolonged, and every vision faileth?  12:23 Tell themtherefore, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will make this proverb to cease,and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but say untothem, The days are at hand, and the effect of every vision.12:24 For there shall be no more any vain vision nor flatteringdivination within the house of Israel.12:25 For I am the LORD: I will speak, and the word that I shall speakshall come to pass; it shall be no more prolonged: for in your days, Orebellious house, will I say the word, and will perform it, saith theLord GOD.12:26 Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying.12:27 Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The visionthat he seeth is for many days to come, and he prophesieth of thetimes that are far off.12:28 Therefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; There shallnone of my words be prolonged any more, but the word which I havespoken shall be done, saith the Lord GOD.13:1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 13:2 Son of man,prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and say thouunto them that prophesy out of their own hearts, Hear ye the word ofthe LORD; 13:3 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe unto the foolish prophets,that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing!  13:4 O Israel,thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts.13:5 Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the hedge forthe house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the LORD.13:6 They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The LORDsaith: and the LORD hath not sent them: and they have made others tohope that they would confirm the word.13:7 Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lyingdivination, whereas ye say, The LORD saith it; albeit I have notspoken?  13:8 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye havespoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you,saith the Lord GOD.13:9 And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, andthat divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my people,neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel,neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall knowthat I am the Lord GOD.13:10 Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying,Peace; and there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and, lo,others daubed it with untempered morter: 13:11 Say unto them whichdaub it with untempered morter, that it shall fall: there shall be anoverflowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall; and astormy wind shall rend it.13:12 Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you,Where is the daubing wherewith ye have daubed it?  13:13 Thereforethus saith the Lord GOD; I will even rend it with a stormy wind in myfury; and there shall be an overflowing shower in mine anger, andgreat hailstones in my fury to consume it.13:14 So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed withuntempered morter, and bring it down to the ground, so that thefoundation thereof shall be discovered, and it shall fall, and yeshall be consumed in the midst thereof: and ye shall know that I amthe LORD.13:15 Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall, and upon themthat have daubed it with untempered morter, and will say unto you, Thewall is no more, neither they that daubed it; 13:16 To wit, theprophets of Israel which prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and which seevisions of peace for her, and there is no peace, saith the Lord GOD.13:17 Likewise, thou son of man, set thy face against the daughters ofthy people, which prophesy out of their own heart; and prophesy thouagainst them, 13:18 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the womenthat sew pillows to all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head ofevery stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, andwill ye save the souls alive that come unto you?  13:19 And will yepollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces ofbread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the soulsalive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear yourlies?  13:20 Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am againstyour pillows, wherewith ye there hunt the souls to make them fly, andI will tear them from your arms, and will let the souls go, even thesouls that ye hunt to make them fly.13:21 Your kerchiefs also will I tear, and deliver my people out ofyour hand, and they shall be no more in your hand to be hunted; and yeshall know that I am the LORD.13:22 Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad,whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked,that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life:13:23 Therefore ye shall see no more vanity, nor divine divinations:for I will deliver my people out of your hand: and ye shall know thatI am the LORD.14:1 Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat beforeme.14:2 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 14:3 Son of man,these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put thestumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I beenquired of at all by them?  14:4 Therefore speak unto them, and sayunto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Every man of the house of Israelthat setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblockof his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet; I the LORDwill answer him that cometh according to the multitude of his idols;14:5 That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, becausethey are all estranged from me through their idols.14:6 Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD;Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your facesfrom all your abominations.14:7 For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger thatsojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth uphis idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquitybefore his face, and cometh to a prophet to enquire of him concerningme; I the LORD will answer him by myself: 14:8 And I will set my faceagainst that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I willcut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I amthe LORD.14:9 And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I theLORD have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand uponhim, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.14:10 And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity: thepunishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him thatseeketh unto him; 14:11 That the house of Israel may go no more astrayfrom me, neither be polluted any more with all their transgressions;but that they may be my people, and I may be their God, saith the LordGOD.14:12 The word of the LORD came again to me, saying, 14:13 Son of man,when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then willI stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the staff of the breadthereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beastfrom it: 14:14 Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were init, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness,saith the Lord GOD.14:15 If I cause noisome beasts to pass through the land, and theyspoil it, so that it be desolate, that no man may pass through becauseof the beasts: 14:16 Though these three men were in it, as I live,saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters;they only shall be delivered, but the land shall be desolate.14:17 Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go throughthe land; so that I cut off man and beast from it: 14:18 Though thesethree men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shalldeliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only shall be deliveredthemselves.14:19 Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my furyupon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast: 14:20 Though Noah,Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shalldeliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver their ownsouls by their righteousness.14:21 For thus saith the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my foursore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and thenoisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast?14:22 Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall bebrought forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forthunto you, and ye shall see their way and their doings: and ye shall becomforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, evenconcerning all that I have brought upon it.14:23 And they shall comfort you, when ye see their ways and theirdoings: and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all thatI have done in it, saith the Lord GOD.15:1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 15:2 Son of man,what is the vine tree more than any tree, or than a branch which isamong the trees of the forest?  15:3 Shall wood be taken thereof to doany work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?15:4 Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devourethboth the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for anywork?  15:5 Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: howmuch less shall it be meet yet for any work, when the fire hathdevoured it, and it is burned?  15:6 Therefore thus saith the LordGOD; As the vine tree among the trees of the forest, which I havegiven to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants ofJerusalem.15:7 And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from onefire, and another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I amthe LORD, when I set my face against them.15:8 And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed atrespass, saith the Lord GOD.16:1 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 16:2 Son of man,cause Jerusalem to know her abominations, 16:3 And say, Thus saith theLord GOD unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land ofCanaan; thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother an Hittite.16:4 And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel wasnot cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee; thou wastnot salted at all, nor swaddled at all.16:5 None eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to havecompassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field, to thelothing of thy person, in the day that thou wast born.16:6 And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine ownblood, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live; yea, I saidunto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live.16:7 I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thouhast increased and waxen great, and thou art come to excellentornaments: thy breasts are fashioned, and thine hair is grown, whereasthou wast naked and bare.16:8 Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy timewas the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thynakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant withthee, saith the Lord GOD, and thou becamest mine.16:9 Then washed I thee with water; yea, I throughly washed away thyblood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil.16:10 I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee withbadgers' skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I coveredthee with silk.16:11 I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thyhands, and a chain on thy neck.16:12 And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears,and a beautiful crown upon thine head.16:13 Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment wasof fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fineflour, and honey, and oil: and thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thoudidst prosper into a kingdom.16:14 And thy renown went forth among the heathen for thy beauty: forit was perfect through my comeliness, which I had put upon thee, saiththe Lord GOD.16:15 But thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and playedst theharlot because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy fornications onevery one that passed by; his it was.16:16 And of thy garments thou didst take, and deckedst thy highplaces with divers colours, and playedst the harlot thereupon: thelike things shall not come, neither shall it be so.16:17 Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold and of mysilver, which I had given thee, and madest to thyself images of men,and didst commit whoredom with them, 16:18 And tookest thy broideredgarments, and coveredst them: and thou hast set mine oil and mineincense before them.16:19 My meat also which I gave thee, fine flour, and oil, and honey,wherewith I fed thee, thou hast even set it before them for a sweetsavour: and thus it was, saith the Lord GOD.16:20 Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thouhast borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to bedevoured. Is this of thy whoredoms a small matter, 16:21 That thouhast slain my children, and delivered them to cause them to passthrough the fire for them?  16:22 And in all thine abominations andthy whoredoms thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, whenthou wast naked and bare, and wast polluted in thy blood.16:23 And it came to pass after all thy wickedness, (woe, woe untothee!  saith the LORD GOD;) 16:24 That thou hast also built unto theean eminent place, and hast made thee an high place in every street.16:25 Thou hast built thy high place at every head of the way, andhast made thy beauty to be abhorred, and hast opened thy feet to everyone that passed by, and multiplied thy whoredoms.16:26 Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians thyneighbours, great of flesh; and hast increased thy whoredoms, toprovoke me to anger.16:27 Behold, therefore I have stretched out my hand over thee, andhave diminished thine ordinary food, and delivered thee unto the willof them that hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, which areashamed of thy lewd way.16:28 Thou hast played the whore also with the Assyrians, because thouwast unsatiable; yea, thou hast played the harlot with them, and yetcouldest not be satisfied.16:29 Thou hast moreover multiplied thy fornication in the land ofCanaan unto Chaldea; and yet thou wast not satisfied therewith.16:30 How weak is thine heart, saith the LORD GOD, seeing thou doestall these things, the work of an imperious whorish woman; 16:31 Inthat thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way, andmakest thine high place in every street; and hast not been as anharlot, in that thou scornest hire; 16:32 But as a wife thatcommitteth adultery, which taketh strangers instead of her husband!16:33 They give gifts to all whores: but thou givest thy gifts to allthy lovers, and hirest them, that they may come unto thee on everyside for thy whoredom.16:34 And the contrary is in thee from other women in thy whoredoms,whereas none followeth thee to commit whoredoms: and in that thougivest a reward, and no reward is given unto thee, therefore thou artcontrary.16:35 Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word of the LORD: 16:36 Thus saiththe Lord GOD; Because thy filthiness was poured out, and thy nakednessdiscovered through thy whoredoms with thy lovers, and with all theidols of thy abominations, and by the blood of thy children, whichthou didst give unto them; 16:37 Behold, therefore I will gather allthy lovers, with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all them that thouhast loved, with all them that thou hast hated; I will even gatherthem round about against thee, and will discover thy nakedness untothem, that they may see all thy nakedness.16:38 And I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock and shedblood are judged; and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy.16:39 And I will also give thee into their hand, and they shall throwdown thine eminent place, and shall break down thy high places: theyshall strip thee also of thy clothes, and shall take thy fair jewels,and leave thee naked and bare.16:40 They shall also bring up a company against thee, and they shallstone thee with stones, and thrust thee through with their swords.16:41 And they shall burn thine houses with fire, and executejudgments upon thee in the sight of many women: and I will cause theeto cease from playing the harlot, and thou also shalt give no hire anymore.16:42 So will I make my fury toward thee to rest, and my jealousyshall depart from thee, and I will be quiet, and will be no moreangry.16:43 Because thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, but hastfretted me in all these things; behold, therefore I also willrecompense thy way upon thine head, saith the Lord GOD: and thou shaltnot commit this lewdness above all thine abominations.16:44 Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverbagainst thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.16:45 Thou art thy mother's daughter, that lotheth her husband and herchildren; and thou art the sister of thy sisters, which lothed theirhusbands and their children: your mother was an Hittite, and yourfather an Amorite.16:46 And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters thatdwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thyright hand, is Sodom and her daughters.16:47 Yet hast thou not walked after their ways, nor done after theirabominations: but, as if that were a very little thing, thou wastcorrupted more than they in all thy ways.16:48 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, Sodom thy sister hath not done,she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters.16:49 Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride,fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in herdaughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.16:50 And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me:therefore I took them away as I saw good.16:51 Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hastmultiplied thine abominations more than they, and hast justified thysisters in all thine abominations which thou hast done.16:52 Thou also, which hast judged thy sisters, bear thine own shamefor thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they: theyare more righteous than thou: yea, be thou confounded also, and bearthy shame, in that thou hast justified thy sisters.16:53 When I shall bring again their captivity, the captivity of Sodomand her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters,then will I bring again the captivity of thy captives in the midst ofthem: 16:54 That thou mayest bear thine own shame, and mayest beconfounded in all that thou hast done, in that thou art a comfort untothem.16:55 When thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to theirformer estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to theirformer estate, then thou and thy daughters shall return to your formerestate.16:56 For thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth in the dayof thy pride, 16:57 Before thy wickedness was discovered, as at thetime of thy reproach of the daughters of Syria, and all that are roundabout her, the daughters of the Philistines, which despise thee roundabout.16:58 Thou hast borne thy lewdness and thine abominations, saith theLORD.16:59 For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even deal with thee as thouhast done, which hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant.16:60 Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with thee in the daysof thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant.16:61 Then thou shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thoushalt receive thy sisters, thine elder and thy younger: and I willgive them unto thee for daughters, but not by thy covenant.16:62 And I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt knowthat I am the LORD: 16:63 That thou mayest remember, and beconfounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame,when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith theLord GOD.17:1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 17:2 Son of man,put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel; 17:3And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; A great eagle with great wings,longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came untoLebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar: 17:4 He cropped offthe top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; heset it in a city of merchants.17:5 He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in afruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willowtree.17:6 And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whosebranches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: soit became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.17:7 There was also another great eagle with great wings and manyfeathers: and, behold, this vine did bend her roots toward him, andshot forth her branches toward him, that he might water it by thefurrows of her plantation.17:8 It was planted in a good soil by great waters, that it mightbring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be agoodly vine.17:9 Say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Shall it prosper? shall he notpull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that itwither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even withoutgreat power or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof.17:10 Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it notutterly wither, when the east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in thefurrows where it grew.17:11 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 17:12 Saynow to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things mean?  tellthem, Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, and hath takenthe king thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him toBabylon; 17:13 And hath taken of the king's seed, and made a covenantwith him, and hath taken an oath of him: he hath also taken the mightyof the land: 17:14 That the kingdom might be base, that it might notlift itself up, but that by keeping of his covenant it might stand.17:15 But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors intoEgypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall heprosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? or shall he break thecovenant, and be delivered?  17:16 As I live, saith the Lord GOD,surely in the place where the king dwelleth that made him king, whoseoath he despised, and whose covenant he brake, even with him in themidst of Babylon he shall die.17:17 Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great companymake for him in the war, by casting up mounts, and building forts, tocut off many persons: 17:18 Seeing he despised the oath by breakingthe covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand, and hath done all thesethings, he shall not escape.17:19 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely mine oaththat he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, even itwill I recompense upon his own head.17:20 And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in mysnare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will plead with him therefor his trespass that he hath trespassed against me.17:21 And all his fugitives with all his bands shall fall by thesword, and they that remain shall be scattered toward all winds: andye shall know that I the LORD have spoken it.17:22 Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also take of the highest branchof the high cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top ofhis young twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon an high mountainand eminent: 17:23 In the mountain of the height of Israel will Iplant it: and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be agoodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all fowl of every wing; in theshadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell.17:24 And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD havebrought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried upthe green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish: I the LORDhave spoken and have done it.18:1 The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying, 18:2 What meanye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying,The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are seton edge?  18:3 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, ye shall not haveoccasion any more to use this proverb in Israel.18:4 Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so alsothe soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.18:5 But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right, 18:6And hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyesto the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled hisneighbour's wife, neither hath come near to a menstruous woman, 18:7And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor hispledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to thehungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment; 18:8 He that hathnot given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hathwithdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment betweenman and man, 18:9 Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept myjudgments, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith theLord GOD.18:10 If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and thatdoeth the like to any one of these things, 18:11 And that doeth notany of those duties, but even hath eaten upon the mountains, anddefiled his neighbour's wife, 18:12 Hath oppressed the poor and needy,hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hathlifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination, 18:13Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase: shall he thenlive? he shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shallsurely die; his blood shall be upon him.18:14 Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all his father's sinswhich he hath done, and considereth, and doeth not such like, 18:15That hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up hiseyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hath not defiled hisneighbour's wife, 18:16 Neither hath oppressed any, hath notwithholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, but hathgiven his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with agarment, 18:17 That hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hathnot received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hathwalked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of hisfather, he shall surely live.18:18 As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled hisbrother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people,lo, even he shall die in his iniquity.18:19 Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of thefather?  When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, andhath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.18:20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear theiniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity ofthe son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and thewickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.18:21 But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hathcommitted, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful andright, he shall surely live, he shall not die.18:22 All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not bementioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shalllive.18:23 Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith theLord GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?18:24 But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, andcommitteth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations thatthe wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that hehath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hathtrespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.18:25 Yet ye say, The way of the LORD is not equal. Hear now, O houseof Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?  18:26 Whena righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committethiniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shallhe die.18:27 Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness thathe hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shallsave his soul alive.18:28 Because he considereth, and turneth away from all histransgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shallnot die.18:29 Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of the LORD is not equal.O house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are not your ways unequal?18:30 Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every oneaccording to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselvesfrom all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.18:31 Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye havetransgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why willye die, O house of Israel?  18:32 For I have no pleasure in the deathof him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn yourselves, andlive ye.19:1 Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,19:2 And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions,she nourished her whelps among young lions.19:3 And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, andit learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.19:4 The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, andthey brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.19:5 Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, thenshe took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.19:6 And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion,and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men.19:7 And he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste theircities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, by thenoise of his roaring.19:8 Then the nations set against him on every side from theprovinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit.19:9 And they put him in ward in chains, and brought him to the kingof Babylon: they brought him into holds, that his voice should no morebe heard upon the mountains of Israel.19:10 Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters:she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.19:11 And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule,and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appearedin her height with the multitude of her branches.19:12 But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground,and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken andwithered; the fire consumed them.19:13 And now she is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirstyground.19:14 And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hathdevoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a sceptre torule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.20:1 And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, thetenth day of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came toenquire of the LORD, and sat before me.20:2 Then came the word of the LORD unto me, saying, 20:3 Son of man,speak unto the elders of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith theLord GOD; Are ye come to enquire of me? As I live, saith the Lord GOD,I will not be enquired of by you.20:4 Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge them? causethem to know the abominations of their fathers: 20:5 And say untothem, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when I chose Israel, andlifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and mademyself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up minehand unto them, saying, I am the LORD your God; 20:6 In the day that Ilifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them forth of the land ofEgypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk andhoney, which is the glory of all lands: 20:7 Then said I unto them,Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile notyourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.20:8 But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me: theydid not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes, neitherdid they forsake the idols of Egypt: then I said, I will pour out myfury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst ofthe land of Egypt.20:9 But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be pollutedbefore the heathen, among whom they were, in whose sight I made myselfknown unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.20:10 Wherefore I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt,and brought them into the wilderness.20:11 And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, whichif a man do, he shall even live in them.20:12 Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between meand them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them.20:13 But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness:they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, whichif a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatlypolluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in thewilderness, to consume them.20:14 But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be pollutedbefore the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.20:15 Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that Iwould not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowingwith milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands; 20:16 Becausethey despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, butpolluted my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.20:17 Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them, neitherdid I make an end of them in the wilderness.20:18 But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not inthe statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nordefile yourselves with their idols: 20:19 I am the LORD your God; walkin my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; 20:20 And hallowmy sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye mayknow that I am the LORD your God.20:21 Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walkednot in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if aman do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then Isaid, I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my angeragainst them in the wilderness.20:22 Nevertheless I withdrew mine hand, and wrought for my name'ssake, that it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen, inwhose sight I brought them forth.20:23 I lifted up mine hand unto them also in the wilderness, that Iwould scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through thecountries; 20:24 Because they had not executed my judgments, but haddespised my statutes, and had polluted my sabbaths, and their eyeswere after their fathers' idols.20:25 Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, andjudgments whereby they should not live; 20:26 And I polluted them intheir own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all thatopeneth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end thatthey might know that I am the LORD.20:27 Therefore, son of man, speak unto the house of Israel, and sayunto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Yet in this your fathers haveblasphemed me, in that they have committed a trespass against me.20:28 For when I had brought them into the land, for the which Ilifted up mine hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill,and all the thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, andthere they presented the provocation of their offering: there alsothey made their sweet savour, and poured out there their drinkofferings.20:29 Then I said unto them, What is the high place whereunto ye go?And the name whereof is called Bamah unto this day.20:30 Wherefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD;Are ye polluted after the manner of your fathers? and commit yewhoredom after their abominations?  20:31 For when ye offer yourgifts, when ye make your sons to pass through the fire, ye polluteyourselves with all your idols, even unto this day: and shall I beenquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, saith the Lord GOD,I will not be enquired of by you.20:32 And that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all, thatye say, We will be as the heathen, as the families of the countries,to serve wood and stone.20:33 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely with a mighty hand, andwith a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out, will I rule overyou: 20:34 And I will bring you out from the people, and will gatheryou out of the countries wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand,and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out.20:35 And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, andthere will I plead with you face to face.20:36 Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of theland of Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith the Lord GOD.20:37 And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring youinto the bond of the covenant: 20:38 And I will purge out from amongyou the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring themforth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enterinto the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.20:39 As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord GOD; Go ye,serve ye every one his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will nothearken unto me: but pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts,and with your idols.20:40 For in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height ofIsrael, saith the Lord GOD, there shall all the house of Israel, allof them in the land, serve me: there will I accept them, and therewill I require your offerings, and the firstfruits of your oblations,with all your holy things.20:41 I will accept you with your sweet savour, when I bring you outfrom the people, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye havebeen scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen.20:42 And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall bring youinto the land of Israel, into the country for the which I lifted upmine hand to give it to your fathers.20:43 And there shall ye remember your ways, and all your doings,wherein ye have been defiled; and ye shall lothe yourselves in yourown sight for all your evils that ye have committed.20:44 And ye shall know that I am the LORD when I have wrought withyou for my name's sake, not according to your wicked ways, noraccording to your corrupt doings, O ye house of Israel, saith the LordGOD.20:45 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 20:46 Son ofman, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward thesouth, and prophesy against the forest of the south field; 20:47 Andsay to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saiththe Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shalldevour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flameshall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shallbe burned therein.20:48 And all flesh shall see that I the LORD have kindled it: itshall not be quenched.20:49 Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speakparables?  21:1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 21:2Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word towardthe holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel, 21:3 And sayto the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I am against thee,and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off fromthee the righteous and the wicked.21:4 Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and thewicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath againstall flesh from the south to the north: 21:5 That all flesh may knowthat I the LORD have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shallnot return any more.21:6 Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins;and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.21:7 And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou?that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and everyheart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spiritshall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh,and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord GOD.21:8 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 21:9 Son of man,prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD; Say, A sword, a sword issharpened, and also furbished: 21:10 It is sharpened to make a soreslaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter: should we then makemirth? it contemneth the rod of my son, as every tree.21:11 And he hath given it to be furbished, that it may be handled:this sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the handof the slayer.21:12 Cry and howl, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, itshall be upon all the princes of Israel: terrors by reason of thesword shall be upon my people: smite therefore upon thy thigh.21:13 Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn even therod?  it shall be no more, saith the Lord GOD.21:14 Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thine handstogether. and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword ofthe slain: it is the sword of the great men that are slain, whichentereth into their privy chambers.21:15 I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, thattheir heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is madebright, it is wrapped up for the slaughter.21:16 Go thee one way or other, either on the right hand, or on theleft, whithersoever thy face is set.21:17 I will also smite mine hands together, and I will cause my furyto rest: I the LORD have said it.21:18 The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying, 21:19 Also,thou son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword of the king ofBabylon may come: both twain shall come forth out of one land: andchoose thou a place, choose it at the head of the way to the city.21:20 Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of theAmmonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced.21:21 For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at thehead of the two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, heconsulted with images, he looked in the liver.21:22 At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appointcaptains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voicewith shouting, to appoint battering rams against the gates, to cast amount, and to build a fort.21:23 And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their sight,to them that have sworn oaths: but he will call to remembrance theiniquity, that they may be taken.21:24 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have made youriniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are discovered,so that in all your doings your sins do appear; because, I say, thatye are come to remembrance, ye shall be taken with the hand.21:25 And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come,when iniquity shall have an end, 21:26 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Removethe diadem, and take off the crown: this shall not be the same: exalthim that is low, and abase him that is high.21:27 I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be nomore, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it him.21:28 And thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GODconcerning the Ammonites, and concerning their reproach; even saythou, The sword, the sword is drawn: for the slaughter it isfurbished, to consume because of the glittering: 21:29 Whiles they seevanity unto thee, whiles they divine a lie unto thee, to bring theeupon the necks of them that are slain, of the wicked, whose day iscome, when their iniquity shall have an end.21:30 Shall I cause it to return into his sheath? I will judge thee inthe place where thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity.21:31 And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee, I will blowagainst thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into the handof brutish men, and skilful to destroy.21:32 Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire; thy blood shall be in themidst of the land; thou shalt be no more remembered: for I the LORDhave spoken it.22:1 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 22:2 Now,thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city?yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations.22:3 Then say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD, The city sheddeth bloodin the midst of it, that her time may come, and maketh idols againstherself to defile herself.22:4 Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed; and hastdefiled thyself in thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hastcaused thy days to draw near, and art come even unto thy years:therefore have I made thee a reproach unto the heathen, and a mockingto all countries.22:5 Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall mockthee, which art infamous and much vexed.22:6 Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to theirpower to shed blood.22:7 In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst ofthee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee havethey vexed the fatherless and the widow.22:8 Thou hast despised mine holy things, and hast profaned mysabbaths.22:9 In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in thee theyeat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit lewdness.22:10 In thee have they discovered their fathers' nakedness: in theehave they humbled her that was set apart for pollution.22:11 And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour's wife;and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another inthee hath humbled his sister, his father's daughter.22:12 In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast takenusury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours byextortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.22:13 Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gainwhich thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst ofthee.22:14 Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong, in thedays that I shall deal with thee? I the LORD have spoken it, and willdo it.22:15 And I will scatter thee among the heathen, and disperse thee inthe countries, and will consume thy filthiness out of thee.22:16 And thou shalt take thine inheritance in thyself in the sight ofthe heathen, and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.22:17 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 22:18 Son of man,the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, andtin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are eventhe dross of silver.22:19 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye are all becomedross, behold, therefore I will gather you into the midst ofJerusalem.22:20 As they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin,into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it;so will I gather you in mine anger and in my fury, and I will leaveyou there, and melt you.22:21 Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you in the fire of mywrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst therof.22:22 As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye bemelted in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I the LORD havepoured out my fury upon you.22:23 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 22:24 Son of man,say unto her, Thou art the land that is not cleansed, nor rained uponin the day of indignation.22:25 There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, likea roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they havetaken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widowsin the midst thereof.22:26 Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holythings: they have put no difference between the holy and profane,neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean,and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned amongthem.22:27 Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening theprey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.22:28 And her prophets have daubed them with untempered morter, seeingvanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord GOD,when the LORD hath not spoken.22:29 The people of the land have used oppression, and exercisedrobbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressedthe stranger wrongfully.22:30 And I sought for a man among them, that should make up thehedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should notdestroy it: but I found none.22:31 Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I haveconsumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have Irecompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord GOD.23:1 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, 23:2 Son of man,there were two women, the daughters of one mother: 23:3 And theycommitted whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their youth:there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats oftheir virginity.23:4 And the names of them were Aholah the elder, and Aholibah hersister: and they were mine, and they bare sons and daughters. Thuswere their names; Samaria is Aholah, and Jerusalem Aholibah.23:5 And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted onher lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbours, 23:6 Which were clothedwith blue, captains and rulers, all of them desirable young men,horsemen riding upon horses.23:7 Thus she committed her whoredoms with them, with all them thatwere the chosen men of Assyria, and with all on whom she doted: withall their idols she defiled herself.23:8 Neither left she her whoredoms brought from Egypt: for in heryouth they lay with her, and they bruised the breasts of hervirginity, and poured their whoredom upon her.23:9 Wherefore I have delivered her into the hand of her lovers, intothe hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she doted.23:10 These discovered her nakedness: they took her sons and herdaughters, and slew her with the sword: and she became famous amongwomen; for they had executed judgment upon her.23:11 And when her sister Aholibah saw this, she was more corrupt inher inordinate love than she, and in her whoredoms more than hersister in her whoredoms.23:12 She doted upon the Assyrians her neighbours, captains and rulersclothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of themdesirable young men.23:13 Then I saw that she was defiled, that they took both one way,23:14 And that she increased her whoredoms: for when she saw menpourtrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans pourtrayed withvermilion, 23:15 Girded with girdles upon their loins, exceeding indyed attire upon their heads, all of them princes to look to, afterthe manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, the land of their nativity:23:16 And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them,and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea.23:17 And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and theydefiled her with their whoredom, and she was polluted with them, andher mind was alienated from them.23:18 So she discovered her whoredoms, and discovered her nakedness:then my mind was alienated from her, like as my mind was alienatedfrom her sister.23:19 Yet she multiplied her whoredoms, in calling to remembrance thedays of her youth, wherein she had played the harlot in the land ofEgypt.23:20 For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the fleshof asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.23:21 Thus thou calledst to remembrance the lewdness of thy youth, inbruising thy teats by the Egyptians for the paps of thy youth.23:22 Therefore, O Aholibah, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I willraise up thy lovers against thee, from whom thy mind is alienated, andI will bring them against thee on every side; 23:23 The Babylonians,and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, and Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrianswith them: all of them desirable young men, captains and rulers, greatlords and renowned, all of them riding upon horses.23:24 And they shall come against thee with chariots, wagons, andwheels, and with an assembly of people, which shall set against theebuckler and shield and helmet round about: and I will set judgmentbefore them, and they shall judge thee according to their judgments.23:25 And I will set my jealousy against thee, and they shall dealfuriously with thee: they shall take away thy nose and thine ears; andthy remnant shall fall by the sword: they shall take thy sons and thydaughters; and thy residue shall be devoured by the fire.23:26 They shall also strip thee out of thy clothes, and take away thyfair jewels.23:27 Thus will I make thy lewdness to cease from thee, and thywhoredom brought from the land of Egypt: so that thou shalt not liftup thine eyes unto them, nor remember Egypt any more.23:28 For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will deliver thee intothe hand of them whom thou hatest, into the hand of them from whom thymind is alienated: 23:29 And they shall deal with thee hatefully, andshall take away all thy labour, and shall leave thee naked and bare:and the nakedness of thy whoredoms shall be discovered, both thylewdness and thy whoredoms.23:30 I will do these things unto thee, because thou hast gone awhoring after the heathen, and because thou art polluted with theiridols.23:31 Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister; therefore will I giveher cup into thine hand.23:32 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou shalt drink of thy sister's cupdeep and large: thou shalt be laughed to scorn and had in derision; itcontaineth much.23:33 Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cupof astonishment and desolation, with the cup of thy sister Samaria.23:34 Thou shalt even drink it and suck it out, and thou shalt breakthe sherds thereof, and pluck off thine own breasts: for I have spokenit, saith the Lord GOD.23:35 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast forgottenme, and cast me behind thy back, therefore bear thou also thy lewdnessand thy whoredoms.23:36 The LORD said moreover unto me; Son of man, wilt thou judgeAholah and Aholibah? yea, declare unto them their abominations; 23:37That they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands, andwith their idols have they committed adultery, and have also causedtheir sons, whom they bare unto me, to pass for them through the fire,to devour them.23:38 Moreover this they have done unto me: they have defiled mysanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my sabbaths.23:39 For when they had slain their children to their idols, then theycame the same day into my sanctuary to profane it; and, lo, thus havethey done in the midst of mine house.23:40 And furthermore, that ye have sent for men to come from far,unto whom a messenger was sent; and, lo, they came: for whom thoudidst wash thyself, paintedst thy eyes, and deckedst thyself withornaments, 23:41 And satest upon a stately bed, and a table preparedbefore it, whereupon thou hast set mine incense and mine oil.23:42 And a voice of a multitude being at ease was with her: and withthe men of the common sort were brought Sabeans from the wilderness,which put bracelets upon their hands, and beautiful crowns upon theirheads.23:43 Then said I unto her that was old in adulteries, Will they nowcommit whoredoms with her, and she with them?  23:44 Yet they went inunto her, as they go in unto a woman that playeth the harlot: so wentthey in unto Aholah and unto Aholibah, the lewd women.23:45 And the righteous men, they shall judge them after the manner ofadulteresses, and after the manner of women that shed blood; becausethey are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands.23:46 For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will bring up a company uponthem, and will give them to be removed and spoiled.23:47 And the company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch themwith their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, andburn up their houses with fire.23:48 Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that allwomen may be taught not to do after your lewdness.23:49 And they shall recompense your lewdness upon you, and ye shallbear the sins of your idols: and ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD.24:1 Again in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day ofthe month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 24:2 Son of man,write thee the name of the day, even of this same day: the king ofBabylon set himself against Jerusalem this same day.24:3 And utter a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them,Thus saith the Lord GOD; Set on a pot, set it on, and also pour waterinto it: 24:4 Gather the pieces thereof into it, even every goodpiece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.24:5 Take the choice of the flock, and burn also the bones under it,and make it boil well, and let them seethe the bones of it therein.24:6 Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city, to thepot whose scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bringit out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it.24:7 For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top ofa rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust; 24:8That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set herblood upon the top of a rock, that it should not be covered.24:9 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city! I willeven make the pile for fire great.24:10 Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice itwell, and let the bones be burned.24:11 Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that the brass of itmay be hot, and may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be moltenin it, that the scum of it may be consumed.24:12 She hath wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went notforth out of her: her scum shall be in the fire.24:13 In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, andthou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness anymore, till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee.24:14 I the LORD have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will doit; I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent;according to thy ways, and according to thy doings, shall they judgethee, saith the Lord GOD.24:15 Also the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 24:16 Son ofman, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with astroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tearsrun down.24:17 Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire ofthine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and covernot thy lips, and eat not the bread of men.24:18 So I spake unto the people in the morning: and at even my wifedied; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.24:19 And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what thesethings are to us, that thou doest so?  24:20 Then I answered them, Theword of the LORD came unto me, saying, 24:21 Speak unto the house ofIsrael, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will profane my sanctuary,the excellency of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and thatwhich your soul pitieth; and your sons and your daughters whom ye haveleft shall fall by the sword.24:22 And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips,nor eat the bread of men.24:23 And your tires shall be upon your heads, and your shoes uponyour feet: ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away foryour iniquities, and mourn one toward another.24:24 Thus Ezekiel is unto you a sign: according to all that he hathdone shall ye do: and when this cometh, ye shall know that I am theLord GOD.24:25 Also, thou son of man, shall it not be in the day when I takefrom them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of theireyes, and that whereupon they set their minds, their sons and theirdaughters, 24:26 That he that escapeth in that day shall come untothee, to cause thee to hear it with thine ears?  24:27 In that dayshall thy mouth be opened to him which is escaped, and thou shaltspeak, and be no more dumb: and thou shalt be a sign unto them; andthey shall know that I am the LORD.25:1 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, 25:2 Son of man,set thy face against the Ammonites, and prophesy against them; 25:3And say unto the Ammonites, Hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saiththe Lord GOD; Because thou saidst, Aha, against my sanctuary, when itwas profaned; and against the land of Israel, when it was desolate;and against the house of Judah, when they went into captivity; 25:4Behold, therefore I will deliver thee to the men of the east for apossession, and they shall set their palaces in thee, and make theirdwellings in thee: they shall eat thy fruit, and they shall drink thymilk.25:5 And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the Ammonites acouching place for flocks: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.25:6 For thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast clapped thinehands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced in heart with all thydespite against the land of Israel; 25:7 Behold, therefore I willstretch out mine hand upon thee, and will deliver thee for a spoil tothe heathen; and I will cut thee off from the people, and I will causethee to perish out of the countries: I will destroy thee; and thoushalt know that I am the LORD.25:8 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Moab and Seir do say,Behold, the house of Judah is like unto all the heathen; 25:9Therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, fromhis cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country,Bethjeshimoth, Baalmeon, and Kiriathaim, 25:10 Unto the men of theeast with the Ammonites, and will give them in possession, that theAmmonites may not be remembered among the nations.25:11 And I will execute judgments upon Moab; and they shall know thatI am the LORD.25:12 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Edom hath dealt againstthe house of Judah by taking vengeance, and hath greatly offended, andrevenged himself upon them; 25:13 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Iwill also stretch out mine hand upon Edom, and will cut off man andbeast from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman; and they ofDedan shall fall by the sword.25:14 And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my peopleIsrael: and they shall do in Edom according to mine anger andaccording to my fury; and they shall know my vengeance, saith the LordGOD.25:15 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the Philistines have dealt byrevenge, and have taken vengeance with a despiteful heart, to destroyit for the old hatred; 25:16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD;Behold, I will stretch out mine hand upon the Philistines, and I willcut off the Cherethims, and destroy the remnant of the sea coast.25:17 And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furiousrebukes; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall lay myvengeance upon them.26:1 And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first day of themonth, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 26:2 Son ofman, because that Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem, Aha, she isbroken that was the gates of the people: she is turned unto me: Ishall be replenished, now she is laid waste: 26:3 Therefore thus saiththe Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Tyrus, and will cause manynations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth his waves to comeup.26:4 And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down hertowers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like thetop of a rock.26:5 It shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of thesea: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD: and it shall become aspoil to the nations.26:6 And her daughters which are in the field shall be slain by thesword; and they shall know that I am the LORD.26:7 For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring upon TyrusNebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, a king of kings, from the north, withhorses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and companies, and muchpeople.26:8 He shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field: and heshall make a fort against thee, and cast a mount against thee, andlift up the buckler against thee.26:9 And he shall set engines of war against thy walls, and with hisaxes he shall break down thy towers.26:10 By reason of the abundance of his horses their dust shall coverthee: thy walls shall shake at the noise of the horsemen, and of thewheels, and of the chariots, when he shall enter into thy gates, asmen enter into a city wherein is made a breach.26:11 With the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down all thystreets: he shall slay thy people by the sword, and thy stronggarrisons shall go down to the ground.26:12 And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey ofthy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thypleasant houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thydust in the midst of the water.26:13 And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the soundof thy harps shall be no more heard.26:14 And I will make thee like the top of a rock: thou shalt be aplace to spread nets upon; thou shalt be built no more: for I the LORDhave spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.26:15 Thus saith the Lord GOD to Tyrus; Shall not the isles shake atthe sound of thy fall, when the wounded cry, when the slaughter ismade in the midst of thee?  26:16 Then all the princes of the seashall come down from their thrones, and lay away their robes, and putoff their broidered garments: they shall clothe themselves withtrembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall tremble at everymoment, and be astonished at thee.26:17 And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee,How art thou destroyed, that wast inhabited of seafaring men, therenowned city, which wast strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants,which cause their terror to be on all that haunt it!  26:18 Now shallthe isles tremble in the day of thy fall; yea, the isles that are inthe sea shall be troubled at thy departure.26:19 For thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall make thee a desolatecity, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I shall bring upthe deep upon thee, and great waters shall cover thee; 26:20 When Ishall bring thee down with them that descend into the pit, with thepeople of old time, and shall set thee in the low parts of the earth,in places desolate of old, with them that go down to the pit, thatthou be not inhabited; and I shall set glory in the land of theliving; 26:21 I will make thee a terror, and thou shalt be no more:though thou be sought for, yet shalt thou never be found again, saiththe Lord GOD.27:1 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, 27:2 Now, thouson of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus; 27:3 And say unto Tyrus,O thou that art situate at the entry of the sea, which art a merchantof the people for many isles, Thus saith the Lord GOD; O Tyrus, thouhast said, I am of perfect beauty.27:4 Thy borders are in the midst of the seas, thy builders haveperfected thy beauty.27:5 They have made all thy ship boards of fir trees of Senir: theyhave taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee.27:6 Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; the company ofthe Ashurites have made thy benches of ivory, brought out of the islesof Chittim.27:7 Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thouspreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles ofElishah was that which covered thee.27:8 The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wisemen, O Tyrus, that were in thee, were thy pilots.27:9 The ancients of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee thycalkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee tooccupy thy merchandise.27:10 They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thymen of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forththy comeliness.27:11 The men of Arvad with thine army were upon thy walls roundabout, and the Gammadims were in thy towers: they hanged their shieldsupon thy walls round about; they have made thy beauty perfect.27:12 Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kindof riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy fairs.27:13 Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy merchants: they tradedthe persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market.27:14 They of the house of Togarmah traded in thy fairs with horsesand horsemen and mules.27:15 The men of Dedan were thy merchants; many isles were themerchandise of thine hand: they brought thee for a present horns ofivory and ebony.27:16 Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the waresof thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, andbroidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate.27:17 Judah, and the land of Israel, they were thy merchants: theytraded in thy market wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, and honey, and oil,and balm.27:18 Damascus was thy merchant in the multitude of the wares of thymaking, for the multitude of all riches; in the wine of Helbon, andwhite wool.27:19 Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in thy fairs:bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in thy market.27:20 Dedan was thy merchant in precious clothes for chariots.27:21 Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they occupied with thee inlambs, and rams, and goats: in these were they thy merchants.27:22 The merchants of Sheba and Raamah, they were thy merchants: theyoccupied in thy fairs with chief of all spices, and with all preciousstones, and gold.27:23 Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, andChilmad, were thy merchants.27:24 These were thy merchants in all sorts of things, in blueclothes, and broidered work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound withcords, and made of cedar, among thy merchandise.27:25 The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market: and thouwast replenished, and made very glorious in the midst of the seas.27:26 Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east windhath broken thee in the midst of the seas.27:27 Thy riches, and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners, andthy pilots, thy calkers, and the occupiers of thy merchandise, and allthy men of war, that are in thee, and in all thy company which is inthe midst of thee, shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day ofthy ruin.27:28 The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots.27:29 And all that handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots ofthe sea, shall come down from their ships, they shall stand upon theland; 27:30 And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, andshall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, theyshall wallow themselves in the ashes: 27:31 And they shall makethemselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, andthey shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.27:32 And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee,and lament over thee, saying, What city is like Tyrus, like thedestroyed in the midst of the sea?  27:33 When thy wares went forthout of the seas, thou filledst many people; thou didst enrich thekings of the earth with the multitude of thy riches and of thymerchandise.27:34 In the time when thou shalt be broken by the seas in the depthsof the waters thy merchandise and all thy company in the midst of theeshall fall.27:35 All the inhabitants of the isles shall be astonished at thee,and their kings shall be sore afraid, they shall be troubled in theircountenance.27:36 The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee; thou shalt bea terror, and never shalt be any more.28:1 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, 28:2 Son of man,say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thineheart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seatof God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God,though thou set thine heart as the heart of God: 28:3 Behold, thou artwiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee:28:4 With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gottenthee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures: 28:5By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thyriches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches: 28:6Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast set thine heartas the heart of God; 28:7 Behold, therefore I will bring strangersupon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw theirswords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thybrightness.28:8 They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die thedeaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas.28:9 Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? butthou shalt be a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee.28:10 Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand ofstrangers: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.28:11 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 28:12 Son ofman, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him,Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, andperfect in beauty.28:13 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stonewas thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, theonyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle,and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was preparedin thee in the day that thou wast created.28:14 Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set theeso: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up anddown in the midst of the stones of fire.28:15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wastcreated, till iniquity was found in thee.28:16 By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midstof thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will castthee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, Ocovering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.28:17 Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hastcorrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee tothe ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.28:18 Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thineiniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bringforth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I willbring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them thatbehold thee.28:19 All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished atthee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more.28:20 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 28:21 Son ofman, set thy face against Zidon, and prophesy against it, 28:22 Andsay, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Zidon; andI will be glorified in the midst of thee: and they shall know that Iam the LORD, when I shall have executed judgments in her, and shall besanctified in her.28:23 For I will send into her pestilence, and blood into her streets;and the wounded shall be judged in the midst of her by the sword uponher on every side; and they shall know that I am the LORD.28:24 And there shall be no more a pricking brier unto the house ofIsrael, nor any grieving thorn of all that are round about them, thatdespised them; and they shall know that I am the Lord GOD.28:25 Thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall have gathered the house ofIsrael from the people among whom they are scattered, and shall besanctified in them in the sight of the heathen, then shall they dwellin their land that I have given to my servant Jacob.28:26 And they shall dwell safely therein, and shall build houses, andplant vineyards; yea, they shall dwell with confidence, when I haveexecuted judgments upon all those that despise them round about them;and they shall know that I am the LORD their God.29:1 In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of themonth, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 29:2 Son of man, setthy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, andagainst all Egypt: 29:3 Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD;Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragonthat lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river ismine own, and I have made it for myself.29:4 But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish ofthy rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out ofthe midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stickunto thy scales.29:5 And I will leave thee thrown into the wilderness, thee and allthe fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open fields; thoushalt not be brought together, nor gathered: I have given thee formeat to the beasts of the field and to the fowls of the heaven.29:6 And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the LORD,because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.29:7 When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, andrend all their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest,and madest all their loins to be at a stand.29:8 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring a swordupon thee, and cut off man and beast out of thee.29:9 And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shallknow that I am the LORD: because he hath said, The river is mine, andI have made it.29:10 Behold, therefore I am against thee, and against thy rivers, andI will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from thetower of Syene even unto the border of Ethiopia.29:11 No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shallpass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.29:12 And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of thecountries that are desolate, and her cities among the cities that arelaid waste shall be desolate forty years: and I will scatter theEgyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through thecountries.29:13 Yet thus saith the Lord GOD; At the end of forty years will Igather the Egyptians from the people whither they were scattered:29:14 And I will bring again the captivity of Egypt, and will causethem to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of theirhabitation; and they shall be there a base kingdom.29:15 It shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neither shall it exaltitself any more above the nations: for I will diminish them, that theyshall no more rule over the nations.29:16 And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel,which bringeth their iniquity to remembrance, when they shall lookafter them: but they shall know that I am the Lord GOD.29:17 And it came to pass in the seven and twentieth year, in thefirst month, in the first day of the month, the word of the LORD cameunto me, saying, 29:18 Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babyloncaused his army to serve a great service against Tyrus: every head wasmade bald, and every shoulder was peeled: yet had he no wages, nor hisarmy, for Tyrus, for the service that he had served against it: 29:19Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will give the land ofEgypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall take hermultitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be thewages for his army.29:20 I have given him the land of Egypt for his labour wherewith heserved against it, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord GOD.29:21 In that day will I cause the horn of the house of Israel to budforth, and I will give thee the opening of the mouth in the midst ofthem; and they shall know that I am the LORD.30:1 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, 30:2 Son of man,prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Howl ye, Woe worth the day!30:3 For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near, a cloudyday; it shall be the time of the heathen.30:4 And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great pain shall be inEthiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall take awayher multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down.30:5 Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, andChub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall with themby the sword.30:6 Thus saith the LORD; They also that uphold Egypt shall fall; andthe pride of her power shall come down: from the tower of Syene shallthey fall in it by the sword, saith the Lord GOD.30:7 And they shall be desolate in the midst of the countries that aredesolate, and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that arewasted.30:8 And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I have set a fire inEgypt, and when all her helpers shall be destroyed.30:9 In that day shall messengers go forth from me in ships to makethe careless Ethiopians afraid, and great pain shall come upon them,as in the day of Egypt: for, lo, it cometh.30:10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also make the multitude of Egyptto cease by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon.30:11 He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, shallbe brought to destroy the land: and they shall draw their swordsagainst Egypt, and fill the land with the slain.30:12 And I will make the rivers dry, and sell the land into the handof the wicked: and I will make the land waste, and all that istherein, by the hand of strangers: I the LORD have spoken it.30:13 Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also destroy the idols, and Iwill cause their images to cease out of Noph; and there shall be nomore a prince of the land of Egypt: and I will put a fear in the landof Egypt.30:14 And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set fire in Zoan, andwill execute judgments in No.30:15 And I will pour my fury upon Sin, the strength of Egypt; and Iwill cut off the multitude of No.30:16 And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great pain, and Noshall be rent asunder, and Noph shall have distresses daily.30:17 The young men of Aven and of Pibeseth shall fall by the sword:and these cities shall go into captivity.30:18 At Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened, when I shallbreak there the yokes of Egypt: and the pomp of her strength shallcease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughtersshall go into captivity.30:19 Thus will I execute judgments in Egypt: and they shall know thatI am the LORD.30:20 And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, inthe seventh day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me,saying, 30:21 Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king ofEgypt; and, lo, it shall not be bound up to be healed, to put a rollerto bind it, to make it strong to hold the sword.30:22 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against Pharaohking of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong, and that which wasbroken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand.30:23 And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and willdisperse them through the countries.30:24 And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and putmy sword in his hand: but I will break Pharaoh's arms, and he shallgroan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man.30:25 But I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and thearms of Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I am theLORD, when I shall put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon,and he shall stretch it out upon the land of Egypt.30:26 And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and dispersethem among the countries; and they shall know that I am the LORD.31:1 And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, inthe first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me,saying, 31:2 Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to hismultitude; Whom art thou like in thy greatness?  31:3 Behold, theAssyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with ashadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among thethick boughs.31:4 The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with herrivers running round about his plants, and sent her little rivers untoall the trees of the field.31:5 Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees of thefield, and his boughs were multiplied, and his branches became longbecause of the multitude of waters, when he shot forth.31:6 All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and underhis branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young,and under his shadow dwelt all great nations.31:7 Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches:for his root was by great waters.31:8 The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir treeswere not like his boughs, and the chestnut trees were not like hisbranches; nor any tree in the garden of God was like unto him in hisbeauty.31:9 I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so thatall the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied him.31:10 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast lifted upthyself in height, and he hath shot up his top among the thick boughs,and his heart is lifted up in his height; 31:11 I have thereforedelivered him into the hand of the mighty one of the heathen; he shallsurely deal with him: I have driven him out for his wickedness.31:12 And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off,and have left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys hisbranches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the rivers ofthe land; and all the people of the earth are gone down from hisshadow, and have left him.31:13 Upon his ruin shall all the fowls of the heaven remain, and allthe beasts of the field shall be upon his branches: 31:14 To the endthat none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves for theirheight, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs, neithertheir trees stand up in their height, all that drink water: for theyare all delivered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth, in themidst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit.31:15 Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when he went down to thegrave I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and Irestrained the floods thereof, and the great waters were stayed: and Icaused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the fieldfainted for him.31:16 I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when Icast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all thetrees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water,shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth.31:17 They also went down into hell with him unto them that be slainwith the sword; and they that were his arm, that dwelt under hisshadow in the midst of the heathen.31:18 To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among thetrees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Edenunto the nether parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of theuncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword. This is Pharaohand all his multitude, saith the Lord GOD.32:1 And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, inthe first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me,saying, 32:2 Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king ofEgypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations,and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thyrivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst theirrivers.32:3 Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will therefore spread out my net overthee with a company of many people; and they shall bring thee up in mynet.32:4 Then will I leave thee upon the land, I will cast thee forth uponthe open field, and will cause all the fowls of the heaven to remainupon thee, and I will fill the beasts of the whole earth with thee.32:5 And I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains, and fill the valleyswith thy height.32:6 I will also water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest,even to the mountains; and the rivers shall be full of thee.32:7 And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and makethe stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and themoon shall not give her light.32:8 All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, andset darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD.32:9 I will also vex the hearts of many people, when I shall bring thydestruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast notknown.32:10 Yea, I will make many people amazed at thee, and their kingsshall be horribly afraid for thee, when I shall brandish my swordbefore them; and they shall tremble at every moment, every man for hisown life, in the day of thy fall.32:11 For thus saith the Lord GOD; The sword of the king of Babylonshall come upon thee.32:12 By the swords of the mighty will I cause thy multitude to fall,the terrible of the nations, all of them: and they shall spoil thepomp of Egypt, and all the multitude thereof shall be destroyed.32:13 I will destroy also all the beasts thereof from beside the greatwaters; neither shall the foot of man trouble them any more, nor thehoofs of beasts trouble them.32:14 Then will I make their waters deep, and cause their rivers torun like oil, saith the Lord GOD.32:15 When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate, and the countryshall be destitute of that whereof it was full, when I shall smite allthem that dwell therein, then shall they know that I am the LORD.32:16 This is the lamentation wherewith they shall lament her: thedaughters of the nations shall lament her: they shall lament for her,even for Egypt, and for all her multitude, saith the Lord GOD.32:17 It came to pass also in the twelfth year, in the fifteenth dayof the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 32:18Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, evenher, and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the nether parts ofthe earth, with them that go down into the pit.32:19 Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go down, and be thou laid withthe uncircumcised.32:20 They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by thesword: she is delivered to the sword: draw her and all her multitudes.32:21 The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midstof hell with them that help him: they are gone down, they lieuncircumcised, slain by the sword.32:22 Asshur is there and all her company: his graves are about him:all of them slain, fallen by the sword: 32:23 Whose graves are set inthe sides of the pit, and her company is round about her grave: all ofthem slain, fallen by the sword, which caused terror in the land ofthe living.32:24 There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave, allof them slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down uncircumcisedinto the nether parts of the earth, which caused their terror in theland of the living; yet have they borne their shame with them that godown to the pit.32:25 They have set her a bed in the midst of the slain with all hermultitude: her graves are round about him: all of them uncircumcised,slain by the sword: though their terror was caused in the land of theliving, yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to thepit: he is put in the midst of them that be slain.32:26 There is Meshech, Tubal, and all her multitude: her graves areround about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword, thoughthey caused their terror in the land of the living.32:27 And they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen of theuncircumcised, which are gone down to hell with their weapons of war:and they have laid their swords under their heads, but theiriniquities shall be upon their bones, though they were the terror ofthe mighty in the land of the living.32:28 Yea, thou shalt be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised, andshalt lie with them that are slain with the sword.32:29 There is Edom, her kings, and all her princes, which with theirmight are laid by them that were slain by the sword: they shall liewith the uncircumcised, and with them that go down to the pit.32:30 There be the princes of the north, all of them, and all theZidonians, which are gone down with the slain; with their terror theyare ashamed of their might; and they lie uncircumcised with them thatbe slain by the sword, and bear their shame with them that go down tothe pit.32:31 Pharaoh shall see them, and shall be comforted over all hismultitude, even Pharaoh and all his army slain by the sword, saith theLord GOD.32:32 For I have caused my terror in the land of the living: and heshall be laid in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that areslain with the sword, even Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith theLord GOD.33:1 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 33:2 Son of man,speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bringthe sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of theircoasts, and set him for their watchman: 33:3 If when he seeth thesword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people;33:4 Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh notwarning; if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be uponhis own head.33:5 He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; hisblood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver hissoul.33:6 But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet,and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any personfrom among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood willI require at the watchman's hand.33:7 So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the houseof Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warnthem from me.33:8 When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die;if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wickedman shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thinehand.33:9 Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it;if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thouhast delivered thy soul.33:10 Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel;Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins be upon us,and we pine away in them, how should we then live?  33:11 Say untothem, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the deathof the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turnye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house ofIsrael?  33:12 Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children ofthy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver himin the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked,he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from hiswickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for hisrighteousness in the day that he sinneth.33:13 When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; ifhe trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all hisrighteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that hehath committed, he shall die for it.33:14 Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if heturn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right; 33:15 If thewicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in thestatutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live,he shall not die.33:16 None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned untohim: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surelylive.33:17 Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is notequal: but as for them, their way is not equal.33:18 When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, andcommitteth iniquity, he shall even die thereby.33:19 But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which islawful and right, he shall live thereby.33:20 Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house ofIsrael, I will judge you every one after his ways.33:21 And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in thetenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that one that had escapedout of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten.33:22 Now the hand of the LORD was upon me in the evening, afore hethat was escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he came to me inthe morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb.33:23 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 33:24 Son ofman, they that inhabit those wastes of the land of Israel speak,saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many;the land is given us for inheritance.33:25 Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Ye eat withthe blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood:and shall ye possess the land?  33:26 Ye stand upon your sword, yework abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbour's wife: andshall ye possess the land?  33:27 Say thou thus unto them, Thus saiththe Lord GOD; As I live, surely they that are in the wastes shall fallby the sword, and him that is in the open field will I give to thebeasts to be devoured, and they that be in the forts and in the cavesshall die of the pestilence.33:28 For I will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp of herstrength shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate,that none shall pass through.33:29 Then shall they know that I am the LORD, when I have laid theland most desolate because of all their abominations which they havecommitted.33:30 Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still aretalking against thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, andspeak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I prayyou, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the LORD.33:31 And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sitbefore thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will notdo them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heartgoeth after their covetousness.33:32 And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one thathath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for theyhear thy words, but they do them not.33:33 And when this cometh to pass, (lo, it will come,) then shallthey know that a prophet hath been among them.34:1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 34:2 Son of man,prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them,Thus saith the Lord GOD unto the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds ofIsrael that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed theflocks?  34:3 Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye killthem that are fed: but ye feed not the flock.34:4 The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healedthat which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken,neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither haveye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have yeruled them.34:5 And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and theybecame meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.34:6 My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every highhill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, andnone did search or seek after them.34:7 Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD; 34:8 As Ilive, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, andmy flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was noshepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but theshepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock; 34:9 Therefore, O yeshepherds, hear the word of the LORD; 34:10 Thus saith the Lord GOD;Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock attheir hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neithershall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver myflock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them.34:11 For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both searchmy sheep, and seek them out.34:12 As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is amonghis sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and willdeliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in thecloudy and dark day.34:13 And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them fromthe countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed themupon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabitedplaces of the country.34:14 I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountainsof Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold,and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.34:15 I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saiththe Lord GOD.34:16 I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which wasdriven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and willstrengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and thestrong; I will feed them with judgment.34:17 And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, Ijudge between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he goats.34:18 Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the goodpasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of yourpastures? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye must foul theresidue with your feet?  34:19 And as for my flock, they eat thatwhich ye have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which yehave fouled with your feet.34:20 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD unto them; Behold, I, even I,will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle.34:21 Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushedall the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad;34:22 Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be aprey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle.34:23 And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feedthem, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be theirshepherd.34:24 And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a princeamong them; I the LORD have spoken it.34:25 And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will causethe evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safelyin the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.34:26 And I will make them and the places round about my hill ablessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season;there shall be showers of blessing.34:27 And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earthshall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, andshall know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bands of theiryoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that servedthemselves of them.34:28 And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shallthe beast of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, andnone shall make them afraid.34:29 And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shallbe no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame ofthe heathen any more.34:30 Thus shall they know that I the LORD their God am with them, andthat they, even the house of Israel, are my people, saith the LordGOD.34:31 And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am yourGod, saith the Lord GOD.35:1 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 35:2 Son ofman, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it, 35:3And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O mount Seir, I amagainst thee, and I will stretch out mine hand against thee, and Iwill make thee most desolate.35:4 I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate, and thoushalt know that I am the LORD.35:5 Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast shed the bloodof the children of Israel by the force of the sword in the time oftheir calamity, in the time that their iniquity had an end: 35:6Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will prepare thee untoblood, and blood shall pursue thee: sith thou hast not hated blood,even blood shall pursue thee.35:7 Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from ithim that passeth out and him that returneth.35:8 And I will fill his mountains with his slain men: in thy hills,and in thy valleys, and in all thy rivers, shall they fall that areslain with the sword.35:9 I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall notreturn: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.35:10 Because thou hast said, These two nations and these twocountries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas the LORD wasthere: 35:11 Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will even doaccording to thine anger, and according to thine envy which thou hastused out of thy hatred against them; and I will make myself knownamong them, when I have judged thee.35:12 And thou shalt know that I am the LORD, and that I have heardall thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountains ofIsrael, saying, They are laid desolate, they are given us to consume.35:13 Thus with your mouth ye have boasted against me, and havemultiplied your words against me: I have heard them.35:14 Thus saith the Lord GOD; When the whole earth rejoiceth, I willmake thee desolate.35:15 As thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel,because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt bedesolate, O mount Seir, and all Idumea, even all of it: and they shallknow that I am the LORD.36:1 Also, thou son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel, andsay, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD: 36:2 Thussaith the Lord GOD; Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha, eventhe ancient high places are ours in possession: 36:3 Thereforeprophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they have made youdesolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be apossession unto the residue of the heathen, and ye are taken up in thelips of talkers, and are an infamy of the people: 36:4 Therefore, yemountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith theLord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to thevalleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the cities that are forsaken,which became a prey and derision to the residue of the heathen thatare round about; 36:5 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Surely in thefire of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the heathen,and against all Idumea, which have appointed my land into theirpossession with the joy of all their heart, with despiteful minds, tocast it out for a prey.36:6 Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say untothe mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys,Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and inmy fury, because ye have borne the shame of the heathen: 36:7Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I have lifted up mine hand, Surelythe heathen that are about you, they shall bear their shame.36:8 But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth yourbranches, and yield your fruit to my people of Israel; for they are athand to come.36:9 For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shallbe tilled and sown: 36:10 And I will multiply men upon you, all thehouse of Israel, even all of it: and the cities shall be inhabited,and the wastes shall be builded: 36:11 And I will multiply upon youman and beast; and they shall increase and bring fruit: and I willsettle you after your old estates, and will do better unto you than atyour beginnings: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.36:12 Yea, I will cause men to walk upon you, even my people Israel;and they shall possess thee, and thou shalt be their inheritance, andthou shalt no more henceforth bereave them of men.36:13 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they say unto you, Thou landdevourest up men, and hast bereaved thy nations: 36:14 Therefore thoushalt devour men no more, neither bereave thy nations any more, saiththe Lord GOD.36:15 Neither will I cause men to hear in thee the shame of theheathen any more, neither shalt thou bear the reproach of the peopleany more, neither shalt thou cause thy nations to fall any more, saiththe Lord GOD.36:16 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 36:17 Son ofman, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled itby their own way and by their doings: their way was before me as theuncleanness of a removed woman.36:18 Wherefore I poured my fury upon them for the blood that they hadshed upon the land, and for their idols wherewith they had pollutedit: 36:19 And I scattered them among the heathen, and they weredispersed through the countries: according to their way and accordingto their doings I judged them.36:20 And when they entered unto the heathen, whither they went, theyprofaned my holy name, when they said to them, These are the people ofthe LORD, and are gone forth out of his land.36:21 But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel hadprofaned among the heathen, whither they went.36:22 Therefore say unto the house of Israel, thus saith the Lord GOD;I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holyname's sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither yewent.36:23 And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among theheathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathenshall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall besanctified in you before their eyes.36:24 For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you outof all countries, and will bring you into your own land.36:25 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall beclean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will Icleanse you.36:26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I putwithin you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh,and I will give you an heart of flesh.36:27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in mystatutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.36:28 And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; andye shall be my people, and I will be your God.36:29 I will also save you from all your uncleannesses: and I willcall for the corn, and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you.36:30 And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase ofthe field, that ye shall receive no more reproach of famine among theheathen.36:31 Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings thatwere not good, and shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for youriniquities and for your abominations.36:32 Not for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord GOD, be it knownunto you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house ofIsrael.36:33 Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day that I shall have cleansedyou from all your iniquities I will also cause you to dwell in thecities, and the wastes shall be builded.36:34 And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolatein the sight of all that passed by.36:35 And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become likethe garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities arebecome fenced, and are inhabited.36:36 Then the heathen that are left round about you shall know that Ithe LORD build the ruined places, and plant that that was desolate: Ithe LORD have spoken it, and I will do it.36:37 Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will yet for this be enquired of bythe house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with menlike a flock.36:38 As the holy flock, as the flock of Jerusalem in her solemnfeasts; so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of men: andthey shall know that I am the LORD.37:1 The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in thespirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley whichwas full of bones, 37:2 And caused me to pass by them round about:and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, theywere very dry.37:3 And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And Ianswered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest.37:4 Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say untothem, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD.37:5 Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will causebreath to enter into you, and ye shall live: 37:6 And I will laysinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you withskin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know thatI am the LORD.37:7 So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, therewas a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, boneto his bone.37:8 And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up uponthem, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath inthem.37:9 Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son ofman, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the fourwinds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.37:10 So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came intothem, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding greatarmy.37:11 Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the wholehouse of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hopeis lost: we are cut off for our parts.37:12 Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD;Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come upout of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.37:13 And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened yourgraves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves, 37:14 Andshall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place youin your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it,and performed it, saith the LORD.37:15 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, 37:16 Moreover,thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah,and for the children of Israel his companions: then take anotherstick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim and for allthe house of Israel his companions: 37:17 And join them one to anotherinto one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand.37:18 And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee,saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou meanest by these?  37:19 Sayunto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick ofJoseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel hisfellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, andmake them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand.37:20 And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine handbefore their eyes.37:21 And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will takethe children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone,and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their ownland: 37:22 And I will make them one nation in the land upon themountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and theyshall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into twokingdoms any more at all.37:23 Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols,nor with their detestable things, nor with any of theirtransgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces,wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be mypeople, and I will be their God.37:24 And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shallhave one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observemy statutes, and do them.37:25 And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob myservant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwelltherein, even they, and their children, and their children's childrenfor ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever.37:26 Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall bean everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiplythem, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.37:27 My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God,and they shall be my people.37:28 And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel,when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.38:1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 38:2 Son of man,set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince ofMeshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him, 38:3 And say, Thus saiththe Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince ofMeshech and Tubal: 38:4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks intothy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses andhorsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a greatcompany with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords: 38:5Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield andhelmet: 38:6 Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of thenorth quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee.38:7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thycompany that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.38:8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thoushalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and isgathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, whichhave been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations,and they shall dwell safely all of them.38:9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like acloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people withthee.38:10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at thesame time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think anevil thought: 38:11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land ofunwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwellsafely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither barsnor gates, 38:12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thinehand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon thepeople that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattleand goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.38:13 Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all theyoung lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take aspoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry awaysilver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?38:14 Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith theLord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shaltthou not know it?  38:15 And thou shalt come from thy place out of thenorth parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding uponhorses, a great company, and a mighty army: 38:16 And thou shalt comeup against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shallbe in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that theheathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, beforetheir eyes.38:17 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I have spoken inold time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied inthose days many years that I would bring thee against them?  38:18 Andit shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against theland of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in myface.38:19 For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken,Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land ofIsrael; 38:20 So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of theheaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things thatcreep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of theearth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be throwndown, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall tothe ground.38:21 And I will call for a sword against him throughout all mymountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man's sword shall be against hisbrother.38:22 And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; andI will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many peoplethat are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire,and brimstone.38:23 Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will beknown in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am theLORD.39:1 Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thussaith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief princeof Meshech and Tubal: 39:2 And I will turn thee back, and leave butthe sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the northparts, and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel: 39:3 And Iwill smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrowsto fall out of thy right hand.39:4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thybands, and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto theravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to bedevoured.39:5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saiththe Lord GOD.39:6 And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwellcarelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.39:7 So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my peopleIsrael; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and theheathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.39:8 Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this isthe day whereof I have spoken.39:9 And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, andshall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and thebucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears,and they shall burn them with fire seven years: 39:10 So that theyshall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of theforests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shallspoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saiththe Lord GOD.39:11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Goga place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on theeast of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: andthere shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall callit The valley of Hamongog.39:12 And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them,that they may cleanse the land.39:13 Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall beto them a renown the day that I shall be glorified, saith the LordGOD.39:14 And they shall sever out men of continual employment, passingthrough the land to bury with the passengers those that remain uponthe face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven monthsshall they search.39:15 And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth aman's bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, till the buriers haveburied it in the valley of Hamongog.39:16 And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall theycleanse the land.39:17 And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto everyfeathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves,and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I dosacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains ofIsrael, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.39:18 Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of theprinces of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks,all of them fatlings of Bashan.39:19 And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye bedrunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.39:20 Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots,with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD.39:21 And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathenshall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I havelaid upon them.39:22 So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their Godfrom that day and forward.39:23 And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went intocaptivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me,therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand oftheir enemies: so fell they all by the sword.39:24 According to their uncleanness and according to theirtransgressions have I done unto them, and hid my face from them.39:25 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Now will I bring again thecaptivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, andwill be jealous for my holy name; 39:26 After that they have bornetheir shame, and all their trespasses whereby they have trespassedagainst me, when they dwelt safely in their land, and none made themafraid.39:27 When I have brought them again from the people, and gatheredthem out of their enemies' lands, and am sanctified in them in thesight of many nations; 39:28 Then shall they know that I am the LORDtheir God, which caused them to be led into captivity among theheathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have leftnone of them any more there.39:29 Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I havepoured out my spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.40:1 In the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the beginningof the year, in the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth yearafter that the city was smitten, in the selfsame day the hand of theLORD was upon me, and brought me thither.40:2 In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, andset me upon a very high mountain, by which was as the frame of a cityon the south.40:3 And he brought me thither, and, behold, there was a man, whoseappearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax inhis hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.40:4 And the man said unto me, Son of man, behold with thine eyes, andhear with thine ears, and set thine heart upon all that I shall shewthee; for to the intent that I might shew them unto thee art thoubrought hither: declare all that thou seest to the house of Israel.40:5 And behold a wall on the outside of the house round about, and inthe man's hand a measuring reed of six cubits long by the cubit and anhand breadth: so he measured the breadth of the building, one reed;and the height, one reed.40:6 Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, andwent up the stairs thereof, and measured the threshold of the gate,which was one reed broad; and the other threshold of the gate, whichwas one reed broad.40:7 And every little chamber was one reed long, and one reed broad;and between the little chambers were five cubits; and the threshold ofthe gate by the porch of the gate within was one reed.40:8 He measured also the porch of the gate within, one reed.40:9 Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and theposts thereof, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was inward.40:10 And the little chambers of the gate eastward were three on thisside, and three on that side; they three were of one measure: and theposts had one measure on this side and on that side.40:11 And he measured the breadth of the entry of the gate, tencubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits.40:12 The space also before the little chambers was one cubit on thisside, and the space was one cubit on that side: and the littlechambers were six cubits on this side, and six cubits on that side.40:13 He measured then the gate from the roof of one little chamber tothe roof of another: the breadth was five and twenty cubits, dooragainst door.40:14 He made also posts of threescore cubits, even unto the post ofthe court round about the gate.40:15 And from the face of the gate of the entrance unto the face ofthe porch of the inner gate were fifty cubits.40:16 And there were narrow windows to the little chambers, and totheir posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches:and windows were round about inward: and upon each post were palmtrees.40:17 Then brought he me into the outward court, and, lo, there werechambers, and a pavement made for the court round about: thirtychambers were upon the pavement.40:18 And the pavement by the side of the gates over against thelength of the gates was the lower pavement.40:19 Then he measured the breadth from the forefront of the lowergate unto the forefront of the inner court without, an hundred cubitseastward and northward.40:20 And the gate of the outward court that looked toward the north,he measured the length thereof, and the breadth thereof.40:21 And the little chambers thereof were three on this side andthree on that side; and the posts thereof and the arches thereof wereafter the measure of the first gate: the length thereof was fiftycubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.40:22 And their windows, and their arches, and their palm trees, wereafter the measure of the gate that looketh toward the east; and theywent up unto it by seven steps; and the arches thereof were beforethem.40:23 And the gate of the inner court was over against the gate towardthe north, and toward the east; and he measured from gate to gate anhundred cubits.40:24 After that he brought me toward the south, and behold a gatetoward the south: and he measured the posts thereof and the archesthereof according to these measures.40:25 And there were windows in it and in the arches thereof roundabout, like those windows: the length was fifty cubits, and thebreadth five and twenty cubits.40:26 And there were seven steps to go up to it, and the archesthereof were before them: and it had palm trees, one on this side, andanother on that side, upon the posts thereof.40:27 And there was a gate in the inner court toward the south: and hemeasured from gate to gate toward the south an hundred cubits.40:28 And he brought me to the inner court by the south gate: and hemeasured the south gate according to these measures; 40:29 And thelittle chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the archesthereof, according to these measures: and there were windows in it andin the arches thereof round about: it was fifty cubits long, and fiveand twenty cubits broad.40:30 And the arches round about were five and twenty cubits long, andfive cubits broad.40:31 And the arches thereof were toward the utter court; and palmtrees were upon the posts thereof: and the going up to it had eightsteps.40:32 And he brought me into the inner court toward the east: and hemeasured the gate according to these measures.40:33 And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and thearches thereof, were according to these measures: and there werewindows therein and in the arches thereof round about: it was fiftycubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad.40:34 And the arches thereof were toward the outward court; and palmtrees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: andthe going up to it had eight steps.40:35 And he brought me to the north gate, and measured it accordingto these measures; 40:36 The little chambers thereof, the poststhereof, and the arches thereof, and the windows to it round about:the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.40:37 And the posts thereof were toward the utter court; and palmtrees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: andthe going up to it had eight steps.40:38 And the chambers and the entries thereof were by the posts ofthe gates, where they washed the burnt offering.40:39 And in the porch of the gate were two tables on this side, andtwo tables on that side, to slay thereon the burnt offering and thesin offering and the trespass offering.40:40 And at the side without, as one goeth up to the entry of thenorth gate, were two tables; and on the other side, which was at theporch of the gate, were two tables.40:41 Four tables were on this side, and four tables on that side, bythe side of the gate; eight tables, whereupon they slew theirsacrifices.40:42 And the four tables were of hewn stone for the burnt offering,of a cubit and an half long, and a cubit and an half broad, and onecubit high: whereupon also they laid the instruments wherewith theyslew the burnt offering and the sacrifice.40:43 And within were hooks, an hand broad, fastened round about: andupon the tables was the flesh of the offering.40:44 And without the inner gate were the chambers of the singers inthe inner court, which was at the side of the north gate; and theirprospect was toward the south: one at the side of the east gate havingthe prospect toward the north.40:45 And he said unto me, This chamber, whose prospect is toward thesouth, is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house.40:46 And the chamber whose prospect is toward the north is for thepriests, the keepers of the charge of the altar: these are the sons ofZadok among the sons of Levi, which come near to the LORD to ministerunto him.40:47 So he measured the court, an hundred cubits long, and an hundredcubits broad, foursquare; and the altar that was before the house.40:48 And he brought me to the porch of the house, and measured eachpost of the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cubits on thatside: and the breadth of the gate was three cubits on this side, andthree cubits on that side.40:49 The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadtheleven cubits, and he brought me by the steps whereby they went up toit: and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and anotheron that side.41:1 Afterward he brought me to the temple, and measured the posts,six cubits broad on the one side, and six cubits broad on the otherside, which was the breadth of the tabernacle.41:2 And the breadth of the door was ten cubits; and the sides of thedoor were five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the otherside: and he measured the length thereof, forty cubits: and thebreadth, twenty cubits.41:3 Then went he inward, and measured the post of the door, twocubits; and the door, six cubits; and the breadth of the door, sevencubits.41:4 So he measured the length thereof, twenty cubits; and thebreadth, twenty cubits, before the temple: and he said unto me, Thisis the most holy place.41:5 After he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and thebreadth of every side chamber, four cubits, round about the house onevery side.41:6 And the side chambers were three, one over another, and thirty inorder; and they entered into the wall which was of the house for theside chambers round about, that they might have hold, but they had nothold in the wall of the house.41:7 And there was an enlarging, and a winding about still upward tothe side chambers: for the winding about of the house went stillupward round about the house: therefore the breadth of the house wasstill upward, and so increased from the lowest chamber to the highestby the midst.41:8 I saw also the height of the house round about: the foundationsof the side chambers were a full reed of six great cubits.41:9 The thickness of the wall, which was for the side chamberwithout, was five cubits: and that which was left was the place of theside chambers that were within.41:10 And between the chambers was the wideness of twenty cubits roundabout the house on every side.41:11 And the doors of the side chambers were toward the place thatwas left, one door toward the north, and another door toward thesouth: and the breadth of the place that was left was five cubitsround about.41:12 Now the building that was before the separate place at the endtoward the west was seventy cubits broad; and the wall of the buildingwas five cubits thick round about, and the length thereof ninetycubits.41:13 So he measured the house, an hundred cubits long; and theseparate place, and the building, with the walls thereof, an hundredcubits long; 41:14 Also the breadth of the face of the house, and ofthe separate place toward the east, an hundred cubits.41:15 And he measured the length of the building over against theseparate place which was behind it, and the galleries thereof on theone side and on the other side, an hundred cubits, with the innertemple, and the porches of the court; 41:16 The door posts, and thenarrow windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories,over against the door, cieled with wood round about, and from theground up to the windows, and the windows were covered; 41:17 To thatabove the door, even unto the inner house, and without, and by all thewall round about within and without, by measure.41:18 And it was made with cherubims and palm trees, so that a palmtree was between a cherub and a cherub; and every cherub had twofaces; 41:19 So that the face of a man was toward the palm tree on theone side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on theother side: it was made through all the house round about.41:20 From the ground unto above the door were cherubims and palmtrees made, and on the wall of the temple.41:21 The posts of the temple were squared, and the face of thesanctuary; the appearance of the one as the appearance of the other.41:22 The altar of wood was three cubits high, and the length thereoftwo cubits; and the corners thereof, and the length thereof, and thewalls thereof, were of wood: and he said unto me, This is the tablethat is before the LORD.41:23 And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors.41:24 And the doors had two leaves apiece, two turning leaves; twoleaves for the one door, and two leaves for the other door.41:25 And there were made on them, on the doors of the temple,cherubims and palm trees, like as were made upon the walls; and therewere thick planks upon the face of the porch without.41:26 And there were narrow windows and palm trees on the one side andon the other side, on the sides of the porch, and upon the sidechambers of the house, and thick planks.42:1 Then he brought me forth into the utter court, the way toward thenorth: and he brought me into the chamber that was over against theseparate place, and which was before the building toward the north.42:2 Before the length of an hundred cubits was the north door, andthe breadth was fifty cubits.42:3 Over against the twenty cubits which were for the inner court,and over against the pavement which was for the utter court, wasgallery against gallery in three stories.42:4 And before the chambers was a walk to ten cubits breadth inward,a way of one cubit; and their doors toward the north.42:5 Now the upper chambers were shorter: for the galleries werehigher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of thebuilding.42:6 For they were in three stories, but had not pillars as thepillars of the courts: therefore the building was straitened more thanthe lowest and the middlemost from the ground.42:7 And the wall that was without over against the chambers, towardthe utter court on the forepart of the chambers, the length thereofwas fifty cubits.42:8 For the length of the chambers that were in the utter court wasfifty cubits: and, lo, before the temple were an hundred cubits.42:9 And from under these chambers was the entry on the east side, asone goeth into them from the utter court.42:10 The chambers were in the thickness of the wall of the courttoward the east, over against the separate place, and over against thebuilding.42:11 And the way before them was like the appearance of the chamberswhich were toward the north, as long as they, and as broad as they:and all their goings out were both according to their fashions, andaccording to their doors.42:12 And according to the doors of the chambers that were toward thesouth was a door in the head of the way, even the way directly beforethe wall toward the east, as one entereth into them.42:13 Then said he unto me, The north chambers and the south chambers,which are before the separate place, they be holy chambers, where thepriests that approach unto the LORD shall eat the most holy things:there shall they lay the most holy things, and the meat offering, andthe sin offering, and the trespass offering; for the place is holy.42:14 When the priests enter therein, then shall they not go out ofthe holy place into the utter court, but there they shall lay theirgarments wherein they minister; for they are holy; and shall put onother garments, and shall approach to those things which are for thepeople.42:15 Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, hebrought me forth toward the gate whose prospect is toward the east,and measured it round about.42:16 He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundredreeds, with the measuring reed round about.42:17 He measured the north side, five hundred reeds, with themeasuring reed round about.42:18 He measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with themeasuring reed.42:19 He turned about to the west side, and measured five hundredreeds with the measuring reed.42:20 He measured it by the four sides: it had a wall round about,five hundred reeds long, and five hundred broad, to make a separationbetween the sanctuary and the profane place.43:1 Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that lookethtoward the east: 43:2 And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel camefrom the way of the east: and his voice was like a noise of manywaters: and the earth shined with his glory.43:3 And it was according to the appearance of the vision which I saw,even according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy thecity: and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the riverChebar; and I fell upon my face.43:4 And the glory of the LORD came into the house by the way of thegate whose prospect is toward the east.43:5 So the spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court;and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house.43:6 And I heard him speaking unto me out of the house; and the manstood by me.43:7 And he said unto me, Son of man, the place of my throne, and theplace of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of thechildren of Israel for ever, and my holy name, shall the house ofIsrael no more defile, neither they, nor their kings, by theirwhoredom, nor by the carcases of their kings in their high places.43:8 In their setting of their threshold by my thresholds, and theirpost by my posts, and the wall between me and them, they have evendefiled my holy name by their abominations that they have committed:wherefore I have consumed them in mine anger.43:9 Now let them put away their whoredom, and the carcases of theirkings, far from me, and I will dwell in the midst of them for ever.43:10 Thou son of man, shew the house to the house of Israel, thatthey may be ashamed of their iniquities: and let them measure thepattern.43:11 And if they be ashamed of all that they have done, shew them theform of the house, and the fashion thereof, and the goings outthereof, and the comings in thereof, and all the forms thereof, andall the ordinances thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all thelaws thereof: and write it in their sight, that they may keep thewhole form thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and do them.43:12 This is the law of the house; Upon the top of the mountain thewhole limit thereof round about shall be most holy. Behold, this isthe law of the house.43:13 And these are the measures of the altar after the cubits: Thecubit is a cubit and an hand breadth; even the bottom shall be acubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border thereof by the edgethereof round about shall be a span: and this shall be the higherplace of the altar.43:14 And from the bottom upon the ground even to the lower settleshall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lessersettle even to the greater settle shall be four cubits, and thebreadth one cubit.43:15 So the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and upwardshall be four horns.43:16 And the altar shall be twelve cubits long, twelve broad, squarein the four squares thereof.43:17 And the settle shall be fourteen cubits long and fourteen broadin the four squares thereof; and the border about it shall be half acubit; and the bottom thereof shall be a cubit about; and his stairsshall look toward the east.43:18 And he said unto me, Son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Theseare the ordinances of the altar in the day when they shall make it, tooffer burnt offerings thereon, and to sprinkle blood thereon.43:19 And thou shalt give to the priests the Levites that be of theseed of Zadok, which approach unto me, to minister unto me, saith theLord GOD, a young bullock for a sin offering.43:20 And thou shalt take of the blood thereof, and put it on the fourhorns of it, and on the four corners of the settle, and upon theborder round about: thus shalt thou cleanse and purge it.43:21 Thou shalt take the bullock also of the sin offering, and heshall burn it in the appointed place of the house, without thesanctuary.43:22 And on the second day thou shalt offer a kid of the goatswithout blemish for a sin offering; and they shall cleanse the altar,as they did cleanse it with the bullock.43:23 When thou hast made an end of cleansing it, thou shalt offer ayoung bullock without blemish, and a ram out of the flock withoutblemish.43:24 And thou shalt offer them before the LORD, and the priests shallcast salt upon them, and they shall offer them up for a burnt offeringunto the LORD.43:25 Seven days shalt thou prepare every day a goat for a sinoffering: they shall also prepare a young bullock, and a ram out ofthe flock, without blemish.43:26 Seven days shall they purge the altar and purify it; and theyshall consecrate themselves.43:27 And when these days are expired, it shall be, that upon theeighth day, and so forward, the priests shall make your burntofferings upon the altar, and your peace offerings; and I will acceptyou, saith the Lord GOD.44:1 Then he brought me back the way of the gate of the outwardsanctuary which looketh toward the east; and it was shut.44:2 Then said the LORD unto me; This gate shall be shut, it shall notbe opened, and no man shall enter in by it; because the LORD, the Godof Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut.44:3 It is for the prince; the prince, he shall sit in it to eat breadbefore the LORD; he shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate,and shall go out by the way of the same.44:4 Then brought he me the way of the north gate before the house:and I looked, and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house ofthe LORD: and I fell upon my face.44:5 And the LORD said unto me, Son of man, mark well, and behold withthine eyes, and hear with thine ears all that I say unto theeconcerning all the ordinances of the house of the LORD, and all thelaws thereof; and mark well the entering in of the house, with everygoing forth of the sanctuary.44:6 And thou shalt say to the rebellious, even to the house ofIsrael, Thus saith the Lord GOD; O ye house of Israel, let it sufficeyou of all your abominations, 44:7 In that ye have brought into mysanctuary strangers, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised inflesh, to be in my sanctuary, to pollute it, even my house, when yeoffer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken mycovenant because of all your abominations.44:8 And ye have not kept the charge of mine holy things: but ye haveset keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.44:9 Thus saith the Lord GOD; No stranger, uncircumcised in heart, noruncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any strangerthat is among the children of Israel.44:10 And the Levites that are gone away far from me, when Israel wentastray, which went astray away from me after their idols; they shalleven bear their iniquity.44:11 Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having charge atthe gates of the house, and ministering to the house: they shall slaythe burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shallstand before them to minister unto them.44:12 Because they ministered unto them before their idols, and causedthe house of Israel to fall into iniquity; therefore have I lifted upmine hand against them, saith the Lord GOD, and they shall bear theiriniquity.44:13 And they shall not come near unto me, to do the office of apriest unto me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, in the mostholy place: but they shall bear their shame, and their abominationswhich they have committed.44:14 But I will make them keepers of the charge of the house, for allthe service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein.44:15 But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept thecharge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray fromme, they shall come near to me to minister unto me, and they shallstand before me to offer unto me the fat and the blood, saith the LordGOD: 44:16 They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall comenear to my table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge.44:17 And it shall come to pass, that when they enter in at the gatesof the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments; and nowool shall come upon them, whiles they minister in the gates of theinner court, and within.44:18 They shall have linen bonnets upon their heads, and shall havelinen breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird themselves withany thing that causeth sweat.44:19 And when they go forth into the utter court, even into the uttercourt to the people, they shall put off their garments wherein theyministered, and lay them in the holy chambers, and they shall put onother garments; and they shall not sanctify the people with theirgarments.44:20 Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks togrow long; they shall only poll their heads.44:21 Neither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into theinner court.44:22 Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that isput away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house ofIsrael, or a widow that had a priest before.44:23 And they shall teach my people the difference between the holyand profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and theclean.44:24 And in controversy they shall stand in judgment; and they shalljudge it according to my judgments: and they shall keep my laws and mystatutes in all mine assemblies; and they shall hallow my sabbaths.44:25 And they shall come at no dead person to defile themselves: butfor father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother,or for sister that hath had no husband, they may defile themselves.44:26 And after he is cleansed, they shall reckon unto him seven days.44:27 And in the day that he goeth into the sanctuary, unto the innercourt, to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his sin offering,saith the Lord GOD.44:28 And it shall be unto them for an inheritance: I am theirinheritance: and ye shall give them no possession in Israel: I amtheir possession.44:29 They shall eat the meat offering, and the sin offering, and thetrespass offering: and every dedicated thing in Israel shall betheirs.44:30 And the first of all the firstfruits of all things, and everyoblation of all, of every sort of your oblations, shall be thepriest's: ye shall also give unto the priest the first of your dough,that he may cause the blessing to rest in thine house.44:31 The priests shall not eat of any thing that is dead of itself,or torn, whether it be fowl or beast.45:1 Moreover, when ye shall divide by lot the land for inheritance,ye shall offer an oblation unto the LORD, an holy portion of the land:the length shall be the length of five and twenty thousand reeds, andthe breadth shall be ten thousand. This shall be holy in all theborders thereof round about.45:2 Of this there shall be for the sanctuary five hundred in length,with five hundred in breadth, square round about; and fifty cubitsround about for the suburbs thereof.45:3 And of this measure shalt thou measure the length of five andtwenty thousand, and the breadth of ten thousand: and in it shall bethe sanctuary and the most holy place.45:4 The holy portion of the land shall be for the priests theministers of the sanctuary, which shall come near to minister unto theLORD: and it shall be a place for their houses, and an holy place forthe sanctuary.45:5 And the five and twenty thousand of length, and the ten thousandof breadth shall also the Levites, the ministers of the house, havefor themselves, for a possession for twenty chambers.45:6 And ye shall appoint the possession of the city five thousandbroad, and five and twenty thousand long, over against the oblation ofthe holy portion: it shall be for the whole house of Israel.45:7 And a portion shall be for the prince on the one side and on theother side of the oblation of the holy portion, and of the possessionof the city, before the oblation of the holy portion, and before thepossession of the city, from the west side westward, and from the eastside eastward: and the length shall be over against one of theportions, from the west border unto the east border.45:8 In the land shall be his possession in Israel: and my princesshall no more oppress my people; and the rest of the land shall theygive to the house of Israel according to their tribes.45:9 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel:remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take awayyour exactions from my people, saith the Lord GOD.45:10 Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.45:11 The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bathmay contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth partof an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer.45:12 And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five andtwenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh.45:13 This is the oblation that ye shall offer; the sixth part of anephah of an homer of wheat, and ye shall give the sixth part of anephah of an homer of barley: 45:14 Concerning the ordinance of oil,the bath of oil, ye shall offer the tenth part of a bath out of thecor, which is an homer of ten baths; for ten baths are an homer: 45:15And one lamb out of the flock, out of two hundred, out of the fatpastures of Israel; for a meat offering, and for a burnt offering, andfor peace offerings, to make reconciliation for them, saith the LordGOD.45:16 All the people of the land shall give this oblation for theprince in Israel.45:17 And it shall be the prince's part to give burnt offerings, andmeat offerings, and drink offerings, in the feasts, and in the newmoons, and in the sabbaths, in all solemnities of the house of Israel:he shall prepare the sin offering, and the meat offering, and theburnt offering, and the peace offerings, to make reconciliation forthe house of Israel.45:18 Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the first month, in the first day ofthe month, thou shalt take a young bullock without blemish, andcleanse the sanctuary: 45:19 And the priest shall take of the blood ofthe sin offering, and put it upon the posts of the house, and upon thefour corners of the settle of the altar, and upon the posts of thegate of the inner court.45:20 And so thou shalt do the seventh day of the month for every onethat erreth, and for him that is simple: so shall ye reconcile thehouse.45:21 In the first month, in the fourteenth day of the month, ye shallhave the passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall beeaten.45:22 And upon that day shall the prince prepare for himself and forall the people of the land a bullock for a sin offering.45:23 And seven days of the feast he shall prepare a burnt offering tothe LORD, seven bullocks and seven rams without blemish daily theseven days; and a kid of the goats daily for a sin offering.45:24 And he shall prepare a meat offering of an ephah for a bullock,and an ephah for a ram, and an hin of oil for an ephah.45:25 In the seventh month, in the fifteenth day of the month, shallhe do the like in the feast of the seven days, according to the sinoffering, according to the burnt offering, and according to the meatoffering, and according to the oil.46:1 Thus saith the Lord GOD; The gate of the inner court that lookethtoward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the sabbathit shall be opened, and in the day of the new moon it shall be opened.46:2 And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of that gatewithout, and shall stand by the post of the gate, and the priestsshall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shallworship at the threshold of the gate: then he shall go forth; but thegate shall not be shut until the evening.46:3 Likewise the people of the land shall worship at the door of thisgate before the LORD in the sabbaths and in the new moons.46:4 And the burnt offering that the prince shall offer unto the LORDin the sabbath day shall be six lambs without blemish, and a ramwithout blemish.46:5 And the meat offering shall be an ephah for a ram, and the meatoffering for the lambs as he shall be able to give, and an hin of oilto an ephah.46:6 And in the day of the new moon it shall be a young bullockwithout blemish, and six lambs, and a ram: they shall be withoutblemish.46:7 And he shall prepare a meat offering, an ephah for a bullock, andan ephah for a ram, and for the lambs according as his hand shallattain unto, and an hin of oil to an ephah.46:8 And when the prince shall enter, he shall go in by the way of theporch of that gate, and he shall go forth by the way thereof.46:9 But when the people of the land shall come before the LORD in thesolemn feasts, he that entereth in by the way of the north gate toworship shall go out by the way of the south gate; and he thatentereth by the way of the south gate shall go forth by the way of thenorth gate: he shall not return by the way of the gate whereby he camein, but shall go forth over against it.46:10 And the prince in the midst of them, when they go in, shall goin; and when they go forth, shall go forth.46:11 And in the feasts and in the solemnities the meat offering shallbe an ephah to a bullock, and an ephah to a ram, and to the lambs ashe is able to give, and an hin of oil to an ephah.46:12 Now when the prince shall prepare a voluntary burnt offering orpeace offerings voluntarily unto the LORD, one shall then open him thegate that looketh toward the east, and he shall prepare his burntoffering and his peace offerings, as he did on the sabbath day: thenhe shall go forth; and after his going forth one shall shut the gate.46:13 Thou shalt daily prepare a burnt offering unto the LORD of alamb of the first year without blemish: thou shalt prepare it everymorning.46:14 And thou shalt prepare a meat offering for it every morning, thesixth part of an ephah, and the third part of an hin of oil, to temperwith the fine flour; a meat offering continually by a perpetualordinance unto the LORD.46:15 Thus shall they prepare the lamb, and the meat offering, and theoil, every morning for a continual burnt offering.46:16 Thus saith the Lord GOD; If the prince give a gift unto any ofhis sons, the inheritance thereof shall be his sons'; it shall betheir possession by inheritance.46:17 But if he give a gift of his inheritance to one of his servants,then it shall be his to the year of liberty; after it shall return tothe prince: but his inheritance shall be his sons' for them.46:18 Moreover the prince shall not take of the people's inheritanceby oppression, to thrust them out of their possession; but he shallgive his sons inheritance out of his own possession: that my people benot scattered every man from his possession.46:19 After he brought me through the entry, which was at the side ofthe gate, into the holy chambers of the priests, which looked towardthe north: and, behold, there was a place on the two sides westward.46:20 Then said he unto me, This is the place where the priests shallboil the trespass offering and the sin offering, where they shall bakethe meat offering; that they bear them not out into the utter court,to sanctify the people.46:21 Then he brought me forth into the utter court, and caused me topass by the four corners of the court; and, behold, in every corner ofthe court there was a court.46:22 In the four corners of the court there were courts joined offorty cubits long and thirty broad: these four corners were of onemeasure.46:23 And there was a row of building round about in them, round aboutthem four, and it was made with boiling places under the rows roundabout.46:24 Then said he unto me, These are the places of them that boil,where the ministers of the house shall boil the sacrifice of thepeople.47:1 Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house; and,behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the houseeastward: for the forefront of the house stood toward the east, andthe waters came down from under from the right side of the house, atthe south side of the altar.47:2 Then brought he me out of the way of the gate northward, and ledme about the way without unto the utter gate by the way that looketheastward; and, behold, there ran out waters on the right side.47:3 And when the man that had the line in his hand went fortheastward, he measured a thousand cubits, and he brought me through thewaters; the waters were to the ankles.47:4 Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through the waters;the waters were to the knees. Again he measured a thousand, andbrought me through; the waters were to the loins.47:5 Afterward he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I couldnot pass over: for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a riverthat could not be passed over.47:6 And he said unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen this? Then hebrought me, and caused me to return to the brink of the river.47:7 Now when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river werevery many trees on the one side and on the other.47:8 Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the eastcountry, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: which beingbrought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed.47:9 And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, whichmoveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and thereshall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shallcome thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall livewhither the river cometh.47:10 And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon itfrom Engedi even unto Eneglaim; they shall be a place to spread forthnets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of thegreat sea, exceeding many.47:11 But the miry places thereof and the marishes thereof shall notbe healed; they shall be given to salt.47:12 And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on thatside, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade,neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth newfruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out ofthe sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leafthereof for medicine.47:13 Thus saith the Lord GOD; This shall be the border, whereby yeshall inherit the land according to the twelve tribes of Israel:Joseph shall have two portions.47:14 And ye shall inherit it, one as well as another: concerning thewhich I lifted up mine hand to give it unto your fathers: and thisland shall fall unto you for inheritance.47:15 And this shall be the border of the land toward the north side,from the great sea, the way of Hethlon, as men go to Zedad; 47:16Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus andthe border of Hamath; Hazarhatticon, which is by the coast of Hauran.47:17 And the border from the sea shall be Hazarenan, the border ofDamascus, and the north northward, and the border of Hamath. And thisis the north side.47:18 And the east side ye shall measure from Hauran, and fromDamascus, and from Gilead, and from the land of Israel by Jordan, fromthe border unto the east sea. And this is the east side.47:19 And the south side southward, from Tamar even to the waters ofstrife in Kadesh, the river to the great sea. And this is the southside southward.47:20 The west side also shall be the great sea from the border, tilla man come over against Hamath. This is the west side.47:21 So shall ye divide this land unto you according to the tribes ofIsrael.47:22 And it shall come to pass, that ye shall divide it by lot for aninheritance unto you, and to the strangers that sojourn among you,which shall beget children among you: and they shall be unto you asborn in the country among the children of Israel; they shall haveinheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.47:23 And it shall come to pass, that in what tribe the strangersojourneth, there shall ye give him his inheritance, saith the LordGOD.48:1 Now these are the names of the tribes. From the north end to thecoast of the way of Hethlon, as one goeth to Hamath, Hazarenan, theborder of Damascus northward, to the coast of Hamath; for these arehis sides east and west; a portion for Dan.48:2 And by the border of Dan, from the east side unto the west side,a portion for Asher.48:3 And by the border of Asher, from the east side even unto the westside, a portion for Naphtali.48:4 And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side unto the westside, a portion for Manasseh.48:5 And by the border of Manasseh, from the east side unto the westside, a portion for Ephraim.48:6 And by the border of Ephraim, from the east side even unto thewest side, a portion for Reuben.48:7 And by the border of Reuben, from the east side unto the westside, a portion for Judah.48:8 And by the border of Judah, from the east side unto the westside, shall be the offering which ye shall offer of five and twentythousand reeds in breadth, and in length as one of the other parts,from the east side unto the west side: and the sanctuary shall be inthe midst of it.48:9 The oblation that ye shall offer unto the LORD shall be of fiveand twenty thousand in length, and of ten thousand in breadth.48:10 And for them, even for the priests, shall be this holy oblation;toward the north five and twenty thousand in length, and toward thewest ten thousand in breadth, and toward the east ten thousand inbreadth, and toward the south five and twenty thousand in length: andthe sanctuary of the LORD shall be in the midst thereof.48:11 It shall be for the priests that are sanctified of the sons ofZadok; which have kept my charge, which went not astray when thechildren of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray.48:12 And this oblation of the land that is offered shall be unto thema thing most holy by the border of the Levites.48:13 And over against the border of the priests the Levites shallhave five and twenty thousand in length, and ten thousand in breadth:all the length shall be five and twenty thousand, and the breadth tenthousand.48:14 And they shall not sell of it, neither exchange, nor alienatethe firstfruits of the land: for it is holy unto the LORD.48:15 And the five thousand, that are left in the breadth over againstthe five and twenty thousand, shall be a profane place for the city,for dwelling, and for suburbs: and the city shall be in the midstthereof.48:16 And these shall be the measures thereof; the north side fourthousand and five hundred, and the south side four thousand and fivehundred, and on the east side four thousand and five hundred, and thewest side four thousand and five hundred.48:17 And the suburbs of the city shall be toward the north twohundred and fifty, and toward the south two hundred and fifty, andtoward the east two hundred and fifty, and toward the west two hundredand fifty.48:18 And the residue in length over against the oblation of the holyportion shall be ten thousand eastward, and ten thousand westward: andit shall be over against the oblation of the holy portion; and theincrease thereof shall be for food unto them that serve the city.48:19 And they that serve the city shall serve it out of all thetribes of Israel.48:20 All the oblation shall be five and twenty thousand by five andtwenty thousand: ye shall offer the holy oblation foursquare, with thepossession of the city.48:21 And the residue shall be for the prince, on the one side and onthe other of the holy oblation, and of the possession of the city,over against the five and twenty thousand of the oblation toward theeast border, and westward over against the five and twenty thousandtoward the west border, over against the portions for the prince: andit shall be the holy oblation; and the sanctuary of the house shall bein the midst thereof.48:22 Moreover from the possession of the Levites, and from thepossession of the city, being in the midst of that which is theprince's, between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin,shall be for the prince.48:23 As for the rest of the tribes, from the east side unto the westside, Benjamin shall have a portion.48:24 And by the border of Benjamin, from the east side unto the westside, Simeon shall have a portion.48:25 And by the border of Simeon, from the east side unto the westside, Issachar a portion.48:26 And by the border of Issachar, from the east side unto the westside, Zebulun a portion.48:27 And by the border of Zebulun, from the east side unto the westside, Gad a portion.48:28 And by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, theborder shall be even from Tamar unto the waters of strife in Kadesh,and to the river toward the great sea.48:29 This is the land which ye shall divide by lot unto the tribes ofIsrael for inheritance, and these are their portions, saith the LordGOD.48:30 And these are the goings out of the city on the north side, fourthousand and five hundred measures.48:31 And the gates of the city shall be after the names of the tribesof Israel: three gates northward; one gate of Reuben, one gate ofJudah, one gate of Levi.48:32 And at the east side four thousand and five hundred: and threegates; and one gate of Joseph, one gate of Benjamin, one gate of Dan.48:33 And at the south side four thousand and five hundred measures:and three gates; one gate of Simeon, one gate of Issachar, one gate ofZebulun.48:34 At the west side four thousand and five hundred, with theirthree gates; one gate of Gad, one gate of Asher, one gate of Naphtali.48:35 It was round about eighteen thousand measures: and the name ofthe city from that day shall be, The LORD is there.The Book of Daniel1:1 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah cameNebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.1:2 And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with partof the vessels of the house of God: which he carried into the land ofShinar to the house of his god; and he brought the vessels into thetreasure house of his god.1:3 And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, thathe should bring certain of the children of Israel, and of the king'sseed, and of the princes; 1:4 Children in whom was no blemish, butwell favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge,and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand inthe king's palace, and whom they might teach the learning and thetongue of the Chaldeans.1:5 And the king appointed them a daily provision of the king's meat,and of the wine which he drank: so nourishing them three years, thatat the end thereof they might stand before the king.1:6 Now among these were of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah,Mishael, and Azariah: 1:7 Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gavenames: for he gave unto Daniel the name of Belteshazzar; and toHananiah, of Shadrach; and to Mishael, of Meshach; and to Azariah, ofAbednego.1:8 But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himselfwith the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank:therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might notdefile himself.1:9 Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with theprince of the eunuchs.1:10 And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lordthe king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why shouldhe see your faces worse liking than the children which are of yoursort? then shall ye make me endanger my head to the king.1:11 Then said Daniel to Melzar, whom the prince of the eunuchs hadset over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, 1:12 Prove thyservants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat,and water to drink.1:13 Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and thecountenance of the children that eat of the portion of the king'smeat: and as thou seest, deal with thy servants.1:14 So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days.1:15 And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer andfatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of theking's meat.1:16 Thus Melzar took away the portion of their meat, and the winethat they should drink; and gave them pulse.1:17 As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill inall learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visionsand dreams.1:18 Now at the end of the days that the king had said he should bringthem in, then the prince of the eunuchs brought them in beforeNebuchadnezzar.1:19 And the king communed with them; and among them all was foundnone like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: therefore stood theybefore the king.1:20 And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the kingenquired of them, he found them ten times better than all themagicians and astrologers that were in all his realm.1:21 And Daniel continued even unto the first year of king Cyrus.2:1 And in the second year of the reign of NebuchadnezzarNebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, andhis sleep brake from him.2:2 Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and theastrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew theking his dreams. So they came and stood before the king.2:3 And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spiritwas troubled to know the dream.2:4 Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live forever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew theinterpretation.2:5 The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gonefrom me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with theinterpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your housesshall be made a dunghill.2:6 But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shallreceive of me gifts and rewards and great honour: therefore shew methe dream, and the interpretation thereof.2:7 They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants thedream, and we will shew the interpretation of it.2:8 The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gainthe time, because ye see the thing is gone from me.2:9 But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but onedecree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speakbefore me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, andI shall know that ye can shew me the interpretation thereof.2:10 The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not aman upon the earth that can shew the king's matter: therefore there isno king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, orastrologer, or Chaldean.2:11 And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is noneother that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whosedwelling is not with flesh.2:12 For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commandedto destroy all the wise men of Babylon.2:13 And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; andthey sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.2:14 Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch thecaptain of the king's guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise menof Babylon: 2:15 He answered and said to Arioch the king's captain,Why is the decree so hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thingknown to Daniel.2:16 Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would givehim time, and that he would shew the king the interpretation.2:17 Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known toHananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions: 2:18 That they woulddesire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; thatDaniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise menof Babylon.2:19 Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. ThenDaniel blessed the God of heaven.2:20 Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever andever: for wisdom and might are his: 2:21 And he changeth the times andthe seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdomunto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding: 2:22 Herevealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in thedarkness, and the light dwelleth with him.2:23 I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hastgiven me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what wedesired of thee: for thou hast now made known unto us the king'smatter.2:24 Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had ordainedto destroy the wise men of Babylon: he went and said thus unto him;Destroy not the wise men of Babylon: bring me in before the king, andI will shew unto the king the interpretation.2:25 Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and saidthus unto him, I have found a man of the captives of Judah, that willmake known unto the king the interpretation.2:26 The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name wasBelteshazzar, Art thou able to make known unto me the dream which Ihave seen, and the interpretation thereof?  2:27 Daniel answered inthe presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hathdemanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, thesoothsayers, shew unto the king; 2:28 But there is a God in heaventhat revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzarwhat shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thyhead upon thy bed, are these; 2:29 As for thee, O king, thy thoughtscame into thy mind upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter:and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come topass.2:30 But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdomthat I have more than any living, but for their sakes that shall makeknown the interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know thethoughts of thy heart.2:31 Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image,whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the formthereof was terrible.2:32 This image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms ofsilver, his belly and his thighs of brass, 2:33 His legs of iron, hisfeet part of iron and part of clay.2:34 Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, whichsmote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brakethem to pieces.2:35 Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold,broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summerthreshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place wasfound for them: and the stone that smote the image became a greatmountain, and filled the whole earth.2:36 This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereofbefore the king.2:37 Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hathgiven thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.2:38 And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of thefield and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, andhath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.2:39 And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, andanother third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all theearth.2:40 And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as ironbreaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breakethall these, shall it break in pieces and bruise.2:41 And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay,and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be init of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the ironmixed with miry clay.2:42 And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay,so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.2:43 And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shallmingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave oneto another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.2:44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up akingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not beleft to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume allthese kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.2:45 Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of themountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, thebrass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath madeknown to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream iscertain, and the interpretation thereof sure.2:46 Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and worshippedDaniel, and commanded that they should offer an oblation and sweetodours unto him.2:47 The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, thatyour God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer ofsecrets, seeing thou couldest reveal this secret.2:48 Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many greatgifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, andchief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon.2:49 Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach,and Abednego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Danielsat in the gate of the king.3:1 Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height wasthreescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up inthe plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.3:2 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes,the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, thecounsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, tocome to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king hadset up.3:3 Then the princes, the governors, and captains, the judges, thetreasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of theprovinces, were gathered together unto the dedication of the imagethat Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before theimage that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.3:4 Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people,nations, and languages, 3:5 That at what time ye hear the sound of thecornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds ofmusick, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzarthe king hath set up: 3:6 And whoso falleth not down and worshippethshall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.3:7 Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of thecornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of musick, allthe people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshippedthe golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.3:8 Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accusedthe Jews.3:9 They spake and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live forever.3:10 Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hearthe sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer,and all kinds of musick, shall fall down and worship the golden image:3:11 And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, that he should becast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.3:12 There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of theprovince of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; these men, Oking, have not regarded thee: they serve not thy gods, nor worship thegolden image which thou hast set up.3:13 Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bringShadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Then they brought these men beforethe king.3:14 Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, Is it true, O Shadrach,Meshach, and Abednego, do not ye serve my gods, nor worship the goldenimage which I have set up?  3:15 Now if ye be ready that at what timeye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, anddulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the imagewhich I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast thesame hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is thatGod that shall deliver you out of my hands?  3:16 Shadrach, Meshach,and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we arenot careful to answer thee in this matter.3:17 If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from theburning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, Oking.3:18 But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not servethy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.3:19 Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visagewas changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore hespake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven timesmore than it was wont to be heated.3:20 And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army tobind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into theburning fiery furnace.3:21 Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and theirhats, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of theburning fiery furnace.3:22 Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent, and thefurnace exceeding hot, the flames of the fire slew those men that tookup Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.3:23 And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell downbound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.3:24 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in haste,and spake, and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three menbound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto theking, True, O king.3:25 He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in themidst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourthis like the Son of God.3:26 Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fieryfurnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, yeservants of the most high God, come forth, and come hither. ThenShadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, came forth of the midst of the fire.3:27 And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king'scounsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodiesthe fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neitherwere their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them.3:28 Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God ofShadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, anddelivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed theking's word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve norworship any god, except their own God.3:29 Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, andlanguage, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach,Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shallbe made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliverafter this sort.3:30 Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, in theprovince of Babylon.4:1 Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations, and languages,that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.4:2 I thought it good to shew the signs and wonders that the high Godhath wrought toward me.4:3 How great are his signs! and how mighty are his wonders! hiskingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from generationto generation.4:4 I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in mine house, and flourishing in mypalace: 4:5 I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts uponmy bed and the visions of my head troubled me.4:6 Therefore made I a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylonbefore me, that they might make known unto me the interpretation ofthe dream.4:7 Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, andthe soothsayers: and I told the dream before them; but they did notmake known unto me the interpretation thereof.4:8 But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose name wasBelteshazzar, according to the name of my God, and in whom is thespirit of the holy gods: and before him I told the dream, saying, 4:9O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that thespirit of the holy gods is in thee, and no secret troubleth thee, tellme the visions of my dream that I have seen, and the interpretationthereof.4:10 Thus were the visions of mine head in my bed; I saw, and behold atree in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof was great.4:11 The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reachedunto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth: 4:12The leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in itwas meat for all: the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and thefowls of the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fedof it.4:13 I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, awatcher and an holy one came down from heaven; 4:14 He cried aloud,and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, shake offhis leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away from underit, and the fowls from his branches: 4:15 Nevertheless leave the stumpof his roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in thetender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven,and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth: 4:16Let his heart be changed from man's, and let a beast's heart be givenunto him; and let seven times pass over him.4:17 This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand bythe word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know thatthe most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it towhomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.4:18 This dream I king Nebuchadnezzar have seen. Now thou, OBelteshazzar, declare the interpretation thereof, forasmuch as all thewise men of my kingdom are not able to make known unto me theinterpretation: but thou art able; for the spirit of the holy gods isin thee.4:19 Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonied for onehour, and his thoughts troubled him. The king spake, and said,Belteshazzar, let not the dream, or the interpretation thereof,trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, the dream be tothem that hate thee, and the interpretation thereof to thine enemies.4:20 The tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was strong, whoseheight reached unto the heaven, and the sight thereof to all theearth; 4:21 Whose leaves were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and init was meat for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, andupon whose branches the fowls of the heaven had their habitation: 4:22It is thou, O king, that art grown and become strong: for thygreatness is grown, and reacheth unto heaven, and thy dominion to theend of the earth.4:23 And whereas the king saw a watcher and an holy one coming downfrom heaven, and saying, Hew the tree down, and destroy it; yet leavethe stump of the roots thereof in the earth, even with a band of ironand brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet withthe dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of thefield, till seven times pass over him; 4:24 This is theinterpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the most High, whichis come upon my lord the king: 4:25 That they shall drive thee frommen, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and theyshall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with thedew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou knowthat the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it towhomsoever he will.4:26 And whereas they commanded to leave the stump of the tree roots;thy kingdom shall be sure unto thee, after that thou shalt have knownthat the heavens do rule.4:27 Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, andbreak off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewingmercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.4:28 All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar.4:29 At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of thekingdom of Babylon.4:30 The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I havebuilt for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and forthe honour of my majesty?  4:31 While the word was in the king'smouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar,to thee it is spoken; The kingdom is departed from thee.4:32 And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall bewith the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass asoxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that themost High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever hewill.4:33 The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and hewas driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wetwith the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles'feathers, and his nails like birds' claws.4:34 And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyesunto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessedthe most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever,whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is fromgeneration to generation: 4:35 And all the inhabitants of the earthare reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the armyof heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stayhis hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?  4:36 At the same time myreason returned unto me; and for the glory of my kingdom, mine honourand brightness returned unto me; and my counsellors and my lordssought unto me; and I was established in my kingdom, and excellentmajesty was added unto me.4:37 Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King ofheaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and thosethat walk in pride he is able to abase.5:1 Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords,and drank wine before the thousand.5:2 Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring thegolden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had takenout of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and hisprinces, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein.5:3 Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of thetemple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, andhis princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them.5:4 They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, ofbrass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.5:5 In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wroteover against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of theking's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.5:6 Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubledhim, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smoteone against another.5:7 The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans,and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men ofBabylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me theinterpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have achain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in thekingdom.5:8 Then came in all the king's wise men: but they could not read thewriting, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof.5:9 Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance waschanged in him, and his lords were astonied.5:10 Now the queen by reason of the words of the king and his lordscame into the banquet house: and the queen spake and said, O king,live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thycountenance be changed: 5:11 There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom isthe spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light andunderstanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found inhim; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thyfather, made master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, andsoothsayers; 5:12 Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, andunderstanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences,and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the kingnamed Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will shew theinterpretation.5:13 Then was Daniel brought in before the king. And the king spakeand said unto Daniel, Art thou that Daniel, which art of the childrenof the captivity of Judah, whom the king my father brought out ofJewry?  5:14 I have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods isin thee, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom isfound in thee.5:15 And now the wise men, the astrologers, have been brought inbefore me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto methe interpretation thereof: but they could not shew the interpretationof the thing: 5:16 And I have heard of thee, that thou canst makeinterpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read thewriting, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shaltbe clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, andshalt be the third ruler in the kingdom.5:17 Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts beto thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read thewriting unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation.5:18 O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father akingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour: 5:19 And for the majestythat he gave him, all people, nations, and languages, trembled andfeared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he keptalive; and whom he would he set up; and whom he would he put down.5:20 But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride,he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory fromhim: 5:21 And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart wasmade like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: theyfed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew ofheaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom ofmen, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.5:22 And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart,though thou knewest all this; 5:23 But hast lifted up thyself againstthe Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his housebefore thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines,have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, andgold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, norknow: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thyways, hast thou not glorified: 5:24 Then was the part of the hand sentfrom him; and this writing was written.5:25 And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL,UPHARSIN.5:26 This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numberedthy kingdom, and finished it.5:27 TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.5:28 PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes andPersians.5:29 Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet,and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamationconcerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.5:30 In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.5:31 And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescoreand two years old.6:1 It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twentyprinces, which should be over the whole kingdom; 6:2 And over thesethree presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that the princes mightgive accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage.6:3 Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes,because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to sethim over the whole realm.6:4 Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion againstDaniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion norfault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error orfault found in him.6:5 Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against thisDaniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God.6:6 Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king,and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever.6:7 All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes,the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together toestablish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoevershall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee,O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.6:8 Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that itbe not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, whichaltereth not.6:9 Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.6:10 Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went intohis house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem,he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gavethanks before his God, as he did aforetime.6:11 Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and makingsupplication before his God.6:12 Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning theking's decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man thatshall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, save ofthee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answeredand said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes andPersians, which altereth not.6:13 Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, whichis of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, Oking, nor the decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petitionthree times a day.6:14 Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeasedwith himself, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him: and helaboured till the going down of the sun to deliver him.6:15 Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king,Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, That nodecree nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed.6:16 Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast himinto the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, ThyGod whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee.6:17 And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; andthe king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of hislords; that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel.6:18 Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting:neither were instruments of musick brought before him: and his sleepwent from him.6:19 Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in hasteunto the den of lions.6:20 And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voiceunto Daniel: and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servantof the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able todeliver thee from the lions?  6:21 Then said Daniel unto the king, Oking, live for ever.6:22 My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, thatthey have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found inme; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.6:23 Then was the king exceedingly glad for him, and commanded thatthey should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up outof the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because hebelieved in his God.6:24 And the king commanded, and they brought those men which hadaccused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, theirchildren, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, andbrake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of theden.6:25 Then king Darius wrote unto all people, nations, and languages,that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.6:26 I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men trembleand fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, andstedfast for ever, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed,and his dominion shall be even unto the end.6:27 He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders inheaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of thelions.6:28 So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reignof Cyrus the Persian.7:1 In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dreamand visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, andtold the sum of the matters.7:2 Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold,the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.7:3 And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one fromanother.7:4 The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld tillthe wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth,and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given toit.7:5 And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raisedup itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of itbetween the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devourmuch flesh.7:6 After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which hadupon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also fourheads; and dominion was given to it.7:7 After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast,dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great ironteeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue withthe feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that werebefore it; and it had ten horns.7:8 I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among themanother little horn, before whom there were three of the first hornsplucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like theeyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.7:9 I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of daysdid sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his headlike the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and hiswheels as burning fire.7:10 A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousandthousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousandstood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.7:11 I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which thehorn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his bodydestroyed, and given to the burning flame.7:12 As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominiontaken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time.7:13 I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of mancame with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, andthey brought him near before him.7:14 And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, thatall people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion isan everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdomthat which shall not be destroyed.7:15 I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, andthe visions of my head troubled me.7:16 I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him thetruth of all this. So he told me, and made me know the interpretationof the things.7:17 These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shallarise out of the earth.7:18 But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, andpossess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.7:19 Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which wasdiverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were ofiron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, andstamped the residue with his feet; 7:20 And of the ten horns that werein his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom threefell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake verygreat things, whose look was more stout than his fellows.7:21 I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, andprevailed against them; 7:22 Until the Ancient of days came, andjudgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time camethat the saints possessed the kingdom.7:23 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom uponearth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour thewhole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.7:24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shallarise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse fromthe first, and he shall subdue three kings.7:25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shallwear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times andlaws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times andthe dividing of time.7:26 But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away hisdominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end.7:27 And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdomunder the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints ofthe most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and alldominions shall serve and obey him.7:28 Hitherto is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, mycogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but Ikept the matter in my heart.8:1 In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a visionappeared unto me, even unto me Daniel, after that which appeared untome at the first.8:2 And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I wasat Shushan in the palace, which is in the province of Elam; and I sawin a vision, and I was by the river of Ulai.8:3 Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stoodbefore the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns werehigh; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last.8:4 I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; sothat no beasts might stand before him, neither was there any thatcould deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will, andbecame great.8:5 And as I was considering, behold, an he goat came from the west onthe face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground: and the goathad a notable horn between his eyes.8:6 And he came to the ram that had two horns, which I had seenstanding before the river, and ran unto him in the fury of his power.8:7 And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved withcholer against him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns: andthere was no power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast himdown to the ground, and stamped upon him: and there was none thatcould deliver the ram out of his hand.8:8 Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong,the great horn was broken; and for it came up four notable ones towardthe four winds of heaven.8:9 And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxedexceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward thepleasant land.8:10 And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast downsome of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped uponthem.8:11 Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and byhim the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of the sanctuarywas cast down.8:12 And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reasonof transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and itpractised, and prospered.8:13 Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto thatcertain saint which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning thedaily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both thesanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot?  8:14 And he saidunto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall thesanctuary be cleansed.8:15 And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision,and sought for the meaning, then, behold, there stood before me as theappearance of a man.8:16 And I heard a man's voice between the banks of Ulai, whichcalled, and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision.8:17 So he came near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid,and fell upon my face: but he said unto me, Understand, O son of man:for at the time of the end shall be the vision.8:18 Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep on my facetoward the ground: but he touched me, and set me upright.8:19 And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in thelast end of the indignation: for at the time appointed the end shallbe.8:20 The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Mediaand Persia.8:21 And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn thatis between his eyes is the first king.8:22 Now that being broken, whereas four stood up for it, fourkingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not in his power.8:23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressorsare come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understandingdark sentences, shall stand up.8:24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and heshall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shalldestroy the mighty and the holy people.8:25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper inhis hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peaceshall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince ofprinces; but he shall be broken without hand.8:26 And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told istrue: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for manydays.8:27 And I Daniel fainted, and was sick certain days; afterward I roseup, and did the king's business; and I was astonished at the vision,but none understood it.9:1 In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed ofthe Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans; 9:2 Inthe first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number ofthe years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet,that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations ofJerusalem.9:3 And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer andsupplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes: 9:4 And Iprayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord,the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to themthat love him, and to them that keep his commandments; 9:5 We havesinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and haverebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments:9:6 Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, whichspake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and toall the people of the land.9:7 O LORD, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusionof faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitantsof Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are faroff, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, becauseof their trespass that they have trespassed against thee.9:8 O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to ourprinces, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee.9:9 To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though wehave rebelled against him; 9:10 Neither have we obeyed the voice ofthe LORD our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by hisservants the prophets.9:11 Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing,that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured uponus, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant ofGod, because we have sinned against him.9:12 And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, andagainst our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil:for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done uponJerusalem.9:13 As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come uponus: yet made we not our prayer before the LORD our God, that we mightturn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth.9:14 Therefore hath the LORD watched upon the evil, and brought itupon us: for the LORD our God is righteous in all his works which hedoeth: for we obeyed not his voice.9:15 And now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people forth outof the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast gotten thee renown,as at this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly.9:16 O LORD, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, letthine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thyholy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of ourfathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all thatare about us.9:17 Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and hissupplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that isdesolate, for the Lord's sake.9:18 O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, andbehold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: forwe do not present our supplications before thee for ourrighteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.9:19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not,for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are calledby thy name.9:20 And whiles I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin andthe sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before theLORD my God for the holy mountain of my God; 9:21 Yea, whiles I wasspeaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in thevision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me aboutthe time of the evening oblation.9:22 And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I amnow come forth to give thee skill and understanding.9:23 At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth,and I am come to shew thee; for thou art greatly beloved: thereforeunderstand the matter, and consider the vision.9:24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holycity, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and tomake reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlastingrighteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anointthe most Holy.9:25 Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of thecommandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah thePrince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the streetshall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.9:26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, butnot for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shalldestroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be witha flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.9:27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and inthe midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation tocease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make itdesolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall bepoured upon the desolate.10:1 In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealedunto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing wastrue, but the time appointed was long: and he understood the thing,and had understanding of the vision.10:2 In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks.10:3 I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth,neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks werefulfilled.10:4 And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was bythe side of the great river, which is Hiddekel; 10:5 Then I lifted upmine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen,whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz: 10:6 His body alsowas like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, andhis eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour topolished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of amultitude.10:7 And I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the men that were with mesaw not the vision; but a great quaking fell upon them, so that theyfled to hide themselves.10:8 Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and thereremained no strength in me: for my comeliness was turned in me intocorruption, and I retained no strength.10:9 Yet heard I the voice of his words: and when I heard the voice ofhis words, then was I in a deep sleep on my face, and my face towardthe ground.10:10 And, behold, an hand touched me, which set me upon my knees andupon the palms of my hands.10:11 And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understandthe words that I speak unto thee, and stand upright: for unto thee amI now sent.And when he had spoken this word unto me, I stood trembling.10:12 Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first daythat thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyselfbefore thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words.10:13 But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one andtwenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to helpme; and I remained there with the kings of Persia.10:14 Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thypeople in the latter days: for yet the vision is for many days.10:15 And when he had spoken such words unto me, I set my face towardthe ground, and I became dumb.10:16 And, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men touchedmy lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him thatstood before me, O my lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned uponme, and I have retained no strength.10:17 For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord?for as for me, straightway there remained no strength in me, neitheris there breath left in me.10:18 Then there came again and touched me one like the appearance ofa man, and he strengthened me, 10:19 And said, O man greatly beloved,fear not: peace be unto thee, be strong, yea, be strong. And when hehad spoken unto me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord speak;for thou hast strengthened me.10:20 Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? and nowwill I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am goneforth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come.10:21 But I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture oftruth: and there is none that holdeth with me in these things, butMichael your prince.11:1 Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood toconfirm and to strengthen him.11:2 And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand upyet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer thanthey all: and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up allagainst the realm of Grecia.11:3 And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with greatdominion, and do according to his will.11:4 And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, andshall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not to hisposterity, nor according to his dominion which he ruled: for hiskingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside those.11:5 And the king of the south shall be strong, and one of hisprinces; and he shall be strong above him, and have dominion; hisdominion shall be a great dominion.11:6 And in the end of years they shall join themselves together; forthe king's daughter of the south shall come to the king of the northto make an agreement: but she shall not retain the power of the arm;neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but she shall be given up, andthey that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthenedher in these times.11:7 But out of a branch of her roots shall one stand up in hisestate, which shall come with an army, and shall enter into thefortress of the king of the north, and shall deal against them, andshall prevail: 11:8 And shall also carry captives into Egypt theirgods, with their princes, and with their precious vessels of silverand of gold; and he shall continue more years than the king of thenorth.11:9 So the king of the south shall come into his kingdom, and shallreturn into his own land.11:10 But his sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitudeof great forces: and one shall certainly come, and overflow, and passthrough: then shall he return, and be stirred up, even to hisfortress.11:11 And the king of the south shall be moved with choler, and shallcome forth and fight with him, even with the king of the north: and heshall set forth a great multitude; but the multitude shall be giveninto his hand.11:12 And when he hath taken away the multitude, his heart shall belifted up; and he shall cast down many ten thousands: but he shall notbe strengthened by it.11:13 For the king of the north shall return, and shall set forth amultitude greater than the former, and shall certainly come aftercertain years with a great army and with much riches.11:14 And in those times there shall many stand up against the king ofthe south: also the robbers of thy people shall exalt themselves toestablish the vision; but they shall fall.11:15 So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mount, andtake the most fenced cities: and the arms of the south shall notwithstand, neither his chosen people, neither shall there be anystrength to withstand.11:16 But he that cometh against him shall do according to his ownwill, and none shall stand before him: and he shall stand in theglorious land, which by his hand shall be consumed.11:17 He shall also set his face to enter with the strength of hiswhole kingdom, and upright ones with him; thus shall he do: and heshall give him the daughter of women, corrupting her: but she shallnot stand on his side, neither be for him.11:18 After this shall he turn his face unto the isles, and shall takemany: but a prince for his own behalf shall cause the reproach offeredby him to cease; without his own reproach he shall cause it to turnupon him.11:19 Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land: buthe shall stumble and fall, and not be found.11:20 Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes in the gloryof the kingdom: but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither inanger, nor in battle.11:21 And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom theyshall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come inpeaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.11:22 And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from beforehim, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant.11:23 And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully:for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.11:24 He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of theprovince; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, norhis fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil,and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strongholds, even for a time.11:25 And he shall stir up his power and his courage against the kingof the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall bestirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army; but he shallnot stand: for they shall forecast devices against him.11:26 Yea, they that feed of the portion of his meat shall destroyhim, and his army shall overflow: and many shall fall down slain.11:27 And both of these kings' hearts shall be to do mischief, andthey shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper: for yetthe end shall be at the time appointed.11:28 Then shall he return into his land with great riches; and hisheart shall be against the holy covenant; and he shall do exploits,and return to his own land.11:29 At the time appointed he shall return, and come toward thesouth; but it shall not be as the former, or as the latter.11:30 For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore heshall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holycovenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligencewith them that forsake the holy covenant.11:31 And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute thesanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, andthey shall place the abomination that maketh desolate.11:32 And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt byflatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, anddo exploits.11:33 And they that understand among the people shall instruct many:yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and byspoil, many days.11:34 Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a littlehelp: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries.11:35 And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, andto purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: becauseit is yet for a time appointed.11:36 And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalthimself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speakmarvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till theindignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall bedone.11:37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desireof women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.11:38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a godwhom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, andwith precious stones, and pleasant things.11:39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god,whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall causethem to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain.11:40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push athim: and the king of the north shall come against him like awhirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; andhe shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.11:41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countriesshall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, evenEdom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.11:42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and theland of Egypt shall not escape.11:43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and ofsilver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans andthe Ethiopians shall be at his steps.11:44 But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall troublehim: therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, andutterly to make away many.11:45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between theseas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, andnone shall help him.12:1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince whichstandeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time oftrouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that sametime: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one thatshall be found written in the book.12:2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake,some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.12:3 And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of thefirmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever.12:4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even tothe time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall beincreased.12:5 Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the oneon this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side ofthe bank of the river.12:6 And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was upon thewaters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders?12:7 And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the watersof the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand untoheaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for atime, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished toscatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall befinished.12:8 And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, whatshall be the end of these things?  12:9 And he said, Go thy way,Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of theend.12:10 Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but thewicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; butthe wise shall understand.12:11 And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away,and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be athousand two hundred and ninety days.12:12 Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand threehundred and five and thirty days.12:13 But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest,and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.Hosea1:1 The word of the LORD that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, inthe days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and inthe days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.1:2 The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD saidto Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children ofwhoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing fromthe LORD.1:3 So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; whichconceived, and bare him a son.1:4 And the LORD said unto him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet alittle while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house ofJehu, and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel.1:5 And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bowof Israel, in the valley of Jezreel.1:6 And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And God said untohim, Call her name Loruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon thehouse of Israel; but I will utterly take them away.1:7 But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save themby the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword,nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.1:8 Now when she had weaned Loruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son.1:9 Then said God, Call his name Loammi: for ye are not my people, andI will not be your God.1:10 Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand ofthe sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come topass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not mypeople, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of theliving God.1:11 Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel begathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shallcome up out of the land: for great shall be the day of Jezreel.2:1 Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah.2:2 Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither amI her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of hersight, and her adulteries from between her breasts; 2:3 Lest I stripher naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make heras a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her withthirst.2:4 And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be thechildren of whoredoms.2:5 For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived themhath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, thatgive me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and mydrink.2:6 Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make awall, that she shall not find her paths.2:7 And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtakethem; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall shesay, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it betterwith me than now.2:8 For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, andmultiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal.2:9 Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the timethereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will recover my wooland my flax given to cover her nakedness.2:10 And now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers,and none shall deliver her out of mine hand.2:11 I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her newmoons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts.2:12 And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, whereof she hathsaid, These are my rewards that my lovers have given me: and I willmake them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them.2:13 And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burnedincense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and herjewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the LORD.2:14 Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into thewilderness, and speak comfortably unto her.2:15 And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley ofAchor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days ofher youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land ofEgypt.2:16 And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, that thou shalt callme Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali.2:17 For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, andthey shall no more be remembered by their name.2:18 And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beastsof the field and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creepingthings of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and thebattle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely.2:19 And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroththee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness,and in mercies.2:20 I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shaltknow the LORD.2:21 And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith theLORD, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth; 2:22 Andthe earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and theyshall hear Jezreel.2:23 And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercyupon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them whichwere not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou artmy God.3:1 Then said the LORD unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of herfriend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the LORD towardthe children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons ofwine.3:2 So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for anhomer of barley, and an half homer of barley: 3:3 And I said unto her,Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, andthou shalt not be for another man: so will I also be for thee.3:4 For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king,and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image,and without an ephod, and without teraphim: 3:5 Afterward shall thechildren of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and Davidtheir king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latterdays.4:1 Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORDhath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there isno truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.4:2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committingadultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.4:3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleththerein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with thefowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.4:4 Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are asthey that strive with the priest.4:5 Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shallfall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother.4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hastrejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be nopriest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I willalso forget thy children.4:7 As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore willI change their glory into shame.4:8 They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart ontheir iniquity.4:9 And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punishthem for their ways, and reward them their doings.4:10 For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commitwhoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to takeheed to the LORD.4:11 Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.4:12 My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declarethunto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, andthey have gone a whoring from under their God.4:13 They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incenseupon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadowthereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, andyour spouses shall commit adultery.4:14 I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, noryour spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separatedwith whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the peoplethat doth not understand shall fall.4:15 Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend;and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Bethaven, nor swear,The LORD liveth.4:16 For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORDwill feed them as a lamb in a large place.4:17 Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.4:18 Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually:her rulers with shame do love, Give ye.4:19 The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall beashamed because of their sacrifices.5:1 Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and giveye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because yehave been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.5:2 And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I havebeen a rebuker of them all.5:3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim,thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled.5:4 They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for thespirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not knownthe LORD.5:5 And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shallIsrael and Ephraim fall in their iniquity: Judah also shall fall withthem.5:6 They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek theLORD; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself fromthem.5:7 They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they havebegotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with theirportions.5:8 Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloudat Bethaven, after thee, O Benjamin.5:9 Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribesof Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.5:10 The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound:therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.5:11 Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willinglywalked after the commandment.5:12 Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house ofJudah as rottenness.5:13 When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then wentEphraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not healyou, nor cure you of your wound.5:14 For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to thehouse of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away,and none shall rescue him.5:15 I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge theiroffence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek meearly.6:1 Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and hewill heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.6:2 After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raiseus up, and we shall live in his sight.6:3 Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his goingforth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as therain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.6:4 O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I dounto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the earlydew it goeth away.6:5 Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them bythe words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goethforth.6:6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of Godmore than burnt offerings.6:7 But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have theydealt treacherously against me.6:8 Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted withblood.6:9 And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priestsmurder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.6:10 I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there isthe whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.6:11 Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returnedthe captivity of my people.7:1 When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim wasdiscovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood;and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without.7:2 And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all theirwickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they arebefore my face.7:3 They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princeswith their lies.7:4 They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, whoceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it beleavened.7:5 In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottlesof wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.7:6 For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they liein wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burnethas a flaming fire.7:7 They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; alltheir kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me.7:8 Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cakenot turned.7:9 Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea,gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not.7:10 And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do notreturn to the LORD their God, nor seek him for all this.7:11 Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call toEgypt, they go to Assyria.7:12 When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bringthem down as the fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them, as theircongregation hath heard.7:13 Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them!because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemedthem, yet they have spoken lies against me.7:14 And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when theyhowled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine,and they rebel against me.7:15 Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do theyimagine mischief against me.7:16 They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitfulbow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of theirtongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.8:1 Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle againstthe house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant, andtrespassed against my law.8:2 Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee.8:3 Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shallpursue him.8:4 They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, andI knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made themidols, that they may be cut off.8:5 Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindledagainst them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?  8:6For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is notGod: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.8:7 For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: ithath no stalk; the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, thestrangers shall swallow it up.8:8 Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as avessel wherein is no pleasure.8:9 For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself:Ephraim hath hired lovers.8:10 Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gatherthem, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king ofprinces.8:11 Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall beunto him to sin.8:12 I have written to him the great things of my law, but they werecounted as a strange thing.8:13 They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, andeat it; but the LORD accepteth them not; now will he remember theiriniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.8:14 For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; andJudah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon hiscities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.9:1 Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people: for thou hastgone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved a reward upon everycornfloor.9:2 The floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wineshall fail in her.9:3 They shall not dwell in the LORD's land; but Ephraim shall returnto Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria.9:4 They shall not offer wine offerings to the LORD, neither shallthey be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto them as thebread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted: for theirbread for their soul shall not come into the house of the LORD.9:5 What will ye do in the solemn day, and in the day of the feast ofthe LORD?  9:6 For, lo, they are gone because of destruction: Egyptshall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant places fortheir silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns shall be in theirtabernacles.9:7 The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come;Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad,for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred.9:8 The watchman of Ephraim was with my God: but the prophet is asnare of a fowler in all his ways, and hatred in the house of his God.9:9 They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah:therefore he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins.9:10 I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathersas the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went toBaalpeor, and separated themselves unto that shame; and theirabominations were according as they loved.9:11 As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from thebirth, and from the womb, and from the conception.9:12 Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them,that there shall not be a man left: yea, woe also to them when Idepart from them!  9:13 Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus, is planted in apleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring forth his children to themurderer.9:14 Give them, O LORD: what wilt thou give? give them a miscarryingwomb and dry breasts.9:15 All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: forthe wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, Iwill love them no more: all their princes are revolters.9:16 Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear nofruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the belovedfruit of their womb.9:17 My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken untohim: and they shall be wanderers among the nations.10:1 Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself:according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars;according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images.10:2 Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shallbreak down their altars, he shall spoil their images.10:3 For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared notthe LORD; what then should a king do to us?  10:4 They have spokenwords, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springethup as hemlock in the furrows of the field.10:5 The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves ofBethaven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the prieststhereof that rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it isdeparted from it.10:6 It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a present to kingJareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of hisown counsel.10:7 As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon the water.10:8 The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall bedestroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars;and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fallon us.10:9 O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah: there theystood: the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did notovertake them.10:10 It is in my desire that I should chastise them; and the peopleshall be gathered against them, when they shall bind themselves intheir two furrows.10:11 And Ephraim is as an heifer that is taught, and loveth to treadout the corn; but I passed over upon her fair neck: I will makeEphraim to ride; Judah shall plow, and Jacob shall break his clods.10:12 Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up yourfallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rainrighteousness upon you.10:13 Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye haveeaten the fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in thy way, in themultitude of thy mighty men.10:14 Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thyfortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Betharbel in the dayof battle: the mother was dashed in pieces upon her children.10:15 So shall Bethel do unto you because of your great wickedness: ina morning shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off.11:1 When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son outof Egypt.11:2 As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed untoBaalim, and burned incense to graven images.11:3 I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but theyknew not that I healed them.11:4 I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was tothem as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meatunto them.11:5 He shall not return into the land of Egypt, and the Assyrianshall be his king, because they refused to return.11:6 And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume hisbranches, and devour them, because of their own counsels.11:7 And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they calledthem to the most High, none at all would exalt him.11:8 How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee,Israel?  how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee asZeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindledtogether.11:9 I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will notreturn to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One inthe midst of thee: and I will not enter into the city.11:10 They shall walk after the LORD: he shall roar like a lion: whenhe shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west.11:11 They shall tremble as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out ofthe land of Assyria: and I will place them in their houses, saith theLORD.11:12 Ephraim compasseth me about with lies, and the house of Israelwith deceit: but Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with thesaints.12:1 Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: hedaily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant withthe Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.12:2 The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punishJacob according to his ways; according to his doings will herecompense him.12:3 He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strengthhe had power with God: 12:4 Yea, he had power over the angel, andprevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him inBethel, and there he spake with us; 12:5 Even the LORD God of hosts;the LORD is his memorial.12:6 Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment and waiton thy God continually.12:7 He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: heloveth to oppress.12:8 And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me outsubstance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me thatwere sin.12:9 And I that am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt will yetmake thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the solemn feast.12:10 I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multipliedvisions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.12:11 Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: theysacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in thefurrows of the fields.12:12 And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served fora wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.12:13 And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by aprophet was he preserved.12:14 Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall heleave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his LORD return untohim.13:1 When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; butwhen he offended in Baal, he died.13:2 And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten imagesof their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, allof it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men thatsacrifice kiss the calves.13:3 Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud and as the early dewthat passeth away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind outof the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.13:4 Yet I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shaltknow no god but me: for there is no saviour beside me.13:5 I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.13:6 According to their pasture, so were they filled; they werefilled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.13:7 Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the waywill I observe them: 13:8 I will meet them as a bear that is bereavedof her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will Idevour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.13:9 O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help.13:10 I will be thy king: where is any other that may save thee in allthy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king andprinces?  13:11 I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away inmy wrath.13:12 The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hid.13:13 The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is anunwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breakingforth of children.13:14 I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeemthem from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will bethy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.13:15 Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shallcome, the wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness, and hisspring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shallspoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels.13:16 Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against herGod: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed inpieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.14:1 O israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen bythine iniquity.14:2 Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Takeaway all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render thecalves of our lips.14:3 Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neitherwill we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for inthee the fatherless findeth mercy.14:4 I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mineanger is turned away from him.14:5 I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, andcast forth his roots as Lebanon.14:6 His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olivetree, and his smell as Lebanon.14:7 They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall reviveas the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as thewine of Lebanon.14:8 Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I haveheard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me isthy fruit found.14:9 Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, andhe shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the justshall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.Joel1:1 The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.1:2 Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land.Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?  1:3Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell theirchildren, and their children another generation.1:4 That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; andthat which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and thatwhich the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.1:5 Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine,because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.1:6 For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number,whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of agreat lion.1:7 He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath madeit clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white.1:8 Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of heryouth.1:9 The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the houseof the LORD; the priests, the LORD's ministers, mourn.1:10 The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted:the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.1:11 Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for thewheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field isperished.1:12 The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; thepomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all thetrees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away fromthe sons of men.1:13 Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers ofthe altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God:for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from thehouse of your God.1:14 Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders andall the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD your God,and cry unto the LORD, 1:15 Alas for the day! for the day of the LORDis at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.1:16 Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladnessfrom the house of our God?  1:17 The seed is rotten under their clods,the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the cornis withered.1:18 How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed,because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are madedesolate.1:19 O LORD, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured thepastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees ofthe field.1:20 The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers ofwaters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of thewilderness.2:1 Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holymountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day ofthe LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand; 2:2 A day of darkness and ofgloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morningspread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath notbeen ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to theyears of many generations.2:3 A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: theland is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolatewilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.2:4 The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and ashorsemen, so shall they run.2:5 Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall theyleap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, asa strong people set in battle array.2:6 Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shallgather blackness.2:7 They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like menof war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall notbreak their ranks: 2:8 Neither shall one thrust another; they shallwalk every one in his path: and when they fall upon the sword, theyshall not be wounded.2:9 They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon thewall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at thewindows like a thief.2:10 The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: thesun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw theirshining: 2:11 And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army: forhis camp is very great: for he is strong that executeth his word: forthe day of the LORD is great and very terrible; and who can abide it?2:12 Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with allyour heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:2:13 And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto theLORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and ofgreat kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.2:14 Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessingbehind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto the LORDyour God?  2:15 Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call asolemn assembly: 2:16 Gather the people, sanctify the congregation,assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck thebreasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride outof her closet.2:17 Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between theporch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, andgive not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule overthem: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?2:18 Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people.2:19 Yea, the LORD will answer and say unto his people, Behold, I willsend you corn, and wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied therewith:and I will no more make you a reproach among the heathen: 2:20 But Iwill remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive himinto a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea,and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall comeup, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done greatthings.2:21 Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the LORD will do greatthings.2:22 Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of thewilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree andthe vine do yield their strength.2:23 Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD yourGod: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he willcause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latterrain in the first month.2:24 And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the vats shalloverflow with wine and oil.2:25 And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten,the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great armywhich I sent among you.2:26 And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the nameof the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and mypeople shall never be ashamed.2:27 And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I amthe LORD your God, and none else: and my people shall never beashamed.2:28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out myspirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shallprophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall seevisions: 2:29 And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids inthose days will I pour out my spirit.2:30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood,and fire, and pillars of smoke.2:31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood,before the great and terrible day of the LORD come.2:32 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the nameof the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalemshall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whomthe LORD shall call.3:1 For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bringagain the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, 3:2 I will also gather allnations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, andwill plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel,whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.3:3 And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for anharlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.3:4 Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and allthe coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if yerecompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompence uponyour own head; 3:5 Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, andhave carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things: 3:6 Thechildren also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold untothe Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border.3:7 Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have soldthem, and will return your recompence upon your own head: 3:8 And Iwill sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the childrenof Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people faroff: for the LORD hath spoken it.3:9 Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up themighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up: 3:10Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruninghooks into spears:let the weak say, I am strong.3:11 Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gatheryourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to comedown, O LORD.3:12 Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley ofJehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen roundabout.3:13 Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get youdown; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickednessis great.3:14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day ofthe LORD is near in the valley of decision.3:15 The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shallwithdraw their shining.3:16 The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice fromJerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORDwill be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children ofIsrael.3:17 So shall ye know that I am the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, myholy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall nostrangers pass through her any more.3:18 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shalldrop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all therivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall comeforth out of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley ofShittim.3:19 Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolatewilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, becausethey have shed innocent blood in their land.3:20 But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation togeneration.3:21 For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for theLORD dwelleth in Zion.Amos1:1 The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which hesaw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in thedays of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before theearthquake.1:2 And he said, The LORD will roar from Zion, and utter his voicefrom Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, andthe top of Carmel shall wither.1:3 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Damascus, and forfour, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they havethreshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron: 1:4 But I willsend a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palacesof Benhadad.1:5 I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitantfrom the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from thehouse of Eden: and the people of Syria shall go into captivity untoKir, saith the LORD.1:6 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Gaza, and forfour, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because theycarried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver them up to Edom:1:7 But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour thepalaces thereof: 1:8 And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod,and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will turn minehand against Ekron: and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish,saith the Lord GOD.1:9 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Tyrus, and forfour, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because theydelivered up the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not thebrotherly covenant: 1:10 But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus,which shall devour the palaces thereof.1:11 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom, and forfour, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he didpursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and hisanger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever: 1:12 But Iwill send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.1:13 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of the children ofAmmon, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof;because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that theymight enlarge their border: 1:14 But I will kindle a fire in the wallof Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting inthe day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind: 1:15And their king shall go into captivity, he and his princes together,saith the LORD.2:1 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Moab, and forfour, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burnedthe bones of the king of Edom into lime: 2:2 But I will send a fireupon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kirioth: and Moab shalldie with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet: 2:3And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay allthe princes thereof with him, saith the LORD.2:4 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and forfour, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they havedespised the law of the LORD, and have not kept his commandments, andtheir lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers havewalked: 2:5 But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour thepalaces of Jerusalem.2:6 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and forfour, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they soldthe righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes; 2:7 Thatpant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turnaside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in untothe same maid, to profane my holy name: 2:8 And they lay themselvesdown upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink thewine of the condemned in the house of their god.2:9 Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like theheight of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyedhis fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.2:10 Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you fortyyears through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.2:11 And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young menfor Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith theLORD.2:12 But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded theprophets, saying, Prophesy not.2:13 Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is fullof sheaves.2:14 Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strongshall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliverhimself: 2:15 Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and hethat is swift of foot shall not deliver himself: neither shall he thatrideth the horse deliver himself.2:16 And he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away nakedin that day, saith the LORD.3:1 Hear this word that the LORD hath spoken against you, O childrenof Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the landof Egypt, saying, 3:2 You only have I known of all the families of theearth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.3:3 Can two walk together, except they be agreed?  3:4 Will a lionroar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out ofhis den, if he have taken nothing?  3:5 Can a bird fall in a snareupon the earth, where no gin is for him?  shall one take up a snarefrom the earth, and have taken nothing at all?  3:6 Shall a trumpet beblown in the city, and the people not be afraid?  shall there be evilin a city, and the LORD hath not done it?  3:7 Surely the Lord GODwill do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants theprophets.3:8 The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath spoken,who can but prophesy?  3:9 Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and inthe palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves uponthe mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midstthereof, and the oppressed in the midst thereof.3:10 For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store upviolence and robbery in their palaces.3:11 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; An adversary there shall beeven round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength fromthee, and thy palaces shall be spoiled.3:12 Thus saith the LORD; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth ofthe lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children ofIsrael be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, andin Damascus in a couch.3:13 Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord GOD,the God of hosts, 3:14 That in the day that I shall visit thetransgressions of Israel upon him I will also visit the altars ofBethel: and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to theground.3:15 And I will smite the winter house with the summer house; and thehouses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end,saith the LORD.4:1 Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain ofSamaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say totheir masters, Bring, and let us drink.4:2 The Lord GOD hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shallcome upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, and yourposterity with fishhooks.4:3 And ye shall go out at the breaches, every cow at that which isbefore her; and ye shall cast them into the palace, saith the LORD.4:4 Come to Bethel, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression;and bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes after threeyears: 4:5 And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, andproclaim and publish the free offerings: for this liketh you, O yechildren of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.4:6 And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities,and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not returned untome, saith the LORD.4:7 And also I have withholden the rain from you, when there were yetthree months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city,and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rainedupon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.4:8 So two or three cities wandered unto one city, to drink water; butthey were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith theLORD.4:9 I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens andyour vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, thepalmerworm devoured them: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith theLORD.4:10 I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt:your young men have I slain with the sword, and have taken away yourhorses; and I have made the stink of your camps to come up unto yournostrils: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.4:11 I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom andGomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yethave ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.4:12 Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I willdo this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.4:13 For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind,and declareth unto man what is his thought, that maketh the morningdarkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The LORD,The God of hosts, is his name.5:1 Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation,O house of Israel.5:2 The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she isforsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up.5:3 For thus saith the Lord GOD; The city that went out by a thousandshall leave an hundred, and that which went forth by an hundred shallleave ten, to the house of Israel.5:4 For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, andye shall live: 5:5 But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, andpass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, andBethel shall come to nought.5:6 Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire inthe house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it inBethel.5:7 Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness inthe earth, 5:8 Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, andturneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day darkwith night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth themout upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name: 5:9 Thatstrengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiledshall come against the fortress.5:10 They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him thatspeaketh uprightly.5:11 Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and yetake from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone,but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards,but ye shall not drink wine of them.5:12 For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins:they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poorin the gate from their right.5:13 Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it isan evil time.5:14 Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, theGod of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.5:15 Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in thegate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto theremnant of Joseph.5:16 Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the LORD, saith thus;Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all thehighways, Alas! alas!  and they shall call the husbandman to mourning,and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.5:17 And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass throughthee, saith the LORD.5:18 Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is itfor you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.5:19 As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or wentinto the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bithim.5:20 Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? evenvery dark, and no brightness in it?  5:21 I hate, I despise your feastdays, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.5:22 Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, Iwill not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings ofyour fat beasts.5:23 Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will nothear the melody of thy viols.5:24 But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as amighty stream.5:25 Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in thewilderness forty years, O house of Israel?  5:26 But ye have borne thetabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god,which ye made to yourselves.5:27 Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus,saith the LORD, whose name is The God of hosts.6:1 Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain ofSamaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house ofIsrael came!  6:2 Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go yeto Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be theybetter than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border?6:3 Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violenceto come near; 6:4 That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselvesupon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calvesout of the midst of the stall; 6:5 That chant to the sound of theviol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David; 6:6That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chiefointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.6:7 Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that gocaptive, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall beremoved.6:8 The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself, saith the LORD the God ofhosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces:therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein.6:9 And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house,that they shall die.6:10 And a man's uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, tobring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that isby the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shallsay, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not makemention of the name of the LORD.6:11 For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the greathouse with breaches, and the little house with clefts.6:12 Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen?for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousnessinto hemlock: 6:13 Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say,Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?  6:14 But, behold,I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith theLORD the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering inof Hemath unto the river of the wilderness.7:1 Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me; and, behold, he formedgrasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth;and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings.7:2 And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating thegrass of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech thee:by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.7:3 The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD.7:4 Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord GODcalled to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eatup a part.7:5 Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shallJacob arise? for he is small.7:6 The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the LordGOD.7:7 Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the LORD stood upon a wall made bya plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.7:8 And the LORD said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, Aplumbline. Then said the LORD, Behold, I will set a plumbline in themidst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more: 7:9And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries ofIsrael shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house ofJeroboam with the sword.7:10 Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king ofIsrael, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of thehouse of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words.7:11 For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israelshall surely be led away captive out of their own land.7:12 Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away intothe land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there: 7:13 Butprophesy not again any more at Bethel: for it is the king's chapel,and it is the king's court.7:14 Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet,neither was I a prophet's son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer ofsycomore fruit: 7:15 And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, andthe LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.7:16 Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest,Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the houseof Isaac.7:17 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Thy wife shall be an harlot in thecity, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thyland shall be divided by line; and thou shalt die in a polluted land:and Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of his land.8:1 Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and behold a basket ofsummer fruit.8:2 And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summerfruit. Then said the LORD unto me, The end is come upon my people ofIsrael; I will not again pass by them any more.8:3 And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saiththe Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; theyshall cast them forth with silence.8:4 Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poorof the land to fail, 8:5 Saying, When will the new moon be gone, thatwe may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, makingthe ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances bydeceit?  8:6 That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for apair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?  8:7 The LORDhath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget anyof their works.8:8 Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn thatdwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shallbe cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.8:9 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that Iwill cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth inthe clear day: 8:10 And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and allyour songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon allloins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as themourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.8:11 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send afamine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, butof hearing the words of the LORD: 8:12 And they shall wander from seato sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and froto seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it.8:13 In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint forthirst.8:14 They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan,liveth; and, The manner of Beersheba liveth; even they shall fall, andnever rise up again.9:1 I saw the LORD standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite thelintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in thehead, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: hethat fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of themshall not be delivered.9:2 Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them;though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down: 9:3 Andthough they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search andtake them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in thebottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shallbite them: 9:4 And though they go into captivity before their enemies,thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I willset mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.9:5 And the Lord GOD of hosts is he that toucheth the land, and itshall melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall riseup wholly like a flood; and shall be drowned, as by the flood ofEgypt.9:6 It is he that buildeth his stories in the heaven, and hath foundedhis troop in the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, andpoureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name.9:7 Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children ofIsrael? saith the LORD. Have not I brought up Israel out of the landof Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?9:8 Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinful kingdom, andI will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that I willnot utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the LORD.9:9 For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel amongall nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not theleast grain fall upon the earth.9:10 All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say,The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.9:11 In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that isfallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up hisruins, and I will build it as in the days of old: 9:12 That they maypossess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are calledby my name, saith the LORD that doeth this.9:13 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the plowman shallovertake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed;and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.9:14 And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, andthey shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shallplant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also makegardens, and eat the fruit of them.9:15 And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more bepulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the LORDthy God.Obadiah1:1 The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom;We have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent amongthe heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle.1:2 Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatlydespised.1:3 The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest inthe clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in hisheart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?  1:4 Though thou exaltthyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars,thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.1:5 If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cutoff!)  would they not have stolen till they had enough? if thegrapegatherers came to thee, would they not leave some grapes?  1:6How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden thingssought up!  1:7 All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee evento the border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceivedthee, and prevailed against thee; that they eat thy bread have laid awound under thee: there is none understanding in him.1:8 Shall I not in that day, saith the LORD, even destroy the wise menout of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?  1:9 And thymighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one ofthe mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter.1:10 For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall coverthee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.1:11 In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day thatthe strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners enteredinto his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one ofthem.1:12 But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother inthe day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou haverejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction;neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress.1:13 Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in theday of their calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked on theiraffliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid hands on theirsubstance in the day of their calamity; 1:14 Neither shouldest thouhave stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape;neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that did remainin the day of distress.1:15 For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thouhast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return uponthine own head.1:16 For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all theheathen drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and they shallswallow down, and they shall be as though they had not been.1:17 But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall beholiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.1:18 And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph aflame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle inthem, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of thehouse of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken it.1:19 And they of the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and theyof the plain the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields ofEphraim, and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.1:20 And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel shallpossess that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the captivityof Jerusalem, which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of thesouth.1:21 And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount ofEsau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD's.Jonah1:1 Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai,saying, 1:2 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it;for their wickedness is come up before me.1:3 But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of theLORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish:so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with themunto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.1:4 But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was amighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.1:5 Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god,and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, tolighten it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of theship; and he lay, and was fast asleep.1:6 So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanestthou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God willthink upon us, that we perish not.1:7 And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots,that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us. So they castlots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.1:8 Then said they unto him, Tell us, we pray thee, for whose causethis evil is upon us; What is thine occupation? and whence comestthou? what is thy country? and of what people art thou?  1:9 And hesaid unto them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God ofheaven, which hath made the sea and the dry land.1:10 Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him. Why hastthou done this? For the men knew that he fled from the presence of theLORD, because he had told them.1:11 Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the seamay be calm unto us? for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous.1:12 And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into thesea; so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for my sakethis great tempest is upon you.1:13 Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but theycould not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them.1:14 Wherefore they cried unto the LORD, and said, We beseech thee, OLORD, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man's life, and laynot upon us innocent blood: for thou, O LORD, hast done as it pleasedthee.1:15 So they look up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and thesea ceased from her raging.1:16 Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrificeunto the LORD, and made vows.1:17 Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. AndJonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.2:1 Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly,2:2 And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, andhe heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest myvoice.2:3 For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas;and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy wavespassed over me.2:4 Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look againtoward thy holy temple.2:5 The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closedme round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.2:6 I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with herbars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life fromcorruption, O LORD my God.2:7 When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and myprayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.2:8 They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.2:9 But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; Iwill pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD.2:10 And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah uponthe dry land.3:1 And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying,3:2 Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it thepreaching that I bid thee.3:3 So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word ofthe LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days'journey.3:4 And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and hecried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.3:5 So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, andput on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.3:6 For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from histhrone, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth,and sat in ashes.3:7 And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh bythe decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man norbeast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drinkwater: 3:8 But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and crymightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, andfrom the violence that is in their hands.3:9 Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from hisfierce anger, that we perish not?  3:10 And God saw their works, thatthey turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that hehad said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.4:1 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.4:2 And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, wasnot this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fledbefore unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, andmerciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee ofthe evil.4:3 Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; forit is better for me to die than to live.4:4 Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry?  4:5 So Jonahwent out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and theremade him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might seewhat would become of the city.4:6 And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up overJonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him fromhis grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd.4:7 But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and itsmote the gourd that it withered.4:8 And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared avehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that hefainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for meto die than to live.4:9 And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd?And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.4:10 Then said the LORD, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for thewhich thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up ina night, and perished in a night: 4:11 And should not I spare Nineveh,that great city, wherein are more then sixscore thousand persons thatcannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and alsomuch cattle?Micah1:1 The word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morasthite in thedays of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he sawconcerning Samaria and Jerusalem.1:2 Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is:and let the Lord GOD be witness against you, the LORD from his holytemple.1:3 For, behold, the LORD cometh forth out of his place, and will comedown, and tread upon the high places of the earth.1:4 And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shallbe cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poureddown a steep place.1:5 For the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for the sins ofthe house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? is it notSamaria? and what are the high places of Judah? are they notJerusalem?  1:6 Therefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the field,and as plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour down the stonesthereof into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof.1:7 And all the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces, andall the hires thereof shall be burned with the fire, and all the idolsthereof will I lay desolate: for she gathered it of the hire of anharlot, and they shall return to the hire of an harlot.1:8 Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: Iwill make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.1:9 For her wound is incurable; for it is come unto Judah; he is comeunto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.1:10 Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house ofAphrah roll thyself in the dust.1:11 Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir, having thy shame naked:the inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth in the mourning of Bethezel;he shall receive of you his standing.1:12 For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evilcame down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem.1:13 O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swiftbeast: she is the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion: forthe transgressions of Israel were found in thee.1:14 Therefore shalt thou give presents to Moreshethgath: the housesof Achzib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel.1:15 Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah: heshall come unto Adullam the glory of Israel.1:16 Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlargethy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.2:1 Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds!when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in thepower of their hand.2:2 And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, andtake them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man andhis heritage.2:3 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, against this family do Idevise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neithershall ye go haughtily: for this time is evil.2:4 In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lamentwith a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hathchanged the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me!turning away he hath divided our fields.2:5 Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord by lot inthe congregation of the LORD.2:6 Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall notprophesy to them, that they shall not take shame.2:7 O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of theLORD straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good to himthat walketh uprightly?  2:8 Even of late my people is risen up as anenemy: ye pull off the robe with the garment from them that pass bysecurely as men averse from war.2:9 The women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasanthouses; from their children have ye taken away my glory for ever.2:10 Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it ispolluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction.2:11 If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, Iwill prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even bethe prophet of this people.2:12 I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surelygather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep ofBozrah, as the flock in the midst of their fold: they shall make greatnoise by reason of the multitude of men.2:13 The breaker is come up before them: they have broken up, and havepassed through the gate, and are gone out by it: and their king shallpass before them, and the LORD on the head of them.3:1 And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes ofthe house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment?  3:2 Who hatethe good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them,and their flesh from off their bones; 3:3 Who also eat the flesh of mypeople, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones,and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within thecaldron.3:4 Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but he will not hear them: hewill even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behavedthemselves ill in their doings.3:5 Thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that make my peopleerr, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that puttethnot into their mouths, they even prepare war against him.3:6 Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have avision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; andthe sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be darkover them.3:7 Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea,they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.3:8 But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and ofjudgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, andto Israel his sin.3:9 Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princesof the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.3:10 They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.3:11 The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teachfor hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will theylean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil cancome upon us.3:12 Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, andJerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as thehigh places of the forest.4:1 But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain ofthe house of the LORD shall be established in the top of themountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shallflow unto it.4:2 And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up tothe mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and hewill teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the lawshall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.4:3 And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nationsafar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and theirspears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword againstnation, neither shall they learn war any more.4:4 But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his figtree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the LORD ofhosts hath spoken it.4:5 For all people will walk every one in the name of his god, and wewill walk in the name of the LORD our God for ever and ever.4:6 In that day, saith the LORD, will I assemble her that halteth, andI will gather her that is driven out, and her that I have afflicted;4:7 And I will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was castfar off a strong nation: and the LORD shall reign over them in mountZion from henceforth, even for ever.4:8 And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter ofZion, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdomshall come to the daughter of Jerusalem.4:9 Now why dost thou cry out aloud? is there no king in thee? is thycounsellor perished? for pangs have taken thee as a woman in travail.4:10 Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like awoman in travail: for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, andthou shalt dwell in the field, and thou shalt go even to Babylon;there shalt thou be delivered; there the LORD shall redeem thee fromthe hand of thine enemies.4:11 Now also many nations are gathered against thee, that say, Lether be defiled, and let our eye look upon Zion.4:12 But they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understandthey his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into thefloor.4:13 Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horniron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in piecesmany people: and I will consecrate their gain unto the LORD, and theirsubstance unto the Lord of the whole earth.5:1 Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laidsiege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod uponthe cheek.5:2 But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among thethousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me thatis to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old,from everlasting.5:3 Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she whichtravaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shallreturn unto the children of Israel.5:4 And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the LORD, in themajesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall abide: for nowshall he be great unto the ends of the earth.5:5 And this man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come intoour land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raiseagainst him seven shepherds, and eight principal men.5:6 And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and theland of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us fromthe Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadethwithin our borders.5:7 And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as adew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth notfor man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.5:8 And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midstof many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a younglion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadethdown, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.5:9 Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and allthine enemies shall be cut off.5:10 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that Iwill cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroythy chariots: 5:11 And I will cut off the cities of thy land, andthrow down all thy strong holds: 5:12 And I will cut off witchcraftsout of thine hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers: 5:13 Thygraven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out of themidst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands.5:14 And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so willI destroy thy cities.5:15 And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen,such as they have not heard.6:1 Hear ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend thou before themountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.6:2 Hear ye, O mountains, the LORD's controversy, and ye strongfoundations of the earth: for the LORD hath a controversy with hispeople, and he will plead with Israel.6:3 O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have Iwearied thee? testify against me.6:4 For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed theeout of the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, andMiriam.6:5 O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, andwhat Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal;that ye may know the righteousness of the LORD.6:6 Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before thehigh God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves ofa year old?  6:7 Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, orwith ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for mytransgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?  6:8 Hehath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD requireof thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly withthy God?  6:9 The LORD's voice crieth unto the city, and the man ofwisdom shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.6:10 Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of thewicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?  6:11 Shall I countthem pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitfulweights?  6:12 For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and theinhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful intheir mouth.6:13 Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee, in makingthee desolate because of thy sins.6:14 Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy casting down shallbe in the midst of thee; and thou shalt take hold, but shalt notdeliver; and that which thou deliverest will I give up to the sword.6:15 Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread theolives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, butshalt not drink wine.6:16 For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the houseof Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee adesolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shallbear the reproach of my people.7:1 Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits,as the grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: mysoul desired the firstripe fruit.7:2 The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is noneupright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every manhis brother with a net.7:3 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the princeasketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, heuttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.7:4 The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than athorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; nowshall be their perplexity.7:5 Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keepthe doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.7:6 For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth upagainst her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; aman's enemies are the men of his own house.7:7 Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of mysalvation: my God will hear me.7:8 Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise;when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me.7:9 I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinnedagainst him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: hewill bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold hisrighteousness.7:10 Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall coverher which said unto me, Where is the LORD thy God? mine eyes shallbehold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.7:11 In the day that thy walls are to be built, in that day shall thedecree be far removed.7:12 In that day also he shall come even to thee from Assyria, andfrom the fortified cities, and from the fortress even to the river,and from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain.7:13 Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them thatdwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.7:14 Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, whichdwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed inBashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.7:15 According to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt willI shew unto him marvellous things.7:16 The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: theyshall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.7:17 They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out oftheir holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the LORDour God, and shall fear because of thee.7:18 Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passethby the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth nothis anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.7:19 He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he willsubdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into thedepths of the sea.7:20 Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham,which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.Nahum1:1 The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.1:2 God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and isfurious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and hereserveth wrath for his enemies.1:3 The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at allacquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in thestorm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.1:4 He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all therivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanonlanguisheth.1:5 The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth isburned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.1:6 Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in thefierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and therocks are thrown down by him.1:7 The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and heknoweth them that trust in him.1:8 But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of theplace thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.1:9 What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end:affliction shall not rise up the second time.1:10 For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they aredrunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.1:11 There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against theLORD, a wicked counsellor.1:12 Thus saith the LORD; Though they be quiet, and likewise many, yetthus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through. Though I haveafflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.1:13 For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thybonds in sunder.1:14 And the LORD hath given a commandment concerning thee, that nomore of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut offthe graven image and the molten image: I will make thy grave; for thouart vile.1:15 Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth goodtidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts,perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; heis utterly cut off.2:1 He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep themunition, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy powermightily.2:2 For the LORD hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as theexcellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, andmarred their vine branches.2:3 The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are inscarlet: the chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of hispreparation, and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken.2:4 The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle oneagainst another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, theyshall run like the lightnings.2:5 He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk;they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall beprepared.2:6 The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall bedissolved.2:7 And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, andher maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, tabering upontheir breasts.2:8 But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall fleeaway.Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.2:9 Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for there isnone end of the store and glory out of all the pleasant furniture.2:10 She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and theknees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces ofthem all gather blackness.2:11 Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of theyoung lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion'swhelp, and none made them afraid?  2:12 The lion did tear in piecesenough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled hisholes with prey, and his dens with ravin.2:13 Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I willburn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy younglions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice ofthy messengers shall no more be heard.3:1 Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; theprey departeth not; 3:2 The noise of a whip, and the noise of therattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumpingchariots.3:3 The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glitteringspear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number ofcarcases; and there is none end of their corpses; they stumble upontheir corpses: 3:4 Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of thewellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nationsthrough her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts.3:5 Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts; and I willdiscover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thynakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame.3:6 And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile,and will set thee as a gazingstock.3:7 And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shallflee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her?whence shall I seek comforters for thee?  3:8 Art thou better thanpopulous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the watersround about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from thesea?  3:9 Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite;Put and Lubim were thy helpers.3:10 Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her youngchildren also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: andthey cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men werebound in chains.3:11 Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid, thou also shaltseek strength because of the enemy.3:12 All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with the firstripefigs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of theeater.3:13 Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates ofthy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire shalldevour thy bars.3:14 Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go intoclay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln.3:15 There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off,it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm: make thyself many as thecankerworm, make thyself many as the locusts.3:16 Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: thecankerworm spoileth, and fleeth away.3:17 Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the greatgrasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when thesun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where theyare.3:18 Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwellin the dust: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no mangathereth them.3:19 There is no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: allthat hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee: for uponwhom hath not thy wickedness passed continually?Habakkuk1:1 The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see.1:2 O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry outunto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!  1:3 Why dost thou shewme iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling andviolence are before me: and there are that raise up strife andcontention.1:4 Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth:for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrongjudgment proceedeth.1:5 Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvelously:for I will work a work in your days which ye will not believe, thoughit be told you.1:6 For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation,which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess thedwellingplaces that are not their's.1:7 They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignityshall proceed of themselves.1:8 Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are morefierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spreadthemselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly asthe eagle that hasteth to eat.1:9 They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as theeast wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.1:10 And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be ascorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shallheap dust, and take it.1:11 Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend,imputing this his power unto his god.1:12 Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? weshall not die. O LORD, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, Omighty God, thou hast established them for correction.1:13 Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look oniniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously,and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is morerighteous than he?  1:14 And makest men as the fishes of the sea, asthe creeping things, that have no ruler over them?  1:15 They take upall of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gatherthem in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad.1:16 Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense untotheir drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meatplenteous.1:17 Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continuallyto slay the nations?  2:1 I will stand upon my watch, and set me uponthe tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what Ishall answer when I am reproved.2:2 And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make itplain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.2:3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end itshall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because itwill surely come, it will not tarry.2:4 Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but thejust shall live by his faith.2:5 Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man,neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is asdeath, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations,and heapeth unto him all people: 2:6 Shall not all these take up aparable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woeto him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to himthat ladeth himself with thick clay!  2:7 Shall they not rise upsuddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thoushalt be for booties unto them?  2:8 Because thou hast spoiled manynations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because ofmen's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of allthat dwell therein.2:9 Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, thathe may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the powerof evil!  2:10 Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting offmany people, and hast sinned against thy soul.2:11 For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of thetimber shall answer it.2:12 Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth acity by iniquity!  2:13 Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts thatthe people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall wearythemselves for very vanity?  2:14 For the earth shall be filled withthe knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.2:15 Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thybottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look ontheir nakedness!  2:16 Thou art filled with shame for glory: drinkthou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the LORD'sright hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be onthy glory.2:17 For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil ofbeasts, which made them afraid, because of men's blood, and for theviolence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.2:18 What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hathgraven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker ofhis work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?  2:19 Woe unto him thatsaith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach!Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breathat all in the midst of it.2:20 But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keepsilence before him.3:1 A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth.3:2 O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revivethy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years makeknown; in wrath remember mercy.3:3 God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. Hisglory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise.3:4 And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out ofhis hand: and there was the hiding of his power.3:5 Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth athis feet.3:6 He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder thenations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetualhills did bow: his ways are everlasting.3:7 I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: and the curtains of theland of Midian did tremble.3:8 Was the LORD displeased against the rivers? was thine angeragainst the rivers? was thy wrath against the sea, that thou didstride upon thine horses and thy chariots of salvation?  3:9 Thy bow wasmade quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word.Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.3:10 The mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the overflowing of thewater passed by: the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his handson high.3:11 The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light ofthine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear.3:12 Thou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didstthresh the heathen in anger.3:13 Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even forsalvation with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head out of thehouse of the wicked, by discovering the foundation unto the neck.Selah.3:14 Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of hisvillages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicingwas as to devour the poor secretly.3:15 Thou didst walk through the sea with thine horses, through theheap of great waters.3:16 When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice:rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that Imight rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people,he will invade them with his troops.3:17 Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit bein the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shallyield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and thereshall be no herd in the stalls: 3:18 Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, Iwill joy in the God of my salvation.3:19 The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds'feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chiefsinger on my stringed instruments.Zephaniah1:1 The word of the LORD which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi,the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in thedays of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.1:2 I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith theLORD.1:3 I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of theheaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumbling blocks with thewicked: and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the LORD.1:4 I will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah, and upon all theinhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal fromthis place, and the name of the Chemarims with the priests; 1:5 Andthem that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them thatworship and that swear by the LORD, and that swear by Malcham; 1:6 Andthem that are turned back from the LORD; and those that have notsought the LORD, nor enquired for him.1:7 Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD: for the day of theLORD is at hand: for the LORD hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bidhis guests.1:8 And it shall come to pass in the day of the LORD's sacrifice, thatI will punish the princes, and the king's children, and all such asare clothed with strange apparel.1:9 In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on thethreshold, which fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit.1:10 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that thereshall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and an howling fromthe second, and a great crashing from the hills.1:11 Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people arecut down; all they that bear silver are cut off.1:12 And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will searchJerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on theirlees: that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither willhe do evil.1:13 Therefore their goods shall become a booty, and their houses adesolation: they shall also build houses, but not inhabit them; andthey shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof.1:14 The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hastethgreatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shallcry there bitterly.1:15 That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a dayof wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a dayof clouds and thick darkness, 1:16 A day of the trumpet and alarmagainst the fenced cities, and against the high towers.1:17 And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk likeblind men, because they have sinned against the LORD: and their bloodshall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung.1:18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver themin the day of the LORD's wrath; but the whole land shall be devouredby the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddanceof all them that dwell in the land.2:1 Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation notdesired; 2:2 Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as thechaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before theday of the LORD's anger come upon you.2:3 Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought hisjudgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hidin the day of the LORD's anger.2:4 For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shalldrive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.2:5 Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of theCherethites! the word of the LORD is against you; O Canaan, the landof the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be noinhabitant.2:6 And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds,and folds for flocks.2:7 And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; theyshall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down inthe evening: for the LORD their God shall visit them, and turn awaytheir captivity.2:8 I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of thechildren of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, andmagnified themselves against their border.2:9 Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel,Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah,even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetualdesolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnantof my people shall possess them.2:10 This shall they have for their pride, because they havereproached and magnified themselves against the people of the LORD ofhosts.2:11 The LORD will be terrible unto them: for he will famish all thegods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from hisplace, even all the isles of the heathen.2:12 Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword.2:13 And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroyAssyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like awilderness.2:14 And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts ofthe nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in theupper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolationshall be in the thresholds; for he shall uncover the cedar work.2:15 This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said inher heart, I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become adesolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passethby her shall hiss, and wag his hand.3:1 Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!3:2 She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trustednot in the LORD; she drew not near to her God.3:3 Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are eveningwolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.3:4 Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests havepolluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.3:5 The just LORD is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity:every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; butthe unjust knoweth no shame.3:6 I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I madetheir streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed,so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant.3:7 I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction;so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them:but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings.3:8 Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that Irise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations,that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation,even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with thefire of my jealousy.3:9 For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they mayall call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent.3:10 From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, even thedaughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering.3:11 In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, whereinthou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out ofthe midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt nomore be haughty because of my holy mountain.3:12 I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poorpeople, and they shall trust in the name of the LORD.3:13 The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies;neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for theyshall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.3:14 Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoicewith all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.3:15 The LORD hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thineenemy: the king of Israel, even the LORD, is in the midst of thee:thou shalt not see evil any more.3:16 In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and toZion, Let not thine hands be slack.3:17 The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, hewill rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joyover thee with singing.3:18 I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly,who are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden.3:19 Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and Iwill save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and Iwill get them praise and fame in every land where they have been putto shame.3:20 At that time will I bring you again, even in the time that Igather you: for I will make you a name and a praise among all peopleof the earth, when I turn back your captivity before your eyes,saith the LORD.Haggai1:1 In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in thefirst day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai theprophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, andto Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying, 1:2 Thusspeaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is notcome, the time that the LORD's house should be built.1:3 Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying, 1:4Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and thishouse lie waste?  1:5 Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts;Consider your ways.1:6 Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have notenough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, butthere is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put itinto a bag with holes.1:7 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.1:8 Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and Iwill take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the LORD.1:9 Ye looked for much, and, lo it came to little; and when ye broughtit home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because ofmine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.1:10 Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earthis stayed from her fruit.1:11 And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains,and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and uponthat which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle,and upon all the labour of the hands.1:12 Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son ofJosedech, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyedthe voice of the LORD their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet,as the LORD their God had sent him, and the people did fear before theLORD.1:13 Then spake Haggai the LORD's messenger in the LORD's message untothe people, saying, I am with you, saith the LORD.1:14 And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son ofShealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son ofJosedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of thepeople; and they came and did work in the house of the LORD of hosts,their God, 1:15 In the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, inthe second year of Darius the king.2:1 In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month,came the word of the LORD by the prophet Haggai, saying, 2:2 Speak nowto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshuathe son of Josedech, the high priest, and to the residue of thepeople, saying, 2:3 Who is left among you that saw this house in herfirst glory? and how do ye see it now? is it not in your eyes incomparison of it as nothing?  2:4 Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel,saith the LORD; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, the highpriest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith the LORD, andwork: for I am with you, saith the LORD of hosts: 2:5 According to theword that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, so myspirit remaineth among you: fear ye not.2:6 For thus saith the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while,and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dryland; 2:7 And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nationsshall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD ofhosts.2:8 The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts.2:9 The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of theformer, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give peace,saith the LORD of hosts.2:10 In the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, in the secondyear of Darius, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet,saying, 2:11 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ask now the priestsconcerning the law, saying, 2:12 If one bear holy flesh in the skirtof his garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, or pottage, orwine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be holy? And the priests answeredand said, No.2:13 Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean by a dead body touch anyof these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, Itshall be unclean.2:14 Then answered Haggai, and said, So is this people, and so is thisnation before me, saith the LORD; and so is every work of their hands;and that which they offer there is unclean.2:15 And now, I pray you, consider from this day and upward, frombefore a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the LORD: 2:16Since those days were, when one came to an heap of twenty measures,there were but ten: when one came to the pressfat for to draw outfifty vessels out of the press, there were but twenty.2:17 I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in allthe labours of your hands; yet ye turned not to me, saith the LORD.2:18 Consider now from this day and upward, from the four andtwentieth day of the ninth month, even from the day that thefoundation of the LORD's temple was laid, consider it.2:19 Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, and the figtree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth:from this day will I bless you.2:20 And again the word of the LORD came unto Haggai in the four andtwentieth day of the month, saying, 2:21 Speak to Zerubbabel, governorof Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth; 2:22 And Iwill overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strengthof the kingdoms of the heathen; and I will overthrow the chariots, andthose that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall comedown, every one by the sword of his brother.2:23 In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, will I take thee, OZerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith the LORD, and willmake thee as a signet: for I have chosen thee, saith the LORD of hosts.Zechariah1:1 In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the wordof the LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo theprophet, saying, 1:2 The LORD hath been sore displeased with yourfathers.1:3 Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turnye unto me, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saiththe LORD of hosts.1:4 Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets havecried, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye now from yourevil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, norhearken unto me, saith the LORD.1:5 Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live forever?  1:6 But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servantsthe prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and theyreturned and said, Like as the LORD of hosts thought to do unto us,according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealtwith us.1:7 Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which isthe month Sebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of theLORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo theprophet, saying, 1:8 I saw by night, and behold a man riding upon ared horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in thebottom; and behind him were there red horses, speckled, and white.1:9 Then said I, O my lord, what are these? And the angel that talkedwith me said unto me, I will shew thee what these be.1:10 And the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered and said,These are they whom the LORD hath sent to walk to and fro through theearth.1:11 And they answered the angel of the LORD that stood among themyrtle trees, and said, We have walked to and fro through the earth,and, behold, all the earth sitteth still, and is at rest.1:12 Then the angel of the LORD answered and said, O LORD of hosts,how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities ofJudah, against which thou hast had indignation these threescore andten years?  1:13 And the LORD answered the angel that talked with mewith good words and comfortable words.1:14 So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou,saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem andfor Zion with a great jealousy.1:15 And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease:for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward theaffliction.1:16 Therefore thus saith the LORD; I am returned to Jerusalem withmercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the LORD of hosts, and aline shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.1:17 Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My cities throughprosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD shall yet comfortZion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.1:18 Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and behold four horns.1:19 And I said unto the angel that talked with me, What be these? Andhe answered me, These are the horns which have scattered Judah,Israel, and Jerusalem.1:20 And the LORD shewed me four carpenters.1:21 Then said I, What come these to do? And he spake, saying, Theseare the horns which have scattered Judah, so that no man did lift uphis head: but these are come to fray them, to cast out the horns ofthe Gentiles, which lifted up their horn over the land of Judah toscatter it.2:1 I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with ameasuring line in his hand.2:2 Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To measureJerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the lengththereof.2:3 And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and anotherangel went out to meet him, 2:4 And said unto him, Run, speak to thisyoung man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without wallsfor the multitude of men and cattle therein: 2:5 For I, saith theLORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be theglory in the midst of her.2:6 Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith theLORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven,saith the LORD.2:7 Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter ofBabylon.2:8 For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent meunto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheththe apple of his eye.2:9 For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be aspoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hathsent me.2:10 Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I willdwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD.2:11 And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, andshall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thoushalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto thee.2:12 And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land,and shall choose Jerusalem again.2:13 Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up outof his holy habitation.3:1 And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angelof the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.3:2 And the LORD said unto Satan, The LORD rebuke thee, O Satan; eventhe LORD that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brandplucked out of the fire?  3:3 Now Joshua was clothed with filthygarments, and stood before the angel.3:4 And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him,saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said,Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I willclothe thee with change of raiment.3:5 And I said, Let them set a fair mitre upon his head. So they set afair mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments. And the angelof the LORD stood by.3:6 And the angel of the LORD protested unto Joshua, saying, 3:7 Thussaith the LORD of hosts; If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thouwilt keep my charge, then thou shalt also judge my house, and shaltalso keep my courts, and I will give thee places to walk among thesethat stand by.3:8 Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sitbefore thee: for they are men wondered at: for, behold, I will bringforth my servant the BRANCH.3:9 For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon onestone shall be seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof,saith the LORD of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that landin one day.3:10 In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall ye call every man hisneighbour under the vine and under the fig tree.4:1 And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as aman that is wakened out of his sleep.4:2 And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, andbehold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, andhis seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which areupon the top thereof: 4:3 And two olive trees by it, one upon theright side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof.4:4 So I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying,What are these, my lord?  4:5 Then the angel that talked with meanswered and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said,No, my lord.4:6 Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word ofthe LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but bymy spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.4:7 Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shaltbecome a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof withshoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it.4:8 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 4:9 The handsof Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shallalso finish it; and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sentme unto you.4:10 For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shallrejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel withthose seven; they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and frothrough the whole earth.4:11 Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olivetrees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left sidethereof?  4:12 And I answered again, and said unto him, What be thesetwo olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the goldenoil out of themselves?  4:13 And he answered me and said, Knowest thounot what these be? And I said, No, my lord.4:14 Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by theLORD of the whole earth.5:1 Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold aflying roll.5:2 And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see aflying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadththereof ten cubits.5:3 Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over theface of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut offas on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall becut off as on that side according to it.5:4 I will bring it forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enterinto the house of the thief, and into the house of him that swearethfalsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, andshall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.5:5 Then the angel that talked with me went forth, and said unto me,Lift up now thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth forth.5:6 And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah that goethforth. He said moreover, This is their resemblance through all theearth.5:7 And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is awoman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah.5:8 And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst ofthe ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.5:9 Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there cameout two women, and the wind was in their wings; for they had wingslike the wings of a stork: and they lifted up the ephah between theearth and the heaven.5:10 Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Whither do thesebear the ephah?  5:11 And he said unto me, To build it an house in theland of Shinar: and it shall be established, and set there upon herown base.6:1 And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold,there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and themountains were mountains of brass.6:2 In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariotblack horses; 6:3 And in the third chariot white horses; and in thefourth chariot grisled and bay horses.6:4 Then I answered and said unto the angel that talked with me, Whatare these, my lord?  6:5 And the angel answered and said unto me,These are the four spirits of the heavens, which go forth fromstanding before the LORD of all the earth.6:6 The black horses which are therein go forth into the northcountry; and the white go forth after them; and the grisled go forthtoward the south country.6:7 And the bay went forth, and sought to go that they might walk toand fro through the earth: and he said, Get you hence, walk to and frothrough the earth. So they walked to and fro through the earth.6:8 Then cried he upon me, and spake unto me, saying, Behold, thesethat go toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the northcountry.6:9 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 6:10 Take of themof the captivity, even of Heldai, of Tobijah, and of Jedaiah, whichare come from Babylon, and come thou the same day, and go into thehouse of Josiah the son of Zephaniah; 6:11 Then take silver and gold,and make crowns, and set them upon the head of Joshua the son ofJosedech, the high priest; 6:12 And speak unto him, saying, Thusspeaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is TheBRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build thetemple of the LORD: 6:13 Even he shall build the temple of the LORD;and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne;and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peaceshall be between them both.6:14 And the crowns shall be to Helem, and to Tobijah, and to Jedaiah,and to Hen the son of Zephaniah, for a memorial in the temple of theLORD.6:15 And they that are far off shall come and build in the temple ofthe LORD, and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me untoyou. And this shall come to pass, if ye will diligently obey the voiceof the LORD your God.7:1 And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that theword of the LORD came unto Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninthmonth, even in Chisleu; 7:2 When they had sent unto the house of GodSherezer and Regemmelech, and their men, to pray before the LORD, 7:3And to speak unto the priests which were in the house of the LORD ofhosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month,separating myself, as I have done these so many years?  7:4 Then camethe word of the LORD of hosts unto me, saying, 7:5 Speak unto all thepeople of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted andmourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, didye at all fast unto me, even to me?  7:6 And when ye did eat, and whenye did drink, did not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?7:7 Should ye not hear the words which the LORD hath cried by theformer prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, andthe cities thereof round about her, when men inhabited the south andthe plain?  7:8 And the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah, saying,7:9 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment,and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother: 7:10 Andoppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor;and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.7:11 But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, andstopped their ears, that they should not hear.7:12 Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they shouldhear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts hath sent in hisspirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from theLORD of hosts.7:13 Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried, and they wouldnot hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the LORD ofhosts: 7:14 But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all thenations whom they knew not. Thus the land was desolate after them,that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasantland desolate.8:1 Again the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying, 8:2 Thussaith the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy,and I was jealous for her with great fury.8:3 Thus saith the LORD; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell inthe midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth;and the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy mountain.8:4 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men and oldwomen dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staffin his hand for very age.8:5 And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girlsplaying in the streets thereof.8:6 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If it be marvellous in the eyes ofthe remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvellousin mine eyes? saith the LORD of hosts.8:7 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will save my people fromthe east country, and from the west country; 8:8 And I will bringthem, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and they shallbe my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness.8:9 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye thathear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, whichwere in the day that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hostswas laid, that the temple might be built.8:10 For before these days there was no hire for man, nor any hire forbeast; neither was there any peace to him that went out or came inbecause of the affliction: for I set all men every one against hisneighbour.8:11 But now I will not be unto the residue of this people as in theformer days, saith the LORD of hosts.8:12 For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit,and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall givetheir dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess allthese things.8:13 And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse among theheathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you,and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong.8:14 For thus saith the LORD of hosts; As I thought to punish you,when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the LORD of hosts, and Irepented not: 8:15 So again have I thought in these days to do wellunto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not.8:16 These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man thetruth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace inyour gates: 8:17 And let none of you imagine evil in your heartsagainst his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these arethings that I hate, saith the LORD.8:18 And the word of the LORD of hosts came unto me, saying, 8:19 Thussaith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast ofthe fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth,shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts;therefore love the truth and peace.8:20 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, thatthere shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities: 8:21 Andthe inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us gospeedily to pray before the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts: Iwill go also.8:22 Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORDof hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD.8:23 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come topass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of thenations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew,saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you.9:1 The burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach, andDamascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of allthe tribes of Israel, shall be toward the LORD.9:2 And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though itbe very wise.9:3 And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver asthe dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.9:4 Behold, the LORD will cast her out, and he will smite her power inthe sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.9:5 Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and bevery sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; andthe king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.9:6 And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the prideof the Philistines.9:7 And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and hisabominations from between his teeth: but he that remaineth, even he,shall be for our God, and he shall be as a governor in Judah, andEkron as a Jebusite.9:8 And I will encamp about mine house because of the army, because ofhim that passeth by, and because of him that returneth: and nooppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen withmine eyes.9:9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter ofJerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and havingsalvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal ofan ass.9:10 And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse fromJerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speakpeace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even tosea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth.9:11 As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forththy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.9:12 Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day doI declare that I will render double unto thee; 9:13 When I have bentJudah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, OZion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of amighty man.9:14 And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall goforth as the lightning: and the LORD God shall blow the trumpet, andshall go with whirlwinds of the south.9:15 The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, andsubdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise asthrough wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, and as the cornersof the altar.9:16 And the LORD their God shall save them in that day as the flockof his people: for they shall be as the stones of a crown, lifted upas an ensign upon his land.9:17 For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! cornshall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.10:1 Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so theLORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to everyone grass in the field.10:2 For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen alie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore theywent their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was noshepherd.10:3 Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished thegoats: for the LORD of hosts hath visited his flock the house ofJudah, and hath made them as his goodly horse in the battle.10:4 Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of himthe battle bow, out of him every oppressor together.10:5 And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemiesin the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight,because the LORD is with them, and the riders on horses shall beconfounded.10:6 And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save thehouse of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I havemercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off:for I am the LORD their God, and will hear them.10:7 And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heartshall rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall see it, andbe glad; their heart shall rejoice in the LORD.10:8 I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them:and they shall increase as they have increased.10:9 And I will sow them among the people: and they shall remember mein far countries; and they shall live with their children, and turnagain.10:10 I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, andgather them out of Assyria; and I will bring them into the land ofGilead and Lebanon; and place shall not be found for them.10:11 And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shallsmite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dryup: and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre ofEgypt shall depart away.10:12 And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk upand down in his name, saith the LORD.11:1 Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.11:2 Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty arespoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage iscome down.11:3 There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their gloryis spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for the pride ofJordan is spoiled.11:4 Thus saith the LORD my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter; 11:5Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and theythat sell them say, Blessed be the LORD; for I am rich: and their ownshepherds pity them not.11:6 For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith theLORD: but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbour'shand, and into the hand of his king: and they shall smite the land,and out of their hand I will not deliver them.11:7 And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of theflock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and theother I called Bands; and I fed the flock.11:8 Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothedthem, and their soul also abhorred me.11:9 Then said I, I will not feed you: that that dieth, let it die;and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the resteat every one the flesh of another.11:10 And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that Imight break my covenant which I had made with all the people.11:11 And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock thatwaited upon me knew that it was the word of the LORD.11:12 And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and ifnot, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.11:13 And the LORD said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodlyprice that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty pieces ofsilver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD.11:14 Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I mightbreak the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.11:15 And the LORD said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments ofa foolish shepherd.11:16 For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall notvisit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, norheal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but heshall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces.11:17 Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shallbe upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean driedup, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.12:1 The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD,which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of theearth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.12:2 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all thepeople round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judahand against Jerusalem.12:3 And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for allpeople: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces,though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.12:4 In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse withastonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyesupon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people withblindness.12:5 And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, Theinhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the LORD of hoststheir God.12:6 In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth offire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and theyshall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on theleft: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even inJerusalem.12:7 The LORD also shall save the tents of Judah first, that the gloryof the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem donot magnify themselves against Judah.12:8 In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem;and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; andthe house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the LORD beforethem.12:9 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek todestroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.12:10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon theinhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications:and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shallmourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be inbitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.12:11 In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as themourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon.12:12 And the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of thehouse of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the houseof Nathan apart, and their wives apart; 12:13 The family of the houseof Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of Shimei apart, andtheir wives apart; 12:14 All the families that remain, every familyapart, and their wives apart.13:1 In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house ofDavid and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.13:2 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts,that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and theyshall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets andthe unclean spirit to pass out of the land.13:3 And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy, thenhis father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thoushalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the LORD: andhis father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through whenhe prophesieth.13:4 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall beashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neithershall they wear a rough garment to deceive: 13:5 But he shall say, Iam no prophet, I am an husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattlefrom my youth.13:6 And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands?Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house ofmy friends.13:7 Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that ismy fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheepshall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.13:8 And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the LORD,two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall beleft therein.13:9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refinethem as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: theyshall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is mypeople: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.14:1 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall bedivided in the midst of thee.14:2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; andthe city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the womenravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and theresidue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.14:3 Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, aswhen he fought in the day of battle.14:4 And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives,which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shallcleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, andthere shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shallremove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.14:5 And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valleyof the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as yefled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah:and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.14:6 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall notbe clear, nor dark: 14:7 But it shall be one day which shall be knownto the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that atevening time it shall be light.14:8 And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out fromJerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them towardthe hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.14:9 And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shallthere be one LORD, and his name one.14:10 All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmonsouth of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in herplace, from Benjamin's gate unto the place of the first gate, unto thecorner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king'swinepresses.14:11 And men shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utterdestruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited.14:12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite allthe people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shallconsume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shallconsume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away intheir mouth.14:13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult fromthe LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on thehand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand ofhis neighbour.14:14 And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of allthe heathen round about shall be gathered together, gold, and silver,and apparel, in great abundance.14:15 And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of thecamel, and of the ass, and of all the beasts that shall be in thesetents, as this plague.14:16 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of allthe nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year toyear to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast oftabernacles.14:17 And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the familiesof the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts,even upon them shall be no rain.14:18 And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have norain; there shall be the plague, wherewith the LORD will smite theheathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.14:19 This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of allnations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.14:20 In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses,HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the LORD's house shall be likethe bowls before the altar.14:21 Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness untothe LORD of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take ofthem, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more theCanaanite in the house of the LORD of hosts.Malachi1:1 The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi.1:2 I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thouloved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD: yet I lovedJacob, 1:3 And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritagewaste for the dragons of the wilderness.1:4 Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return andbuild the desolate places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shallbuild, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border ofwickedness, and, The people against whom the LORD hath indignation forever.1:5 And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The LORD will bemagnified from the border of Israel.1:6 A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I bea father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is myfear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise myname. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?  1:7 Ye offerpolluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we pollutedthee? In that ye say, The table of the LORD is contemptible.1:8 And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if yeoffer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto thygovernor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saiththe LORD of hosts.1:9 And now, I pray you, beseech God that he will be gracious unto us:this hath been by your means: will he regard your persons? saith theLORD of hosts.1:10 Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought?neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasurein you, saith the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering atyour hand.1:11 For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of thesame my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every placeincense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for myname shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts.1:12 But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD ispolluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible.1:13 Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffedat it, saith the LORD of hosts; and ye brought that which was torn,and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should Iaccept this of your hand? saith the LORD.1:14 But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, andvoweth, and sacrificeth unto the LORD a corrupt thing: for I am agreat King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among theheathen.2:1 And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you.2:2 If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to giveglory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curseupon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed themalready, because ye do not lay it to heart.2:3 Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces,even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away withit.2:4 And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, thatmy covenant might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.2:5 My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to himfor the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name.2:6 The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found inhis lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn manyaway from iniquity.2:7 For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seekthe law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.2:8 But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumbleat the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the LORD ofhosts.2:9 Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before allthe people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have beenpartial in the law.2:10 Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why dowe deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning thecovenant of our fathers?  2:11 Judah hath dealt treacherously, and anabomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hathprofaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and hath married thedaughter of a strange god.2:12 The LORD will cut off the man that doeth this, the master and thescholar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that offereth anoffering unto the LORD of hosts.2:13 And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the LORD withtears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardethnot the offering any more, or receiveth it with good will at yourhand.2:14 Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness betweenthee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealttreacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.2:15 And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit.And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore takeheed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wifeof his youth.2:16 For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth puttingaway: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD ofhosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal nottreacherously.2:17 Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Whereinhave we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good inthe sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the Godof judgment?  3:1 Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shallprepare the way before me: and the LORD, whom ye seek, shall suddenlycome to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom yedelight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.3:2 But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand whenhe appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap:3:3 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shallpurify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that theymay offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.3:4 Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant untothe LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years.3:5 And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swiftwitness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and againstfalse swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in hiswages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the strangerfrom his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.3:6 For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob arenot consumed.3:7 Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mineordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will returnunto you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall wereturn?  3:8 Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say,Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.3:9 Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this wholenation.3:10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may bemeat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD ofhosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you outa blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.3:11 And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall notdestroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast herfruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts.3:12 And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be adelightsome land, saith the LORD of hosts.3:13 Your words have been stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet yesay, What have we spoken so much against thee?  3:14 Ye have said, Itis vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept hisordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD ofhosts?  3:15 And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that workwickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.3:16 Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: andthe LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance waswritten before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thoughtupon his name.3:17 And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day whenI make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his ownson that serveth him.3:18 Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and thewicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.4:1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and allthe proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and theday that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that itshall leave them neither root nor branch.4:2 But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousnessarise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up ascalves of the stall.4:3 And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes underthe soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORDof hosts.4:4 Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded untohim in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.4:5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming ofthe great and dreadful day of the LORD: 4:6 And he shall turn theheart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children totheir fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.***The New Testament of the King James BibleThe Gospel According to Saint Matthew1:1 The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, theson of Abraham.1:2 Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judasand his brethren; 1:3 And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; andPhares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram; 1:4 And Aram begat Aminadab;and Aminadab begat Naasson; and Naasson begat Salmon; 1:5 And Salmonbegat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begatJesse; 1:6 And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begatSolomon of her that had been the wife of Urias; 1:7 And Solomon begatRoboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa; 1:8 And Asa begatJosaphat; and Josaphat begat Joram; and Joram begat Ozias; 1:9 AndOzias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz begat Ezekias;1:10 And Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amonbegat Josias; 1:11 And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, aboutthe time they were carried away to Babylon: 1:12 And after they werebrought to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel; and Salathiel begatZorobabel; 1:13 And Zorobabel begat Abiud; and Abiud begat Eliakim;and Eliakim begat Azor; 1:14 And Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begatAchim; and Achim begat Eliud; 1:15 And Eliud begat Eleazar; andEleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob; 1:16 And Jacob begatJoseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is calledChrist.1:17 So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteengenerations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon arefourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon untoChrist are fourteen generations.1:18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as hismother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she wasfound with child of the Holy Ghost.1:19 Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing tomake her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily.1:20 But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of theLORD appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David,fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceivedin her is of the Holy Ghost.1:21 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his nameJESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.1:22 Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which wasspoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, 1:23 Behold, a virgin shallbe with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call hisname Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.1:24 Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lordhad bidden him, and took unto him his wife: 1:25 And knew her not tillshe had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS.2:1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days ofHerod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east toJerusalem, 2:2 Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? forwe have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.2:3 When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, andall Jerusalem with him.2:4 And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of thepeople together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.2:5 And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it iswritten by the prophet, 2:6 And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda,art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shallcome a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.2:7 Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired ofthem diligently what time the star appeared.2:8 And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligentlyfor the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again,that I may come and worship him also.2:9 When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star,which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stoodover where the young child was.2:10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.2:11 And when they were come into the house, they saw the young childwith Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when theyhad opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, andfrankincense and myrrh.2:12 And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return toHerod, they departed into their own country another way.2:13 And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lordappeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the youngchild and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until Ibring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.2:14 When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night,and departed into Egypt: 2:15 And was there until the death of Herod:that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by theprophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.2:16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, wasexceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that werein Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old andunder, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of thewise men.2:17 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet,saying, 2:18 In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, andweeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, andwould not be comforted, because they are not.2:19 But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appearethin a dream to Joseph in Egypt, 2:20 Saying, Arise, and take the youngchild and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they aredead which sought the young child's life.2:21 And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and cameinto the land of Israel.2:22 But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the roomof his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding,being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts ofGalilee: 2:23 And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that itmight be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall becalled a Nazarene.3:1 In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wildernessof Judaea, 3:2 And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is athand.3:3 For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying,The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of theLord, make his paths straight.3:4 And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leatherngirdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.3:5 Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the regionround about Jordan, 3:6 And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessingtheir sins.3:7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to hisbaptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warnedyou to flee from the wrath to come?  3:8 Bring forth therefore fruitsmeet for repentance: 3:9 And think not to say within yourselves, Wehave Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able ofthese stones to raise up children unto Abraham.3:10 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees:therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down,and cast into the fire.3:11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance. but he thatcometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy tobear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire: 3:12Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, andgather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff withunquenchable fire.3:13 Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to bebaptized of him.3:14 But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee,and comest thou to me?  3:15 And Jesus answering said unto him, Sufferit to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness.Then he suffered him.3:16 And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of thewater: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw theSpirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: 3:17 Andlo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I amwell pleased.4:1 Then was Jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderness to betempted of the devil.4:2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he wasafterward an hungred.4:3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son ofGod, command that these stones be made bread.4:4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live bybread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth ofGod.4:5 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth himon a pinnacle of the temple, 4:6 And saith unto him, If thou be theSon of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give hisangels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear theeup, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.4:7 Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt theLord thy God.4:8 Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain,and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;4:9 And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thouwilt fall down and worship me.4:10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it iswritten, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thouserve.4:11 Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came andministered unto him.4:12 Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, hedeparted into Galilee; 4:13 And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt inCapernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon andNephthalim: 4:14 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaiasthe prophet, saying, 4:15 The land of Zabulon, and the land ofNephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of theGentiles; 4:16 The people which sat in darkness saw great light; andto them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprungup.4:17 From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for thekingdom of heaven is at hand.4:18 And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simoncalled Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: forthey were fishers.4:19 And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers ofmen.4:20 And they straightway left their nets, and followed him.4:21 And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James theson of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee theirfather, mending their nets; and he called them.4:22 And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followedhim.4:23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues,and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner ofsickness and all manner of disease among the people.4:24 And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto himall sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, andthose which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick,and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.4:25 And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee,and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and frombeyond Jordan.5:1 And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when hewas set, his disciples came unto him: 5:2 And he opened his mouth, andtaught them, saying, 5:3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs isthe kingdom of heaven.5:4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.5:5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.5:6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness:for they shall be filled.5:7 Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.5:8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.5:9 Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the childrenof God.5:10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake:for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.5:11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, andshall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.5:12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward inheaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.5:13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost hissavour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good fornothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.5:14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hillcannot be hid.5:15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but ona candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your goodworks, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.5:17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: Iam not come to destroy, but to fulfil.5:18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot orone tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.5:19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments,and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom ofheaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall becalled great in the kingdom of heaven.5:20 For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceedthe righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no caseenter into the kingdom of heaven.5:21 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shaltnot kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:5:22 But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brotherwithout a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoevershall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: butwhosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.5:23 Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and thererememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; 5:24 Leave therethy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thybrother, and then come and offer thy gift.5:25 Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the waywith him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge,and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast intoprison.5:26 Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence,till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.5:27 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shaltnot commit adultery: 5:28 But I say unto you, That whosoever lookethon a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her alreadyin his heart.5:29 And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it fromthee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members shouldperish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.5:30 And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it fromthee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members shouldperish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.5:31 It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let himgive her a writing of divorcement: 5:32 But I say unto you, Thatwhosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause offornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marryher that is divorced committeth adultery.5:33 Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time,Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thineoaths: 5:34 But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven;for it is God's throne: 5:35 Nor by the earth; for it is hisfootstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.5:36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not makeone hair white or black.5:37 But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoeveris more than these cometh of evil.5:38 Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and atooth for a tooth: 5:39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil:but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him theother also.5:40 And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat,let him have thy cloak also.5:41 And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.5:42 Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow ofthee turn not thou away.5:43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thyneighbour, and hate thine enemy.5:44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you,do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefullyuse you, and persecute you; 5:45 That ye may be the children of yourFather which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the eviland on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.5:46 For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do noteven the publicans the same?  5:47 And if ye salute your brethrenonly, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?  5:48Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven isperfect.6:1 Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them:otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.6:2 Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpetbefore thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in thestreets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, Theyhave their reward.6:3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thyright hand doeth: 6:4 That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Fatherwhich seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.6:5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are:for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners ofthe streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, Theyhave their reward.6:6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thouhast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thyFather which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.6:7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: forthey think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.6:8 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth whatthings ye have need of, before ye ask him.6:9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art inheaven, Hallowed be thy name.6:10 Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.6:11 Give us this day our daily bread.6:12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.6:13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: Forthine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.6:14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father willalso forgive you: 6:15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses,neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.6:16 Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sadcountenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear untomen to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.6:17 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thyface; 6:18 That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Fatherwhich is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shallreward thee openly.6:19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth andrust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: 6:20 Butlay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rustdoth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: 6:21For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.6:22 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye besingle, thy whole body shall be full of light.6:23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full ofdarkness.If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is thatdarkness!  6:24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hatethe one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, anddespise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.6:25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what yeshall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what yeshall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body thanraiment?  6:26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neitherdo they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeththem. Are ye not much better than they?  6:27 Which of you by takingthought can add one cubit unto his stature?  6:28 And why take yethought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow;they toil not, neither do they spin: 6:29 And yet I say unto you, Thateven Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.6:30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to dayis, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clotheyou, O ye of little faith?  6:31 Therefore take no thought, saying,What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall webe clothed?  6:32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:)for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all thesethings.6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; andall these things shall be added unto you.6:34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shalltake thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is theevil thereof.7:1 Judge not, that ye be not judged.7:2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with whatmeasure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.7:3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, butconsiderest not the beam that is in thine own eye?  7:4 Or how wiltthou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye;and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?  7:5 Thou hypocrite, firstcast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou seeclearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.7:6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye yourpearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turnagain and rend you.7:7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock,and it shall be opened unto you: 7:8 For every one that askethreceiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh itshall be opened.7:9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will hegive him a stone?  7:10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him aserpent?  7:11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good giftsunto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heavengive good things to them that ask him?  7:12 Therefore all thingswhatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them:for this is the law and the prophets.7:13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broadis the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go inthereat: 7:14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, whichleadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.7:15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing,but inwardly they are ravening wolves.7:16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes ofthorns, or figs of thistles?  7:17 Even so every good tree bringethforth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.7:18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupttree bring forth good fruit.7:19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, andcast into the fire.7:20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter intothe kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father whichis in heaven.7:22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we notprophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and inthy name done many wonderful works?  7:23 And then will I profess untothem, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.7:24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeththem, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon arock: 7:25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the windsblew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was foundedupon a rock.7:26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth themnot, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house uponthe sand: 7:27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and thewinds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was thefall of it.7:28 And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, thepeople were astonished at his doctrine: 7:29 For he taught them as onehaving authority, and not as the scribes.8:1 When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followedhim.8:2 And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord,if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.8:3 And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; bethou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.8:4 And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way,shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded,for a testimony unto them.8:5 And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him acenturion, beseeching him, 8:6 And saying, Lord, my servant lieth athome sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.8:7 And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him.8:8 The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thoushouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servantshall be healed.8:9 For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and Isay to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and hecometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.8:10 When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them thatfollowed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no,not in Israel.8:11 And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west,and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdomof heaven.8:12 But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outerdarkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.8:13 And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hastbelieved, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in theselfsame hour.8:14 And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife'smother laid, and sick of a fever.8:15 And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose,and ministered unto them.8:16 When the even was come, they brought unto him many that werepossessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, andhealed all that were sick: 8:17 That it might be fulfilled which wasspoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities,and bare our sicknesses.8:18 Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gavecommandment to depart unto the other side.8:19 And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I willfollow thee whithersoever thou goest.8:20 And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds ofthe air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.8:21 And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me firstto go and bury my father.8:22 But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury theirdead.8:23 And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him.8:24 And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuchthat the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.8:25 And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, saveus: we perish.8:26 And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith?Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was agreat calm.8:27 But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, thateven the winds and the sea obey him!  8:28 And when he was come to theother side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him twopossessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, sothat no man might pass by that way.8:29 And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do withthee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment usbefore the time?  8:30 And there was a good way off from them an herdof many swine feeding.8:31 So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, sufferus to go away into the herd of swine.8:32 And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they wentinto the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ranviolently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.8:33 And they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the city,and told every thing, and what was befallen to the possessed of thedevils.8:34 And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when theysaw him, they besought him that he would depart out of their coasts.9:1 And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his owncity.9:2 And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying ona bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy;Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.9:3 And, behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, Thisman blasphemeth.9:4 And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil inyour hearts?  9:5 For whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiventhee; or to say, Arise, and walk?  9:6 But that ye may know that theSon of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to thesick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house.9:7 And he arose, and departed to his house.9:8 But when the multitudes saw it, they marvelled, and glorified God,which had given such power unto men.9:9 And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, namedMatthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him,Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.9:10 And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold,many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and hisdisciples.9:11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Whyeateth your Master with publicans and sinners?  9:12 But when Jesusheard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not aphysician, but they that are sick.9:13 But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and notsacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners torepentance.9:14 Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and thePharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?  9:15 And Jesus saidunto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as thebridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroomshall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.9:16 No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for thatwhich is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent ismade worse.9:17 Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottlesbreak, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they putnew wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.9:18 While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came acertain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even nowdead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.9:19 And Jesus arose, and followed him, and so did his disciples.9:20 And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of bloodtwelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment:9:21 For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, Ishall be whole.9:22 But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said,Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And thewoman was made whole from that hour.9:23 And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the minstrelsand the people making a noise, 9:24 He said unto them, Give place: forthe maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.9:25 But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her bythe hand, and the maid arose.9:26 And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land.9:27 And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him,crying, and saying, Thou son of David, have mercy on us.9:28 And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him:and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? Theysaid unto him, Yea, Lord.9:29 Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be itunto you.9:30 And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them,saying, See that no man know it.9:31 But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in allthat country.9:32 As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb manpossessed with a devil.9:33 And when the devil was cast out, the dumb spake: and themultitudes marvelled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel.9:34 But the Pharisees said, He casteth out devils through the princeof the devils.9:35 And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching intheir synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healingevery sickness and every disease among the people.9:36 But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion onthem, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep havingno shepherd.9:37 Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous,but the labourers are few; 9:38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of theharvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.10:1 And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gavethem power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal allmanner of sickness and all manner of disease.10:2 Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon,who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee,and John his brother; 10:3 Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, andMatthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whosesurname was Thaddaeus; 10:4 Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot,who also betrayed him.10:5 These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go notinto the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritansenter ye not: 10:6 But go rather to the lost sheep of the house ofIsrael.10:7 And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.10:8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast outdevils: freely ye have received, freely give.10:9 Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses, 10:10Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yetstaves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.10:11 And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, enquire who init is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence.10:12 And when ye come into an house, salute it.10:13 And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but ifit be not worthy, let your peace return to you.10:14 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, whenye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.10:15 Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the landof Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.10:16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be yetherefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.10:17 But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils,and they will scourge you in their synagogues; 10:18 And ye shall bebrought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimonyagainst them and the Gentiles.10:19 But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what yeshall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shallspeak.10:20 For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father whichspeaketh in you.10:21 And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and thefather the child: and the children shall rise up against theirparents, and cause them to be put to death.10:22 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he thatendureth to the end shall be saved.10:23 But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another:for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities ofIsrael, till the Son of man be come.10:24 The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above hislord.10:25 It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and theservant as his lord. If they have called the master of the houseBeelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?  10:26Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall notbe revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.10:27 What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what yehear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.10:28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to killthe soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul andbody in hell.10:29 Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shallnot fall on the ground without your Father.10:30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.10:31 Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.10:32 Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will Iconfess also before my Father which is in heaven.10:33 But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also denybefore my Father which is in heaven.10:34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not tosend peace, but a sword.10:35 For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, andthe daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against hermother in law.10:36 And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.10:37 He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy ofme: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy ofme.10:38 And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is notworthy of me.10:39 He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth hislife for my sake shall find it.10:40 He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth mereceiveth him that sent me.10:41 He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shallreceive a prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man inthe name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward.10:42 And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little onesa cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say untoyou, he shall in no wise lose his reward.11:1 And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding histwelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in theircities.11:2 Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, hesent two of his disciples, 11:3 And said unto him, Art thou he thatshould come, or do we look for another?  11:4 Jesus answered and saidunto them, Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear andsee: 11:5 The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepersare cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poorhave the gospel preached to them.11:6 And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.11:7 And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudesconcerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reedshaken with the wind?  11:8 But what went ye out for to see? A manclothed in soft raiment?  behold, they that wear soft clothing are inkings' houses.11:9 But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you,and more than a prophet.11:10 For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send mymessenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.11:11 Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women therehath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding hethat is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.11:12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom ofheaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.11:13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.11:14 And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come.11:15 He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.11:16 But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like untochildren sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows, 11:17And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we havemourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.11:18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hatha devil.11:19 The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold aman gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners.But wisdom is justified of her children.11:20 Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mightyworks were done, because they repented not: 11:21 Woe unto thee,Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, whichwere done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would haverepented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.11:22 But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre andSidon at the day of judgment, than for you.11:23 And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt bebrought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done inthee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.11:24 But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the landof Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.11:25 At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father,Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from thewise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.11:26 Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.11:27 All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no manknoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father,save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.11:28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I willgive you rest.11:29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowlyin heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.11:30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.12:1 At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; andhis disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn andto eat.12:2 But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thydisciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day.12:3 But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when hewas an hungred, and they that were with him; 12:4 How he entered intothe house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful forhim to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for thepriests?  12:5 Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbathdays the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?12:6 But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than thetemple.12:7 But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and notsacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.12:8 For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.12:9 And when he was departed thence, he went into their synagogue:12:10 And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. Andthey asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? thatthey might accuse him.12:11 And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, thatshall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day,will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out?  12:12 How much then is aman better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on thesabbath days.12:13 Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And hestretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other.12:14 Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, howthey might destroy him.12:15 But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: andgreat multitudes followed him, and he healed them all; 12:16 Andcharged them that they should not make him known: 12:17 That it mightbe fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, 12:18Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul iswell pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shewjudgment to the Gentiles.12:19 He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear hisvoice in the streets.12:20 A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he notquench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.12:21 And in his name shall the Gentiles trust.12:22 Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, anddumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spakeand saw.12:23 And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son ofDavid?  12:24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellowdoth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.12:25 And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdomdivided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city orhouse divided against itself shall not stand: 12:26 And if Satan castout Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdomstand?  12:27 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do yourchildren cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges.12:28 But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdomof God is come unto you.12:29 Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house, and spoilhis goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoilhis house.12:30 He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth notwith me scattereth abroad.12:31 Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shallbe forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shallnot be forgiven unto men.12:32 And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shallbe forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, itshall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the worldto come.12:33 Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make thetree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by hisfruit.12:34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak goodthings?  for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.12:35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forthgood things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forthevil things.12:36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak,they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.12:37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thoushalt be condemned.12:38 Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered,saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee.12:39 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterousgeneration seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given toit, but the sign of the prophet Jonas: 12:40 For as Jonas was threedays and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man bethree days and three nights in the heart of the earth.12:41 The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation,and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas;and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.12:42 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with thisgeneration, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermostparts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, agreater than Solomon is here.12:43 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh throughdry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.12:44 Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I cameout; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.12:45 Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits morewicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the laststate of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be alsounto this wicked generation.12:46 While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and hisbrethren stood without, desiring to speak with him.12:47 Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethrenstand without, desiring to speak with thee.12:48 But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is mymother?  and who are my brethren?  12:49 And he stretched forth hishand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!12:50 For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven,the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.13:1 The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the seaside.13:2 And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that hewent into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.13:3 And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, asower went forth to sow; 13:4 And when he sowed, some seeds fell bythe way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up: 13:5 Some fellupon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith theysprung up, because they had no deepness of earth: 13:6 And when thesun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, theywithered away.13:7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and chokedthem: 13:8 But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit,some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.13:9 Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.13:10 And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thouunto them in parables?  13:11 He answered and said unto them, Becauseit is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven,but to them it is not given.13:12 For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall havemore abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken awayeven that he hath.13:13 Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing seenot; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.13:14 And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, Byhearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shallsee, and shall not perceive: 13:15 For this people's heart is waxedgross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they haveclosed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear withtheir ears, and should understand with their heart, and should beconverted, and I should heal them.13:16 But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for theyhear.13:17 For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous menhave desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them;and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.13:18 Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.13:19 When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandethit not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which wassown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.13:20 But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is hethat heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it; 13:21 Yet hathhe not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulationor persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.13:22 He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareththe word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches,choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.13:23 But he that received seed into the good ground is he thatheareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, andbringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.13:24 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom ofheaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: 13:25But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat,and went his way.13:26 But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, thenappeared the tares also.13:27 So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir,didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath ittares?  13:28 He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servantssaid unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?  13:29But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up alsothe wheat with them.13:30 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time ofharvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares,and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into mybarn.13:31 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom ofheaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowedin his field: 13:32 Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but whenit is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, sothat the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.13:33 Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven islike unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures ofmeal, till the whole was leavened.13:34 All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; andwithout a parable spake he not unto them: 13:35 That it might befulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open mymouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secretfrom the foundation of the world.13:36 Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: andhis disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable ofthe tares of the field.13:37 He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed isthe Son of man; 13:38 The field is the world; the good seed are thechildren of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wickedone; 13:39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is theend of the world; and the reapers are the angels.13:40 As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; soshall it be in the end of this world.13:41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shallgather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which doiniquity; 13:42 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: thereshall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.13:43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdomof their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.13:44 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in afield; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereofgoeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.13:45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man,seeking goodly pearls: 13:46 Who, when he had found one pearl of greatprice, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.13:47 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was castinto the sea, and gathered of every kind: 13:48 Which, when it wasfull, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good intovessels, but cast the bad away.13:49 So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall comeforth, and sever the wicked from among the just, 13:50 And shall castthem into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing ofteeth.13:51 Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? Theysay unto him, Yea, Lord.13:52 Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which isinstructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is anhouseholder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new andold.13:53 And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished theseparables, he departed thence.13:54 And when he was come into his own country, he taught them intheir synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whencehath this man this wisdom, and these mighty works?  13:55 Is not thisthe carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren,James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?  13:56 And his sisters, arethey not all with us? Whence then hath this man all these things?13:57 And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, Aprophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his ownhouse.13:58 And he did not many mighty works there because of theirunbelief.14:1 At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus, 14:2And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen fromthe dead; and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.14:3 For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him inprison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife.14:4 For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.14:5 And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude,because they counted him as a prophet.14:6 But when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodiasdanced before them, and pleased Herod.14:7 Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever shewould ask.14:8 And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give mehere John Baptist's head in a charger.14:9 And the king was sorry: nevertheless for the oath's sake, andthem which sat with him at meat, he commanded it to be given her.14:10 And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.14:11 And his head was brought in a charger, and given to the damsel:and she brought it to her mother.14:12 And his disciples came, and took up the body, and buried it, andwent and told Jesus.14:13 When Jesus heard of it, he departed thence by ship into a desertplace apart: and when the people had heard thereof, they followed himon foot out of the cities.14:14 And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was movedwith compassion toward them, and he healed their sick.14:15 And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, Thisis a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away,that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals.14:16 But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them toeat.14:17 And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and twofishes.14:18 He said, Bring them hither to me.14:19 And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, andtook the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, heblessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and thedisciples to the multitude.14:20 And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of thefragments that remained twelve baskets full.14:21 And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, besidewomen and children.14:22 And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into aship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent themultitudes away.14:23 And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into amountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was therealone.14:24 But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves:for the wind was contrary.14:25 And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them,walking on the sea.14:26 And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they weretroubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear.14:27 But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer;it is I; be not afraid.14:28 And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid mecome unto thee on the water.14:29 And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship,he walked on the water, to go to Jesus.14:30 But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; andbeginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.14:31 And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him,and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?14:32 And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased.14:33 Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying,Of a truth thou art the Son of God.14:34 And when they were gone over, they came into the land ofGennesaret.14:35 And when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sentout into all that country round about, and brought unto him all thatwere diseased; 14:36 And besought him that they might only touch thehem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.15:1 Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were ofJerusalem, saying, 15:2 Why do thy disciples transgress the traditionof the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.15:3 But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress thecommandment of God by your tradition?  15:4 For God commanded, saying,Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother,let him die the death.15:5 But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, Itis a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; 15:6 Andhonour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have yemade the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.15:7 Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, 15:8 Thispeople draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me withtheir lips; but their heart is far from me.15:9 But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines thecommandments of men.15:10 And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, andunderstand: 15:11 Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man;but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.15:12 Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou thatthe Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?  15:13 Buthe answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath notplanted, shall be rooted up.15:14 Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if theblind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.15:15 Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us thisparable.15:16 And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?  15:17 Donot ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goethinto the belly, and is cast out into the draught?  15:18 But thosethings which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; andthey defile the man.15:19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries,fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: 15:20 These are thethings which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth nota man.15:21 Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre andSidon.15:22 And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, andcried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David;my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.15:23 But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came andbesought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.15:24 But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheepof the house of Israel.15:25 Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.15:26 But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children'sbread, and to cast it to dogs.15:27 And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs whichfall from their masters' table.15:28 Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thyfaith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was madewhole from that very hour.15:29 And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea ofGalilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there.15:30 And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those thatwere lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down atJesus' feet; and he healed them: 15:31 Insomuch that the multitudewondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, thelame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God ofIsrael.15:32 Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I havecompassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now threedays, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting,lest they faint in the way.15:33 And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so muchbread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?  15:34 AndJesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven,and a few little fishes.15:35 And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.15:36 And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks,and brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to themultitude.15:37 And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of thebroken meat that was left seven baskets full.15:38 And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women andchildren.15:39 And he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into thecoasts of Magdala.16:1 The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desiredhim that he would shew them a sign from heaven.16:2 He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, Itwill be fair weather: for the sky is red.16:3 And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the skyis red and lowering. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of thesky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?  16:4 A wicked andadulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign begiven unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them,and departed.16:5 And when his disciples were come to the other side, they hadforgotten to take bread.16:6 Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven ofthe Pharisees and of the Sadducees.16:7 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we havetaken no bread.16:8 Which when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of littlefaith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought nobread?  16:9 Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the fiveloaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?  16:10Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets yetook up?  16:11 How is it that ye do not understand that I spake itnot to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven ofthe Pharisees and of the Sadducees?  16:12 Then understood they howthat he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of thedoctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.16:13 When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he askedhis disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?16:14 And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some,Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.16:15 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?  16:16 And SimonPeter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the livingGod.16:17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, SimonBarjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but myFather which is in heaven.16:18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon thisrock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevailagainst it.16:19 And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: andwhatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: andwhatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.16:20 Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man thathe was Jesus the Christ.16:21 From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, howthat he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the eldersand chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again thethird day.16:22 Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it farfrom thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee.16:23 But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan:thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that beof God, but those that be of men.16:24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come afterme, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.16:25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoeverwill lose his life for my sake shall find it.16:26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world,and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for hissoul?  16:27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Fatherwith his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to hisworks.16:28 Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shallnot taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in hiskingdom.17:1 And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John hisbrother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart, 17:2 Andwas transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, andhis raiment was white as the light.17:3 And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talkingwith him.17:4 Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for usto be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one forthee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.17:5 While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: andbehold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son,in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.17:6 And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, andwere sore afraid.17:7 And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be notafraid.17:8 And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, saveJesus only.17:9 And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them,saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen againfrom the dead.17:10 And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribesthat Elias must first come?  17:11 And Jesus answered and said untothem, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things.17:12 But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knewhim not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shallalso the Son of man suffer of them.17:13 Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them of Johnthe Baptist.17:14 And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him acertain man, kneeling down to him, and saying, 17:15 Lord, have mercyon my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he fallethinto the fire, and oft into the water.17:16 And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him.17:17 Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perversegeneration, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you?bring him hither to me.17:18 And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and thechild was cured from that very hour.17:19 Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could notwe cast him out?  17:20 And Jesus said unto them, Because of yourunbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain ofmustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonderplace; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.17:21 Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.17:22 And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them, The Sonof man shall be betrayed into the hands of men: 17:23 And they shallkill him, and the third day he shall be raised again.And they were exceeding sorry.17:24 And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tributemoney came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay tribute?17:25 He saith, Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesusprevented him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the kingsof the earth take custom or tribute? of their own children, or ofstrangers?  17:26 Peter saith unto him, Of strangers. Jesus saith untohim, Then are the children free.17:27 Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea,and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and whenthou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: thattake, and give unto them for me and thee.18:1 At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who isthe greatest in the kingdom of heaven?  18:2 And Jesus called a littlechild unto him, and set him in the midst of them, 18:3 And said,Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as littlechildren, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.18:4 Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child,the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.18:5 And whoso shall receive one such little child in my namereceiveth me.18:6 But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe inme, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about hisneck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.18:7 Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be thatoffences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!  18:8Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and castthem from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt ormaimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast intoeverlasting fire.18:9 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it fromthee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, ratherthan having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.18:10 Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for Isay unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face ofmy Father which is in heaven.18:11 For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.18:12 How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them begone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into themountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?  18:13 And if so bethat he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more of thatsheep, than of the ninety and nine which went not astray.18:14 Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven,that one of these little ones should perish.18:15 Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tellhim his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thouhast gained thy brother.18:16 But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or twomore, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may beestablished.18:17 And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church:but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as anheathen man and a publican.18:18 Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shallbe bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall beloosed in heaven.18:19 Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth astouching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them ofmy Father which is in heaven.18:20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, theream I in the midst of them.18:21 Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brothersin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?  18:22 Jesussaith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Untilseventy times seven.18:23 Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king,which would take account of his servants.18:24 And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, whichowed him ten thousand talents.18:25 But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to besold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment tobe made.18:26 The servant therefore fell down, and worshipped him, saying,Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.18:27 Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, andloosed him, and forgave him the debt.18:28 But the same servant went out, and found one of hisfellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands onhim, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest.18:29 And his fellowservant fell down at his feet, and besought him,saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.18:30 And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till heshould pay the debt.18:31 So when his fellowservants saw what was done, they were verysorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done.18:32 Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, Othou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thoudesiredst me: 18:33 Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thyfellowservant, even as I had pity on thee?  18:34 And his lord waswroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay allthat was due unto him.18:35 So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if yefrom your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.19:1 And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings,he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judaea beyondJordan; 19:2 And great multitudes followed him; and he healed themthere.19:3 The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying untohim, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?19:4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that hewhich made them at the beginning made them male and female, 19:5 Andsaid, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shallcleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?  19:6 Whereforethey are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joinedtogether, let not man put asunder.19:7 They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writingof divorcement, and to put her away?  19:8 He saith unto them, Mosesbecause of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away yourwives: but from the beginning it was not so.19:9 And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except itbe for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: andwhoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.19:10 His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so withhis wife, it is not good to marry.19:11 But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, savethey to whom it is given.19:12 For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from theirmother's womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs ofmen: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for thekingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let himreceive it.19:13 Then were there brought unto him little children, that he shouldput his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them.19:14 But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, tocome unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.19:15 And he laid his hands on them, and departed thence.19:16 And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what goodthing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?  19:17 And he saidunto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, thatis, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.19:18 He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder,Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt notbear false witness, 19:19 Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thoushalt love thy neighbour as thyself.19:20 The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept frommy youth up: what lack I yet?  19:21 Jesus said unto him, If thou wiltbe perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thoushalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.19:22 But when the young man heard that saying, he went awaysorrowful: for he had great possessions.19:23 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, Thata rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.19:24 And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go throughthe eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom ofGod.19:25 When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed,saying, Who then can be saved?  19:26 But Jesus beheld them, and saidunto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things arepossible.19:27 Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsakenall, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore?  19:28 And Jesussaid unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me,in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of hisglory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelvetribes of Israel.19:29 And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, orsisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for myname's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inheriteverlasting life.19:30 But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall befirst.20:1 For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is anhouseholder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourersinto his vineyard.20:2 And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, hesent them into his vineyard.20:3 And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standingidle in the marketplace, 20:4 And said unto them; Go ye also into thevineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went theirway.20:5 Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and didlikewise.20:6 And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found othersstanding idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the dayidle?  20:7 They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saithunto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, thatshall ye receive.20:8 So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto hissteward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning fromthe last unto the first.20:9 And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, theyreceived every man a penny.20:10 But when the first came, they supposed that they should havereceived more; and they likewise received every man a penny.20:11 And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodmanof the house, 20:12 Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, andthou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden andheat of the day.20:13 But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee nowrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny?  20:14 Take thatthine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as untothee.20:15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Isthine eye evil, because I am good?  20:16 So the last shall be first,and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.20:17 And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apartin the way, and said unto them, 20:18 Behold, we go up to Jerusalem;and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and untothe scribes, and they shall condemn him to death, 20:19 And shalldeliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucifyhim: and the third day he shall rise again.20:20 Then came to him the mother of Zebedees children with her sons,worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him.20:21 And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grantthat these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and theother on the left, in thy kingdom.20:22 But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are yeable to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptizedwith the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We areable.20:23 And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and bebaptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on myright hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be givento them for whom it is prepared of my Father.20:24 And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignationagainst the two brethren.20:25 But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that theprinces of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that aregreat exercise authority upon them.20:26 But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be greatamong you, let him be your minister; 20:27 And whosoever will be chiefamong you, let him be your servant: 20:28 Even as the Son of man camenot to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life aransom for many.20:29 And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followedhim.20:30 And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when theyheard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, OLord, thou son of David.20:31 And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold theirpeace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thouson of David.20:32 And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What will yethat I shall do unto you?  20:33 They say unto him, Lord, that oureyes may be opened.20:34 So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: andimmediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.21:1 And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come toBethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples,21:2 Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, andstraightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loosethem, and bring them unto me.21:3 And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hathneed of them; and straightway he will send them.21:4 All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken bythe prophet, saying, 21:5 Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thyKing cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt thefoal of an ass.21:6 And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them, 21:7 Andbrought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and theyset him thereon.21:8 And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way;others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way.21:9 And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried,saying, Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in thename of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.21:10 And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved,saying, Who is this?  21:11 And the multitude said, This is Jesus theprophet of Nazareth of Galilee.21:12 And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all themthat sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of themoneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, 21:13 And saidunto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house ofprayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.21:14 And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and hehealed them.21:15 And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful thingsthat he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying,Hosanna to the son of David; they were sore displeased, 21:16 And saidunto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea;have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hastperfected praise?  21:17 And he left them, and went out of the cityinto Bethany; and he lodged there.21:18 Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered.21:19 And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and foundnothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit growon thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree witheredaway.21:20 And when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How soonis the fig tree withered away!  21:21 Jesus answered and said untothem, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shallnot only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shallsay unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into thesea; it shall be done.21:22 And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, yeshall receive.21:23 And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and theelders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, Bywhat authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee thisauthority?  21:24 And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also willask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell youby what authority I do these things.21:25 The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? Andthey reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven;he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him?  21:26 But if weshall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet.21:27 And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he saidunto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.21:28 But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came tothe first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard.21:29 He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, andwent.21:30 And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answeredand said, I go, sir: and went not.21:31 Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say untohim, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That thepublicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.21:32 For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and yebelieved him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: andye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believehim.21:33 Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, whichplanted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepressin it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went intoa far country: 21:34 And when the time of the fruit drew near, he senthis servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits ofit.21:35 And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killedanother, and stoned another.21:36 Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they didunto them likewise.21:37 But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They willreverence my son.21:38 But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves,This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on hisinheritance.21:39 And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slewhim.21:40 When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he dounto those husbandmen?  21:41 They say unto him, He will miserablydestroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto otherhusbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons.21:42 Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, Thestone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of thecorner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?21:43 Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken fromyou, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.21:44 And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but onwhomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.21:45 And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables,they perceived that he spake of them.21:46 But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared themultitude, because they took him for a prophet.22:1 And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, andsaid, 22:2 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, whichmade a marriage for his son, 22:3 And sent forth his servants to callthem that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.22:4 Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which arebidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings arekilled, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.22:5 But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm,another to his merchandise: 22:6 And the remnant took his servants,and entreated them spitefully, and slew them.22:7 But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forthhis armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.22:8 Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but theywhich were bidden were not worthy.22:9 Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find,bid to the marriage.22:10 So those servants went out into the highways, and gatheredtogether all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the weddingwas furnished with guests.22:11 And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a manwhich had not on a wedding garment: 22:12 And he saith unto him,Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And hewas speechless.22:13 Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, andtake him away, and cast him into outer darkness, there shall beweeping and gnashing of teeth.22:14 For many are called, but few are chosen.22:15 Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they mightentangle him in his talk.22:16 And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians,saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way ofGod in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest notthe person of men.22:17 Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to givetribute unto Caesar, or not?  22:18 But Jesus perceived theirwickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?  22:19 Shew methe tribute money. And they brought unto him a penny.22:20 And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription?22:21 They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith he unto them, Rendertherefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God thethings that are God's.22:22 When they had heard these words, they marvelled, and left him,and went their way.22:23 The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there isno resurrection, and asked him, 22:24 Saying, Master, Moses said, If aman die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, andraise up seed unto his brother.22:25 Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when hehad married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife untohis brother: 22:26 Likewise the second also, and the third, unto theseventh.22:27 And last of all the woman died also.22:28 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of theseven?  for they all had her.22:29 Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing thescriptures, nor the power of God.22:30 For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given inmarriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.22:31 But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not readthat which was spoken unto you by God, saying, 22:32 I am the God ofAbraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?  God is not theGod of the dead, but of the living.22:33 And when the multitude heard this, they were astonished at hisdoctrine.22:34 But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadduceesto silence, they were gathered together.22:35 Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question,tempting him, and saying, 22:36 Master, which is the great commandmentin the law?  22:37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thyGod with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.22:38 This is the first and great commandment.22:39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour asthyself.22:40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.22:41 While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,22:42 Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say untohim, The son of David.22:43 He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord,saying, 22:44 The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,till I make thine enemies thy footstool?  22:45 If David then call himLord, how is he his son?  22:46 And no man was able to answer him aword, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any morequestions.23:1 Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, 23:2Saying The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat: 23:3 Alltherefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but donot ye after their works: for they say, and do not.23:4 For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and laythem on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them withone of their fingers.23:5 But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they makebroad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,23:6 And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats inthe synagogues, 23:7 And greetings in the markets, and to be called ofmen, Rabbi, Rabbi.23:8 But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ;and all ye are brethren.23:9 And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is yourFather, which is in heaven.23:10 Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, evenChrist.23:11 But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.23:12 And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he thatshall humble himself shall be exalted.23:13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shutup the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves,neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.23:14 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devourwidows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore yeshall receive the greater damnation.23:15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compasssea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make himtwofold more the child of hell than yourselves.23:16 Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swearby the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold ofthe temple, he is a debtor!  23:17 Ye fools and blind: for whether isgreater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?  23:18And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoeversweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.23:19 Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or thealtar that sanctifieth the gift?  23:20 Whoso therefore shall swear bythe altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.23:21 And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by himthat dwelleth therein.23:22 And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne ofGod, and by him that sitteth thereon.23:23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye paytithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightiermatters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to havedone, and not to leave the other undone.23:24 Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.23:25 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye makeclean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they arefull of extortion and excess.23:26 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cupand platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.23:27 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are likeunto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but arewithin full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.23:28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but withinye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.23:29 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because yebuild the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of therighteous, 23:30 And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers,we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of theprophets.23:31 Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are thechildren of them which killed the prophets.23:32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.23:33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape thedamnation of hell?  23:34 Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets,and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify;and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecutethem from city to city: 23:35 That upon you may come all the righteousblood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto theblood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the templeand the altar.23:36 Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon thisgeneration.23:37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, andstonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gatheredthy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under herwings, and ye would not!  23:38 Behold, your house is left unto youdesolate.23:39 For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till yeshall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.24:1 And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and hisdisciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple.24:2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily Isay unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another,that shall not be thrown down.24:3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came untohim privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and whatshall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?  24:4And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceiveyou.24:5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shalldeceive many.24:6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be nottroubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is notyet.24:7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom againstkingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes,in divers places.24:8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.24:9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall killyou: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.24:10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another,and shall hate one another.24:11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.24:12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall waxcold.24:13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all theworld for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.24:15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation,spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whosoreadeth, let him understand:) 24:16 Then let them which be in Judaeaflee into the mountains: 24:17 Let him which is on the housetop notcome down to take any thing out of his house: 24:18 Neither let himwhich is in the field return back to take his clothes.24:19 And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that givesuck in those days!  24:20 But pray ye that your flight be not in thewinter, neither on the sabbath day: 24:21 For then shall be greattribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to thistime, no, nor ever shall be.24:22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no fleshbe saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.24:23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, orthere; believe it not.24:24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, andshall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it werepossible, they shall deceive the very elect.24:25 Behold, I have told you before.24:26 Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in thedesert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe itnot.24:27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth evenunto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.24:28 For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles begathered together.24:29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun bedarkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shallfall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: 24:30And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and thenshall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son ofman coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.24:31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet,and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from oneend of heaven to the other.24:32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yettender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: 24:33So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it isnear, even at the doors.24:34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till allthese things be fulfilled.24:35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not passaway.24:36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels ofheaven, but my Father only.24:37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Sonof man be.24:38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eatingand drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noeentered into the ark, 24:39 And knew not until the flood came, andtook them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.24:40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and theother left.24:41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken,and the other left.24:42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.24:43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known inwhat watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would nothave suffered his house to be broken up.24:44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think notthe Son of man cometh.24:45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath maderuler over his household, to give them meat in due season?  24:46Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find sodoing.24:47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all hisgoods.24:48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lorddelayeth his coming; 24:49 And shall begin to smite hisfellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken; 24:50 The lordof that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, andin an hour that he is not aware of, 24:51 And shall cut him asunder,and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall beweeping and gnashing of teeth.25:1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins,which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.25:2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.25:3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil withthem: 25:4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.25:5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.25:6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroomcometh; go ye out to meet him.25:7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.25:8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for ourlamps are gone out.25:9 But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enoughfor us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy foryourselves.25:10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they thatwere ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.25:11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, opento us.25:12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.25:13 Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hourwherein the Son of man cometh.25:14 For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a farcountry, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them hisgoods.25:15 And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and toanother one; to every man according to his several ability; andstraightway took his journey.25:16 Then he that had received the five talents went and traded withthe same, and made them other five talents.25:17 And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two.25:18 But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, andhid his lord's money.25:19 After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, andreckoneth with them.25:20 And so he that had received five talents came and brought otherfive talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents:behold, I have gained beside them five talents more.25:21 His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithfulservant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make theeruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.25:22 He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thoudeliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two othertalents beside them.25:23 His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant;thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler overmany things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.25:24 Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, Iknew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown,and gathering where thou hast not strawed: 25:25 And I was afraid, andwent and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that isthine.25:26 His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothfulservant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather whereI have not strawed: 25:27 Thou oughtest therefore to have put my moneyto the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mineown with usury.25:28 Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him whichhath ten talents.25:29 For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall haveabundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even thatwhich he hath.25:30 And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: thereshall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.25:31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holyangels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: 25:32And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separatethem one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from thegoats: 25:33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but thegoats on the left.25:34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, yeblessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from thefoundation of the world: 25:35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave memeat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and yetook me in: 25:36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visitedme: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.25:37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw wethee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?  25:38When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothedthee?  25:39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came untothee?  25:40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I sayunto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of thesemy brethren, ye have done it unto me.25:41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart fromme, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and hisangels: 25:42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I wasthirsty, and ye gave me no drink: 25:43 I was a stranger, and ye tookme not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and yevisited me not.25:44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we theean hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or inprison, and did not minister unto thee?  25:45 Then shall he answerthem, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to oneof the least of these, ye did it not to me.25:46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but therighteous into life eternal.26:1 And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings,he said unto his disciples, 26:2 Ye know that after two days is thefeast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.26:3 Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, andthe elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who wascalled Caiaphas, 26:4 And consulted that they might take Jesus bysubtilty, and kill him.26:5 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproaramong the people.26:6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,26:7 There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of veryprecious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat.26:8 But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, Towhat purpose is this waste?  26:9 For this ointment might have beensold for much, and given to the poor.26:10 When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye thewoman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.26:11 For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.26:12 For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did itfor my burial.26:13 Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preachedin the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done,be told for a memorial of her.26:14 Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto thechief priests, 26:15 And said unto them, What will ye give me, and Iwill deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirtypieces of silver.26:16 And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.26:17 Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciplescame to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare forthee to eat the passover?  26:18 And he said, Go into the city to sucha man, and say unto him, The Master saith, My time is at hand; I willkeep the passover at thy house with my disciples.26:19 And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them; and they madeready the passover.26:20 Now when the even was come, he sat down with the twelve.26:21 And as they did eat, he said, Verily I say unto you, that one ofyou shall betray me.26:22 And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of themto say unto him, Lord, is it I?  26:23 And he answered and said, Hethat dippeth his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me.26:24 The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto thatman by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that manif he had not been born.26:25 Then Judas, which betrayed him, answered and said, Master, is itI?  He said unto him, Thou hast said.26:26 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, andbrake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this ismy body.26:27 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them,saying, Drink ye all of it; 26:28 For this is my blood of the newtestament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.26:29 But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit ofthe vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father'skingdom.26:30 And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount ofOlives.26:31 Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because ofme this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and thesheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.26:32 But after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee.26:33 Peter answered and said unto him, Though all men shall beoffended because of thee, yet will I never be offended.26:34 Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this night,before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.26:35 Peter said unto him, Though I should die with thee, yet will Inot deny thee. Likewise also said all the disciples.26:36 Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, andsaith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder.26:37 And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, andbegan to be sorrowful and very heavy.26:38 Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, evenunto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.26:39 And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed,saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me:nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.26:40 And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, andsaith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?  26:41Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeedis willing, but the flesh is weak.26:42 He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O myFather, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thywill be done.26:43 And he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes wereheavy.26:44 And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the thirdtime, saying the same words.26:45 Then cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep onnow, and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son ofman is betrayed into the hands of sinners.26:46 Rise, let us be going: behold, he is at hand that doth betrayme.26:47 And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, andwith him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chiefpriests and elders of the people.26:48 Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever Ishall kiss, that same is he: hold him fast.26:49 And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, master; andkissed him.26:50 And Jesus said unto him, Friend, wherefore art thou come? Thencame they, and laid hands on Jesus and took him.26:51 And, behold, one of them which were with Jesus stretched out hishand, and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the high priest's,and smote off his ear.26:52 Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place:for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.26:53 Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shallpresently give me more than twelve legions of angels?  26:54 But howthen shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?  26:55In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out asagainst a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat dailywith you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me.26:56 But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets mightbe fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.26:57 And they that had laid hold on Jesus led him away to Caiaphasthe high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled.26:58 But Peter followed him afar off unto the high priest's palace,and went in, and sat with the servants, to see the end.26:59 Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, soughtfalse witness against Jesus, to put him to death; 26:60 But foundnone: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. Atthe last came two false witnesses, 26:61 And said, This fellow said, Iam able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.26:62 And the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thounothing? what is it which these witness against thee?  26:63 But Jesusheld his peace, And the high priest answered and said unto him, Iadjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be theChrist, the Son of God.26:64 Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say untoyou, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right handof power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.26:65 Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spokenblasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye haveheard his blasphemy.26:66 What think ye? They answered and said, He is guilty of death.26:67 Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and otherssmote him with the palms of their hands, 26:68 Saying, Prophesy untous, thou Christ, Who is he that smote thee?  26:69 Now Peter satwithout in the palace: and a damsel came unto him, saying, Thou alsowast with Jesus of Galilee.26:70 But he denied before them all, saying, I know not what thousayest.26:71 And when he was gone out into the porch, another maid saw him,and said unto them that were there, This fellow was also with Jesus ofNazareth.26:72 And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man.26:73 And after a while came unto him they that stood by, and said toPeter, Surely thou also art one of them; for thy speech bewrayeththee.26:74 Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man.And immediately the cock crew.26:75 And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him,Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out, andwept bitterly.27:1 When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders ofthe people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death: 27:2 Andwhen they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him toPontius Pilate the governor.27:3 Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he wascondemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces ofsilver to the chief priests and elders, 27:4 Saying, I have sinned inthat I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is thatto us? see thou to that.27:5 And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, anddeparted, and went and hanged himself.27:6 And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is notlawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price ofblood.27:7 And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field,to bury strangers in.27:8 Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto thisday.27:9 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet,saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of himthat was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value; 27:10And gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me.27:11 And Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him,saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, Thousayest.27:12 And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, heanswered nothing.27:13 Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things theywitness against thee?  27:14 And he answered him to never a word;insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly.27:15 Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto thepeople a prisoner, whom they would.27:16 And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.27:17 Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said untothem, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus whichis called Christ?  27:18 For he knew that for envy they had deliveredhim.27:19 When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent untohim, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I havesuffered many things this day in a dream because of him.27:20 But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude thatthey should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.27:21 The governor answered and said unto them, Whether of the twainwill ye that I release unto you? They said, Barabbas.27:22 Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which iscalled Christ? They all say unto him, Let him be crucified.27:23 And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But theycried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.27:24 When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather atumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before themultitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: seeye to it.27:25 Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, andon our children.27:26 Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourgedJesus, he delivered him to be crucified.27:27 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the commonhall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers.27:28 And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.27:29 And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it uponhis head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee beforehim, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!  27:30 And theyspit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head.27:31 And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off fromhim, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him.27:32 And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name:him they compelled to bear his cross.27:33 And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is tosay, a place of a skull, 27:34 They gave him vinegar to drink mingledwith gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.27:35 And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots:that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, Theyparted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots.27:36 And sitting down they watched him there; 27:37 And set up overhis head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.27:38 Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the righthand, and another on the left.27:39 And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads, 27:40And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in threedays, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from thecross.27:41 Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribesand elders, said, 27:42 He saved others; himself he cannot save. If hebe the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and wewill believe him.27:43 He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him:for he said, I am the Son of God.27:44 The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the samein his teeth.27:45 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the landunto the ninth hour.27:46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying,Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hastthou forsaken me?  27:47 Some of them that stood there, when theyheard that, said, This man calleth for Elias.27:48 And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filledit with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.27:49 The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come tosave him.27:50 Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up theghost.27:51 And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from thetop to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; 27:52And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which sleptarose, 27:53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, andwent into the holy city, and appeared unto many.27:54 Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watchingJesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, theyfeared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.27:55 And many women were there beholding afar off, which followedJesus from Galilee, ministering unto him: 27:56 Among which was MaryMagdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother ofZebedees children.27:57 When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea,named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple: 27:58 He went toPilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the bodyto be delivered.27:59 And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a cleanlinen cloth, 27:60 And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewnout in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of thesepulchre, and departed.27:61 And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting overagainst the sepulchre.27:62 Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, thechief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate, 27:63 Saying,Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive,After three days I will rise again.27:64 Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until thethird day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, andsay unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last errorshall be worse than the first.27:65 Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it assure as ye can.27:66 So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone,and setting a watch.28:1 In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the firstday of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see thesepulchre.28:2 And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of theLord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone fromthe door, and sat upon it.28:3 His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white assnow: 28:4 And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became asdead men.28:5 And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: forI know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified.28:6 He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the placewhere the Lord lay.28:7 And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from thedead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall yesee him: lo, I have told you.28:8 And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and greatjoy; and did run to bring his disciples word.28:9 And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them,saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, andworshipped him.28:10 Then said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid: go tell my brethrenthat they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me.28:11 Now when they were going, behold, some of the watch came intothe city, and shewed unto the chief priests all the things that weredone.28:12 And when they were assembled with the elders, and had takencounsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers, 28:13 Saying, Sayye, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept.28:14 And if this come to the governor's ears, we will persuade him,and secure you.28:15 So they took the money, and did as they were taught: and thissaying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day.28:16 Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into amountain where Jesus had appointed them.28:17 And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted.28:18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is givenunto me in heaven and in earth.28:19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in thename of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: 28:20Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you:and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.The Gospel According to Saint Mark1:1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God; 1:2As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger beforethy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.1:3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way ofthe Lord, make his paths straight.1:4 John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism ofrepentance for the remission of sins.1:5 And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they ofJerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan,confessing their sins.1:6 And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a girdle of askin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey; 1:7 Andpreached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, thelatchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.1:8 I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize youwith the Holy Ghost.1:9 And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazarethof Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan.1:10 And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavensopened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him: 1:11 And therecame a voice from heaven, saying, Thou art my beloved Son, in whom Iam well pleased.1:12 And immediately the spirit driveth him into the wilderness.1:13 And he was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan;and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him.1:14 Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee,preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, 1:15 And saying, The timeis fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, andbelieve the gospel.1:16 Now as he walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrewhis brother casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.1:17 And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make youto become fishers of men.1:18 And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him.1:19 And when he had gone a little farther thence, he saw James theson of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the shipmending their nets.1:20 And straightway he called them: and they left their fatherZebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him.1:21 And they went into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath dayhe entered into the synagogue, and taught.1:22 And they were astonished at his doctrine: for he taught them asone that had authority, and not as the scribes.1:23 And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit;and he cried out, 1:24 Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do withthee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know theewho thou art, the Holy One of God.1:25 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out ofhim.1:26 And when the unclean spirit had torn him, and cried with a loudvoice, he came out of him.1:27 And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned amongthemselves, saying, What thing is this? what new doctrine is this? forwith authority commandeth he even the unclean spirits, and they doobey him.1:28 And immediately his fame spread abroad throughout all the regionround about Galilee.1:29 And forthwith, when they were come out of the synagogue, theyentered into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.1:30 But Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever, and anon they tellhim of her.1:31 And he came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; andimmediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them.1:32 And at even, when the sun did set, they brought unto him all thatwere diseased, and them that were possessed with devils.1:33 And all the city was gathered together at the door.1:34 And he healed many that were sick of divers diseases, and castout many devils; and suffered not the devils to speak, because theyknew him.1:35 And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he wentout, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.1:36 And Simon and they that were with him followed after him.1:37 And when they had found him, they said unto him, All men seek forthee.1:38 And he said unto them, Let us go into the next towns, that I maypreach there also: for therefore came I forth.1:39 And he preached in their synagogues throughout all Galilee, andcast out devils.1:40 And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling downto him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.1:41 And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand, and touchedhim, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean.1:42 And as soon as he had spoken, immediately the leprosy departedfrom him, and he was cleansed.1:43 And he straitly charged him, and forthwith sent him away; 1:44And saith unto him, See thou say nothing to any man: but go thy way,shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing those thingswhich Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.1:45 But he went out, and began to publish it much, and to blazeabroad the matter, insomuch that Jesus could no more openly enter intothe city, but was without in desert places: and they came to him fromevery quarter.2:1 And again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it wasnoised that he was in the house.2:2 And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that therewas no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door: and hepreached the word unto them.2:3 And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which wasborne of four.2:4 And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, theyuncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, theylet down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay.2:5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy,Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.2:6 But there was certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoningin their hearts, 2:7 Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who canforgive sins but God only?  2:8 And immediately when Jesus perceivedin his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he said untothem, Why reason ye these things in your hearts?  2:9 Whether is iteasier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; orto say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?  2:10 But that ye mayknow that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (hesaith to the sick of the palsy,) 2:11 I say unto thee, Arise, and takeup thy bed, and go thy way into thine house.2:12 And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forth beforethem all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and glorified God,saying, We never saw it on this fashion.2:13 And he went forth again by the sea side; and all the multituderesorted unto him, and he taught them.2:14 And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting atthe receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me. And he arose andfollowed him.2:15 And it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat at meat in his house,many publicans and sinners sat also together with Jesus and hisdisciples: for there were many, and they followed him.2:16 And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans andsinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth anddrinketh with publicans and sinners?  2:17 When Jesus heard it, hesaith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician,but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinnersto repentance.2:18 And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: andthey come and say unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of thePharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not?  2:19 And Jesus said untothem, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroomis with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, theycannot fast.2:20 But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken awayfrom them, and then shall they fast in those days.2:21 No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: elsethe new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rentis made worse.2:22 And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new winedoth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles willbe marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles.2:23 And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on thesabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the earsof corn.2:24 And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on thesabbath day that which is not lawful?  2:25 And he said unto them,Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was anhungred, he, and they that were with him?  2:26 How he went into thehouse of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat theshewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gavealso to them which were with him?  2:27 And he said unto them, Thesabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath: 2:28 Thereforethe Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.3:1 And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man therewhich had a withered hand.3:2 And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbathday; that they might accuse him.3:3 And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Standforth.3:4 And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbathdays, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held theirpeace.3:5 And when he had looked round about on them with anger, beinggrieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man,Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand wasrestored whole as the other.3:6 And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel withthe Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.3:7 But Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the sea: and agreat multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judaea, 3:8 Andfrom Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and from beyond Jordan; and theyabout Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they had heard whatgreat things he did, came unto him.3:9 And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait onhim because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.3:10 For he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon him forto touch him, as many as had plagues.3:11 And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, andcried, saying, Thou art the Son of God.3:12 And he straitly charged them that they should not make him known.3:13 And he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth unto him whom hewould: and they came unto him.3:14 And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that hemight send them forth to preach, 3:15 And to have power to healsicknesses, and to cast out devils: 3:16 And Simon he surnamed Peter;3:17 And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; andhe surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder: 3:18 AndAndrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, andJames the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Canaanite,3:19 And Judas Iscariot, which also betrayed him: and they went intoan house.3:20 And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could notso much as eat bread.3:21 And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold onhim: for they said, He is beside himself.3:22 And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hathBeelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils.3:23 And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, Howcan Satan cast out Satan?  3:24 And if a kingdom be divided againstitself, that kingdom cannot stand.3:25 And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannotstand.3:26 And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannotstand, but hath an end.3:27 No man can enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods,except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil hishouse.3:28 Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sonsof men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme: 3:29But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath neverforgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation.3:30 Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.3:31 There came then his brethren and his mother, and, standingwithout, sent unto him, calling him.3:32 And the multitude sat about him, and they said unto him, Behold,thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee.3:33 And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my brethren?3:34 And he looked round about on them which sat about him, and said,Behold my mother and my brethren!  3:35 For whosoever shall do thewill of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.4:1 And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there wasgathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship,and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on theland.4:2 And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them inhis doctrine, 4:3 Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow: 4:4And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and thefowls of the air came and devoured it up.4:5 And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; andimmediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth: 4:6 Butwhen the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, itwithered away.4:7 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it,and it yielded no fruit.4:8 And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang upand increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, andsome an hundred.4:9 And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.4:10 And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelveasked of him the parable.4:11 And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mysteryof the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all thesethings are done in parables: 4:12 That seeing they may see, and notperceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at anytime they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.4:13 And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how thenwill ye know all parables?  4:14 The sower soweth the word.4:15 And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; butwhen they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away theword that was sown in their hearts.4:16 And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who,when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness;4:17 And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time:afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake,immediately they are offended.4:18 And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear theword, 4:19 And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness ofriches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, andit becometh unfruitful.4:20 And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hearthe word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, somesixty, and some an hundred.4:21 And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under abushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?  4:22 Forthere is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was anything kept secret, but that it should come abroad.4:23 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.4:24 And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measureye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shallmore be given.4:25 For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not,from him shall be taken even that which he hath.4:26 And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should castseed into the ground; 4:27 And should sleep, and rise night and day,and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.4:28 For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade,then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.4:29 But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth inthe sickle, because the harvest is come.4:30 And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or withwhat comparison shall we compare it?  4:31 It is like a grain ofmustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than allthe seeds that be in the earth: 4:32 But when it is sown, it growethup, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out greatbranches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow ofit.4:33 And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as theywere able to hear it.4:34 But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they werealone, he expounded all things to his disciples.4:35 And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, Letus pass over unto the other side.4:36 And when they had sent away the multitude, they took him even ashe was in the ship. And there were also with him other little ships.4:37 And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat intothe ship, so that it was now full.4:38 And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow:and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that weperish?  4:39 And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto thesea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.4:40 And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that yehave no faith?  4:41 And they feared exceedingly, and said one toanother, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the seaobey him?  5:1 And they came over unto the other side of the sea, intothe country of the Gadarenes.5:2 And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met himout of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, 5:3 Who had hisdwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not withchains: 5:4 Because that he had been often bound with fetters andchains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and thefetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him.5:5 And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in thetombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones.5:6 But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him, 5:7 Andcried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus,thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou tormentme not.5:8 For he said unto him, Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit.5:9 And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, Myname is Legion: for we are many.5:10 And he besought him much that he would not send them away out ofthe country.5:11 Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swinefeeding.5:12 And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine,that we may enter into them.5:13 And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits wentout, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down asteep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and werechoked in the sea.5:14 And they that fed the swine fled, and told it in the city, and inthe country. And they went out to see what it was that was done.5:15 And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with thedevil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his rightmind: and they were afraid.5:16 And they that saw it told them how it befell to him that waspossessed with the devil, and also concerning the swine.5:17 And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts.5:18 And when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessedwith the devil prayed him that he might be with him.5:19 Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home tothy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done forthee, and hath had compassion on thee.5:20 And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how greatthings Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel.5:21 And when Jesus was passed over again by ship unto the other side,much people gathered unto him: and he was nigh unto the sea.5:22 And, behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue,Jairus by name; and when he saw him, he fell at his feet, 5:23 Andbesought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point ofdeath: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may behealed; and she shall live.5:24 And Jesus went with him; and much people followed him, andthronged him.5:25 And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years,5:26 And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spentall that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,5:27 When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, andtouched his garment.5:28 For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole.5:29 And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and shefelt in her body that she was healed of that plague.5:30 And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had goneout of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched myclothes?  5:31 And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest themultitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?  5:32 Andhe looked round about to see her that had done this thing.5:33 But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done inher, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.5:34 And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole;go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.5:35 While he yet spake, there came from the ruler of the synagogue'shouse certain which said, Thy daughter is dead: why troublest thou theMaster any further?  5:36 As soon as Jesus heard the word that wasspoken, he saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, onlybelieve.5:37 And he suffered no man to follow him, save Peter, and James, andJohn the brother of James.5:38 And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, andseeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly.5:39 And when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why make ye thisado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.5:40 And they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put them all out,he taketh the father and the mother of the damsel, and them that werewith him, and entereth in where the damsel was lying.5:41 And he took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her, Talithacumi; which is, being interpreted, Damsel, I say unto thee, arise.5:42 And straightway the damsel arose, and walked; for she was of theage of twelve years. And they were astonished with a greatastonishment.5:43 And he charged them straitly that no man should know it; andcommanded that something should be given her to eat.6:1 And he went out from thence, and came into his own country; andhis disciples follow him.6:2 And when the sabbath day was come, he began to teach in thesynagogue: and many hearing him were astonished, saying, From whencehath this man these things? and what wisdom is this which is givenunto him, that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands?  6:3Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, andJoses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us?And they were offended at him.6:4 But Jesus, said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but inhis own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.6:5 And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his handsupon a few sick folk, and healed them.6:6 And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he went roundabout the villages, teaching.6:7 And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth bytwo and two; and gave them power over unclean spirits; 6:8 Andcommanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, save astaff only; no scrip, no bread, no money in their purse: 6:9 But beshod with sandals; and not put on two coats.6:10 And he said unto them, In what place soever ye enter into anhouse, there abide till ye depart from that place.6:11 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye departthence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony againstthem.Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom andGomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.6:12 And they went out, and preached that men should repent.6:13 And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many thatwere sick, and healed them.6:14 And king Herod heard of him; (for his name was spread abroad:)and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, andtherefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.6:15 Others said, That it is Elias. And others said, That it is aprophet, or as one of the prophets.6:16 But when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is John, whom Ibeheaded: he is risen from the dead.6:17 For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, andbound him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife: forhe had married her.6:18 For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to havethy brother's wife.6:19 Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would havekilled him; but she could not: 6:20 For Herod feared John, knowingthat he was a just man and an holy, and observed him; and when heheard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly.6:21 And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthdaymade a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates ofGalilee; 6:22 And when the daughter of the said Herodias came in, anddanced, and pleased Herod and them that sat with him, the king saidunto the damsel, Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt, and I will give itthee.6:23 And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I willgive it thee, unto the half of my kingdom.6:24 And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask?And she said, The head of John the Baptist.6:25 And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked,saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head ofJohn the Baptist.6:26 And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath's sake, andfor their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her.6:27 And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded hishead to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison, 6:28And brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the damsel: and thedamsel gave it to her mother.6:29 And when his disciples heard of it, they came and took up hiscorpse, and laid it in a tomb.6:30 And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus, andtold him all things, both what they had done, and what they hadtaught.6:31 And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desertplace, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, andthey had no leisure so much as to eat.6:32 And they departed into a desert place by ship privately.6:33 And the people saw them departing, and many knew him, and ranafoot thither out of all cities, and outwent them, and came togetherunto him.6:34 And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved withcompassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having ashepherd: and he began to teach them many things.6:35 And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came unto him,and said, This is a desert place, and now the time is far passed: 6:36Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, andinto the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing toeat.6:37 He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they sayunto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, andgive them to eat?  6:38 He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye?go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.6:39 And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon thegreen grass.6:40 And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties.6:41 And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, helooked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, and gave themto his disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided heamong them all.6:42 And they did all eat, and were filled.6:43 And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments, and of thefishes.6:44 And they that did eat of the loaves were about five thousand men.6:45 And straightway he constrained his disciples to get into theship, and to go to the other side before unto Bethsaida, while he sentaway the people.6:46 And when he had sent them away, he departed into a mountain topray.6:47 And when even was come, the ship was in the midst of the sea, andhe alone on the land.6:48 And he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary untothem: and about the fourth watch of the night he cometh unto them,walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them.6:49 But when they saw him walking upon the sea, they supposed it hadbeen a spirit, and cried out: 6:50 For they all saw him, and weretroubled. And immediately he talked with them, and saith unto them, Beof good cheer: it is I; be not afraid.6:51 And he went up unto them into the ship; and the wind ceased: andthey were sore amazed in themselves beyond measure, and wondered.6:52 For they considered not the miracle of the loaves: for theirheart was hardened.6:53 And when they had passed over, they came into the land ofGennesaret, and drew to the shore.6:54 And when they were come out of the ship, straightway they knewhim, 6:55 And ran through that whole region round about, and began tocarry about in beds those that were sick, where they heard he was.6:56 And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, orcountry, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that theymight touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many astouched him were made whole.7:1 Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of thescribes, which came from Jerusalem.7:2 And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled,that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.7:3 For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their handsoft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.7:4 And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eatnot.And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, asthe washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables.7:5 Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thydisciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread withunwashen hands?  7:6 He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaiasprophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honourethme with their lips, but their heart is far from me.7:7 Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines thecommandments of men.7:8 For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition ofmen, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like thingsye do.7:9 And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God,that ye may keep your own tradition.7:10 For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whosocurseth father or mother, let him die the death: 7:11 But ye say, If aman shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, agift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free.7:12 And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or hismother; 7:13 Making the word of God of none effect through yourtradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.7:14 And when he had called all the people unto him, he said untothem, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand: 7:15 There isnothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: butthe things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.7:16 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.7:17 And when he was entered into the house from the people, hisdisciples asked him concerning the parable.7:18 And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Doye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into theman, it cannot defile him; 7:19 Because it entereth not into hisheart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging allmeats?  7:20 And he said, That which cometh out of the man, thatdefileth the man.7:21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts,adulteries, fornications, murders, 7:22 Thefts, covetousness,wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride,foolishness: 7:23 All these evil things come from within, and defilethe man.7:24 And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre andSidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man know it: buthe could not be hid.7:25 For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit,heard of him, and came and fell at his feet: 7:26 The woman was aGreek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he wouldcast forth the devil out of her daughter.7:27 But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for itis not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto thedogs.7:28 And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs underthe table eat of the children's crumbs.7:29 And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil isgone out of thy daughter.7:30 And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out,and her daughter laid upon the bed.7:31 And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he cameunto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.7:32 And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impedimentin his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him.7:33 And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingersinto his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue; 7:34 And lookingup to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Beopened.7:35 And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of histongue was loosed, and he spake plain.7:36 And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more hecharged them, so much the more a great deal they published it; 7:37And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all thingswell: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.8:1 In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothingto eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them, 8:2I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with methree days, and have nothing to eat: 8:3 And if I send them awayfasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers ofthem came from far.8:4 And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfythese men with bread here in the wilderness?  8:5 And he asked them,How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven.8:6 And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and he tookthe seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to hisdisciples to set before them; and they did set them before the people.8:7 And they had a few small fishes: and he blessed, and commanded toset them also before them.8:8 So they did eat, and were filled: and they took up of the brokenmeat that was left seven baskets.8:9 And they that had eaten were about four thousand: and he sent themaway.8:10 And straightway he entered into a ship with his disciples, andcame into the parts of Dalmanutha.8:11 And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him,seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him.8:12 And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth thisgeneration seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall nosign be given unto this generation.8:13 And he left them, and entering into the ship again departed tothe other side.8:14 Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither had theyin the ship with them more than one loaf.8:15 And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven ofthe Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.8:16 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we haveno bread.8:17 And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye,because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand?have ye your heart yet hardened?  8:18 Having eyes, see ye not? andhaving ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?  8:19 When I brakethe five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full offragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve.8:20 And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full offragments took ye up? And they said, Seven.8:21 And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand?  8:22And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, andbesought him to touch him.8:23 And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of thetown; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, heasked him if he saw ought.8:24 And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking.8:25 After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made himlook up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly.8:26 And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into thetown, nor tell it to any in the town.8:27 And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of CaesareaPhilippi: and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them,Whom do men say that I am?  8:28 And they answered, John the Baptist;but some say, Elias; and others, One of the prophets.8:29 And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peteranswereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ.8:30 And he charged them that they should tell no man of him.8:31 And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer manythings, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, andscribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.8:32 And he spake that saying openly. And Peter took him, and began torebuke him.8:33 But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, herebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourestnot the things that be of God, but the things that be of men.8:34 And when he had called the people unto him with his disciplesalso, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him denyhimself, and take up his cross, and follow me.8:35 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoevershall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall saveit.8:36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world,and lose his own soul?  8:37 Or what shall a man give in exchange forhis soul?  8:38 Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of mywords in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall theSon of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father withthe holy angels.9:1 And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be someof them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till theyhave seen the kingdom of God come with power.9:2 And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, andJohn, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves:and he was transfigured before them.9:3 And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as nofuller on earth can white them.9:4 And there appeared unto them Elias with Moses: and they weretalking with Jesus.9:5 And Peter answered and said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us tobe here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one forMoses, and one for Elias.9:6 For he wist not what to say; for they were sore afraid.9:7 And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came outof the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.9:8 And suddenly, when they had looked round about, they saw no manany more, save Jesus only with themselves.9:9 And as they came down from the mountain, he charged them that theyshould tell no man what things they had seen, till the Son of man wererisen from the dead.9:10 And they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one withanother what the rising from the dead should mean.9:11 And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias mustfirst come?  9:12 And he answered and told them, Elias verily comethfirst, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son ofman, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought.9:13 But I say unto you, That Elias is indeed come, and they have doneunto him whatsoever they listed, as it is written of him.9:14 And when he came to his disciples, he saw a great multitude aboutthem, and the scribes questioning with them.9:15 And straightway all the people, when they beheld him, weregreatly amazed, and running to him saluted him.9:16 And he asked the scribes, What question ye with them?  9:17 Andone of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have brought untothee my son, which hath a dumb spirit; 9:18 And wheresoever he takethhim, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, andpineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast himout; and they could not.9:19 He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how longshall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me.9:20 And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightwaythe spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming.9:21 And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came untohim?  And he said, Of a child.9:22 And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters,to destroy him: but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us,and help us.9:23 Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things arepossible to him that believeth.9:24 And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said withtears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.9:25 When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebukedthe foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I chargethee, come out of him, and enter no more into him.9:26 And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: andhe was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead.9:27 But Jesus took him by the hand, and lifted him up; and he arose.9:28 And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked himprivately, Why could not we cast him out?  9:29 And he said unto them,This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.9:30 And they departed thence, and passed through Galilee; and hewould not that any man should know it.9:31 For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of manis delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and afterthat he is killed, he shall rise the third day.9:32 But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him.9:33 And he came to Capernaum: and being in the house he asked them,What was it that ye disputed among yourselves by the way?  9:34 Butthey held their peace: for by the way they had disputed amongthemselves, who should be the greatest.9:35 And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, Ifany man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servantof all.9:36 And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them: and whenhe had taken him in his arms, he said unto them, 9:37 Whosoever shallreceive one of such children in my name, receiveth me: and whosoevershall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me.9:38 And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting outdevils in thy name, and he followeth not us: and we forbad him,because he followeth not us.9:39 But Jesus said, Forbid him not: for there is no man which shalldo a miracle in my name, that can lightly speak evil of me.9:40 For he that is not against us is on our part.9:41 For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name,because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not losehis reward.9:42 And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believein me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about hisneck, and he were cast into the sea.9:43 And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee toenter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, intothe fire that never shall be quenched: 9:44 Where their worm diethnot, and the fire is not quenched.9:45 And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee toenter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, intothe fire that never shall be quenched: 9:46 Where their worm diethnot, and the fire is not quenched.9:47 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for theeto enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes tobe cast into hell fire: 9:48 Where their worm dieth not, and the fireis not quenched.9:49 For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrificeshall be salted with salt.9:50 Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewithwill ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one withanother.10:1 And he arose from thence, and cometh into the coasts of Judaea bythe farther side of Jordan: and the people resort unto him again; and,as he was wont, he taught them again.10:2 And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for aman to put away his wife? tempting him.10:3 And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?10:4 And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, andto put her away.10:5 And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of yourheart he wrote you this precept.10:6 But from the beginning of the creation God made them male andfemale.10:7 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, andcleave to his wife; 10:8 And they twain shall be one flesh: so thenthey are no more twain, but one flesh.10:9 What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.10:10 And in the house his disciples asked him again of the samematter.10:11 And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, andmarry another, committeth adultery against her.10:12 And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married toanother, she committeth adultery.10:13 And they brought young children to him, that he should touchthem: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them.10:14 But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said untothem, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not:for of such is the kingdom of God.10:15 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdomof God as a little child, he shall not enter therein.10:16 And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, andblessed them.10:17 And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running,and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that Imay inherit eternal life?  10:18 And Jesus said unto him, Why callestthou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God.10:19 Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do notkill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thyfather and mother.  10:20 And he answered and said unto him, Master,all these have I observed from my youth.10:21 Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thingthou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to thepoor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up thecross, and follow me.10:22 And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he hadgreat possessions.10:23 And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, Howhardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!10:24 And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesusanswereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it forthem that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!  10:25 Itis easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for arich man to enter into the kingdom of God.10:26 And they were astonished out of measure, saying amongthemselves, Who then can be saved?  10:27 And Jesus looking upon themsaith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God allthings are possible.10:28 Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and havefollowed thee.10:29 And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is noman that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, ormother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's,10:30 But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses,and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, withpersecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.10:31 But many that are first shall be last; and the last first.10:32 And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus wentbefore them: and they were amazed; and as they followed, they wereafraid.And he took again the twelve, and began to tell them what thingsshould happen unto him, 10:33 Saying, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem;and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief priests, and untothe scribes; and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliverhim to the Gentiles: 10:34 And they shall mock him, and shall scourgehim, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him: and the third day heshall rise again.10:35 And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come unto him, saying,Master, we would that thou shouldest do for us whatsoever we shalldesire.10:36 And he said unto them, What would ye that I should do for you?10:37 They said unto him, Grant unto us that we may sit, one on thyright hand, and the other on thy left hand, in thy glory.10:38 But Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask: can ye drinkof the cup that I drink of? and be baptized with the baptism that I ambaptized with?  10:39 And they said unto him, We can. And Jesus saidunto them, Ye shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink of; and withthe baptism that I am baptized withal shall ye be baptized: 10:40 Butto sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; butit shall be given to them for whom it is prepared.10:41 And when the ten heard it, they began to be much displeased withJames and John.10:42 But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know thatthey which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordshipover them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them.10:43 But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be greatamong you, shall be your minister: 10:44 And whosoever of you will bethe chiefest, shall be servant of all.10:45 For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but tominister, and to give his life a ransom for many.10:46 And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with hisdisciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son ofTimaeus, sat by the highway side begging.10:47 And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cryout, and say, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me.10:48 And many charged him that he should hold his peace: but he criedthe more a great deal, Thou son of David, have mercy on me.10:49 And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be called. And theycall the blind man, saying unto him, Be of good comfort, rise; hecalleth thee.10:50 And he, casting away his garment, rose, and came to Jesus.10:51 And Jesus answered and said unto him, What wilt thou that Ishould do unto thee? The blind man said unto him, Lord, that I mightreceive my sight.10:52 And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made theewhole.And immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way.11:1 And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and Bethany,at the mount of Olives, he sendeth forth two of his disciples, 11:2And saith unto them, Go your way into the village over against you:and as soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall find a colt tied,whereon never man sat; loose him, and bring him.11:3 And if any man say unto you, Why do ye this? say ye that the Lordhath need of him; and straightway he will send him hither.11:4 And they went their way, and found the colt tied by the doorwithout in a place where two ways met; and they loose him.11:5 And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do ye,loosing the colt?  11:6 And they said unto them even as Jesus hadcommanded: and they let them go.11:7 And they brought the colt to Jesus, and cast their garments onhim; and he sat upon him.11:8 And many spread their garments in the way: and others cut downbranches off the trees, and strawed them in the way.11:9 And they that went before, and they that followed, cried, saying,Hosanna; Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord: 11:10Blessed be the kingdom of our father David, that cometh in the name ofthe Lord: Hosanna in the highest.11:11 And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple: and whenhe had looked round about upon all things, and now the eventide wascome, he went out unto Bethany with the twelve.11:12 And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he washungry: 11:13 And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came,if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, hefound nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet.11:14 And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of theehereafter for ever. And his disciples heard it.11:15 And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, andbegan to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, andoverthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them thatsold doves; 11:16 And would not suffer that any man should carry anyvessel through the temple.11:17 And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My houseshall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have madeit a den of thieves.11:18 And the scribes and chief priests heard it, and sought how theymight destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people wasastonished at his doctrine.11:19 And when even was come, he went out of the city.11:20 And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig treedried up from the roots.11:21 And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Master, behold,the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away.11:22 And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.11:23 For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto thismountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shallnot doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which hesaith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.11:24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when yepray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.11:25 And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought againstany: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you yourtrespasses.11:26 But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is inheaven forgive your trespasses.11:27 And they come again to Jerusalem: and as he was walking in thetemple, there come to him the chief priests, and the scribes, and theelders, 11:28 And say unto him, By what authority doest thou thesethings? and who gave thee this authority to do these things?  11:29And Jesus answered and said unto them, I will also ask of you onequestion, and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I dothese things.11:30 The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men? answer me.11:31 And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, Fromheaven; he will say, Why then did ye not believe him?  11:32 But if weshall say, Of men; they feared the people: for all men counted John,that he was a prophet indeed.11:33 And they answered and said unto Jesus, We cannot tell. And Jesusanswering saith unto them, Neither do I tell you by what authority Ido these things.12:1 And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain manplanted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place forthe winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and wentinto a far country.12:2 And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that hemight receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.12:3 And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.12:4 And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they caststones, and wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefullyhandled.12:5 And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others;beating some, and killing some.12:6 Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him alsolast unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.12:7 But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir;come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be our's.12:8 And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of thevineyard.12:9 What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? he will comeand destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others.12:10 And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which thebuilders rejected is become the head of the corner: 12:11 This was theLord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?  12:12 And they soughtto lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he hadspoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went theirway.12:13 And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of theHerodians, to catch him in his words.12:14 And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know thatthou art true, and carest for no man: for thou regardest not theperson of men, but teachest the way of God in truth: Is it lawful togive tribute to Caesar, or not?  12:15 Shall we give, or shall we notgive? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt yeme? bring me a penny, that I may see it.12:16 And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this imageand superscription? And they said unto him, Caesar's.12:17 And Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Caesar the thingsthat are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. And theymarvelled at him.12:18 Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is noresurrection; and they asked him, saying, 12:19 Master, Moses wroteunto us, If a man's brother die, and leave his wife behind him, andleave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise upseed unto his brother.12:20 Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, anddying left no seed.12:21 And the second took her, and died, neither left he any seed: andthe third likewise.12:22 And the seven had her, and left no seed: last of all the womandied also.12:23 In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, whose wifeshall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife.12:24 And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err,because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?  12:25For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor aregiven in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven.12:26 And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read inthe book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I amthe God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?  12:27He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye thereforedo greatly err.12:28 And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoningtogether, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him,Which is the first commandment of all?  12:29 And Jesus answered him,The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our Godis one Lord: 12:30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thyheart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thystrength: this is the first commandment.12:31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thyneighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater thanthese.12:32 And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said thetruth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he: 12:33 Andto love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, andwith all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love hisneighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings andsacrifices.12:34 And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said untohim, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after thatdurst ask him any question.12:35 And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple, Howsay the scribes that Christ is the son of David?  12:36 For Davidhimself said by the Holy Ghost, The LORD said to my Lord, Sit thou onmy right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool.12:37 David therefore himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he thenhis son? And the common people heard him gladly.12:38 And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes,which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in themarketplaces, 12:39 And the chief seats in the synagogues, and theuppermost rooms at feasts: 12:40 Which devour widows' houses, and fora pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.12:41 And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how thepeople cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast inmuch.12:42 And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites,which make a farthing.12:43 And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them,Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, thanall they which have cast into the treasury: 12:44 For all they didcast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all thatshe had, even all her living.13:1 And as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples saith untohim, Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here!13:2 And Jesus answering said unto him, Seest thou these greatbuildings?  there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shallnot be thrown down.13:3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives over against the temple,Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately, 13:4 Tell us,when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign when all thesethings shall be fulfilled?  13:5 And Jesus answering them began tosay, Take heed lest any man deceive you: 13:6 For many shall come inmy name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.13:7 And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye nottroubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet.13:8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom againstkingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and thereshall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.13:9 But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up tocouncils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall bebrought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony againstthem.13:10 And the gospel must first be published among all nations.13:11 But when they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take nothought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate: butwhatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it isnot ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost.13:12 Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and thefather the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, andshall cause them to be put to death.13:13 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he thatshall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.13:14 But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken ofby Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him thatreadeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to themountains: 13:15 And let him that is on the housetop not go down intothe house, neither enter therein, to take any thing out of his house:13:16 And let him that is in the field not turn back again for to takeup his garment.13:17 But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suckin those days!  13:18 And pray ye that your flight be not in thewinter.13:19 For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from thebeginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neithershall be.13:20 And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no fleshshould be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, hehath shortened the days.13:21 And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or,lo, he is there; believe him not: 13:22 For false Christs and falseprophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, ifit were possible, even the elect.13:23 But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.13:24 But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall bedarkened, and the moon shall not give her light, 13:25 And the starsof heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall beshaken.13:26 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds withgreat power and glory.13:27 And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together hiselect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to theuttermost part of heaven.13:28 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yettender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near: 13:29So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass,know that it is nigh, even at the doors.13:30 Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, tillall these things be done.13:31 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not passaway.13:32 But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angelswhich are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.13:33 Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.13:34 For the Son of Man is as a man taking a far journey, who lefthis house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man hiswork, and commanded the porter to watch.13:35 Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the housecometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in themorning: 13:36 Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.13:37 And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.14:1 After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavenedbread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they mighttake him by craft, and put him to death.14:2 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar ofthe people.14:3 And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he satat meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment ofspikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on hishead.14:4 And there were some that had indignation within themselves, andsaid, Why was this waste of the ointment made?  14:5 For it might havebeen sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given tothe poor. And they murmured against her.14:6 And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hathwrought a good work on me.14:7 For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will yemay do them good: but me ye have not always.14:8 She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint mybody to the burying.14:9 Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preachedthroughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall bespoken of for a memorial of her.14:10 And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chiefpriests, to betray him unto them.14:11 And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give himmoney. And he sought how he might conveniently betray him.14:12 And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed thepassover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go andprepare that thou mayest eat the passover?  14:13 And he sendeth forthtwo of his disciples, and saith unto them, Go ye into the city, andthere shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water: follow him.14:14 And wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to the goodman of thehouse, The Master saith, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eatthe passover with my disciples?  14:15 And he will shew you a largeupper room furnished and prepared: there make ready for us.14:16 And his disciples went forth, and came into the city, and foundas he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover.14:17 And in the evening he cometh with the twelve.14:18 And as they sat and did eat, Jesus said, Verily I say unto you,One of you which eateth with me shall betray me.14:19 And they began to be sorrowful, and to say unto him one by one,Is it I? and another said, Is it I?  14:20 And he answered and saidunto them, It is one of the twelve, that dippeth with me in the dish.14:21 The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him: but woe tothat man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! good were it for that manif he had never been born.14:22 And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brakeit, and gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this is my body.14:23 And he took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it tothem: and they all drank of it.14:24 And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament,which is shed for many.14:25 Verily I say unto you, I will drink no more of the fruit of thevine, until that day that I drink it new in the kingdom of God.14:26 And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount ofOlives.14:27 And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended because ofme this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and thesheep shall be scattered.14:28 But after that I am risen, I will go before you into Galilee.14:29 But Peter said unto him, Although all shall be offended, yetwill not I.14:30 And Jesus saith unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this day,even in this night, before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny methrice.14:31 But he spake the more vehemently, If I should die with thee, Iwill not deny thee in any wise. Likewise also said they all.14:32 And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and hesaith to his disciples, Sit ye here, while I shall pray.14:33 And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to besore amazed, and to be very heavy; 14:34 And saith unto them, My soulis exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch.14:35 And he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayedthat, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him.14:36 And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee;take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but whatthou wilt.14:37 And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter,Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour?  14:38 Watchye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready,but the flesh is weak.14:39 And again he went away, and prayed, and spake the same words.14:40 And when he returned, he found them asleep again, (for theireyes were heavy,) neither wist they what to answer him.14:41 And he cometh the third time, and saith unto them, Sleep on now,and take your rest: it is enough, the hour is come; behold, the Son ofman is betrayed into the hands of sinners.14:42 Rise up, let us go; lo, he that betrayeth me is at hand.14:43 And immediately, while he yet spake, cometh Judas, one of thetwelve, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, fromthe chief priests and the scribes and the elders.14:44 And he that betrayed him had given them a token, saying,Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he; take him, and lead him awaysafely.14:45 And as soon as he was come, he goeth straightway to him, andsaith, Master, master; and kissed him.14:46 And they laid their hands on him, and took him.14:47 And one of them that stood by drew a sword, and smote a servantof the high priest, and cut off his ear.14:48 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Are ye come out, asagainst a thief, with swords and with staves to take me?  14:49 I wasdaily with you in the temple teaching, and ye took me not: but thescriptures must be fulfilled.14:50 And they all forsook him, and fled.14:51 And there followed him a certain young man, having a linen clothcast about his naked body; and the young men laid hold on him: 14:52And he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked.14:53 And they led Jesus away to the high priest: and with him wereassembled all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes.14:54 And Peter followed him afar off, even into the palace of thehigh priest: and he sat with the servants, and warmed himself at thefire.14:55 And the chief priests and all the council sought for witnessagainst Jesus to put him to death; and found none.14:56 For many bare false witness against him, but their witnessagreed not together.14:57 And there arose certain, and bare false witness against him,saying, 14:58 We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that ismade with hands, and within three days I will build another madewithout hands.14:59 But neither so did their witness agree together.14:60 And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus,saying, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness againstthee?  14:61 But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again thehigh priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Sonof the Blessed?  14:62 And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Sonof man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds ofheaven.14:63 Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, What need weany further witnesses?  14:64 Ye have heard the blasphemy: what thinkye? And they all condemned him to be guilty of death.14:65 And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and tobuffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants did strikehim with the palms of their hands.14:66 And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there cometh one of themaids of the high priest: 14:67 And when she saw Peter warminghimself, she looked upon him, and said, And thou also wast with Jesusof Nazareth.14:68 But he denied, saying, I know not, neither understand I whatthou sayest. And he went out into the porch; and the cock crew.14:69 And a maid saw him again, and began to say to them that stoodby, This is one of them.14:70 And he denied it again. And a little after, they that stood bysaid again to Peter, Surely thou art one of them: for thou art aGalilaean, and thy speech agreeth thereto.14:71 But he began to curse and to swear, saying, I know not this manof whom ye speak.14:72 And the second time the cock crew. And Peter called to mind theword that Jesus said unto him, Before the cock crow twice, thou shaltdeny me thrice. And when he thought thereon, he wept.15:1 And straightway in the morning the chief priests held aconsultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, andbound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate.15:2 And Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews? And heanswering said unto them, Thou sayest it.15:3 And the chief priests accused him of many things: but he answerednothing.15:4 And Pilate asked him again, saying, Answerest thou nothing?behold how many things they witness against thee.15:5 But Jesus yet answered nothing; so that Pilate marvelled.15:6 Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoeverthey desired.15:7 And there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with them thathad made insurrection with him, who had committed murder in theinsurrection.15:8 And the multitude crying aloud began to desire him to do as hehad ever done unto them.15:9 But Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I release unto youthe King of the Jews?  15:10 For he knew that the chief priests haddelivered him for envy.15:11 But the chief priests moved the people, that he should ratherrelease Barabbas unto them.15:12 And Pilate answered and said again unto them, What will ye thenthat I shall do unto him whom ye call the King of the Jews?  15:13 Andthey cried out again, Crucify him.15:14 Then Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil hath he done? Andthey cried out the more exceedingly, Crucify him.15:15 And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbasunto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to becrucified.15:16 And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called Praetorium;and they call together the whole band.15:17 And they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns,and put it about his head, 15:18 And began to salute him, Hail, Kingof the Jews!  15:19 And they smote him on the head with a reed, anddid spit upon him, and bowing their knees worshipped him.15:20 And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him,and put his own clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him.15:21 And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming outof the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross.15:22 And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, beinginterpreted, The place of a skull.15:23 And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but hereceived it not.15:24 And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments,casting lots upon them, what every man should take.15:25 And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.15:26 And the superscription of his accusation was written over, THEKING OF THE JEWS.15:27 And with him they crucify two thieves; the one on his righthand, and the other on his left.15:28 And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And he wasnumbered with the transgressors.15:29 And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, andsaying, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in threedays, 15:30 Save thyself, and come down from the cross.15:31 Likewise also the chief priests mocking said among themselveswith the scribes, He saved others; himself he cannot save.15:32 Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, thatwe may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reviledhim.15:33 And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over thewhole land until the ninth hour.15:34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying,Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, myGod, why hast thou forsaken me?  15:35 And some of them that stood by,when they heard it, said, Behold, he calleth Elias.15:36 And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on areed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whetherElias will come to take him down.15:37 And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost.15:38 And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to thebottom.15:39 And when the centurion, which stood over against him, saw thathe so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man wasthe Son of God.15:40 There were also women looking on afar off: among whom was MaryMagdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, andSalome; 15:41 (Who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him, andministered unto him;) and many other women which came up with him untoJerusalem.15:42 And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation,that is, the day before the sabbath, 15:43 Joseph of Arimathaea, anhonourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came,and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.15:44 And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling untohim the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.15:45 And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body toJoseph.15:46 And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him inthe linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock,and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre.15:47 And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where hewas laid.16:1 And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary themother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they mightcome and anoint him.16:2 And very early in the morning the first day of the week, theycame unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun.16:3 And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stonefrom the door of the sepulchre?  16:4 And when they looked, they sawthat the stone was rolled away: for it was very great.16:5 And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting onthe right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they wereaffrighted.16:6 And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus ofNazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold theplace where they laid him.16:7 But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goethbefore you into Galilee: there shall ye see him, as he said unto you.16:8 And they went out quickly, and fled from the sepulchre; for theytrembled and were amazed: neither said they any thing to any man; forthey were afraid.16:9 Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, heappeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast sevendevils.16:10 And she went and told them that had been with him, as theymourned and wept.16:11 And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had beenseen of her, believed not.16:12 After that he appeared in another form unto two of them, as theywalked, and went into the country.16:13 And they went and told it unto the residue: neither believedthey them.16:14 Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, andupbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because theybelieved not them which had seen him after he was risen.16:15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach thegospel to every creature.16:16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he thatbelieveth not shall be damned.16:17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shallthey cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; 16:18 Theyshall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shallnot hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shallrecover.16:19 So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received upinto heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.16:20 And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord workingwith them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.The Gospel According to Saint Luke1:1 Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order adeclaration of those things which are most surely believed among us,1:2 Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning wereeyewitnesses, and ministers of the word; 1:3 It seemed good to mealso, having had perfect understanding of all things from the veryfirst, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus, 1:4That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thouhast been instructed.1:5 THERE was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certainpriest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of thedaughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.1:6 And they were both righteous before God, walking in all thecommandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.1:7 And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and theyboth were now well stricken in years.1:8 And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest's officebefore God in the order of his course, 1:9 According to the custom ofthe priest's office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into thetemple of the Lord.1:10 And the whole multitude of the people were praying without at thetime of incense.1:11 And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on theright side of the altar of incense.1:12 And when Zacharias saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell uponhim.1:13 But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayeris heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shaltcall his name John.1:14 And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice athis birth.1:15 For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drinkneither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the HolyGhost, even from his mother's womb.1:16 And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lordtheir God.1:17 And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, toturn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient tothe wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.1:18 And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? forI am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years.1:19 And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that standin the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to shewthee these glad tidings.1:20 And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until theday that these things shall be performed, because thou believest notmy words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.1:21 And the people waited for Zacharias, and marvelled that hetarried so long in the temple.1:22 And when he came out, he could not speak unto them: and theyperceived that he had seen a vision in the temple: for he beckonedunto them, and remained speechless.1:23 And it came to pass, that, as soon as the days of hisministration were accomplished, he departed to his own house.1:24 And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hidherself five months, saying, 1:25 Thus hath the Lord dealt with me inthe days wherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men.1:26 And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto acity of Galilee, named Nazareth, 1:27 To a virgin espoused to a manwhose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's namewas Mary.1:28 And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that arthighly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.1:29 And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast inher mind what manner of salutation this should be.1:30 And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast foundfavour with God.1:31 And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth ason, and shalt call his name JESUS.1:32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest:and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:1:33 And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of hiskingdom there shall be no end.1:34 Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I knownot a man?  1:35 And the angel answered and said unto her, The HolyGhost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shallovershadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born ofthee shall be called the Son of God.1:36 And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a sonin her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was calledbarren.1:37 For with God nothing shall be impossible.1:38 And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto meaccording to thy word. And the angel departed from her.1:39 And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country withhaste, into a city of Juda; 1:40 And entered into the house ofZacharias, and saluted Elisabeth.1:41 And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation ofMary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with theHoly Ghost: 1:42 And she spake out with a loud voice, and said,Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.1:43 And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should cometo me?  1:44 For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation soundedin mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.1:45 And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be aperformance of those things which were told her from the Lord.1:46 And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, 1:47 And my spirithath rejoiced in God my Saviour.1:48 For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for,behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.1:49 For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy ishis name.1:50 And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation togeneration.1:51 He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proudin the imagination of their hearts.1:52 He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them oflow degree.1:53 He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hathsent empty away.1:54 He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy;1:55 As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.1:56 And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to herown house.1:57 Now Elisabeth's full time came that she should be delivered; andshe brought forth a son.1:58 And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewedgreat mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her.1:59 And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came tocircumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name ofhis father.1:60 And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be calledJohn.1:61 And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that iscalled by this name.1:62 And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called.1:63 And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, His name isJohn. And they marvelled all.1:64 And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, andhe spake, and praised God.1:65 And fear came on all that dwelt round about them: and all thesesayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill country of Judaea.1:66 And all they that heard them laid them up in their hearts,saying, What manner of child shall this be! And the hand of the Lordwas with him.1:67 And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, andprophesied, saying, 1:68 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for hehath visited and redeemed his people, 1:69 And hath raised up an hornof salvation for us in the house of his servant David; 1:70 As hespake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since theworld began: 1:71 That we should be saved from our enemies, and fromthe hand of all that hate us; 1:72 To perform the mercy promised toour fathers, and to remember his holy covenant; 1:73 The oath which hesware to our father Abraham, 1:74 That he would grant unto us, that webeing delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him withoutfear, 1:75 In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days ofour life.1:76 And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: forthou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways; 1:77 Togive knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of theirsins, 1:78 Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspringfrom on high hath visited us, 1:79 To give light to them that sit indarkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way ofpeace.1:80 And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in thedeserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel.2:1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decreefrom Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed.2:2 (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor ofSyria.)  2:3 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.2:4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth,into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem;(because he was of the house and lineage of David:) 2:5 To be taxedwith Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.2:6 And so it was, that, while they were there, the days wereaccomplished that she should be delivered.2:7 And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him inswaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no roomfor them in the inn.2:8 And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field,keeping watch over their flock by night.2:9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory ofthe Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.2:10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring yougood tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.2:11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour,which is Christ the Lord.2:12 And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrappedin swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.2:13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenlyhost praising God, and saying, 2:14 Glory to God in the highest, andon earth peace, good will toward men.2:15 And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them intoheaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even untoBethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lordhath made known unto us.2:16 And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and thebabe lying in a manger.2:17 And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the sayingwhich was told them concerning this child.2:18 And all they that heard it wondered at those things which weretold them by the shepherds.2:19 But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.2:20 And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for allthe things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.2:21 And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of thechild, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angelbefore he was conceived in the womb.2:22 And when the days of her purification according to the law ofMoses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present himto the Lord; 2:23 (As it is written in the law of the LORD, Every malethat openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;) 2:24 And tooffer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of theLord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.2:25 And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon;and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation ofIsrael: and the Holy Ghost was upon him.2:26 And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he shouldnot see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ.2:27 And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parentsbrought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law,2:28 Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said, 2:29Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thyword: 2:30 For mine eyes have seen thy salvation, 2:31 Which thou hastprepared before the face of all people; 2:32 A light to lighten theGentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.2:33 And Joseph and his mother marvelled at those things which werespoken of him.2:34 And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold,this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; andfor a sign which shall be spoken against; 2:35 (Yea, a sword shallpierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many heartsmay be revealed.2:36 And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, ofthe tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with anhusband seven years from her virginity; 2:37 And she was a widow ofabout fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple,but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.2:38 And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto theLord, and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption inJerusalem.2:39 And when they had performed all things according to the law ofthe Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.2:40 And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled withwisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.2:41 Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of thepassover.2:42 And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem afterthe custom of the feast.2:43 And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the childJesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew notof it.2:44 But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day'sjourney; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance.2:45 And when they found him not, they turned back again to Jerusalem,seeking him.2:46 And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in thetemple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, andasking them questions.2:47 And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding andanswers.2:48 And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said untohim, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and Ihave sought thee sorrowing.2:49 And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye notthat I must be about my Father's business?  2:50 And they understoodnot the saying which he spake unto them.2:51 And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subjectunto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.2:52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with Godand man.3:1 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, PontiusPilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee,and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region ofTrachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene, 3:2 Annas andCaiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John theson of Zacharias in the wilderness.3:3 And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching thebaptism of repentance for the remission of sins; 3:4 As it is writtenin the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice ofone crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make hispaths straight.3:5 Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall bebrought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the roughways shall be made smooth; 3:6 And all flesh shall see the salvationof God.3:7 Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized ofhim, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from thewrath to come?  3:8 Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance,and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father:for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise upchildren unto Abraham.3:9 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: everytree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, andcast into the fire.3:10 And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then?  3:11 Heanswereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impartto him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise.3:12 Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him,Master, what shall we do?  3:13 And he said unto them, Exact no morethan that which is appointed you.3:14 And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shallwe do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuseany falsely; and be content with your wages.3:15 And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in theirhearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not; 3:16 Johnanswered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; butone mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthyto unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:3:17 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor,and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burnwith fire unquenchable.3:18 And many other things in his exhortation preached he unto thepeople.3:19 But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias hisbrother Philip's wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done,3:20 Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison.3:21 Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, thatJesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, 3:22And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him,and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; inthee I am well pleased.3:23 And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being(as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli, 3:24Which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi, which was theson of Melchi, which was the son of Janna, which was the son ofJoseph, 3:25 Which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son ofAmos, which was the son of Naum, which was the son of Esli, which wasthe son of Nagge, 3:26 Which was the son of Maath, which was the sonof Mattathias, which was the son of Semei, which was the son ofJoseph, which was the son of Juda, 3:27 Which was the son of Joanna,which was the son of Rhesa, which was the son of Zorobabel, which wasthe son of Salathiel, which was the son of Neri, 3:28 Which was theson of Melchi, which was the son of Addi, which was the son of Cosam,which was the son of Elmodam, which was the son of Er, 3:29 Which wasthe son of Jose, which was the son of Eliezer, which was the son ofJorim, which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi, 3:30Which was the son of Simeon, which was the son of Juda, which was theson of Joseph, which was the son of Jonan, which was the son ofEliakim, 3:31 Which was the son of Melea, which was the son of Menan,which was the son of Mattatha, which was the son of Nathan, which wasthe son of David, 3:32 Which was the son of Jesse, which was the sonof Obed, which was the son of Booz, which was the son of Salmon, whichwas the son of Naasson, 3:33 Which was the son of Aminadab, which wasthe son of Aram, which was the son of Esrom, which was the son ofPhares, which was the son of Juda, 3:34 Which was the son of Jacob,which was the son of Isaac, which was the son of Abraham, which wasthe son of Thara, which was the son of Nachor, 3:35 Which was the sonof Saruch, which was the son of Ragau, which was the son of Phalec,which was the son of Heber, which was the son of Sala, 3:36 Which wasthe son of Cainan, which was the son of Arphaxad, which was the son ofSem, which was the son of Noe, which was the son of Lamech, 3:37 Whichwas the son of Mathusala, which was the son of Enoch, which was theson of Jared, which was the son of Maleleel, which was the son ofCainan, 3:38 Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth,which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.4:1 And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, andwas led by the Spirit into the wilderness, 4:2 Being forty daystempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and whenthey were ended, he afterward hungered.4:3 And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, commandthis stone that it be made bread.4:4 And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall notlive by bread alone, but by every word of God.4:5 And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed untohim all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.4:6 And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, andthe glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever Iwill I give it.4:7 If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.4:8 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan:for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him onlyshalt thou serve.4:9 And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of thetemple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyselfdown from hence: 4:10 For it is written, He shall give his angelscharge over thee, to keep thee: 4:11 And in their hands they shallbear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.4:12 And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt nottempt the Lord thy God.4:13 And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed fromhim for a season.4:14 And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: andthere went out a fame of him through all the region round about.4:15 And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all.4:16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, ashis custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, andstood up for to read.4:17 And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias.And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it waswritten, 4:18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hathanointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to healthe brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, andrecovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that arebruised, 4:19 To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.4:20 And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, andsat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue werefastened on him.4:21 And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripturefulfilled in your ears.4:22 And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious wordswhich proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph'sson?  4:23 And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me thisproverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done inCapernaum, do also here in thy country.4:24 And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in hisown country.4:25 But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the daysof Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, whengreat famine was throughout all the land; 4:26 But unto none of themwas Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman thatwas a widow.4:27 And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus theprophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian.4:28 And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, werefilled with wrath, 4:29 And rose up, and thrust him out of the city,and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built,that they might cast him down headlong.4:30 But he passing through the midst of them went his way, 4:31 Andcame down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on thesabbath days.4:32 And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his word was withpower.4:33 And in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit of anunclean devil, and cried out with a loud voice, 4:34 Saying, Let usalone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thoucome to destroy us? I know thee who thou art; the Holy One of God.4:35 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out ofhim.And when the devil had thrown him in the midst, he came out of him,and hurt him not.4:36 And they were all amazed, and spake among themselves, saying,What a word is this! for with authority and power he commandeth theunclean spirits, and they come out.4:37 And the fame of him went out into every place of the countryround about.4:38 And he arose out of the synagogue, and entered into Simon'shouse.And Simon's wife's mother was taken with a great fever; and theybesought him for her.4:39 And he stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her:and immediately she arose and ministered unto them.4:40 Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick withdivers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on everyone of them, and healed them.4:41 And devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying, Thouart Christ the Son of God. And he rebuking them suffered them not tospeak: for they knew that he was Christ.4:42 And when it was day, he departed and went into a desert place:and the people sought him, and came unto him, and stayed him, that heshould not depart from them.4:43 And he said unto them, I must preach the kingdom of God to othercities also: for therefore am I sent.4:44 And he preached in the synagogues of Galilee.5:1 And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hearthe word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret, 5:2 And saw twoships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them,and were washing their nets.5:3 And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon's, andprayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he satdown, and taught the people out of the ship.5:4 Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out intothe deep, and let down your nets for a draught.5:5 And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all thenight, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will letdown the net.5:6 And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude offishes: and their net brake.5:7 And they beckoned unto their partners, which were in the othership, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filledboth the ships, so that they began to sink.5:8 When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying,Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.5:9 For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draughtof the fishes which they had taken: 5:10 And so was also James, andJohn, the sons of Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And Jesussaid unto Simon, Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men.5:11 And when they had brought their ships to land, they forsook all,and followed him.5:12 And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a manfull of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him,saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.5:13 And he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will: bethou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him.5:14 And he charged him to tell no man: but go, and shew thyself tothe priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded,for a testimony unto them.5:15 But so much the more went there a fame abroad of him: and greatmultitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of theirinfirmities.5:16 And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.5:17 And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, thatthere were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which werecome out of every town of Galilee, and Judaea, and Jerusalem: and thepower of the Lord was present to heal them.5:18 And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with apalsy: and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him beforehim.5:19 And when they could not find by what way they might bring him inbecause of the multitude, they went upon the housetop, and let himdown through the tiling with his couch into the midst before Jesus.5:20 And when he saw their faith, he said unto him, Man, thy sins areforgiven thee.5:21 And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who isthis which speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?5:22 But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answering said untothem, What reason ye in your hearts?  5:23 Whether is easier, to say,Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk?  5:24 But thatye may know that the Son of man hath power upon earth to forgive sins,(he said unto the sick of the palsy,) I say unto thee, Arise, and takeup thy couch, and go into thine house.5:25 And immediately he rose up before them, and took up that whereonhe lay, and departed to his own house, glorifying God.5:26 And they were all amazed, and they glorified God, and were filledwith fear, saying, We have seen strange things to day.5:27 And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, namedLevi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Followme.5:28 And he left all, rose up, and followed him.5:29 And Levi made him a great feast in his own house: and there was agreat company of publicans and of others that sat down with them.5:30 But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples,saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?  5:31 AndJesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not aphysician; but they that are sick.5:32 I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.5:33 And they said unto him, Why do the disciples of John fast often,and make prayers, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees; butthine eat and drink?  5:34 And he said unto them, Can ye make thechildren of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?5:35 But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken awayfrom them, and then shall they fast in those days.5:36 And he spake also a parable unto them; No man putteth a piece ofa new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh arent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with theold.5:37 And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new winewill burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish.5:38 But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both arepreserved.5:39 No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new: forhe saith, The old is better.6:1 And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that hewent through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears ofcorn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands.6:2 And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that whichis not lawful to do on the sabbath days?  6:3 And Jesus answering themsaid, Have ye not read so much as this, what David did, when himselfwas an hungred, and they which were with him; 6:4 How he went into thehouse of God, and did take and eat the shewbread, and gave also tothem that were with him; which it is not lawful to eat but for thepriests alone?  6:5 And he said unto them, That the Son of man is Lordalso of the sabbath.6:6 And it came to pass also on another sabbath, that he entered intothe synagogue and taught: and there was a man whose right hand waswithered.6:7 And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would healon the sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him.6:8 But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man which had thewithered hand, Rise up, and stand forth in the midst. And he arose andstood forth.6:9 Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawfulon the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or todestroy it?  6:10 And looking round about upon them all, he said untothe man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he did so: and his hand wasrestored whole as the other.6:11 And they were filled with madness; and communed one with anotherwhat they might do to Jesus.6:12 And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into amountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.6:13 And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and ofthem he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles; 6:14 Simon, (whomhe also named Peter,) and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philipand Bartholomew, 6:15 Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus,and Simon called Zelotes, 6:16 And Judas the brother of James, andJudas Iscariot, which also was the traitor.6:17 And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and thecompany of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of allJudaea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, whichcame to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases; 6:18 And theythat were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed.6:19 And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there wentvirtue out of him, and healed them all.6:20 And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed beye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.6:21 Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessedare ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.6:22 Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shallseparate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast outyour name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.6:23 Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, yourreward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathersunto the prophets.6:24 But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received yourconsolation.6:25 Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto youthat laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.6:26 Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so didtheir fathers to the false prophets.6:27 But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to themwhich hate you, 6:28 Bless them that curse you, and pray for themwhich despitefully use you.6:29 And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also theother; and him that taketh away thy cloak forbid not to take thy coatalso.6:30 Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that takethaway thy goods ask them not again.6:31 And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to themlikewise.6:32 For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? forsinners also love those that love them.6:33 And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank haveye?  for sinners also do even the same.6:34 And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thankhave ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again.6:35 But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping fornothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be thechildren of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to theevil.6:36 Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.6:37 Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shallnot be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven: 6:38 Give, and itshall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shakentogether, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For withthe same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to youagain.6:39 And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind?shall they not both fall into the ditch?  6:40 The disciple is notabove his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as hismaster.6:41 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, butperceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye?  6:42 Either howcanst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote thatis in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is inthine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thineown eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that isin thy brother's eye.6:43 For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth acorrupt tree bring forth good fruit.6:44 For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men donot gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.6:45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forththat which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of hisheart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of theheart his mouth speaketh.6:46 And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which Isay?  6:47 Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeththem, I will shew you to whom he is like: 6:48 He is like a man whichbuilt an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock:and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house,and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.6:49 But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without afoundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream didbeat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that housewas great.7:1 Now when he had ended all his sayings in the audience of thepeople, he entered into Capernaum.7:2 And a certain centurion's servant, who was dear unto him, wassick, and ready to die.7:3 And when he heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the elders of theJews, beseeching him that he would come and heal his servant.7:4 And when they came to Jesus, they besought him instantly, saying,That he was worthy for whom he should do this: 7:5 For he loveth ournation, and he hath built us a synagogue.7:6 Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from thehouse, the centurion sent friends to him, saying unto him, Lord,trouble not thyself: for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enterunder my roof: 7:7 Wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to comeunto thee: but say in a word, and my servant shall be healed.7:8 For I also am a man set under authority, having under me soldiers,and I say unto one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and hecometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.7:9 When Jesus heard these things, he marvelled at him, and turned himabout, and said unto the people that followed him, I say unto you, Ihave not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.7:10 And they that were sent, returning to the house, found theservant whole that had been sick.7:11 And it came to pass the day after, that he went into a citycalled Nain; and many of his disciples went with him, and much people.7:12 Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there wasa dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was awidow: and much people of the city was with her.7:13 And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and saidunto her, Weep not.7:14 And he came and touched the bier: and they that bare him stoodstill.And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise.7:15 And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he deliveredhim to his mother.7:16 And there came a fear on all: and they glorified God, saying,That a great prophet is risen up among us; and, That God hath visitedhis people.7:17 And this rumour of him went forth throughout all Judaea, andthroughout all the region round about.7:18 And the disciples of John shewed him of all these things.7:19 And John calling unto him two of his disciples sent them toJesus, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another?7:20 When the men were come unto him, they said, John Baptist hathsent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look wefor another?  7:21 And in that same hour he cured many of theirinfirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits; and unto many that wereblind he gave sight.7:22 Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell Johnwhat things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lamewalk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, tothe poor the gospel is preached.7:23 And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.7:24 And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speakunto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wildernessfor to see?  A reed shaken with the wind?  7:25 But what went ye outfor to see? A man clothed in soft raiment?  Behold, they which aregorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are in kings' courts.7:26 But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto you,and much more than a prophet.7:27 This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messengerbefore thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.7:28 For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women there isnot a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he that is least inthe kingdom of God is greater than he.7:29 And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justifiedGod, being baptized with the baptism of John.7:30 But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God againstthemselves, being not baptized of him.7:31 And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of thisgeneration? and to what are they like?  7:32 They are like untochildren sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, andsaying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we havemourned to you, and ye have not wept.7:33 For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine;and ye say, He hath a devil.7:34 The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold agluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!7:35 But wisdom is justified of all her children.7:36 And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him.And he went into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to meat.7:37 And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when sheknew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought analabaster box of ointment, 7:38 And stood at his feet behind himweeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them withthe hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with theointment.7:39 Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spakewithin himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would haveknown who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him: for sheis a sinner.7:40 And Jesus answering said unto him, Simon, I have somewhat to sayunto thee. And he saith, Master, say on.7:41 There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owedfive hundred pence, and the other fifty.7:42 And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both.Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most?  7:43 Simonanswered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most.And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged.7:44 And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou thiswoman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for myfeet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with thehairs of her head.7:45 Thou gavest me no kiss: but this woman since the time I came inhath not ceased to kiss my feet.7:46 My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hathanointed my feet with ointment.7:47 Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, areforgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the sameloveth little.7:48 And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven.7:49 And they that sat at meat with him began to say withinthemselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also?  7:50 And he said tothe woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace.8:1 And it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every cityand village, preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom ofGod: and the twelve were with him, 8:2 And certain women, which hadbeen healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene,out of whom went seven devils, 8:3 And Joanna the wife of ChuzaHerod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, which ministered untohim of their substance.8:4 And when much people were gathered together, and were come to himout of every city, he spake by a parable: 8:5 A sower went out to sowhis seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it wastrodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it.8:6 And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, itwithered away, because it lacked moisture.8:7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, andchoked it.8:8 And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit anhundredfold. And when he had said these things, he cried, He that hathears to hear, let him hear.8:9 And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?8:10 And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of thekingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might notsee, and hearing they might not understand.8:11 Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.8:12 Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil,and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believeand be saved.8:13 They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive theword with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, andin time of temptation fall away.8:14 And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they haveheard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures ofthis life, and bring no fruit to perfection.8:15 But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and goodheart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit withpatience.8:16 No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel,or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that theywhich enter in may see the light.8:17 For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neitherany thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad.8:18 Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shallbe given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even thatwhich he seemeth to have.8:19 Then came to him his mother and his brethren, and could not comeat him for the press.8:20 And it was told him by certain which said, Thy mother and thybrethren stand without, desiring to see thee.8:21 And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren arethese which hear the word of God, and do it.8:22 Now it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a shipwith his disciples: and he said unto them, Let us go over unto theother side of the lake. And they launched forth.8:23 But as they sailed he fell asleep: and there came down a storm ofwind on the lake; and they were filled with water, and were injeopardy.8:24 And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, weperish. Then he arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of thewater: and they ceased, and there was a calm.8:25 And he said unto them, Where is your faith? And they being afraidwondered, saying one to another, What manner of man is this! for hecommandeth even the winds and water, and they obey him.8:26 And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is overagainst Galilee.8:27 And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city acertain man, which had devils long time, and ware no clothes, neitherabode in any house, but in the tombs.8:28 When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, andwith a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Sonof God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not.8:29 (For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man.For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chainsand in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devilinto the wilderness.)  8:30 And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thyname? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him.8:31 And they besought him that he would not command them to go outinto the deep.8:32 And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on themountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to enterinto them. And he suffered them.8:33 Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into the swine:and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and werechoked.8:34 When they that fed them saw what was done, they fled, and wentand told it in the city and in the country.8:35 Then they went out to see what was done; and came to Jesus, andfound the man, out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at thefeet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.8:36 They also which saw it told them by what means he that waspossessed of the devils was healed.8:37 Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes roundabout besought him to depart from them; for they were taken with greatfear: and he went up into the ship, and returned back again.8:38 Now the man out of whom the devils were departed besought himthat he might be with him: but Jesus sent him away, saying, 8:39Return to thine own house, and shew how great things God hath doneunto thee. And he went his way, and published throughout the wholecity how great things Jesus had done unto him.8:40 And it came to pass, that, when Jesus was returned, the peoplegladly received him: for they were all waiting for him.8:41 And, behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler ofthe synagogue: and he fell down at Jesus' feet, and besought him thathe would come into his house: 8:42 For he had one only daughter, abouttwelve years of age, and she lay a dying. But as he went the peoplethronged him.8:43 And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which hadspent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any,8:44 Came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: andimmediately her issue of blood stanched.8:45 And Jesus said, Who touched me? When all denied, Peter and theythat were with him said, Master, the multitude throng thee and pressthee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?  8:46 And Jesus said, Somebodyhath touched me: for I perceive that virtue is gone out of me.8:47 And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling,and falling down before him, she declared unto him before all thepeople for what cause she had touched him, and how she was healedimmediately.8:48 And he said unto her, Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faithhath made thee whole; go in peace.8:49 While he yet spake, there cometh one from the ruler of thesynagogue's house, saying to him, Thy daughter is dead; trouble notthe Master.8:50 But when Jesus heard it, he answered him, saying, Fear not:believe only, and she shall be made whole.8:51 And when he came into the house, he suffered no man to go in,save Peter, and James, and John, and the father and the mother of themaiden.8:52 And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is notdead, but sleepeth.8:53 And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.8:54 And he put them all out, and took her by the hand, and called,saying, Maid, arise.8:55 And her spirit came again, and she arose straightway: and hecommanded to give her meat.8:56 And her parents were astonished: but he charged them that theyshould tell no man what was done.9:1 Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them powerand authority over all devils, and to cure diseases.9:2 And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal thesick.9:3 And he said unto them, Take nothing for your journey, neitherstaves, nor scrip, neither bread, neither money; neither have twocoats apiece.9:4 And whatsoever house ye enter into, there abide, and thencedepart.9:5 And whosoever will not receive you, when ye go out of that city,shake off the very dust from your feet for a testimony against them.9:6 And they departed, and went through the towns, preaching thegospel, and healing every where.9:7 Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by him: and hewas perplexed, because that it was said of some, that John was risenfrom the dead; 9:8 And of some, that Elias had appeared; and ofothers, that one of the old prophets was risen again.9:9 And Herod said, John have I beheaded: but who is this, of whom Ihear such things? And he desired to see him.9:10 And the apostles, when they were returned, told him all that theyhad done. And he took them, and went aside privately into a desertplace belonging to the city called Bethsaida.9:11 And the people, when they knew it, followed him: and he receivedthem, and spake unto them of the kingdom of God, and healed them thathad need of healing.9:12 And when the day began to wear away, then came the twelve, andsaid unto him, Send the multitude away, that they may go into thetowns and country round about, and lodge, and get victuals: for we arehere in a desert place.9:13 But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, Wehave no more but five loaves and two fishes; except we should go andbuy meat for all this people.9:14 For they were about five thousand men. And he said to hisdisciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company.9:15 And they did so, and made them all sit down.9:16 Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking upto heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and gave to the disciples toset before the multitude.9:17 And they did eat, and were all filled: and there was taken up offragments that remained to them twelve baskets.9:18 And it came to pass, as he was alone praying, his disciples werewith him: and he asked them, saying, Whom say the people that I am?9:19 They answering said, John the Baptist; but some say, Elias; andothers say, that one of the old prophets is risen again.9:20 He said unto them, But whom say ye that I am? Peter answeringsaid, The Christ of God.9:21 And he straitly charged them, and commanded them to tell no manthat thing; 9:22 Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, andbe rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain,and be raised the third day.9:23 And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let himdeny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.9:24 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoeverwill lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.9:25 For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, andlose himself, or be cast away?  9:26 For whosoever shall be ashamed ofme and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when heshall come in his own glory, and in his Father's, and of the holyangels.9:27 But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, whichshall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God.9:28 And it came to pass about an eight days after these sayings, hetook Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray.9:29 And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, andhis raiment was white and glistering.9:30 And, behold, there talked with him two men, which were Moses andElias: 9:31 Who appeared in glory, and spake of his decease which heshould accomplish at Jerusalem.9:32 But Peter and they that were with him were heavy with sleep: andwhen they were awake, they saw his glory, and the two men that stoodwith him.9:33 And it came to pass, as they departed from him, Peter said untoJesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make threetabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias: notknowing what he said.9:34 While he thus spake, there came a cloud, and overshadowed them:and they feared as they entered into the cloud.9:35 And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is mybeloved Son: hear him.9:36 And when the voice was past, Jesus was found alone. And they keptit close, and told no man in those days any of those things which theyhad seen.9:37 And it came to pass, that on the next day, when they were comedown from the hill, much people met him.9:38 And, behold, a man of the company cried out, saying, Master, Ibeseech thee, look upon my son: for he is mine only child.9:39 And, lo, a spirit taketh him, and he suddenly crieth out; and itteareth him that he foameth again, and bruising him hardly departethfrom him.9:40 And I besought thy disciples to cast him out; and they could not.9:41 And Jesus answering said, O faithless and perverse generation,how long shall I be with you, and suffer you? Bring thy son hither.9:42 And as he was yet a coming, the devil threw him down, and tarehim.And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the child, anddelivered him again to his father.9:43 And they were all amazed at the mighty power of God. But whilethey wondered every one at all things which Jesus did, he said untohis disciples, 9:44 Let these sayings sink down into your ears: forthe Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men.9:45 But they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them,that they perceived it not: and they feared to ask him of that saying.9:46 Then there arose a reasoning among them, which of them should begreatest.9:47 And Jesus, perceiving the thought of their heart, took a child,and set him by him, 9:48 And said unto them, Whosoever shall receivethis child in my name receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive mereceiveth him that sent me: for he that is least among you all, thesame shall be great.9:49 And John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out devilsin thy name; and we forbad him, because he followeth not with us.9:50 And Jesus said unto him, Forbid him not: for he that is notagainst us is for us.9:51 And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should bereceived up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem, 9:52 Andsent messengers before his face: and they went, and entered into avillage of the Samaritans, to make ready for him.9:53 And they did not receive him, because his face was as though hewould go to Jerusalem.9:54 And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord,wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consumethem, even as Elias did?  9:55 But he turned, and rebuked them, andsaid, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of.9:56 For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but tosave them. And they went to another village.9:57 And it came to pass, that, as they went in the way, a certain mansaid unto him, Lord, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.9:58 And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the airhave nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.9:59 And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer mefirst to go and bury my father.9:60 Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thouand preach the kingdom of God.9:61 And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me firstgo bid them farewell, which are at home at my house.9:62 And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to theplough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.10:1 After these things the LORD appointed other seventy also, andsent them two and two before his face into every city and place,whither he himself would come.10:2 Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but thelabourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that hewould send forth labourers into his harvest.10:3 Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.10:4 Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man bythe way.10:5 And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to thishouse.10:6 And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it:if not, it shall turn to you again.10:7 And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things asthey give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from houseto house.10:8 And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat suchthings as are set before you: 10:9 And heal the sick that are therein,and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.10:10 But into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you not, goyour ways out into the streets of the same, and say, 10:11 Even thevery dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off againstyou: notwithstanding be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God iscome nigh unto you.10:12 But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that dayfor Sodom, than for that city.10:13 Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if themighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done inyou, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth andashes.10:14 But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at thejudgment, than for you.10:15 And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt bethrust down to hell.10:16 He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth youdespiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.10:17 And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even thedevils are subject unto us through thy name.10:18 And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall fromheaven.10:19 Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents andscorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall byany means hurt you.10:20 Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits aresubject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are writtenin heaven.10:21 In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, OFather, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things fromthe wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so,Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight.10:22 All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knowethwho the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son,and he to whom the Son will reveal him.10:23 And he turned him unto his disciples, and said privately,Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see: 10:24 For Itell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see thosethings which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those thingswhich ye hear, and have not heard them.10:25 And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying,Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?  10:26 He said untohim, What is written in the law? how readest thou?  10:27 And heanswering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart,and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thymind; and thy neighbour as thyself.10:28 And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, andthou shalt live.10:29 But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who ismy neighbour?  10:30 And Jesus answering said, A certain man went downfrom Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped himof his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.10:31 And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: andwhen he saw him, he passed by on the other side.10:32 And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and lookedon him, and passed by on the other side.10:33 But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: andwhen he saw him, he had compassion on him, 10:34 And went to him, andbound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his ownbeast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.10:35 And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, andgave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; andwhatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee.10:36 Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto himthat fell among the thieves?  10:37 And he said, He that shewed mercyon him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise.10:38 Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into acertain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him intoher house.10:39 And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet,and heard his word.10:40 But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, andsaid, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to servealone?  bid her therefore that she help me.10:41 And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou artcareful and troubled about many things: 10:42 But one thing isneedful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be takenaway from her.11:1 And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place,when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us topray, as John also taught his disciples.11:2 And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art inheaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, asin heaven, so in earth.11:3 Give us day by day our daily bread.11:4 And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that isindebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us fromevil.11:5 And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, andshall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me threeloaves; 11:6 For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and Ihave nothing to set before him?  11:7 And he from within shall answerand say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children arewith me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.11:8 I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because heis his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and givehim as many as he needeth.11:9 And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and yeshall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.11:10 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seekethfindeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.11:11 If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will hegive him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him aserpent?  11:12 Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him ascorpion?  11:13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good giftsunto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give theHoly Spirit to them that ask him?  11:14 And he was casting out adevil, and it was dumb. And it came to pass, when the devil was goneout, the dumb spake; and the people wondered.11:15 But some of them said, He casteth out devils through Beelzebubthe chief of the devils.11:16 And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven.11:17 But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdomdivided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house dividedagainst a house falleth.11:18 If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdomstand? because ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub.11:19 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons castthem out? therefore shall they be your judges.11:20 But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt thekingdom of God is come upon you.11:21 When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are inpeace: 11:22 But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, andovercome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted,and divideth his spoils.11:23 He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth notwith me scattereth.11:24 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh throughdry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will returnunto my house whence I came out.11:25 And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished.11:26 Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more wickedthan himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last stateof that man is worse than the first.11:27 And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain womanof the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is thewomb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked.11:28 But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word ofGod, and keep it.11:29 And when the people were gathered thick together, he began tosay, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall nosign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.11:30 For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also theSon of man be to this generation.11:31 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with themen of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmostparts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, agreater than Solomon is here.11:32 The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with thisgeneration, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preachingof Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.11:33 No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secretplace, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they whichcome in may see the light.11:34 The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye issingle, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye isevil, thy body also is full of darkness.11:35 Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be notdarkness.11:36 If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no partdark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining ofa candle doth give thee light.11:37 And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine withhim: and he went in, and sat down to meat.11:38 And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not firstwashed before dinner.11:39 And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean theoutside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full ofravening and wickedness.11:40 Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make thatwhich is within also?  11:41 But rather give alms of such things as yehave; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.11:42 But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and allmanner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: theseought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.11:43 Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in thesynagogues, and greetings in the markets.11:44 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are asgraves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not awareof them.11:45 Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master,thus saying thou reproachest us also.11:46 And he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men withburdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdenswith one of your fingers.11:47 Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, andyour fathers killed them.11:48 Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers:for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.11:49 Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophetsand apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute: 11:50That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundationof the world, may be required of this generation; 11:51 From the bloodof Abel unto the blood of Zacharias which perished between the altarand the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of thisgeneration.11:52 Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key ofknowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were enteringin ye hindered.11:53 And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and thePharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak ofmany things: 11:54 Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch somethingout of his mouth, that they might accuse him.12:1 In the mean time, when there were gathered together aninnumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one uponanother, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye ofthe leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.12:2 For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neitherhid, that shall not be known.12:3 Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard inthe light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shallbe proclaimed upon the housetops.12:4 And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that killthe body, and after that have no more that they can do.12:5 But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which afterhe hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fearhim.12:6 Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of themis forgotten before God?  12:7 But even the very hairs of your headare all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than manysparrows.12:8 Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, himshall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God: 12:9 Buthe that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels ofGod.12:10 And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, itshall be forgiven him: but unto him that blasphemeth against the HolyGhost it shall not be forgiven.12:11 And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and untomagistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shallanswer, or what ye shall say: 12:12 For the Holy Ghost shall teach youin the same hour what ye ought to say.12:13 And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to mybrother, that he divide the inheritance with me.12:14 And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider overyou?  12:15 And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware ofcovetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of thethings which he possesseth.12:16 And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of acertain rich man brought forth plentifully: 12:17 And he thoughtwithin himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room whereto bestow my fruits?  12:18 And he said, This will I do: I will pulldown my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all myfruits and my goods.12:19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid upfor many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.12:20 But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall berequired of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hastprovided?  12:21 So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and isnot rich toward God.12:22 And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Takeno thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body,what ye shall put on.12:23 The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.12:24 Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; whichneither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much moreare ye better than the fowls?  12:25 And which of you with takingthought can add to his stature one cubit?  12:26 If ye then be notable to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for therest?  12:27 Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, theyspin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory wasnot arrayed like one of these.12:28 If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field,and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you,O ye of little faith?  12:29 And seek not ye what ye shall eat, orwhat ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.12:30 For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: andyour Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.12:31 But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these thingsshall be added unto you.12:32 Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure togive you the kingdom.12:33 Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags whichwax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where nothief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.12:34 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.12:35 Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning; 12:36And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he willreturn from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they mayopen unto him immediately.12:37 Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shallfind watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, andmake them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.12:38 And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the thirdwatch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.12:39 And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known whathour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not havesuffered his house to be broken through.12:40 Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hourwhen ye think not.12:41 Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable untous, or even to all?  12:42 And the Lord said, Who then is thatfaithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over hishousehold, to give them their portion of meat in due season?  12:43Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find sodoing.12:44 Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over allthat he hath.12:45 But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth hiscoming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and toeat and drink, and to be drunken; 12:46 The lord of that servant willcome in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he isnot aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him hisportion with the unbelievers.12:47 And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared nothimself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with manystripes.12:48 But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes,shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given,of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, ofhim they will ask the more.12:49 I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it bealready kindled?  12:50 But I have a baptism to be baptized with; andhow am I straitened till it be accomplished!  12:51 Suppose ye that Iam come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:12:52 For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided,three against two, and two against three.12:53 The father shall be divided against the son, and the son againstthe father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter againstthe mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and thedaughter in law against her mother in law.12:54 And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out ofthe west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is.12:55 And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat;and it cometh to pass.12:56 Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of theearth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?  12:57 Yea, andwhy even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?  12:58 When thougoest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way,give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he halethee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and theofficer cast thee into prison.12:59 I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paidthe very last mite.13:1 There were present at that season some that told him of theGalilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.13:2 And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that theseGalilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because theysuffered such things?  13:3 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, yeshall all likewise perish.13:4 Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slewthem, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt inJerusalem?  13:5 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall alllikewise perish.13:6 He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree plantedin his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.13:7 Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, thesethree years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cutit down; why cumbereth it the ground?  13:8 And he answering said untohim, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, anddung it: 13:9 And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after thatthou shalt cut it down.13:10 And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath.13:11 And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmityeighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift upherself.13:12 And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her,Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity.13:13 And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was madestraight, and glorified God.13:14 And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation,because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto thepeople, There are six days in which men ought to work: in themtherefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.13:15 The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth noteach one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall,and lead him away to watering?  13:16 And ought not this woman, beinga daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteenyears, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?  13:17 And when hehad said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: and all thepeople rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.13:18 Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? andwhereunto shall I resemble it?  13:19 It is like a grain of mustardseed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, andwaxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches ofit.13:20 And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God?13:21 It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measuresof meal, till the whole was leavened.13:22 And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, andjourneying toward Jerusalem.13:23 Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? Andhe said unto them, 13:24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: formany, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.13:25 When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut tothe door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door,saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say untoyou, I know you not whence ye are: 13:26 Then shall ye begin to say,We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in ourstreets.13:27 But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are;depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.13:28 There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall seeAbraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom ofGod, and you yourselves thrust out.13:29 And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and fromthe north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom ofGod.13:30 And, behold, there are last which shall be first, and there arefirst which shall be last.13:31 The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying untohim, Get thee out, and depart hence: for Herod will kill thee.13:32 And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I castout devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow, and the third day Ishall be perfected.13:33 Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the dayfollowing: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.13:34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonestthem that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thychildren together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, andye would not!  13:35 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: andverily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until the time come whenye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.14:1 And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of thechief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watchedhim.14:2 And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had thedropsy.14:3 And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying,Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?  14:4 And they held theirpeace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go; 14:5 Andanswered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox falleninto a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day?14:6 And they could not answer him again to these things.14:7 And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when hemarked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them.14:8 When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in thehighest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him;14:9 And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this manplace; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room.14:10 But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room;that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, goup higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them thatsit at meat with thee.14:11 For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he thathumbleth himself shall be exalted.14:12 Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest adinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neitherthy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again,and a recompence be made thee.14:13 But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, thelame, the blind: 14:14 And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannotrecompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection ofthe just.14:15 And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard thesethings, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in thekingdom of God.14:16 Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, andbade many: 14:17 And sent his servant at supper time to say to themthat were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.14:18 And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The firstsaid unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs goand see it: I pray thee have me excused.14:19 And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go toprove them: I pray thee have me excused.14:20 And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannotcome.14:21 So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then themaster of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quicklyinto the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor,and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.14:22 And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded,and yet there is room.14:23 And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways andhedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.14:24 For I say unto you, That none of those men which were biddenshall taste of my supper.14:25 And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, andsaid unto them, 14:26 If any man come to me, and hate not his father,and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea,and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.14:27 And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannotbe my disciple.14:28 For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not downfirst, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?14:29 Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not ableto finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him, 14:30 Saying, Thisman began to build, and was not able to finish.14:31 Or what king, going to make war against another king, sittethnot down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand tomeet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?  14:32 Or else,while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, anddesireth conditions of peace.14:33 So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all thathe hath, he cannot be my disciple.14:34 Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewithshall it be seasoned?  14:35 It is neither fit for the land, nor yetfor the dunghill; but men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, lethim hear.15:1 Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hearhim.15:2 And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This manreceiveth sinners, and eateth with them.15:3 And he spake this parable unto them, saying, 15:4 What man ofyou, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leavethe ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which islost, until he find it?  15:5 And when he hath found it, he layeth iton his shoulders, rejoicing.15:6 And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends andneighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found mysheep which was lost.15:7 I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over onesinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons,which need no repentance.15:8 Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose onepiece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seekdiligently till she find it?  15:9 And when she hath found it, shecalleth her friends and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice withme; for I have found the piece which I had lost.15:10 Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of theangels of God over one sinner that repenteth.15:11 And he said, A certain man had two sons: 15:12 And the youngerof them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods thatfalleth to me. And he divided unto them his living.15:13 And not many days after the younger son gathered all together,and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted hissubstance with riotous living.15:14 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in thatland; and he began to be in want.15:15 And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; andhe sent him into his fields to feed swine.15:16 And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that theswine did eat: and no man gave unto him.15:17 And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants ofmy father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!15:18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father,I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, 15:19 And am no moreworthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.15:20 And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet agreat way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, andfell on his neck, and kissed him.15:21 And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven,and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.15:22 But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe,and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:15:23 And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat,and be merry: 15:24 For this my son was dead, and is alive again; hewas lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.15:25 Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nighto the house, he heard musick and dancing.15:26 And he called one of the servants, and asked what these thingsmeant.15:27 And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hathkilled the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.15:28 And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his fatherout, and intreated him.15:29 And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do Iserve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: andyet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with myfriends: 15:30 But as soon as this thy son was come, which hathdevoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fattedcalf.15:31 And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that Ihave is thine.15:32 It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thybrother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.16:1 And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain richman, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that hehad wasted his goods.16:2 And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear thisof thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be nolonger steward.16:3 Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for mylord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I amashamed.16:4 I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of thestewardship, they may receive me into their houses.16:5 So he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him, and saidunto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?  16:6 And he said,An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, andsit down quickly, and write fifty.16:7 Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, Anhundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, andwrite fourscore.16:8 And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had donewisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiserthan the children of light.16:9 And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon ofunrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you intoeverlasting habitations.16:10 He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also inmuch: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.16:11 If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteousmammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?  16:12 And ifye have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who shallgive you that which is your own?  16:13 No servant can serve twomasters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or elsehe will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve Godand mammon.16:14 And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all thesethings: and they derided him.16:15 And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselvesbefore men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highlyesteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.16:16 The law and the prophets were until John: since that time thekingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.16:17 And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittleof the law to fail.16:18 Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another,committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away fromher husband committeth adultery.16:19 There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple andfine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: 16:20 And there was acertain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full ofsores, 16:21 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell fromthe rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.16:22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried bythe angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and wasburied; 16:23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, andseeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.16:24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, andsend Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and coolmy tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.16:25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetimereceivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but nowhe is comforted, and thou art tormented.16:26 And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulffixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neithercan they pass to us, that would come from thence.16:27 Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldestsend him to my father's house: 16:28 For I have five brethren; that hemay testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.16:29 Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; letthem hear them.16:30 And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them fromthe dead, they will repent.16:31 And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets,neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.17:1 Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but thatoffences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come!  17:2 Itwere better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, andhe cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these littleones.17:3 Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee,rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.17:4 And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seventimes in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shaltforgive him.17:5 And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.17:6 And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, yemight say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, andbe thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you.17:7 But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle,will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go andsit down to meat?  17:8 And will not rather say unto him, Make readywherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eatenand drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink?  17:9 Doth hethank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him?I trow not.17:10 So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things whichare commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have donethat which was our duty to do.17:11 And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passedthrough the midst of Samaria and Galilee.17:12 And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten menthat were lepers, which stood afar off: 17:13 And they lifted up theirvoices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.17:14 And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go shew yourselves untothe priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they werecleansed.17:15 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back,and with a loud voice glorified God, 17:16 And fell down on his faceat his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan.17:17 And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but whereare the nine?  17:18 There are not found that returned to give gloryto God, save this stranger.17:19 And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath madethee whole.17:20 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom ofGod should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God comethnot with observation: 17:21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lothere! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.17:22 And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when yeshall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shallnot see it.17:23 And they shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not afterthem, nor follow them.17:24 For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part underheaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also theSon of man be in his day.17:25 But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of thisgeneration.17:26 And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in thedays of the Son of man.17:27 They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given inmarriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the floodcame, and destroyed them all.17:28 Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, theydrank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; 17:29 Butthe same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstonefrom heaven, and destroyed them all.17:30 Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man isrevealed.17:31 In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuffin the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is inthe field, let him likewise not return back.17:32 Remember Lot's wife.17:33 Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; andwhosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.17:34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; theone shall be taken, and the other shall be left.17:35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken,and the other left.17:36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and theother left.17:37 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he saidunto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles begathered together.18:1 And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men oughtalways to pray, and not to faint; 18:2 Saying, There was in a city ajudge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: 18:3 And there wasa widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mineadversary.18:4 And he would not for a while: but afterward he said withinhimself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man; 18:5 Yet because thiswidow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual comingshe weary me.18:6 And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith.18:7 And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and nightunto him, though he bear long with them?  18:8 I tell you that he willavenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shallhe find faith on the earth?  18:9 And he spake this parable untocertain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, anddespised others: 18:10 Two men went up into the temple to pray; theone a Pharisee, and the other a publican.18:11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thankthee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust,adulterers, or even as this publican.18:12 I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.18:13 And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so muchas his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God bemerciful to me a sinner.18:14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified ratherthan the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased;and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.18:15 And they brought unto him also infants, that he would touchthem: but when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them.18:16 But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Suffer little childrento come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom ofGod.18:17 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdomof God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein.18:18 And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall Ido to inherit eternal life?  18:19 And Jesus said unto him, Whycallest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is, God.18:20 Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do notkill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father andthy mother.18:21 And he said, All these have I kept from my youth up.18:22 Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackestthou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor,and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.18:23 And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was veryrich.18:24 And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, Howhardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!18:25 For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, thanfor a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.18:26 And they that heard it said, Who then can be saved?  18:27 Andhe said, The things which are impossible with men are possible withGod.18:28 Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee.18:29 And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no manthat hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children,for the kingdom of God's sake, 18:30 Who shall not receive manifoldmore in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.18:31 Then he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, wego up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophetsconcerning the Son of man shall be accomplished.18:32 For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall bemocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on: 18:33 And they shallscourge him, and put him to death: and the third day he shall riseagain.18:34 And they understood none of these things: and this saying washid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken.18:35 And it came to pass, that as he was come nigh unto Jericho, acertain blind man sat by the way side begging: 18:36 And hearing themultitude pass by, he asked what it meant.18:37 And they told him, that Jesus of Nazareth passeth by.18:38 And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy onme.18:39 And they which went before rebuked him, that he should hold hispeace: but he cried so much the more, Thou son of David, have mercy onme.18:40 And Jesus stood, and commanded him to be brought unto him: andwhen he was come near, he asked him, 18:41 Saying, What wilt thou thatI shall do unto thee? And he said, Lord, that I may receive my sight.18:42 And Jesus said unto him, Receive thy sight: thy faith hath savedthee.18:43 And immediately he received his sight, and followed him,glorifying God: and all the people, when they saw it, gave praise untoGod.19:1 And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho.19:2 And, behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was the chiefamong the publicans, and he was rich.19:3 And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for thepress, because he was little of stature.19:4 And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to seehim: for he was to pass that way.19:5 And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and saw him, andsaid unto him, Zacchaeus, make haste, and come down; for to day I mustabide at thy house.19:6 And he made haste, and came down, and received him joyfully.19:7 And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, That he was goneto be guest with a man that is a sinner.19:8 And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord: Behold, Lord, thehalf of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thingfrom any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.19:9 And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to thishouse, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham.19:10 For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which waslost.19:11 And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable,because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that thekingdom of God should immediately appear.19:12 He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country toreceive for himself a kingdom, and to return.19:13 And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds,and said unto them, Occupy till I come.19:14 But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him,saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.19:15 And it came to pass, that when he was returned, having receivedthe kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto him,to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every manhad gained by trading.19:16 Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained tenpounds.19:17 And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hastbeen faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.19:18 And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained fivepounds.19:19 And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities.19:20 And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, whichI have kept laid up in a napkin: 19:21 For I feared thee, because thouart an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, andreapest that thou didst not sow.19:22 And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee,thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking upthat I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow: 19:23 Whereforethen gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I mighthave required mine own with usury?  19:24 And he said unto them thatstood by, Take from him the pound, and give it to him that hath tenpounds.19:25 (And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.)  19:26 For Isay unto you, That unto every one which hath shall be given; and fromhim that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him.19:27 But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign overthem, bring hither, and slay them before me.19:28 And when he had thus spoken, he went before, ascending up toJerusalem.19:29 And it came to pass, when he was come nigh to Bethphage andBethany, at the mount called the mount of Olives, he sent two of hisdisciples, 19:30 Saying, Go ye into the village over against you; inthe which at your entering ye shall find a colt tied, whereon yetnever man sat: loose him, and bring him hither.19:31 And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye sayunto him, Because the Lord hath need of him.19:32 And they that were sent went their way, and found even as he hadsaid unto them.19:33 And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said untothem, Why loose ye the colt?  19:34 And they said, The Lord hath needof him.19:35 And they brought him to Jesus: and they cast their garments uponthe colt, and they set Jesus thereon.19:36 And as he went, they spread their clothes in the way.19:37 And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mountof Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice andpraise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they hadseen; 19:38 Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of theLord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.19:39 And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said untohim, Master, rebuke thy disciples.19:40 And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if theseshould hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.19:41 And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,19:42 Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thyday, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid fromthine eyes.19:43 For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall casta trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on everyside, 19:44 And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy childrenwithin thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another;because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.19:45 And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them thatsold therein, and them that bought; 19:46 Saying unto them, It iswritten, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den ofthieves.19:47 And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and thescribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him, 19:48 Andcould not find what they might do: for all the people were veryattentive to hear him.20:1 And it came to pass, that on one of those days, as he taught thepeople in the temple, and preached the gospel, the chief priests andthe scribes came upon him with the elders, 20:2 And spake unto him,saying, Tell us, by what authority doest thou these things? or who ishe that gave thee this authority?  20:3 And he answered and said untothem, I will also ask you one thing; and answer me: 20:4 The baptismof John, was it from heaven, or of men?  20:5 And they reasoned withthemselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Whythen believed ye him not?  20:6 But and if we say, Of men; all thepeople will stone us: for they be persuaded that John was a prophet.20:7 And they answered, that they could not tell whence it was.20:8 And Jesus said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority Ido these things.20:9 Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain manplanted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into afar country for a long time.20:10 And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that theyshould give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beathim, and sent him away empty.20:11 And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, andentreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty.20:12 And again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and casthim out.20:13 Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will sendmy beloved son: it may be they will reverence him when they see him.20:14 But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves,saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritancemay be ours.20:15 So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. Whattherefore shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them?  20:16 He shallcome and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard toothers. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid.20:17 And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written,The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head ofthe corner?  20:18 Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall bebroken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.20:19 And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought tolay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived thathe had spoken this parable against them.20:20 And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feignthemselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that sothey might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor.20:21 And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest andteachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person of any, butteachest the way of God truly: 20:22 Is it lawful for us to givetribute unto Caesar, or no?  20:23 But he perceived their craftiness,and said unto them, Why tempt ye me?  20:24 Shew me a penny. Whoseimage and superscription hath it? They answered and said, Caesar's.20:25 And he said unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the thingswhich be Caesar's, and unto God the things which be God's.20:26 And they could not take hold of his words before the people: andthey marvelled at his answer, and held their peace.20:27 Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that thereis any resurrection; and they asked him, 20:28 Saying, Master, Moseswrote unto us, If any man's brother die, having a wife, and he diewithout children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise upseed unto his brother.20:29 There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife,and died without children.20:30 And the second took her to wife, and he died childless.20:31 And the third took her; and in like manner the seven also: andthey left no children, and died.20:32 Last of all the woman died also.20:33 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them is she? forseven had her to wife.20:34 And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this worldmarry, and are given in marriage: 20:35 But they which shall beaccounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from thedead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: 20:36 Neither can theydie any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the childrenof God, being the children of the resurrection.20:37 Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush,when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, andthe God of Jacob.20:38 For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all liveunto him.20:39 Then certain of the scribes answering said, Master, thou hastwell said.20:40 And after that they durst not ask him any question at all.20:41 And he said unto them, How say they that Christ is David's son?20:42 And David himself saith in the book of Psalms, The LORD saidunto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, 20:43 Till I make thineenemies thy footstool.20:44 David therefore calleth him Lord, how is he then his son?  20:45Then in the audience of all the people he said unto his disciples,20:46 Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, andlove greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in thesynagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts; 20:47 Which devour widows'houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receivegreater damnation.21:1 And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts intothe treasury.21:2 And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither twomites.21:3 And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hathcast in more than they all: 21:4 For all these have of their abundancecast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast inall the living that she had.21:5 And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodlystones and gifts, he said, 21:6 As for these things which ye behold,the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stoneupon another, that shall not be thrown down.21:7 And they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall these thingsbe?  and what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass?21:8 And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shallcome in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go yenot therefore after them.21:9 But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified:for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by andby.21:10 Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, andkingdom against kingdom: 21:11 And great earthquakes shall be indivers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights andgreat signs shall there be from heaven.21:12 But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, andpersecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons,being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake.21:13 And it shall turn to you for a testimony.21:14 Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before whatye shall answer: 21:15 For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, whichall your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.21:16 And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, andkinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put todeath.21:17 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake.21:18 But there shall not an hair of your head perish.21:19 In your patience possess ye your souls.21:20 And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then knowthat the desolation thereof is nigh.21:21 Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and letthem which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them thatare in the countries enter thereinto.21:22 For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which arewritten may be fulfilled.21:23 But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that givesuck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land,and wrath upon this people.21:24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be ledaway captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down ofthe Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.21:25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in thestars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; thesea and the waves roaring; 21:26 Men's hearts failing them for fear,and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: forthe powers of heaven shall be shaken.21:27 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud withpower and great glory.21:28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, andlift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.21:29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all thetrees; 21:30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your ownselves that summer is now nigh at hand.21:31 So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know yethat the kingdom of God is nigh at hand.21:32 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, tillall be fulfilled.21:33 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not passaway.21:34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts beovercharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life,and so that day come upon you unawares.21:35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the faceof the whole earth.21:36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accountedworthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and tostand before the Son of man.21:37 And in the day time he was teaching in the temple; and at nighthe went out, and abode in the mount that is called the mount ofOlives.21:38 And all the people came early in the morning to him in thetemple, for to hear him.22:1 Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called thePassover.22:2 And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him;for they feared the people.22:3 Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of thenumber of the twelve.22:4 And he went his way, and communed with the chief priests andcaptains, how he might betray him unto them.22:5 And they were glad, and covenanted to give him money.22:6 And he promised, and sought opportunity to betray him unto themin the absence of the multitude.22:7 Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must bekilled.22:8 And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare us thepassover, that we may eat.22:9 And they said unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare?  22:10And he said unto them, Behold, when ye are entered into the city,there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water; follow himinto the house where he entereth in.22:11 And ye shall say unto the goodman of the house, The Master saithunto thee, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passoverwith my disciples?  22:12 And he shall shew you a large upper roomfurnished: there make ready.22:13 And they went, and found as he had said unto them: and they madeready the passover.22:14 And when the hour was come, he sat down, and the twelve apostleswith him.22:15 And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat thispassover with you before I suffer: 22:16 For I say unto you, I willnot any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God.22:17 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this, anddivide it among yourselves: 22:18 For I say unto you, I will not drinkof the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come.22:19 And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave untothem, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do inremembrance of me.22:20 Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the newtestament in my blood, which is shed for you.22:21 But, behold, the hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on thetable.22:22 And truly the Son of man goeth, as it was determined: but woeunto that man by whom he is betrayed!  22:23 And they began to enquireamong themselves, which of them it was that should do this thing.22:24 And there was also a strife among them, which of them should beaccounted the greatest.22:25 And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exerciselordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them arecalled benefactors.22:26 But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, lethim be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.22:27 For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he thatserveth?  is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as hethat serveth.22:28 Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations.22:29 And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointedunto me; 22:30 That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom,and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.22:31 And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired tohave you, that he may sift you as wheat: 22:32 But I have prayed forthee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthenthy brethren.22:33 And he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to go with thee, bothinto prison, and to death.22:34 And he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow thisday, before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me.22:35 And he said unto them, When I sent you without purse, and scrip,and shoes, lacked ye any thing? And they said, Nothing.22:36 Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let himtake it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let himsell his garment, and buy one.22:37 For I say unto you, that this that is written must yet beaccomplished in me, And he was reckoned among the transgressors: forthe things concerning me have an end.22:38 And they said, Lord, behold, here are two swords. And he saidunto them, It is enough.22:39 And he came out, and went, as he was wont, to the mount ofOlives; and his disciples also followed him.22:40 And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray that yeenter not into temptation.22:41 And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast, and kneeleddown, and prayed, 22:42 Saying, Father, if thou be willing, removethis cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.22:43 And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengtheninghim.22:44 And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweatwas as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.22:45 And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples,he found them sleeping for sorrow, 22:46 And said unto them, Why sleepye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.22:47 And while he yet spake, behold a multitude, and he that wascalled Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and drew near untoJesus to kiss him.22:48 But Jesus said unto him, Judas, betrayest thou the Son of manwith a kiss?  22:49 When they which were about him saw what wouldfollow, they said unto him, Lord, shall we smite with the sword?22:50 And one of them smote the servant of the high priest, and cutoff his right ear.22:51 And Jesus answered and said, Suffer ye thus far. And he touchedhis ear, and healed him.22:52 Then Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains of thetemple, and the elders, which were come to him, Be ye come out, asagainst a thief, with swords and staves?  22:53 When I was daily withyou in the temple, ye stretched forth no hands against me: but this isyour hour, and the power of darkness.22:54 Then took they him, and led him, and brought him into the highpriest's house. And Peter followed afar off.22:55 And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the hall, andwere set down together, Peter sat down among them.22:56 But a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the fire, andearnestly looked upon him, and said, This man was also with him.22:57 And he denied him, saying, Woman, I know him not.22:58 And after a little while another saw him, and said, Thou artalso of them. And Peter said, Man, I am not.22:59 And about the space of one hour after another confidentlyaffirmed, saying, Of a truth this fellow also was with him: for he isa Galilaean.22:60 And Peter said, Man, I know not what thou sayest. Andimmediately, while he yet spake, the cock crew.22:61 And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter rememberedthe word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, Before the cock crow,thou shalt deny me thrice.22:62 And Peter went out, and wept bitterly.22:63 And the men that held Jesus mocked him, and smote him.22:64 And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face,and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote thee?  22:65 Andmany other things blasphemously spake they against him.22:66 And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and thechief priests and the scribes came together, and led him into theircouncil, saying, 22:67 Art thou the Christ? tell us. And he said untothem, If I tell you, ye will not believe: 22:68 And if I also ask you,ye will not answer me, nor let me go.22:69 Hereafter shall the Son of man sit on the right hand of thepower of God.22:70 Then said they all, Art thou then the Son of God? And he saidunto them, Ye say that I am.22:71 And they said, What need we any further witness? for weourselves have heard of his own mouth.23:1 And the whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto Pilate.23:2 And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellowperverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar,saying that he himself is Christ a King.23:3 And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? Andhe answered him and said, Thou sayest it.23:4 Then said Pilate to the chief priests and to the people, I findno fault in this man.23:5 And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people,teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place.23:6 When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the man were aGalilaean.23:7 And as soon as he knew that he belonged unto Herod'sjurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who himself also was at Jerusalemat that time.23:8 And when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad: for he wasdesirous to see him of a long season, because he had heard many thingsof him; and he hoped to have seen some miracle done by him.23:9 Then he questioned with him in many words; but he answered himnothing.23:10 And the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accusedhim.23:11 And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked him,and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate.23:12 And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together:for before they were at enmity between themselves.23:13 And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests andthe rulers and the people, 23:14 Said unto them, Ye have brought thisman unto me, as one that perverteth the people: and, behold, I, havingexamined him before you, have found no fault in this man touchingthose things whereof ye accuse him: 23:15 No, nor yet Herod: for Isent you to him; and, lo, nothing worthy of death is done unto him.23:16 I will therefore chastise him, and release him.23:17 (For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.)23:18 And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, andrelease unto us Barabbas: 23:19 (Who for a certain sedition made inthe city, and for murder, was cast into prison.)  23:20 Pilatetherefore, willing to release Jesus, spake again to them.23:21 But they cried, saying, Crucify him, crucify him.23:22 And he said unto them the third time, Why, what evil hath hedone? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastisehim, and let him go.23:23 And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he mightbe crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief priestsprevailed.23:24 And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required.23:25 And he released unto them him that for sedition and murder wascast into prison, whom they had desired; but he delivered Jesus totheir will.23:26 And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, aCyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross,that he might bear it after Jesus.23:27 And there followed him a great company of people, and of women,which also bewailed and lamented him.23:28 But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weepnot for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.23:29 For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say,Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the papswhich never gave suck.23:30 Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; andto the hills, Cover us.23:31 For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be donein the dry?  23:32 And there were also two other, malefactors, ledwith him to be put to death.23:33 And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary,there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand,and the other on the left.23:34 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not whatthey do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.23:35 And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with themderided him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he beChrist, the chosen of God.23:36 And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offeringhim vinegar, 23:37 And saying, If thou be the king of the Jews, savethyself.23:38 And a superscription also was written over him in letters ofGreek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.23:39 And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him,saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us.23:40 But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fearGod, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?  23:41 And we indeedjustly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hathdone nothing amiss.23:42 And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest intothy kingdom.23:43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shaltthou be with me in paradise.23:44 And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness overall the earth until the ninth hour.23:45 And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent inthe midst.23:46 And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father,into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave upthe ghost.23:47 Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God,saying, Certainly this was a righteous man.23:48 And all the people that came together to that sight, beholdingthe things which were done, smote their breasts, and returned.23:49 And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed him fromGalilee, stood afar off, beholding these things.23:50 And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counsellor; and hewas a good man, and a just: 23:51 (The same had not consented to thecounsel and deed of them;) he was of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews:who also himself waited for the kingdom of God.23:52 This man went unto Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus.23:53 And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in asepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid.23:54 And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.23:55 And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followedafter, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid.23:56 And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and restedthe sabbath day according to the commandment.24:1 Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning,they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they hadprepared, and certain others with them.24:2 And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre.24:3 And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus.24:4 And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout,behold, two men stood by them in shining garments: 24:5 And as theywere afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said untothem, Why seek ye the living among the dead?  24:6 He is not here, butis risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee,24:7 Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinfulmen, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.24:8 And they remembered his words, 24:9 And returned from thesepulchre, and told all these things unto the eleven, and to all therest.24:10 It was Mary Magdalene and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James,and other women that were with them, which told these things unto theapostles.24:11 And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believedthem not.24:12 Then arose Peter, and ran unto the sepulchre; and stooping down,he beheld the linen clothes laid by themselves, and departed,wondering in himself at that which was come to pass.24:13 And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village calledEmmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs.24:14 And they talked together of all these things which had happened.24:15 And it came to pass, that, while they communed together andreasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them.24:16 But their eyes were holden that they should not know him.24:17 And he said unto them, What manner of communications are thesethat ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad?  24:18 And theone of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said unto him, Art thouonly a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things which arecome to pass there in these days?  24:19 And he said unto them, Whatthings? And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, whichwas a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people:24:20 And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to becondemned to death, and have crucified him.24:21 But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemedIsrael: and beside all this, to day is the third day since thesethings were done.24:22 Yea, and certain women also of our company made us astonished,which were early at the sepulchre; 24:23 And when they found not hisbody, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels,which said that he was alive.24:24 And certain of them which were with us went to the sepulchre,and found it even so as the women had said: but him they saw not.24:25 Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believeall that the prophets have spoken: 24:26 Ought not Christ to havesuffered these things, and to enter into his glory?  24:27 Andbeginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in allthe scriptures the things concerning himself.24:28 And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they went: and hemade as though he would have gone further.24:29 But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it istoward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry withthem.24:30 And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread,and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them.24:31 And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanishedout of their sight.24:32 And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us,while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us thescriptures?  24:33 And they rose up the same hour, and returned toJerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them that werewith them, 24:34 Saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appearedto Simon.24:35 And they told what things were done in the way, and how he wasknown of them in breaking of bread.24:36 And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst ofthem, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.24:37 But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that theyhad seen a spirit.24:38 And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughtsarise in your hearts?  24:39 Behold my hands and my feet, that it is Imyself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, asye see me have.24:40 And when he had thus spoken, he shewed them his hands and hisfeet.24:41 And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he saidunto them, Have ye here any meat?  24:42 And they gave him a piece ofa broiled fish, and of an honeycomb.24:43 And he took it, and did eat before them.24:44 And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake untoyou, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled,which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and inthe psalms, concerning me.24:45 Then opened he their understanding, that they might understandthe scriptures, 24:46 And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thusit behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:24:47 And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached inhis name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.24:48 And ye are witnesses of these things.24:49 And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarryye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from onhigh.24:50 And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up hishands, and blessed them.24:51 And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted fromthem, and carried up into heaven.24:52 And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with greatjoy: 24:53 And were continually in the temple, praising and blessingGod. Amen.The Gospel According to Saint John1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and theWord was God.1:2 The same was in the beginning with God.1:3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thingmade that was made.1:4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.1:5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehendedit not.1:6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.1:7 The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, thatall men through him might believe.1:8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.1:9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh intothe world.1:10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the worldknew him not.1:11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not.1:12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become thesons of God, even to them that believe on his name: 1:13 Which wereborn, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will ofman, but of God.1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheldhis glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full ofgrace and truth.1:15 John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whomI spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he wasbefore me.1:16 And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.1:17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by JesusChrist.1:18 No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which isin the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.1:19 And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests andLevites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?  1:20 And heconfessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.1:21 And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I amnot. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.1:22 Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answerto them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?  1:23 He said, I amthe voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way ofthe Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.1:24 And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.1:25 And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then,if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?  1:26John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standethone among you, whom ye know not; 1:27 He it is, who coming after me ispreferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose.1:28 These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John wasbaptizing.1:29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Beholdthe Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.1:30 This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which ispreferred before me: for he was before me.1:31 And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest toIsrael, therefore am I come baptizing with water.1:32 And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending fromheaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.1:33 And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water,the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending,and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the HolyGhost.1:34 And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.1:35 Again the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples;1:36 And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb ofGod!  1:37 And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followedJesus.1:38 Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them,What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, beinginterpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou?  1:39 He saith unto them,Come and see. They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with himthat day: for it was about the tenth hour.1:40 One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, wasAndrew, Simon Peter's brother.1:41 He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, Wehave found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.1:42 And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said,Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which isby interpretation, A stone.1:43 The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findethPhilip, and saith unto him, Follow me.1:44 Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.1:45 Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him,of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus ofNazareth, the son of Joseph.1:46 And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out ofNazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.1:47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold anIsraelite indeed, in whom is no guile!  1:48 Nathanael saith unto him,Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before thatPhilip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee.1:49 Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son ofGod; thou art the King of Israel.1:50 Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I sawthee under the fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater thingsthan these.1:51 And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafterye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending anddescending upon the Son of man.2:1 And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and themother of Jesus was there: 2:2 And both Jesus was called, and hisdisciples, to the marriage.2:3 And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him,They have no wine.2:4 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? minehour is not yet come.2:5 His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you,do it.2:6 And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the mannerof the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece.2:7 Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And theyfilled them up to the brim.2:8 And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governorof the feast. And they bare it.2:9 When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was madewine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew thewater knew;) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom, 2:10 Andsaith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine;and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hastkept the good wine until now.2:11 This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, andmanifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him.2:12 After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and hisbrethren, and his disciples: and they continued there not many days.2:13 And the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went up toJerusalem.2:14 And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves,and the changers of money sitting: 2:15 And when he had made a scourgeof small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep,and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew thetables; 2:16 And said unto them that sold doves, Take these thingshence; make not my Father's house an house of merchandise.2:17 And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal ofthine house hath eaten me up.2:18 Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thouunto us, seeing that thou doest these things?  2:19 Jesus answered andsaid unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise itup.2:20 Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple inbuilding, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?  2:21 But he spakeof the temple of his body.2:22 When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciplesremembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed thescripture, and the word which Jesus had said.2:23 Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day,many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did.2:24 But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew allmen, 2:25 And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knewwhat was in man.3:1 There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of theJews: 3:2 The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi,we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do thesemiracles that thou doest, except God be with him.3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee,Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.3:4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old?can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?  3:5Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be bornof water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is bornof the Spirit is spirit.3:7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.3:8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the soundthereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: sois every one that is born of the Spirit.3:9 Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?3:10 Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel,and knowest not these things?  3:11 Verily, verily, I say unto thee,We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and yereceive not our witness.3:12 If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shallye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?  3:13 And no man hathascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Sonof man which is in heaven.3:14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even somust the Son of man be lifted up: 3:15 That whosoever believeth in himshould not perish, but have eternal life.3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son,that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but haveeverlasting life.3:17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; butthat the world through him might be saved.3:18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believethnot is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name ofthe only begotten Son of God.3:19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world,and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds wereevil.3:20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh tothe light, lest his deeds should be reproved.3:21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds maybe made manifest, that they are wrought in God.3:22 After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land ofJudaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized.3:23 And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because therewas much water there: and they came, and were baptized.3:24 For John was not yet cast into prison.3:25 Then there arose a question between some of John's disciples andthe Jews about purifying.3:26 And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that waswith thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the samebaptizeth, and all men come to him.3:27 John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it begiven him from heaven.3:28 Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ,but that I am sent before him.3:29 He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of thebridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly becauseof the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.3:30 He must increase, but I must decrease.3:31 He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earthis earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven isabove all.3:32 And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no manreceiveth his testimony.3:33 He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that Godis true.3:34 For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for Godgiveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.3:35 The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into hishand.3:36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he thatbelieveth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abidethon him.4:1 When therefore the LORD knew how the Pharisees had heard thatJesus made and baptized more disciples than John, 4:2 (Though Jesushimself baptized not, but his disciples,) 4:3 He left Judaea, anddeparted again into Galilee.4:4 And he must needs go through Samaria.4:5 Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, nearto the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.4:6 Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied withhis journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.4:7 There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith untoher, Give me to drink.4:8 (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)  4:9Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being aJew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jewshave no dealings with the Samaritans.4:10 Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift ofGod, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldesthave asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.4:11 The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with,and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water?4:12 Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well,and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?  4:13Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this watershall thirst again: 4:14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that Ishall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give himshall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.4:15 The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirstnot, neither come hither to draw.4:16 Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.4:17 The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said untoher, Thou hast well said, I have no husband: 4:18 For thou hast hadfive husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in thatsaidst thou truly.4:19 The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art aprophet.4:20 Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that inJerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.4:21 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when yeshall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship theFather.4:22 Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: forsalvation is of the Jews.4:23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shallworship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh suchto worship him.4:24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him inspirit and in truth.4:25 The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which iscalled Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.4:26 Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.4:27 And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talkedwith the woman: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkestthou with her?  4:28 The woman then left her waterpot, and went herway into the city, and saith to the men, 4:29 Come, see a man, whichtold me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?  4:30 Thenthey went out of the city, and came unto him.4:31 In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat.4:32 But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of.4:33 Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man broughthim ought to eat?  4:34 Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do thewill of him that sent me, and to finish his work.4:35 Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest?behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; forthey are white already to harvest.4:36 And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit untolife eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoicetogether.4:37 And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.4:38 I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other menlaboured, and ye are entered into their labours.4:39 And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for thesaying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did.4:40 So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him thathe would tarry with them: and he abode there two days.4:41 And many more believed because of his own word; 4:42 And saidunto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we haveheard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, theSaviour of the world.4:43 Now after two days he departed thence, and went into Galilee.4:44 For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in hisown country.4:45 Then when he was come into Galilee, the Galilaeans received him,having seen all the things that he did at Jerusalem at the feast: forthey also went unto the feast.4:46 So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the waterwine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick atCapernaum.4:47 When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judaea into Galilee, hewent unto him, and besought him that he would come down, and heal hisson: for he was at the point of death.4:48 Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, yewill not believe.4:49 The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die.4:50 Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the manbelieved the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way.4:51 And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him,saying, Thy son liveth.4:52 Then enquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. Andthey said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.4:53 So the father knew that it was at the same hour, in the whichJesus said unto him, Thy son liveth: and himself believed, and hiswhole house.4:54 This is again the second miracle that Jesus did, when he was comeout of Judaea into Galilee.5:1 After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up toJerusalem.5:2 Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which iscalled in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.5:3 In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt,withered, waiting for the moving of the water.5:4 For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, andtroubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of thewater stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.5:5 And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty andeight years.5:6 When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long timein that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole?  5:7 Theimpotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water istroubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, anothersteppeth down before me.5:8 Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.5:9 And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, andwalked: and on the same day was the sabbath.5:10 The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is thesabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed.5:11 He answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me,Take up thy bed, and walk.5:12 Then asked they him, What man is that which said unto thee, Takeup thy bed, and walk?  5:13 And he that was healed wist not who itwas: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in thatplace.5:14 Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him,Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come untothee.5:15 The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which hadmade him whole.5:16 And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slayhim, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.5:17 But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.5:18 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he notonly had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father,making himself equal with God.5:19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I sayunto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth theFather do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Sonlikewise.5:20 For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things thathimself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that yemay marvel.5:21 For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; evenso the Son quickeneth whom he will.5:22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgmentunto the Son: 5:23 That all men should honour the Son, even as theyhonour the Father.He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath senthim.5:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, andbelieveth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall notcome into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.5:25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is,when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they thathear shall live.5:26 For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to theSon to have life in himself; 5:27 And hath given him authority toexecute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.5:28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all thatare in the graves shall hear his voice, 5:29 And shall come forth;they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they thathave done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.5:30 I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and myjudgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will ofthe Father which hath sent me.5:31 If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.5:32 There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that thewitness which he witnesseth of me is true.5:33 Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth.5:34 But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say,that ye might be saved.5:35 He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for aseason to rejoice in his light.5:36 But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works whichthe Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bearwitness of me, that the Father hath sent me.5:37 And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness ofme.Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.5:38 And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent,him ye believe not.5:39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life:and they are they which testify of me.5:40 And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.5:41 I receive not honour from men.5:42 But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.5:43 I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if anothershall come in his own name, him ye will receive.5:44 How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seeknot the honour that cometh from God only?  5:45 Do not think that Iwill accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, evenMoses, in whom ye trust.5:46 For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me; for hewrote of me.5:47 But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe mywords?  6:1 After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee,which is the sea of Tiberias.6:2 And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracleswhich he did on them that were diseased.6:3 And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat with hisdisciples.6:4 And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh.6:5 When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company comeunto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that thesemay eat?  6:6 And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew whathe would do.6:7 Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is notsufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little.6:8 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, saith untohim, 6:9 There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and twosmall fishes: but what are they among so many?  6:10 And Jesus said,Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So themen sat down, in number about five thousand.6:11 And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, hedistributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were setdown; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would.6:12 When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up thefragments that remain, that nothing be lost.6:13 Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve basketswith the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over andabove unto them that had eaten.6:14 Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did,said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world.6:15 When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take himby force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountainhimself alone.6:16 And when even was now come, his disciples went down unto the sea,6:17 And entered into a ship, and went over the sea toward Capernaum.And it was now dark, and Jesus was not come to them.6:18 And the sea arose by reason of a great wind that blew.6:19 So when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs,they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the ship: andthey were afraid.6:20 But he saith unto them, It is I; be not afraid.6:21 Then they willingly received him into the ship: and immediatelythe ship was at the land whither they went.6:22 The day following, when the people which stood on the other sideof the sea saw that there was none other boat there, save that onewhereinto his disciples were entered, and that Jesus went not with hisdisciples into the boat, but that his disciples were gone away alone;6:23 (Howbeit there came other boats from Tiberias nigh unto the placewhere they did eat bread, after that the Lord had given thanks:) 6:24When the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, neither hisdisciples, they also took shipping, and came to Capernaum, seeking forJesus.6:25 And when they had found him on the other side of the sea, theysaid unto him, Rabbi, when camest thou hither?  6:26 Jesus answeredthem and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not becauseye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and werefilled.6:27 Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat whichendureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give untoyou: for him hath God the Father sealed.6:28 Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work theworks of God?  6:29 Jesus answered and said unto them, This is thework of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.6:30 They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, thatwe may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work?  6:31 Our fathersdid eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread fromheaven to eat.6:32 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Mosesgave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the truebread from heaven.6:33 For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, andgiveth life unto the world.6:34 Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread.6:35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that comethto me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall neverthirst.6:36 But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and believe not.6:37 All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him thatcometh to me I will in no wise cast out.6:38 For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but thewill of him that sent me.6:39 And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of allwhich he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it upagain at the last day.6:40 And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one whichseeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and Iwill raise him up at the last day.6:41 The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the breadwhich came down from heaven.6:42 And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose fatherand mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down fromheaven?  6:43 Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur notamong yourselves.6:44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me drawhim: and I will raise him up at the last day.6:45 It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught ofGod.Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father,cometh unto me.6:46 Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God,he hath seen the Father.6:47 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hatheverlasting life.6:48 I am that bread of life.6:49 Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.6:50 This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man mayeat thereof, and not die.6:51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eatof this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will giveis my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.6:52 The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can thisman give us his flesh to eat?  6:53 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily,verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, anddrink his blood, ye have no life in you.6:54 Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life;and I will raise him up at the last day.6:55 For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.6:56 He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me,and I in him.6:57 As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: sohe that eateth me, even he shall live by me.6:58 This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as yourfathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this breadshall live for ever.6:59 These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.6:60 Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said,This is an hard saying; who can hear it?  6:61 When Jesus knew inhimself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doththis offend you?  6:62 What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascendup where he was before?  6:63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; theflesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they arespirit, and they are life.6:64 But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew fromthe beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betrayhim.6:65 And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come untome, except it were given unto him of my Father.6:66 From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked nomore with him.6:67 Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away?  6:68 ThenSimon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast thewords of eternal life.6:69 And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son ofthe living God.6:70 Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of youis a devil?  6:71 He spake of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon: for heit was that should betray him, being one of the twelve.7:1 After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walkin Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him.7:2 Now the Jew's feast of tabernacles was at hand.7:3 His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go intoJudaea, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest.7:4 For there is no man that doeth any thing in secret, and he himselfseeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, shew thyself tothe world.7:5 For neither did his brethren believe in him.7:6 Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your timeis alway ready.7:7 The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify ofit, that the works thereof are evil.7:8 Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast: for mytime is not yet full come.7:9 When he had said these words unto them, he abode still in Galilee.7:10 But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto thefeast, not openly, but as it were in secret.7:11 Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he?7:12 And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him: forsome said, He is a good man: others said, Nay; but he deceiveth thepeople.7:13 Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.7:14 Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple,and taught.7:15 And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters,having never learned?  7:16 Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrineis not mine, but his that sent me.7:17 If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine,whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.7:18 He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he thatseeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and nounrighteousness is in him.7:19 Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth thelaw?  Why go ye about to kill me?  7:20 The people answered and said,Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee?  7:21 Jesus answeredand said unto them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel.7:22 Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is ofMoses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise aman.7:23 If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law ofMoses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made aman every whit whole on the sabbath day?  7:24 Judge not according tothe appearance, but judge righteous judgment.7:25 Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom theyseek to kill?  7:26 But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothingunto him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ?7:27 Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when Christ cometh, noman knoweth whence he is.7:28 Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, Ye both knowme, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but he thatsent me is true, whom ye know not.7:29 But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me.7:30 Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him,because his hour was not yet come.7:31 And many of the people believed on him, and said, When Christcometh, will he do more miracles than these which this man hath done?7:32 The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such thingsconcerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officersto take him.7:33 Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, andthen I go unto him that sent me.7:34 Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thitherye cannot come.7:35 Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that weshall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles,and teach the Gentiles?  7:36 What manner of saying is this that hesaid, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thitherye cannot come?  7:37 In the last day, that great day of the feast,Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come untome, and drink.7:38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of hisbelly shall flow rivers of living water.7:39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on himshould receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because thatJesus was not yet glorified.)  7:40 Many of the people therefore, whenthey heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.7:41 Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ comeout of Galilee?  7:42 Hath not the scripture said, That Christ comethof the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where Davidwas?  7:43 So there was a division among the people because of him.7:44 And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands onhim.7:45 Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; andthey said unto them, Why have ye not brought him?  7:46 The officersanswered, Never man spake like this man.7:47 Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived?  7:48Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him?  7:49 Butthis people who knoweth not the law are cursed.7:50 Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, beingone of them,) 7:51 Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, andknow what he doeth?  7:52 They answered and said unto him, Art thoualso of Galilee?  Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth noprophet.7:53 And every man went unto his own house.8:1 Jesus went unto the mount of Olives.8:2 And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and allthe people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them.8:3 And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken inadultery; and when they had set her in the midst, 8:4 They say untohim, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.8:5 Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: butwhat sayest thou?  8:6 This they said, tempting him, that they mighthave to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wroteon the ground, as though he heard them not.8:7 So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and saidunto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast astone at her.8:8 And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.8:9 And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience,went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: andJesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.8:10 When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, hesaid unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no mancondemned thee?  8:11 She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her,Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.8:12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of theworld: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall havethe light of life.8:13 The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest record ofthyself; thy record is not true.8:14 Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I bear record ofmyself, yet my record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither Igo; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go.8:15 Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man.8:16 And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, butI and the Father that sent me.8:17 It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men istrue.8:18 I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent mebeareth witness of me.8:19 Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Yeneither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should haveknown my Father also.8:20 These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in thetemple: and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet come.8:21 Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seekme, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come.8:22 Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith,Whither I go, ye cannot come.8:23 And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: yeare of this world; I am not of this world.8:24 I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for ifye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.8:25 Then said they unto him, Who art thou? And Jesus saith unto them,Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning.8:26 I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sentme is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heardof him.8:27 They understood not that he spake to them of the Father.8:28 Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man,then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; butas my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.8:29 And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left mealone; for I do always those things that please him.8:30 As he spake these words, many believed on him.8:31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If yecontinue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; 8:32 And yeshall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.8:33 They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never inbondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?  8:34Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoevercommitteth sin is the servant of sin.8:35 And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Sonabideth ever.8:36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be freeindeed.8:37 I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me,because my word hath no place in you.8:38 I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do thatwhich ye have seen with your father.8:39 They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesussaith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the worksof Abraham.8:40 But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth,which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.8:41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be notborn of fornication; we have one Father, even God.8:42 Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me:for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, buthe sent me.8:43 Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hearmy word.8:44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father yewill do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in thetruth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, hespeaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.8:45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.8:46 Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why doye not believe me?  8:47 He that is of God heareth God's words: yetherefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.8:48 Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well thatthou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?  8:49 Jesus answered, I havenot a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me.8:50 And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh andjudgeth.8:51 Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shallnever see death.8:52 Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil.Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep mysaying, he shall never taste of death.8:53 Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and theprophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?  8:54 Jesus answered, IfI honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honourethme; of whom ye say, that he is your God: 8:55 Yet ye have not knownhim; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be aliar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.8:56 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, andwas glad.8:57 Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old,and hast thou seen Abraham?  8:58 Jesus said unto them, Verily,verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.8:59 Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself,and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and sopassed by.9:1 And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from hisbirth.9:2 And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, thisman, or his parents, that he was born blind?  9:3 Jesus answered,Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works ofGod should be made manifest in him.9:4 I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: thenight cometh, when no man can work.9:5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.9:6 When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay ofthe spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay,9:7 And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is byinterpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and cameseeing.9:8 The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him thathe was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?  9:9 Somesaid, This is he: others said, He is like him: but he said, I am he.9:10 Therefore said they unto him, How were thine eyes opened?  9:11He answered and said, A man that is called Jesus made clay, andanointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, andwash: and I went and washed, and I received sight.9:12 Then said they unto him, Where is he? He said, I know not.9:13 They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind.9:14 And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and openedhis eyes.9:15 Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received hissight. He said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed,and do see.9:16 Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God,because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a manthat is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division amongthem.9:17 They say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, thathe hath opened thine eyes? He said, He is a prophet.9:18 But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had beenblind, and received his sight, until they called the parents of himthat had received his sight.9:19 And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say wasborn blind? how then doth he now see?  9:20 His parents answered themand said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind:9:21 But by what means he now seeth, we know not; or who hath openedhis eyes, we know not: he is of age; ask him: he shall speak forhimself.9:22 These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: forthe Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he wasChrist, he should be put out of the synagogue.9:23 Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask him.9:24 Then again called they the man that was blind, and said unto him,Give God the praise: we know that this man is a sinner.9:25 He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not:one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.9:26 Then said they to him again, What did he to thee? how opened hethine eyes?  9:27 He answered them, I have told you already, and yedid not hear: wherefore would ye hear it again? will ye also be hisdisciples?  9:28 Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art hisdisciple; but we are Moses' disciples.9:29 We know that God spake unto Moses: as for this fellow, we knownot from whence he is.9:30 The man answered and said unto them, Why herein is a marvellousthing, that ye know not from whence he is, and yet he hath opened mineeyes.9:31 Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be aworshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.9:32 Since the world began was it not heard that any man opened theeyes of one that was born blind.9:33 If this man were not of God, he could do nothing.9:34 They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born insins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.9:35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had foundhim, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God?  9:36 Heanswered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him?  9:37And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he thattalketh with thee.9:38 And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him.9:39 And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that theywhich see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.9:40 And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words,and said unto him, Are we blind also?  9:41 Jesus said unto them, Ifye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see;therefore your sin remaineth.10:1 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the doorinto the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is athief and a robber.10:2 But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.10:3 To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and hecalleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.10:4 And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them,and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.10:5 And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: forthey know not the voice of strangers.10:6 This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not whatthings they were which he spake unto them.10:7 Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you,I am the door of the sheep.10:8 All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but thesheep did not hear them.10:9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, andshall go in and out, and find pasture.10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and todestroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might haveit more abundantly.10:11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life forthe sheep.10:12 But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own thesheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, andfleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.10:13 The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth notfor the sheep.10:14 I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.10:15 As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I laydown my life for the sheep.10:16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also Imust bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold,and one shepherd.10:17 Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life,that I might take it again.10:18 No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I havepower to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. Thiscommandment have I received of my Father.10:19 There was a division therefore again among the Jews for thesesayings.10:20 And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear yehim?  10:21 Others said, These are not the words of him that hath adevil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?  10:22 And it was atJerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter.10:23 And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch.10:24 Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How longdost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly.10:25 Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the worksthat I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.10:26 But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I saidunto you.10:27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:10:28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish,neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.10:29 My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no manis able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.10:30 I and my Father are one.10:31 Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.10:32 Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from myFather; for which of those works do ye stone me?  10:33 The Jewsanswered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but forblasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.10:34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Yeare gods?  10:35 If he called them gods, unto whom the word of Godcame, and the scripture cannot be broken; 10:36 Say ye of him, whomthe Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest;because I said, I am the Son of God?  10:37 If I do not the works ofmy Father, believe me not.10:38 But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: thatye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.10:39 Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out oftheir hand, 10:40 And went away again beyond Jordan into the placewhere John at first baptized; and there he abode.10:41 And many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: butall things that John spake of this man were true.10:42 And many believed on him there.11:1 Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the townof Mary and her sister Martha.11:2 (It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, andwiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)  11:3Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whomthou lovest is sick.11:4 When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death,but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorifiedthereby.11:5 Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.11:6 When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two daysstill in the same place where he was.11:7 Then after that saith he to his disciples, Let us go into Judaeaagain.11:8 His disciples say unto him, Master, the Jews of late sought tostone thee; and goest thou thither again?  11:9 Jesus answered, Arethere not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, hestumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.11:10 But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there isno light in him.11:11 These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Ourfriend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.11:12 Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well.11:13 Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he hadspoken of taking of rest in sleep.11:14 Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.11:15 And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intentye may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him.11:16 Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto hisfellowdisciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.11:17 Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the gravefour days already.11:18 Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off:11:19 And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort themconcerning their brother.11:20 Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, wentand met him: but Mary sat still in the house.11:21 Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, mybrother had not died.11:22 But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, Godwill give it thee.11:23 Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again.11:24 Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in theresurrection at the last day.11:25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: hethat believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: 11:26And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believestthou this?  11:27 She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thouart the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world.11:28 And when she had so said, she went her way, and called Mary hersister secretly, saying, The Master is come, and calleth for thee.11:29 As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly, and came unto him.11:30 Now Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was in that placewhere Martha met him.11:31 The Jews then which were with her in the house, and comfortedher, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out,followed her, saying, She goeth unto the grave to weep there.11:32 Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she felldown at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, mybrother had not died.11:33 When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weepingwhich came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled.11:34 And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, comeand see.11:35 Jesus wept.11:36 Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him!  11:37 And some ofthem said, Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the blind,have caused that even this man should not have died?  11:38 Jesustherefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was acave, and a stone lay upon it.11:39 Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of himthat was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for hehath been dead four days.11:40 Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thouwouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?  11:41 Thenthey took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. AndJesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thouhast heard me.11:42 And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of thepeople which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hastsent me.11:43 And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice,Lazarus, come forth.11:44 And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot withgraveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saithunto them, Loose him, and let him go.11:45 Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen thethings which Jesus did, believed on him.11:46 But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told themwhat things Jesus had done.11:47 Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, andsaid, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles.11:48 If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and theRomans shall come and take away both our place and nation.11:49 And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that sameyear, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all, 11:50 Nor consider thatit is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, andthat the whole nation perish not.11:51 And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest thatyear, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation; 11:52 Andnot for that nation only, but that also he should gather together inone the children of God that were scattered abroad.11:53 Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to puthim to death.11:54 Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews; but wentthence unto a country near to the wilderness, into a city calledEphraim, and there continued with his disciples.11:55 And the Jews' passover was nigh at hand: and many went out ofthe country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.11:56 Then sought they for Jesus, and spake among themselves, as theystood in the temple, What think ye, that he will not come to thefeast?  11:57 Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given acommandment, that, if any man knew where he were, he should shew it,that they might take him.12:1 Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, whereLazarus was, which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.12:2 There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus wasone of them that sat at the table with him.12:3 Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, andanointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and thehouse was filled with the odour of the ointment.12:4 Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son,which should betray him, 12:5 Why was not this ointment sold for threehundred pence, and given to the poor?  12:6 This he said, not that hecared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, andbare what was put therein.12:7 Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my buryinghath she kept this.12:8 For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.12:9 Much people of the Jews therefore knew that he was there: andthey came not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarusalso, whom he had raised from the dead.12:10 But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus alsoto death; 12:11 Because that by reason of him many of the Jews wentaway, and believed on Jesus.12:12 On the next day much people that were come to the feast, whenthey heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, 12:13 Took branches ofpalm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed isthe King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord.12:14 And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it iswritten, 12:15 Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh,sitting on an ass's colt.12:16 These things understood not his disciples at the first: but whenJesus was glorified, then remembered they that these things werewritten of him, and that they had done these things unto him.12:17 The people therefore that was with him when he called Lazarusout of his grave, and raised him from the dead, bare record.12:18 For this cause the people also met him, for that they heard thathe had done this miracle.12:19 The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye howye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after him.12:20 And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worshipat the feast: 12:21 The same came therefore to Philip, which was ofBethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would seeJesus.12:22 Philip cometh and telleth Andrew: and again Andrew and Philiptell Jesus.12:23 And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Sonof man should be glorified.12:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall intothe ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forthmuch fruit.12:25 He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth hislife in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.12:26 If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, thereshall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Fatherhonour.12:27 Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save mefrom this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.12:28 Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven,saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.12:29 The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that itthundered: others said, An angel spake to him.12:30 Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of me, butfor your sakes.12:31 Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of thisworld be cast out.12:32 And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men untome.12:33 This he said, signifying what death he should die.12:34 The people answered him, We have heard out of the law thatChrist abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must belifted up? who is this Son of man?  12:35 Then Jesus said unto them,Yet a little while is the light with you.Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he thatwalketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.12:36 While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be thechildren of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and didhide himself from them.12:37 But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet theybelieved not on him: 12:38 That the saying of Esaias the prophet mightbe fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? andto whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed?  12:39 Therefore theycould not believe, because that Esaias said again, 12:40 He hathblinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not seewith their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted,and I should heal them.12:41 These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake ofhim.12:42 Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him;but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest theyshould be put out of the synagogue: 12:43 For they loved the praise ofmen more than the praise of God.12:44 Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not onme, but on him that sent me.12:45 And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me.12:46 I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on meshould not abide in darkness.12:47 And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not:for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.12:48 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one thatjudgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him inthe last day.12:49 For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me,he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.12:50 And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoeverI speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.13:1 Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that hishour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father,having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto theend.13:2 And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heartof Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him; 13:3 Jesus knowing thatthe Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was comefrom God, and went to God; 13:4 He riseth from supper, and laid asidehis garments; and took a towel, and girded himself.13:5 After that he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash thedisciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he wasgirded.13:6 Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto him, Lord,dost thou wash my feet?  13:7 Jesus answered and said unto him, What Ido thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter.13:8 Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesusanswered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me.13:9 Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my feet only, but also myhands and my head.13:10 Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to washhis feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all.13:11 For he knew who should betray him; therefore said he, Ye are notall clean.13:12 So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments,and was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done toyou?  13:13 Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am.13:14 If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye alsoought to wash one another's feet.13:15 For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I havedone to you.13:16 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater thanhis lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.13:17 If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.13:18 I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that thescripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath liftedup his heel against me.13:19 Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, yemay believe that I am he.13:20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever Isend receiveth me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sentme.13:21 When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, andtestified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of youshall betray me.13:22 Then the disciples looked one on another, doubting of whom hespake.13:23 Now there was leaning on Jesus' bosom one of his disciples, whomJesus loved.13:24 Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, that he should ask who itshould be of whom he spake.13:25 He then lying on Jesus' breast saith unto him, Lord, who is it?13:26 Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when Ihave dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to JudasIscariot, the son of Simon.13:27 And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus untohim, That thou doest, do quickly.13:28 Now no man at the table knew for what intent he spake this untohim.13:29 For some of them thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesushad said unto him, Buy those things that we have need of against thefeast; or, that he should give something to the poor.13:30 He then having received the sop went immediately out: and it wasnight.13:31 Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son ofman glorified, and God is glorified in him.13:32 If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him inhimself, and shall straightway glorify him.13:33 Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seekme: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so nowI say to you.13:34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; asI have loved you, that ye also love one another.13:35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye havelove one to another.13:36 Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesusanswered him, Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thoushalt follow me afterwards.13:37 Peter said unto him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? I willlay down my life for thy sake.13:38 Jesus answered him, Wilt thou lay down thy life for my sake?Verily, verily, I say unto thee, The cock shall not crow, till thouhast denied me thrice.14:1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe alsoin me.14:2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, Iwould have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.14:3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, andreceive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.14:4 And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.14:5 Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; andhow can we know the way?  14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, thetruth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.14:7 If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and fromhenceforth ye know him, and have seen him.14:8 Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficethus.14:9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yethast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen theFather; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?  14:10 Believestthou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me?  the wordsthat I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father thatdwelleth in me, he doeth the works.14:11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: orelse believe me for the very works' sake.14:12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, theworks that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shallhe do; because I go unto my Father.14:13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that theFather may be glorified in the Son.14:14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.14:16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you anotherComforter, that he may abide with you for ever; 14:17 Even the Spiritof truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not,neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, andshall be in you.14:18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.14:19 Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye seeme: because I live, ye shall live also.14:20 At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me,and I in you.14:21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is thatloveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and Iwill love him, and will manifest myself to him.14:22 Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thouwilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?  14:23 Jesusanswered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words:and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make ourabode with him.14:24 He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word whichye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.14:25 These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you.14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father willsend in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all thingsto your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.14:27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as theworld giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neitherlet it be afraid.14:28 Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come againunto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go untothe Father: for my Father is greater than I.14:29 And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it iscome to pass, ye might believe.14:30 Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of thisworld cometh, and hath nothing in me.14:31 But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as theFather gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.15:1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.15:2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: andevery branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bringforth more fruit.15:3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.15:4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit ofitself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abidein me.15:5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and Iin him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can donothing.15:6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and iswithered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and theyare burned.15:7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask whatye will, and it shall be done unto you.15:8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shallye be my disciples.15:9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye inmy love.15:10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as Ihave kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.15:11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain inyou, and that your joy might be full.15:12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I haveloved you.15:13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his lifefor his friends.15:14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.15:15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth notwhat his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all thingsthat I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.15:16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you,that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit shouldremain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he maygive it you.15:17 These things I command you, that ye love one another.15:18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hatedyou.15:19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: butbecause ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of theworld, therefore the world hateth you.15:20 Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is notgreater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will alsopersecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.15:21 But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake,because they know not him that sent me.15:22 If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin:but now they have no cloak for their sin.15:23 He that hateth me hateth my Father also.15:24 If I had not done among them the works which none other man did,they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both meand my Father.15:25 But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled thatis written in their law, They hated me without a cause.15:26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you fromthe Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from theFather, he shall testify of me: 15:27 And ye also shall bear witness,because ye have been with me from the beginning.16:1 These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not beoffended.16:2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh,that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.16:3 And these things will they do unto you, because they have notknown the Father, nor me.16:4 But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come,ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said notunto you at the beginning, because I was with you.16:5 But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you askethme, Whither goest thou?  16:6 But because I have said these thingsunto you, sorrow hath filled your heart.16:7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that Igo away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you;but if I depart, I will send him unto you.16:8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and ofrighteousness, and of judgment: 16:9 Of sin, because they believe noton me; 16:10 Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye seeme no more; 16:11 Of judgment, because the prince of this world isjudged.16:12 I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear themnow.16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide youinto all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever heshall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.16:14 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shallshew it unto you.16:15 All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, thathe shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you.16:16 A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a littlewhile, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father.16:17 Then said some of his disciples among themselves, What is thisthat he saith unto us, A little while, and ye shall not see me: andagain, a little while, and ye shall see me: and, Because I go to theFather?  16:18 They said therefore, What is this that he saith, Alittle while? we cannot tell what he saith.16:19 Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said untothem, Do ye enquire among yourselves of that I said, A little while,and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall seeme?  16:20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep andlament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, butyour sorrow shall be turned into joy.16:21 A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour iscome: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth nomore the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.16:22 And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, andyour heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.16:23 And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I sayunto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will giveit you.16:24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shallreceive, that your joy may be full.16:25 These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the timecometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shallshew you plainly of the Father.16:26 At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you,that I will pray the Father for you: 16:27 For the Father himselfloveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I cameout from God.16:28 I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again,I leave the world, and go to the Father.16:29 His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, andspeakest no proverb.16:30 Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest notthat any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camestforth from God.16:31 Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe?  16:32 Behold, the hourcometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to hisown, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because theFather is with me.16:33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might havepeace.In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I haveovercome the world.17:1 These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, andsaid, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also mayglorify thee: 17:2 As thou hast given him power over all flesh, thathe should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.17:3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only trueGod, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.17:4 I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the workwhich thou gavest me to do.17:5 And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with theglory which I had with thee before the world was.17:6 I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me outof the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they havekept thy word.17:7 Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given meare of thee.17:8 For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; andthey have received them, and have known surely that I came out fromthee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.17:9 I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them whichthou hast given me; for they are thine.17:10 And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorifiedin them.17:11 And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world,and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name thosewhom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.17:12 While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name:those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, butthe son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.17:13 And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world,that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.17:14 I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them,because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.17:15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, butthat thou shouldest keep them from the evil.17:16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.17:17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.17:18 As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sentthem into the world.17:19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might besanctified through the truth.17:20 Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shallbelieve on me through their word; 17:21 That they all may be one; asthou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one inus: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.17:22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that theymay be one, even as we are one: 17:23 I in them, and thou in me, thatthey may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thouhast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.17:24 Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be withme where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast givenme: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.17:25 O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I haveknown thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.17:26 And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it:that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I inthem.18:1 When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with hisdisciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which heentered, and his disciples.18:2 And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place: for Jesusofttimes resorted thither with his disciples.18:3 Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from thechief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torchesand weapons.18:4 Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him,went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye?  18:5 They answered him,Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he.And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them.18:6 As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they wentbackward, and fell to the ground.18:7 Then asked he them again, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus ofNazareth.18:8 Jesus answered, I have told you that I am he: if therefore yeseek me, let these go their way: 18:9 That the saying might befulfilled, which he spake, Of them which thou gavest me have I lostnone.18:10 Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the highpriest's servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name wasMalchus.18:11 Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath:the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?  18:12Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, andbound him, 18:13 And led him away to Annas first; for he was father inlaw to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year.18:14 Now Caiaphas was he, which gave counsel to the Jews, that it wasexpedient that one man should die for the people.18:15 And Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple:that disciple was known unto the high priest, and went in with Jesusinto the palace of the high priest.18:16 But Peter stood at the door without. Then went out that otherdisciple, which was known unto the high priest, and spake unto herthat kept the door, and brought in Peter.18:17 Then saith the damsel that kept the door unto Peter, Art notthou also one of this man's disciples? He saith, I am not.18:18 And the servants and officers stood there, who had made a fireof coals; for it was cold: and they warmed themselves: and Peter stoodwith them, and warmed himself.18:19 The high priest then asked Jesus of his disciples, and of hisdoctrine.18:20 Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the world; I ever taughtin the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews always resort;and in secret have I said nothing.18:21 Why askest thou me? ask them which heard me, what I have saidunto them: behold, they know what I said.18:22 And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood bystruck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest thou thehigh priest so?  18:23 Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bearwitness of the evil: but if well, why smitest thou me?  18:24 NowAnnas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high priest.18:25 And Simon Peter stood and warmed himself. They said thereforeunto him, Art not thou also one of his disciples? He denied it, andsaid, I am not.18:26 One of the servants of the high priest, being his kinsman whoseear Peter cut off, saith, Did not I see thee in the garden with him?18:27 Peter then denied again: and immediately the cock crew.18:28 Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: andit was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall,lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover.18:29 Pilate then went out unto them, and said, What accusation bringye against this man?  18:30 They answered and said unto him, If hewere not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto thee.18:31 Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and judge him accordingto your law. The Jews therefore said unto him, It is not lawful for usto put any man to death: 18:32 That the saying of Jesus might befulfilled, which he spake, signifying what death he should die.18:33 Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and calledJesus, and said unto him, Art thou the King of the Jews?  18:34 Jesusanswered him, Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did others tell itthee of me?  18:35 Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation andthe chief priests have delivered thee unto me: what hast thou done?18:36 Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdomwere of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not bedelivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.18:37 Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesusanswered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, andfor this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness untothe truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.18:38 Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this,he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find in him nofault at all.18:39 But ye have a custom, that I should release unto you one at thepassover: will ye therefore that I release unto you the King of theJews?  18:40 Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, butBarabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.19:1 Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him.19:2 And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on hishead, and they put on him a purple robe, 19:3 And said, Hail, King ofthe Jews! and they smote him with their hands.19:4 Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, Ibring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him.19:5 Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and thepurple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man!  19:6 Whenthe chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out,saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him,and crucify him: for I find no fault in him.19:7 The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought todie, because he made himself the Son of God.19:8 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid;19:9 And went again into the judgment hall, and saith unto Jesus,Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer.19:10 Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? knowestthou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to releasethee?  19:11 Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at allagainst me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he thatdelivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.19:12 And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jewscried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar'sfriend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.19:13 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth,and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called thePavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.19:14 And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixthhour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!  19:15 But theycried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him.Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priestsanswered, We have no king but Caesar.19:16 Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. Andthey took Jesus, and led him away.19:17 And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called theplace of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha: 19:18 Wherethey crucified him, and two other with him, on either side one, andJesus in the midst.19:19 And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And thewriting was JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.19:20 This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesuswas crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, andGreek, and Latin.19:21 Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not,The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews.19:22 Pilate answered, What I have written I have written.19:23 Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took hisgarments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also hiscoat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.19:24 They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, butcast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might befulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for myvesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did.19:25 Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and hismother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.19:26 When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standingby, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!19:27 Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from thathour that disciple took her unto his own home.19:28 After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished,that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.19:29 Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled aspunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.19:30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It isfinished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.19:31 The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that thebodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for thatsabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might bebroken, and that they might be taken away.19:32 Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and ofthe other which was crucified with him.19:33 But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already,they brake not his legs: 19:34 But one of the soldiers with a spearpierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.19:35 And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and heknoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.19:36 For these things were done, that the scripture should befulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.19:37 And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whomthey pierced.19:38 And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus,but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might takeaway the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore,and took the body of Jesus.19:39 And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesusby night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundredpound weight.19:40 Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clotheswith the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.19:41 Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; andin the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid.19:42 There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparationday; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.20:1 The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when itwas yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away fromthe sepulchre.20:2 Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the otherdisciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken awaythe LORD out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laidhim.20:3 Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, and came tothe sepulchre.20:4 So they ran both together: and the other disciple did outrunPeter, and came first to the sepulchre.20:5 And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clotheslying; yet went he not in.20:6 Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into thesepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie, 20:7 And the napkin, thatwas about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrappedtogether in a place by itself.20:8 Then went in also that other disciple, which came first to thesepulchre, and he saw, and believed.20:9 For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise againfrom the dead.20:10 Then the disciples went away again unto their own home.20:11 But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as shewept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre, 20:12 And seethtwo angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at thefeet, where the body of Jesus had lain.20:13 And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith untothem, Because they have taken away my LORD, and I know not where theyhave laid him.20:14 And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and sawJesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus.20:15 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekestthou?  She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, ifthou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and Iwill take him away.20:16 Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith untohim, Rabboni; which is to say, Master.20:17 Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended tomy Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto myFather, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.20:18 Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen theLORD, and that he had spoken these things unto her.20:19 Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week,when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fearof the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them,Peace be unto you.20:20 And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and hisside.Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the LORD.20:21 Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Fatherhath sent me, even so send I you.20:22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith untothem, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: 20:23 Whose soever sins ye remit,they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they areretained.20:24 But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with themwhen Jesus came.20:25 The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen theLORD.But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print ofthe nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrustmy hand into his side, I will not believe.20:26 And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomaswith them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in themidst, and said, Peace be unto you.20:27 Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold myhands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and benot faithless, but believing.20:28 And Thomas answered and said unto him, My LORD and my God.20:29 Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thouhast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet havebelieved.20:30 And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of hisdisciples, which are not written in this book: 20:31 But these arewritten, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son ofGod; and that believing ye might have life through his name.21:1 After these things Jesus shewed himself again to the disciples atthe sea of Tiberias; and on this wise shewed he himself.21:2 There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, andNathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two otherof his disciples.21:3 Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto him,We also go with thee. They went forth, and entered into a shipimmediately; and that night they caught nothing.21:4 But when the morning was now come, Jesus stood on the shore: butthe disciples knew not that it was Jesus.21:5 Then Jesus saith unto them, Children, have ye any meat? Theyanswered him, No.21:6 And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of theship, and ye shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were notable to draw it for the multitude of fishes.21:7 Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, It isthe Lord. Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girt hisfisher's coat unto him, (for he was naked,) and did cast himself intothe sea.21:8 And the other disciples came in a little ship; (for they were notfar from land, but as it were two hundred cubits,) dragging the netwith fishes.21:9 As soon then as they were come to land, they saw a fire of coalsthere, and fish laid thereon, and bread.21:10 Jesus saith unto them, Bring of the fish which ye have nowcaught.21:11 Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land full of greatfishes, an hundred and fifty and three: and for all there were somany, yet was not the net broken.21:12 Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine. And none of the disciplesdurst ask him, Who art thou? knowing that it was the Lord.21:13 Jesus then cometh, and taketh bread, and giveth them, and fishlikewise.21:14 This is now the third time that Jesus shewed himself to hisdisciples, after that he was risen from the dead.21:15 So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, sonof Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea,Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.21:16 He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas,lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I lovethee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep.21:17 He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovestthou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time,Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things;thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.21:18 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thougirdest thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thoushalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shallgird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not.21:19 This spake he, signifying by what death he should glorify God.And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him, Follow me.21:20 Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus lovedfollowing; which also leaned on his breast at supper, and said, Lord,which is he that betrayeth thee?  21:21 Peter seeing him saith toJesus, Lord, and what shall this man do?  21:22 Jesus saith unto him,If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? follow thoume.21:23 Then went this saying abroad among the brethren, that thatdisciple should not die: yet Jesus said not unto him, He shall notdie; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee?21:24 This is the disciple which testifieth of these things, and wrotethese things: and we know that his testimony is true.21:25 And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which,if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the worlditself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen.The Acts of the Apostles1:1 The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesusbegan both to do and teach, 1:2 Until the day in which he was takenup, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments untothe apostles whom he had chosen: 1:3 To whom also he shewed himselfalive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of themforty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom ofGod: 1:4 And, being assembled together with them, commanded them thatthey should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of theFather, which, saith he, ye have heard of me.1:5 For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized withthe Holy Ghost not many days hence.1:6 When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying,Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?  1:7And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or theseasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.1:8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come uponyou: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in allJudaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.1:9 And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he wastaken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.1:10 And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up,behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; 1:11 Which also said,Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this sameJesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in likemanner as ye have seen him go into heaven.1:12 Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet,which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey.1:13 And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room,where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, andThomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and SimonZelotes, and Judas the brother of James.1:14 These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication,with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.1:15 And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples,and said, (the number of names together were about an hundred andtwenty,) 1:16 Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have beenfulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake beforeconcerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus.1:17 For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of thisministry.1:18 Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; andfalling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowelsgushed out.1:19 And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch asthat field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say,The field of blood.1:20 For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation bedesolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let anothertake.1:21 Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the timethat the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, 1:22 Beginning from thebaptism of John, unto that same day that he was taken up from us, mustone be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection.1:23 And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamedJustus, and Matthias.1:24 And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the heartsof all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen, 1:25 That hemay take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas bytransgression fell, that he might go to his own place.1:26 And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias;and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.2:1 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all withone accord in one place.2:2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mightywind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.2:3 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, andit sat upon each of them.2:4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speakwith other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.2:5 And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out ofevery nation under heaven.2:6 Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, andwere confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his ownlanguage.2:7 And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another,Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans?  2:8 And how hear weevery man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?  2:9 Parthians, andMedes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea,and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia, 2:10 Phrygia, and Pamphylia, inEgypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome,Jews and proselytes, 2:11 Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speakin our tongues the wonderful works of God.2:12 And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one toanother, What meaneth this?  2:13 Others mocking said, These men arefull of new wine.2:14 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, andsaid unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem,be this known unto you, and hearken to my words: 2:15 For these arenot drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of theday.2:16 But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel; 2:17 Andit shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out ofmy Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shallprophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shalldream dreams: 2:18 And on my servants and on my handmaidens I willpour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy: 2:19 AndI will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath;blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke: 2:20 The sun shall be turnedinto darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and notableday of the Lord come: 2:21 And it shall come to pass, that whosoevershall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.2:22 Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a manapproved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which Goddid by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know: 2:23 Him,being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God,ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain: 2:24 WhomGod hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it wasnot possible that he should be holden of it.2:25 For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord alwaysbefore my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not bemoved: 2:26 Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad;moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope: 2:27 Because thou wilt notleave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to seecorruption.2:28 Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make mefull of joy with thy countenance.2:29 Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarchDavid, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with usunto this day.2:30 Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with anoath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh,he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne; 2:31 He seeing thisbefore spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not leftin hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.2:32 This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.2:33 Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and havingreceived of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shedforth this, which ye now see and hear.2:34 For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself,The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, 2:35 Until Imake thy foes thy footstool.2:36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that Godhath made the same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord andChrist.2:37 Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, andsaid unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren,what shall we do?  2:38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and bebaptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for theremission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.2:39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to allthat are afar off, even as many as the LORD our God shall call.2:40 And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Saveyourselves from this untoward generation.2:41 Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and thesame day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.2:42 And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine andfellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.2:43 And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs weredone by the apostles.2:44 And all that believed were together, and had all things common;2:45 And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men,as every man had need.2:46 And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, andbreaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladnessand singleness of heart, 2:47 Praising God, and having favour with allthe people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should besaved.3:1 Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour ofprayer, being the ninth hour.3:2 And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whomthey laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful,to ask alms of them that entered into the temple; 3:3 Who seeing Peterand John about to go into the temple asked an alms.3:4 And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look onus.3:5 And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something ofthem.3:6 Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I havegive I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.3:7 And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: andimmediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.3:8 And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them intothe temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.3:9 And all the people saw him walking and praising God: 3:10 And theyknew that it was he which sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of thetemple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that whichhad happened unto him.3:11 And as the lame man which was healed held Peter and John, all thepeople ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon's,greatly wondering.3:12 And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men ofIsrael, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us, asthough by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk?3:13 The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of ourfathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, anddenied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to lethim go.3:14 But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murdererto be granted unto you; 3:15 And killed the Prince of life, whom Godhath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.3:16 And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong,whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given himthis perfect soundness in the presence of you all.3:17 And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it, as didalso your rulers.3:18 But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of allhis prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.3:19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may beblotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presenceof the Lord.3:20 And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached untoyou: 3:21 Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitutionof all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holyprophets since the world began.3:22 For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lordyour God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shallye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you.3:23 And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hearthat prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.3:24 Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that followafter, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.3:25 Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant whichGod made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shallall the kindreds of the earth be blessed.3:26 Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him tobless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.4:1 And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain ofthe temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them, 4:2 Being grieved thatthey taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrectionfrom the dead.4:3 And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the nextday: for it was now eventide.4:4 Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the numberof the men was about five thousand.4:5 And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders,and scribes, 4:6 And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John,and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest,were gathered together at Jerusalem.4:7 And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By whatpower, or by what name, have ye done this?  4:8 Then Peter, filledwith the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, andelders of Israel, 4:9 If we this day be examined of the good deed doneto the impotent man, by what means he is made whole; 4:10 Be it knownunto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name ofJesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from thedead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.4:11 This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, whichis become the head of the corner.4:12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none othername under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.4:13 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceivedthat they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and theytook knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.4:14 And beholding the man which was healed standing with them, theycould say nothing against it.4:15 But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council,they conferred among themselves, 4:16 Saying, What shall we do tothese men? for that indeed a notable miracle hath been done by them ismanifest to all them that dwell in Jerusalem; and we cannot deny it.4:17 But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitlythreaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.4:18 And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all norteach in the name of Jesus.4:19 But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it beright in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God,judge ye.4:20 For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.4:21 So when they had further threatened them, they let them go,finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people: forall men glorified God for that which was done.4:22 For the man was above forty years old, on whom this miracle ofhealing was shewed.4:23 And being let go, they went to their own company, and reportedall that the chief priests and elders had said unto them.4:24 And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God withone accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, andearth, and the sea, and all that in them is: 4:25 Who by the mouth ofthy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the peopleimagine vain things?  4:26 The kings of the earth stood up, and therulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against hisChrist.4:27 For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hastanointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and thepeople of Israel, were gathered together, 4:28 For to do whatsoeverthy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.4:29 And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thyservants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word, 4:30 Bystretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may bedone by the name of thy holy child Jesus.4:31 And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they wereassembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, andthey spake the word of God with boldness.4:32 And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and ofone soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which hepossessed was his own; but they had all things common.4:33 And with great power gave the apostles witness of theresurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.4:34 Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as werepossessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of thethings that were sold, 4:35 And laid them down at the apostles' feet:and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.4:36 And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is,being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of thecountry of Cyprus, 4:37 Having land, sold it, and brought the money,and laid it at the apostles' feet.5:1 But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold apossession, 5:2 And kept back part of the price, his wife also beingprivy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles'feet.5:3 But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lieto the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?5:4 Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold,was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing inthine heart?  thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.5:5 And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost:and great fear came on all them that heard these things.5:6 And the young men arose, wound him up, and carried him out, andburied him.5:7 And it was about the space of three hours after, when his wife,not knowing what was done, came in.5:8 And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land forso much? And she said, Yea, for so much.5:9 Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed togetherto tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which haveburied thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out.5:10 Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up theghost: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carryingher forth, buried her by her husband.5:11 And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many asheard these things.5:12 And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonderswrought among the people; (and they were all with one accord inSolomon's porch.5:13 And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the peoplemagnified them.5:14 And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both ofmen and women.)  5:15 Insomuch that they brought forth the sick intothe streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least theshadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them.5:16 There came also a multitude out of the cities round about untoJerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed with uncleanspirits: and they were healed every one.5:17 Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him,(which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled withindignation, 5:18 And laid their hands on the apostles, and put themin the common prison.5:19 But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, andbrought them forth, and said, 5:20 Go, stand and speak in the templeto the people all the words of this life.5:21 And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early inthe morning, and taught. But the high priest came, and they that werewith him, and called the council together, and all the senate of thechildren of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.5:22 But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison,they returned and told, 5:23 Saying, The prison truly found we shutwith all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors:but when we had opened, we found no man within.5:24 Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and thechief priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto thiswould grow.5:25 Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye putin prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people.5:26 Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them withoutviolence: for they feared the people, lest they should have beenstoned.5:27 And when they had brought them, they set them before the council:and the high priest asked them, 5:28 Saying, Did not we straitlycommand you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, yehave filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring thisman's blood upon us.5:29 Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought toobey God rather than men.5:30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hangedon a tree.5:31 Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and aSaviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.5:32 And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the HolyGhost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.5:33 When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and tookcounsel to slay them.5:34 Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, namedGamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people,and commanded to put the apostles forth a little space; 5:35 And saidunto them, Ye men of Israel, take heed to yourselves what ye intend todo as touching these men.5:36 For before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to besomebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joinedthemselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, werescattered, and brought to nought.5:37 After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of thetaxing, and drew away much people after him: he also perished; andall, even as many as obeyed him, were dispersed.5:38 And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let themalone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come tonought: 5:39 But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haplyye be found even to fight against God.5:40 And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles,and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the nameof Jesus, and let them go.5:41 And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicingthat they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.5:42 And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not toteach and preach Jesus Christ.6:1 And in those days, when the number of the disciples wasmultiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against theHebrews, because their widows were neglected in the dailyministration.6:2 Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them,and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, andserve tables.6:3 Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honestreport, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint overthis business.6:4 But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to theministry of the word.6:5 And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they choseStephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, andProchorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas aproselyte of Antioch: 6:6 Whom they set before the apostles: and whenthey had prayed, they laid their hands on them.6:7 And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciplesmultiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priestswere obedient to the faith.6:8 And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders andmiracles among the people.6:9 Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called thesynagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and ofthem of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen.6:10 And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit bywhich he spake.6:11 Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speakblasphemous words against Moses, and against God.6:12 And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes,and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council,6:13 And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not tospeak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law: 6:14 Forwe have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy thisplace, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us.6:15 And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, sawhis face as it had been the face of an angel.7:1 Then said the high priest, Are these things so?  7:2 And he said,Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared untoour father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt inCharran, 7:3 And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and fromthy kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee.7:4 Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt inCharran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed himinto this land, wherein ye now dwell.7:5 And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to sethis foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for apossession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.7:6 And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in astrange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, andentreat them evil four hundred years.7:7 And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, saidGod: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place.7:8 And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begatIsaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; andJacob begat the twelve patriarchs.7:9 And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: butGod was with him, 7:10 And delivered him out of all his afflictions,and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt;and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.7:11 Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan,and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.7:12 But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent outour fathers first.7:13 And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; andJoseph's kindred was made known unto Pharaoh.7:14 Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all hiskindred, threescore and fifteen souls.7:15 So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,7:16 And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre thatAbraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father ofSychem.7:17 But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had swornto Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt, 7:18 Till anotherking arose, which knew not Joseph.7:19 The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated ourfathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end theymight not live.7:20 In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, andnourished up in his father's house three months: 7:21 And when he wascast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and nourished him for herown son.7:22 And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and wasmighty in words and in deeds.7:23 And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart tovisit his brethren the children of Israel.7:24 And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avengedhim that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian: 7:25 For he supposedhis brethren would have understood how that God by his hand woulddeliver them: but they understood not.7:26 And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove, andwould have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; whydo ye wrong one to another?  7:27 But he that did his neighbour wrongthrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?7:28 Wilt thou kill me, as thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday?  7:29Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land ofMadian, where he begat two sons.7:30 And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in thewilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in abush.7:31 When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew nearto behold it, the voice of the LORD came unto him, 7:32 Saying, I amthe God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, andthe God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold.7:33 Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: forthe place where thou standest is holy ground.7:34 I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is inEgypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliverthem. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt.7:35 This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and ajudge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the handof the angel which appeared to him in the bush.7:36 He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signsin the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness fortyyears.7:37 This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, Aprophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren,like unto me; him shall ye hear.7:38 This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with theangel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: whoreceived the lively oracles to give unto us: 7:39 To whom our fatherswould not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turnedback again into Egypt, 7:40 Saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to gobefore us: for as for this Moses, which brought us out of the land ofEgypt, we wot not what is become of him.7:41 And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice untothe idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.7:42 Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven;as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel,have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space offorty years in the wilderness?  7:43 Yea, ye took up the tabernacle ofMoloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made toworship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.7:44 Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, ashe had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make itaccording to the fashion that he had seen.7:45 Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus intothe possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face ofour fathers, unto the days of David; 7:46 Who found favour before God,and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.7:47 But Solomon built him an house.7:48 Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; assaith the prophet, 7:49 Heaven is my throne, and earth is myfootstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is theplace of my rest?  7:50 Hath not my hand made all these things?  7:51Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do alwaysresist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.7:52 Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and theyhave slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; ofwhom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers: 7:53 Who havereceived the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.7:54 When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, andthey gnashed on him with their teeth.7:55 But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly intoheaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right handof God, 7:56 And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Sonof man standing on the right hand of God.7:57 Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears,and ran upon him with one accord, 7:58 And cast him out of the city,and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a youngman's feet, whose name was Saul.7:59 And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, LordJesus, receive my spirit.7:60 And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay notthis sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.8:1 And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there wasa great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; andthey were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea andSamaria, except the apostles.8:2 And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made greatlamentation over him.8:3 As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into everyhouse, and haling men and women committed them to prison.8:4 Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every wherepreaching the word.8:5 Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christunto them.8:6 And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things whichPhilip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did.8:7 For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many thatwere possessed with them: and many taken with palsies, and that werelame, were healed.8:8 And there was great joy in that city.8:9 But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in thesame city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, givingout that himself was some great one: 8:10 To whom they all gave heed,from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power ofGod.8:11 And to him they had regard, because that of long time he hadbewitched them with sorceries.8:12 But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning thekingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, bothmen and women.8:13 Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, hecontinued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signswhich were done.8:14 Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samariahad received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John: 8:15Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they mightreceive the Holy Ghost: 8:16 (For as yet he was fallen upon none ofthem: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)  8:17Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.8:18 And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' handsthe Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money, 8:19 Saying, Give mealso this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive theHoly Ghost.8:20 But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thouhast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.8:21 Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart isnot right in the sight of God.8:22 Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhapsthe thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.8:23 For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and inthe bond of iniquity.8:24 Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the LORD for me, thatnone of these things which ye have spoken come upon me.8:25 And they, when they had testified and preached the word of theLord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel in many villagesof the Samaritans.8:26 And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, andgo toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem untoGaza, which is desert.8:27 And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuchof great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had thecharge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship,8:28 Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias theprophet.8:29 Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself tothis chariot.8:30 And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophetEsaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?  8:31 And hesaid, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desiredPhilip that he would come up and sit with him.8:32 The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led asa sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, soopened he not his mouth: 8:33 In his humiliation his judgment wastaken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life istaken from the earth.8:34 And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whomspeaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man?  8:35Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, andpreached unto him Jesus.8:36 And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water:and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to bebaptized?  8:37 And Philip said, If thou believest with all thineheart, thou mayest.And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son ofGod.8:38 And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went downboth into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.8:39 And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of theLord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he wenton his way rejoicing.8:40 But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preachedin all the cities, till he came to Caesarea.9:1 And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against thedisciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest, 9:2 And desired ofhim letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any ofthis way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them boundunto Jerusalem.9:3 And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly thereshined round about him a light from heaven: 9:4 And he fell to theearth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutestthou me?  9:5 And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I amJesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against thepricks.9:6 And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have meto do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and itshall be told thee what thou must do.9:7 And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing avoice, but seeing no man.9:8 And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were opened, hesaw no man: but they led him by the hand, and brought him intoDamascus.9:9 And he was three days without sight, and neither did eat nordrink.9:10 And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; andto him said the Lord in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I amhere, Lord.9:11 And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the street whichis called Straight, and enquire in the house of Judas for one calledSaul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth, 9:12 And hath seen in avision a man named Ananias coming in, and putting his hand on him,that he might receive his sight.9:13 Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man,how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem: 9:14 And herehe hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thyname.9:15 But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vesselunto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and thechildren of Israel: 9:16 For I will shew him how great things he mustsuffer for my name's sake.9:17 And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and puttinghis hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, thatappeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thoumightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost.9:18 And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales:and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized.9:19 And when he had received meat, he was strengthened. Then was Saulcertain days with the disciples which were at Damascus.9:20 And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he isthe Son of God.9:21 But all that heard him were amazed, and said; Is not this he thatdestroyed them which called on this name in Jerusalem, and came hitherfor that intent, that he might bring them bound unto the chiefpriests?  9:22 But Saul increased the more in strength, and confoundedthe Jews which dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very Christ.9:23 And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel tokill him: 9:24 But their laying await was known of Saul. And theywatched the gates day and night to kill him.9:25 Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by thewall in a basket.9:26 And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himselfto the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and believed notthat he was a disciple.9:27 But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, anddeclared unto them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that hehad spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in thename of Jesus.9:28 And he was with them coming in and going out at Jerusalem.9:29 And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputedagainst the Grecians: but they went about to slay him.9:30 Which when the brethren knew, they brought him down to Caesarea,and sent him forth to Tarsus.9:31 Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee andSamaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and inthe comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.9:32 And it came to pass, as Peter passed throughout all quarters, hecame down also to the saints which dwelt at Lydda.9:33 And there he found a certain man named Aeneas, which had kept hisbed eight years, and was sick of the palsy.9:34 And Peter said unto him, Aeneas, Jesus Christ maketh thee whole:arise, and make thy bed. And he arose immediately.9:35 And all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron saw him, and turned to theLord.9:36 Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which byinterpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works andalmsdeeds which she did.9:37 And it came to pass in those days, that she was sick, and died:whom when they had washed, they laid her in an upper chamber.9:38 And forasmuch as Lydda was nigh to Joppa, and the disciples hadheard that Peter was there, they sent unto him two men, desiring himthat he would not delay to come to them.9:39 Then Peter arose and went with them. When he was come, theybrought him into the upper chamber: and all the widows stood by himweeping, and shewing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, whileshe was with them.9:40 But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; andturning him to the body said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes:and when she saw Peter, she sat up.9:41 And he gave her his hand, and lifted her up, and when he hadcalled the saints and widows, presented her alive.9:42 And it was known throughout all Joppa; and many believed in theLord.9:43 And it came to pass, that he tarried many days in Joppa with oneSimon a tanner.10:1 There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurionof the band called the Italian band, 10:2 A devout man, and one thatfeared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, andprayed to God alway.10:3 He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day anangel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius.10:4 And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it,Lord?  And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come upfor a memorial before God.10:5 And now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose surnameis Peter: 10:6 He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is bythe sea side: he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do.10:7 And when the angel which spake unto Cornelius was departed, hecalled two of his household servants, and a devout soldier of themthat waited on him continually; 10:8 And when he had declared allthese things unto them, he sent them to Joppa.10:9 On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh untothe city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixthhour: 10:10 And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but whilethey made ready, he fell into a trance, 10:11 And saw heaven opened,and a certain vessel descending upon him, as it had been a great sheetknit at the four corners, and let down to the earth: 10:12 Whereinwere all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts,and creeping things, and fowls of the air.10:13 And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.10:14 But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thingthat is common or unclean.10:15 And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What Godhath cleansed, that call not thou common.10:16 This was done thrice: and the vessel was received up again intoheaven.10:17 Now while Peter doubted in himself what this vision which he hadseen should mean, behold, the men which were sent from Cornelius hadmade enquiry for Simon's house, and stood before the gate, 10:18 Andcalled, and asked whether Simon, which was surnamed Peter, were lodgedthere.10:19 While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him,Behold, three men seek thee.10:20 Arise therefore, and get thee down, and go with them, doubtingnothing: for I have sent them.10:21 Then Peter went down to the men which were sent unto him fromCornelius; and said, Behold, I am he whom ye seek: what is the causewherefore ye are come?  10:22 And they said, Cornelius the centurion,a just man, and one that feareth God, and of good report among all thenation of the Jews, was warned from God by an holy angel to send forthee into his house, and to hear words of thee.10:23 Then called he them in, and lodged them. And on the morrow Peterwent away with them, and certain brethren from Joppa accompanied him.10:24 And the morrow after they entered into Caesarea. And Corneliuswaited for them, and he had called together his kinsmen and nearfriends.10:25 And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down athis feet, and worshipped him.10:26 But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a man.10:27 And as he talked with him, he went in, and found many that werecome together.10:28 And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thingfor a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of anothernation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man commonor unclean.10:29 Therefore came I unto you without gainsaying, as soon as I wassent for: I ask therefore for what intent ye have sent for me?  10:30And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; andat the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stoodbefore me in bright clothing, 10:31 And said, Cornelius, thy prayer isheard, and thine alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God.10:32 Send therefore to Joppa, and call hither Simon, whose surname isPeter; he is lodged in the house of one Simon a tanner by the seaside: who, when he cometh, shall speak unto thee.10:33 Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well donethat thou art come. Now therefore are we all here present before God,to hear all things that are commanded thee of God.10:34 Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceivethat God is no respecter of persons: 10:35 But in every nation he thatfeareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.10:36 The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preachingpeace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:) 10:37 That word, I say, yeknow, which was published throughout all Judaea, and began fromGalilee, after the baptism which John preached; 10:38 How God anointedJesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went aboutdoing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for Godwas with him.10:39 And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the landof the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree:10:40 Him God raised up the third day, and shewed him openly; 10:41Not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before God, even tous, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead.10:42 And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testifythat it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick anddead.10:43 To him give all the prophets witness, that through his namewhosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.10:44 While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on allthem which heard the word.10:45 And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, asmany as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was pouredout the gift of the Holy Ghost.10:46 For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Thenanswered Peter, 10:47 Can any man forbid water, that these should notbe baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?  10:48And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Thenprayed they him to tarry certain days.11:1 And the apostles and brethren that were in Judaea heard that theGentiles had also received the word of God.11:2 And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of thecircumcision contended with him, 11:3 Saying, Thou wentest in to menuncircumcised, and didst eat with them.11:4 But Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning, and expoundedit by order unto them, saying, 11:5 I was in the city of Joppapraying: and in a trance I saw a vision, A certain vessel descend, asit had been a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; andit came even to me: 11:6 Upon the which when I had fastened mine eyes,I considered, and saw fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts,and creeping things, and fowls of the air.11:7 And I heard a voice saying unto me, Arise, Peter; slay and eat.11:8 But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath atany time entered into my mouth.11:9 But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hathcleansed, that call not thou common.11:10 And this was done three times: and all were drawn up again intoheaven.11:11 And, behold, immediately there were three men already come untothe house where I was, sent from Caesarea unto me.11:12 And the Spirit bade me go with them, nothing doubting. Moreoverthese six brethren accompanied me, and we entered into the man'shouse: 11:13 And he shewed us how he had seen an angel in his house,which stood and said unto him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon,whose surname is Peter; 11:14 Who shall tell thee words, whereby thouand all thy house shall be saved.11:15 And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on usat the beginning.11:16 Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he said, Johnindeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the HolyGhost.11:17 Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as he did unto us,who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was I, that I couldwithstand God?  11:18 When they heard these things, they held theirpeace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentilesgranted repentance unto life.11:19 Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution thatarose about Stephen travelled as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, andAntioch, preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only.11:20 And some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, which, when theywere come to Antioch, spake unto the Grecians, preaching the LORDJesus.11:21 And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great numberbelieved, and turned unto the Lord.11:22 Then tidings of these things came unto the ears of the churchwhich was in Jerusalem: and they sent forth Barnabas, that he shouldgo as far as Antioch.11:23 Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, andexhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave untothe Lord.11:24 For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith:and much people was added unto the Lord.11:25 Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul: 11:26 Andwhen he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came topass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, andtaught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first inAntioch.11:27 And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch.11:28 And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified bythe Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world:which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar.11:29 Then the disciples, every man according to his ability,determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judaea:11:30 Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands ofBarnabas and Saul.12:1 Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands tovex certain of the church.12:2 And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.12:3 And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further totake Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.)  12:4 Andwhen he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered himto four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter tobring him forth to the people.12:5 Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made withoutceasing of the church unto God for him.12:6 And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peterwas sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and thekeepers before the door kept the prison.12:7 And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a lightshined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised himup, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.12:8 And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thysandals.And so he did. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee, andfollow me.12:9 And he went out, and followed him; and wist not that it was truewhich was done by the angel; but thought he saw a vision.12:10 When they were past the first and the second ward, they cameunto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city; which opened to them ofhis own accord: and they went out, and passed on through one street;and forthwith the angel departed from him.12:11 And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of asurety, that the LORD hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me outof the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people ofthe Jews.12:12 And when he had considered the thing, he came to the house ofMary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many weregathered together praying.12:13 And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came tohearken, named Rhoda.12:14 And when she knew Peter's voice, she opened not the gate forgladness, but ran in, and told how Peter stood before the gate.12:15 And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she constantlyaffirmed that it was even so. Then said they, It is his angel.12:16 But Peter continued knocking: and when they had opened the door,and saw him, they were astonished.12:17 But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace,declared unto them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. Andhe said, Go shew these things unto James, and to the brethren. And hedeparted, and went into another place.12:18 Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among thesoldiers, what was become of Peter.12:19 And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, heexamined the keepers, and commanded that they should be put to death.And he went down from Judaea to Caesarea, and there abode.12:20 And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: butthey came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king'schamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country wasnourished by the king's country.12:21 And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon histhrone, and made an oration unto them.12:22 And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god,and not of a man.12:23 And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gavenot God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.12:24 But the word of God grew and multiplied.12:25 And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they hadfulfilled their ministry, and took with them John, whose surname wasMark.13:1 Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophetsand teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, andLucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod thetetrarch, and Saul.13:2 As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said,Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have calledthem.13:3 And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands onthem, they sent them away.13:4 So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed untoSeleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.13:5 And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God inthe synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their minister.13:6 And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found acertain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Barjesus:13:7 Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, aprudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear theword of God.13:8 But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation)withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.13:9 Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost,set his eyes on him.13:10 And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child ofthe devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease topervert the right ways of the Lord?  13:11 And now, behold, the handof the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sunfor a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness;and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.13:12 Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, beingastonished at the doctrine of the Lord.13:13 Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came toPerga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned toJerusalem.13:14 But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch inPisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down.13:15 And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers ofthe synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye haveany word of exhortation for the people, say on.13:16 Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, Men ofIsrael, and ye that fear God, give audience.13:17 The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exaltedthe people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and withan high arm brought he them out of it.13:18 And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners inthe wilderness.13:19 And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan,he divided their land to them by lot.13:20 And after that he gave unto them judges about the space of fourhundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.13:21 And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saulthe son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of fortyyears.13:22 And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to betheir king; to whom also he gave their testimony, and said, I havefound David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shallfulfil all my will.13:23 Of this man's seed hath God according to his promise raised untoIsrael a Saviour, Jesus: 13:24 When John had first preached before hiscoming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.13:25 And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye that Iam?  I am not he. But, behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoesof his feet I am not worthy to loose.13:26 Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, andwhosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvationsent.13:27 For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because theyknew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read everysabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.13:28 And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired theyPilate that he should be slain.13:29 And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, theytook him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre.13:30 But God raised him from the dead: 13:31 And he was seen manydays of them which came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who arehis witnesses unto the people.13:32 And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise whichwas made unto the fathers, 13:33 God hath fulfilled the same unto ustheir children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is alsowritten in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begottenthee.13:34 And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now nomore to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give youthe sure mercies of David.13:35 Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt not sufferthine Holy One to see corruption.13:36 For David, after he had served his own generation by the will ofGod, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:13:37 But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption.13:38 Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that throughthis man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins: 13:39 And byhim all that believe are justified from all things, from which yecould not be justified by the law of Moses.13:40 Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of inthe prophets; 13:41 Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: forI work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe,though a man declare it unto you.13:42 And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentilesbesought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath.13:43 Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews andreligious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking tothem, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.13:44 And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together tohear the word of God.13:45 But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled withenvy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul,contradicting and blaspheming.13:46 Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessarythat the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeingye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life,lo, we turn to the Gentiles.13:47 For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to bea light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto theends of the earth.13:48 And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorifiedthe word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal lifebelieved.13:49 And the word of the Lord was published throughout all theregion.13:50 But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and thechief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul andBarnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts.13:51 But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and cameunto Iconium.13:52 And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Ghost.14:1 And it came to pass in Iconium, that they went both together intothe synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a great multitude bothof the Jews and also of the Greeks believed.14:2 But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and made theirminds evil affected against the brethren.14:3 Long time therefore abode they speaking boldly in the Lord, whichgave testimony unto the word of his grace, and granted signs andwonders to be done by their hands.14:4 But the multitude of the city was divided: and part held with theJews, and part with the apostles.14:5 And when there was an assault made both of the Gentiles, and alsoof the Jews with their rulers, to use them despitefully, and to stonethem, 14:6 They were ware of it, and fled unto Lystra and Derbe,cities of Lycaonia, and unto the region that lieth round about: 14:7And there they preached the gospel.14:8 And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet,being a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked: 14:9 Thesame heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and perceivingthat he had faith to be healed, 14:10 Said with a loud voice, Standupright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked.14:11 And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up theirvoices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to usin the likeness of men.14:12 And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius, becausehe was the chief speaker.14:13 Then the priest of Jupiter, which was before their city, broughtoxen and garlands unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice withthe people.14:14 Which when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of, they renttheir clothes, and ran in among the people, crying out, 14:15 Andsaying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passionswith you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanitiesunto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, andall things that are therein: 14:16 Who in times past suffered allnations to walk in their own ways.14:17 Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he didgood, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling ourhearts with food and gladness.14:18 And with these sayings scarce restrained they the people, thatthey had not done sacrifice unto them.14:19 And there came thither certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium,who persuaded the people, and having stoned Paul, drew him out of thecity, supposing he had been dead.14:20 Howbeit, as the disciples stood round about him, he rose up, andcame into the city: and the next day he departed with Barnabas toDerbe.14:21 And when they had preached the gospel to that city, and hadtaught many, they returned again to Lystra, and to Iconium, andAntioch, 14:22 Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhortingthem to continue in the faith, and that we must through muchtribulation enter into the kingdom of God.14:23 And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and hadprayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom theybelieved.14:24 And after they had passed throughout Pisidia, they came toPamphylia.14:25 And when they had preached the word in Perga, they went downinto Attalia: 14:26 And thence sailed to Antioch, from whence they hadbeen recommended to the grace of God for the work which theyfulfilled.14:27 And when they were come, and had gathered the church together,they rehearsed all that God had done with them, and how he had openedthe door of faith unto the Gentiles.14:28 And there they abode long time with the disciples.15:1 And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren,and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, yecannot be saved.15:2 When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension anddisputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, andcertain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles andelders about this question.15:3 And being brought on their way by the church, they passed throughPhenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: andthey caused great joy unto all the brethren.15:4 And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of thechurch, and of the apostles and elders, and they declared all thingsthat God had done with them.15:5 But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees whichbelieved, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and tocommand them to keep the law of Moses.15:6 And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of thismatter.15:7 And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and saidunto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago Godmade choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear theword of the gospel, and believe.15:8 And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving themthe Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us; 15:9 And put no differencebetween us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.15:10 Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck ofthe disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?15:11 But we believe that through the grace of the LORD Jesus Christwe shall be saved, even as they.15:12 Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience toBarnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wroughtamong the Gentiles by them.15:13 And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Menand brethren, hearken unto me: 15:14 Simeon hath declared how God atthe first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for hisname.15:15 And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,15:16 After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle ofDavid, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof,and I will set it up: 15:17 That the residue of men might seek afterthe Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith theLord, who doeth all these things.15:18 Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of theworld.15:19 Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which fromamong the Gentiles are turned to God: 15:20 But that we write untothem, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and fromfornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.15:21 For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him,being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.15:22 Then pleased it the apostles and elders with the whole church,to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul andBarnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas and Silas, chief men amongthe brethren: 15:23 And they wrote letters by them after this manner;The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethrenwhich are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia.15:24 Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from ushave troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye mustbe circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment:15:25 It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to sendchosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul, 15:26 Men thathave hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.15:27 We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell youthe same things by mouth.15:28 For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon youno greater burden than these necessary things; 15:29 That ye abstainfrom meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from thingsstrangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, yeshall do well. Fare ye well.15:30 So when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch: and when theyhad gathered the multitude together, they delivered the epistle: 15:31Which when they had read, they rejoiced for the consolation.15:32 And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhortedthe brethren with many words, and confirmed them.15:33 And after they had tarried there a space, they were let go inpeace from the brethren unto the apostles.15:34 Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there still.15:35 Paul also and Barnabas continued in Antioch, teaching andpreaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.15:36 And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again andvisit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word ofthe LORD, and see how they do.15:37 And Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose surnamewas Mark.15:38 But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departedfrom them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.15:39 And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departedasunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed untoCyprus; 15:40 And Paul chose Silas, and departed, being recommended bythe brethren unto the grace of God.15:41 And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches.16:1 Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciplewas there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was aJewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek: 16:2 Which was wellreported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium.16:3 Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and took andcircumcised him because of the Jews which were in those quarters: forthey knew all that his father was a Greek.16:4 And as they went through the cities, they delivered them thedecrees for to keep, that were ordained of the apostles and elderswhich were at Jerusalem.16:5 And so were the churches established in the faith, and increasedin number daily.16:6 Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region ofGalatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word inAsia, 16:7 After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go intoBithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not.16:8 And they passing by Mysia came down to Troas.16:9 And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man ofMacedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and helpus.16:10 And after he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavoured togo into Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the Lord had called us forto preach the gospel unto them.16:11 Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a straight course toSamothracia, and the next day to Neapolis; 16:12 And from thence toPhilippi, which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia, and acolony: and we were in that city abiding certain days.16:13 And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side,where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto thewomen which resorted thither.16:14 And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the cityof Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lordopened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.16:15 And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us,saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into myhouse, and abide there. And she constrained us.16:16 And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damselpossessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought hermasters much gain by soothsaying: 16:17 The same followed Paul and us,and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God,which shew unto us the way of salvation.16:18 And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned andsaid to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to comeout of her.And he came out the same hour.16:19 And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone,they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace untothe rulers, 16:20 And brought them to the magistrates, saying, Thesemen, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city, 16:21 And teachcustoms, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe,being Romans.16:22 And the multitude rose up together against them: and themagistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them.16:23 And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast theminto prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely: 16:24 Who,having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, andmade their feet fast in the stocks.16:25 And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises untoGod: and the prisoners heard them.16:26 And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that thefoundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doorswere opened, and every one's bands were loosed.16:27 And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, andseeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would havekilled himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled.16:28 But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm:for we are all here.16:29 Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling,and fell down before Paul and Silas, 16:30 And brought them out, andsaid, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?  16:31 And they said, Believeon the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.16:32 And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all thatwere in his house.16:33 And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed theirstripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.16:34 And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat beforethem, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.16:35 And when it was day, the magistrates sent the serjeants, saying,Let those men go.16:36 And the keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul, Themagistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore depart, and go inpeace.16:37 But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned,being Romans, and have cast us into prison; and now do they thrust usout privily? nay verily; but let them come themselves and fetch usout.16:38 And the serjeants told these words unto the magistrates: andthey feared, when they heard that they were Romans.16:39 And they came and besought them, and brought them out, anddesired them to depart out of the city.16:40 And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house ofLydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, anddeparted.17:1 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, theycame to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews: 17:2 AndPaul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath daysreasoned with them out of the scriptures, 17:3 Opening and alleging,that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead;and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ.17:4 And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; andof the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not afew.17:5 But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto themcertain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, andset all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, andsought to bring them out to the people.17:6 And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certainbrethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turnedthe world upside down are come hither also; 17:7 Whom Jason hathreceived: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, sayingthat there is another king, one Jesus.17:8 And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city, whenthey heard these things.17:9 And when they had taken security of Jason, and of the other, theylet them go.17:10 And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by nightunto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.17:11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that theyreceived the word with all readiness of mind, and searched thescriptures daily, whether those things were so.17:12 Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women whichwere Greeks, and of men, not a few.17:13 But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word ofGod was preached of Paul at Berea, they came thither also, and stirredup the people.17:14 And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as itwere to the sea: but Silas and Timotheus abode there still.17:15 And they that conducted Paul brought him unto Athens: andreceiving a commandment unto Silas and Timotheus for to come to himwith all speed, they departed.17:16 Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirredin him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.17:17 Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and withthe devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met withhim.17:18 Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks,encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? othersome, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because hepreached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.17:19 And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, Maywe know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is?  17:20 Forthou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would knowtherefore what these things mean.17:21 (For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spenttheir time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some newthing.)  17:22 Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said,Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are toosuperstitious.17:23 For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altarwith this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore yeignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.17:24 God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that heis Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;17:25 Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things; 17:26And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all theface of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, andthe bounds of their habitation; 17:27 That they should seek the Lord,if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not farfrom every one of us: 17:28 For in him we live, and move, and have ourbeing; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are alsohis offspring.17:29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not tothink that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, gravenby art and man's device.17:30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but nowcommandeth all men every where to repent: 17:31 Because he hathappointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousnessby that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assuranceunto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.17:32 And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, somemocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.17:33 So Paul departed from among them.17:34 Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed: among thewhich was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, andothers with them.18:1 After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came toCorinth; 18:2 And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus,lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because thatClaudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came untothem.18:3 And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, andwrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.18:4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded theJews and the Greeks.18:5 And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul waspressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus wasChrist.18:6 And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook hisraiment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I amclean; from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.18:7 And he departed thence, and entered into a certain man's house,named Justus, one that worshipped God, whose house joined hard to thesynagogue.18:8 And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on theLord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed,and were baptized.18:9 Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be notafraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace: 18:10 For I am with thee,and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people inthis city.18:11 And he continued there a year and six months, teaching the wordof God among them.18:12 And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews madeinsurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to thejudgment seat, 18:13 Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship Godcontrary to the law.18:14 And when Paul was now about to open his mouth, Gallio said untothe Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, O ye Jews,reason would that I should bear with you: 18:15 But if it be aquestion of words and names, and of your law, look ye to it; for Iwill be no judge of such matters.18:16 And he drave them from the judgment seat.18:17 Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of thesynagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. And Gallio cared fornone of those things.18:18 And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and thentook his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and withhim Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for hehad a vow.18:19 And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he himselfentered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.18:20 When they desired him to tarry longer time with them, heconsented not; 18:21 But bade them farewell, saying, I must by allmeans keep this feast that cometh in Jerusalem: but I will returnagain unto you, if God will. And he sailed from Ephesus.18:22 And when he had landed at Caesarea, and gone up, and saluted thechurch, he went down to Antioch.18:23 And after he had spent some time there, he departed, and wentover all the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengtheningall the disciples.18:24 And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquentman, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus.18:25 This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and beingfervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things ofthe Lord, knowing only the baptism of John.18:26 And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquilaand Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded untohim the way of God more perfectly.18:27 And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the brethrenwrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when he was come,helped them much which had believed through grace: 18:28 For hemightily convinced the Jews, and that publickly, shewing by thescriptures that Jesus was Christ.19:1 And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paulhaving passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and findingcertain disciples, 19:2 He said unto them, Have ye received the HolyGhost since ye believed?  And they said unto him, We have not so muchas heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.19:3 And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And theysaid, Unto John's baptism.19:4 Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism ofrepentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on himwhich should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.19:5 When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the LordJesus.19:6 And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost cameon them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.19:7 And all the men were about twelve.19:8 And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space ofthree months, disputing and persuading the things concerning thekingdom of God.19:9 But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evilof that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separatedthe disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.19:10 And this continued by the space of two years; so that all theywhich dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews andGreeks.19:11 And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul: 19:12 Sothat from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons,and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out ofthem.19:13 Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them tocall over them which had evil spirits the name of the LORD Jesus,saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.19:14 And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of thepriests, which did so.19:15 And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul Iknow; but who are ye?  19:16 And the man in whom the evil spirit wasleaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so thatthey fled out of that house naked and wounded.19:17 And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling atEphesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus wasmagnified.19:18 And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed theirdeeds.19:19 Many of them also which used curious arts brought their bookstogether, and burned them before all men: and they counted the priceof them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.19:20 So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.19:21 After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, whenhe had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem,saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome.19:22 So he sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto him,Timotheus and Erastus; but he himself stayed in Asia for a season.19:23 And the same time there arose no small stir about that way.19:24 For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which madesilver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen;19:25 Whom he called together with the workmen of like occupation, andsaid, Sirs, ye know that by this craft we have our wealth.19:26 Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almostthroughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away muchpeople, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands: 19:27So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought; butalso that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised,and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the worldworshippeth.19:28 And when they heard these sayings, they were full of wrath, andcried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.19:29 And the whole city was filled with confusion: and having caughtGaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul's companions in travel,they rushed with one accord into the theatre.19:30 And when Paul would have entered in unto the people, thedisciples suffered him not.19:31 And certain of the chief of Asia, which were his friends, sentunto him, desiring him that he would not adventure himself into thetheatre.19:32 Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for theassembly was confused: and the more part knew not wherefore they werecome together.19:33 And they drew Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews puttinghim forward. And Alexander beckoned with the hand, and would have madehis defence unto the people.19:34 But when they knew that he was a Jew, all with one voice aboutthe space of two hours cried out, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.19:35 And when the townclerk had appeased the people, he said, Ye menof Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city ofthe Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of theimage which fell down from Jupiter?  19:36 Seeing then that thesethings cannot be spoken against, ye ought to be quiet, and to donothing rashly.19:37 For ye have brought hither these men, which are neither robbersof churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess.19:38 Wherefore if Demetrius, and the craftsmen which are with him,have a matter against any man, the law is open, and there aredeputies: let them implead one another.19:39 But if ye enquire any thing concerning other matters, it shallbe determined in a lawful assembly.19:40 For we are in danger to be called in question for this day'suproar, there being no cause whereby we may give an account of thisconcourse.19:41 And when he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly.20:1 And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him thedisciples, and embraced them, and departed for to go into Macedonia.20:2 And when he had gone over those parts, and had given them muchexhortation, he came into Greece, 20:3 And there abode three months.And when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail intoSyria, he purposed to return through Macedonia.20:4 And there accompanied him into Asia Sopater of Berea; and of theThessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, andTimotheus; and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus.20:5 These going before tarried for us at Troas.20:6 And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavenedbread, and came unto them to Troas in five days; where we abode sevendays.20:7 And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples cametogether to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart onthe morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.20:8 And there were many lights in the upper chamber, where they weregathered together.20:9 And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus,being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, hesunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was takenup dead.20:10 And Paul went down, and fell on him, and embracing him said,Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in him.20:11 When he therefore was come up again, and had broken bread, andeaten, and talked a long while, even till break of day, so hedeparted.20:12 And they brought the young man alive, and were not a littlecomforted.20:13 And we went before to ship, and sailed unto Assos, thereintending to take in Paul: for so had he appointed, minding himself togo afoot.20:14 And when he met with us at Assos, we took him in, and came toMitylene.20:15 And we sailed thence, and came the next day over against Chios;and the next day we arrived at Samos, and tarried at Trogyllium; andthe next day we came to Miletus.20:16 For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he would notspend the time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were possible for him, tobe at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost.20:17 And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders ofthe church.20:18 And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye know, fromthe first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have beenwith you at all seasons, 20:19 Serving the LORD with all humility ofmind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by thelying in wait of the Jews: 20:20 And how I kept back nothing that wasprofitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught youpublickly, and from house to house, 20:21 Testifying both to the Jews,and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward ourLord Jesus Christ.20:22 And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, notknowing the things that shall befall me there: 20:23 Save that theHoly Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictionsabide me.20:24 But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dearunto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and theministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify thegospel of the grace of God.20:25 And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gonepreaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more.20:26 Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from theblood of all men.20:27 For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel ofGod.20:28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, overthe which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the churchof God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.20:29 For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolvesenter in among you, not sparing the flock.20:30 Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perversethings, to draw away disciples after them.20:31 Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three yearsI ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.20:32 And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of hisgrace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritanceamong all them which are sanctified.20:33 I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel.20:34 Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered untomy necessities, and to them that were with me.20:35 I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought tosupport the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how hesaid, It is more blessed to give than to receive.20:36 And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed withthem all.20:37 And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him,20:38 Sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that theyshould see his face no more. And they accompanied him unto the ship.21:1 And it came to pass, that after we were gotten from them, and hadlaunched, we came with a straight course unto Coos, and the dayfollowing unto Rhodes, and from thence unto Patara: 21:2 And finding aship sailing over unto Phenicia, we went aboard, and set forth.21:3 Now when we had discovered Cyprus, we left it on the left hand,and sailed into Syria, and landed at Tyre: for there the ship was tounlade her burden.21:4 And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days: who said toPaul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem.21:5 And when we had accomplished those days, we departed and went ourway; and they all brought us on our way, with wives and children, tillwe were out of the city: and we kneeled down on the shore, and prayed.21:6 And when we had taken our leave one of another, we took ship; andthey returned home again.21:7 And when we had finished our course from Tyre, we came toPtolemais, and saluted the brethren, and abode with them one day.21:8 And the next day we that were of Paul's company departed, andcame unto Caesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip theevangelist, which was one of the seven; and abode with him.21:9 And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy.21:10 And as we tarried there many days, there came down from Judaea acertain prophet, named Agabus.21:11 And when he was come unto us, he took Paul's girdle, and boundhis own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shallthe Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shalldeliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.21:12 And when we heard these things, both we, and they of that place,besought him not to go up to Jerusalem.21:13 Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mineheart?  for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die atJerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.21:14 And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The willof the Lord be done.21:15 And after those days we took up our carriages, and went up toJerusalem.21:16 There went with us also certain of the disciples of Caesarea,and brought with them one Mnason of Cyprus, an old disciple, with whomwe should lodge.21:17 And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren received usgladly.21:18 And the day following Paul went in with us unto James; and allthe elders were present.21:19 And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly whatthings God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry.21:20 And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said untohim, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are whichbelieve; and they are all zealous of the law: 21:21 And they areinformed of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews which are among theGentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcisetheir children, neither to walk after the customs.21:22 What is it therefore? the multitude must needs come together:for they will hear that thou art come.21:23 Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men whichhave a vow on them; 21:24 Them take, and purify thyself with them, andbe at charges with them, that they may shave their heads: and all mayknow that those things, whereof they were informed concerning thee,are nothing; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, and keepestthe law.21:25 As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written andconcluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they keepthemselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and fromstrangled, and from fornication.21:26 Then Paul took the men, and the next day purifying himself withthem entered into the temple, to signify the accomplishment of thedays of purification, until that an offering should be offered forevery one of them.21:27 And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews which wereof Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the people,and laid hands on him, 21:28 Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This isthe man, that teacheth all men every where against the people, and thelaw, and this place: and further brought Greeks also into the temple,and hath polluted this holy place.21:29 (For they had seen before with him in the city Trophimus anEphesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.)21:30 And all the city was moved, and the people ran together: andthey took Paul, and drew him out of the temple: and forthwith thedoors were shut.21:31 And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto the chiefcaptain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.21:32 Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down untothem: and when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, they leftbeating of Paul.21:33 Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commandedhim to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what hehad done.21:34 And some cried one thing, some another, among the multitude: andwhen he could not know the certainty for the tumult, he commanded himto be carried into the castle.21:35 And when he came upon the stairs, so it was, that he was borneof the soldiers for the violence of the people.21:36 For the multitude of the people followed after, crying, Awaywith him.21:37 And as Paul was to be led into the castle, he said unto thechief captain, May I speak unto thee? Who said, Canst thou speakGreek?  21:38 Art not thou that Egyptian, which before these daysmadest an uproar, and leddest out into the wilderness four thousandmen that were murderers?  21:39 But Paul said, I am a man which am aJew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, Ibeseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people.21:40 And when he had given him licence, Paul stood on the stairs, andbeckoned with the hand unto the people. And when there was made agreat silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying, 22:1Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make now untoyou.22:2 (And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them,they kept the more silence: and he saith,) 22:3 I am verily a manwhich am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up inthis city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfectmanner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as yeall are this day.22:4 And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and deliveringinto prisons both men and women.22:5 As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the estateof the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren,and went to Damascus, to bring them which were there bound untoJerusalem, for to be punished.22:6 And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and was comenigh unto Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven agreat light round about me.22:7 And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me,Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?  22:8 And I answered, Who artthou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thoupersecutest.22:9 And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid;but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me.22:10 And I said, What shall I do, LORD? And the Lord said unto me,Arise, and go into Damascus; and there it shall be told thee of allthings which are appointed for thee to do.22:11 And when I could not see for the glory of that light, being ledby the hand of them that were with me, I came into Damascus.22:12 And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having agood report of all the Jews which dwelt there, 22:13 Came unto me, andstood, and said unto me, Brother Saul, receive thy sight. And the samehour I looked up upon him.22:14 And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thoushouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear thevoice of his mouth.22:15 For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hastseen and heard.22:16 And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash awaythy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.22:17 And it came to pass, that, when I was come again to Jerusalem,even while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance; 22:18 And sawhim saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem:for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.22:19 And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in everysynagogue them that believed on thee: 22:20 And when the blood of thymartyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting untohis death, and kept the raiment of them that slew him.22:21 And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence untothe Gentiles.22:22 And they gave him audience unto this word, and then lifted uptheir voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for itis not fit that he should live.22:23 And as they cried out, and cast off their clothes, and threwdust into the air, 22:24 The chief captain commanded him to be broughtinto the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging;that he might know wherefore they cried so against him.22:25 And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurionthat stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman,and uncondemned?  22:26 When the centurion heard that, he went andtold the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest: for thisman is a Roman.22:27 Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, artthou a Roman? He said, Yea.22:28 And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I thisfreedom. And Paul said, But I was free born.22:29 Then straightway they departed from him which should haveexamined him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knewthat he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.22:30 On the morrow, because he would have known the certaintywherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from his bands,and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, andbrought Paul down, and set him before them.23:1 And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men andbrethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until thisday.23:2 And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him tosmite him on the mouth.23:3 Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall:for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to besmitten contrary to the law?  23:4 And they that stood by said,Revilest thou God's high priest?  23:5 Then said Paul, I wist not,brethren, that he was the high priest: for it is written, Thou shaltnot speak evil of the ruler of thy people.23:6 But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and theother Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am aPharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of thedead I am called in question.23:7 And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between thePharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided.23:8 For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neitherangel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both.23:9 And there arose a great cry: and the scribes that were of thePharisees' part arose, and strove, saying, We find no evil in thisman: but if a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him, let us not fightagainst God.23:10 And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain,fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commandedthe soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, andto bring him into the castle.23:11 And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be ofgood cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, somust thou bear witness also at Rome.23:12 And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, andbound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nordrink till they had killed Paul.23:13 And they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.23:14 And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We havebound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing until wehave slain Paul.23:15 Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captainthat he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would enquiresomething more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near,are ready to kill him.23:16 And when Paul's sister's son heard of their lying in wait, hewent and entered into the castle, and told Paul.23:17 Then Paul called one of the centurions unto him, and said, Bringthis young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing totell him.23:18 So he took him, and brought him to the chief captain, and said,Paul the prisoner called me unto him, and prayed me to bring thisyoung man unto thee, who hath something to say unto thee.23:19 Then the chief captain took him by the hand, and went with himaside privately, and asked him, What is that thou hast to tell me?23:20 And he said, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thouwouldest bring down Paul to morrow into the council, as though theywould enquire somewhat of him more perfectly.23:21 But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for himof them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath,that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: andnow are they ready, looking for a promise from thee.23:22 So the chief captain then let the young man depart, and chargedhim, See thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.23:23 And he called unto him two centurions, saying, Make ready twohundred soldiers to go to Caesarea, and horsemen threescore and ten,and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night; 23:24 Andprovide them beasts, that they may set Paul on, and bring him safeunto Felix the governor.23:25 And he wrote a letter after this manner: 23:26 Claudius Lysiasunto the most excellent governor Felix sendeth greeting.23:27 This man was taken of the Jews, and should have been killed ofthem: then came I with an army, and rescued him, having understoodthat he was a Roman.23:28 And when I would have known the cause wherefore they accusedhim, I brought him forth into their council: 23:29 Whom I perceived tobe accused of questions of their law, but to have nothing laid to hischarge worthy of death or of bonds.23:30 And when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man,I sent straightway to thee, and gave commandment to his accusers alsoto say before thee what they had against him. Farewell.23:31 Then the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul, andbrought him by night to Antipatris.23:32 On the morrow they left the horsemen to go with him, andreturned to the castle: 23:33 Who, when they came to Caesarea anddelivered the epistle to the governor, presented Paul also before him.23:34 And when the governor had read the letter, he asked of whatprovince he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia; 23:35I will hear thee, said he, when thine accusers are also come. And hecommanded him to be kept in Herod's judgment hall.24:1 And after five days Ananias the high priest descended with theelders, and with a certain orator named Tertullus, who informed thegovernor against Paul.24:2 And when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse him,saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy great quietness, and that veryworthy deeds are done unto this nation by thy providence, 24:3 Weaccept it always, and in all places, most noble Felix, with allthankfulness.24:4 Notwithstanding, that I be not further tedious unto thee, I praythee that thou wouldest hear us of thy clemency a few words.24:5 For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover ofsedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader ofthe sect of the Nazarenes: 24:6 Who also hath gone about to profanethe temple: whom we took, and would have judged according to our law.24:7 But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with greatviolence took him away out of our hands, 24:8 Commanding his accusersto come unto thee: by examining of whom thyself mayest take knowledgeof all these things, whereof we accuse him.24:9 And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so.24:10 Then Paul, after that the governor had beckoned unto him tospeak, answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many yearsa judge unto this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself:24:11 Because that thou mayest understand, that there are yet buttwelve days since I went up to Jerusalem for to worship.24:12 And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man,neither raising up the people, neither in the synagogues, nor in thecity: 24:13 Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuseme.24:14 But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they callheresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things whichare written in the law and in the prophets: 24:15 And have hope towardGod, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be aresurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.24:16 And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a consciencevoid to offence toward God, and toward men.24:17 Now after many years I came to bring alms to my nation, andofferings.24:18 Whereupon certain Jews from Asia found me purified in thetemple, neither with multitude, nor with tumult.24:19 Who ought to have been here before thee, and object, if they hadought against me.24:20 Or else let these same here say, if they have found any evildoing in me, while I stood before the council, 24:21 Except it be forthis one voice, that I cried standing among them, Touching theresurrection of the dead I am called in question by you this day.24:22 And when Felix heard these things, having more perfect knowledgeof that way, he deferred them, and said, When Lysias the chief captainshall come down, I will know the uttermost of your matter.24:23 And he commanded a centurion to keep Paul, and to let him haveliberty, and that he should forbid none of his acquaintance tominister or come unto him.24:24 And after certain days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla,which was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning thefaith in Christ.24:25 And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment tocome, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when Ihave a convenient season, I will call for thee.24:26 He hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul,that he might loose him: wherefore he sent for him the oftener, andcommuned with him.24:27 But after two years Porcius Festus came into Felix' room: andFelix, willing to shew the Jews a pleasure, left Paul bound.25:1 Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days heascended from Caesarea to Jerusalem.25:2 Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed himagainst Paul, and besought him, 25:3 And desired favour against him,that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way tokill him.25:4 But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, andthat he himself would depart shortly thither.25:5 Let them therefore, said he, which among you are able, go downwith me, and accuse this man, if there be any wickedness in him.25:6 And when he had tarried among them more than ten days, he wentdown unto Caesarea; and the next day sitting on the judgment seatcommanded Paul to be brought.25:7 And when he was come, the Jews which came down from Jerusalemstood round about, and laid many and grievous complaints against Paul,which they could not prove.25:8 While he answered for himself, Neither against the law of theJews, neither against the temple, nor yet against Caesar, have Ioffended any thing at all.25:9 But Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure, answered Paul, andsaid, Wilt thou go up to Jerusalem, and there be judged of thesethings before me?  25:10 Then said Paul, I stand at Caesar's judgmentseat, where I ought to be judged: to the Jews have I done no wrong, asthou very well knowest.25:11 For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy ofdeath, I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these thingswhereof these accuse me, no man may deliver me unto them. I appealunto Caesar.25:12 Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered,Hast thou appealed unto Caesar? unto Caesar shalt thou go.25:13 And after certain days king Agrippa and Bernice came untoCaesarea to salute Festus.25:14 And when they had been there many days, Festus declared Paul'scause unto the king, saying, There is a certain man left in bonds byFelix: 25:15 About whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priestsand the elders of the Jews informed me, desiring to have judgmentagainst him.25:16 To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans todeliver any man to die, before that he which is accused have theaccusers face to face, and have licence to answer for himselfconcerning the crime laid against him.25:17 Therefore, when they were come hither, without any delay on themorrow I sat on the judgment seat, and commanded the man to be broughtforth.25:18 Against whom when the accusers stood up, they brought noneaccusation of such things as I supposed: 25:19 But had certainquestions against him of their own superstition, and of one Jesus,which was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive.25:20 And because I doubted of such manner of questions, I asked himwhether he would go to Jerusalem, and there be judged of thesematters.25:21 But when Paul had appealed to be reserved unto the hearing ofAugustus, I commanded him to be kept till I might send him to Caesar.25:22 Then Agrippa said unto Festus, I would also hear the man myself.To morrow, said he, thou shalt hear him.25:23 And on the morrow, when Agrippa was come, and Bernice, withgreat pomp, and was entered into the place of hearing, with the chiefcaptains, and principal men of the city, at Festus' commandment Paulwas brought forth.25:24 And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all men which are herepresent with us, ye see this man, about whom all the multitude of theJews have dealt with me, both at Jerusalem, and also here, crying thathe ought not to live any longer.25:25 But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death,and that he himself hath appealed to Augustus, I have determined tosend him.25:26 Of whom I have no certain thing to write unto my lord. WhereforeI have brought him forth before you, and specially before thee, O kingAgrippa, that, after examination had, I might have somewhat to write.25:27 For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner, and notwithal to signify the crimes laid against him.26:1 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak forthyself.Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself: 26:2 Ithink myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer for myselfthis day before thee touching all the things whereof I am accused ofthe Jews: 26:3 Especially because I know thee to be expert in allcustoms and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseechthee to hear me patiently.26:4 My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first amongmine own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews; 26:5 Which knew mefrom the beginning, if they would testify, that after the moststraitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.26:6 And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made ofGod, unto our fathers: 26:7 Unto which promise our twelve tribes,instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope'ssake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.26:8 Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that Godshould raise the dead?  26:9 I verily thought with myself, that Iought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.26:10 Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints didI shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests;and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them.26:11 And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled themto blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecutedthem even unto strange cities.26:12 Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commissionfrom the chief priests, 26:13 At midday, O king, I saw in the way alight from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining roundabout me and them which journeyed with me.26:14 And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voicespeaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, whypersecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.26:15 And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whomthou persecutest.26:16 But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto theefor this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of thesethings which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I willappear unto thee; 26:17 Delivering thee from the people, and from theGentiles, unto whom now I send thee, 26:18 To open their eyes, and toturn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan untoGod, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance amongthem which are sanctified by faith that is in me.26:19 Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto theheavenly vision: 26:20 But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and atJerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to theGentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meetfor repentance.26:21 For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and wentabout to kill me.26:22 Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day,witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things thanthose which the prophets and Moses did say should come: 26:23 ThatChrist should suffer, and that he should be the first that should risefrom the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to theGentiles.26:24 And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice,Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad.26:25 But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but speak forththe words of truth and soberness.26:26 For the king knoweth of these things, before whom also I speakfreely: for I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden fromhim; for this thing was not done in a corner.26:27 King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thoubelievest.26:28 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be aChristian.26:29 And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also allthat hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am,except these bonds.26:30 And when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and the governor,and Bernice, and they that sat with them: 26:31 And when they weregone aside, they talked between themselves, saying, This man doethnothing worthy of death or of bonds.26:32 Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been set atliberty, if he had not appealed unto Caesar.27:1 And when it was determined that we should sail into Italy, theydelivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto one named Julius, acenturion of Augustus' band.27:2 And entering into a ship of Adramyttium, we launched, meaning tosail by the coasts of Asia; one Aristarchus, a Macedonian ofThessalonica, being with us.27:3 And the next day we touched at Sidon. And Julius courteouslyentreated Paul, and gave him liberty to go unto his friends to refreshhimself.27:4 And when we had launched from thence, we sailed under Cyprus,because the winds were contrary.27:5 And when we had sailed over the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, wecame to Myra, a city of Lycia.27:6 And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing intoItaly; and he put us therein.27:7 And when we had sailed slowly many days, and scarce were comeover against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed under Crete,over against Salmone; 27:8 And, hardly passing it, came unto a placewhich is called The fair havens; nigh whereunto was the city of Lasea.27:9 Now when much time was spent, and when sailing was now dangerous,because the fast was now already past, Paul admonished them, 27:10 Andsaid unto them, Sirs, I perceive that this voyage will be with hurtand much damage, not only of the lading and ship, but also of ourlives.27:11 Nevertheless the centurion believed the master and the owner ofthe ship, more than those things which were spoken by Paul.27:12 And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the morepart advised to depart thence also, if by any means they might attainto Phenice, and there to winter; which is an haven of Crete, and liethtoward the south west and north west.27:13 And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they hadobtained their purpose, loosing thence, they sailed close by Crete.27:14 But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind,called Euroclydon.27:15 And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into thewind, we let her drive.27:16 And running under a certain island which is called Clauda, wehad much work to come by the boat: 27:17 Which when they had taken up,they used helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they shouldfall into the quicksands, strake sail, and so were driven.27:18 And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next daythey lightened the ship; 27:19 And the third day we cast out with ourown hands the tackling of the ship.27:20 And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and nosmall tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was thentaken away.27:21 But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them,and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosedfrom Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss.27:22 And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be noloss of any man's life among you, but of the ship.27:23 For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am,and whom I serve, 27:24 Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be broughtbefore Caesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail withthee.27:25 Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that itshall be even as it was told me.27:26 Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island.27:27 But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up anddown in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew nearto some country; 27:28 And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: andwhen they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found itfifteen fathoms.27:29 Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they castfour anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.27:30 And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when theyhad let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they wouldhave cast anchors out of the foreship, 27:31 Paul said to thecenturion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, yecannot be saved.27:32 Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let herfall off.27:33 And while the day was coming on, Paul besought them all to takemeat, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that ye have tarried andcontinued fasting, having taken nothing.27:34 Wherefore I pray you to take some meat: for this is for yourhealth: for there shall not an hair fall from the head of any of you.27:35 And when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and gave thanks toGod in presence of them all: and when he had broken it, he began toeat.27:36 Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took some meat.27:37 And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore andsixteen souls.27:38 And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, andcast out the wheat into the sea.27:39 And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they discovereda certain creek with a shore, into the which they were minded, if itwere possible, to thrust in the ship.27:40 And when they had taken up the anchors, they committedthemselves unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoised upthe mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore.27:41 And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the shipaground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but thehinder part was broken with the violence of the waves.27:42 And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any ofthem should swim out, and escape.27:43 But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from theirpurpose; and commanded that they which could swim should castthemselves first into the sea, and get to land: 27:44 And the rest,some on boards, and some on broken pieces of the ship.And so it came to pass, that they escaped all safe to land.28:1 And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island wascalled Melita.28:2 And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness: for theykindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the presentrain, and because of the cold.28:3 And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid them onthe fire, there came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on hishand.28:4 And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand,they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom,though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.28:5 And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm.28:6 Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen downdead suddenly: but after they had looked a great while, and saw noharm come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was agod.28:7 In the same quarters were possessions of the chief man of theisland, whose name was Publius; who received us, and lodged us threedays courteously.28:8 And it came to pass, that the father of Publius lay sick of afever and of a bloody flux: to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, andlaid his hands on him, and healed him.28:9 So when this was done, others also, which had diseases in theisland, came, and were healed: 28:10 Who also honoured us with manyhonours; and when we departed, they laded us with such things as werenecessary.28:11 And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria,which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux.28:12 And landing at Syracuse, we tarried there three days.28:13 And from thence we fetched a compass, and came to Rhegium: andafter one day the south wind blew, and we came the next day toPuteoli: 28:14 Where we found brethren, and were desired to tarry withthem seven days: and so we went toward Rome.28:15 And from thence, when the brethren heard of us, they came tomeet us as far as Appii forum, and The three taverns: whom when Paulsaw, he thanked God, and took courage.28:16 And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisonersto the captain of the guard: but Paul was suffered to dwell by himselfwith a soldier that kept him.28:17 And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chiefof the Jews together: and when they were come together, he said untothem, Men and brethren, though I have committed nothing against thepeople, or customs of our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner fromJerusalem into the hands of the Romans.28:18 Who, when they had examined me, would have let me go, becausethere was no cause of death in me.28:19 But when the Jews spake against it, I was constrained to appealunto Caesar; not that I had ought to accuse my nation of.28:20 For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see you, andto speak with you: because that for the hope of Israel I am bound withthis chain.28:21 And they said unto him, We neither received letters out ofJudaea concerning thee, neither any of the brethren that came shewedor spake any harm of thee.28:22 But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for asconcerning this sect, we know that every where it is spoken against.28:23 And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to himinto his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom ofGod, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses,and out of the prophets, from morning till evening.28:24 And some believed the things which were spoken, and somebelieved not.28:25 And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, afterthat Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias theprophet unto our fathers, 28:26 Saying, Go unto this people, and say,Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shallsee, and not perceive: 28:27 For the heart of this people is waxedgross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have theyclosed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with theirears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and Ishould heal them.28:28 Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God issent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it.28:29 And when he had said these words, the Jews departed, and hadgreat reasoning among themselves.28:30 And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, andreceived all that came in unto him, 28:31 Preaching the kingdom ofGod, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ,with all confidence, no man forbidding him.The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Romans1:1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle,separated unto the gospel of God, 1:2 (Which he had promised afore byhis prophets in the holy scriptures,) 1:3 Concerning his Son JesusChrist our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to theflesh; 1:4 And declared to be the Son of God with power, according tothe spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead: 1:5 By whomwe have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faithamong all nations, for his name: 1:6 Among whom are ye also the calledof Jesus Christ: 1:7 To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called tobe saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the LordJesus Christ.1:8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that yourfaith is spoken of throughout the whole world.1:9 For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospelof his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in myprayers; 1:10 Making request, if by any means now at length I mighthave a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you.1:11 For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritualgift, to the end ye may be established; 1:12 That is, that I may becomforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me.1:13 Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes Ipurposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might havesome fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles.1:14 I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both tothe wise, and to the unwise.1:15 So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to youthat are at Rome also.1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the powerof God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first,and also to the Greek.1:17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith tofaith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against allungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth inunrighteousness; 1:19 Because that which may be known of God ismanifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.1:20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the worldare clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, evenhis eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: 1:21Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God,neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, andtheir foolish heart was darkened.1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, 1:23 Andchanged the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like tocorruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creepingthings.1:24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lustsof their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:1:25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped andserved the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever.Amen.1:26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for eventheir women did change the natural use into that which is againstnature: 1:27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of thewoman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men workingthat which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence oftheir error which was meet.1:28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge,God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which arenot convenient; 1:29 Being filled with all unrighteousness,fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy,murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, 1:30 Backbiters, hatersof God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things,disobedient to parents, 1:31 Without understanding, covenantbreakers,without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: 1:32 Who knowingthe judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy ofdeath, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.2:1 Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art thatjudgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself;for thou that judgest doest the same things.2:2 But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truthagainst them which commit such things.2:3 And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do suchthings, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment ofGod?  2:4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearanceand longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth theeto repentance?  2:5 But after thy hardness and impenitent hearttreasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath andrevelation of the righteous judgment of God; 2:6 Who will render toevery man according to his deeds: 2:7 To them who by patientcontinuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality,eternal life: 2:8 But unto them that are contentious, and do not obeythe truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, 2:9Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, ofthe Jew first, and also of the Gentile; 2:10 But glory, honour, andpeace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also tothe Gentile: 2:11 For there is no respect of persons with God.2:12 For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish withoutlaw: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;2:13 (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but thedoers of the law shall be justified.2:14 For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature thethings contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law untothemselves: 2:15 Which shew the work of the law written in theirhearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts themean while accusing or else excusing one another;) 2:16 In the daywhen God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according tomy gospel.2:17 Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makestthy boast of God, 2:18 And knowest his will, and approvest the thingsthat are more excellent, being instructed out of the law; 2:19 And artconfident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of themwhich are in darkness, 2:20 An instructor of the foolish, a teacher ofbabes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.2:21 Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself?thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?  2:22Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commitadultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?  2:23Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the lawdishonourest thou God?  2:24 For the name of God is blasphemed amongthe Gentiles through you, as it is written.2:25 For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but ifthou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.2:26 Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of thelaw, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?  2:27And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law,judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress thelaw?  2:28 For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither isthat circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: 2:29 But he is aJew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, inthe spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but ofGod.3:1 What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there ofcircumcision?  3:2 Much every way: chiefly, because that unto themwere committed the oracles of God.3:3 For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make thefaith of God without effect?  3:4 God forbid: yea, let God be true,but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest bejustified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.3:5 But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, whatshall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as aman) 3:6 God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?  3:7 Forif the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory;why yet am I also judged as a sinner?  3:8 And not rather, (as we beslanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us doevil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.3:9 What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we havebefore proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;3:10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: 3:11There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh afterGod.3:12 They are all gone out of the way, they are together becomeunprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.3:13 Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they haveused deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: 3:14 Whose mouthis full of cursing and bitterness: 3:15 Their feet are swift to shedblood: 3:16 Destruction and misery are in their ways: 3:17 And the wayof peace have they not known: 3:18 There is no fear of God beforetheir eyes.3:19 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith tothem who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and allthe world may become guilty before God.3:20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh bejustified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.3:21 But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested,being witnessed by the law and the prophets; 3:22 Even therighteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all andupon all them that believe: for there is no difference: 3:23 For allhave sinned, and come short of the glory of God; 3:24 Being justifiedfreely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:3:25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in hisblood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that arepast, through the forbearance of God; 3:26 To declare, I say, at thistime his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier ofhim which believeth in Jesus.3:27 Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works?Nay: but by the law of faith.3:28 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith withoutthe deeds of the law.3:29 Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles?Yes, of the Gentiles also: 3:30 Seeing it is one God, which shalljustify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.3:31 Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, weestablish the law.4:1 What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining tothe flesh, hath found?  4:2 For if Abraham were justified by works, hehath whereof to glory; but not before God.4:3 For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it wascounted unto him for righteousness.4:4 Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, butof debt.4:5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieththe ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.4:6 Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, untowhom God imputeth righteousness without works, 4:7 Saying, Blessed arethey whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.4:8 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.4:9 Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or uponthe uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abrahamfor righteousness.4:10 How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or inuncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.4:11 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of therighteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: thathe might be the father of all them that believe, though they be notcircumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also: 4:12And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcisiononly, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our fatherAbraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised.4:13 For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was notto Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through therighteousness of faith.4:14 For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void,and the promise made of none effect: 4:15 Because the law workethwrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.4:16 Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the endthe promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which isof the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who isthe father of us all, 4:17 (As it is written, I have made thee afather of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, whoquickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as thoughthey were.4:18 Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become thefather of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shallthy seed be.4:19 And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body nowdead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadnessof Sarah's womb: 4:20 He staggered not at the promise of God throughunbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; 4:21 And beingfully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also toperform.4:22 And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.4:23 Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed tohim; 4:24 But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believeon him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead; 4:25 Who wasdelivered for our offences, and was raised again for ourjustification.5:1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God throughour Lord Jesus Christ: 5:2 By whom also we have access by faith intothis grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.5:3 And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing thattribulation worketh patience; 5:4 And patience, experience; andexperience, hope: 5:5 And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love ofGod is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given untous.5:6 For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died forthe ungodly.5:7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventurefor a good man some would even dare to die.5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yetsinners, Christ died for us.5:9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall besaved from wrath through him.5:10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by thedeath of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved byhis life.5:11 And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord JesusChrist, by whom we have now received the atonement.5:12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death bysin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: 5:13(For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed whenthere is no law.5:14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over themthat had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, whois the figure of him that was to come.5:15 But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if throughthe offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and thegift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded untomany.5:16 And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for thejudgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of manyoffences unto justification.5:17 For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more theywhich receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousnessshall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)  5:18 Therefore as by theoffence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so bythe righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men untojustification of life.5:19 For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so bythe obedience of one shall many be made righteous.5:20 Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. Butwhere sin abounded, grace did much more abound: 5:21 That as sin hathreigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousnessunto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.6:1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace mayabound?  6:2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live anylonger therein?  6:3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptizedinto Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?  6:4 Therefore we areburied with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raisedup from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also shouldwalk in newness of life.6:5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death,we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: 6:6 Knowingthis, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sinmight be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.6:7 For he that is dead is freed from sin.6:8 Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also livewith him: 6:9 Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth nomore; death hath no more dominion over him.6:10 For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that heliveth, he liveth unto God.6:11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin,but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.6:12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye shouldobey it in the lusts thereof.6:13 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousnessunto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive fromthe dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.6:14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not underthe law, but under grace.6:15 What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, butunder grace? God forbid.6:16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey,his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or ofobedience unto righteousness?  6:17 But God be thanked, that ye werethe servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form ofdoctrine which was delivered you.6:18 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants ofrighteousness.6:19 I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of yourflesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness andto iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants torighteousness unto holiness.6:20 For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free fromrighteousness.6:21 What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are nowashamed?  for the end of those things is death.6:22 But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, yehave your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternallife through Jesus Christ our Lord.7:1 Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,)how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?  7:2For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husbandso long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed fromthe law of her husband.7:3 So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to anotherman, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead,she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she bemarried to another man.7:4 Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by thebody of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him whois raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.7:5 For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were bythe law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.7:6 But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein wewere held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in theoldness of the letter.7:7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had notknown sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the lawhad said, Thou shalt not covet.7:8 But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me allmanner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.7:9 For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandmentcame, sin revived, and I died.7:10 And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to beunto death.7:11 For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and byit slew me.7:12 Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just,and good.7:13 Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. Butsin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which isgood; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.7:14 For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, soldunder sin.7:15 For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not;but what I hate, that do I.7:16 If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law thatit is good.7:17 Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.7:18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no goodthing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that whichis good I find not.7:19 For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I wouldnot, that I do.7:20 Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sinthat dwelleth in me.7:21 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is presentwith me.7:22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: 7:23 But Isee another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, andbringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.7:24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body ofthis death?  7:25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So thenwith the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh thelaw of sin.8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in ChristJesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made mefree from the law of sin and death.8:3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through theflesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, andfor sin, condemned sin in the flesh: 8:4 That the righteousness of thelaw might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but afterthe Spirit.8:5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh;but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.8:6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually mindedis life and peace.8:7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is notsubject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.8:8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.8:9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that theSpirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit ofChrist, he is none of his.8:10 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but theSpirit is life because of righteousness.8:11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwellin you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken yourmortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.8:12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to liveafter the flesh.8:13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye throughthe Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.8:14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons ofGod.8:15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; butye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.8:16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we arethe children of God: 8:17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God,and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that wemay be also glorified together.8:18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are notworthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.8:19 For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for themanifestation of the sons of God.8:20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, butby reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, 8:21 Because thecreature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruptioninto the glorious liberty of the children of God.8:22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth inpain together until now.8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruitsof the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting forthe adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.8:24 For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: forwhat a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?  8:25 But if we hope forthat we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.8:26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know notwhat we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself makethintercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.8:27 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of theSpirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to thewill of God.8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them thatlove God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.8:29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to beconformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstbornamong many brethren.8:30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whomhe called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he alsoglorified.8:31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who canbe against us?  8:32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered himup for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us allthings?  8:33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? Itis God that justifieth.8:34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather,that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who alsomaketh intercession for us.8:35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation,or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, orsword?  8:36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the daylong; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.8:37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through himthat loved us.8:38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, norprincipalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,8:39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able toseparate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.9:1 I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearingme witness in the Holy Ghost, 9:2 That I have great heaviness andcontinual sorrow in my heart.9:3 For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for mybrethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh: 9:4 Who are Israelites;to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, andthe giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises; 9:5Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christcame, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.9:6 Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they arenot all Israel, which are of Israel: 9:7 Neither, because they are theseed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seedbe called.9:8 That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are notthe children of God: but the children of the promise are counted forthe seed.9:9 For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, andSarah shall have a son.9:10 And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one,even by our father Isaac; 9:11 (For the children being not yet born,neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of Godaccording to election might stand, not of works, but of him thatcalleth;) 9:12 It was said unto her, The elder shall serve theyounger.9:13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.9:14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? Godforbid.9:15 For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will havemercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.9:16 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth,but of God that sheweth mercy.9:17 For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purposehave I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that myname might be declared throughout all the earth.9:18 Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom hewill he hardeneth.9:19 Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For whohath resisted his will?  9:20 Nay but, O man, who art thou thatrepliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formedit, Why hast thou made me thus?  9:21 Hath not the potter power overthe clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and anotherunto dishonour?  9:22 What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and tomake his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels ofwrath fitted to destruction: 9:23 And that he might make known theriches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had aforeprepared unto glory, 9:24 Even us, whom he hath called, not of theJews only, but also of the Gentiles?  9:25 As he saith also in Osee, Iwill call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved,which was not beloved.9:26 And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was saidunto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called thechildren of the living God.9:27 Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of thechildren of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall besaved: 9:28 For he will finish the work, and cut it short inrighteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.9:29 And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left usa seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha.9:30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed notafter righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even therighteousness which is of faith.9:31 But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hathnot attained to the law of righteousness.9:32 Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were bythe works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone; 9:33As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock ofoffence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.10:1 Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, thatthey might be saved.10:2 For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but notaccording to knowledge.10:3 For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going aboutto establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselvesunto the righteousness of God.10:4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every onethat believeth.10:5 For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, Thatthe man which doeth those things shall live by them.10:6 But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise,Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, tobring Christ down from above:) 10:7 Or, Who shall descend into thedeep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.)  10:8 Butwhat saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thyheart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; 10:9 That if thoushalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe inthine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt besaved.10:10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and withthe mouth confession is made unto salvation.10:11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not beashamed.10:12 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: forthe same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.10:13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall besaved.10:14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed?and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and howshall they hear without a preacher?  10:15 And how shall they preach,except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet ofthem that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of goodthings!  10:16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaiassaith, Lord, who hath believed our report?  10:17 So then faith comethby hearing, and hearing by the word of God.10:18 But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound wentinto all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.10:19 But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith, I willprovoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolishnation I will anger you.10:20 But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of them thatsought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me.10:21 But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth myhands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.11:1 I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I alsoam an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.11:2 God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye notwhat the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to Godagainst Israel saying, 11:3 Lord, they have killed thy prophets, anddigged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.11:4 But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved tomyself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image ofBaal.11:5 Even so then at this present time also there is a remnantaccording to the election of grace.11:6 And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace isno more grace. But if it be of works, then it is no more grace:otherwise work is no more work.11:7 What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for;but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded.11:8 (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit ofslumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should nothear;) unto this day.11:9 And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, anda stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them: 11:10 Let their eyes bedarkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway.11:11 I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? Godforbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto theGentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy.11:12 Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and thediminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more theirfulness?  11:13 For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am theapostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office: 11:14 If by any meansI may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might savesome of them.11:15 For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world,what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?  11:16For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the rootbe holy, so are the branches.11:17 And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being awild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakestof the root and fatness of the olive tree; 11:18 Boast not against thebranches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the rootthee.11:19 Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I mightbe graffed in.11:20 Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thoustandest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear: 11:21 For if Godspared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare notthee.11:22 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them whichfell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in hisgoodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.11:23 And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall begraffed in: for God is able to graff them in again.11:24 For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild bynature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree:how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffedinto their own olive tree?  11:25 For I would not, brethren, that yeshould be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your ownconceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until thefulness of the Gentiles be come in.11:26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shallcome out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness fromJacob: 11:27 For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take awaytheir sins.11:28 As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: butas touching the election, they are beloved for the father's sakes.11:29 For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.11:30 For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have nowobtained mercy through their unbelief: 11:31 Even so have these alsonow not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.11:32 For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might havemercy upon all.11:33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge ofGod!  how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past findingout!  11:34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath beenhis counsellor?  11:35 Or who hath first given to him, and it shall berecompensed unto him again?  11:36 For of him, and through him, and tohim, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that yepresent your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God,which is your reasonable service.12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by therenewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, andacceptable, and perfect, will of God.12:3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that isamong you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think;but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man themeasure of faith.12:4 For as we have many members in one body, and all members have notthe same office: 12:5 So we, being many, are one body in Christ, andevery one members one of another.12:6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is givento us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportionof faith; 12:7 Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he thatteacheth, on teaching; 12:8 Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: hethat giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, withdiligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.12:9 Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil;cleave to that which is good.12:10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; inhonour preferring one another; 12:11 Not slothful in business; ferventin spirit; serving the Lord; 12:12 Rejoicing in hope; patient intribulation; continuing instant in prayer; 12:13 Distributing to thenecessity of saints; given to hospitality.12:14 Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.12:15 Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.12:16 Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things,but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.12:17 Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in thesight of all men.12:18 If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably withall men.12:19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give placeunto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saiththe Lord.12:20 Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, givehim drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.12:21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.13:1 Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is nopower but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.13:2 Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinanceof God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.13:3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wiltthou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thoushalt have praise of the same: 13:4 For he is the minister of God tothee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for hebeareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, arevenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.13:5 Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but alsofor conscience sake.13:6 For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God'sministers, attending continually upon this very thing.13:7 Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute isdue; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.13:8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that lovethanother hath fulfilled the law.13:9 For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill,Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shaltnot covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is brieflycomprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour asthyself.13:10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is thefulfilling of the law.13:11 And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awakeout of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.13:12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us thereforecast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.13:13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting anddrunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife andenvying.13:14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision forthe flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.14:1 Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtfuldisputations.14:2 For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who isweak, eateth herbs.14:3 Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let nothim which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.14:4 Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his ownmaster he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God isable to make him stand.14:5 One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth everyday alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.14:6 He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and hethat regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He thateateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he thateateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.14:7 For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.14:8 For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die,we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are theLord's.14:9 For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that hemight be Lord both of the dead and living.14:10 But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set atnought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat ofChrist.14:11 For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shallbow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.14:12 So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.14:13 Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge thisrather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in hisbrother's way.14:14 I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there isnothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to beunclean, to him it is unclean.14:15 But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thounot charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.14:16 Let not then your good be evil spoken of: 14:17 For the kingdomof God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy inthe Holy Ghost.14:18 For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God,and approved of men.14:19 Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace,and things wherewith one may edify another.14:20 For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed arepure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.14:21 It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor anything whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.14:22 Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he thatcondemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth.14:23 And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth notof faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.15:1 We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of theweak, and not to please ourselves.15:2 Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good toedification.15:3 For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, Thereproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.15:4 For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for ourlearning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures mighthave hope.15:5 Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to belikeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus: 15:6 That yemay with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of ourLord Jesus Christ.15:7 Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us tothe glory of God.15:8 Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcisionfor the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers:15:9 And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it iswritten, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, andsing unto thy name.15:10 And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people.15:11 And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, allye people.15:12 And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and hethat shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentilestrust.15:13 Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace inbelieving, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the HolyGhost.15:14 And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye alsoare full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonishone another.15:15 Nevertheless, brethren, I have written the more boldly unto youin some sort, as putting you in mind, because of the grace that isgiven to me of God, 15:16 That I should be the minister of JesusChrist to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that theoffering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified bythe Holy Ghost.15:17 I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ inthose things which pertain to God.15:18 For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christhath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word anddeed, 15:19 Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of theSpirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum,I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.15:20 Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christwas named, lest I should build upon another man's foundation: 15:21But as it is written, To whom he was not spoken of, they shall see:and they that have not heard shall understand.15:22 For which cause also I have been much hindered from coming toyou.15:23 But now having no more place in these parts, and having a greatdesire these many years to come unto you; 15:24 Whensoever I take myjourney into Spain, I will come to you: for I trust to see you in myjourney, and to be brought on my way thitherward by you, if first I besomewhat filled with your company.15:25 But now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the saints.15:26 For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make acertain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem.15:27 It hath pleased them verily; and their debtors they are. For ifthe Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, theirduty is also to minister unto them in carnal things.15:28 When therefore I have performed this, and have sealed to themthis fruit, I will come by you into Spain.15:29 And I am sure that, when I come unto you, I shall come in thefulness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ.15:30 Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake,and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me inyour prayers to God for me; 15:31 That I may be delivered from themthat do not believe in Judaea; and that my service which I have forJerusalem may be accepted of the saints; 15:32 That I may come untoyou with joy by the will of God, and may with you be refreshed.15:33 Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.16:1 I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of thechurch which is at Cenchrea: 16:2 That ye receive her in the Lord, asbecometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business shehath need of you: for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myselfalso.16:3 Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus: 16:4 Whohave for my life laid down their own necks: unto whom not only I givethanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.16:5 Likewise greet the church that is in their house. Salute mywell-beloved Epaenetus, who is the firstfruits of Achaia unto Christ.16:6 Greet Mary, who bestowed much labour on us.16:7 Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellow-prisoners,who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me.16:8 Greet Amplias my beloved in the Lord.16:9 Salute Urbane, our helper in Christ, and Stachys my beloved.16:10 Salute Apelles approved in Christ. Salute them which are ofAristobulus' household.16:11 Salute Herodion my kinsman. Greet them that be of the householdof Narcissus, which are in the Lord.16:12 Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, who labour in the Lord. Salute thebeloved Persis, which laboured much in the Lord.16:13 Salute Rufus chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine.16:14 Salute Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermas, Patrobas, Hermes, and thebrethren which are with them.16:15 Salute Philologus, and Julia, Nereus, and his sister, andOlympas, and all the saints which are with them.16:16 Salute one another with an holy kiss. The churches of Christsalute you.16:17 Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions andoffences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoidthem.16:18 For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, buttheir own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive thehearts of the simple.16:19 For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I am gladtherefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto thatwhich is good, and simple concerning evil.16:20 And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly.The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.16:21 Timotheus my workfellow, and Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater,my kinsmen, salute you.16:22 I Tertius, who wrote this epistle, salute you in the Lord.16:23 Gaius mine host, and of the whole church, saluteth you. Erastusthe chamberlain of the city saluteth you, and Quartus a brother.16:24 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.16:25 Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to mygospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelationof the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, 16:26 Butnow is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, accordingto the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nationsfor the obedience of faith: 16:27 To God only wise, be glory throughJesus Christ for ever. Amen.The First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians1:1 Paul called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will ofGod, and Sosthenes our brother, 1:2 Unto the church of God which is atCorinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to besaints, with all that in every place call upon the name of JesusChrist our Lord, both their's and our's: 1:3 Grace be unto you, andpeace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.1:4 I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God whichis given you by Jesus Christ; 1:5 That in every thing ye are enrichedby him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge; 1:6 Even as thetestimony of Christ was confirmed in you: 1:7 So that ye come behindin no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ: 1:8 Whoshall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in theday of our Lord Jesus Christ.1:9 God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of hisSon Jesus Christ our Lord.1:10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord JesusChrist, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be nodivisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in thesame mind and in the same judgment.1:11 For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by themwhich are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.1:12 Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and Iof Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.1:13 Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were yebaptized in the name of Paul?  1:14 I thank God that I baptized noneof you, but Crispus and Gaius; 1:15 Lest any should say that I hadbaptized in mine own name.1:16 And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I knownot whether I baptized any other.1:17 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: notwith wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of noneeffect.1:18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perishfoolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.1:19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, andwill bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.1:20 Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer ofthis world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?  1:21For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God,it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them thatbelieve.1:22 For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:1:23 But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock,and unto the Greeks foolishness; 1:24 But unto them which are called,both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.1:25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and theweakness of God is stronger than men.1:26 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise menafter the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: 1:27 ButGod hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise;and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound thethings which are mighty; 1:28 And base things of the world, and thingswhich are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, tobring to nought things that are: 1:29 That no flesh should glory inhis presence.1:30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto uswisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: 1:31That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory inthe Lord.2:1 And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency ofspeech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.2:2 For I determined not to know any thing among you, save JesusChrist, and him crucified.2:3 And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in muchtrembling.2:4 And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words ofman's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: 2:5That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in thepower of God.2:6 Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not thewisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come tonought: 2:7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even thehidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: 2:8Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it,they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.2:9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neitherhave entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath preparedfor them that love him.2:10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spiritsearcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.2:11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of manwhich is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but theSpirit of God.2:12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spiritwhich is of God; that we might know the things that are freely givento us of God.2:13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdomteacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritualthings with spiritual.2:14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit ofGod: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them,because they are spiritually discerned.2:15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself isjudged of no man.2:16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instructhim?  But we have the mind of Christ.3:1 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, butas unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.3:2 I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye werenot able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.3:3 For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, andstrife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?  3:4 Forwhile one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are yenot carnal?  3:5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministersby whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?  3:6 I haveplanted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.3:7 So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he thatwatereth; but God that giveth the increase.3:8 Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every manshall receive his own reward according to his own labour.3:9 For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, yeare God's building.3:10 According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wisemasterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeththereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.3:11 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which isJesus Christ.3:12 Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, preciousstones, wood, hay, stubble; 3:13 Every man's work shall be mademanifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealedby fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.3:14 If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shallreceive a reward.3:15 If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but hehimself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.3:16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit ofGod dwelleth in you?  3:17 If any man defile the temple of God, himshall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.3:18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to bewise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.3:19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it iswritten, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.3:20 And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that theyare vain.3:21 Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are your's;3:22 Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, ordeath, or things present, or things to come; all are your's; 3:23 Andye are Christ's; and Christ is God's.4:1 Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, andstewards of the mysteries of God.4:2 Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.4:3 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged ofyou, or of man's judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self.4:4 For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: buthe that judgeth me is the Lord.4:5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, whoboth will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will makemanifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man havepraise of God.4:6 And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred tomyself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not tothink of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffedup for one against another.4:7 For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thouthat thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dostthou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?  4:8 Now ye are full,now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us: and I would toGod ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.4:9 For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as itwere appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world,and to angels, and to men.4:10 We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we areweak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised.4:11 Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and arenaked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace; 4:12 Andlabour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; beingpersecuted, we suffer it: 4:13 Being defamed, we intreat: we are madeas the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things untothis day.4:14 I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons Iwarn you.4:15 For though ye have ten thousand instructers in Christ, yet haveye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you throughthe gospel.4:16 Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.4:17 For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my belovedson, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance ofmy ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church.4:18 Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you.4:19 But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know,not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power.4:20 For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.4:21 What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, andin the spirit of meekness?  5:1 It is reported commonly that there isfornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as namedamong the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife.5:2 And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he thathath done this deed might be taken away from among you.5:3 For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, havejudged already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath sodone this deed, 5:4 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye aregathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord JesusChrist, 5:5 To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction ofthe flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.5:6 Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leavenleaveneth the whole lump?  5:7 Purge out therefore the old leaven,that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ ourpassover is sacrificed for us: 5:8 Therefore let us keep the feast,not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness;but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.5:9 I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:5:10 Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or withthe covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must yeneeds go out of the world.5:11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any manthat is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater,or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no notto eat.5:12 For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do notye judge them that are within?  5:13 But them that are without Godjudgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.6:1 Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law beforethe unjust, and not before the saints?  6:2 Do ye not know that thesaints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you,are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?  6:3 Know ye not thatwe shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?6:4 If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, setthem to judge who are least esteemed in the church.6:5 I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise manamong you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between hisbrethren?  6:6 But brother goeth to law with brother, and that beforethe unbelievers.6:7 Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go tolaw one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye notrather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?  6:8 Nay, ye do wrong, anddefraud, and that your brethren.6:9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom ofGod?  Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, noradulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,6:10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, norextortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.6:11 And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye aresanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and bythe Spirit of our God.6:12 All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient:all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under thepower of any.6:13 Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shalldestroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but forthe Lord; and the Lord for the body.6:14 And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up usby his own power.6:15 Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall Ithen take the members of Christ, and make them the members of anharlot? God forbid.6:16 What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is onebody?  for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.6:17 But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.6:18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body;but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.6:19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghostwhich is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?  6:20For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body,and in your spirit, which are God's.7:1 Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good fora man not to touch a woman.7:2 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his ownwife, and let every woman have her own husband.7:3 Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewisealso the wife unto the husband.7:4 The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: andlikewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but thewife.7:5 Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for atime, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and cometogether again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.7:6 But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.7:7 For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hathhis proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.7:8 I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for themif they abide even as I.7:9 But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better tomarry than to burn.7:10 And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let notthe wife depart from her husband: 7:11 But and if she depart, let herremain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband: and let not thehusband put away his wife.7:12 But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wifethat believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him notput her away.7:13 And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if hebe pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.7:14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and theunbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your childrenunclean; but now are they holy.7:15 But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or asister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us topeace.7:16 For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thyhusband?  or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thywife?  7:17 But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hathcalled every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches.7:18 Is any man called being circumcised? let him not becomeuncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not becircumcised.7:19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but thekeeping of the commandments of God.7:20 Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.7:21 Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thoumayest be made free, use it rather.7:22 For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord'sfreeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ'sservant.7:23 Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.7:24 Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide withGod.7:25 Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet Igive my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to befaithful.7:26 I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, Isay, that it is good for a man so to be.7:27 Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thouloosed from a wife? seek not a wife.7:28 But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virginmarry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble inthe flesh: but I spare you.7:29 But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, thatboth they that have wives be as though they had none; 7:30 And theythat weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as thoughthey rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not;7:31 And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashionof this world passeth away.7:32 But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarriedcareth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please theLord: 7:33 But he that is married careth for the things that are ofthe world, how he may please his wife.7:34 There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. Theunmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may beholy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth forthe things of the world, how she may please her husband.7:35 And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snareupon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend uponthe Lord without distraction.7:36 But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward hisvirgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, lethim do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry.7:37 Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having nonecessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed inhis heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well.7:38 So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he thatgiveth her not in marriage doeth better.7:39 The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; butif her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom shewill; only in the Lord.7:40 But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and Ithink also that I have the Spirit of God.8:1 Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we allhave knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.8:2 And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothingyet as he ought to know.8:3 But if any man love God, the same is known of him.8:4 As concerning therefore the eating of those things that areoffered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing inthe world, and that there is none other God but one.8:5 For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or inearth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,) 8:6 But to us there isbut one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; andone Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.8:7 Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some withconscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered untoan idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled.8:8 But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are wethe better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.8:9 But take heed lest by any means this liberty of your's become astumblingblock to them that are weak.8:10 For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in theidol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak beemboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols; 8:11 Andthrough thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christdied?  8:12 But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound theirweak conscience, ye sin against Christ.8:13 Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no fleshwhile the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.9:1 Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christour Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord?  9:2 If I be not an apostleunto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the seal of mineapostleship are ye in the Lord.9:3 Mine answer to them that do examine me is this, 9:4 Have we notpower to eat and to drink?  9:5 Have we not power to lead about asister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of theLord, and Cephas?  9:6 Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power toforbear working?  9:7 Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges?who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or whofeedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?  9:8 Say Ithese things as a man? or saith not the law the same also?  9:9 For itis written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of theox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen?  9:10 Orsaith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this iswritten: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he thatthresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope.9:11 If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing ifwe shall reap your carnal things?  9:12 If others be partakers of thispower over you, are not we rather?  Nevertheless we have not used thispower; but suffer all things, lest we should hinder the gospel ofChrist.9:13 Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live ofthe things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar arepartakers with the altar?  9:14 Even so hath the Lord ordained thatthey which preach the gospel should live of the gospel.9:15 But I have used none of these things: neither have I writtenthese things, that it should be so done unto me: for it were betterfor me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void.9:16 For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: fornecessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not thegospel!  9:17 For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: butif against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me.9:18 What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, Imay make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not mypower in the gospel.9:19 For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servantunto all, that I might gain the more.9:20 And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews;to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gainthem that are under the law; 9:21 To them that are without law, aswithout law, (being not without law to God, but under the law toChrist,) that I might gain them that are without law.9:22 To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I ammade all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.9:23 And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be partakerthereof with you.9:24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but onereceiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.9:25 And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in allthings. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we anincorruptible.9:26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as onethat beateth the air: 9:27 But I keep under my body, and bring it intosubjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, Imyself should be a castaway.10:1 Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, howthat all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through thesea; 10:2 And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in thesea; 10:3 And did all eat the same spiritual meat; 10:4 And did alldrink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rockthat followed them: and that Rock was Christ.10:5 But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they wereoverthrown in the wilderness.10:6 Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should notlust after evil things, as they also lusted.10:7 Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written,The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.10:8 Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, andfell in one day three and twenty thousand.10:9 Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, andwere destroyed of serpents.10:10 Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and weredestroyed of the destroyer.10:11 Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and theyare written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world arecome.10:12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest hefall.10:13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man:but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above thatye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape,that ye may be able to bear it.10:14 Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry.10:15 I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say.10:16 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion ofthe blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communionof the body of Christ?  10:17 For we being many are one bread, and onebody: for we are all partakers of that one bread.10:18 Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of thesacrifices partakers of the altar?  10:19 What say I then? that theidol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols isany thing?  10:20 But I say, that the things which the Gentilessacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would notthat ye should have fellowship with devils.10:21 Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: yecannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils.10:22 Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?10:23 All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient:all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.10:24 Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth.10:25 Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no questionfor conscience sake: 10:26 For the earth is the Lord's, and thefulness thereof.10:27 If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye bedisposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no questionfor conscience sake.10:28 But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice untoidols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake:for the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof: 10:29Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is myliberty judged of another man's conscience?  10:30 For if I by gracebe a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I givethanks?  10:31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever yedo, do all to the glory of God.10:32 Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, norto the church of God: 10:33 Even as I please all men in all things,not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may besaved.11:1 Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.11:2 Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things,and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you.11:3 But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ;and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.11:4 Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered,dishonoureth his head.11:5 But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her headuncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if shewere shaven.11:6 For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if itbe a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered.11:7 For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he isthe image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.11:8 For the man is not of the woman: but the woman of the man.11:9 Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for theman.11:10 For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head becauseof the angels.11:11 Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither thewoman without the man, in the Lord.11:12 For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by thewoman; but all things of God.11:13 Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto Goduncovered?  11:14 Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if aman have long hair, it is a shame unto him?  11:15 But if a woman havelong hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for acovering.11:16 But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom,neither the churches of God.11:17 Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that yecome together not for the better, but for the worse.11:18 For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hearthat there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it.11:19 For there must be also heresies among you, that they which areapproved may be made manifest among you.11:20 When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not toeat the Lord's supper.11:21 For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: andone is hungry, and another is drunken.11:22 What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise yethe church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say toyou? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not.11:23 For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered untoyou, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed tookbread: 11:24 And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said,Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do inremembrance of me.11:25 After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped,saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oftas ye drink it, in remembrance of me.11:26 For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye doshew the Lord's death till he come.11:27 Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup ofthe Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of theLord.11:28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread,and drink of that cup.11:29 For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinkethdamnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.11:30 For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and manysleep.11:31 For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.11:32 But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that weshould not be condemned with the world.11:33 Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry onefor another.11:34 And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come nottogether unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when Icome.12:1 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have youignorant.12:2 Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumbidols, even as ye were led.12:3 Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by theSpirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say thatJesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.12:4 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.12:5 And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord.12:6 And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same Godwhich worketh all in all.12:7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man toprofit withal.12:8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to anotherthe word of knowledge by the same Spirit; 12:9 To another faith by thesame Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; 12:10To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to anotherdiscerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to anotherthe interpretation of tongues: 12:11 But all these worketh that oneand the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.12:12 For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all themembers of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.12:13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether webe Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been allmade to drink into one Spirit.12:14 For the body is not one member, but many.12:15 If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not ofthe body; is it therefore not of the body?  12:16 And if the ear shallsay, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it thereforenot of the body?  12:17 If the whole body were an eye, where were thehearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?  12:18But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as ithath pleased him.12:19 And if they were all one member, where were the body?  12:20 Butnow are they many members, yet but one body.12:21 And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee:nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.12:22 Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be morefeeble, are necessary: 12:23 And those members of the body, which wethink to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundanthonour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness.12:24 For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered thebody together, having given more abundant honour to that part whichlacked.12:25 That there should be no schism in the body; but that the membersshould have the same care one for another.12:26 And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it;or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.12:27 Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.12:28 And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarilyprophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts ofhealings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.12:29 Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are allworkers of miracles?  12:30 Have all the gifts of healing? do allspeak with tongues? do all interpret?  12:31 But covet earnestly thebest gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.13:1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and havenot charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.13:2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand allmysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that Icould remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.13:3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though Igive my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth menothing.13:4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charityvaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 13:5 Doth not behave itselfunseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh noevil; 13:6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; 13:7Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endurethall things.13:8 Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, theyshall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether therebe knowledge, it shall vanish away.13:9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.13:10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is inpart shall be done away.13:11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child,I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childishthings.13:12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face:now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.13:13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but thegreatest of these is charity.14:1 Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather thatye may prophesy.14:2 For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men,but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit hespeaketh mysteries.14:3 But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, andexhortation, and comfort.14:4 He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but hethat prophesieth edifieth the church.14:5 I would that ye all spake with tongues but rather that yeprophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speakethwith tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receiveedifying.14:6 Now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking with tongues, whatshall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either by revelation,or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by doctrine?  14:7 And eventhings without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except theygive a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is pipedor harped?  14:8 For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shallprepare himself to the battle?  14:9 So likewise ye, except ye utterby the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known whatis spoken? for ye shall speak into the air.14:10 There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, andnone of them is without signification.14:11 Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall beunto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be abarbarian unto me.14:12 Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seekthat ye may excel to the edifying of the church.14:13 Wherefore let him that speaketh in an unknown tongue pray thathe may interpret.14:14 For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but myunderstanding is unfruitful.14:15 What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will praywith the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I willsing with the understanding also.14:16 Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he thatoccupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks,seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest?  14:17 For thou verilygivest thanks well, but the other is not edified.14:18 I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all: 14:19 Yetin the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding,that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words inan unknown tongue.14:20 Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice beye children, but in understanding be men.14:21 In the law it is written, With men of other tongues and otherlips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they nothear me, saith the LORD.14:22 Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, butto them that believe not: but prophesying serveth not for them thatbelieve not, but for them which believe.14:23 If therefore the whole church be come together into one place,and all speak with tongues, and there come in those that areunlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?  14:24But if all prophesy, and there come in one that believeth not, or oneunlearned, he is convinced of all, he is judged of all: 14:25 And thusare the secrets of his heart made manifest; and so falling down on hisface he will worship God, and report that God is in you of a truth.14:26 How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one ofyou hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation,hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.14:27 If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or atthe most by three, and that by course; and let one interpret.14:28 But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in thechurch; and let him speak to himself, and to God.14:29 Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge.14:30 If any thing be revealed to another that sitteth by, let thefirst hold his peace.14:31 For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and allmay be comforted.14:32 And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets.14:33 For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in allchurches of the saints.14:34 Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is notpermitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be underobedience as also saith the law.14:35 And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands athome: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.14:36 What? came the word of God out from you? or came it unto youonly?  14:37 If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual,let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are thecommandments of the Lord.14:38 But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant.14:39 Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speakwith tongues.14:40 Let all things be done decently and in order.15:1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which Ipreached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;15:2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preachedunto you, unless ye have believed in vain.15:3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received,how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 15:4And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day accordingto the scriptures: 15:5 And that he was seen of Cephas, then of thetwelve: 15:6 After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren atonce; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some arefallen asleep.15:7 After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles.15:8 And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of duetime.15:9 For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be calledan apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.15:10 But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which wasbestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly thanthey all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.15:11 Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so yebelieved.15:12 Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how saysome among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?  15:13 Butif there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen:15:14 And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and yourfaith is also vain.15:15 Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we havetestified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, ifso be that the dead rise not.15:16 For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised: 15:17 Andif Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.15:18 Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.15:19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all menmost miserable.15:20 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become thefirstfruits of them that slept.15:21 For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrectionof the dead.15:22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be madealive.15:23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits;afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.15:24 Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdomto God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and allauthority and power.15:25 For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.15:26 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.15:27 For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith allthings are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, whichdid put all things under him.15:28 And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall theSon also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him,that God may be all in all.15:29 Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if thedead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead?  15:30And why stand we in jeopardy every hour?  15:31 I protest by yourrejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our LORD, I die daily.15:32 If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus,what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink;for to morrow we die.15:33 Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.15:34 Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not theknowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.15:35 But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with whatbody do they come?  15:36 Thou fool, that which thou sowest is notquickened, except it die: 15:37 And that which thou sowest, thousowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance ofwheat, or of some other grain: 15:38 But God giveth it a body as ithath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.15:39 All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of fleshof men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another ofbirds.15:40 There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but theglory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial isanother.15:41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon,and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from anotherstar in glory.15:42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown incorruption; it is raised in incorruption: 15:43 It is sown indishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raisedin power: 15:44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritualbody. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.15:45 And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul;the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.15:46 Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which isnatural; and afterward that which is spiritual.15:47 The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is theLord from heaven.15:48 As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as isthe heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.15:49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bearthe image of the heavenly.15:50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inheritthe kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.15:51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but weshall all be changed, 15:52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye,at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall beraised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.15:53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortalmust put on immortality.15:54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, andthis mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought topass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.15:55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?15:56 The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.15:57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through ourLord Jesus Christ.15:58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable,always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know thatyour labour is not in vain in the Lord.16:1 Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have givenorder to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye.16:2 Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him instore, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when Icome.16:3 And when I come, whomsoever ye shall approve by your letters,them will I send to bring your liberality unto Jerusalem.16:4 And if it be meet that I go also, they shall go with me.16:5 Now I will come unto you, when I shall pass through Macedonia:for I do pass through Macedonia.16:6 And it may be that I will abide, yea, and winter with you, thatye may bring me on my journey whithersoever I go.16:7 For I will not see you now by the way; but I trust to tarry awhile with you, if the Lord permit.16:8 But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost.16:9 For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there aremany adversaries.16:10 Now if Timotheus come, see that he may be with you without fear:for he worketh the work of the Lord, as I also do.16:11 Let no man therefore despise him: but conduct him forth inpeace, that he may come unto me: for I look for him with the brethren.16:12 As touching our brother Apollos, I greatly desired him to comeunto you with the brethren: but his will was not at all to come atthis time; but he will come when he shall have convenient time.16:13 Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.16:14 Let all your things be done with charity.16:15 I beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas, thatit is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have addictedthemselves to the ministry of the saints,) 16:16 That ye submityourselves unto such, and to every one that helpeth with us, andlaboureth.16:17 I am glad of the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus andAchaicus: for that which was lacking on your part they have supplied.16:18 For they have refreshed my spirit and your's: thereforeacknowledge ye them that are such.16:19 The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute youmuch in the Lord, with the church that is in their house.16:20 All the brethren greet you. Greet ye one another withan holy kiss.16:21 The salutation of me Paul with mine own hand.16:22 If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him beAnathema Maranatha.16:23 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.16:24 My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen.The Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothyour brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all thesaints which are in all Achaia: 1:2 Grace be to you and peace from Godour Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.1:3 Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, theFather of mercies, and the God of all comfort; 1:4 Who comforteth usin all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which arein any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted ofGod.1:5 For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolationalso aboundeth by Christ.1:6 And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation andsalvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferingswhich we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for yourconsolation and salvation.1:7 And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing, that as ye are partakersof the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation.1:8 For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble whichcame to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, abovestrength, insomuch that we despaired even of life: 1:9 But we had thesentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves,but in God which raiseth the dead: 1:10 Who delivered us from so greata death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliverus; 1:11 Ye also helping together by prayer for us, that for the giftbestowed upon us by the means of many persons thanks may be given bymany on our behalf.1:12 For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, thatin simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by thegrace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and moreabundantly to you-ward.1:13 For we write none other things unto you, than what ye read oracknowledge; and I trust ye shall acknowledge even to the end; 1:14 Asalso ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, evenas ye also are our's in the day of the Lord Jesus.1:15 And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, thatye might have a second benefit; 1:16 And to pass by you intoMacedonia, and to come again out of Macedonia unto you, and of you tobe brought on my way toward Judaea.1:17 When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or thethings that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that withme there should be yea yea, and nay nay?  1:18 But as God is true, ourword toward you was not yea and nay.1:19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you byus, even by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but inhim was yea.1:20 For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, untothe glory of God by us.1:21 Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointedus, is God; 1:22 Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of theSpirit in our hearts.1:23 Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare youI came not as yet unto Corinth.1:24 Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers ofyour joy: for by faith ye stand.2:1 But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again toyou in heaviness.2:2 For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, butthe same which is made sorry by me?  2:3 And I wrote this same untoyou, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I oughtto rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy ofyou all.2:4 For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto youwith many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might knowthe love which I have more abundantly unto you.2:5 But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part:that I may not overcharge you all.2:6 Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflictedof many.2:7 So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comforthim, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuchsorrow.2:8 Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love towardhim.2:9 For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof ofyou, whether ye be obedient in all things.2:10 To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgaveany thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in theperson of Christ; 2:11 Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: forwe are not ignorant of his devices.2:12 Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ's gospel, anda door was opened unto me of the Lord, 2:13 I had no rest in myspirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave ofthem, I went from thence into Macedonia.2:14 Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph inChrist, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in everyplace.2:15 For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that aresaved, and in them that perish: 2:16 To the one we are the savour ofdeath unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. Andwho is sufficient for these things?  2:17 For we are not as many,which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, inthe sight of God speak we in Christ.3:1 Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as someothers, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendationfrom you?  3:2 Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known andread of all men: 3:3 Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be theepistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with theSpirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tablesof the heart.3:4 And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward: 3:5 Not that weare sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; butour sufficiency is of God; 3:6 Who also hath made us able ministers ofthe new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for theletter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.3:7 But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones,was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastlybehold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glorywas to be done away: 3:8 How shall not the ministration of the spiritbe rather glorious?  3:9 For if the ministration of condemnation beglory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed inglory.3:10 For even that which was made glorious had no glory in thisrespect, by reason of the glory that excelleth.3:11 For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that whichremaineth is glorious.3:12 Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness ofspeech: 3:13 And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, thatthe children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of thatwhich is abolished: 3:14 But their minds were blinded: for until thisday remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the oldtestament; which vail is done away in Christ.3:15 But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upontheir heart.3:16 Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall betaken away.3:17 Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is,there is liberty.3:18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory ofthe Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even asby the Spirit of the LORD.4:1 Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy,we faint not; 4:2 But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty,not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully;but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man'sconscience in the sight of God.4:3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: 4:4 Inwhom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them whichbelieve not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who isthe image of God, should shine unto them.4:5 For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; andourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.4:6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hathshined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the gloryof God in the face of Jesus Christ.4:7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellencyof the power may be of God, and not of us.4:8 We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we areperplexed, but not in despair; 4:9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; castdown, but not destroyed; 4:10 Always bearing about in the body thedying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be mademanifest in our body.4:11 For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake,that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortalflesh.4:12 So then death worketh in us, but life in you.4:13 We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, Ibelieved, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and thereforespeak; 4:14 Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raiseup us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you.4:15 For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace mightthrough the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God.4:16 For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish,yet the inward man is renewed day by day.4:17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh forus a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; 4:18 While welook not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are notseen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things whichare not seen are eternal.5:1 For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle weredissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands,eternal in the heavens.5:2 For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon withour house which is from heaven: 5:3 If so be that being clothed weshall not be found naked.5:4 For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: notfor that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality mightbe swallowed up of life.5:5 Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, whoalso hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.5:6 Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are athome in the body, we are absent from the Lord: 5:7 (For we walk byfaith, not by sight:) 5:8 We are confident, I say, and willing ratherto be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.5:9 Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may beaccepted of him.5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; thatevery one may receive the things done in his body, according to thathe hath done, whether it be good or bad.5:11 Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but weare made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in yourconsciences.5:12 For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give youoccasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have somewhat to answerthem which glory in appearance, and not in heart.5:13 For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether webe sober, it is for your cause.5:14 For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge,that if one died for all, then were all dead: 5:15 And that he diedfor all, that they which live should not henceforth live untothemselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.5:16 Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, thoughwe have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we himno more.5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: oldthings are passed away; behold, all things are become new.5:18 And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself byJesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;5:19 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world untohimself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committedunto us the word of reconciliation.5:20 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseechyou by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.5:21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that wemight be made the righteousness of God in him.6:1 We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that yereceive not the grace of God in vain.6:2 (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in theday of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the acceptedtime; behold, now is the day of salvation.)  6:3 Giving no offence inany thing, that the ministry be not blamed: 6:4 But in all thingsapproving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, inafflictions, in necessities, in distresses, 6:5 In stripes, inimprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings; 6:6By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the HolyGhost, by love unfeigned, 6:7 By the word of truth, by the power ofGod, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,6:8 By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: asdeceivers, and yet true; 6:9 As unknown, and yet well known; as dying,and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; 6:10 As sorrowful,yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing,and yet possessing all things.6:11 O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart isenlarged.6:12 Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your ownbowels.6:13 Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto my children,)be ye also enlarged.6:14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for whatfellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communionhath light with darkness?  6:15 And what concord hath Christ withBelial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?  6:16 Andwhat agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are thetemple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, andwalk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.6:17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith theLord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.6:18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons anddaughters, saith the Lord Almighty.7:1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanseourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfectingholiness in the fear of God.7:2 Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, wehave defrauded no man.7:3 I speak not this to condemn you: for I have said before, that yeare in our hearts to die and live with you.7:4 Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying ofyou: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all ourtribulation.7:5 For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, butwe were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within werefears.7:6 Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down,comforted us by the coming of Titus; 7:7 And not by his coming only,but by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you, when he toldus your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; sothat I rejoiced the more.7:8 For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, thoughI did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made yousorry, though it were but for a season.7:9 Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowedto repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that yemight receive damage by us in nothing.7:10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to berepented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.7:11 For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godlysort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing ofyourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehementdesire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye haveapproved yourselves to be clear in this matter.7:12 Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it not for his causethat had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, butthat our care for you in the sight of God might appear unto you.7:13 Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yea, and exceedinglythe more joyed we for the joy of Titus, because his spirit wasrefreshed by you all.7:14 For if I have boasted any thing to him of you, I am not ashamed;but as we spake all things to you in truth, even so our boasting,which I made before Titus, is found a truth.7:15 And his inward affection is more abundant toward you, whilst heremembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling yereceived him.7:16 I rejoice therefore that I have confidence in you in all things.8:1 Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowedon the churches of Macedonia; 8:2 How that in a great trial ofaffliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty aboundedunto the riches of their liberality.8:3 For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond their powerthey were willing of themselves; 8:4 Praying us with much intreatythat we would receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of theministering to the saints.8:5 And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their ownselves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God.8:6 Insomuch that we desired Titus, that as he had begun, so he wouldalso finish in you the same grace also.8:7 Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance,and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see thatye abound in this grace also.8:8 I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness ofothers, and to prove the sincerity of your love.8:9 For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though hewas rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through hispoverty might be rich.8:10 And herein I give my advice: for this is expedient for you, whohave begun before, not only to do, but also to be forward a year ago.8:11 Now therefore perform the doing of it; that as there was areadiness to will, so there may be a performance also out of thatwhich ye have.8:12 For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according tothat a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.8:13 For I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened: 8:14 Butby an equality, that now at this time your abundance may be a supplyfor their want, that their abundance also may be a supply for yourwant: that there may be equality: 8:15 As it is written, He that hadgathered much had nothing over; and he that had gathered little had nolack.8:16 But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into theheart of Titus for you.8:17 For indeed he accepted the exhortation; but being more forward,of his own accord he went unto you.8:18 And we have sent with him the brother, whose praise is in thegospel throughout all the churches; 8:19 And not that only, but whowas also chosen of the churches to travel with us with this grace,which is administered by us to the glory of the same Lord, anddeclaration of your ready mind: 8:20 Avoiding this, that no man shouldblame us in this abundance which is administered by us: 8:21 Providingfor honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in thesight of men.8:22 And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have oftentimesproved diligent in many things, but now much more diligent, upon thegreat confidence which I have in you.8:23 Whether any do enquire of Titus, he is my partner andfellowhelper concerning you: or our brethren be enquired of, they arethe messengers of the churches, and the glory of Christ.8:24 Wherefore shew ye to them, and before the churches, the proof ofyour love, and of our boasting on your behalf.9:1 For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluousfor me to write to you: 9:2 For I know the forwardness of your mind,for which I boast of you to them of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready ayear ago; and your zeal hath provoked very many.9:3 Yet have I sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you should bein vain in this behalf; that, as I said, ye may be ready: 9:4 Lesthaply if they of Macedonia come with me, and find you unprepared, we(that we say not, ye) should be ashamed in this same confidentboasting.9:5 Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that theywould go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereofye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter ofbounty, and not as of covetousness.9:6 But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap alsosparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap alsobountifully.9:7 Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give;not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.9:8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye,always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every goodwork: 9:9 (As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath givento the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever.9:10 Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread foryour food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits ofyour righteousness;) 9:11 Being enriched in every thing to allbountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God.9:12 For the administration of this service not only supplieth thewant of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings untoGod; 9:13 Whiles by the experiment of this ministration they glorifyGod for your professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ, and foryour liberal distribution unto them, and unto all men; 9:14 And bytheir prayer for you, which long after you for the exceeding grace ofGod in you.9:15 Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.10:1 Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness ofChrist, who in presence am base among you, but being absent am boldtoward you: 10:2 But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I ampresent with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold againstsome, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.10:3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:10:4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mightythrough God to the pulling down of strong holds;) 10:5 Casting downimaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against theknowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to theobedience of Christ; 10:6 And having in a readiness to revenge alldisobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.10:7 Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any mantrust to himself that he is Christ's, let him of himself think thisagain, that, as he is Christ's, even so are we Christ's.10:8 For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, whichthe Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction,I should not be ashamed: 10:9 That I may not seem as if I wouldterrify you by letters.10:10 For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but hisbodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.10:11 Let such an one think this, that, such as we are in word byletters when we are absent, such will we be also in deed when we arepresent.10:12 For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compareourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuringthemselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves,are not wise.10:13 But we will not boast of things without our measure, butaccording to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to us,a measure to reach even unto you.10:14 For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure, as though wereached not unto you: for we are come as far as to you also inpreaching the gospel of Christ: 10:15 Not boasting of things withoutour measure, that is, of other men's labours; but having hope, whenyour faith is increased, that we shall be enlarged by you according toour rule abundantly, 10:16 To preach the gospel in the regions beyondyou, and not to boast in another man's line of things made ready toour hand.10:17 But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.10:18 For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom theLord commendeth.11:1 Would to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly: andindeed bear with me.11:2 For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I haveespoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virginto Christ.11:3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Evethrough his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from thesimplicity that is in Christ.11:4 For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have notpreached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received,or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear withhim.11:5 For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles.11:6 But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we havebeen throughly made manifest among you in all things.11:7 Have I committed an offence in abasing myself that ye might beexalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely?11:8 I robbed other churches, taking wages of them, to do you service.11:9 And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable tono man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came fromMacedonia supplied: and in all things I have kept myself from beingburdensome unto you, and so will I keep myself.11:10 As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of thisboasting in the regions of Achaia.11:11 Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth.11:12 But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion fromthem which desire occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be foundeven as we.11:13 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transformingthemselves into the apostles of Christ.11:14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel oflight.11:15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also betransformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall beaccording to their works.11:16 I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as afool receive me, that I may boast myself a little.11:17 That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as itwere foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.11:18 Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also.11:19 For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise.11:20 For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devouryou, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite youon the face.11:21 I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak.Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am boldalso.11:22 Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Arethey the seed of Abraham? so am I.11:23 Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; inlabours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons morefrequent, in deaths oft.11:24 Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one.11:25 Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice Isuffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep; 11:26In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, inperils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils inthe city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perilsamong false brethren; 11:27 In weariness and painfulness, in watchingsoften, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.11:28 Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon medaily, the care of all the churches.11:29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not?11:30 If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concernmine infirmities.11:31 The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessedfor evermore, knoweth that I lie not.11:32 In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city ofthe Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me: 11:33 Andthrough a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escapedhis hands.12:1 It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come tovisions and revelations of the Lord.12:2 I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in thebody, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: Godknoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.12:3 And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body,I cannot tell: God knoweth;) 12:4 How that he was caught up intoparadise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for aman to utter.12:5 Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, butin mine infirmities.12:6 For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for Iwill say the truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should think of meabove that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me.12:7 And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundanceof the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, themessenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted abovemeasure.12:8 For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might departfrom me.12:9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for mystrength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will Irather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest uponme.12:10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, innecessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: forwhen I am weak, then am I strong.12:11 I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for Iought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind thevery chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.12:12 Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in allpatience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds.12:13 For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches,except it be that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me thiswrong.12:14 Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will notbe burdensome to you: for I seek not your's but you: for the childrenought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.12:15 And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though themore abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.12:16 But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty,I caught you with guile.12:17 Did I make a gain of you by any of them whom I sent unto you?12:18 I desired Titus, and with him I sent a brother. Did Titus make again of you? walked we not in the same spirit? walked we not in thesame steps?  12:19 Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you?we speak before God in Christ: but we do all things, dearly beloved,for your edifying.12:20 For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as Iwould, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lestthere be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings,swellings, tumults: 12:21 And lest, when I come again, my God willhumble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinnedalready, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication andlasciviousness which they have committed.13:1 This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two orthree witnesses shall every word be established.13:2 I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, thesecond time; and being absent now I write to them which heretoforehave sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will notspare: 13:3 Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which toyou-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you.13:4 For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth bythe power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live withhim by the power of God toward you.13:5 Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your ownselves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you,except ye be reprobates?  13:6 But I trust that ye shall know that weare not reprobates.13:7 Now I pray to God that ye do no evil; not that we should appearapproved, but that ye should do that which is honest, though we be asreprobates.13:8 For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.13:9 For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and thisalso we wish, even your perfection.13:10 Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being presentI should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hathgiven me to edification, and not to destruction.13:11 Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, beof one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall bewith you.13:12 Greet one another with an holy kiss.13:13 All the saints salute you.13:14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and thecommunion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Galatians1:1 Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by JesusChrist, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;) 1:2 And allthe brethren which are with me, unto the churches of Galatia: 1:3Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord JesusChrist, 1:4 Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver usfrom this present evil world, according to the will of God and ourFather: 1:5 To whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.1:6 I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you intothe grace of Christ unto another gospel: 1:7 Which is not another; butthere be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel ofChrist.1:8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospelunto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him beaccursed.1:9 As we said before, so say I now again, if any man preach any othergospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.1:10 For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men?for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.1:11 But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preachedof me is not after man.1:12 For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but bythe revelation of Jesus Christ.1:13 For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews'religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, andwasted it: 1:14 And profited in the Jews' religion above many myequals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of thetraditions of my fathers.1:15 But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb,and called me by his grace, 1:16 To reveal his Son in me, that I mightpreach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with fleshand blood: 1:17 Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which wereapostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again untoDamascus.1:18 Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, andabode with him fifteen days.1:19 But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord'sbrother.1:20 Now the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lienot.1:21 Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia; 1:22 Andwas unknown by face unto the churches of Judaea which were in Christ:1:23 But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in timespast now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed.1:24 And they glorified God in me.2:1 Then fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem withBarnabas, and took Titus with me also.2:2 And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them thatgospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them whichwere of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, invain.2:3 But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelledto be circumcised: 2:4 And that because of false brethren unawaresbrought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we havein Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage: 2:5 To whom wegave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of thegospel might continue with you.2:6 But of these who seemed to be somewhat, (whatsoever they were, itmaketh no matter to me: God accepteth no man's person:) for they whoseemed to be somewhat in conference added nothing to me: 2:7 Butcontrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision wascommitted unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter;2:8 (For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship ofthe circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:) 2:9And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceivedthe grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas theright hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, andthey unto the circumcision.2:10 Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same whichI also was forward to do.2:11 But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face,because he was to be blamed.2:12 For before that certain came from James, he did eat with theGentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself,fearing them which were of the circumcision.2:13 And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch thatBarnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation.2:14 But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to thetruth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, beinga Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews,why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?  2:15 We whoare Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles, 2:16 Knowing thata man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith ofJesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might bejustified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: forby the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.2:17 But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselvesalso are found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? Godforbid.2:18 For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myselfa transgressor.2:19 For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live untoGod.2:20 I am crucified with Christ: neverthless I live; yet not I, butChrist liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I liveby the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.2:21 I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come bythe law, then Christ is dead in vain.3:1 O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should notobey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently setforth, crucified among you?  3:2 This only would I learn of you,Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing offaith?  3:3 Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye nowmade perfect by the flesh?  3:4 Have ye suffered so many things invain? if it be yet in vain.3:5 He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and workethmiracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by thehearing of faith?  3:6 Even as Abraham believed God, and it wasaccounted to him for righteousness.3:7 Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are thechildren of Abraham.3:8 And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathenthrough faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, Inthee shall all nations be blessed.3:9 So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.3:10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse:for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in allthings which are written in the book of the law to do them.3:11 But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, itis evident: for, The just shall live by faith.3:12 And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shalllive in them.3:13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made acurse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on atree: 3:14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentilesthrough Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spiritthrough faith.3:15 Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but aman's covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeththereto.3:16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not,And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which isChrist.3:17 And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before ofGod in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after,cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.3:18 For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise:but God gave it to Abraham by promise.3:19 Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because oftransgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise wasmade; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.3:20 Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.3:21 Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for ifthere had been a law given which could have given life, verilyrighteousness should have been by the law.3:22 But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promiseby faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.3:23 But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up untothe faith which should afterwards be revealed.3:24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ,that we might be justified by faith.3:25 But after that faith is come, we are no longer under aschoolmaster.3:26 For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.3:27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put onChrist.3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free,there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.3:29 And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirsaccording to the promise.4:1 Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differethnothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; 4:2 But is undertutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.4:3 Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under theelements of the world: 4:4 But when the fulness of the time was come,God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, 4:5 Toredeem them that were under the law, that we might receive theadoption of sons.4:6 And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Soninto your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.4:7 Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son,then an heir of God through Christ.4:8 Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them whichby nature are no gods.4:9 But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God,how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto yedesire again to be in bondage?  4:10 Ye observe days, and months, andtimes, and years.4:11 I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.4:12 Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye havenot injured me at all.4:13 Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospelunto you at the first.4:14 And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, norrejected; but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.4:15 Where is then the blessedness ye spake of? for I bear you record,that, if it had been possible, ye would have plucked out your owneyes, and have given them to me.4:16 Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?4:17 They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would excludeyou, that ye might affect them.4:18 But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing,and not only when I am present with you.4:19 My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christbe formed in you, 4:20 I desire to be present with you now, and tochange my voice; for I stand in doubt of you.4:21 Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear thelaw?  4:22 For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by abondmaid, the other by a freewoman.4:23 But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but heof the freewoman was by promise.4:24 Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants;the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which isAgar.4:25 For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth toJerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.4:26 But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of usall.4:27 For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; breakforth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath manymore children than she which hath an husband.4:28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.4:29 But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him thatwas born after the Spirit, even so it is now.4:30 Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman andher son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the sonof the freewoman.4:31 So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but ofthe free.5:1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made usfree, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.5:2 Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christshall profit you nothing.5:3 For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is adebtor to do the whole law.5:4 Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you arejustified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.5:5 For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness byfaith.5:6 For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, noruncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.5:7 Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey thetruth?  5:8 This persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you.5:9 A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.5:10 I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be noneotherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment,whosoever he be.5:11 And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yetsuffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased.5:12 I would they were even cut off which trouble you.5:13 For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use notliberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.5:14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thoushalt love thy neighbour as thyself.5:15 But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be notconsumed one of another.5:16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil thelust of the flesh.5:17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit againstthe flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that yecannot do the things that ye would.5:18 But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.5:19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these;Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 5:20 Idolatry,witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions,heresies, 5:21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and suchlike: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in timepast, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom ofGod.5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering,gentleness, goodness, faith, 5:23 Meekness, temperance: against suchthere is no law.5:24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with theaffections and lusts.5:25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.5:26 Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another,envying one another.6:1 Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which arespiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; consideringthyself, lest thou also be tempted.6:2 Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.6:3 For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, hedeceiveth himself.6:4 But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he haverejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.6:5 For every man shall bear his own burden.6:6 Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him thatteacheth in all good things.6:7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth,that shall he also reap.6:8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reapcorruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reaplife everlasting.6:9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shallreap, if we faint not.6:10 As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men,especially unto them who are of the household of faith.6:11 Ye see how large a letter I have written unto you with mine ownhand.6:12 As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, theyconstrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should sufferpersecution for the cross of Christ.6:13 For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; butdesire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.6:14 But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our LordJesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto theworld.6:15 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, noruncircumcision, but a new creature.6:16 And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, andmercy, and upon the Israel of God.6:17 From henceforth let no man trouble me: for I bear in my body themarks of the Lord Jesus.6:18 Brethren, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.Amen.The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Ephesians1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to thesaints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:1:2 Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the LordJesus Christ.1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hathblessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:1:4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of theworld, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:1:5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by JesusChrist to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, 1:6 Tothe praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us acceptedin the beloved.1:7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness ofsins, according to the riches of his grace; 1:8 Wherein he hathabounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence; 1:9 Having made knownunto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure whichhe hath purposed in himself: 1:10 That in the dispensation of thefulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ,both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him: 1:11 Inwhom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinatedaccording to the purpose of him who worketh all things after thecounsel of his own will: 1:12 That we should be to the praise of hisglory, who first trusted in Christ.1:13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth,the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, yewere sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, 1:14 Which is theearnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchasedpossession, unto the praise of his glory.1:15 Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus,and love unto all the saints, 1:16 Cease not to give thanks for you,making mention of you in my prayers; 1:17 That the God of our LordJesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit ofwisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: 1:18 The eyes of yourunderstanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope ofhis calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance inthe saints, 1:19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power tous-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,1:20 Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, andset him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, 1:21 Far aboveall principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every namethat is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is tocome: 1:22 And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to bethe head over all things to the church, 1:23 Which is his body, thefulness of him that filleth all in all.2:1 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;2:2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of thisworld, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spiritthat now worketh in the children of disobedience: 2:3 Among whom alsowe all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh,fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were bynature the children of wrath, even as others.2:4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith heloved us, 2:5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened ustogether with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) 2:6 And hath raised usup together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in ChristJesus: 2:7 That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding richesof his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not ofyourselves: it is the gift of God: 2:9 Not of works, lest any manshould boast.2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto goodworks, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.2:11 Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in theflesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called theCircumcision in the flesh made by hands; 2:12 That at that time yewere without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, andstrangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and withoutGod in the world: 2:13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes werefar off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.2:14 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken downthe middle wall of partition between us; 2:15 Having abolished in hisflesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained inordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so makingpeace; 2:16 And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body bythe cross, having slain the enmity thereby: 2:17 And came and preachedpeace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.2:18 For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto theFather.2:19 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, butfellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God; 2:20 Andare built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, JesusChrist himself being the chief corner stone; 2:21 In whom all thebuilding fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in theLord: 2:22 In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation ofGod through the Spirit.3:1 For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for youGentiles, 3:2 If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of Godwhich is given me to you-ward: 3:3 How that by revelation he madeknown unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words, 3:4Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mysteryof Christ) 3:5 Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons ofmen, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by theSpirit; 3:6 That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the samebody, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel: 3:7Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace ofGod given unto me by the effectual working of his power.3:8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this gracegiven, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable richesof Christ; 3:9 And to make all men see what is the fellowship of themystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God,who created all things by Jesus Christ: 3:10 To the intent that nowunto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be knownby the church the manifold wisdom of God, 3:11 According to theeternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord: 3:12 Inwhom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.3:13 Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you,which is your glory.3:14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord JesusChrist, 3:15 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,3:16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, tobe strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; 3:17 ThatChrist may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted andgrounded in love, 3:18 May be able to comprehend with all saints whatis the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; 3:19 And to knowthe love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filledwith all the fulness of God.3:20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above allthat we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, 3:21Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages,world without end. Amen.4:1 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walkworthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, 4:2 With all lowlinessand meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; 4:3Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.4:4 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in onehope of your calling; 4:5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism, 4:6 OneGod and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in youall.4:7 But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measureof the gift of Christ.4:8 Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivitycaptive, and gave gifts unto men.4:9 (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended firstinto the lower parts of the earth?  4:10 He that descended is the samealso that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill allthings.)  4:11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; andsome, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; 4:12 For theperfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for theedifying of the body of Christ: 4:13 Till we all come in the unity ofthe faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man,unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: 4:14 That wehenceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried aboutwith every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunningcraftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; 4:15 But speaking thetruth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head,even Christ: 4:16 From whom the whole body fitly joined together andcompacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to theeffectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of thebody unto the edifying of itself in love.4:17 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforthwalk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, 4:18Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life ofGod through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness oftheir heart: 4:19 Who being past feeling have given themselves overunto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.4:20 But ye have not so learned Christ; 4:21 If so be that ye haveheard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus: 4:22That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, whichis corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; 4:23 And be renewed inthe spirit of your mind; 4:24 And that ye put on the new man, whichafter God is created in righteousness and true holiness.4:25 Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with hisneighbour: for we are members one of another.4:26 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon yourwrath: 4:27 Neither give place to the devil.4:28 Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour,working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have togive to him that needeth.4:29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but thatwhich is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace untothe hearers.4:30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed untothe day of redemption.4:31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evilspeaking, be put away from you, with all malice: 4:32 And be ye kindone to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God forChrist's sake hath forgiven you.5:1 Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; 5:2 And walkin love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for usan offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.5:3 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it notbe once named among you, as becometh saints; 5:4 Neither filthiness,nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rathergiving of thanks.5:5 For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, norcovetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdomof Christ and of God.5:6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of thesethings cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.5:7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them.5:8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord:walk as children of light: 5:9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in allgoodness and righteousness and truth;) 5:10 Proving what is acceptableunto the Lord.5:11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, butrather reprove them.5:12 For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done ofthem in secret.5:13 But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light:for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.5:14 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from thedead, and Christ shall give thee light.5:15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,5:16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.5:17 Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will ofthe Lord is.5:18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled withthe Spirit; 5:19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns andspiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;5:20 Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father inthe name of our Lord Jesus Christ; 5:21 Submitting yourselves one toanother in the fear of God.5:22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto theLord.5:23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is thehead of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.5:24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wivesbe to their own husbands in every thing.5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church,and gave himself for it; 5:26 That he might sanctify and cleanse itwith the washing of water by the word, 5:27 That he might present itto himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any suchthing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.5:28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He thatloveth his wife loveth himself.5:29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth andcherisheth it, even as the Lord the church: 5:30 For we are members ofhis body, of his flesh, and of his bones.5:31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shallbe joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.5:32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and thechurch.5:33 Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wifeeven as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.6:1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.6:2 Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment withpromise; 6:3 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live longon the earth.6:4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bringthem up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.6:5 Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according tothe flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, asunto Christ; 6:6 Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as theservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; 6:7 Withgood will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men: 6:8 Knowingthat whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive ofthe Lord, whether he be bond or free.6:9 And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearingthreatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither isthere respect of persons with him.6:10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power ofhis might.6:11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to standagainst the wiles of the devil.6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but againstprincipalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness ofthis world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.6:13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may beable to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.6:14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, andhaving on the breastplate of righteousness; 6:15 And your feet shodwith the preparation of the gospel of peace; 6:16 Above all, takingthe shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all thefiery darts of the wicked.6:17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit,which is the word of God: 6:18 Praying always with all prayer andsupplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with allperseverance and supplication for all saints; 6:19 And for me, thatutterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, tomake known the mystery of the gospel, 6:20 For which I am anambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought tospeak.6:21 But that ye also may know my affairs, and how I do, Tychicus, abeloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, shall make known toyou all things: 6:22 Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose,that ye might know our affairs, and that he might comfort your hearts.6:23 Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God theFather and the Lord Jesus Christ.6:24 Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ insincerity.Amen.The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Philippians1:1 Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all thesaints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops anddeacons: 1:2 Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, andfrom the Lord Jesus Christ.1:3 I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, 1:4 Always in everyprayer of mine for you all making request with joy, 1:5 For yourfellowship in the gospel from the first day until now; 1:6 Beingconfident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work inyou will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ: 1:7 Even as it ismeet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart;inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation ofthe gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace.1:8 For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in thebowels of Jesus Christ.1:9 And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more inknowledge and in all judgment; 1:10 That ye may approve things thatare excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the dayof Christ.1:11 Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by JesusChrist, unto the glory and praise of God.1:12 But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things whichhappened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of thegospel; 1:13 So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all thepalace, and in all other places; 1:14 And many of the brethren in theLord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak theword without fear.1:15 Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some alsoof good will: 1:16 The one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely,supposing to add affliction to my bonds: 1:17 But the other of love,knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel.1:18 What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence, or intruth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and willrejoice.1:19 For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through yourprayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, 1:20 Accordingto my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall beashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christshall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.1:21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.1:22 But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yetwhat I shall choose I wot not.1:23 For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, andto be with Christ; which is far better: 1:24 Nevertheless to abide inthe flesh is more needful for you.1:25 And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide andcontinue with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith; 1:26 Thatyour rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus Christ for me by mycoming to you again.1:27 Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel ofChrist: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hearof your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mindstriving together for the faith of the gospel; 1:28 And in nothingterrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token ofperdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God.1:29 For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only tobelieve on him, but also to suffer for his sake; 1:30 Having the sameconflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me.2:1 If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort oflove, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, 2:2Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, beingof one accord, of one mind.2:3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowlinessof mind let each esteem other better than themselves.2:4 Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on thethings of others.2:5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: 2:6 Who,being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:2:7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of aservant, and was made in the likeness of men: 2:8 And being found infashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death,even the death of the cross.2:9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a namewhich is above every name: 2:10 That at the name of Jesus every kneeshould bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things underthe earth; 2:11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christis Lord, to the glory of God the Father.2:12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in mypresence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your ownsalvation with fear and trembling.2:13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of hisgood pleasure.2:14 Do all things without murmurings and disputings: 2:15 That ye maybe blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in themidst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lightsin the world; 2:16 Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoicein the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured invain.2:17 Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of yourfaith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.2:18 For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with me.2:19 But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timotheus shortly unto you,that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state.2:20 For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for yourstate.2:21 For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ's.2:22 But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, hehath served with me in the gospel.2:23 Him therefore I hope to send presently, so soon as I shall seehow it will go with me.2:24 But I trust in the Lord that I also myself shall come shortly.2:25 Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, mybrother, and companion in labour, and fellowsoldier, but yourmessenger, and he that ministered to my wants.2:26 For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, becausethat ye had heard that he had been sick.2:27 For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him;and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow uponsorrow.2:28 I sent him therefore the more carefully, that, when ye see himagain, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.2:29 Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and holdsuch in reputation: 2:30 Because for the work of Christ he was nighunto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of servicetoward me.3:1 Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the samethings to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe.3:2 Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.3:3 For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, andrejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.3:4 Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other manthinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more: 3:5Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe ofBenjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee;3:6 Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching therighteousness which is in the law, blameless.3:7 But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.3:8 Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellencyof the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered theloss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,3:9 And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which isof the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, therighteousness which is of God by faith: 3:10 That I may know him, andthe power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings,being made conformable unto his death; 3:11 If by any means I mightattain unto the resurrection of the dead.3:12 Not as though I had already attained, either were alreadyperfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for whichalso I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.3:13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this onething I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reachingforth unto those things which are before, 3:14 I press toward the markfor the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.3:15 Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and ifin any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this untoyou.3:16 Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk bythe same rule, let us mind the same thing.3:17 Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walkso as ye have us for an ensample.3:18 (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell youeven weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: 3:19Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory isin their shame, who mind earthly things.)  3:20 For our conversationis in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord JesusChrist: 3:21 Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashionedlike unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he isable even to subdue all things unto himself.4:1 Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy andcrown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved.4:2 I beseech Euodias, and beseech Syntyche, that they be of the samemind in the Lord.4:3 And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women whichlaboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other myfellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life.4:4 Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.4:5 Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.4:6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer andsupplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known untoGod.4:7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keepyour hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.4:8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever thingsare honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure,whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; ifthere be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on thesethings.4:9 Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard,and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.4:10 But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at the last yourcare of me hath flourished again; wherein ye were also careful, but yelacked opportunity.4:11 Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, inwhatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.4:12 I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: everywhere and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to behungry, both to abound and to suffer need.4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.4:14 Notwithstanding ye have well done, that ye did communicate withmy affliction.4:15 Now ye Philippians know also, that in the beginning of thegospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church communicated with meas concerning giving and receiving, but ye only.4:16 For even in Thessalonica ye sent once and again unto mynecessity.4:17 Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may aboundto your account.4:18 But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received ofEpaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odour of a sweetsmell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God.4:19 But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches inglory by Christ Jesus.4:20 Now unto God and our Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen.4:21 Salute every saint in Christ Jesus. The brethren which are withme greet you.4:22 All the saints salute you, chiefly they that are of Caesar'shousehold.4:23 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Colossians1:1  Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God,and Timotheus our brother, 1:2  To the saints and faithful brethrenin Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace,from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.1:3  We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, prayingalways for you,1:4  Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which yehave to all the saints,1:5  For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heardbefore in the word of the truth of the gospel;1:6  Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forthfruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew thegrace of God in truth:1:7  As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellowservant, who is for youa faithful minister of Christ;1:8  Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.1:9  For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease topray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of hiswill in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;1:10  That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, beingfruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;1:11  Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, untoall patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;1:12  Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to bepartakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:1:13  Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translatedus into the kingdom of his dear Son:1:14  In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness ofsins:1:15  Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of everycreature:1:16  For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that arein earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, orprincipalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:1:17  And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.1:18  And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, thefirstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.1:19  For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;1:20  And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him toreconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things inearth, or things in heaven.1:21  And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind bywicked works, yet now hath he reconciled1:22  In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy andunblameable and unreproveable in his sight:1:23  If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not movedaway from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preachedto every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;1:24  Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which isbehind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which isthe church:1:25  Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of Godwhich is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God;1:26  Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations,but now is made manifest to his saints:1:27  To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of thismystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:1:28  Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in allwisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:1:29  Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, whichworketh in me mightily.2:1  For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and forthem at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;2:2  That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, andunto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to theacknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;2:3  In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.2:4  And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words.2:5  For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit,joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith inChrist.2:6  As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye inhim:2:7  Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye havebeen taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.2:8  Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit,after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not afterChrist.2:9  For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.2:10  And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality andpower:2:11  In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made withouthands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcisionof Christ:2:12  Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with himthrough the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.2:13  And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of yourflesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you alltrespasses;2:14  Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, whichwas contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;2:15  And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of themopenly, triumphing over them in it.2:16  Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect ofan holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:2:17  Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.2:18  Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility andworshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen,vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,2:19  And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bandshaving nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with theincrease of God.2:20  Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world,why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,2:21  (Touch not; taste not; handle not;2:22  Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments anddoctrines of men?2:23  Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, andhumility, and neglecting of the body: not in any honour to the satisfyingof the flesh.3:1  If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above,where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.3:2  Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.3:3  For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.3:4  When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appearwith him in glory.3:5  Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication,uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness,which is idolatry:3:6  For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children ofdisobedience:3:7  In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them.3:8  But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy,filthy communication out of your mouth.3:9  Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man withhis deeds;3:10  And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after theimage of him that created him:3:11  Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision noruncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and inall.3:12  Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels ofmercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;3:13  Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have aquarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.3:14  And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond ofperfectness.3:15  And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also yeare called in one body; and be ye thankful.3:16  Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teachingand admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singingwith grace in your hearts to the Lord.3:17  And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the LordJesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.3:18  Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in theLord.3:19  Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.3:20  Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasingunto the Lord.3:21  Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they bediscouraged.3:22  Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; notwith eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God;3:23  And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not untomen;3:24  Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of theinheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.3:25  But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hathdone: and there is no respect of persons.4:1  Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowingthat ye also have a Master in heaven.4:2  Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;4:3  Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door ofutterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds:4:4  That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.4:5  Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.4:6  Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye mayknow how ye ought to answer every man.4:7  All my state shall Tychicus declare unto you, who is a belovedbrother, and a faithful minister and fellowservant in the Lord:4:8  Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that he might knowyour estate, and comfort your hearts;4:9  With Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. Theyshall make known unto you all things which are done here.4:10  Aristarchus my fellowprisoner saluteth you, and Marcus, sister's sonto Barnabas, (touching whom ye received commandments: if he come unto you,receive him;)4:11  And Jesus, which is called Justus, who are of the circumcision. Theseonly are my fellowworkers unto the kingdom of God, which have been a comfortunto me.4:12  Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you,always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect andcomplete in all the will of God.4:13  For I bear him record, that he hath a great zeal for you, and themthat are in Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis.4:14  Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you.4:15  Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and thechurch which is in his house.4:16  And when this epistle is read among you, cause that it be read alsoin the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye likewise read the epistle fromLaodicea.4:17  And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hastreceived in the Lord, that thou fulfil it.4:18  The salutation by the hand of me Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace bewith you. Amen.The First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Thessalonians1:1 Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of theThessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ:Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord JesusChrist.1:2 We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you inour prayers; 1:3 Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, andlabour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in thesight of God and our Father; 1:4 Knowing, brethren beloved, yourelection of God.1:5 For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power,and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what mannerof men we were among you for your sake.1:6 And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having receivedthe word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost.1:7 So that ye were ensamples to all that believe in Macedonia andAchaia.1:8 For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only inMacedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith to God-wardis spread abroad; so that we need not to speak any thing.1:9 For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we hadunto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living andtrue God; 1:10 And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raisedfrom the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.2:1 For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that itwas not in vain: 2:2 But even after that we had suffered before, andwere shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold inour God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much contention.2:3 For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor inguile: 2:4 But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with thegospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which triethour hearts.2:5 For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nora cloke of covetousness; God is witness: 2:6 Nor of men sought weglory, neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might have beenburdensome, as the apostles of Christ.2:7 But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth herchildren: 2:8 So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willingto have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also ourown souls, because ye were dear unto us.2:9 For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouringnight and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, wepreached unto you the gospel of God.2:10 Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly andunblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe: 2:11 As yeknow how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as afather doth his children, 2:12 That ye would walk worthy of God, whohath called you unto his kingdom and glory.2:13 For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, whenye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it notas the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, whicheffectually worketh also in you that believe.2:14 For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God whichin Judaea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like thingsof your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews: 2:15 Who bothkilled the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us;and they please not God, and are contrary to all men: 2:16 Forbiddingus to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up theirsins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.2:17 But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time inpresence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see yourface with great desire.2:18 Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once andagain; but Satan hindered us.2:19 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not evenye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?  2:20 Forye are our glory and joy.3:1 Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good tobe left at Athens alone; 3:2 And sent Timotheus, our brother, andminister of God, and our fellowlabourer in the gospel of Christ, toestablish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith: 3:3 That noman should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that weare appointed thereunto.3:4 For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that weshould suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye know.3:5 For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to knowyour faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and ourlabour be in vain.3:6 But now when Timotheus came from you unto us, and brought us goodtidings of your faith and charity, and that ye have good remembranceof us always, desiring greatly to see us, as we also to see you: 3:7Therefore, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our afflictionand distress by your faith: 3:8 For now we live, if ye stand fast inthe Lord.3:9 For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all thejoy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God; 3:10 Night and daypraying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might perfectthat which is lacking in your faith?  3:11 Now God himself and ourFather, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you.3:12 And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one towardanother, and toward all men, even as we do toward you: 3:13 To the endhe may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, evenour Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all hissaints.4:1 Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by theLord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and toplease God, so ye would abound more and more.4:2 For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.4:3 For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that yeshould abstain from fornication: 4:4 That every one of you should knowhow to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour; 4:5 Not in thelust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God: 4:6That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: becausethat the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarnedyou and testified.4:7 For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.4:8 He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hathalso given unto us his holy Spirit.4:9 But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you:for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.4:10 And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in allMacedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more andmore; 4:11 And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business,and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; 4:12 That ye maywalk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lackof nothing.4:13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerningthem which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which haveno hope.4:14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so themalso which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.4:15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we whichare alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not preventthem which are asleep.4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, withthe voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead inChrist shall rise first: 4:17 Then we which are alive and remain shallbe caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in theair: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.4:18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.5:1 But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that Iwrite unto you.5:2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comethas a thief in the night.5:3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destructioncometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shallnot escape.5:4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day shouldovertake you as a thief.5:5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: weare not of the night, nor of darkness.5:6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and besober.5:7 For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunkenare drunken in the night.5:8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on thebreastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope ofsalvation.5:9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation byour Lord Jesus Christ, 5:10 Who died for us, that, whether we wake orsleep, we should live together with him.5:11 Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another,even as also ye do.5:12 And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour amongyou, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; 5:13 And toesteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. And be at peaceamong yourselves.5:14 Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfortthe feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.5:15 See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever followthat which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.5:16 Rejoice evermore.5:17 Pray without ceasing.5:18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in ChristJesus concerning you.5:19 Quench not the Spirit.5:20 Despise not prophesyings.5:21 Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.5:22 Abstain from all appearance of evil.5:23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray Godyour whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto thecoming of our Lord Jesus Christ.5:24 Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.5:25 Brethren, pray for us.5:26 Greet all the brethren with an holy kiss.5:27 I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all theholy brethren.5:28 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.The Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Thessalonians1:1 Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of theThessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: 1:2 Graceunto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.1:3 We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet,because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of everyone of you all toward each other aboundeth; 1:4 So that we ourselvesglory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in allyour persecutions and tribulations that ye endure: 1:5 Which is amanifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may becounted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer: 1:6Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation tothem that trouble you; 1:7 And to you who are troubled rest with us,when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mightyangels, 1:8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know notGod, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: 1:9 Whoshall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence ofthe Lord, and from the glory of his power; 1:10 When he shall come tobe glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe(because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.1:11 Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would countyou worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of hisgoodness, and the work of faith with power: 1:12 That the name of ourLord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according tothe grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.2:1 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord JesusChrist, and by our gathering together unto him, 2:2 That ye be notsoon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word,nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come,except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin berevealed, the son of perdition; 2:4 Who opposeth and exalteth himselfabove all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as Godsitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.2:5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you thesethings?  2:6 And now ye know what withholdeth that he might berevealed in his time.2:7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who nowletteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.2:8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shallconsume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with thebrightness of his coming: 2:9 Even him, whose coming is after theworking of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 2:10 Andwith all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish;because they received not the love of the truth, that they might besaved.2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that theyshould believe a lie: 2:12 That they all might be damned who believednot the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.2:13 But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethrenbeloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you tosalvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of thetruth: 2:14 Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining ofthe glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.2:15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which yehave been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.2:16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father,which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation andgood hope through grace, 2:17 Comfort your hearts, and stablish you inevery good word and work.3:1 Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may havefree course, and be glorified, even as it is with you: 3:2 And that wemay be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men havenot faith.3:3 But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep youfrom evil.3:4 And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both doand will do the things which we command you.3:5 And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into thepatient waiting for Christ.3:6 Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord JesusChrist, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walkethdisorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.3:7 For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved notourselves disorderly among you; 3:8 Neither did we eat any man's breadfor nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that wemight not be chargeable to any of you: 3:9 Not because we have notpower, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.3:10 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that ifany would not work, neither should he eat.3:11 For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly,working not at all, but are busybodies.3:12 Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord JesusChrist, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.3:13 But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.3:14 And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man,and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed.3:15 Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.3:16 Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means.The Lord be with you all.3:17 The salutation of Paul with mine own hand, which is the token inevery epistle: so I write.3:18 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.The First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Timothy1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God ourSaviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope; 1:2 Unto Timothy,my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Fatherand Jesus Christ our Lord.1:3 As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went intoMacedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no otherdoctrine, 1:4 Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies,which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is infaith: so do.1:5 Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, andof a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned: 1:6 From which somehaving swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling; 1:7 Desiring tobe teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, norwhereof they affirm.1:8 But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully; 1:9Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but forthe lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, forunholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers,for manslayers, 1:10 For whoremongers, for them that defile themselveswith mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and ifthere be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine; 1:11According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which wascommitted to my trust.1:12 And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for thathe counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry; 1:13 Who wasbefore a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtainedmercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.1:14 And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith andlove which is in Christ Jesus.1:15 This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, thatChrist Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.1:16 Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first JesusChrist might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them whichshould hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.1:17 Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wiseGod, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.1:18 This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to theprophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war agood warfare; 1:19 Holding faith, and a good conscience; which somehaving put away concerning faith have made shipwreck: 1:20 Of whom isHymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that theymay learn not to blaspheme.2:1 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers,intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; 2:2 Forkings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet andpeaceable life in all godliness and honesty.2:3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;2:4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledgeof the truth.2:5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, theman Christ Jesus; 2:6 Who gave himself a ransom for all, to betestified in due time.2:7 Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak thetruth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith andverity.2:8 I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands,without wrath and doubting.2:9 In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modestapparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, orgold, or pearls, or costly array; 2:10 But (which becometh womenprofessing godliness) with good works.2:11 Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.2:12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority overthe man, but to be in silence.2:13 For Adam was first formed, then Eve.2:14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was inthe transgression.2:15 Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if theycontinue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.3:1 This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, hedesireth a good work.3:2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife,vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt toteach; 3:3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre;but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; 3:4 One that ruleth well hisown house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; 3:5(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he takecare of the church of God?)  3:6 Not a novice, lest being lifted upwith pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.3:7 Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without;lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.3:8 Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not givento much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; 3:9 Holding the mystery ofthe faith in a pure conscience.3:10 And let these also first be proved; then let them use the officeof a deacon, being found blameless.3:11 Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober,faithful in all things.3:12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling theirchildren and their own houses well.3:13 For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase tothemselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is inChrist Jesus.3:14 These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:3:15 But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest tobehave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the livingGod, the pillar and ground of the truth.3:16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: Godwas manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels,preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up intoglory.4:1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times someshall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, anddoctrines of devils; 4:2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having theirconscience seared with a hot iron; 4:3 Forbidding to marry, andcommanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to bereceived with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.4:4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, ifit be received with thanksgiving: 4:5 For it is sanctified by the wordof God and prayer.4:6 If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thoushalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words offaith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained.4:7 But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyselfrather unto godliness.4:8 For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitableunto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of thatwhich is to come.4:9 This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation.4:10 For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because wetrust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially ofthose that believe.4:11 These things command and teach.4:12 Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of thebelievers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith,in purity.4:13 Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, todoctrine.4:14 Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee byprophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.4:15 Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thyprofiting may appear to all.4:16 Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them:for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hearthee.5:1 Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the youngermen as brethren; 5:2 The elder women as mothers; the younger assisters, with all purity.5:3 Honour widows that are widows indeed.5:4 But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first toshew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good andacceptable before God.5:5 Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, andcontinueth in supplications and prayers night and day.5:6 But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.5:7 And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless.5:8 But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of hisown house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.5:9 Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore yearsold, having been the wife of one man.5:10 Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children,if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints' feet, ifshe have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed everygood work.5:11 But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to waxwanton against Christ, they will marry; 5:12 Having damnation, becausethey have cast off their first faith.5:13 And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house tohouse; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speakingthings which they ought not.5:14 I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children,guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speakreproachfully.5:15 For some are already turned aside after Satan.5:16 If any man or woman that believeth have widows, let them relievethem, and let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them thatare widows indeed.5:17 Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour,especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.5:18 For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox thattreadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward.5:19 Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two orthree witnesses.5:20 Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.5:21 I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and theelect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring onebefore another, doing nothing by partiality.5:22 Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men'ssins: keep thyself pure.5:23 Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach'ssake and thine often infirmities.5:24 Some men's sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment;and some men they follow after.5:25 Likewise also the good works of some are manifest beforehand; andthey that are otherwise cannot be hid.6:1 Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own mastersworthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be notblasphemed.6:2 And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them,because they are brethren; but rather do them service, because theyare faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teachand exhort.6:3 If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words,even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which isaccording to godliness; 6:4 He is proud, knowing nothing, but dotingabout questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife,railings, evil surmisings, 6:5 Perverse disputings of men of corruptminds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness:from such withdraw thyself.6:6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.6:7 For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we cancarry nothing out.6:8 And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.6:9 But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, andinto many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destructionand perdition.6:10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while somecoveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselvesthrough with many sorrows.6:11 But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow afterrighteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.6:12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life,whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good professionbefore many witnesses.6:13 I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth allthings, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed agood confession; 6:14 That thou keep this commandment without spot,unrebukable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ: 6:15 Whichin his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, theKing of kings, and Lord of lords; 6:16 Who only hath immortality,dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hathseen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.6:17 Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be nothighminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, whogiveth us richly all things to enjoy; 6:18 That they do good, thatthey be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing tocommunicate; 6:19 Laying up in store for themselves a good foundationagainst the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.6:20 O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoidingprofane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely socalled: 6:21 Which some professing have erred concerning the faith.Grace be with thee. Amen.The Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Timothy1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according tothe promise of life which is in Christ Jesus, 1:2 To Timothy,my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Fatherand Christ Jesus our Lord.1:3 I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pureconscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in myprayers night and day; 1:4 Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindfulof thy tears, that I may be filled with joy; 1:5 When I call toremembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first inthy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded thatin thee also.1:6 Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift ofGod, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.1:7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and oflove, and of a sound mind.1:8 Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor ofme his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospelaccording to the power of God; 1:9 Who hath saved us, and called uswith an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to hisown purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before theworld began, 1:10 But is now made manifest by the appearing of ourSaviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought lifeand immortality to light through the gospel: 1:11 Whereunto I amappointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.1:12 For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I amnot ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that heis able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.1:13 Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me,in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.1:14 That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the HolyGhost which dwelleth in us.1:15 This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned awayfrom me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.1:16 The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oftrefreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain: 1:17 But, when he wasin Rome, he sought me out very diligently, and found me.1:18 The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy of the Lord inthat day: and in how many things he ministered unto me at Ephesus,thou knowest very well.2:1 Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in ChristJesus.2:2 And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses,the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teachothers also.2:3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.2:4 No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of thislife; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.2:5 And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned,except he strive lawfully.2:6 The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of thefruits.2:7 Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in allthings.2:8 Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised fromthe dead according to my gospel: 2:9 Wherein I suffer trouble, as anevil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.2:10 Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that theymay also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternalglory.2:11 It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shallalso live with him: 2:12 If we suffer, we shall also reign with him:if we deny him, he also will deny us: 2:13 If we believe not, yet heabideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.2:14 Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before theLord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to thesubverting of the hearers.2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needethnot to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.2:16 But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase untomore ungodliness.2:17 And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeusand Philetus; 2:18 Who concerning the truth have erred, saying thatthe resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some.2:19 Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having thisseal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one thatnameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.2:20 But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and ofsilver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some todishonour.2:21 If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vesselunto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and preparedunto every good work.2:22 Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith,charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.2:23 But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they dogender strifes.2:24 And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle untoall men, apt to teach, patient, 2:25 In meekness instructing thosethat oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentanceto the acknowledging of the truth; 2:26 And that they may recoverthemselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by himat his will.3:1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.3:2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters,proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3:3Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent,fierce, despisers of those that are good, 3:4 Traitors, heady,highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; 3:5 Having aform of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.3:6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and leadcaptive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, 3:7Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.3:8 Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resistthe truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.3:9 But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall bemanifest unto all men, as their's also was.3:10 But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose,faith, longsuffering, charity, patience, 3:11 Persecutions,afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra;what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord deliveredme.3:12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall sufferpersecution.3:13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving,and being deceived.3:14 But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hastbeen assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; 3:15 And thatfrom a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able tomake thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitablefor doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction inrighteousness: 3:17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughlyfurnished unto all good works.4:1 I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, whoshall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;4:2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove,rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.4:3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine;but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers,having itching ears; 4:4 And they shall turn away their ears from thetruth, and shall be turned unto fables.4:5 But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work ofan evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.4:6 For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure isat hand.4:7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have keptthe faith: 4:8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown ofrighteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me atthat day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love hisappearing.4:9 Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me: 4:10 For Demas hathforsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed untoThessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.4:11 Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for heis profitable to me for the ministry.4:12 And Tychicus have I sent to Ephesus.4:13 The cloke that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest,bring with thee, and the books, but especially the parchments.4:14 Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward himaccording to his works: 4:15 Of whom be thou ware also; for he hathgreatly withstood our words.4:16 At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me:I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge.4:17 Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; thatby me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentilesmight hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.4:18 And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and willpreserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever andever. Amen.4:19 Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus.4:20 Erastus abode at Corinth: but Trophimus have I left at Miletumsick.4:21 Do thy diligence to come before winter. Eubulus greeteth thee,and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren.4:22 The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit. Grace be with you.Amen.The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Titus1:1 Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, accordingto the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of the truth whichis after godliness; 1:2 In hope of eternal life, which God, thatcannot lie, promised before the world began; 1:3 But hath in due timesmanifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto meaccording to the commandment of God our Saviour; 1:4 To Titus, mineown son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God theFather and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.1:5 For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set inorder the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, asI had appointed thee: 1:6 If any be blameless, the husband of onewife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.1:7 For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; notselfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not givento filthy lucre; 1:8 But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men,sober, just, holy, temperate; 1:9 Holding fast the faithful word as hehath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhortand to convince the gainsayers.1:10 For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers,specially they of the circumcision: 1:11 Whose mouths must be stopped,who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, forfilthy lucre's sake.1:12 One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, TheCretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.1:13 This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that theymay be sound in the faith; 1:14 Not giving heed to Jewish fables, andcommandments of men, that turn from the truth.1:15 Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiledand unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience isdefiled.1:16 They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him,being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.2:1 But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine: 2:2 Thatthe aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity,in patience.2:3 The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becomethholiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of goodthings; 2:4 That they may teach the young women to be sober, to lovetheir husbands, to love their children, 2:5 To be discreet, chaste,keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the wordof God be not blasphemed.2:6 Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded.2:7 In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrineshewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity, 2:8 Sound speech, thatcannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may beashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.2:9 Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and toplease them well in all things; not answering again; 2:10 Notpurloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn thedoctrine of God our Saviour in all things.2:11 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to allmen, 2:12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, weshould live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;2:13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of thegreat God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; 2:14 Who gave himself for us,that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself apeculiar people, zealous of good works.2:15 These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority.Let no man despise thee.3:1 Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, toobey magistrates, to be ready to every good work, 3:2 To speak evil ofno man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto allmen.3:3 For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient,deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice andenvy, hateful, and hating one another.3:4 But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward manappeared, 3:5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, butaccording to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration,and renewing of the Holy Ghost; 3:6 Which he shed on us abundantlythrough Jesus Christ our Saviour; 3:7 That being justified by hisgrace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.3:8 This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thouaffirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might becareful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitableunto men.3:9 But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, andstrivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.3:10 A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonitionreject; 3:11 Knowing that he that is such is subverted, and sinneth,being condemned of himself.3:12 When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus, be diligent tocome unto me to Nicopolis: for I have determined there to winter.3:13 Bring Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey diligently,that nothing be wanting unto them.3:14 And let our's also learn to maintain good works for necessaryuses, that they be not unfruitful.3:15 All that are with me salute thee. Greet them that love us in thefaith. Grace be with you all. Amen.The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Philemon1:1 Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, untoPhilemon our dearly beloved, and fellowlabourer, 1:2 And to ourbeloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellowsoldier, and to the church inthy house: 1:3 Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and theLord Jesus Christ.1:4 I thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayers, 1:5Hearing of thy love and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus,and toward all saints; 1:6 That the communication of thy faith maybecome effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is inyou in Christ Jesus.1:7 For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because thebowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.1:8 Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin theethat which is convenient, 1:9 Yet for love's sake I rather beseechthee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner ofJesus Christ.1:10 I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in mybonds: 1:11 Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but nowprofitable to thee and to me: 1:12 Whom I have sent again: thoutherefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels: 1:13 Whom I wouldhave retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered untome in the bonds of the gospel: 1:14 But without thy mind would I donothing; that thy benefit should not be as it were of necessity, butwillingly.1:15 For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thoushouldest receive him for ever; 1:16 Not now as a servant, but above aservant, a brother beloved, specially to me, but how much more untothee, both in the flesh, and in the Lord?  1:17 If thou count metherefore a partner, receive him as myself.1:18 If he hath wronged thee, or oweth thee ought, put that on mineaccount; 1:19 I Paul have written it with mine own hand, I will repayit: albeit I do not say to thee how thou owest unto me even thine ownself besides.1:20 Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh mybowels in the Lord.1:21 Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote unto thee, knowingthat thou wilt also do more than I say.1:22 But withal prepare me also a lodging: for I trust that throughyour prayers I shall be given unto you.1:23 There salute thee Epaphras, my fellowprisoner in Christ Jesus;1:24 Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my fellowlabourers.1:25 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Hebrews1:1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time pastunto the fathers by the prophets, 1:2 Hath in these last days spokenunto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whomalso he made the worlds; 1:3 Who being the brightness of his glory,and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by theword of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down onthe right hand of the Majesty on high: 1:4 Being made so much betterthan the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellentname than they.1:5 For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son,this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father,and he shall be to me a Son?  1:6 And again, when he bringeth in thefirstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of Godworship him.1:7 And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and hisministers a flame of fire.1:8 But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever andever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.1:9 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God,even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thyfellows.1:10 And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of theearth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: 1:11 They shallperish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth agarment; 1:12 And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shallbe changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.1:13 But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my righthand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool?  1:14 Are they not allministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall beheirs of salvation?  2:1 Therefore we ought to give the more earnestheed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should letthem slip.2:2 For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and everytransgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward;2:3 How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which atthe first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us bythem that heard him; 2:4 God also bearing them witness, both withsigns and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the HolyGhost, according to his own will?  2:5 For unto the angels hath he notput in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak.2:6 But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, thatthou art mindful of him? or the son of man that thou visitest him?2:7 Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst himwith glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands:2:8 Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in thathe put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not putunder him.But now we see not yet all things put under him.2:9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels forthe suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by thegrace of God should taste death for every man.2:10 For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are allthings, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of theirsalvation perfect through sufferings.2:11 For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are allof one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren, 2:12Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of thechurch will I sing praise unto thee.2:13 And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I andthe children which God hath given me.2:14 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood,he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death hemight destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;2:15 And deliver them who through fear of death were all theirlifetime subject to bondage.2:16 For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he tookon him the seed of Abraham.2:17 Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto hisbrethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest inthings pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of thepeople.2:18 For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able tosuccour them that are tempted.3:1 Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling,consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;3:2 Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses wasfaithful in all his house.3:3 For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuchas he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house.3:4 For every house is builded by some man; but he that built allthings is God.3:5 And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, fora testimony of those things which were to be spoken after; 3:6 ButChrist as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we holdfast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.3:7 Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear hisvoice, 3:8 Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the dayof temptation in the wilderness: 3:9 When your fathers tempted me,proved me, and saw my works forty years.3:10 Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They doalway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways.3:11 So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)  3:12Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart ofunbelief, in departing from the living God.3:13 But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest anyof you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.3:14 For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning ofour confidence stedfast unto the end; 3:15 While it is said, To day ifye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.3:16 For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all thatcame out of Egypt by Moses.3:17 But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with themthat had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?  3:18 And towhom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to themthat believed not?  3:19 So we see that they could not enter inbecause of unbelief.4:1 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of enteringinto his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.4:2 For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but theword preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in themthat heard it.4:3 For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As Ihave sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although theworks were finished from the foundation of the world.4:4 For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise,And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.4:5 And in this place again, If they shall enter into my rest.4:6 Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, andthey to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief:4:7 Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, afterso long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice,harden not your hearts.4:8 For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward havespoken of another day.4:9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.4:10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased fromhis own works, as God did from his.4:11 Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any manfall after the same example of unbelief.4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than anytwoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul andspirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of thethoughts and intents of the heart.4:13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight:but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom wehave to do.4:14 Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed intothe heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.4:15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with thefeeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as weare, yet without sin.4:16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that wemay obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.5:1 For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men inthings pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrificesfor sins: 5:2 Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on themthat are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed withinfirmity.5:3 And by reason hereof he ought, as for the people, so also forhimself, to offer for sins.5:4 And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is calledof God, as was Aaron.5:5 So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest;but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begottenthee.5:6 As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for everafter the order of Melchisedec.5:7 Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers andsupplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able tosave him from death, and was heard in that he feared; 5:8 Though hewere a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;5:9 And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvationunto all them that obey him; 5:10 Called of God an high priest afterthe order of Melchisedec.5:11 Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered,seeing ye are dull of hearing.5:12 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need thatone teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles ofGod; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.5:13 For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word ofrighteousness: for he is a babe.5:14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, eventhose who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern bothgood and evil.6:1 Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let usgo on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentancefrom dead works, and of faith toward God, 6:2 Of the doctrine ofbaptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead,and of eternal judgment.6:3 And this will we do, if God permit.6:4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and havetasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the HolyGhost, 6:5 And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of theworld to come, 6:6 If they shall fall away, to renew them again untorepentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh,and put him to an open shame.6:7 For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it,and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed,receiveth blessing from God: 6:8 But that which beareth thorns andbriers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to beburned.6:9 But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and thingsthat accompany salvation, though we thus speak.6:10 For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour oflove, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministeredto the saints, and do minister.6:11 And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence tothe full assurance of hope unto the end: 6:12 That ye be not slothful,but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit thepromises.6:13 For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear byno greater, he sware by himself, 6:14 Saying, Surely blessing I willbless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.6:15 And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.6:16 For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmationis to them an end of all strife.6:17 Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs ofpromise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath: 6:18That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God tolie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge tolay hold upon the hope set before us: 6:19 Which hope we have as ananchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth intothat within the veil; 6:20 Whither the forerunner is for us entered,even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order ofMelchisedec.7:1 For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God,who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessedhim; 7:2 To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being byinterpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King ofSalem, which is, King of peace; 7:3 Without father, without mother,without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life;but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually.7:4 Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarchAbraham gave the tenth of the spoils.7:5 And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive theoffice of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of thepeople according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though theycome out of the loins of Abraham: 7:6 But he whose descent is notcounted from them received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that hadthe promises.7:7 And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better.7:8 And here men that die receive tithes; but there he receiveth them,of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.7:9 And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithesin Abraham.7:10 For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec methim.7:11 If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (forunder it the people received the law,) what further need was therethat another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, andnot be called after the order of Aaron?  7:12 For the priesthood beingchanged, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.7:13 For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to anothertribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar.7:14 For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of whichtribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.7:15 And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude ofMelchisedec there ariseth another priest, 7:16 Who is made, not afterthe law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endlesslife.7:17 For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order ofMelchisedec.7:18 For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment goingbefore for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.7:19 For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a betterhope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.7:20 And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made priest: 7:21 (Forthose priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by himthat said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art apriest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:) 7:22 By so much wasJesus made a surety of a better testament.7:23 And they truly were many priests, because they were not sufferedto continue by reason of death: 7:24 But this man, because hecontinueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood.7:25 Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that comeunto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.7:26 For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless,undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;7:27 Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer upsacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for thishe did once, when he offered up himself.7:28 For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but theword of the oath, which was since the law, maketh the Son, who isconsecrated for evermore.8:1 Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We havesuch an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of theMajesty in the heavens; 8:2 A minister of the sanctuary, and of thetrue tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.8:3 For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices:wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also tooffer.8:4 For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing thatthere are priests that offer gifts according to the law: 8:5 Who serveunto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses wasadmonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See,saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed tothee in the mount.8:6 But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how muchalso he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was establishedupon better promises.8:7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should noplace have been sought for the second.8:8 For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come,saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house ofIsrael and with the house of Judah: 8:9 Not according to the covenantthat I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the handto lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not inmy covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.8:10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house ofIsrael after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into theirmind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, andthey shall be to me a people: 8:11 And they shall not teach every manhis neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: forall shall know me, from the least to the greatest.8:12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sinsand their iniquities will I remember no more.8:13 In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Nowthat which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.9:1 Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divineservice, and a worldly sanctuary.9:2 For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was thecandlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called thesanctuary.9:3 And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called theHoliest of all; 9:4 Which had the golden censer, and the ark of thecovenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden potthat had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of thecovenant; 9:5 And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing themercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly.9:6 Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went alwaysinto the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God.9:7 But into the second went the high priest alone once every year,not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors ofthe people: 9:8 The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into theholiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the firsttabernacle was yet standing: 9:9 Which was a figure for the time thenpresent, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that couldnot make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to theconscience; 9:10 Which stood only in meats and drinks, and diverswashings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time ofreformation.9:11 But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by agreater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is tosay, not of this building; 9:12 Neither by the blood of goats andcalves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place,having obtained eternal redemption for us.9:13 For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of anheifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of theflesh: 9:14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through theeternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge yourconscience from dead works to serve the living God?  9:15 And for thiscause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death,for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the firsttestament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternalinheritance.9:16 For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be thedeath of the testator.9:17 For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it isof no strength at all while the testator liveth.9:18 Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated withoutblood.9:19 For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the peopleaccording to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, withwater, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, andall the people, 9:20 Saying, This is the blood of the testament whichGod hath enjoined unto you.9:21 Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all thevessels of the ministry.9:22 And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; andwithout shedding of blood is no remission.9:23 It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in theheavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly thingsthemselves with better sacrifices than these.9:24 For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands,which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now toappear in the presence of God for us: 9:25 Nor yet that he shouldoffer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy placeevery year with blood of others; 9:26 For then must he often havesuffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end ofthe world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice ofhimself.9:27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this thejudgment: 9:28 So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many;and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second timewithout sin unto salvation.10:1 For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not thevery image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which theyoffered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.10:2 For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because thatthe worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience ofsins.10:3 But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sinsevery year.10:4 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goatsshould take away sins.10:5 Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice andoffering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: 10:6 Inburnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.10:7 Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is writtenof me,) to do thy will, O God.10:8 Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offeringsand offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasuretherein; which are offered by the law; 10:9 Then said he, Lo, I cometo do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establishthe second.10:10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of thebody of Jesus Christ once for all.10:11 And every priest standeth daily ministering and offeringoftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: 10:12But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever,sat down on the right hand of God; 10:13 From henceforth expectingtill his enemies be made his footstool.10:14 For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that aresanctified.10:15 Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after thathe had said before, 10:16 This is the covenant that I will make withthem after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into theirhearts, and in their minds will I write them; 10:17 And their sins andiniquities will I remember no more.10:18 Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering forsin.10:19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiestby the blood of Jesus, 10:20 By a new and living way, which he hathconsecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; 10:21And having an high priest over the house of God; 10:22 Let us drawnear with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our heartssprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with purewater.10:23 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering;(for he is faithful that promised;) 10:24 And let us consider oneanother to provoke unto love and to good works: 10:25 Not forsakingthe assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; butexhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the dayapproaching.10:26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledgeof the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, 10:27 But acertain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, whichshall devour the adversaries.10:28 He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two orthree witnesses: 10:29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shallhe be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, andhath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified,an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?10:30 For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, Iwill recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge hispeople.10:31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.10:32 But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye wereilluminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions; 10:33 Partly,whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions;and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used.10:34 For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully thespoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven abetter and an enduring substance.10:35 Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath greatrecompence of reward.10:36 For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the willof God, ye might receive the promise.10:37 For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, andwill not tarry.10:38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, mysoul shall have no pleasure in him.10:39 But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of themthat believe to the saving of the soul.11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence ofthings not seen.11:2 For by it the elders obtained a good report.11:3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by theword of God, so that things which are seen were not made of thingswhich do appear.11:4 By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice thanCain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, Godtestifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.11:5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; andwas not found, because God had translated him: for before histranslation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he thatcometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder ofthem that diligently seek him.11:7 By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet,moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by thewhich he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousnesswhich is by faith.11:8 By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place whichhe should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out,not knowing whither he went.11:9 By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strangecountry, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs withhim of the same promise: 11:10 For he looked for a city which hathfoundations, whose builder and maker is God.11:11 Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceiveseed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because shejudged him faithful who had promised.11:12 Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, somany as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is bythe sea shore innumerable.11:13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, buthaving seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embracedthem, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on theearth.11:14 For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek acountry.11:15 And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whencethey came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.11:16 But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly:wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hathprepared for them a city.11:17 By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and hethat had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, 11:18Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called: 11:19Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; fromwhence also he received him in a figure.11:20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.11:21 By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons ofJoseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff.11:22 By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing ofthe children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.11:23 By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of hisparents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were notafraid of the king's commandment.11:24 By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be calledthe son of Pharaoh's daughter; 11:25 Choosing rather to sufferaffliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sinfor a season; 11:26 Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater richesthan the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence ofthe reward.11:27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king:for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.11:28 Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood,lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.11:29 By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: whichthe Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.11:30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they werecompassed about seven days.11:31 By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believednot, when she had received the spies with peace.11:32 And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell ofGedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also,and Samuel, and of the prophets: 11:33 Who through faith subduedkingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouthsof lions.11:34 Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword,out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned toflight the armies of the aliens.11:35 Women received their dead raised to life again: and others weretortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a betterresurrection: 11:36 And others had trial of cruel mockings andscourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment: 11:37 They werestoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with thesword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; beingdestitute, afflicted, tormented; 11:38 (Of whom the world was notworthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens andcaves of the earth.11:39 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith,received not the promise: 11:40 God having provided some better thingfor us, that they without us should not be made perfect.12:1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great acloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin whichdoth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that isset before us, 12:2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of ourfaith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross,despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throneof God.12:3 For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinnersagainst himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.12:4 Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.12:5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you asunto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord,nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: 12:6 For whom the Lord lovethhe chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.12:7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; forwhat son is he whom the father chasteneth not?  12:8 But if ye bewithout chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards,and not sons.12:9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us,and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjectionunto the Father of spirits, and live?  12:10 For they verily for a fewdays chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit,that we might be partakers of his holiness.12:11 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, butgrievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit ofrighteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.12:12 Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feebleknees; 12:13 And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which islame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.12:14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no manshall see the Lord: 12:15 Looking diligently lest any man fail of thegrace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you,and thereby many be defiled; 12:16 Lest there be any fornicator, orprofane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold hisbirthright.12:17 For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited theblessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, thoughhe sought it carefully with tears.12:18 For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, andthat burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,12:19 And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voicethey that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to themany more: 12:20 (For they could not endure that which was commanded,And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, orthrust through with a dart: 12:21 And so terrible was the sight, thatMoses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:) 12:22 But ye are come untomount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenlyJerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, 12:23 To thegeneral assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written inheaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just menmade perfect, 12:24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, andto the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that ofAbel.12:25 See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escapednot who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not weescape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven: 12:26Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying,Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.12:27 And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of thosethings that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those thingswhich cannot be shaken may remain.12:28 Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let ushave grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence andgodly fear: 12:29 For our God is a consuming fire.13:1 Let brotherly love continue.13:2 Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some haveentertained angels unawares.13:3 Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and themwhich suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.13:4 Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: butwhoremongers and adulterers God will judge.13:5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be contentwith such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leavethee, nor forsake thee.13:6 So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will notfear what man shall do unto me.13:7 Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken untoyou the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of theirconversation.13:8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.13:9 Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it isa good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats,which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.13:10 We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which servethe tabernacle.13:11 For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into thesanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp.13:12 Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with hisown blood, suffered without the gate.13:13 Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing hisreproach.13:14 For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.13:15 By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to Godcontinually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.13:16 But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with suchsacrifices God is well pleased.13:17 Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves:for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, thatthey may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitablefor you.13:18 Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in allthings willing to live honestly.13:19 But I beseech you the rather to do this, that I may be restoredto you the sooner.13:20 Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our LordJesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of theeverlasting covenant, 13:21 Make you perfect in every good work to dohis will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight,through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.13:22 And I beseech you, brethren, suffer the word of exhortation: forI have written a letter unto you in few words.13:23 Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty; with whom,if he come shortly, I will see you.13:24 Salute all them that have the rule over you, and all the saints.They of Italy salute you.13:25 Grace be with you all. Amen.The General Epistle of James1:1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ,to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.1:2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into diverstemptations; 1:3 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith workethpatience.1:4 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect andentire, wanting nothing.1:5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to allmen liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.1:6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that waverethis like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.1:7 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of theLord.1:8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.1:9 Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted: 1:10But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of thegrass he shall pass away.1:11 For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but itwithereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace ofthe fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away inhis ways.1:12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he istried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hathpromised to them that love him.1:13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for Godcannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: 1:14 Butevery man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, andenticed.1:15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin,when it is finished, bringeth forth death.1:16 Do not err, my beloved brethren.1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comethdown from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neithershadow of turning.1:18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that weshould be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.1:19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear,slow to speak, slow to wrath: 1:20 For the wrath of man worketh notthe righteousness of God.1:21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity ofnaughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which isable to save your souls.1:22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourown selves.1:23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is likeunto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: 1:24 For hebeholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth whatmanner of man he was.1:25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueththerein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, thisman shall be blessed in his deed.1:26 If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not histongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.1:27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, Tovisit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keephimself unspotted from the world.2:1 My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lordof glory, with respect of persons.2:2 For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, ingoodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment; 2:3And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say untohim, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thouthere, or sit here under my footstool: 2:4 Are ye not then partial inyourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?  2:5 Hearken, mybeloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich infaith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them thatlove him?  2:6 But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppressyou, and draw you before the judgment seats?  2:7 Do not theyblaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called?  2:8 If yefulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thyneighbour as thyself, ye do well: 2:9 But if ye have respect topersons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.2:10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in onepoint, he is guilty of all.2:11 For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill.Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become atransgressor of the law.2:12 So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the lawof liberty.2:13 For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed nomercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.2:14 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith,and have not works? can faith save him?  2:15 If a brother or sisterbe naked, and destitute of daily food, 2:16 And one of you say untothem, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding yegive them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth itprofit?  2:17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, beingalone.2:18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew methy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by myworks.2:19 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devilsalso believe, and tremble.2:20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?2:21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he hadoffered Isaac his son upon the altar?  2:22 Seest thou how faithwrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?  2:23 Andthe scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and itwas imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friendof God.2:24 Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not byfaith only.2:25 Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, whenshe had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?2:26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith withoutworks is dead also.3:1 My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receivethe greater condemnation.3:2 For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word,the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.3:3 Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us;and we turn about their whole body.3:4 Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and aredriven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very smallhelm, whithersoever the governor listeth.3:5 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things.Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!  3:6 And the tongueis a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members,that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course ofnature; and it is set on fire of hell.3:7 For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and ofthings in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: 3:8 Butthe tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadlypoison.3:9 Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse wemen, which are made after the similitude of God.3:10 Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. Mybrethren, these things ought not so to be.3:11 Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water andbitter?  3:12 Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries?either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water andfresh.3:13 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let himshew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.3:14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glorynot, and lie not against the truth.3:15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual,devilish.3:16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and everyevil work.3:17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable,gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits,without partiality, and without hypocrisy.3:18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that makepeace.4:1 From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they nothence, even of your lusts that war in your members?  4:2 Ye lust, andhave not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight andwar, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.4:3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consumeit upon your lusts.4:4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship ofthe world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend ofthe world is the enemy of God.4:5 Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit thatdwelleth in us lusteth to envy?  4:6 But he giveth more grace.Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto thehumble.4:7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he willflee from you.4:8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse yourhands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.4:9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned tomourning, and your joy to heaviness.4:10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift youup.4:11 Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil ofhis brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, andjudgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of thelaw, but a judge.4:12 There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: whoart thou that judgest another?  4:13 Go to now, ye that say, To day orto morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, andbuy and sell, and get gain: 4:14 Whereas ye know not what shall be onthe morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appearethfor a little time, and then vanisheth away.4:15 For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and dothis, or that.4:16 But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.4:17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, tohim it is sin.5:1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shallcome upon you.5:2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.5:3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be awitness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye haveheaped treasure together for the last days.5:4 Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down yourfields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries ofthem which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord ofsabaoth.5:5 Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye havenourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.5:6 Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.5:7 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord.Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth,and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latterrain.5:8 Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of theLord draweth nigh.5:9 Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned:behold, the judge standeth before the door.5:10 Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name ofthe Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.5:11 Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of thepatience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord isvery pitiful, and of tender mercy.5:12 But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven,neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea beyea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.5:13 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let himsing psalms.5:14 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church;and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of theLord: 5:15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lordshall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall beforgiven him.5:16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another,that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous manavaileth much.5:17 Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayedearnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth bythe space of three years and six months.5:18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earthbrought forth her fruit.5:19 Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one converthim; 5:20 Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from theerror of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide amultitude of sins.The First Epistle General of Peter1:1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scatteredthroughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 1:2 Electaccording to the foreknowledge of God the Father, throughsanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of theblood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, whichaccording to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a livelyhope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 1:4 To aninheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away,reserved in heaven for you, 1:5 Who are kept by the power of Godthrough faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.1:6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be,ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: 1:7 That the trialof your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth,though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honourand glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: 1:8 Whom having not seen,ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoicewith joy unspeakable and full of glory: 1:9 Receiving the end of yourfaith, even the salvation of your souls.1:10 Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searcheddiligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you:1:11 Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ whichwas in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferingsof Christ, and the glory that should follow.1:12 Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto usthey did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by themthat have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent downfrom heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.1:13 Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope tothe end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelationof Jesus Christ; 1:14 As obedient children, not fashioning yourselvesaccording to the former lusts in your ignorance: 1:15 But as he whichhath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;1:16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.1:17 And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of personsjudgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of yoursojourning here in fear: 1:18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were notredeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vainconversation received by tradition from your fathers; 1:19 But withthe precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and withoutspot: 1:20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of theworld, but was manifest in these last times for you, 1:21 Who by himdo believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave himglory; that your faith and hope might be in God.1:22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth throughthe Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love oneanother with a pure heart fervently: 1:23 Being born again, not ofcorruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, whichliveth and abideth for ever.1:24 For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flowerof grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:1:25 But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the wordwhich by the gospel is preached unto you.2:1 Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies,and envies, all evil speakings, 2:2 As newborn babes, desire thesincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: 2:3 If so be yehave tasted that the Lord is gracious.2:4 To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men,but chosen of God, and precious, 2:5 Ye also, as lively stones, arebuilt up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritualsacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.2:6 Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay inSion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth onhim shall not be confounded.2:7 Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto themwhich be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, thesame is made the head of the corner, 2:8 And a stone of stumbling, anda rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, beingdisobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.2:9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holynation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises ofhim who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;2:10 Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people ofGod: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.2:11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstainfrom fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; 2:12 Having yourconversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speakagainst you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which theyshall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.2:13 Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake:whether it be to the king, as supreme; 2:14 Or unto governors, as untothem that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for thepraise of them that do well.2:15 For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put tosilence the ignorance of foolish men: 2:16 As free, and not using yourliberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.2:17 Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.2:18 Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only tothe good and gentle, but also to the froward.2:19 For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward Godendure grief, suffering wrongfully.2:20 For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, yeshall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it,ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.2:21 For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also sufferedfor us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: 2:22Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: 2:23 Who, whenhe was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatenednot; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously: 2:24 Whohis own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, beingdead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye werehealed.2:25 For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto theShepherd and Bishop of your souls.3:1 Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that,if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by theconversation of the wives; 3:2 While they behold your chasteconversation coupled with fear.3:3 Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting thehair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; 3:4 But letit be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible,even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight ofGod of great price.3:5 For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, whotrusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their ownhusbands: 3:6 Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whosedaughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with anyamazement.3:7 Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge,giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as beingheirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be nothindered.3:8 Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another,love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: 3:9 Not rendering evil forevil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing thatye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.3:10 For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrainhis tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: 3:11 Lethim eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.3:12 For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears areopen unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them thatdo evil.3:13 And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of thatwhich is good?  3:14 But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake,happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;3:15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always togive an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope thatis in you with meekness and fear: 3:16 Having a good conscience; that,whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamedthat falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.3:17 For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer forwell doing, than for evil doing.3:18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for theunjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in theflesh, but quickened by the Spirit: 3:19 By which also he went andpreached unto the spirits in prison; 3:20 Which sometime weredisobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days ofNoah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight soulswere saved by water.3:21 The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (notthe putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a goodconscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ: 3:22 Whois gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels andauthorities and powers being made subject unto him.4:1 Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, armyourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered inthe flesh hath ceased from sin; 4:2 That he no longer should live therest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will ofGod.4:3 For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought thewill of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excessof wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries: 4:4Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the sameexcess of riot, speaking evil of you: 4:5 Who shall give account tohim that is ready to judge the quick and the dead.4:6 For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that aredead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, butlive according to God in the spirit.4:7 But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, andwatch unto prayer.4:8 And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: forcharity shall cover the multitude of sins.4:9 Use hospitality one to another without grudging.4:10 As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the sameone to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.4:11 If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any manminister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that Godin all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praiseand dominion for ever and ever. Amen.4:12 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which isto try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: 4:13 Butrejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that,when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceedingjoy.4:14 If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for thespirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evilspoken of, but on your part he is glorified.4:15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as anevildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters.4:16 Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; butlet him glorify God on this behalf.4:17 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house ofGod: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them thatobey not the gospel of God?  4:18 And if the righteous scarcely besaved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?  4:19 Whereforelet them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keepingof their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.5:1 The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, anda witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of theglory that shall be revealed: 5:2 Feed the flock of God which is amongyou, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly;not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; 5:3 Neither as being lordsover God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.5:4 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crownof glory that fadeth not away.5:5 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, allof you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: forGod resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.5:6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that hemay exalt you in due time: 5:7 Casting all your care upon him; for hecareth for you.5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as aroaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: 5:9 Whomresist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions areaccomplished in your brethren that are in the world.5:10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternalglory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make youperfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.5:11 To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.5:12 By Silvanus, a faithful brother unto you, as I suppose, I havewritten briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true graceof God wherein ye stand.5:13 The church that is at Babylon, elected together with you,saluteth you; and so doth Marcus my son.5:14 Greet ye one another with a kiss of charity. Peace be with youall that are in Christ Jesus. Amen.The Second General Epistle of Peter1:1 Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to themthat have obtained like precious faith with us through therighteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ: 1:2 Grace and peacebe multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus ourLord, 1:3 According as his divine power hath given unto us all thingsthat pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of himthat hath called us to glory and virtue: 1:4 Whereby are given unto usexceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might bepartakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that isin the world through lust.1:5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue;and to virtue knowledge; 1:6 And to knowledge temperance; and totemperance patience; and to patience godliness; 1:7 And to godlinessbrotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.1:8 For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that yeshall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our LordJesus Christ.1:9 But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afaroff, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.1:10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make yourcalling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall neverfall: 1:11 For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantlyinto the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.1:12 Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always inremembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be establishedin the present truth.1:13 Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stiryou up by putting you in remembrance; 1:14 Knowing that shortly I mustput off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewedme.1:15 Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease tohave these things always in remembrance.1:16 For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we madeknown unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but wereeyewitnesses of his majesty.1:17 For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when therecame such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my belovedSon, in whom I am well pleased.1:18 And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were withhim in the holy mount.1:19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do wellthat ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, untilthe day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: 1:20 Knowing thisfirst, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any privateinterpretation.1:21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: butholy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.2:1 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as thereshall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnableheresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring uponthemselves swift destruction.2:2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom theway of truth shall be evil spoken of.2:3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words makemerchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not,and their damnation slumbereth not.2:4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them downto hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reservedunto judgment; 2:5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah theeighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood uponthe world of the ungodly; 2:6 And turning the cities of Sodom andGomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them anensample unto those that after should live ungodly; 2:7 And deliveredjust Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked: 2:8 (Forthat righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexedhis righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;) 2:9 TheLord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and toreserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished: 2:10 Butchiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, anddespise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are notafraid to speak evil of dignities.2:11 Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring notrailing accusation against them before the Lord.2:12 But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken anddestroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; andshall utterly perish in their own corruption; 2:13 And shall receivethe reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riotin the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselveswith their own deceivings while they feast with you; 2:14 Having eyesfull of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstablesouls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursedchildren: 2:15 Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray,following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages ofunrighteousness; 2:16 But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb assspeaking with man's voice forbad the madness of the prophet.2:17 These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with atempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.2:18 For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allurethrough the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those thatwere clean escaped from them who live in error.2:19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servantsof corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is hebrought in bondage.2:20 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the worldthrough the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they areagain entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse withthem than the beginning.2:21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way ofrighteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holycommandment delivered unto them.2:22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, Thedog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed toher wallowing in the mire.3:1 This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both whichI stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance: 3:2 That ye may bemindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets,and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour: 3:3Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers,walking after their own lusts, 3:4 And saying, Where is the promise ofhis coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue asthey were from the beginning of the creation.3:5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of Godthe heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water andin the water: 3:6 Whereby the world that then was, being overflowedwith water, perished: 3:7 But the heavens and the earth, which arenow, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire againstthe day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.3:8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day iswith the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men countslackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that anyshould perish, but that all should come to repentance.3:10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in thewhich the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elementsshall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that aretherein shall be burned up.3:11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what mannerof persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, 3:12Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein theheavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall meltwith fervent heat?  3:13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise,look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.3:14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, bediligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, andblameless.3:15 And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; evenas our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given untohim hath written unto you; 3:16 As also in all his epistles, speakingin them of these things; in which are some things hard to beunderstood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as theydo also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.3:17 Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, bewarelest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall fromyour own stedfastness.3:18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and SaviourJesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.The First Epistle General of John1:1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which wehave seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands havehandled, of the Word of life; 1:2 (For the life was manifested, and wehave seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life,which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;) 1:3 That whichwe have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may havefellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, andwith his Son Jesus Christ.1:4 And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.1:5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declareunto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.1:6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness,we lie, and do not the truth: 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as heis in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood ofJesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truthis not in us.1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us oursins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.1:10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and hisword is not in us.2:1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sinnot.And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christthe righteous: 2:2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and notfor our's only, but also for the sins of the whole world.2:3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep hiscommandments.2:4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is aliar, and the truth is not in him.2:5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of Godperfected: hereby know we that we are in him.2:6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk,even as he walked.2:7 Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an oldcommandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment isthe word which ye have heard from the beginning.2:8 Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true inhim and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light nowshineth.2:9 He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is indarkness even until now.2:10 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there isnone occasion of stumbling in him.2:11 But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh indarkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hathblinded his eyes.2:12 I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgivenyou for his name's sake.2:13 I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is fromthe beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcomethe wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye haveknown the Father.2:14 I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him thatis from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because yeare strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcomethe wicked one.2:15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. Ifany man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.2:16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lustof the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is ofthe world.2:17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he thatdoeth the will of God abideth for ever.2:18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard thatantichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby weknow that it is the last time.2:19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they hadbeen of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they wentout, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.2:20 But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.2:21 I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, butbecause ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.2:22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He isantichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.2:23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: he thatacknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.2:24 Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from thebeginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remainin you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.2:25 And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternallife.2:26 These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduceyou.2:27 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you,and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointingteacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even asit hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.2:28 And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shallappear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at hiscoming.2:29 If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one thatdoeth righteousness is born of him.3:1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, thatwe should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth usnot, because it knew him not.3:2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appearwhat we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall belike him; for we shall see him as he is.3:3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, evenas he is pure.3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin isthe transgression of the law.3:5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and inhim is no sin.3:6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath notseen him, neither known him.3:7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doethrighteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.3:8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth fromthe beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that hemight destroy the works of the devil.3:9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seedremaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.3:10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of thedevil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither hethat loveth not his brother.3:11 For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that weshould love one another.3:12 Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother.And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and hisbrother's righteous.3:13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.3:14 We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we lovethe brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.3:15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that nomurderer hath eternal life abiding in him.3:16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his lifefor us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.3:17 But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother haveneed, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleththe love of God in him?  3:18 My little children, let us not love inword, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.3:19 And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure ourhearts before him.3:20 For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, andknoweth all things.3:21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidencetoward God.3:22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep hiscommandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.3:23 And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the nameof his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave uscommandment.3:24 And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he inhim.And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hathgiven us.4:1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whetherthey are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into theworld.4:2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseththat Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: 4:3 And every spiritthat confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not ofGod: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard thatit should come; and even now already is it in the world.4:4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: becausegreater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.4:5 They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and theworld heareth them.4:6 We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not ofGod heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spiritof error.4:7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and everyone that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.4:8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.4:9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that Godsent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live throughhim.4:10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, andsent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.4:11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.4:12 No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, Goddwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.4:13 Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because hehath given us of his Spirit.4:14 And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son tobe the Saviour of the world.4:15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, Goddwelleth in him, and he in God.4:16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. Godis love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.4:17 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in theday of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.4:18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear:because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect inlove.4:19 We love him, because he first loved us.4:20 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar:for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he loveGod whom he hath not seen?  4:21 And this commandment have we fromhim, That he who loveth God love his brother also.5:1 Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: andevery one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begottenof him.5:2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we loveGod, and keep his commandments.5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: andhis commandments are not grievous.5:4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this isthe victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.5:5 Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth thatJesus is the Son of God?  5:6 This is he that came by water and blood,even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And itis the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.5:7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, theWord, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.5:8 And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, andthe water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.5:9 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater:for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.5:10 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself:he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believethnot the record that God gave of his Son.5:11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life,and this life is in his Son.5:12 He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son ofGod hath not life.5:13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name ofthe Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and thatye may believe on the name of the Son of God.5:14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we askany thing according to his will, he heareth us: 5:15 And if we knowthat he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitionsthat we desired of him.5:16 If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, heshall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not untodeath. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray forit.5:17 All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.5:18 We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that isbegotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.5:19 And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth inwickedness.5:20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us anunderstanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in himthat is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, andeternal life.5:21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.The Second Epistle General of John1:1 The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love inthe truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known thetruth; 1:2 For the truth's sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall bewith us for ever.1:3 Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and fromthe Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.1:4 I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth,as we have received a commandment from the Father.1:5 And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a newcommandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, thatwe love one another.1:6 And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is thecommandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walkin it.1:7 For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess notthat Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and anantichrist.1:8 Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we havewrought, but that we receive a full reward.1:9 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine ofChrist, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, hehath both the Father and the Son.1:10 If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receivehim not into your house, neither bid him God speed: 1:11 For he thatbiddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.1:12 Having many things to write unto you, I would not write withpaper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face,that our joy may be full.1:13 The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen.The Third Epistle General of John1:1 The elder unto the wellbeloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth.1:2 Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and bein health, even as thy soul prospereth.1:3 For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified ofthe truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth.1:4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.1:5 Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to thebrethren, and to strangers; 1:6 Which have borne witness of thycharity before the church: whom if thou bring forward on their journeyafter a godly sort, thou shalt do well: 1:7 Because that for hisname's sake they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles.1:8 We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellowhelpersto the truth.1:9 I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have thepreeminence among them, receiveth us not.1:10 Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth,prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith,neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them thatwould, and casteth them out of the church.1:11 Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good.He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seenGod.1:12 Demetrius hath good report of all men, and of the truth itself:yea, and we also bear record; and ye know that our record is true.1:13 I had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen writeunto thee: 1:14 But I trust I shall shortly see thee, and we shallspeak face to face. Peace be to thee. Our friends salute thee. Greetthe friends by name.The General Epistle of Jude1:1 Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to themthat are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ,and called: 1:2 Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied.1:3 Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the commonsalvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort youthat ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was oncedelivered unto the saints.1:4 For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before ofold ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace ofour God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and ourLord Jesus Christ.1:5 I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this,how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt,afterward destroyed them that believed not.1:6 And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left theirown habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darknessunto the judgment of the great day.1:7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in likemanner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strangeflesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance ofeternal fire.1:8 Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despisedominion, and speak evil of dignities.1:9 Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil hedisputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him arailing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.1:10 But these speak evil of those things which they know not: butwhat they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things theycorrupt themselves.1:11 Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and rangreedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in thegainsaying of Core.1:12 These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast withyou, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water,carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit,twice dead, plucked up by the roots; 1:13 Raging waves of the sea,foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved theblackness of darkness for ever.1:14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these,saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, 1:15To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodlyamong them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodlycommitted, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners havespoken against him.1:16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts;and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons inadmiration because of advantage.1:17 But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before ofthe apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ; 1:18 How that they told youthere should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after theirown ungodly lusts.1:19 These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not theSpirit.1:20 But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith,praying in the Holy Ghost, 1:21 Keep yourselves in the love of God,looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.1:22 And of some have compassion, making a difference: 1:23 And otherssave with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garmentspotted by the flesh.1:24 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and topresent you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceedingjoy, 1:25 To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty,dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.The Revelation of Saint John the Devine1:1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shewunto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sentand signified it by his angel unto his servant John: 1:2 Who barerecord of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, andof all things that he saw.1:3 Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of thisprophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for thetime is at hand.1:4 John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you,and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; andfrom the seven Spirits which are before his throne; 1:5 And from JesusChrist, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of thedead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that lovedus, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, 1:6 And hath made uskings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory anddominion for ever and ever. Amen.1:7 Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, andthey also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wailbecause of him. Even so, Amen.1:8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith theLord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.1:9 I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation,and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle thatis called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of JesusChrist.1:10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me agreat voice, as of a trumpet, 1:11 Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, thefirst and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send itunto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and untoSmyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, andunto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.1:12 And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And beingturned, I saw seven golden candlesticks; 1:13 And in the midst of theseven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with agarment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a goldengirdle.1:14 His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow;and his eyes were as a flame of fire; 1:15 And his feet like unto finebrass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound ofmany waters.1:16 And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouthwent a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sunshineth in his strength.1:17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid hisright hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and thelast: 1:18 I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alivefor evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.1:19 Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are,and the things which shall be hereafter; 1:20 The mystery of the sevenstars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven goldencandlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches:and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.2:1 Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saithhe that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in themidst of the seven golden candlesticks; 2:2 I know thy works, and thylabour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which areevil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and arenot, and hast found them liars: 2:3 And hast borne, and hast patience,and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.2:4 Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast leftthy first love.2:5 Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and dothe first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and willremove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.2:6 But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of theNicolaitanes, which I also hate.2:7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto thechurches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree oflife, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.2:8 And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These thingssaith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive; 2:9 I knowthy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and Iknow the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, butare the synagogue of Satan.2:10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, thedevil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and yeshall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and Iwill give thee a crown of life.2:11 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto thechurches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.2:12 And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These thingssaith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges; 2:13 I know thyworks, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is: and thouholdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those dayswherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, whereSatan dwelleth.2:14 But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast therethem that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast astumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificedunto idols, and to commit fornication.2:15 So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of theNicolaitanes, which thing I hate.2:16 Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fightagainst them with the sword of my mouth.2:17 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto thechurches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hiddenmanna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new namewritten, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.2:18 And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These thingssaith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, andhis feet are like fine brass; 2:19 I know thy works, and charity, andservice, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last tobe more than the first.2:20 Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thousufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, toteach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eatthings sacrificed unto idols.2:21 And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and sherepented not.2:22 Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adulterywith her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.2:23 And I will kill her children with death; and all the churchesshall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and Iwill give unto every one of you according to your works.2:24 But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many ashave not this doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan,as they speak; I will put upon you none other burden.2:25 But that which ye have already hold fast till I come.2:26 And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to himwill I give power over the nations: 2:27 And he shall rule them with arod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken toshivers: even as I received of my Father.2:28 And I will give him the morning star.2:29 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto thechurches.3:1 And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These thingssaith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; Iknow thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.3:2 Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that areready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.3:3 Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and holdfast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come onthee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come uponthee.3:4 Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled theirgarments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.3:5 He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment;and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I willconfess his name before my Father, and before his angels.3:6 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto thechurches.3:7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These thingssaith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David,he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no manopeneth; 3:8 I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an opendoor, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, andhast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.3:9 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say theyare Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to comeand worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.3:10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keepthee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world,to try them that dwell upon the earth.3:11 Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that noman take thy crown.3:12 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God,and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of myGod, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, whichcometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him mynew name.3:13 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto thechurches.3:14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; Thesethings saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning ofthe creation of God; 3:15 I know thy works, that thou art neither coldnor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.3:16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, Iwill spue thee out of my mouth.3:17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, andhave need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, andmiserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: 3:18 I counsel thee to buyof me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and whiteraiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thynakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, thatthou mayest see.3:19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore,and repent.3:20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice,and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, andhe with me.3:21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne,even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.3:22 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto thechurches.4:1 After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: andthe first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking withme; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which mustbe hereafter.4:2 And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was setin heaven, and one sat on the throne.4:3 And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardinestone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight likeunto an emerald.4:4 And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and uponthe seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in whiteraiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.4:5 And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings andvoices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne,which are the seven Spirits of God.4:6 And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal:and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were fourbeasts full of eyes before and behind.4:7 And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like acalf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beastwas like a flying eagle.4:8 And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and theywere full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying,Holy, holy, holy, LORD God Almighty, which was, and is, and is tocome.4:9 And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him thatsat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever, 4:10 The four andtwenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worshiphim that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before thethrone, saying, 4:11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory andhonour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thypleasure they are and were created.5:1 And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a bookwritten within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.5:2 And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who isworthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?  5:3 And noman in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to openthe book, neither to look thereon.5:4 And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and toread the book, neither to look thereon.5:5 And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion ofthe tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book,and to loose the seven seals thereof.5:6 And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the fourbeasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had beenslain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spiritsof God sent forth into all the earth.5:7 And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him thatsat upon the throne.5:8 And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four andtwenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of themharps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers ofsaints.5:9 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take thebook, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hastredeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, andpeople, and nation; 5:10 And hast made us unto our God kings andpriests: and we shall reign on the earth.5:11 And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round aboutthe throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them wasten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; 5:12Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receivepower, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory,and blessing.5:13 And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, andunder the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them,heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be untohim that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.5:14 And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty eldersfell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever.6:1 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, asit were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come andsee.6:2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had abow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, andto conquer.6:3 And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beastsay, Come and see.6:4 And there went out another horse that was red: and power was givento him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that theyshould kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.6:5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beastsay, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that saton him had a pair of balances in his hand.6:6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measureof wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; andsee thou hurt not the oil and the wine.6:7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of thefourth beast say, Come and see.6:8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat onhim was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given untothem over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and withhunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.6:9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar thesouls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for thetestimony which they held: 6:10 And they cried with a loud voice,saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge andavenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?  6:11 And whiterobes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them,that they should rest yet for a little season, until theirfellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as theywere, should be fulfilled.6:12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, therewas a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair,and the moon became as blood; 6:13 And the stars of heaven fell untothe earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she isshaken of a mighty wind.6:14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together;and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.6:15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men,and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, andevery free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of themountains; 6:16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, andhide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from thewrath of the Lamb: 6:17 For the great day of his wrath is come; andwho shall be able to stand?  7:1 And after these things I saw fourangels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the fourwinds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor onthe sea, nor on any tree.7:2 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the sealof the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels,to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, 7:3 Saying, Hurtnot the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed theservants of our God in their foreheads.7:4 And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there weresealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of thechildren of Israel.7:5 Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe ofReuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealedtwelve thousand.7:6 Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe ofNephthalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses weresealed twelve thousand.7:7 Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribeof Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar weresealed twelve thousand.7:8 Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribeof Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin weresealed twelve thousand.7:9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no mancould number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues,stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with whiterobes, and palms in their hands; 7:10 And cried with a loud voice,saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and untothe Lamb.7:11 And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about theelders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces,and worshipped God, 7:12 Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, andwisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be untoour God for ever and ever. Amen.7:13 And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are thesewhich are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?  7:14 And Isaid unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are theywhich came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, andmade them white in the blood of the Lamb.7:15 Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him dayand night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwellamong them.7:16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shallthe sun light on them, nor any heat.7:17 For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them,and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shallwipe away all tears from their eyes.8:1 And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence inheaven about the space of half an hour.8:2 And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to themwere given seven trumpets.8:3 And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a goldencenser; and there was given unto him much incense, that he shouldoffer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar whichwas before the throne.8:4 And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of thesaints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.8:5 And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of thealtar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, andthunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake.8:6 And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets preparedthemselves to sound.8:7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingledwith blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part oftrees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.8:8 And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountainburning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the seabecame blood; 8:9 And the third part of the creatures which were inthe sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships weredestroyed.8:10 And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star fromheaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part ofthe rivers, and upon the fountains of waters; 8:11 And the name of thestar is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters becamewormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were madebitter.8:12 And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun wassmitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of thestars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shonenot for a third part of it, and the night likewise.8:13 And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst ofheaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters ofthe earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the threeangels, which are yet to sound!  9:1 And the fifth angel sounded, andI saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given thekey of the bottomless pit.9:2 And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out ofthe pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air weredarkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.9:3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and untothem was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.9:4 And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass ofthe earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only thosemen which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.9:5 And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but thatthey should be tormented five months: and their torment was as thetorment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.9:6 And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; andshall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.9:7 And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared untobattle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and theirfaces were as the faces of men.9:8 And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were asthe teeth of lions.9:9 And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; andthe sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horsesrunning to battle.9:10 And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings intheir tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.9:11 And they had a king over them, which is the angel of thebottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in theGreek tongue hath his name Apollyon.9:12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.9:13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the fourhorns of the golden altar which is before God, 9:14 Saying to thesixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which arebound in the great river Euphrates.9:15 And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour,and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.9:16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundredthousand thousand: and I heard the number of them.9:17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat onthem, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: andthe heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of theirmouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.9:18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, andby the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.9:19 For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for theirtails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they dohurt.9:20 And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plaguesyet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should notworship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone,and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk: 9:21 Neitherrepented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of theirfornication, nor of their thefts.10:1 And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothedwith a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as itwere the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire: 10:2 And he had in hishand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, andhis left foot on the earth, 10:3 And cried with a loud voice, as whena lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered theirvoices.10:4 And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was aboutto write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal upthose things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.10:5 And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earthlifted up his hand to heaven, 10:6 And sware by him that liveth forever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are,and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and thethings which are therein, that there should be time no longer: 10:7But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall beginto sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declaredto his servants the prophets.10:8 And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, andsaid, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of theangel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth.10:9 And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the littlebook. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall makethy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.10:10 And I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate itup; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eatenit, my belly was bitter.10:11 And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before manypeoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.11:1 And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angelstood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, andthem that worship therein.11:2 But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measureit not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shallthey tread under foot forty and two months.11:3 And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shallprophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed insackcloth.11:4 These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standingbefore the God of the earth.11:5 And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of theirmouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, hemust in this manner be killed.11:6 These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days oftheir prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, andto smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.11:7 And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast thatascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, andshall overcome them, and kill them.11:8 And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city,which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord wascrucified.11:9 And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shallsee their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffertheir dead bodies to be put in graves.11:10 And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, andmake merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these twoprophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.11:11 And after three days and an half the spirit of life from Godentered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fellupon them which saw them.11:12 And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Comeup hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and theirenemies beheld them.11:13 And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenthpart of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seventhousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the Godof heaven.11:14 The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe comethquickly.11:15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices inheaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms ofour Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.11:16 And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on theirseats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God, 11:17 Saying, Wegive thee thanks, O LORD God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art tocome; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hastreigned.11:18 And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the timeof the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest givereward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and themthat fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them whichdestroy the earth.11:19 And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seenin his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, andvoices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.12:1 And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed withthe sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown oftwelve stars: 12:2 And she being with child cried, travailing inbirth, and pained to be delivered.12:3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a greatred dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns uponhis heads.12:4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and didcast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman whichwas ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it wasborn.12:5 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nationswith a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to histhrone.12:6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a placeprepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand twohundred and threescore days.12:7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels foughtagainst the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, 12:8 Andprevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called theDevil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast outinto the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.12:10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is comesalvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power ofhis Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, whichaccused them before our God day and night.12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the wordof their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.12:12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe tothe inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come downunto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but ashort time.12:13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, hepersecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.12:14 And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that shemight fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourishedfor a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.12:15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after thewoman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.12:16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth,and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.12:17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make warwith the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, andhave the testimony of Jesus Christ.13:1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up outof the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns tencrowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.13:2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feetwere as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: andthe dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.13:3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and hisdeadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.13:4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast:and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? whois able to make war with him?  13:5 And there was given unto him amouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given untohim to continue forty and two months.13:6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blasphemehis name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.13:7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and toovercome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues,and nations.13:8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose namesare not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from thefoundation of the world.13:9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.13:10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he thatkilleth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is thepatience and the faith of the saints.13:11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and hehad two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.13:12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him,and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship thefirst beast, whose deadly wound was healed.13:13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come downfrom heaven on the earth in the sight of men, 13:14 And deceiveth themthat dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he hadpower to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell onthe earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had thewound by a sword, and did live.13:15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, thatthe image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many aswould not worship the image of the beast should be killed.13:16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, freeand bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in theirforeheads: 13:17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that hadthe mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.13:18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the numberof the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Sixhundred threescore and six.14:1 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and withhim an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's namewritten in their foreheads.14:2 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, andas the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpersharping with their harps: 14:3 And they sung as it were a new songbefore the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and noman could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand,which were redeemed from the earth.14:4 These are they which were not defiled with women; for they arevirgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth.These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God andto the Lamb.14:5 And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without faultbefore the throne of God.14:6 And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having theeverlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and toevery nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, 14:7 Saying with aloud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of hisjudgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and thesea, and the fountains of waters.14:8 And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, isfallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of thewine of the wrath of her fornication.14:9 And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, Ifany man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in hisforehead, or in his hand, 14:10 The same shall drink of the wine ofthe wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup ofhis indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone inthe presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:14:11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever:and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and hisimage, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.14:12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep thecommandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.14:13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessedare the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith theSpirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works dofollow them.14:14 And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud onesat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, andin his hand a sharp sickle.14:15 And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loudvoice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap:for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth isripe.14:16 And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth;and the earth was reaped.14:17 And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, healso having a sharp sickle.14:18 And another angel came out from the altar, which had power overfire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle,saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of thevine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.14:19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gatheredthe vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of thewrath of God.14:20 And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood cameout of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of athousand and six hundred furlongs.15:1 And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, sevenangels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up thewrath of God.15:2 And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and themthat had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, andover his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea ofglass, having the harps of God.15:3 And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the songof the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord GodAlmighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.15:4 Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thouonly art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; forthy judgments are made manifest.15:5 And after that I looked, and, behold, the temple of thetabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened: 15:6 And the sevenangels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed inpure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with goldengirdles.15:7 And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels sevengolden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever.15:8 And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, andfrom his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till theseven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled.16:1 And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the sevenangels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God uponthe earth.16:2 And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; andthere fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the markof the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image.16:3 And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and itbecame as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in thesea.16:4 And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers andfountains of waters; and they became blood.16:5 And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, OLord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judgedthus.16:6 For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thouhast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.16:7 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord GodAlmighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.16:8 And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and powerwas given unto him to scorch men with fire.16:9 And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name ofGod, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not togive him glory.16:10 And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of thebeast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed theirtongues for pain, 16:11 And blasphemed the God of heaven because oftheir pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.16:12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great riverEuphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of thekings of the east might be prepared.16:13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouthof the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouthof the false prophet.16:14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which goforth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gatherthem to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.16:15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, andkeepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.16:16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrewtongue Armageddon.16:17 And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; andthere came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne,saying, It is done.16:18 And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and therewas a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth,so mighty an earthquake, and so great.16:19 And the great city was divided into three parts, and the citiesof the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God,to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.16:20 And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.16:21 And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stoneabout the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of theplague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.17:1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials,and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto theethe judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: 17:2With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and theinhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of herfornication.17:3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and Isaw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names ofblasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.17:4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, anddecked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cupin her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:17:5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THEGREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.17:6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, andwith the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wonderedwith great admiration.17:7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I willtell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carriethher, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.17:8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend outof the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell onthe earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book oflife from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast thatwas, and is not, and yet is.17:9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are sevenmountains, on which the woman sitteth.17:10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and theother is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a shortspace.17:11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, andis of the seven, and goeth into perdition.17:12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which havereceived no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour withthe beast.17:13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strengthunto the beast.17:14 These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcomethem: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that arewith him are called, and chosen, and faithful.17:15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where thewhore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.17:16 And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shallhate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eather flesh, and burn her with fire.17:17 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and toagree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of Godshall be fulfilled.17:18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, whichreigneth over the kings of the earth.18:1 And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven,having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.18:2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon thegreat is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils,and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean andhateful bird.18:3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of herfornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornicationwith her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through theabundance of her delicacies.18:4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her,my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receivenot of her plagues.18:5 For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath rememberedher iniquities.18:6 Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her doubleaccording to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to herdouble.18:7 How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, somuch torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit aqueen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.18:8 Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning,and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong isthe Lord God who judgeth her.18:9 And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication andlived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, whenthey shall see the smoke of her burning, 18:10 Standing afar off forthe fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon,that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.18:11 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her;for no man buyeth their merchandise any more: 18:12 The merchandise ofgold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen,and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all mannervessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and ofbrass, and iron, and marble, 18:13 And cinnamon, and odours, andointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, andwheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves,and souls of men.18:14 And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed fromthee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed fromthee, and thou shalt find them no more at all.18:15 The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her,shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing,18:16 And saying, Alas, alas that great city, that was clothed in finelinen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and preciousstones, and pearls!  18:17 For in one hour so great riches is come tonought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, andsailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off, 18:18 And criedwhen they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like untothis great city!  18:19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried,weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein weremade rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness!for in one hour is she made desolate.18:20 Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles andprophets; for God hath avenged you on her.18:21 And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, andcast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great cityBabylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.18:22 And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, andtrumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman,of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and thesound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee; 18:23 Andthe light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and thevoice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at allin thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thysorceries were all nations deceived.18:24 And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, andof all that were slain upon the earth.19:1 And after these things I heard a great voice of much people inheaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power,unto the Lord our God: 19:2 For true and righteous are his judgments:for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth withher fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at herhand.19:3 And again they said, Alleluia And her smoke rose up for ever andever.19:4 And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down andworshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia.19:5 And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, allye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great.19:6 And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as thevoice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying,Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.19:7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for themarriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.19:8 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen,clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.19:9 And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are calledunto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These arethe true sayings of God.19:10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, Seethou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that havethe testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is thespirit of prophecy.19:11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he thatsat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness hedoth judge and make war.19:12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were manycrowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.19:13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his nameis called The Word of God.19:14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon whitehorses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.19:15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he shouldsmite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and hetreadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.19:16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KINGOF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.19:17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loudvoice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Comeand gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; 19:18That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and theflesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit onthem, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small andgreat.19:19 And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and theirarmies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on thehorse, and against his army.19:20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet thatwrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that hadreceived the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image.These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.19:21 And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat uponthe horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowlswere filled with their flesh.20:1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of thebottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.20:2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is theDevil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, 20:3 And cast himinto the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him,that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand yearsshould be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.20:4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was givenunto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for thewitness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had notworshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his markupon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reignedwith Christ a thousand years.20:5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand yearswere finished. This is the first resurrection.20:6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection:on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests ofGod and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.20:7 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosedout of his prison, 20:8 And shall go out to deceive the nations whichare in the four quarters of the earth, Gog, and Magog, to gather themtogether to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.20:9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed thecamp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came downfrom God out of heaven, and devoured them.20:10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fireand brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall betormented day and night for ever and ever.20:11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, fromwhose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found noplace for them.20:12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and thebooks were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book oflife: and the dead were judged out of those things which were writtenin the books, according to their works.20:13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death andhell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judgedevery man according to their works.20:14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is thesecond death.20:15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was castinto the lake of fire.21:1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven andthe first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.21:2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from Godout of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.21:3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, thetabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and theyshall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be theirGod.21:4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and thereshall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shallthere be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.21:5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all thingsnew.And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.21:6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, thebeginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of thefountain of the water of life freely.21:7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be hisGod, and he shall be my son.21:8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, andmurderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and allliars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire andbrimstone: which is the second death.21:9 And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had theseven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me,saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.21:10 And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and highmountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem,descending out of heaven from God, 21:11 Having the glory of God: andher light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasperstone, clear as crystal; 21:12 And had a wall great and high, and hadtwelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names writtenthereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children ofIsrael: 21:13 On the east three gates; on the north three gates; onthe south three gates; and on the west three gates.21:14 And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them thenames of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.21:15 And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure thecity, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.21:16 And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as thebreadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousandfurlongs.The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.21:17 And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and fourcubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.21:18 And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the citywas pure gold, like unto clear glass.21:19 And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished withall manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; thesecond, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;21:20 The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh,chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, achrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.21:21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls: every several gate wasof one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it weretransparent glass.21:22 And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and theLamb are the temple of it.21:23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, toshine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is thelight thereof.21:24 And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the lightof it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour intoit.21:25 And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for thereshall be no night there.21:26 And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations intoit.21:27 And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing thatdefileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: butthey which are written in the Lamb's book of life.22:1 And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal,proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.22:2 In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of theriver, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits,and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were forthe healing of the nations.22:3 And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and ofthe Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: 22:4 Andthey shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.22:5 And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle,neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and theyshall reign for ever and ever.22:6 And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and theLord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servantsthe things which must shortly be done.22:7 Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings ofthe prophecy of this book.22:8 And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heardand seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel whichshewed me these things.22:9 Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thyfellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them whichkeep the sayings of this book: worship God.22:10 And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy ofthis book: for the time is at hand.22:11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which isfilthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him berighteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.22:12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to giveevery man according as his work shall be.22:13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first andthe last.22:14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may haveright to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into thecity.22:15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, andmurderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.22:16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things inthe churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the brightand morning star.22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that hearethsay, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, lethim take the water of life freely.22:18 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of theprophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, Godshall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: 22:19And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of thisprophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, andout of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.22:20 He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly.Amen.Even so, come, Lord Jesus.22:21 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.